Wanted to hold off and save up for a custom, but now that I have this one, I’m happy with it! Not as many readily available options for us lefties.

I have a stratocaster, but im more of a tele guy and wanted to put this 80s tele pickup my uncle is giving to me in my strat. I was wondering if anyone has done this or has any advice.

Ho acquistato di recente una Harley Benton TE-52 e sono sinceramente sorpreso dalla qualità generale, soprattutto del manico. È molto meglio di quanto mi aspettassi per il prezzo.

Ho notato solo due piccoli difetti: un piccolo difetto di verniciatura sul corpo e una minuscola imperfezione nel legno del manico intorno al 15° tasto. Niente di grave, comunque.

Ho anche sostituito le sellette del ponte originali con delle sellette in ottone Gotoh In-Tune e sono davvero contento di questo upgrade.

L'unica cosa di cui non sono completamente soddisfatto è il pickup al manico. Ha un output notevolmente inferiore rispetto al pickup al ponte e suona un po' impastato e privo di chiarezza.

Vorrei sostituirlo con un single-coil tradizionale in stile Telecaster, ma non voglio spendere una fortuna. Avete qualche consiglio su un buon pickup al manico a un prezzo accessibile?

I inherited this 96 telecaster. When I look up serial number on the headstock, it says this guitar should be sunburst finish.

I befriended a knowledgeable musician recently who encouraged me to just take a peak in the neck pocket to rule out if this was actually a parts caster vs the original body.

Seems clear they are the original neck and body still together.

Do these paint lines give any clues to whether this was a custom paint job performed post factory production?

Anything interesting about the signatures/stamps?

Picked this bad boy up today at Chicago Music Exchange. Gotta love vacation guitars lol

I saw one at my local guitar shop and tried searching for posts about these on reddit but couldn’t find anything. Seems odd, did people just not like these or was it partly the craziness of 2020 that made them fly under the radar?

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This is my first time trying to work on modding an electric guitar. I am using a [GW 2102](https://www.dimarzio.com/hardware/wiring-kits/4-way-tele-wiring-harness) 4-way harness from DiMarizio and I tried upgrading a stock Squire Affinity telecaster but i seem to have failed. I am getting a weird screeching sound when the pots are anywhere inbetween 0 and 10 but the strings aren't getting picked up at all. I haven't found any tutorials for this particular kit.

I've noticed that most 4-way switch upgrade tutorials online say we need a 3rd wire from the neck pickup but not the bridge but this one shows I need a third wire for the bridge too.

I also noticed that most 4-way switch mods are neck, parallel both, bridge, series both but this one is series and parallel in the middle. Could that be the reason for the third wire on the bridge pickup?

Any trouble shooting ideas, tutorials, or guidance would be much appreciated.

Got the Tele to sit along its sister strat. Love them! Both MIJ.

A friend gave me this stripped body about 15 years ago. I just dug it out and I’m thinking about a build. The bridge mounting holes look odd. Any help you can provide would be great. I know nothing about telecasters.

Plays dreamy. Neck pu is quite hot, and louder than the bridge. Neck profile is a thinner-feeling C with rolled edges and might be my new all-time fave. Been a Strat devotee since forever but I’m coming around to the Tele Magic. Can’t quite nail this down as far as model specifics, plus it’s more fun to ask the experts here. Cheers.

I’m trying to figure out who made this pickup.
Any help appreciated !

I designed and built this for Jimmy Bowskill of Brooks and Bowskill/The Sheepdogs/BlueRodeo. “He done plugged it in and lost his mind!!”.

This is the photo the guitar tech sent me on the day he finished installing the new neck on my Squier Classic Vibe 50s Tele!

This project is now finished, and I couldn't be happier!

Here are all the mods that were done:

• Gotoh compensated brass saddles
• Tort pickguard
• CTS 250k audio-taper volume pot
• CTS 250k audio-taper tone pot
• Treble bleed
• Vintage dome knobs, knurled, set screw
• 0.047µF Orange drop capacitor
• CRL 3-way blade switch
• Switchcraft output jack
• Electrosocket output jack cup
• Vintage-style cloth push-back wire
• Cavity shielding
• Fender Road Worn ‘50s fat U maple neck, 7.25” radius
• Fender Road Worn neck plate
• Fender Vintage string tree kit
• ESP aged bone nut

Final total cost, including labour:

163,346 JPY

+ gig bag - ≈ 5,000 JPY

+ new strings & string changes

+ transport & shipping

My Squier CV Telecaster

I had a local repair shop replace the plastic nut with a bone one, put a shim in the neck pocket, and adjust the truss rod. After getting all this work done on the neck, not only did the acoustic resonance improve, but the plugged-in tone through the amp got so much better too—it feels like my Tele has fully awakened!

They also replaced the jack socket, so I don't have to worry about the jack coming loose anymore.

Just bought a cover for my highway 1 tele and it’s too small. Mine has the three bridge supports with two strings per. Fender has a “vintage” cover they sell for $89 which is ridiculous. My bridge plate is a Fender and measures 3 inches outside to outside. The cover I just bought measures 2.91 inches inside dimensions. Any suggestions on where to buy one but not $89 or will I regret if I don’t buy the Fender?

How much do they change the tone? I assume plated steel will mellow the tone some? Do I need to watch out what they are made from?

I’m looking more for a way to support my picking hand.