Stub Mandrel Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Back in the '80s I bought a Squier Indonesian Telecaster because my Hohner start got nicked. Over the years I added a DiMarzio stacked humbucker my brother gave me, cheap Gotoh copy tuners (the Squier ones were truly awful) and lastly a genuine Fender Tele selector knob to replace the annoyingly round one. Most annoying has been the single-ply back scratchplate that looks like a bit of ring-binder cover. This week I invested less than £15 on the bay to get a mint green scratchplate, vintage through body bridge and ferrules. I also added some light relicing ... I think it looks great, downside I've had to order another £15 worth of strings and 'vintage' tuners. Just need to work on my playing... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad3353 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 57 minutes ago, Stub Mandrel said: ...Just need to work on my playing... ... and find a Telecaster 'ashtray'..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gary mac Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 Looks great with the change of guard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwardMarlowe Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 Nicely done. For now, I'#m very, very happy with my stock 2006 CIJ 71RI Tele, but if ever I could justify another, I'd probably look at finding a used Squier CP 50s Tele and having it rewired to Broadcaster specs, and maybe either a Squier Affinity or the equivalent Harley Benton Tele, pull the neck pickup, fit a vblank guard, switch the Bridge pup for something very ballsy, and wire it as an Esquier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWH Posted May 2, 2020 Share Posted May 2, 2020 Simply better ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 It looks good when it's grunged up a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
