Thoughts on Tele colors

jimijames

jimijames

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Ok, so Christmas is coming up soon, and I've been able to convince the parents to allow me to go ahead and get some stuff early so I can have it finished in time for christmas. This 'some stuff' I'm referring to is a swamp ash telecaster body routed for a neck humbucker and a tele bridge pickup. I plan on eventually putting a bigsby on it, but for now it's going to be regular 3-brass saddle bridge.

I'm gonna finish it in nitro, and I've got a question: Which color would look better with a white pickguard, Fiesta Red or Gibson Goldtop Gold? Those are the two I like from guitar reranch, and I already have the white pickguard, so I can't change that part of it.

Which one would you guys get? I should say that an APH2 is going in the neck and a JD is going in the bridge. It seems like a good combination, but I was thinking that a PGn would be cool too - any thoughts about those? I'm probably gonna end up with the APHII in the neck though b/c I have that on hand.
 
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Do both in a sunburst. Spray the gold first, then overlay the red in strategic patterns. No one has one of those!
 
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If the ash is good looking, I'd go natural or go with a transparent butterscotch or white blonde or similar. I'm also a fan of goldtop and black as well with white pickguards.
 
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Both would look very cool. I'd probably go with red...


Anything that's not the usual, used to death by Fender - yellowish, sunburst, white or black - would look cool.
 
Re: Thoughts on Tele colors

jimijames said:
Ok, so Christmas is coming up soon, and I've been able to convince the parents to allow me to go ahead and get some stuff early so I can have it finished in time for christmas. This 'some stuff' I'm referring to is a swamp ash telecaster body routed for a neck humbucker and a tele bridge pickup. I plan on eventually putting a bigsby on it, but for now it's going to be regular 3-brass saddle bridge.

I'm gonna finish it in nitro, and I've got a question: Which color would look better with a white pickguard, Fiesta Red or Gibson Goldtop Gold? Those are the two I like from guitar reranch, and I already have the white pickguard, so I can't change that part of it.

Which one would you guys get? I should say that an APH2 is going in the neck and a JD is going in the bridge. It seems like a good combination, but I was thinking that a PGn would be cool too - any thoughts about those? I'm probably gonna end up with the APHII in the neck though b/c I have that on hand.
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I would go with red. I think the Gold would look a lot better with a black pickguard, or maybe pearl.

What pickups?? I would recommend a Firebird MINIHUM instead of a full HB in the neck. Its a great neck bucker in Tele. That paired with a Jerry dinahue bridge would be an awesome combination.
 
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I'd go red, but get a cream guard and for the love of Pete, don't you dare slap a Bigsby on there! Teles are horrible looking like that! It's like putting rims and a big ol' spoiler on a Buick. Totally unnecessary. (Grand National not included)
 
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