#telecaster thinline

[deebeeus]

A bit premature for #TeleTuesday, but I just couldn't wait another whole day to show you guys this one. Thanks to my friend @stevemaricguitars it's my first NEW VINTAGE GUITAR DAY in about 5 years!!!

Welcome to the DeeBeeUs™ family, 1969 #Fender#Telecaster#Thinline!

I have always wanted a late 60s Thinline (I even went so far as to buy a Custom Shop Reissue back in 2020) and I even remember looking at (and photographing!) this actual guitar when it was for sale at @capsulemusic back in ~2018, just before Steve bought it, and thinking "man, it's nice...but I just can't afford it"!

Fast forward 5 years and I still never thought I'd be able to afford a real one (I mean if you have you seen the asking prices on these lately, they are roughly double what I paid for my Custom Shop Reissue...which was NOT cheap itself!), but Steve gave me one hell of a deal, and made it super easy for me to acquire, and one more dream guitar of mine has been added to the collection. Thanks again Steve!

Of course now I have to sell something from my collection to help pay for it! 😂 Hmm, maybe that Custom Shop Reissue Thinline... 🤔

Pictured here with my 1970 #Marshall#Model2022, because these two were made within a year of each other and sound so good together. 🤘🔥🎸

#telecaster #fender #tele #teletuesday #thinline #telecaster thinline #guitar #guitars #vintage guitar #vintage fender #marshall #marshall amp #vintage marshall #vintageguitars #guitarphotography #electricguitar #vintagegear

[eupat]

#telecaster deluxe #telecaster thinline #fender #fender telecaster

[the-takosader]

I found the password to my account again!

Nah I'm just joking, I've been logged in all along. Anyway, welcome back to Takosader's ramblings. This is part 2 of the Cherry XII project detailing.

Last month, I outlined the madness that I'm doing with this kit, including:

The inspiration

The logic

The methods

...and other such inane phrases incomprehensible to people who don't trawl Wikipedia and TVTropes pages for fun.

So. Let's review - where am I up to with the build? What's happened in the 6 weeks and a day since I last posted?

When I wrote the post last month, I was as far as making a router template for expanding the neck pocket. I'd already made a centre line (what mathblr may call a datum line), and was getting ready to sort out that router template. By the end of the 9th Feb, I suddenly had a new set of 3 cuts on my right index finger. Ouch.

So yeah, that was not fun. 3 weeks off to let my finger heal up, and I was back up at the beginning of March to continue where I left off. In those 3 weeks, my aunt (who is so very kindly helping me build this and is teaching me how to do woodwork at the same time) had routed out the neck pocket of the semi-hollow Telecaster body I acquired for this madness to accommodate a neck heel of 59mm, expanded from the standard 56mm that it was routed for originally.

We worked our arses off on March 1st, and that's an understatement. In the 6 hours we worked on it, not only did we modify the body to support the bridge pickup, which requires modifying the rear pickup cavity, but we also designed a new scratchplate for it and we attached the neck too.

Most of last week was spent just making the scratchplate, ensuring that it actually fit on the guitar. By the end of it, well...

I'd say these photos prove more than anything that we came up with a pretty damn good design. Yeah, for my fellow guitar nerds out there, this is in fact a Telecaster Thinline body modded to fit '69 pickup styling. Why '69 specifically? Because according to Fender, the '70s thinlines were H-H, not S-S. Also '69 was the first year they even came out.

Of course, to be fair, the entire thing, aside from the scratchplate, is purely pre-built stock. I think I mentioned last time that this is a kit-build right? Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm too lazy to check right now.

Next week's going to be fun, though. Might actually get to first assembly stage of putting the bridge and the string ferrules in, and then, who knows, maybe I'll get to start finishing the damn thing. Either way, it's been 3 months well spent, I'll tell you that. And that's not even accounting for making the brand new nut that's going to be required for this!

Maybe I can set up the pickups on the 6 string (which I'll make from the original kit's body) in such a way that combining them has the same effect as on a J-Bass, or the Red Special. Hell, maybe I could do that on the Sunset Fade. Options, options, options.

