Being a diehard Tele fan I’ve watched this with more than a little curiosity. I’ve been down a few rabbit holes in my time & own 4 custom shop teles plus 2 Tom Anderson’s & 1 Suhr but I’ve never had the courage until now to attempt what you’ve done. You are an inspiration. Subbed.
You know what, your post is EXACTLY why I bother making these Warmoth guitars... there is no doubt it can all be done and for less (if you were for example in the USA) than a guitar off the shelf that is of similar level and quality. Check my channel as I do have a number of guitars I have completed, Tele types and Strat types. Indeed I still own most :). Thanks so much for watching and of course for those very kind words.
@@tonymckenzieofficial I’m working my way through your wonderful posts from the sunny banks of the river Mersey. Absolutely love the quilt on that Tele..!
Glad you like it... It's a sort of mix between the woods and the gold I think... and thanks very much for watching... and that sub! They all count. BTW check my channel for other guitar builds there are a number of them.
Great build there Tony! Quite inspirational! I’ve been gathering parts for my own Warmoth Tele build and it’s a pretty burst so didn’t want the pickguard to cover it up. Was a little nervous about perfectly mounting the neck pickup into the route and keeping it stable without a pickguard, but then I see you went with a sweet chrome ring which looks cool and adds stability. Never seen one of those on a Tele. I will be shamelessly copying you sir! Thanks for the detailed descriptions throughout. You built one beautiful Tele. 😊
Yes the rings are out there... advice... ensure the one you buy is NOT made of magnetic material... ask them BEFORE you buy ;-) and thanks for watching this video - really appreciated.
Okay, you've sold me on doing this myself. That's beautiful. It can be tough putting together a load of parts and predicting how it'll sound, but this is a good one. Really well done!
It CAN be tough... as the first part of the video showed. This is really the first time I had to change 'plan' but I did show what I did and how I did it. The result was about 10 times better than the guitar with those other parts and wiring in the first half. That shows that its very possible to 'get things wrong' especially if you never used the wiring for 4 way switching (for example). Nothing really wrong with the 4 way switching but it was not really for me. You should have a go at building a guitar - if you're concerned then start low cost... learn the general things, and later go for it! :) I'm sure most would learn from a guitar build and ultimately should end up with a great guitar. Thanks for watching ... and thanks for the post.
It would have been beautiful back in the 1970's, in the hands of a talented guitarist. Now it has all the charm of a hostess-trolley and an artexed ceiling. :)
Tony I was hoping to find this video today mate.I loved the whole video and it is marvelous in every aspect .Great job old Friend.All my builds are done now and I have four out of six way above store bough StratoCasters.All thanks to you ! Cheers mate.
Hey HG, great to hear you. The video turned out rather different than I had planned, but it is a lesson that is captured in the video, and how my idea (from reading about the 4 way switch and wiring) took the wrong road for me. Thankfully it was easy to solve, but the noiseless ultra pickups and in particular the neck pickup took a little work to get that gold cover on there. I never saw anyone do that before so it might be useful to someone. Oh I know you have made some very nice guitars and its really great to see them... ANYONE ON HERE SHOULD LOOK AT @humblegeorge channel and see how he had created his guitars. It's always great to see other guys projects too and maybe sometimes how some of my videos helped guys. And that's the thing really, Even me, on this video I learned something more. The YT platform has many less than perfect things especially when you try and create a channel... but it is still a very useful platform to post videos that could help others. Ha don't try and make money from it unless you post some junk - we've all seen the lunacy of 10M views of a typical type that remains generally adolescent based. Ha who cares, and HG thanks again for watching this vid... regards T
I have a Vega on my bespoke Tele. The body i made myself from an old Butchers block. I bought it from an Abattoir. I fitted a 'B' bender (serious headwork) and the Neck is off an old Peavey T60. It's my go to. Another excellent informative build. Thanks Tony.
Ha well I have seen one comment that the poster said he did not like it... too blingy (and in some ways he's right) @Adipsia1 (check my reply, because he actually hit on the whole reason for building a guitar... any guitar let alone a Warmoth. And thanks for watching....
You know what, getting those things 'right' IMO is the essence of building/assembling a guitar. A lesson I learned on my first Stratocaster (I still have it!) - the best strat ITW video series that in total has had about 1.4m views is from comments about that guitar from 2009 to today... yes the comments still come in. And that was about the neck, the body and the pickguard. If you watch it played here: ruclips.net/video/SFvTbnOwCHg/видео.html notice how the guitar, the neck and pick guard are very well matched (IMO) - I know it's subjective, but many guys told me that over the years, and some even complained that Warmoth stopped doing the pick guard color and they could not get it as they wanted a similar guitar look. I never forgot that. So every guitar I have bought the parts from Warmoth (as well as genuine Fender necks and bodies from www.stratosphereparts.com ) I have ALWAYS considered the 'look' as well as the woods, guitar style, neck and generally the components. I never completed a single guitar that turned out rubbish, at least in my opinion. I own virtually every one with just two exceptions that I sold some years back. Great comment and hopefully I have offered a slightly different insight in to the guitar and how I look at it when looking for parts etc. Thanks for watching - really appreciated.
Please note that the backing track on this video will be deleted as theres a copyright claim for it (lord knows why) and I'll be creating a new video with a few tracks of this guitar being played over different styles - the link will be here and in the text under the vidio when I post the video... Sorry about that but I really don't want to be paying others for my hard work.... thanks.
Well I did 'toy' with an 'Evil Owl' going on the 12th fret :) but eventually I thought too much trouble. Hey... black dots matter :) but sadly this is just a ghost of a neck...
I love my standard-Tele. It’s natural-finish w/a tortoiseshell pick-guard. It’s an ‘10 limited-edition … Mexican-Tele. You’ve built a real beauty here, man. ☮️
Yes I built a couple over the years - not really like true telecasters I might add, so this one, while again not like the original, suits what I will use it for. Yours sounds like a 'real' Telecaster and coming from Gibson, Ibanez and Strat type guitars the Telecasters certainly do have a pretty unique sound. I listened to Roy Buchannan a lot and liked that style but can't play it :). Anyway thanks for watching and your post...
I have one of my Strats and a Tele with gold Babicz bridges. My Tele has the one with the additional slide hold-down screws. I like them. And they look amazing. And I converted my stock neck pickup to wire to a 4 way switch (easy mod). Another great video from Tony, although I do tend to fast forward over a lot of the chat (no disrespect). Thank you!
