INTRODUCING
THE BRUTE
This is a homemade, or more like a DIY assembled Telecaster Esquire style guitar.
It was fun to make and it sounds superb with lots of sustain and biting tone.
While searching for a Fender Classic Series Esquire I decided to make my own and although this is a vintage style guitar it has a more modern feel and tone. Clean it howls and pines with that unmistakable country twang that the Tele is famous for.
Apart from all the parts I had myself, the total from my piggybank was around €210 and you won't get much for that in the guitar world unless you're incredibly lucky, like stumbling into an antique shop in outer Mongolia and finding a '52 Tele that was lying there for 40 years and the owner is blissfully unaware of it's value! Ho! Ho! Ho!
While searching for a Fender Classic Series Esquire I decided to make my own and although this is a vintage style guitar it has a more modern feel and tone. Clean it howls and pines with that unmistakable country twang that the Tele is famous for.
Apart from all the parts I had myself, the total from my piggybank was around €210 and you won't get much for that in the guitar world unless you're incredibly lucky, like stumbling into an antique shop in outer Mongolia and finding a '52 Tele that was lying there for 40 years and the owner is blissfully unaware of it's value! Ho! Ho! Ho!
Say hello to my little brute!
The body is two piece Ash and it's very heavy.
Wilkinson ashtray with 3 compensated brass saddles.
The rosewood fingerboard has a 12" radius and 22 jumbo frets.
Schecter logo from hell knows when!
Locking tuners are unbranded Chinese and took 4 months to arrive!
That grain is pretty kickin!
Can be used as a chopping board if you're in a pickle!
A Duncan Quarter Pounder is possible the highest output single you can buy.
It's a bomb! No, it's an Esquire style circuit with 3 Russian paper in oil caps,
Oak 3 way and CTS pots nicely decorated with vintage style braided wire.
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