BUDGET Tele Build! - Building a Killer Guitar That Won't Break the Bank!
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
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New Year, New Build!
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Speaking of Surf Green, I've been drooling wanting the 70th Anniversary Esquire...the pickup sounds amazing on that beauty!
Thank Darrell for the vid. I'm a big fan of GFS. Happy new year!
An Esquire would be pretty awesome!
I want to build my own kit thinline tele for my first electric guitar.
Everything looks of good quality. Where is the control plate?
I’m not allowed to buy another guitar... but build one? ;)
Yay for loopholes! 😂😂😂
It's easier to slip parts past the guard(s.)
I'm still in the "should I or shouldn't I" phase as well. Plus all the amber necks are gone. Heh, built-in pause button. I now have plenty of time to overthink and pro-or-con it to death...it's what I do.
Know that feeling! And there's a whole year before you can sneak one under the tree from Santa. Go for it!
@@Xubuntu47 don't look at a warmoth neck...
I've always wanted a tele. Might try this, thanks Darrell
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GFS's prebuilt Xaviere line of guitars is also really excellent and affordable, if you want a Tele style without having to build it. I have one of them and its wonderful.
@@ahriik yeah i might have a look at those because i wouldn't be a big fan of drilling the holes
@@seanb2108 im from scratch building a tele, and tbh its rough. Their setups are pretty easy compared to making/shaping/cutting a body. Bought my neck, but am doung the rest myself. If youre good hands on, do it if you like it, but tbh buy them almost complete if you have any worries. At least at first. This will be my first full build, but ive bolted a few together like this build will be. It is fun and rewarding, but its not the easiest the first go around.
What's a Guitar Fetish equivalent for Europe? The import prices on GFS parts kind of defeat the "budget" purpose.
For hardware, check Axetec
Same question!
Only notable one I really come across for Europe is Harley Benton or Crimson Kits but the Crimson kits are expensive enough & the Harley kits don’t come with much in regards to hardware options & would have to buy individual parts
Guitarfetish is a go to for me. I see they used this in a post today. They should put together a DBG kit for us fans of you both.
And of course at a nice price point!! LOL $100
I thought teles were hideous old school guitars for years but now I have an esquire coming in the mail and i see the beauty in the simplicity, can't wait!!
Been buying Guitarfetish stuff for over 10 years. They have great stuff. Do it yourself and do it right, will go up against any over priced brand named equipment.
True. Their pickups are as good as anything you can buy.
I had a bit of a bad experience where they shipped me a strat neck when I ordered a tele. They were a bit standoffish and wanted to know how I knew that and I needed to send pictures. So I explained, sent the pics and they said “oh yeah; that’s a strat neck” and sent me a replacement. The replacement is functionally great-the best thing on the parts build it’s on- but the fingerboard is full of ugly dents and flaws. It just looks like trash. I was too tired to bother trying to send it back.
I've been wanting to build a tele for 20+ years, still haven't got around to it yet.
I look forward to the next video :)
Im going with the candy apple red with gold hardwear. Im also putting the rail pups in both neck and bridge
Happy New Year! I didn’t start the year with a budget Tele. I started with a Fender Professional ll Deluxe Tele and OMG is it incredible! But, I enjoy these build videos so much, I may talk myself into trying one!! (Unless you wanna sell me that one!)
👍Nice! Congrats on the new ax!
Wouldn't that be a Tele Custom - bridge single coil and neck humbucker?
I'm sure that's what he meant
@sickb2200 - I was thinking the same. Strangely, my Squier Tele with two (regular-sized) humbuckers is a 'Custom' :-)
I'd love a white Tele Thinline. They look amazing.
I just realized, Darryl said “Deluxe” with the body, and “Custom” with the pickguard @ 5:08 and I guess it’s really a kind of “hybrid.” The whole “custom” thing with the Tele models is confusing because they just switched the name from Tele Custom to Custom Tele. The Tele Custom was first and was basically a regular Tele with body binding, whereas the Custom Tele got the neck humbucker...and I think they both had the original Tele master volume and tone controls “strip.” The Deluxe, of course, got the two humbuckers, but also dual volume and tone pots, and the pickup selector relocated to roughly where it’s relatively placed on the Les Paul. I guess that makes this one a half Deluxe, half Custom hybrid.
You’re a day late Darrell, already spent my disposable income on my first tele build parts order 😅
Happy New Year!
Great way to start off the year in building! So cost and quality effective I believe!
It should be said: the XGP line is different from their budget, "Basics" line. It's a bit of an upgrade from their regular stuff.
do you have any direct experience with an XGP body? I’m super interested, even before this video I’ve been on the fence the past few weeks about getting one
Are Xavier guitars and XGB the same company ?