Ha I get it... with videos this long its really a matter whether you like me 'harping on' (but it is to try and help guys who never did a guitar build) or want to see the meat and veg of the video :) Hey thanks for posting the info of how you found the Babicz - I never really see them around too much, but they do offer a very important upgrade IMO and that is 50 times the surface touching of the saddles as opposed to two little grub screws on the originals and others. I think that does matter. The name 'full contact bridge' is very befitting. And great to know that you had no issues with the other bridge I showed. The 4 way for me was not really what I wanted so eventually as the video said, I flipped to the 3 way and for me it's exactly the sort of tones and feel that I wanted. The playing was just a jam really and I did fumble around a bit (I don't even know the track) but those tones were in there. Thanks for the post - good info - and thanks for watching.
Tony I should tell you that I have a Warmoth Telecaster which I've owned for many years and I use the Babicz bridge. They are definitely fun to play and they sound very nice as well. Excellent rock tones. You will enjoy.
Thanks for the info! appreciated. I have a Babicz on a Warmoth Strat and it always has stood up to use OK. Hey which Babicz bridge did you use? That would be interesting to know. Yes even with that little bit of audio on the video (it was literally the first time played) I can tell that it can hack it... :) Thanks for watching.
@@tonymckenzieofficial Rock and Roll TONY! I have owned a few of the Babicz bridges. I have a chrome one on a Tele I built around 10 years ago using a Warmoth body and a Musikraft neck and it works great in this one. It's the model with the little plates on the bottom. I also have 2 black ones. I tried one of the Babicz on another Tele I built with a Pine body and it didn't work so I switched back to the standard ashtray bridge from a 2009 custom shop guitar. (Bought the parts on eBay) The standard bridge worked much better in that one. It's just the matching you have to work out. The Warmoth body is alder and the build went NICELY. I spoke with Seymour Duncan while he was working on some old pickups for me and asked him about a suggestion for this build. He told me to check out the Custom Shop 53 Tapped Tele set. I liked the idea of them and he mentioned he had built them for Jeff Beck. Apparently he used them on Beck's Guitar Shop. They are great! Made me laugh because you didn't like the 4-way config (neither do I and yes, I have another Tele with the 4-way which I want to change! lol) But check this out, the Tap Tele is a 5-way! Now, normally I like SIMPLE, and the Tele exudes SIMPLE. So the 3-way switch make me perfectly happy, but this set by Seymour KICKS ass and the 5-way on it is a worthy one for sure. They rock, check out this demo ruclips.net/video/-1QvXsZutUM/видео.html I have tons more stuff going on and I'll share it with you. I've built a few nice Teles. One of them has a Warmoth neck. Check out the specs: Vintage Modern Construction, Flame Maple (One Piece), Flame Maple board, quartersawn, 59 roundback! Frets SS6150 (Stainless), Radius: 10-16" Compound... Very High Grade Quartersawn flame Maple. Abalone Face and Side Inlay. Sweet stuff. Paid just under US $600 in 2015 - worth every penny. It's awesome to have a Tele with a NICE 59 neck! take care bro.
My issue with teles is that they just feel blocky with no cutaways. That's why I prefer this sort of contoured body for a telecaster build. As a lifelong stratplayer I demand a belly and arm cut. I need those ergonomics. My other issue with teles is that the neck pickups are never anything to write home about. The bridge is where the tele comes into its own. With strats the 2, 4 and neck create the magic. But I am a humbucker player at heart, and I tend to use the bridge 95% of the time. But if I were going to go for a tele bridge tone I'd definitely use a noiseless single coil.
They do I agree, but with the cut aways they work for me too. I'm not really an everyday telecaster player, but I do like them. I read somewhere that the middle of the 5 way switch is often liked by many Tele players... but I think each switch position does have its place. Buchanan was awesome on one :) Have a listen to that 5 String Blues... I swear I hear the devil taking Roy away towards the end of that track... indeed, an incredible piece of music played by a master of the Telecaster. Noiseless are very good... Hey thanks for watching - appreciated.
David White pickups? I remember Bruce Watson (Big Country) had a set of his pickups in a custom made Strat back in the late '80s/early '90s. He reckons they're the best Strat pickups he's ever played.
And so did I Here: ruclips.net/video/zU82uu1LBTE/видео.htmlsi=wuNSGvFRjAEV8cjW a video I made 12 years ago... and follow it as I do demo the tones on another linked video. Thanks for watching.
22:00 I believe the license issue is to do specifically with the headstock design, which is a protected feature whereas the body is considered to be a generic design, rather than uniquely Fender.
Yes I knew it was something like that - the body (I think on most brands) seems to have been ignored and seemed strange. Thanks for the post and for watching too.
I am going through this lol. My first guitar brought it cheap but it had problems. Changed everything. Apart from nut and frets. Tried a few different pick ups and parts. Till I found what I felt right. Not necessarily anything wrong with anything i decided not to use. More a case of feel and looks. My hope is that after doing it myself. I will be more inclined to learn and play. Rather than a off the shelf one. I now also have a off the shelf one.
I tried to get across exactly what you're saying. You know, when I stopped the build and changed direction that was because the guitar did not doo what I wanted from it - all the parts were fine, but somehow the 4 way switch was not for me. And I removed the David While pickups, not because they were bad in some way (far from it) but even from the start I did not really want to mod them, so I reversed the mod and saved them for another day (surely I will make another video). And as you say, you can sort of tailor the result of a self build to what YOU want. I have always found that the result (in this case slightly harder to achieve) ends up nigh on perfect for my playing style. Well done on doing it - many don't or won't 'have a go' but they should. And thanks for watching.
This guitar was quite hard work and harder than the blue Telecaster I made a while back. I still have it and that's a great rock guitar. Thanks for watching.
Nice Job Tony. I’m going to disagree with your opinion that the tele was “out” and is making a comeback. Teles have never gone out of favor. Look at John 5 and his teles. Joe Perry……. I’m surprised you didn’t do a swimming pool route. Regardless….beautiful guitar…. 33:51
Ha I knew someone would :) but that's all OK. I get it. Honestly I loved guys like Roy Buchannan and some others and those guys were just incredible musicians, but also in their own way showmen too. My favorite track of Roy's is 'Five String Blues' and I swear that towards the end I can hear 'Roy' being taken away by the devil himself! How Roy could concoct a track of that stature I can't even comprehend. I watch the country guys sometimes and there's a guy on YT that talks a lot about Telecasters and Fender amps.. a great guy who really knows his stuff. Yes there is John 5 I agree. But honestly, maybe I should have said that Telecasters were 'getting chosen even more than before' - you'll get what I mean. Amazing that Stairway was created on a Telecaster. So they say. My blue one played here: ruclips.net/video/q9J6A9uSDGo/видео.html is a brilliant guitar and it has a great tone (IMO) that suits the track I played - and believe it or not that was on a floor Helix in 24 Jan 2016. A brilliant guitar and I guess I could buy a Telecaster with that tone? or not? As far as routing well I really don't have much by way of real tools and I generally don't do it - I won't really blame the tools though :) its my genuine inability - there is a limit :) Hey thanks for watching and for the post.
