Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
I am offering my 2004 Highway 1 Telecaster for sale or trade. I will start off by saying that even though it's less than 6 months old, it doesn't look it. I have been asked if it is an actual 1950's vintage Tele. Well, that's when I'm in the clubs and it's dark and smokey. It has been "played" and not handled with kid gloves. I have played the heck out of it but taken very good care of it. It just looks 30 years old because of the fragile lacquer finish. It's honey blonde with a maple fretboard; which, BTW, is not stock. I traded the original neck for a MIM 50's Classic Tele neck. The original neck was an American Series neck without the rolled fingerboard edges on the frets and modern 9.5" radius. The fets were medium-jumbo and it came with the standard "ping" tuners. The neck I have on it is vintage style with a 7.25" radius and vintage style frets. The tuners are vintage type as well. I really like the neck on this one (the new neck that is). It has the 3-saddle ashtray bridge. Stock, it has a w/b/w 8-hole pickguard. I will include any of the following extras as well:
1. Black pickguard routed for Strat neck pickup.
2. Black pickguard routed for mini-humbucker neck pickup.
3. Black pickguard routed for mini-humbucker neck pickup and Strat middle pickup.
4. Tortoise shell pickguard routed for Tele neck pickup and Strat middle pickup.
The way I currently have it set up is with a Gibson mini-humbucker in the neck position (pickguard #2) and a Duncan Vintage Stack in the bridge position with a standard 3-way switch. For selling or trade purposes, I can sell or trade all the pickguards or set it up with any of the configurations listed. I'll include the gigbag and keep the straplocks on it too.
I am looking to get around $500 selling it. I don't have any pics yet; but if anyone's interested, I'll get them together.
1. Black pickguard routed for Strat neck pickup.
2. Black pickguard routed for mini-humbucker neck pickup.
3. Black pickguard routed for mini-humbucker neck pickup and Strat middle pickup.
4. Tortoise shell pickguard routed for Tele neck pickup and Strat middle pickup.
The way I currently have it set up is with a Gibson mini-humbucker in the neck position (pickguard #2) and a Duncan Vintage Stack in the bridge position with a standard 3-way switch. For selling or trade purposes, I can sell or trade all the pickguards or set it up with any of the configurations listed. I'll include the gigbag and keep the straplocks on it too.
I am looking to get around $500 selling it. I don't have any pics yet; but if anyone's interested, I'll get them together.
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