@@robhaag6774 I don’t know, XGP is guitar fetish’s higher quality necks and bodies supposedly, but i have no clue what Xavier is
@@DraftZJ Xavier is Guitar fetish house brand of guitars fully assembled
I don't know that they're manufacturers by the same company, but they're both sold by the same company.
I was just gonna buy a Tele body from them, hopefully this video doesn’t make them sell out 😳
They sold outta the neck I was gonna get right after this video:/
Also already sold out of the quickplug tele harnesses
@@brandonkoch3852 thats the last part i need for my build. Of course theyre out.
Build is definitely gonna be gorgeous. Have you considered a pearloid guard perhaps?
Once you add the price of all the parts together, you’ll be paying about the same as buying a new Squier. That being said, the advantages of a build like this is that you’ve got more choices, it’s easy and fun to do.
How much would it cost for all of these parts?
@@johnt3202 Around $500
A friend of mine has finally decided for a Tele and you begin the year with the greatest quote for him. Keep up the good work!
I'm yet in the hopes of getting a electric guitar after 7 years of classical 🎼
Go for it. You have an advantage over the average guitarist in terms of clean technique, finger independence, and music reading. Some technique won't apply to electric, and you'll have lots of new stuff to learn, but overall you're ahead of the game.
Xubuntu47 so far ahead of the game. Electrics are more playable too. Thinner neck
Never get rid of the last scene from your intro,the one where you fall in the snow,it's awesome
I agree but what about throwing the guitar up on the roof. Let's keep that too.
My XGP neck and body fit like that also. Yours wasn't a fluke. They're just good.
You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this! A quality youtuber reviewing a GFS that's never been better. With their "pro" line of guitars and the new XGP line of parts GFS is stepping up their game and I'm glad you've taken the time to broadcast it
A budget build with nocsoldering? That will really make it less intimidating. That surf green is just right.
I bought my first soldering iron in the 1970's. I thought I would want to solder as a point of pride. BUT the ability to swap pickups so easily is making me rethink.
Nocsoldering?
So I have a scstuttering problem when I sctype. Whatcha gonna scdo?
@@calbrockocat8728 Ok well i will tey to tyoe this uneditednand see what hapoens.
Works better when I use swipe typing skirt auto replace, but sometimes I get the wrong sport.
@@calbrockocat8728 LOL?
That neck is sooo yellow, I think it may be a composite material...ground Minions and epoxy.
Happy new years. Darrel you should try to go even lower. I'm talking ebay 40 dollar necks and bodies. That would be interesting! Anyway happy new years.
GFS has those as well.
The problem with guitar fetish is you have absolutely no quality control. I bought all the parts to do a tele build, and the body has an inch long crack in the wood that they tried to paint over, the neck was swimming in the cavity, and the pickups only came with one screw each. And don't even get me started on the customer service. I would avoid that site at all costs.
how long ago was this?
i got the slick55 and its good guitar for the money but the parts have always held me back from people on youtube. customer service-wise they contacted me quickly about not having a case in stock asking if i want something else. it took a week to get an email back about sending it out but this was right after black friday so i cant say anything
@@kmatax9237 Last year. I got a smart reply in a week about the body saying that it probably cracked on the flight to Hawaii due to the pressure change, even though the paint was inside the crack. And it was the last one so he couldn't send me a new one. So they must have known it was cracked and sold it to me anyway in Hawaii knowing that I wouldn't pay to have it shipped back. I have heard similar stories from people outside the states, they send us the trash cause we don't want to pay $50 to send it back.
@@john808welk yeah... cracked in flight from florida to hawaii but came perfectly fine from china to them right?
i got an eden body on ebay, beautiful tele white with black binding. it came packaged in body form fitting foam! heavy foam too! and of course its from china but for a bound body like that is pretty rare and they sold out for $125 each.
i was hesitant but its really nice! only thing is that its quite heavy. the paint is clean and clear coat is perfect.
i dont buy that for a second that it cracked on the way to you, unless the box came destroyed or something
I’ve debating between getting some budget tele or building my own since early December. With you doing this I feel like I have now a path to follow. Thanks!
Dude! So freaking cool. As always, love your enthusiasm and really appreciate the regard for different price points. What a fun project, can't wait to see how it develops...
I had my first Squier Strat years ago, ( I do mean years ago). which I bought used from Walter Ostanek’s music store in Niagara. I took lessons from his hired staff. Walter is Canada’s polka king. His son Ric ran the shop for years and had Long & McQuade come in, which removed the Ostanek name from the storefront
I had the guitar for a while, just taking the odd tab books to learn how to play songs. I moved around a few places, and it disappeared. Taken / stolen. I also had a flute and played the Pogues and Supertramp. I was better at that instrument.