BTW that at 33:51 really related to the cover that absolutely does not fit the neck noiseless pickup without that cutting of the cover - I did try it before resorting to that, but had I persisted the pickup would have been toast...
Well I usually get things right, but on this one, there I went, listening to others "you need a 4 way2 type of thing... well I did solve it all eventually and I think this is now exactly what I wanted to create and it plays nice too... Thanks for watching.
😂😂🤣thought you wasn’t going to build anymore guitars, I take it the wife has left you my friend. So how much kit do you have already? After all you can only play one guitar at a time,ok you can use more than one amp, and as many effects as you like. Stay blessed brother❤️🔥🕊 p.s. yeah I’m bingeing today. Now go buy your beloved another prezzie. Yeah that stratocaster is absolutely superb. Still waiting for my Mckenziecaster by the way. Just can’t trust the parcel services these days😂❤️🔥🕊
:) A telecaster type guitar I was driven to do.... its true I play one at a time and my wife (still here because of my hidden talents) :) tells me all the time I have far too many guitars. But like women (I guess) they are all different :) BTW on the back of the neck this one actually says 'TONYCASTER' :) so it's near... but not quite the name you would apply :) good to hear you too. Regards... and thanks for watching...
If you buy a neck from Warmoth (or some other companies) they can fit the nut and cut it so its a perfect fit - same with the frets... so it becomes almost a build that anyone could complete with average guitar skills. So, my advice, you could start off with the more bottom end neck and bodies they have and I know they fit well as I tried them years ago, and once you gain with that then work towards a great guitar you always wanted, but create your own. Honestly, you can do it. Thanks for watching... appreciated.
@@tonymckenzieofficial Hey Tony..thanks. I went to Warmouth website and ya like you said necks ready to go. Im comfortable doing the rest of it...been playing and teaching guitar for years. Setups, adjustments and soldering is all stuff I can do. I've seen many of your reviews and you really do it well...all the best from Kim in Canada.
When i ordered my custom luthier built Strat, it was out of frustration with the overpriced poor quality so called "Custom Shop" guitars that you can order, then wait a long time for only to be gutted when they are nothing like what you wanted. I have two Fender Custom Shop Strats, the first one a "Hank Marvin" spec was as good as they get first time. The second one a "Bonnie Raitt" was a disaster, with the help of an excellent dealer it was rejected. So when i wanted a "David Gilmour" Strat, Fender were the last place i wanted one from. After a lot of research, i found a highly regarded luthier in the UK who listened to what i was looking for, he gave his thoughts, and left me to come up with a final spec. Just over 18 months later i got a long awaited email to say it was as perfect as he could make it, on collection i was more than happy with his workmanship, it was faultless, and a dream to play with a thin compound radius neck that suited my small hands. If you decide to do what Tony has done, take your time, even if you don't have the confidence to complete it to a high standard, there is always the luthier option that i took. Thanks for showing us your excellent "Custom Shop" Tele Tony, it has worked out for you and hopefully ecourages others to try doing the same.
What was the major problem with the bridge? Intonation? Fit? What was you trying to adjust? Looks like the video was edited there and that info left out. That looks like a really nice guitar. James
That's a good question James. I'll explain it as best I can. I knew the neck was 'right' as I had the 'other' bridge on before. However, this second unit was thinner (for sure) and that had some effect of lowering the whole saddles. I did take a look at that, but it seemed to me that the saddles did not offer as much lift as I wanted for the setup. That could have meant a number of things, but I did not want to mess about with the neck pocket etc. which I could have done but nah... wrong way to go. Eventually I just decided that rather than fixing something that I had already had working with the other bridge, that I should just refit the bridge that worked fine. Honestly, I don't really think there would have been a real improvement now that I have played the guitar after being complete for the last time. It was not worth any extra effort with that other bridge. At least that's what I settled with and I think I made the right choice. Thanks for watching ...
@@tonymckenzieofficial Thank you for the information! I intend to put a couple of guitars together in the next year or so. I really aporeciate your videos, you help us to be aware of a lot of the "gotcha" moments that happen along this journey. Awesome job. James
Actually you don't want the body to move with the string. In the theoretical extreme case that the body moves exactly the same way as the string you would not hear anything! My own superstition is that the more dense, heavier and strong the bridge is (and everything else), then there simply is, the more power in the string and it will have a longer decay. But I have no proof of this. In fact I have tried various bridges in various guitars over the years, and even at times played a guitar not exactly remembering what bridge I put in and not even noticing the difference.
Ha I get that... and although I have looked and looked I never have found a definitive answer - nearest I got was the Strat I built with the Koa top which was hollow and those strings vibrate (or a string) for about 30 seconds unplugged which I thought was pretty good - and better than my other guitars. Good point. Thanks for watching.
I could agree with those sentiments. I'm certainly not perfect, but I can honestly say that there is not one Warmoth guitar that I own that I don't like. If you watch the Vega-Trem video with that Strat guitar, the old bridge was not good. At the time I often used to try different brands etc. as part of the video content (ha so I did not get bored) and that bridge should never have been fitted (Wilkinson). The Vega-Trem changed that guitar incredibly. Sometimes its things like that what happens and for me at least it gives the guitar a whole new perspective. You will know the Warmoth quality hopefully and I never really had much trouble with them except in the early days with fret ends and that sort of thing, but I did all of that easy enough. Thanks for watching... and a useful comment for guys to read...
Not a fan of Warmoth necks at all. The first one I purchased was back-bowed, they did allow me to pick free replacement but had to pay my own shipping (return) of the original neck. The replacement was fine but the fretwork was lacking; I could never lower it beyond medium action (16 inch radius) without the problems such as dead spotting - very slight, mind you - or specific fret buzzing would occur. Eye-balling the neck along its plane, at naught relief, would manifest imperfections.
