my new tele project

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PRSfan nym 1985

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picking up a MIM standard tele and decided to make a project out of it to match a MIM jazz bass I finished a year ago

it's midnight wine finish and has maple neck/fingerboard.

I'm thinking Joe Barden vintage bridge w/ compensated brass saddles, set of Fralin Blues Specials (1/2 and 1/2 magnets, hybrid stagger), bone nut, cream pearloid pickguard, and schaller strap locks

at some point I'll likely order a warmoth vintage satin nitro tinted birdseye maple neck (59 roundback, as I tend to like chunky necks) with abalone face dots and stainless 6105 frets.

the jazz bass is midnight wine also, has a warmoth vintage tinted birdseye neck, dimarzio ultra jazz p'ups, bone nut, chrome knobs (concentric PTB tone circuit), schaller strap locks, cream pearloid pickguard.
 
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Sounds awesome, man. Best of luck with it.

Be sure to show us some pics when you're done. ;)
 
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Yes, we do require pics! I'll be especially interested in how those Fralins sound. I have Vintage Hots and a SP42 in my Strat.
 
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someone bought the wine red tele I wanted (grrrr I hate people that sell stuff they promise you) so now it won't match my jazz bass exactly but I managed to score a 3-tone sunburst for the same price as the wine red one.

And I will have pics as soon as it's done it may take a couple weeks depending on when the Fralins arrive. I talked to Lindy and I'm going to go with a stock Blues Special set and later on I may add a Vintage Hot strat p'up to the middle position (I'm considering doing the 5 way switch and a push-pull blender).
 
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update: Joe Barden bridge and cream pearloid pickguard are in I also have the DR Pure Blues 11-50 gauge strings.

I have a nice surprise though with the fralins. I have routed to a swimming pool route.

So I have a 2% overwound neck, vintage hot strat p'up for the middle position with cream cover, and a blues special 5% overwound bridge RW/RP.

Instead of a tone knob/pot I am putting in a blender pot to control how much of the middle pickup comes through so I can get all three traditional tele voicings.
 
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