So now.. married years later in Ottawa, with a family and with Covid going on, a lot of people including me, are getting back into hobbies, crafts and interests.
I came across your channel which is showing me options and learning in more detail how guitars work and how each pickup can really determine the sound and output of an instrument. You are also introducing people to cheaper alternatives which are more budget friendly and alternative companies other than Fender and Gibson. You also explain why the higher end guitars are more reliable and why people buy them. ( Even though they’re overpriced and you end up paying for the name or brand). But they are what they are.
If I were to pick up a budget guitar now, I’d be looking at a Harley Benton, Schecter, or Xaviere.
Guitar Fetish sells Xaviere guitars. It’s their brand. Your videos have also shown pickup systems that can be swapped in and out which can make a guitar very versatile. I clicked on a few links for the parts. Lots of choices for the build and give an instrument a unique look and sound.
Learning a lot from your channel. It’s so important to have people like you on line for those who want to learn, or those that are so detailed they want to build or rebuild instruments.
is the body heavy?
most of these less expensive type bodies usually are. can you please weigh it and let us know or show in next video
Your channel has made me have an appreciation for telecasters. Used to think they were ugly and just not worth it. Now I think they are actually really neat.
Also your enthusiasm for guitars is infectious!
in my opinion the teles are cool looking but still prolly one of the worse looking guitars. they sound great but obviously tone comes 95% from fingers and amp sooo theres that.
@@shadowx2750 fair enough. I like their look, for me my least favorite and controversial opinion, is my dislike for the look of Most Les Paul's. They look like you walked into your grandmas garage and picked up old furniture and made it into a guitar. Kinda Fuddy duddy to me. But that's just mo.
@@Madchris8828 personally, i love les paul looks
@@shadowx2750 I like their tone they produce. Nothing quite sounds like a les Paul. Some paint jobs I don't mind. Just not the stereotypical wooden tone.
@@Madchris8828 hahah Les Paul’s do have a different look for sure. I really love the looks of SGs horns and even the shallower revstars. If only there were more parts for those like there are for telles and strats
Hmmmm surf green tele with rails and a full HB??? Yes please.......
Beautiful instrument! "It would be great if this year you demo a guitar from Skervesen."
You cant go wrong with that color dammmnnnnnn
Darrell, Just built a GXP partscaster. My neck pocket was a bit loose. I had the hot Pats and They were too hot for my taste. Ordered their '59 humbuckers. Neck was perfect level frets and straight neck. Turned out great. I'd send a photo, But, don't see that here. White Tele body, 2 humbuckers and gold hardware. Pearl white control cover and custom pickguare. Message me and I'll send a photo. Beautiful guitar.. Plays great.
Saving up for a guitar upgrade later this year. I may just have to build it off of one of these kits… But I’m digging the TV Jones pick ups
I’m with you - love that Gretschy sound! I’m in Australia, so the Brierley Filtertrons have caught my eye.
I keep thinking a white pearloid would look delicious on that build!
This time last year I saw your build of the LP style Solo Music kit and decided to try this myself, although I had no wood working experience at all. What a great adventure with a fantastic outcome! Since then I worked up all my guitars and for this year I even plan a build from scratch. Thanks again for this literally life changing incitation! Hence, I am looking forward for this build and hope, it will inspire many people to try such a build.
Didn’t even build anything just bought stuff and screwed it together
You’re a slow one aren’t you.
I just now realize how weird the name "guitar fetish" is
Its a love for guitars. Lol.
I have the lil puncher in both my teles. Best tele rail pickup ever!
The last XGP tele build I did turned out super heavy, but I was pleased with how everything went together.
That pickguard but in pearloid would be sharp looking on tele build.
Love the color, hate the pick guard style. I’m looking forward to this series
A budget guitar 🤨🤨🤨,this guitar looks better than my friend guitar and It's $850
Happy new year Darrel. Love your videos keep it up!!
Ok Darrell, it’s been 2 days already! Part 2 Please. No pressure or anything. 😂😂😎
Let’s build it! Can’t wait! I love gfs. Built at least 3 guitars and modified all my squiers with their pickups .
My father won't let me buy my guitar with my own money$57.3 😭😭😭😭
I don't understand the headstock. You can't hang this guitar with this design. I've seen these being hung at Guitar Center and they invariably end up either on the floor on being held up by the full weight on the low E tuning machine.
