Love it! Leo Fender knew what he was doing by making the ultimate working man's guitar. It's fun to see how folks tweak 'em to make them their own. Thanks for the share!!
Wow just saw you in Tucson with Rodney. The SONG YOU WROTE FOR YOUR WIFE WAS BEAUTIFUL. And you didn’t hardly talk. Saw you with Rodney and Will playing in Franklin Tn A few years back. Excellent
I grind the bottom of my Fender saddles as well- for better contact, and to keep the tops of the screws from sticking up above the saddle too far and bothering my right hand. BTW- that’s some high-tech nut work there Jedd.
I got the same ash info from MusiKraft - the ash borer problem. I feel lucky to have bought two 1-piece ash bodies from them with nice grain and good weights while available.
@JeddHughesOfficial Good luck finding one! Stewmac has some, but they don't give the weights online - maybe worth calling them. I put Ron Ellis pickups in both my builds! Your videos sold me on the 50B. Luscious tone.
Really gone down the rabbit hole of watching the Shed videos this weekend! And, that Brett Papa video where you demonstrate the "stutter" guitar stuff. Watched that one 2 more times this weekend.
One of the keys to getting some of that stutter stuff working better (for me) was to lighten up my right-hand touch. I am guilty of doing everything with too much force and my right hand tightens up.
Interesting to hear your details - I’ve been building Teles for many years. For bodies I’ve found THE best source is Mario Martin in Nashville. MJTs miss the mark IMO and the shape is not correct. Close but not to my standards. Necks - All Parts with medium jumbo. Great to hear these two points I’m right with on you on. Shaving down the fat 9.5 radius all parts necks 💣 Flatting the saddle screw bottoms to make perfect contact with the bridge plate 💣 Best offset brass saddles I’ve found are 5/16” from Philadelphia Luthier supply.
@@Strumbum01first thing is to block and clamp to a board mounted perpendicular to the bench so you have control. I cut some stops so the heel is clamped and trapped in a pocket to stop any movement. The headstock and will need to be blocked and clamped as well. Mind you this procedure is just for a v shape. The taper is there. Go easy. I work with a medium curved rasp to grab some material at a 45° angle then smooth the radius out with a stainless woodworking scraper card. Finally 120 > 220 > lacquer and twang 😅
Hey, Jedd, beautiful Tele! May have to try one of the Fralin necks. Cool trick on the saddle screws too. I’ve also read that sanding down the bottom of the bridge plate, on something dead flat, works wonders as well. Better surface contact….thanks for the rundown!
So great he hit that critical point. I’ve been doing that on tele setups for years. I also like using correct vintage straight screws. Also shorten the screws so they’re not proud of the saddles ripping up your palm. Key is to first mark the screw position, lock tite them in place. Remove saddle and cut the screws perfectly with a Dremel disc.
There are a couple of funny Eric Johnson stories on the Andy Wood interview with Ian Thornley. From what I remember, Ian was in the room when Eric told him the order of the screws in the panel on the base of a pedal needed to be changed. And, he rearranged the order of them until they sounded how he wanted! Then, I think he proceeded to rearrange the order of the screws in the speaker baffle in a 4x12 cabinet.
Appreciate the screw flattening tip. I had never thought of it. I’m building a dog hair ash tele-silver gilt cream over black dyed body with nitro clear coats. Eric Dawe neck pickup and a Peter Florance 60 bridge(?)…me thinks. Classic V shape neck. My first tele guitar.
Saw ya last nite in Tucson and had seen you couple times before and and really liked your playing, but had not heard a lot of your acoustic or songs, which was a treat! Liked Hollywood song that i think co wrote with Guy. Dig the Parsons Stringbender and have always enjoyed hearing Marty playing the original! Love 60's neck plate tone!
It all works well, that tele sounds great! I've been down that rabbit hole for a long time now. Don't think I've licked anything yet though. LOL 8) --gary
Sweet build, it probably wasn't inexpensive getting the bender installed, I've always wanted one of those. The thinner bridge gives it more of a "plinky" sound? Eric Johnson actually prefers the plastic saddles Fender used on strats back in the day - no bones about it. Making a parts guitar is the way to go, then you can customize everything to your preferences, as you did. Pulling the pots and cap out of a 1955 lap steel seems extreme, but there are no rules in the quest for tone. I also have one of those Fralin necks I got off Reverb at the price Allparts sells them for before Fralin's mark-up. I like chunky, but it's at the extreme edge of what I can play with my medium paws. I was planning on doing what you did, shaving it down to a soft V. I don't usually like vintage frets, but these are just high enough to bend on. Now you have a telecaster better than anything you could have bought, customized to your preferences!
