WezV Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 i am doing a couple of things for myself - just quick projects to use up parts i have been meaning to do something with for a while i was going to make this a squier 51 clone but ended up going more stratele hybrid - i know its not an original idea but i have always liked the mix since its a quick project i picked up an unfinished allparts neck for it - dug out a slightly knotty korina/idigbo body blank this lunchtime and a hour or two later had this done obviously i need to work on the scratchplate a bit but i am really liking it so far It going to have schaller locking tuners, a joe bardon tele bridge, Bare knuckle pickup Blackguard flat 50 and an original 70's wide range humbucker i am thiking a sage to grassy green with maybe a hint of pearlesence or even green to copper flip - still undecided this was the plan when it was going to be more squier 51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Baker has a strat ,tele design.You can see it on Kill all guitars site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted April 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 yeah, i have seen a few variations on the idea how about a telestrat http://www.destroyallguitars.com/solidbodi...yin-yang-guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereordinary Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Yeah, it looks like the Destrot All Guitars "Telstar"... Which I LOVE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick500 Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 You could call it the Strato-Caster. Oh, wait... Seriously, looks nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted April 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Yeah, it looks like the Destrot All Guitars "Telstar"... Which I LOVE! yeah, it may have been looking at those a few months ago that influenced me! i am not doing the tele radius on the bottom half going into strat radius thing on the top (as nice a feature as it is) or the relicing that they do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Is that a re-issue wide range? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormLeader Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 ...Original 70's wide range humbucker... -Stormy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Duh. I looked all over for it, sorry. Who'd you have to kill to get a vintage wide range? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormLeader Posted April 25, 2009 Report Share Posted April 25, 2009 Hehehe, Don't worry, only reason I knew to look was because I heard him talking about it in another thread. -Stormy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted April 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 yeah i know. hens teeth and all that. someone happened to be selling one and was asking for £100. seemed very reasonable to me so i got it. afterwards i checked on the current value of an original wide range in this condition and its about $300-400 so i was happy. i just wanted one to see what it was like as the construction interests me and these things are very well made. the re-issues are pants - thats why these are worth so much. they only made them for a few years in the 70's but generally they were made well. the reissues are normal humbuckers packed out with wax and filler to make them fit the same space. they sound pretty much like a crappy humbucker. i am kinda anxious to see what this original sounds like, obviously they varied. but even if it doesnt suit me i know i wont loose money on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereordinary Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 I can't imagine you not liking the sound of an original Wide Range. I got one myself for an astonishingly low price ($60) thanks to an Ebay seller who didn't know what he had and a tip off from a Swede with incredible eyes. I only had it hastily mounted in a 60's Jagaur body with a funky conversion neck I made for a very short period of time before taking it out to finish the Jag and it's sound was nothing short of magical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegan Posted April 26, 2009 Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 Hmm. I wonder if anyone has reverse engineered one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted April 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2009 yes they have ... ... found it - all you could want to know http://www.tdpri.com/forum/just-pickups/10...humbuckers.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2009 got this put togther temporarily as i really wanted to know what the wide range was like. its a great sound. very full but not lacking clarity. the bridge pickup is like the perfect esquire sound and really adds some extra bite to proceedings. Between them both its a very versatile guitar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereordinary Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 Nice! I like your pickguard mod too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 yeah, i am quite happy with the plate. its still a little rough and needs to flow better in a couple of places but it looks better than the tele style and i am happy the idea is going to work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 Nice! I like your pickguard mod too. I didn't notice that at first. I like it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted May 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 I didn't notice that at first. i guess thats a compliment.... if it stood out too much it would be wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drak Posted May 14, 2009 Report Share Posted May 14, 2009 That's a crazy good looking pickguard, it is like the perfect Tele-Strat guard, well done! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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