So cool! My last Tele build was also a surf green body and vintage nitro maple neck. I put a white-black-white pearloid scratch plate on it and vintage Klusson tuners, plus Lace Sensor pups. Great guitar. Wish I hadn’t sold it....
I just checked their site and NO lefty bodies or built lefty guitars??? We have it SO freaking rough with finding guitars. I wish so badly that when i was 12 years old and went into that little mom and pop music store to take lessons that the owner didn't demand that he flip the stings and nut backwards on my right handed guitar to make it a lefty. My teacher wanted me to learn right handed so i wouldn't have this problem when i got older but the owner of the shop said i would never reach my full potential if i learned right handed. So he flipped my guitar strings and the nut and i learned to play my natural left handed way and its been hell finding guitars ever since :(
Teles are so simple and still so perfect
For anyone doing a similar project, if you have pickups of different outputs the combined output will have more of the tonal characteristics of the LOWER output pickup. (So usually the neck) I know most people use one or the other mostly.
This is awesome Darrell! Coincidentally, I am about to start a similar Tele-style build with parts I just received from Guitar Fetish. So I'll be building along with you!
Every time I check out their website pretty much everything I’d like to order is out of stock, what a bummer!
Cool build! I'd probably put better pickups like a jizzmaster in the neck and a DiMarzio in the bridge!!!!
Happy you did this, I was literally looking at their bodies and necks last night and was wondering if they were any good for how good of a price they are. Thanks!
Thanks for the vid! I’ve been wanting a cheap tele build for ages and i think this will be the one :)
The problem is GF shipping if you live outside the USA. $126, more than the body I want. Worse, they won't combine shipping, 2 bodies is2 X shipping. Stupid and unnecessary.
I may as well go the extra yard and buy better quality.
I suspect the finishes are fragile particular around neck pocket, look a bit rough.
This is perfect! I just ordered the parts for a surf green tele deluxe build from GF last week. I will be using a Warmoth baritone neck though. Looking forward to seeing the results Darrell!
Without adding up all of the parts on the site, is it possible to get a ballpark estimate of the cost of the parts including shipping?
$200? $300? $450? $600?...
A general estimate would be great. Thanks
Their customer support and customer service are absolutely horrible. They sent me a junk body, and expected ME to pay return shipping, for them to determine if the damage was what they considered “Damage.” WHAT??? Their lack of QA created the entire issue, but they wouldn’t stand behind their product. I will NEVER conduct business with them again. You’ve been warned!!!
Sweet! Now I can try to build my own Evangelion Asuka inspired Tele instead of forking over $5,000 plus shipping!
One day later - where is it? You mean you WENT TO SLEEP without finishing it? Without video'ing and editing the next chapter?!! arghhhhh...
I did a GFS build of the same color but it was with mini humbuckers.. Their P90 version. Same color body and neck. White pickguard too!
I put witch hat knobs on my DIY Tele and they're so much better than the normal tele knobs which come loose and fall off at least once every 6 months.
Check this out! I picked up a USA fender neck from a buddy. Based on Darrel’s videos and reviews I bought a tele body from guitar fetish and a loaded pickguard from 920d. I’ve got a few other things to pick up but it’s mostly complete. It’s my first build though I’ve been tweaking my own guitars for 30 years. Darrell, thank you for such great content. Darrell, would a Wilkinson be a good bridge or should I stick with mostly fender parts
Sir can i have a request ? I to see the Cort kx300 etched in your next vlog😁 i always watch your videos .❤🎸👍 By the way I'm from philippines
Hey Darrell Happy New Year . Try to make a video of that "Surf Guitar" or "surfgitaar" fender and Intel made in collaboration around 2005(i think). The guitar(Telecaster) that had a Tablet on its back. I dont know if it will be compatible with today's technology. But i think it'll be quite an interesting video. I've searched youtube on it, but i can't find any video about it.
I love Guitarfetish parts - but when it comes to electronic I prefer to do it myself with more expencive and better parts as feks CTS pot's. Make the electronik myself is some of the building prosess. In these days I do a Telecaster Deluxe with electronic that has CTS-push-pull for coilsplit. Wiring diagram is easy to find online.
I've already built 2. When added to the 6 i already have, my wife is starting to catch on. Anyways, haven't bought another bike, or, more firearms, lately.
Hentor Sportscaster build?
It’s beautiful, the only thing that hurts:
black nut, black inlays, but WHITE guard :(
either way, still a gorgeous build
I've had this idea floating around but with a bass. I might finally get around to doing it now.
I’ve heard mixed things about guitarfetish. How’s the buying experience?
Interesting way to see the similarities of your expensive and cheap build guitars and call them brothers, I would’ve gone for the alcohol approach and say original (black pickguard) and light (white pickguard). That joke may be forced but it had me laughing to myself for two minutes.