You did not say when you bought those necks... but some years ago the Warmoth necks in particular had issues with frets and fret ends that I was not that happy with. Today its a different story in my opinion, but hey some can disagree... my opinions are only based on my own experiences - and I have bought every part I have had from them. Lie I said I have seen fret trouble years back but not for some time. A very good point and thanks for posting it because opinions of guys that have bought the stuff is useful to many. And thanks for watching, its greatly appreciated...
Ive heard a lot of good things about lollar pickups. A lot of guitarists prefer them to any others. Eric gales uses them in his magneto guitars. Have you got them in any of your guitars Tony?.....if so ..what do you think?
Sadly I don't. I have considred those a few times but never actually bought them... maybe I'll look and if I do you'll see them. I do know that they seem to be top shelf from what I hear too. Thanks.
Well I did post it later - so I'll copy it here: That's a good question James. I'll explain it as best I can. I knew the neck was 'right' as I had the 'other' bridge on before. However, this second unit was thinner (for sure) and that had some effect of lowering the whole saddles. I did take a look at that, but it seemed to me that the saddles did not offer as much lift as I wanted for the setup. That could have meant a number of things, but I did not want to mess about with the neck pocket etc. which I could have done but nah... wrong way to go. Eventually I just decided that rather than fixing something that I had already had working with the other bridge, that I should just refit the bridge that worked fine. Honestly, I don't really think there would have been a real improvement now that I have played the guitar after being complete for the last time. It was not worth any extra effort with that other bridge. At least that's what I settled with and I think I made the right choice. Thanks for watching ... And really if I had continued to spend time I could have solved it, but to be honest, this video has already taken up to two weeks off and on inc. the editing and messing about, so I decided (about half way through) to just take that one back off. Someone else has fitted that other bridge on here (I read it) so it can clearly be done. But I really like the one on there now... Thanks guys...
Yeah the old style stuff I can't really hack myself. And I agree that often the lighter body (but not hollow) seems to add to the sustain somehow. Great points. And thanks for watching.
It looks great. I've never tried Warmoth before, but will have to give them a go one day. I do have a question though: if it's better than something you can buy off the rack for the money (i.e. better than Fender) then what was the rationale for the Fender logo? It also looks like a Fender custom shop decal on the back of the headstock and a Fender custom shop neck plate as well so just wondering why.
Well firstly the neck is Fender licensed and the guitar includes many Fender parts really. The body certainly is different in manufacture but possibly not by shape. Relate it to another way, if someone looked at that guitar (without any logos) would they call it a Telecaster? I think so. I just wanted some sort of logo on there as the Warmoth logo is literally a stick on which I have to say is pretty poor. BTW the rear logo and neck plate are not actually the same as Fender logos. Its of course just for personal use and bearing in mind the neck is Fender licensed it seemed logical. Thanks.
Fender doesn't make anything that looks anywhere as nice as your build. I built a Warmouth LP style with all high end parts and SD59 pickups. Let me tell you, at the time I could have bought a LP Studio for the money, but I was able to select the neck type, woods and components that I wanted and like and everyone that hears and/or plays the guitar comments on how creamy it sounds and how smooth it plays. I don't care about what it cost me and resale value because it looks and sounds just as good as any high end Gibson without their ridiculous price tag and I will be 6 foot under when the guitar gets sold.
That's very similar to my own opinion too. The Studio now is so much more expensive these days (as is many brands) and I also get to make the thing exactly as I want it - That certainly matters. Thanks for watching...
Love your channel Tony, but personally I find the blinging and Fendering of a Warmoth Telecaster too much. Sorry, but for me it's ended-up looking like a wannabe PRS owned by a dentist, with hardware dremilled-out by his own dental equipment. A quilt-topped Tele with faux-gold accoutrements and licensed parts... really ? On the bright-side, my Granny would love it, but sadly she passed in 1976.
Ha great comment :) I hate to say this but I'm probably as old as your granny :) - you know different tastes etc. but this is a useful post, because it highlights what the builder wanted to create - and honestly, that is the most important point of the whole build a Warmoth that anyone could ever really state! So no problem at all with this post because actually its a great one :) and thanks fore watching...
Oh I agree... and here in the UK trust me its about 25% higher when it arrives... sadly. But I really love the quality of their gear. I have tried other brands but Warmoth has even improved especially the necks and frets over the years. Thanks...
Sweet build! I bought a used squire classic vibes 50s tele to modify I'm familiar with Babicz FCH bridge as I put together a strat copy with one and I love it! I want to use the Babicz tele bridge you first used. What was the problem you had w/it and do you think id have the same problems with my classic vibes tele build? Thanks in advance and for another awesome video!
There was no real 'problem' with the bridge, just personal preference as I preferred the other one as it did not use clamping screws like the other one did. There are clamps etc. but its a different design - and the logo on the other was bigger... hope it helps and thanks for watching.
Being a diehard Tele fan I’ve watched this with more than a little curiosity. I’ve been down a few rabbit holes in my time & own 4 custom shop teles plus 2 Tom Anderson’s & 1 Suhr but I’ve never had the courage until now to attempt what you’ve done. You are an inspiration. Subbed.
You know what, your post is EXACTLY why I bother making these Warmoth guitars... there is no doubt it can all be done and for less (if you were for example in the USA) than a guitar off the shelf that is of similar level and quality. Check my channel as I do have a number of guitars I have completed, Tele types and Strat types. Indeed I still own most :). Thanks so much for watching and of course for those very kind words.
@@tonymckenzieofficial I’m working my way through your wonderful posts from the sunny banks of the river Mersey. Absolutely love the quilt on that Tele..!
Normally I’m not a fan of gold hardware but your build looks amazing! Great work! Subscribed!
Glad you like it... It's a sort of mix between the woods and the gold I think... and thanks very much for watching... and that sub! They all count. BTW check my channel for other guitar builds there are a number of them.
Great build there Tony! Quite inspirational! I’ve been gathering parts for my own Warmoth Tele build and it’s a pretty burst so didn’t want the pickguard to cover it up. Was a little nervous about perfectly mounting the neck pickup into the route and keeping it stable without a pickguard, but then I see you went with a sweet chrome ring which looks cool and adds stability. Never seen one of those on a Tele. I will be shamelessly copying you sir!
Thanks for the detailed descriptions throughout. You built one beautiful Tele. 😊
Yes the rings are out there... advice... ensure the one you buy is NOT made of magnetic material... ask them BEFORE you buy ;-) and thanks for watching this video - really appreciated.