We just took down one of our ash trees in our yard due to Emerald Ash Borer. I was hoping to get some good guitar wood but no luck. Your tele is very nice, great work Love to build me a B Bender guitar one day. Great to hear you’re out with Rodney great gig. Rodney still loving L OO’s?
I ended up with an ash Telecaster before I knew anything. I couldn't figure out how a piece of wood could be that heavy. It felt like concrete no exaggeration. I guess the heavy stuff is easier to find. I heard different parts of the tree have different weights.
Just seeing this. Fantastic approach. Thanks for the tip on screws...
Great run down Jedd.
cheers mate!
Emerald ash borer! Big restrictions on moving ash between states. It is one of my favorite woods!
Oh wow I didn’t realize that either! Thanks for the info!
Great video, fun to watch. I recognize that nut situation. That’s the ole “one too many passes with the file” spot.
Thanks for the details on your tele. I'm off to lick some batteries!
hahahahahaha
What a fantastic show at the Coach House last night! One of the BEST ever! What talent!
Love it! Leo Fender knew what he was doing by making the ultimate working man's guitar. It's fun to see how folks tweak 'em to make them their own. Thanks for the share!!
Like an old Chevy motor eh! One wrench to rule them all! Miss my 67 Impala. Leo really did give us the ultimate DIY blueprint eh!
“Working mans guitar”, I like it!
Thanks for taking some time out to make this video 👍🏻
You bet!
It's great that you utilized your time during the pandemic❤ in a positive way❗ nice telly great content have a nice day
Cheers David. Always looking for a silver lining mate ;) Thanks for tuning in man
Wow just saw you in Tucson with Rodney. The SONG YOU WROTE FOR YOUR WIFE WAS BEAUTIFUL. And you didn’t hardly talk.
Saw you with Rodney and Will playing in Franklin Tn
A few years back.
Excellent
Hi ya Jedd! Have fun on your shows man!
Thanks Chuck!
I grind the bottom of my Fender saddles as well- for better contact, and to keep the tops of the screws from sticking up above the saddle too far and bothering my right hand. BTW- that’s some high-tech nut work there Jedd.
hahahaha yes my nut fettish has gotten the better of me on this one! I borrowed Albert Lees old trick.
Jedd! I need more content! I've plunged through all of your videos and need more! Really dig your playing and vibe. Such an inspiration!
Nice opening tune. Thanks for the run down on the Tele. Pretty cool project you’ve got there. Have fun in Texas. Safe Travels!!!
Thanks Randy! I guess I could make a tune out of that opening bit, that hadn’t occurred to me. Thanks for tuning in mate
I got the same ash info from MusiKraft - the ash borer problem. I feel lucky to have bought two 1-piece ash bodies from them with nice grain and good weights while available.
Yeah that’s the one! Crazy. Im still poking around trying to find one more.
@JeddHughesOfficial Good luck finding one! Stewmac has some, but they don't give the weights online - maybe worth calling them. I put Ron Ellis pickups in both my builds! Your videos sold me on the 50B. Luscious tone.
Way cool post Jedd!
glad you enjoyed it mate!
Really gone down the rabbit hole of watching the Shed videos this weekend! And, that Brett Papa video where you demonstrate the "stutter" guitar stuff. Watched that one 2 more times this weekend.
One of the keys to getting some of that stutter stuff working better (for me) was to lighten up my right-hand touch. I am guilty of doing everything with too much force and my right hand tightens up.
Interesting to hear your details - I’ve been building Teles for many years.
For bodies I’ve found THE best source is Mario Martin in Nashville. MJTs miss the mark IMO and the shape is not correct. Close but not to my standards.
Necks - All Parts with medium jumbo.
Great to hear these two points I’m right with on you on.
Shaving down the fat 9.5 radius all parts necks 💣
Flatting the saddle screw bottoms to make perfect contact with the bridge plate 💣
Best offset brass saddles I’ve found are 5/16” from Philadelphia Luthier supply.
Thanks for the info Rich, really appreciate it man!
@richweinstock2069
Just picked me up one of those fat allparts necks you mentioned. Any tips you can offer regarding reshaping? Thanks in advance.
@@Strumbum01first thing is to block and clamp to a board mounted perpendicular to the bench so you have control. I cut some stops so the heel is clamped and trapped in a pocket to stop any movement.
The headstock and will need to be blocked and clamped as well.
Mind you this procedure is just for a v shape. The taper is there. Go easy. I work with a medium curved rasp to grab some material at a 45° angle then smooth the radius out with a stainless woodworking scraper card. Finally 120 > 220 > lacquer and twang 😅
Hey, Jedd, beautiful Tele!