Ah darn, I was hoping you were going to build the body! And I always want the head color the same as the body, so I'd order one unfinished of course. I like seeing the woodworking that goes into building a guitar. Just throwing parts together isn't really building a guitar. Love your videos though! (Yeah, I know, passive aggressive as always!)
I just bought my first fender stratocaster, is a deluxe roadhouse MIM....is very nice but, I was looking for a strat to shred....like Yngwie Malmsteen you know....but here is the thing...my actual guitar have narrow and tall frets....I just put 09 strings like my other guitars but was very hard to play...so I got a 08 strings gauge and that was better but still feel like I need the jumbo frets or a scalloped neck...the necks with jumbo frets on fender are very rare and expensive...so I think is better try to get a parts-caster on the budget with good necks and special pickups.
Plug in pickups and switches? This is not a build. This is an assembly. Blasphemous. EVH would not be proud
I dont use anything but GF products. Ive been satisfied so far. I heard some people complaining but its because they're too lazy to put work into anything.
Hey Darrell, I've been really considering going with the tele deluxe from xgp over the last few months. I had my heart set on a warmoth neck. I was wondering if you noticed if the neck pocket was tele or strat shaped. From the pictures it looks more tele shaped but the tele deluxe is usually more strat shaped from what I was able to figure out. Appreciate your videos.
just curious sir.what camera you use it's look fantastic and the close up focus also very good
Looks like a decent kit. I have used their pickups and tuning machines and I have always been happy with them. Looking forward to the build.
One reason I haven't tried to build a guitar by buying a body, neck, bridge, etc., is that I'm afraid I won't get everything I need to do it properly (end up with a complete guitar). You have a parts list, but I'm afraid it's incomplete. For example, no links to the shielding paint or the tuners. If you could add links to everything you would need to buy for this project, that would be great. I'd like to get everything in one place, if possible. I've tried building a guitar at the Warmoth website only to find that they don't provide everything you need for a complete functioning electric guitar. The Guitar Fetish guitars look great -- if I don't decide to build one, I will definitely buy an assembled one. :)
Awesome video! Gave me ideas. I am gonna start my very first build soon..Going for a Fender Subsonic baritone I think. Can’t wait to start
So I just heard about a company named Palace guitars that can build you almost anything you want for $400 - $800. Granted being aware they are made in china i have an idea of what the quality will most likely be. Having said that I still would like to give them a try but only problem being i cant really find any reviews of them or anything like that except straight from there site... Has anyone by chance heard about them or have used them by chance?
Are you going say what is to the total for the build ? After shipping, taxes to Canada and exchange rate. Must be close to 500-600 CAD.
Been watching your videos a lot but this series "building a guitar" is really fun to watch and also has some some good information for a beginners like me haha, great job Darrell🔥
unpopular opinion, but i prefer the crazy expensive partscasters. it's easier to showcase boutique builders and crazy hardware when the budget is less limited.
Darrell, I am new to guitar builds. Is it true that the pickup/humbucker placement relative to the neck is crucial? Why are all strat style pickups in the same place? Do all humbuckers have to be distanced the same length from one another? Does the number of frets change these locations? Crazy questions I know . Do you have a vid on this?
Happy new year everyone one.
Big fan of your videos. And I just did the same build all guitar fetish parts.
I swapped out a the neck for the same GFX neck on a T style guitar.
It all seemed to go really well. However it sounds like a shrilly tiny mess. Before the neck swap the tone was pretty good I liked it.
Now after the new neck not so much.
I’m at a loss for what I have done to now make this sound horrible. Any suggestions or advice?
Thanks
I have all the parts I need but the wiring harness. I has been out of stock for 2 months? maybe longer... I am dying, hopefully they restock this soon. Great video!
Hi Bro nice ordered parts. What's the weight on the body n neck plz? Thanks and all the best wellwishings bro. One love
Why not get a Sustainiac pick up just to have a different flavour from a regular T-style?
I ordered everything, as you had. Ready to build. The neck is loose as goose poop. Hoping that won't be a problem.
hi. can a genuine fender neck fit into xgp body? because i really like one telecaster body but i'd rather put on it u shape 7.25 radius, or 9.5.
hello, cool video. Are the GFS prices in Canadian or US dollars? Were there any import fees to Canada? thank you
if anyone sees this post..guitar fetish is having big sale for july 4th..i just got 5 sets of pickups for 70 bucks which includes the shipping..4 sets of strat sss and one set of tele pups..i have used them before on partscasters and my customers say they sound pretty damn good.
Build a BASS!!!