#takosader's ramblings part 4!!! #fender telecaster #telecaster thinline #guitar #guitar building #fender jazz bass #i'm not joking by the way #this has actually taken 3 months so far #i've gone through college exams while building this thing #and they went quicker than the period between trips up to my aunt's place to work on this thing #maybe i should dye the headstock red instead of spraying it in surf green #could work better than the madness of priming then waiting 20 mins then repeating that about 5 or 6 times

[telecaster-custom]

#telecaster thinline

[thekingofgear]

Updates to Thom's Teles

Left: a rare photo of Thom playing a cream Fender Telecaster Standard at a gig in December 1992 — presumably a touring backup for his black Tele Standard (Q #179). Right: Thom holding his Fenix-brand Tele Thinline copy during a gig in early-1995 (Rock&Folk).

This week, we updated Thom's page with more info on his Pablo Honey and The Bends era Telecasters. There's now better documentation of the mods done to his original black Tele Standard, his black Tele Thinline, and his Fenix Thinline copy. There's also info on Thom borrowing three different Teles from Jonny — see if you can guess which ones.

None of these guitars were used after touring for The Bends finished, either because of disinterest or because they were stolen. The theft of the latter two in October 1995 caused Thom to buy some vintage 70s Telecasters. He used those vintage instruments heavily from OK Computer through Hail To The Thief. Like the past two, his new "no1" Telecaster was also black, but this time it was a Deluxe with Wide Range humbuckers.

It was already mentioned on Thom's page, but I'd like to highlight a blog post from Deviation Street Magazine. They shared some awesome photos from Radiohead's gig at The Joiners Arms on February 18, 1993 — four days before the release of Pablo Honey! The writing offers a nice step back in time to an era when Radiohead was basically unknown.

And as on Jonny's page, we've started adding links to the table of contents to ease navigation.

#Thom Yorke #Radiohead #Jonny Greenwood #Fender #Telecaster #Fenix #Thinline

[rivertigo]

i need this bass

#rick with a rick.. i crack myself up #realizing i just really like guitars with black pickguards and white bodies #i was eyeing this telecaster thinline with the same color scheme as my bass and i was really thinking like maybe i need to learn guitar

[serpentinesheldonserpentine]

Pretty damn pleased with myself. I resisted temptation and didn’t buy this gorgeous Thinline.

But…don’t let me stop you. Christmas is coming.

#Fender Telecaster Thinline

[juliocesarsh]

Teñido de Telecaster Thinline.

#luthier #luthierislife #telecaster #thinline #guitarraelectrica #electric guitar #cuerdasytono

[garys-classic-guitars]

1968 Fender Telecaster Thinline, Rare Maple cap neck, Sweet playing, Pearloid guard, Light weight, Logo was slightly muddled, Nicely setup, Awesome instrument, Bridge cover, One owner guitar, Clean condition with period correct Fender case...

Check it out at garysguitars.com

#fender #vintage guitar #vintage electric guitar #vintage fender #vintage guitars

[deebeeus]

I'm in a thinline mood today apparently (thanks to you for making it worse @hotwireamplification! 😂)

2021 #Fender Ltd #Blackguard #Thinline #Tele #Relic spotted at @folkwaymusic

Info from the Folkway website:

"One of the most exciting Telecasters we’ve had through in recent memory, this Limited Edition Custom Shop Blackguard Thinline Tele Relic is a seriously happening hybrid of a ’51 Nocaster and a Tele Thinline. From the Nocaster the guitar borrows its deep 1950 U-shaped maple neck with .940” depth at the 1st fret and .970” at the 12th, hand-wound 50-51 Blackguard pickups and modified wiring, black single-ply pickguard, 3-saddle bridge, knurled knobs, vintage Kluson style tuners, and vintage silver Tele logo. From the late 1960’s Thinline, the guitar borrows its chambered semi-hollow body and F-hole and its pickguard style and control layout. The Custom Shop designers threw in the flamey AA-grade quartersawn 4 bolt neck with 7.25-9.50 compound radius and 47/95 fretwire, and the super-light ash body with relic’d finish and hardware. It’s quite a package, weighs in at 6.4 lbs, and it checks every box imaginable.

The guitar is barely a year old and shows no “wear”. We realize that’s hard to qualify, but I think you’re following. Set-up in our shop with 10-46 and standard action.

With original Custom Shop case, COA, floor traveler, and case candy."

#fender #telecaster #tele #teletuesday #guitar #guitars #customshop #fendercustomshop #guitarphotography #thinline #telecasterthinline

[eupat]

#telecaster deluxe #telecaster custom #fender telecaster #telecaster #thinline #telecaster thinline

[the-takosader]

Anyway, on the list of Things In The Making...

What, you thought one electric would be good enough for me?

Yep, I'm doing another one. This one won't be fretless, because of two reasons:

The Fretless (hereafter referred to as Sunset Fade) was an experiment to see what I could actually do with a kit.

