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This Mexican Telecaster started life as a sunburst and suffered the indignity of a terrible "relic" job by a previous owner - it looked like he used an angle grinder...


I stripped the poly finish back to the bare wood and applied a Tru-Oil finish.  I then added Iron Gear pickups wiht a humbucker in the neck and rewired it using top quality compenents.  


It sounds fantastic and currently lives in my rack in 5 string open G tuning with a kind of Barncaster / Micawber mashup vibe, and i love it!  

    Highlights from my YouTube channel

    Stratocaster Resurrection - bringing a 1987 E Serial MIJ back from the dead

     Restoration of a rare 1987 E Serial MIJ which had a lot of parts missing and a non-functional Kahler Trem.    In this video I bring it back to life with  sympathetic body restoration, conversion to a standard 2 point trem and fitment of good quality Fender electronics and pickups.    It is now fully functional, looking and playing fantastic, and  for sale in my Reverb shop  https://reverb.com/uk/shop/alansguita...
     

    Restoring a rare Candy Apple Red MIJ 52 Reissue Telecaster

     An MIJ  ‘52 Reissue Telecaster in Candy Apple Red is a rare bird indeed, an Export specification offered in 1990 in the UK.   In this video I do some body repairs, deep clean, fret job and full set up to get this gorgeous Tele back to her best. 

    Can you Tele them apart? Fender Telecaster MIM Standard v Player Series v American Series

     Confused about the differences between different types of Telecaster?  In this video I compare MIM Standard, MIM Player Series and American Series Telecasters and show all the differences in a side by side strip down, deep clean and rebuild 4 guitars in a mammoth sale prep and setup extravaganza.
     

    Upgrading an ES335

    A wee project build I did as I wanted to explore rewiring a semi hollow and see what I could build out of cheap but decent parts.  Based around  a gutted and repaired IG 335, but really the upgrades are equally applicable to any Epiphone Dot or semi hollow guitar 

    A Tale of Two Epi’s - Why you need to get your new guitar set up!

     A little bit of general discussion about Epiphone semi-hollows, and a direct comparison between an ES335 that I have fully set up and owned for a couple of  years, and an other one which I have acquired in brand new ex-factory condition. I show the dramatic differences in set up, and then take the new one through my full new  guitars setup process and also install a GFS X-Trem tremolo unit as a cost effective, fully reversible alternative to a Bigsby. Spoiler - I like it!   It’s one of my longer videos but it covers a fair amount for ground, so grab a coffee and settle in!   

    Red Hot Telecaster!

     Building up a blinged up HH Tele from  Blacktop body, a block inlaid Player series neck and nice set of Iron Gear PAF style humbuckers 

    Mexican Strat-Off! Black Label vs Silver Label

    A little bit of history and comparison as I take two early Mexican Stratocasters through a Silver service, and choose which one to keep.  There can be only one! 

    Rare Ocean Turquoise Metallic MIJ Telecaster

     Deep clean, fret dress and set up of a gorgeous and very rare Japanese market double bound Telecaster '62 Custom reissue 

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