So I went to throw out an old bottle of water left in my car boot for a few weeks after a warning from my Mum about drinking bottled water left in the car (Wouldn't have drunk it anyway as it'd be warm and nasty but thought it's a good time to get rid whilst I remember) and I see a guitar head poking out from a wheelie bin (it's bin collection day tomorrow). Decided to pull it out, see what' it is exactly. Thought it might just be a cheap guitar with it's neck in two but what I found was pleasantly surprising. A Fender Squire Telecaster in half decent nick, totally salvagable and best of all the parts that need replacing are all relatively cheap to do so. As I'm getting a new guitar for nothing (or virtually nothing with the cost of replacement parts) I think I'm going to customise it big time, thinking either a Jeff Buckley tribute tele or something with kick ass pickups (poss a humbucker at the neck), a different style bridge and a nice scratchplate (probably a chrome one).
Here's a list of things that I need on initial inspection:
- Input jack w/ plate
- Nut
- x1 Saddle (6 saddle type bridge)
List of possible replacements/problems once I plug it in (once the jack is fixed):
- Neck pickup
- Bridge pickup
- Tuners
Parts I think I'm going to replace anyway whether necessary or not:
- Neck pickup (poss a humbucker)
- Bridge pickup
- Scratchplate
- Input jack w/ plate
- Nut
- Saddle (most likely the whole bridge)
- PU selector knob (prob get one like the one on my Baja Tele)
- Tuners
Will track my progress on here along with pics but for now he's a glimpse of it in it's original state.
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