@@tonymckenzieofficial thank you for that Tony. I never thought about that! Will definitely look for a non-magnetic option 😅
Okay, you've sold me on doing this myself. That's beautiful. It can be tough putting together a load of parts and predicting how it'll sound, but this is a good one. Really well done!
It CAN be tough... as the first part of the video showed. This is really the first time I had to change 'plan' but I did show what I did and how I did it. The result was about 10 times better than the guitar with those other parts and wiring in the first half. That shows that its very possible to 'get things wrong' especially if you never used the wiring for 4 way switching (for example). Nothing really wrong with the 4 way switching but it was not really for me. You should have a go at building a guitar - if you're concerned then start low cost... learn the general things, and later go for it! :) I'm sure most would learn from a guitar build and ultimately should end up with a great guitar. Thanks for watching ... and thanks for the post.
It would have been beautiful back in the 1970's, in the hands of a talented guitarist. Now it has all the charm of a hostess-trolley and an artexed ceiling. :)
@@Adipsia1 oh thats a bit backhanded. :( There's a lot of love gone into that instrument. Now let's see your effort.
Your eyes can get lost in that top! The case was a very nice touch. Well done again, Tony.
Thanks 👍A rather involved build really especially changing things half way through. But it came out pretty nice. Thanks for watching.
Tony I was hoping to find this video today mate.I loved the whole video and it is marvelous in every aspect .Great job old Friend.All my builds are done now and I have four out of six way above store bough StratoCasters.All thanks to you ! Cheers mate.
Hey HG, great to hear you. The video turned out rather different than I had planned, but it is a lesson that is captured in the video, and how my idea (from reading about the 4 way switch and wiring) took the wrong road for me. Thankfully it was easy to solve, but the noiseless ultra pickups and in particular the neck pickup took a little work to get that gold cover on there. I never saw anyone do that before so it might be useful to someone. Oh I know you have made some very nice guitars and its really great to see them... ANYONE ON HERE SHOULD LOOK AT @humblegeorge channel and see how he had created his guitars. It's always great to see other guys projects too and maybe sometimes how some of my videos helped guys. And that's the thing really, Even me, on this video I learned something more. The YT platform has many less than perfect things especially when you try and create a channel... but it is still a very useful platform to post videos that could help others. Ha don't try and make money from it unless you post some junk - we've all seen the lunacy of 10M views of a typical type that remains generally adolescent based. Ha who cares, and HG thanks again for watching this vid... regards T
I have a Vega on my bespoke Tele. The body i made myself from an old Butchers block. I bought it from an Abattoir. I fitted a 'B' bender (serious headwork) and the Neck is off an old Peavey T60. It's my go to. Another excellent informative build. Thanks Tony.
Sounds like you put hours in to that one :) But that's part of the fun really. Thanks for the post and for watching... appreciated.
Teletrials and Teletribulations, followed by an inTONYation - what more could the people want??? Great video!!!
Ha well I have seen one comment that the poster said he did not like it... too blingy (and in some ways he's right) @Adipsia1 (check my reply, because he actually hit on the whole reason for building a guitar... any guitar let alone a Warmoth. And thanks for watching....
@@tonymckenzieofficial Maybe he likes reliced guitars - I am going to do a "start up" business - refinishing reliced guitars - I'll make a fortune!!!
Do for me Tony lad.a good video, and a lovely guitar. Well done, take care.
Ray. Sheffield.
Glad you liked it Ray... and its appreciated that you watched the video... it was a difficult one to make...
Man that thing looks and sounds magnificent. Thanks for the video!
Glad you liked it. I wanted something a bit different :) so I built it :). Thanks for watching.
She's a beute for sure, you have a real talent in picking the right 'bits' to build a classy looking guitar, thanks Tony!
You know what, getting those things 'right' IMO is the essence of building/assembling a guitar. A lesson I learned on my first Stratocaster (I still have it!) - the best strat ITW video series that in total has had about 1.4m views is from comments about that guitar from 2009 to today... yes the comments still come in. And that was about the neck, the body and the pickguard. If you watch it played here: ruclips.net/video/SFvTbnOwCHg/видео.html notice how the guitar, the neck and pick guard are very well matched (IMO) - I know it's subjective, but many guys told me that over the years, and some even complained that Warmoth stopped doing the pick guard color and they could not get it as they wanted a similar guitar look. I never forgot that. So every guitar I have bought the parts from Warmoth (as well as genuine Fender necks and bodies from www.stratosphereparts.com ) I have ALWAYS considered the 'look' as well as the woods, guitar style, neck and generally the components. I never completed a single guitar that turned out rubbish, at least in my opinion. I own virtually every one with just two exceptions that I sold some years back. Great comment and hopefully I have offered a slightly different insight in to the guitar and how I look at it when looking for parts etc. Thanks for watching - really appreciated.
I am so happy that you didn't relic this absolutely GORGEOUS guitar. Great job!
I don't like the 'relic' stuff and would not do that :) Thanks for watching.
Please note that the backing track on this video will be deleted as theres a copyright claim for it (lord knows why) and I'll be creating a new video with a few tracks of this guitar being played over different styles - the link will be here and in the text under the vidio when I post the video... Sorry about that but I really don't want to be paying others for my hard work.... thanks.
Black dot inlays on the neck ?. IMHO I think that would be a very nice finishing touch. Well done Tony, love listening to your sage advice 💯
Well I did 'toy' with an 'Evil Owl' going on the 12th fret :) but eventually I thought too much trouble. Hey... black dots matter :) but sadly this is just a ghost of a neck...
I love my standard-Tele. It’s natural-finish w/a tortoiseshell pick-guard. It’s an ‘10 limited-edition … Mexican-Tele.
You’ve built a real beauty here, man. ☮️
Yes I built a couple over the years - not really like true telecasters I might add, so this one, while again not like the original, suits what I will use it for. Yours sounds like a 'real' Telecaster and coming from Gibson, Ibanez and Strat type guitars the Telecasters certainly do have a pretty unique sound. I listened to Roy Buchannan a lot and liked that style but can't play it :). Anyway thanks for watching and your post...
I have one of my Strats and a Tele with gold Babicz bridges. My Tele has the one with the additional slide hold-down screws. I like them. And they look amazing. And I converted my stock neck pickup to wire to a 4 way switch (easy mod). Another great video from Tony, although I do tend to fast forward over a lot of the chat (no disrespect). Thank you!
