Ray,
Thanks for the info. To answer your question, it has a 3 bolt neck plate. I'm pretty certain the front pickup has been replaced but the back one appears to be original. 1 volume pot has been replaced but the other 3 are original. I was able to keep all the post with the help of some magic deoxit spray. I think the selector switch has been replaced. Unfortunately all the wiring at the switch had been hacked about 2" too short and had crappy extensions that were shorting. Fortunately the pickup wires were still long enough. Vintage or not, if the wires are too short, they're too short and have been replaced with surplus wire from Lockheed. I also regrounded the pots. I dunno why someone would cut those but the sad fact of the matter, the damage is already done. You can't tell from the picture how molested the body is. Somehow the neck has survived with only minor dings and the frets are in better shape that one would expect, especially after looking at the rest of the body. My theory is that whoever had it before my brother-in-law didn't like the skinny neck, so they decided to "punk" it out but then didn't play it much. I like the skinny neck. I find very comfortable given the state of my construction riddled paws. I immediately fell in love with the Les Paul pickup switch. We have a song where I have to go from quiet to loud and back to quiet again, where the 2nd transition has to happen in a single beat. Using Juanito, I had to make these changes using the volume knob and I always finalized either too quiet or too loud. I just set the humbucker quiet and the single coil loud and use the switch. Juanito has 2 single coils and is much twangier with both pickups on. This actually works out perfect whereas Juanito is now exclusively an open tuned slider.
Topic: 1975 Telecaster (Read 5468 times)