Some photos. I think it's gonna work.
Telecaster Baseplate, Soldering Copper to Brass
- Thread starter Angry Possum
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Looks good, I think it will work. Now I have to mount it to the Tele Bridge.
Looks like it just might work out, it may need some tweaking. A Dremel here, and a Dremel there. If it works. I'll sand down the body, and paint, stain or dye it. Not sure yet.
yegbert
Squier-Meister
So, what’s the ETA for game time now? 
So, what’s the ETA for game time now?
Hopefully within a week.
I had to Dremel inside the bridge pickup cavity to make room for this contraption. And the pickup is not centered correctly in the bridge housing, as you can see. Im gonna have to make a more accurate baseplate with better measurements, from the original Telecaster copper baseplate, it didn't line up too well. I'd like to make it perfect, If it's at all possible. It should only take 10 min or so to make another one. I'll try it again, back to the drawing board.
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I redid the plastic baseplate. It fits much better now. I should market these. Lol
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I just placed the Pickguard on her temporarily,, to see how the pig looks with lipstick on her. Oink oink..
I'm here at the moment. The hardest part is finished.
There's some Telecaster PGs on AliExpress( I've had loads of stuff of them over the years,no problems) that might suit the Lipstick PUP,
https://www.aliexpress.com/af/telec...stick&catId=0&initiative_id=SB_20220125053616
The PG on my Wesley Strat is from AliExpress,
Also the Fleor Humbucker in my HSS Harley Benton ST-62.
I'm going to install a Strat style neck in the Pig later on today, simply because It fit rather nicely in the neck pocket. A no brainer.
If anyone noticed, There is some spacing around the Bridge and pickup cavity where I dremeled out to make it fit.
Because I'm leaving it a relic, it will work out rather nicely I'm sure...
If anyone noticed, There is some spacing around the Bridge and pickup cavity where I dremeled out to make it fit.
Because I'm leaving it a relic, it will work out rather nicely I'm sure...
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Your next Project should be making a Bridge Base Plate to hide Your Mod of Cavity! Hope it sounds good.
Michael7
Dr. Squier
What you have there is known as a "triple butt crack" in Tele-land!
Keep up the good work, I love this project! Good looking guitar, too!
pierce
Squier-Meister
I use these to seperate the plate (or bridge) ground from the pickup ground. If you need some PM me and I will snail mail you some
https://www.banzaimusic.com/Solder-eyelets-4470-W-100-pieces.html
https://www.banzaimusic.com/Solder-eyelets-4470-W-100-pieces.html
Michael7
Dr. Squier
The cracks really come with the Tele territory. If you look up "Butt Crack" on TDPRI, there are 20 pages of links to hundreds of threads. Many or most of them on genuine Fender models. So no reason to not just run with them on a Partscaster. If you really get tired of seeing them, you could find a modern bridge with the 6 block saddles with a bigger footprint and go with that. Usually more comfortable for the right hand. And get easier intonation to boot.
Learn something new every day! Never knew of tele butt cracks. Ironic since I get yelled at frequently for similar things. FWIW I didn't notice them until pointed out.
yegbert
Squier-Meister
I’m not sure exactly how the measurements of the different pieces come together; but if it’s only the spread of the pickup’s legs that prompted the rout widening; if you reengineer those to fit within the normal width of a standard baseplate, you could then fill the rout edges with plastic wood and cover with something like paint, you could remove the butt crack. If it seems problematic to you. I’ve done it on one Squier Standard Series Tele that came from the factory with an HB in its bridge position, to convert to bridge SC.
