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Hi all,

I just finished building a telecaster using warmoth body and neck. Its my first real fender and I am loving it. It really makes me work compared to my LP.

Today was the first day I got to fire up my JTM45 with it and playing around with settings it seems like I like the sound of it best just plugged into the high gain normal channel, maybe because the lower output pickups prevent the channel from getting mushy yet still drive it well.

In this setup it was silky smooth and the bridge pickup still had plenty of growl and bite.

Actually I liked it even better with the tone control turned down just a slight amount. It prevented the bridge from squeeling too.

So how do other people run their tele's? I freeking love this guitar!

alot of the guys say normal chan for fenders, i have yet to really delve into that. warmoth cool! i have a strat on the way. (merry xmas) what woods/options did you get? congrats.

my esq work well with both channels

marT wrote:Hi all,

I just finished building a telecaster using warmoth body and neck. Its my first real fender and I am loving it. It really makes me work compared to my LP.

Today was the first day I got to fire up my JTM45 with it and playing around with settings it seems like I like the sound of it best just plugged into the high gain normal channel, maybe because the lower output pickups prevent the channel from getting mushy yet still drive it well.

In this setup it was silky smooth and the bridge pickup still had plenty of growl and bite.

Actually I liked it even better with the tone control turned down just a slight amount. It prevented the bridge from squeeling too.

So how do other people run their tele's? I freeking love this guitar!

What did you used for a pickup? That has everything to do with what the guitar is gonna like as far as amps go. I tried a DiMarzio Virtual "Hot T" recently, which is hum cancelling, and sounds great thru any channel of any amp. Still Tele-like, but with more punch and less bright twang-y-ness.

I went with lindy fralin blues special in the bridge and fralin stock in the neck with 2% overwind.

I chose a maple neck with swamp ash body.

Heres a pic.




The bridge pickup squeels a bit as soon as the volume is put on ten. If I back off just a tad of the tone pot it stops and I actually prefer the tone when I do that. Really les paul bridge like.

Very, very nice!!! Looks great with that black 'guard too. Now you just gotta find some Tele repro decals for the head!!

I dunno about a decal, maybe.

I kind of like the fact that everyone will know its a somewhat homebrew guitar (ok I didn't cut the wood but still) and not just a Fender you can buy anywhere.

It does look kind of empty though. Maybe I will get something custom done


I had a little problem setting it up when I first built it. The saddles had to be up really high to get a good action which cause the compensated saddles to pivot and not contact the bevelled edge and buzz on the g string. Warmoth said this was because of the vintage modern fretboard, because it has to be thicker at the heel when it reaches 16" and vintage style bridge (callaham) might be designed for a 7 1/4"

I ended up using a shim for the neck and that got the saddles down but I might get some regular non intonated saddles and remove the shim and just have them up high.

looks righteous.

Nice !

Nice Tele marT.Here is a picture of my home built USA Customs Tele with Lindy Fralin blues special in the neck and bridge with a 4way Fender switch. You have to like the simplicity of them.

"Its my first real fender and I am loving it. It really makes me work compared to my LP. "

Nice!!

I've got some nice Gibsons also. which plays nice, but what you call work with your fender copy I'd call it grooveing. I find Fenders esp. Strats are easy and made to MOVE while playing. Its not what I'd call work. Yes its different. I don't tend to dance and move around as much with my LP. It could be a slight trade off but if you ever get a REAL nice Fender that plays like butta it deffinatly not work.

enjoy it, it will get better also!

When I say work its in a good way. As you said you can groove more.

The only things troubling me at the moment is getting the neck angle right in relation to the bridge saddles.

I have two business cards thick shim in the neck to get the saddles low enough that the string doesn't buzz on the g string on the non compensated part of the saddle and because of this the strings have a slight incline from the bridge to the nut instead of appearing flat or even having a downward slope.

But I'll get it sorted eventually. I might just need regular saddles and have the saddles up high with no shim. It still plays and sounds great.

will you make clips of it using your metro ?

what's the most tele friendly marshall? my esquire like a jtm45 with alnico speakers

I was going to make clips the other day but my camera broke.

I'll try and get clips up as soon as I can find another camera.