D30Man
Senior Member
So I had a nicely relic'd tele body with racing stripes laying around and I used some of the funds from selling my S-300 to do the following:
1 - Buy an MIM RW Tele neck with Jumbo Frets
2 - Buy a Seymour Duncan bridge pick up made in the US
3 - Bought some relic'd parts from John's Music Stuff in Little Elm, TX i.e. strap buttons, bridge, US aged pickguard, pre-wired switch plate
My fellow North Texans - John has a small shop in his garage and carries a myriad of different parts for mainly Fenders, but some Gibsons. He is getting stuff in all the time. He does custom relic jobs or sells the parts so that you can build your own. If you are within 40 miles of Little Elm and working on a project he is worth a drive. His prices are extremely fair. If you buy your parts from Guitarfetish you are likely to spend more on shipping than in Gas to get there. That and John is extremely informative and has just about anything you would need for a Fender project.
My son and I found an LTD ESP body when we were dumpster diving Guitar Center and John had enough Gibson parts for us to finish it out. And for dirt cheap. Granted they were aftermarket. Buuuuut not going to drop heavy coin on a dumpster guit.
Here are some pictures. First of the body pre-completion and then of the finished product.
1 - Buy an MIM RW Tele neck with Jumbo Frets
2 - Buy a Seymour Duncan bridge pick up made in the US
3 - Bought some relic'd parts from John's Music Stuff in Little Elm, TX i.e. strap buttons, bridge, US aged pickguard, pre-wired switch plate
My fellow North Texans - John has a small shop in his garage and carries a myriad of different parts for mainly Fenders, but some Gibsons. He is getting stuff in all the time. He does custom relic jobs or sells the parts so that you can build your own. If you are within 40 miles of Little Elm and working on a project he is worth a drive. His prices are extremely fair. If you buy your parts from Guitarfetish you are likely to spend more on shipping than in Gas to get there. That and John is extremely informative and has just about anything you would need for a Fender project.
My son and I found an LTD ESP body when we were dumpster diving Guitar Center and John had enough Gibson parts for us to finish it out. And for dirt cheap. Granted they were aftermarket. Buuuuut not going to drop heavy coin on a dumpster guit.
Here are some pictures. First of the body pre-completion and then of the finished product.