School Me: Telemaster origin story

[X-Ray Spex]

Jazzmaster > telecaster



Just realized I only own 2 guitars from that photo now

I still kick myself for not grabbing that maple black block guy

ME TOO

i think about it a lot...

Me as well, I remember thinking it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.

Didn't it come up for sale last year? Who has it now?

[CROSS_guitars]

More Telemaster pron

[javier-san]

the gold with the bridge cover is just *chefs kiss*

[ragamuffin]

Here's mine that I put together around 2009. It's got:

-Warmoth swamp ash body, stained with tea concentrate and finished in Tru-oil
-Warmoth roasted maple neck, stainless frets, 59' round back contour
-Cavalier Fat Lion bridge, Roadhouse Pickups (r.i.p.) "Kingston" neck pickup (Supro-style gold foil)
-4-way switching, volume, treble, bass cut knobs

[marqueemoon]

I just thought about this as I’m seeing Idaho in a couple of weeks.

One of Jeff Martin’s custom Carruthers 4 strings is a Telemaster style. You can see Dan Seta playing it here in this live footage from 1996.

Jeff and Idaho co-founder John Berry were on 4 strings since the very beginning of the band, so it’s possible this instrument is a few years older than that. They put out their first record in 1993.

This is definitely the first Telemaster shaped object I remember seeing.

If I get a chance to talk to Jeff I’ll ask him about it.

[SSquirrel]

I like the idea of the current IBM Squier Offset, swap a P90 for the JM pickup, add a Mustang bridge and JM tremolo. Then piss off a lot of Tele fans and replace the chrome knobs w/Mustang knobs.

[sal paradise]

Picked up a nice & subtle neck to get my EMG Telemaster project back in progress.

A certain Jsett suggested I go for matching headstock. Got a few days before tuners arrive, so I’ve got time to work out a plan

[Flesh]

evolved from a full Rosewood Neck, to a 70s Maple Telecaster Neck to this JM-Jazzmaster Neck

[Biloxide]

Very nice jazzcaster!! Like above green is cool also.
My poplar body a little too heavy for my back 3,8-9 kilos, in nitro emerald green, TL roasted neck flat oval 12#.


For some time,I have the idea of ​​doing the same duo as yours...jazzmaster neck. a fiesta red body in poly U with minors defects finishs on the rear, and a jm neck classic player elsewhere at a low price... the temptation is great,ouch ouch ouch don't type . I only have one brand new set of vintage tuners with white buttons...

[smjenkins]

Not an actual telemaster, but catching up on the thread I saw some folks mentioning they hate how they look. While I was never in the "they're ugly" camp, I never thought the look of the telecaster pickguard and control plate meshed well with the offset look.

And I came across a Reddit post a while ago that really shifted my thoughts on what a Telemaster should look like.


r/Offset on Reddit – Shitty mockup of an offset telecaster with a thinline-inspired pickguard. Any good?

Honestly, I now believe that this entire time that they should have used thinline-style pickguards rather than the traditional telecaster inspired pickguards and control plate.

I saw this post last year and was blown away by how obvious and awesome an idea this is. I had a BloomDoom TM body with standard routing and I asked Patrick Cross to see if he could make something like this. Here's what he's created::



I'm so excited to get to play this. More pics here: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=94472&start=1530#p1849342

[JSett]

I saw this post last year and was blown away by how obvious and awesome an idea this is. I had a BloomDoom TM body with standard routing and I asked Patrick Cross to see if he could make something like this. Here's what he's created::



I'm so excited to get to play this. More pics here: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=94472&start=1530#p1849342

The lines in that look great actually! Nice piece of design.

[sal paradise]

It lives! I think the neck pocket is too shallow- had a lot of problems getting the Chinese neck to fit close enough & actually be playable. Luckily I had a backup, backup neck in this Squier thingy. I’ve whacked the saddles right up & it’s just about usable.

I waited a long time to try these EMGs… and they’re pretty dull. I think I imagined them to be super high output. They’re not at all. No noise though



cc radio 1

[BoringPostcards]

Saw my first wild Telemaster/Offset Tele today. I’ve never actually seen one in person, and today I saw a Squier one in Oly White. It had the JM neck pickup.
Didn’t get a chance to play it, but I appreciate the design more now, having actually seen one.

It was nice, but I’m not in the market for one right now.

[interceptör]

I'm not sure if this has been discussed here before, but here you go anyway: a Make'n Music / Fender Custom Shop Telemaster ad from April 2010.

[CROSS_guitars]

cool!