my 5-way tele

[thetragichero]

i asked you guys for suggestions months ago and i'm finally almost done (aka it sat on my bench until all the parts came)

first the obligatory gutshot:



here's the body (was too many beers in to operate a drill properly by the time i finished the wiring, so the neck will be put on tonight):



will post more pictures once it's all together as well as sound clips
thanks for everybody's help!

[Yew]

Please stop posting pictures of beautiful teles, My bank account cant take it

[thetragichero]

if you don't go for all the trimmings (callaham bridge, handmade neck from somebody on another forum), you could probably get it done on a budget
i spent like 40$ on the body on ebay (you can still see part of the asian symbol in the neck pocket)

[Yew]

Thats true, But then I would want a nice strat, a nice LP, a nice danelectro, a gretsch, and ES335... See where this is going?

I do have a secret obsession for teles though... drool..... Tele with SG Bevels

[JFrankParnell]

what are the 5 ways?

[thetragichero]

neck, neck and bridge series, neck and bridge parallel, bridge, bridge straight to jack (solo tone)

[ijustwannastrat]

But the callaham bridge is amazing. I know I'm waiting for a cheap tele body to pop up on craigslist. Callaham bridge, a decent replacement neck, you can make almost anything play well.

Also, what type of puppies?

[thetragichero]

bridge pickup is duncan five-two, neck is overwound benson handwound
the callaham bridge is AMAZING
this thing sustains for DAYS
gonna change the tuners, file down the nut, and set the intonation probably on sunday
here's some completed pictures:




please excuse the mess in my studio... we have a gig coming up the next two weekends so i've been working on getting everything disassembled and packed up

[irwired]

Thanks for the Tele eye candy. ;D

May it serve you well

Cheers
IRW

[thetragichero]

got all my fiddles restrung and setup yesterday
will be bustin `er out for first time at a gig on saturday
gotta get a case this week... i'm thinking tweed!

[jcgss77]

So how did the work come out?

Since I missed the thread you asked about this guitar in the works, please share your wood choices! I see a P/P pot there-what else did you wire up into that tele?

[thetragichero]

i think the body's alder. got it for cheap on ebay. there is an asian symbol in the neck pocket, so i was probably made super cheap.
the neck is one piece birdseye maple with an ebony board, handmade for me by somebody on the marshall forum (http://www.lydian.ca/Home.html)
callaham bridge, sd 5-2 in the bridge, benson handwound in the neck
i did the neck/neck bridge series/neck bridge parallel/bridge/bridge straight to jack (although the parallel is just bridge right now because i think i fried the switch
push pull pot for tone cap: .022uf with it down, .1uf with it pulled up

will put it through the paces when we play a show saturday.... but i'm in love with it
my girlfriend's super jealous

[jcgss77]

OOOoooo....I have always wanted a tele.

I smell trouble brewin' on the homefront...

[thetragichero]

i've got chrome knobs with tortoise shell on the top on their way... hopefully it'll set this baby off!

[jcgss77]

I definitely would like to see some pics of that.

[thetragichero]

crummy picture, but you get the jist

[soa324]

How did the intonation work out with the compensated saddles?
I have a Jerry Donahue tele arriving on tuesday and I am considering the the intonation options.

[thetragichero]

it's close enough for punk rock!
nah but the intonation is good, callaham makes a quality bridge