My Ash Tele partscaster...

[Jazzedout]

Never thought I would get a Tele, but found a nice roasted one piece Tele neck and started a project from it. I also never had an ash guitar before, so I assembled this one.
Basic specs are:
9.5" radius,
Jumbo frets,
Pearl dots,
Gotoh locking tuners,
Ash body with a few layers of nitro and a clear pickguard,
Gotoh bridge with brass compensated saddles.
Pickups are a Dimarzio Chopper T in the bridge and a Twang King in the neck.
So basically this isn't a traditional Tele, but a humbucker bridge / single coil neck guitar.
Oh and it is wired with a 5-way wiring diagram from Bill Lawrence.

 

[Jazzedout]

Hmmm.. Can't edit? I get an error when I try to edit...

 

[littlebadboy]

Nice! I like the clear pickguard on it! It showcases the nice wood grain.

I had the same pickups configuration when I had my tele.

I'd like to have a Kotzen tele some day.

 

[Jazzedout]

Actually I realized while building it that I didn't have a stoptail guitar. It is really easy to drop D the Tele and then tune back to normal.

 

[xjbebop]

Nicely done! Everyone should have at least one proper Tele...
I'm lucky enough to own an RK Tele. It's worth every penny... and the neck is FAT! I love it!
I used the same pup's on my MM AL Tele conversion... they rock!

 

[Jazzedout]

Yeap, I was happily surprised by the pickups. I was initially looking for a Tone Zone (which I know and trust), but the Chopper just rocks!!

 

[littlebadboy]

Actually I realized while building it that I didn't have a stoptail guitar. It is really easy to drop D the Tele and then tune back to normal.

I use a pitch-key for switching to drop D and standard E back and forth. It's much cheaper at the fraction of a cost of the Hipshot Xtender.

 

[Jazzedout]

Yes I saw that on your Tele, but as it is with the 1:16 ratio Gotoh tuners it is very easy to downtune anyway.
Especially when you compare it with downtuning trem guitars in the past...