May have to try one of the Fralin necks. Cool trick on the saddle screws too. I’ve also read that sanding down the bottom of the bridge plate, on something dead flat, works wonders as well. Better surface contact….thanks for the rundown!
So great he hit that critical point. I’ve been doing that on tele setups for years.
I also like using correct vintage straight screws. Also shorten the screws so they’re not proud of the saddles ripping up your palm.
Key is to first mark the screw position, lock tite them in place. Remove saddle and cut the screws perfectly with a Dremel disc.
I’ve heard that too, Thanks for tuning in man
I've had "Everything At Once" on repeat lately. Great song! Killer guitar work!
There are a couple of funny Eric Johnson stories on the Andy Wood interview with Ian Thornley. From what I remember, Ian was in the room when Eric told him the order of the screws in the panel on the base of a pedal needed to be changed. And, he rearranged the order of them until they sounded how he wanted! Then, I think he proceeded to rearrange the order of the screws in the speaker baffle in a 4x12 cabinet.
I guess he has good ears!
It was cool watching them tweak the lyrics on that as we were recording!, I agree, great song!
Appreciate the screw flattening tip. I had never thought of it. I’m building a dog hair ash tele-silver gilt cream over black dyed body with nitro clear coats. Eric Dawe neck pickup and a Peter Florance 60 bridge(?)…me thinks. Classic V shape neck. My first tele guitar.
Yeah baby, gimme that “60s neck plate tone!” 😂😂😂 Try reverse thread neck bolts, you’ve never heard anything better!😂
hahahahaha right!!
Saw ya last nite in Tucson and had seen you couple times before and and really liked your playing, but had not heard a lot of your acoustic or songs, which was a treat! Liked Hollywood song that i think co wrote with Guy. Dig the Parsons Stringbender and have always enjoyed hearing Marty playing the original! Love 60's neck plate tone!
Very nice 👌
Cheers!
Thanks Jed!
You bet!
It all works well, that tele sounds great! I've been down that rabbit hole for a long time now. Don't think I've licked anything yet though. LOL 8) --gary
Hahaha me either but Im getting closer! haha
Happy Thursday Mate!
Sweet build, it probably wasn't inexpensive getting the bender installed, I've always wanted one of those. The thinner bridge gives it more of a "plinky" sound? Eric Johnson actually prefers the plastic saddles Fender used on strats back in the day - no bones about it. Making a parts guitar is the way to go, then you can customize everything to your preferences, as you did. Pulling the pots and cap out of a 1955 lap steel seems extreme, but there are no rules in the quest for tone. I also have one of those Fralin necks I got off Reverb at the price Allparts sells them for before Fralin's mark-up. I like chunky, but it's at the extreme edge of what I can play with my medium paws. I was planning on doing what you did, shaving it down to a soft V. I don't usually like vintage frets, but these are just high enough to bend on. Now you have a telecaster better than anything you could have bought, customized to your preferences!
We just took down one of our ash trees in our yard due to Emerald Ash Borer. I was hoping to get some good guitar wood but no luck.
Your tele is very nice, great work
Love to build me a B Bender guitar one day.
Great to hear you’re out with Rodney great gig.
Rodney still loving L OO’s?
He is still rockin his old 32 black betty 00 mate.
That’s an old school B Bender from the OG
Big fan Jedd! I’m in Nashville playing the Americana festival next week and just wanted to check if you were playing anywhere??
I ended up with an ash Telecaster before I knew anything. I couldn't figure out how a piece of wood could be that heavy. It felt like concrete no exaggeration. I guess the heavy stuff is easier to find. I heard different parts of the tree have different weights.
Hey Jedd…. Where you been brother? Been missing your videos. Hope all is well
Wow
Will you be playing with Rodney Crowell on a cruise, I believe in March 2024?
beetle kill (invasive species). It's wreaking havoc in many a forest.
Ash borer has killed almost every street s tree on Western Long Island over the last few years.
I’ll build you a proper Telecaster Neck with oil finish 😉🎸🔥
hey Jedd is that an original late 60's bridge? it looks too new/ Where did you buy these parts?
Did the body come already painted that color? If not what color did you choose? Thank you.
neck plate tone 🤣
hahahaha
Love this video and all of them to be fair. Quick question Jedd, what's the deal with the nut? Looks like some weird compensation shit going on.
How much does that Tele weigh? Is it chambered under the pick guard?
Its a little over 7pounds mate, no chambers. Cheers j
4 way switch?
3way mate