Ha I get it... with videos this long its really a matter whether you like me 'harping on' (but it is to try and help guys who never did a guitar build) or want to see the meat and veg of the video :) Hey thanks for posting the info of how you found the Babicz - I never really see them around too much, but they do offer a very important upgrade IMO and that is 50 times the surface touching of the saddles as opposed to two little grub screws on the originals and others. I think that does matter. The name 'full contact bridge' is very befitting. And great to know that you had no issues with the other bridge I showed. The 4 way for me was not really what I wanted so eventually as the video said, I flipped to the 3 way and for me it's exactly the sort of tones and feel that I wanted. The playing was just a jam really and I did fumble around a bit (I don't even know the track) but those tones were in there. Thanks for the post - good info - and thanks for watching.
Tony I should tell you that I have a Warmoth Telecaster which I've owned for many years and I use the Babicz bridge. They are definitely fun to play and they sound very nice as well. Excellent rock tones. You will enjoy.
Thanks for the info! appreciated. I have a Babicz on a Warmoth Strat and it always has stood up to use OK. Hey which Babicz bridge did you use? That would be interesting to know. Yes even with that little bit of audio on the video (it was literally the first time played) I can tell that it can hack it... :) Thanks for watching.
@@tonymckenzieofficial Rock and Roll TONY! I have owned a few of the Babicz bridges. I have a chrome one on a Tele I built around 10 years ago using a Warmoth body and a Musikraft neck and it works great in this one. It's the model with the little plates on the bottom. I also have 2 black ones. I tried one of the Babicz on another Tele I built with a Pine body and it didn't work so I switched back to the standard ashtray bridge from a 2009 custom shop guitar. (Bought the parts on eBay) The standard bridge worked much better in that one. It's just the matching you have to work out. The Warmoth body is alder and the build went NICELY. I spoke with Seymour Duncan while he was working on some old pickups for me and asked him about a suggestion for this build. He told me to check out the Custom Shop 53 Tapped Tele set. I liked the idea of them and he mentioned he had built them for Jeff Beck. Apparently he used them on Beck's Guitar Shop. They are great! Made me laugh because you didn't like the 4-way config (neither do I and yes, I have another Tele with the 4-way which I want to change! lol) But check this out, the Tap Tele is a 5-way! Now, normally I like SIMPLE, and the Tele exudes SIMPLE. So the 3-way switch make me perfectly happy, but this set by Seymour KICKS ass and the 5-way on it is a worthy one for sure. They rock, check out this demo ruclips.net/video/-1QvXsZutUM/видео.html
I have tons more stuff going on and I'll share it with you. I've built a few nice Teles. One of them has a Warmoth neck. Check out the specs: Vintage Modern Construction, Flame Maple (One Piece), Flame Maple board, quartersawn, 59 roundback! Frets SS6150 (Stainless), Radius: 10-16" Compound... Very High Grade Quartersawn flame Maple. Abalone Face and Side Inlay. Sweet stuff. Paid just under US $600 in 2015 - worth every penny. It's awesome to have a Tele with a NICE 59 neck! take care bro.
My issue with teles is that they just feel blocky with no cutaways. That's why I prefer this sort of contoured body for a telecaster build. As a lifelong stratplayer I demand a belly and arm cut. I need those ergonomics. My other issue with teles is that the neck pickups are never anything to write home about. The bridge is where the tele comes into its own. With strats the 2, 4 and neck create the magic. But I am a humbucker player at heart, and I tend to use the bridge 95% of the time. But if I were going to go for a tele bridge tone I'd definitely use a noiseless single coil.
They do I agree, but with the cut aways they work for me too. I'm not really an everyday telecaster player, but I do like them. I read somewhere that the middle of the 5 way switch is often liked by many Tele players... but I think each switch position does have its place. Buchanan was awesome on one :) Have a listen to that 5 String Blues... I swear I hear the devil taking Roy away towards the end of that track... indeed, an incredible piece of music played by a master of the Telecaster. Noiseless are very good... Hey thanks for watching - appreciated.
David White pickups? I remember Bruce Watson (Big Country) had a set of his pickups in a custom made Strat back in the late '80s/early '90s. He reckons they're the best Strat pickups he's ever played.
And so did I Here: ruclips.net/video/zU82uu1LBTE/видео.htmlsi=wuNSGvFRjAEV8cjW a video I made 12 years ago... and follow it as I do demo the tones on another linked video. Thanks for watching.
22:00 I believe the license issue is to do specifically with the headstock design, which is a protected feature whereas the body is considered to be a generic design, rather than uniquely Fender.
Yes I knew it was something like that - the body (I think on most brands) seems to have been ignored and seemed strange. Thanks for the post and for watching too.
I am going through this lol. My first guitar brought it cheap but it had problems. Changed everything. Apart from nut and frets. Tried a few different pick ups and parts. Till I found what I felt right. Not necessarily anything wrong with anything i decided not to use. More a case of feel and looks. My hope is that after doing it myself. I will be more inclined to learn and play. Rather than a off the shelf one. I now also have a off the shelf one.
I tried to get across exactly what you're saying. You know, when I stopped the build and changed direction that was because the guitar did not doo what I wanted from it - all the parts were fine, but somehow the 4 way switch was not for me. And I removed the David While pickups, not because they were bad in some way (far from it) but even from the start I did not really want to mod them, so I reversed the mod and saved them for another day (surely I will make another video). And as you say, you can sort of tailor the result of a self build to what YOU want. I have always found that the result (in this case slightly harder to achieve) ends up nigh on perfect for my playing style. Well done on doing it - many don't or won't 'have a go' but they should. And thanks for watching.
Beautiful guitar ! Well done Tony !
Glad you like it! and thanks for watching.
Excellent project Tony
This guitar was quite hard work and harder than the blue Telecaster I made a while back. I still have it and that's a great rock guitar. Thanks for watching.
You are fantastic.
Wow, thank you and thanks for watching....
Totally worth it - it's a keeper :)
Exactly... I could not buy a guitar like that for what the cost was... thanks for watching.
Nice Job Tony. I’m going to disagree with your opinion that the tele was “out” and is making a comeback. Teles have never gone out of favor. Look at John 5 and his teles. Joe Perry…….
I’m surprised you didn’t do a swimming pool route.
Regardless….beautiful guitar…. 33:51
Ha I knew someone would :) but that's all OK. I get it. Honestly I loved guys like Roy Buchannan and some others and those guys were just incredible musicians, but also in their own way showmen too. My favorite track of Roy's is 'Five String Blues' and I swear that towards the end I can hear 'Roy' being taken away by the devil himself! How Roy could concoct a track of that stature I can't even comprehend. I watch the country guys sometimes and there's a guy on YT that talks a lot about Telecasters and Fender amps.. a great guy who really knows his stuff. Yes there is John 5 I agree. But honestly, maybe I should have said that Telecasters were 'getting chosen even more than before' - you'll get what I mean. Amazing that Stairway was created on a Telecaster. So they say. My blue one played here: ruclips.net/video/q9J6A9uSDGo/видео.html is a brilliant guitar and it has a great tone (IMO) that suits the track I played - and believe it or not that was on a floor Helix in 24 Jan 2016. A brilliant guitar and I guess I could buy a Telecaster with that tone? or not? As far as routing well I really don't have much by way of real tools and I generally don't do it - I won't really blame the tools though :) its my genuine inability - there is a limit :) Hey thanks for watching and for the post.
BTW that at 33:51 really related to the cover that absolutely does not fit the neck noiseless pickup without that cutting of the cover - I did try it before resorting to that, but had I persisted the pickup would have been toast...
It’s a beautiful-looking guitar and worth the money if it’s what you wanted it to be; which, I think, ultimately is what really matters with a build.
Exactly right! Ultimately the final guitar I really like and it has great tones even if a bit rushed on the playing :) Thanks for watching.
A very polite way of saying it's idiosyncratic, dated and fugly. ;)
If you know what you really want it's the way to go.
Well I usually get things right, but on this one, there I went, listening to others "you need a 4 way2 type of thing... well I did solve it all eventually and I think this is now exactly what I wanted to create and it plays nice too... Thanks for watching.
Beautiful guitar Tony!
Thanks - and thanks for watching as always...
😂😂🤣thought you wasn’t going to build anymore guitars, I take it the wife has left you my friend. So how much kit do you have already? After all you can only play one guitar at a time,ok you can use more than one amp, and as many effects as you like. Stay blessed brother❤️🔥🕊 p.s. yeah I’m bingeing today. Now go buy your beloved another prezzie. Yeah that stratocaster is absolutely superb. Still waiting for my Mckenziecaster by the way. Just can’t trust the parcel services these days😂❤️🔥🕊
:) A telecaster type guitar I was driven to do.... its true I play one at a time and my wife (still here because of my hidden talents) :) tells me all the time I have far too many guitars. But like women (I guess) they are all different :) BTW on the back of the neck this one actually says 'TONYCASTER' :) so it's near... but not quite the name you would apply :) good to hear you too. Regards... and thanks for watching...
I would really like to build one myself...I'm a bit worried about installing and filing nut. This guitar you built here is beautiful.
If you buy a neck from Warmoth (or some other companies) they can fit the nut and cut it so its a perfect fit - same with the frets... so it becomes almost a build that anyone could complete with average guitar skills. So, my advice, you could start off with the more bottom end neck and bodies they have and I know they fit well as I tried them years ago, and once you gain with that then work towards a great guitar you always wanted, but create your own. Honestly, you can do it. Thanks for watching... appreciated.
@@tonymckenzieofficial Hey Tony..thanks. I went to Warmouth website and ya like you said necks ready to go. Im comfortable doing the rest of it...been playing and teaching guitar for years. Setups, adjustments and soldering is all stuff I can do. I've seen many of your reviews and you really do it well...all the best from Kim in Canada.
When i ordered my custom luthier built Strat, it was out of frustration with the overpriced poor quality
so called "Custom Shop" guitars that you can order, then wait a long time for only to be gutted when they
are nothing like what you wanted.
I have two Fender Custom Shop Strats, the first one a "Hank Marvin" spec was as good as they get first time.
The second one a "Bonnie Raitt" was a disaster, with the help of an excellent dealer it was rejected.
So when i wanted a "David Gilmour" Strat, Fender were the last place i wanted one from.
After a lot of research, i found a highly regarded luthier in the UK who listened to what i was looking for,
he gave his thoughts, and left me to come up with a final spec.
Just over 18 months later i got a long awaited email to say it was as perfect as he could make it,
on collection i was more than happy with his workmanship, it was faultless, and a dream to play
with a thin compound radius neck that suited my small hands.
If you decide to do what Tony has done, take your time, even if you don't have the confidence
to complete it to a high standard, there is always the luthier option that i took.
Thanks for showing us your excellent "Custom Shop" Tele Tony, it has worked out for you
and hopefully ecourages others to try doing the same.
Excellent comments about options! Great stuff and thanks for that post...
What was the major problem with the bridge? Intonation? Fit? What was you trying to adjust? Looks like the video was edited there and that info left out.
That looks like a really nice guitar.
James
That's a good question James. I'll explain it as best I can. I knew the neck was 'right' as I had the 'other' bridge on before. However, this second unit was thinner (for sure) and that had some effect of lowering the whole saddles. I did take a look at that, but it seemed to me that the saddles did not offer as much lift as I wanted for the setup. That could have meant a number of things, but I did not want to mess about with the neck pocket etc. which I could have done but nah... wrong way to go. Eventually I just decided that rather than fixing something that I had already had working with the other bridge, that I should just refit the bridge that worked fine. Honestly, I don't really think there would have been a real improvement now that I have played the guitar after being complete for the last time. It was not worth any extra effort with that other bridge. At least that's what I settled with and I think I made the right choice. Thanks for watching ...
@@tonymckenzieofficial Thank you for the information! I intend to put a couple of guitars together in the next year or so. I really aporeciate your videos, you help us to be aware of a lot of the "gotcha" moments that happen along this journey.
Awesome job.
James
Actually you don't want the body to move with the string. In the theoretical extreme case that the body moves exactly the same way as the string you would not hear anything!
My own superstition is that the more dense, heavier and strong the bridge is (and everything else), then there simply is, the more power in the string and it will have a longer decay.
But I have no proof of this. In fact I have tried various bridges in various guitars over the years, and even at times played a guitar not exactly remembering what bridge I put in and not even noticing the difference.
Ha I get that... and although I have looked and looked I never have found a definitive answer - nearest I got was the Strat I built with the Koa top which was hollow and those strings vibrate (or a string) for about 30 seconds unplugged which I thought was pretty good - and better than my other guitars. Good point. Thanks for watching.
i think its a great guitar i had 25 warmoths, this quality on a guitar brand cost no less then 3500 4000 euro.
I could agree with those sentiments. I'm certainly not perfect, but I can honestly say that there is not one Warmoth guitar that I own that I don't like. If you watch the Vega-Trem video with that Strat guitar, the old bridge was not good. At the time I often used to try different brands etc. as part of the video content (ha so I did not get bored) and that bridge should never have been fitted (Wilkinson). The Vega-Trem changed that guitar incredibly. Sometimes its things like that what happens and for me at least it gives the guitar a whole new perspective. You will know the Warmoth quality hopefully and I never really had much trouble with them except in the early days with fret ends and that sort of thing, but I did all of that easy enough. Thanks for watching... and a useful comment for guys to read...
@@tonymckenzieofficial vega-trem i want to try this bridge in my next project, thank you for your wonderful youtube page :-)
Not a fan of Warmoth necks at all. The first one I purchased was back-bowed, they did allow me to pick free replacement but had to pay my own shipping (return) of the original neck.
The replacement was fine but the fretwork was lacking; I could never lower it beyond medium action (16 inch radius) without the problems such as dead spotting - very slight, mind you - or specific fret buzzing would occur. Eye-balling the neck along its plane, at naught relief, would manifest imperfections.
You did not say when you bought those necks... but some years ago the Warmoth necks in particular had issues with frets and fret ends that I was not that happy with. Today its a different story in my opinion, but hey some can disagree... my opinions are only based on my own experiences - and I have bought every part I have had from them. Lie I said I have seen fret trouble years back but not for some time. A very good point and thanks for posting it because opinions of guys that have bought the stuff is useful to many. And thanks for watching, its greatly appreciated...
Ive heard a lot of good things about lollar pickups.
A lot of guitarists prefer them to any others.
Eric gales uses them in his magneto guitars.
Have you got them in any of your guitars Tony?.....if so ..what do you think?
Sadly I don't. I have considred those a few times but never actually bought them... maybe I'll look and if I do you'll see them. I do know that they seem to be top shelf from what I hear too. Thanks.
Tony , you did not say why you couldn't fit the other bridge , what was the trouble
My question too...
Well I did post it later - so I'll copy it here:
That's a good question James. I'll explain it as best I can. I knew the neck was 'right' as I had the 'other' bridge on before. However, this second unit was thinner (for sure) and that had some effect of lowering the whole saddles. I did take a look at that, but it seemed to me that the saddles did not offer as much lift as I wanted for the setup. That could have meant a number of things, but I did not want to mess about with the neck pocket etc. which I could have done but nah... wrong way to go. Eventually I just decided that rather than fixing something that I had already had working with the other bridge, that I should just refit the bridge that worked fine. Honestly, I don't really think there would have been a real improvement now that I have played the guitar after being complete for the last time. It was not worth any extra effort with that other bridge. At least that's what I settled with and I think I made the right choice. Thanks for watching ...
And really if I had continued to spend time I could have solved it, but to be honest, this video has already taken up to two weeks off and on inc. the editing and messing about, so I decided (about half way through) to just take that one back off. Someone else has fitted that other bridge on here (I read it) so it can clearly be done. But I really like the one on there now... Thanks guys...
might sound silly heavy hardware of light bodies i think for my experience sound better.
old fashion is for chicken picking :-)
Yeah the old style stuff I can't really hack myself. And I agree that often the lighter body (but not hollow) seems to add to the sustain somehow. Great points. And thanks for watching.
It looks great. I've never tried Warmoth before, but will have to give them a go one day. I do have a question though: if it's better than something you can buy off the rack for the money (i.e. better than Fender) then what was the rationale for the Fender logo? It also looks like a Fender custom shop decal on the back of the headstock and a Fender custom shop neck plate as well so just wondering why.
Well firstly the neck is Fender licensed and the guitar includes many Fender parts really. The body certainly is different in manufacture but possibly not by shape. Relate it to another way, if someone looked at that guitar (without any logos) would they call it a Telecaster? I think so. I just wanted some sort of logo on there as the Warmoth logo is literally a stick on which I have to say is pretty poor. BTW the rear logo and neck plate are not actually the same as Fender logos. Its of course just for personal use and bearing in mind the neck is Fender licensed it seemed logical. Thanks.
@@tonymckenzieofficial Thanks for the reply. I think the "McKenzieCaster" would have been good for a decal on the headstock!
Fender doesn't make anything that looks anywhere as nice as your build. I built a Warmouth LP style with all high end parts and SD59 pickups. Let me tell you, at the time I could have bought a LP Studio for the money, but I was able to select the neck type, woods and components that I wanted and like and everyone that hears and/or plays the guitar comments on how creamy it sounds and how smooth it plays. I don't care about what it cost me and resale value because it looks and sounds just as good as any high end Gibson without their ridiculous price tag and I will be 6 foot under when the guitar gets sold.
That's very similar to my own opinion too. The Studio now is so much more expensive these days (as is many brands) and I also get to make the thing exactly as I want it - That certainly matters. Thanks for watching...
Are you from Stoke by any chance? :)
Indeed...
Love your channel Tony, but personally I find the blinging and Fendering of a Warmoth Telecaster too much. Sorry, but for me it's ended-up looking like a wannabe PRS owned by a dentist, with hardware dremilled-out by his own dental equipment. A quilt-topped Tele with faux-gold accoutrements and licensed parts... really ? On the bright-side, my Granny would love it, but sadly she passed in 1976.
Ha great comment :) I hate to say this but I'm probably as old as your granny :) - you know different tastes etc. but this is a useful post, because it highlights what the builder wanted to create - and honestly, that is the most important point of the whole build a Warmoth that anyone could ever really state! So no problem at all with this post because actually its a great one :) and thanks fore watching...
@@tonymckenzieofficial Thanks for taking my comments in good spirit.
Warmoth has nice stuff but you pay for it.
Oh I agree... and here in the UK trust me its about 25% higher when it arrives... sadly. But I really love the quality of their gear. I have tried other brands but Warmoth has even improved especially the necks and frets over the years. Thanks...
Can't sing, can't play you'll go along way : )
Well I can point you to any of the three albums we released... ;-)
Sweet build! I bought a used squire classic vibes 50s tele to modify I'm familiar with Babicz FCH bridge as I put together a strat copy with one and I love it! I want to use the Babicz tele bridge you first used. What was the problem you had w/it and do you think id have the same problems with my classic vibes tele build? Thanks in advance and for another awesome video!
There was no real 'problem' with the bridge, just personal preference as I preferred the other one as it did not use clamping screws like the other one did. There are clamps etc. but its a different design - and the logo on the other was bigger... hope it helps and thanks for watching.