A 12 string fretless, though cool, would be even more hell to play than the Sunset Fade already is.

Yep! It's a 12 string! As some guitarists might say, I've caught the 12 string bug. But, y'see, I think I've had it for a good long while now.

The first time I actually encountered a 12 string in a song was, if I can correctly recall, Wish You Were Here. I don't actually properly remember my reaction to it, but I know what my reaction is to it now: play along to the rhythm on my acoustic 6.

The more recent and powerful one, however, is much, much later than that. I never really did a Beatles Back-Catalogue dive until when I made a full Studio Discography playlist on Spotify, and encountered a little gem called If I Needed Someone.

For those completely unaware of the history of this song, it was written in the latter half of 1965 by one George Harrison. I don't think I need to explain the ins and outs of what the song's about, but the long and short of it is that he's telling the women of the world that, although he's gonna be married, he might need someone if the thing goes sour.

But again, this is rambling. My reaction wasn't to the lyrics, but the guitar. The jangle and chime specifically. Two toaster single coils in a bevelled-top Rickenbacker 360/12, ringing out like Rhymney. Oh, and it's got a capo on the 7th. Chime a-plenty on this one.

So yeah, this one's a doozy of a build. A 12 string electric with 2 single coils... which just now occurred to me that it sounds a lot like a Fender Telecaster XII. Oh yeah, Fender made a Tele XII. It was a limited edition thing from 1995-99, but it still counts.

So my build is going to be a Tele XII, mainly because I didn't fancy a Strat again, but it's going to be special for 2 reasons (that's the second time it's been two reasons specifically):

It's going to be a semi-hollow 12 string, because you can never have too much jangle on a 12 string like this.

It's going to be strung Rickenbacker-style.

What's Rickenbacker-style stringing? That requires an explanation of 12 strings in general.

The above is a tuning guide for a normal 12 string guitar. Yes, it actually is 12 strings. Anyway, note how it's the higher octave string first, then the standard string after, leading to a kind of sawtooth as you strum down.

Rickenbacker 12 strings reverse that order, placing the normal string first, then the octave string, and repeating that process until the upper four strings, which don't change due to being unison pairs.

In effect, this is going to result in a Ric 12 string for a fraction of the cost. For reference, Ric 360/12s? A nice, clean £3,400. Meanwhile this project has only costed a total of £167, though it remains to see if it'll cost anymore in the future or not.

I'll try to remember to update you all on this mad shit, but if I don't, I've proably gotten too invested in the thing.

#fretless guitar #fender telecaster #telecaster thinline #rickenbacker 360/12 #the beatles #rubber soul #12 string #guitar building #the fabled third of the takosader ramblings #am i likely to forget? yes. do i care? no. should i care? ...probably. #another thing that remains to be seen is if i can use the body that came with the kit to make a 24 fret tele #but that's definitely a “down the line” thing. walk before you run et cetera et cetera.

[i-love-guitars]

Fender 2017 Custom Shop Limited 50s Thinline Telecaster Relic Pink Paisley

[thekidsfromyestergay]

tucker rule guitar

A classic thinline telecaster. Endlessly versatile. Super reliable no matter what you need it for. Classy but still fun.

[guitarplanet-fender-gibson]

フェンダー編第463回：「~2023 Custom Collection~ Artisan Korina Telecaster Thinline -Aged Natural-ってこんなこと」

2023年度に発表された、アーティザン・シリーズ最新作! ボディ材に稀少な「コリーナ」を採用したテレキャスター・シンラインが入荷しました!! 今期最新作のファースト・デリバリーです!! お見逃しなく!!

Spec. Body : Selected Light-Weight Korina 2PC with Hollow Body Finish : Nitrocellulose Lacquer over WLS , New Old Stock Neck : Roasted QTR-Sawn Maple , 60 Style C-Shape Neck Finish : Nitrocellulose Lacquer , New Old Stock Fingerboard: 9.5" to 12" Compound Radius , 6100 Jumbo Frets , 21F Pickups : Custom Shop P90 Neck PU , Hand-Wound 50-51 Blackguard TELE Bridge PU Controls : Dual Stack HS TELE Wiring - Vol , Tone , Modern 3way-SW - Weight : 2.86kg Case : Custom Shop Logo Black Tolex Hard Case

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[guitarists-guitars-more]

Fender Suona Thinline Collection

Stratocaster, Jazz Bass & Telecaster in Violin Burst

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