This guitar started out as a standard Fender 50's Classic Tele (see below). I never could stand the combination of the neck shape and those itty-bitty little frets. So I had Warmoth send me a baritone conversion neck. I sprayed it with Deft lacquer. I also swapped the pickguard out for the groovy pearloid thing (see below). The stock pickups weren't cutting it anymore since the guitar is tuned down to A. I replaced the pickups with Fender Vintage Noiseless ones. It was better but I wasn't thrilled. So then I had a set of Rio Grande pickups and yet another pickguard on it (see below). The Rio Grande's are MUCH better - all the Tele twang and bite with nice low end.
Then I went to a guitar show and saw a silver sparkle Tele body and couldn't resist!
| COLOR | Silver metal flake |
| BODY | I'm not sure - the finish was apparently applied by the folks at G & L |
| NECK | Warmoth Baritone Conversion Tele 1-Piece Maple (Nitro-Cellulose Lacquer Finish) |
| MACHINE HEADS | Fender Kluson Style Tuning Machines |
| FINGERBOARD | Maple, 10-16” Compound Radius |
| NO. OF FRETS | 24 Medium Jumbo Frets |
| PICKUPS | Rio Grande Vintage Tallboys |
| CONTROLS | Master Volume Master Tone |
| BRIDGE | Vintage 3-Saddle Fender Tele Bridge (from a 50's Classic) |
| PICKUP SWITCHING | 3-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickup Position 3. Neck Pickup |
| HARDWARE | Nickel/Chrome |
| SCALE LENGTH | 28 5/8" |
| WIDTH AT NUT | 1 11/16" |
With Rio Grande's and aged white guard:
With Fender Vintage Noiseless pickups and a nutty pearloid guard:
