The Haddo-caster one-point-oh

Here begins my next project. I have always liked the clean straightforward looks of the Fender Telecaster. A few weeks ago, I scored this on eBay! It is the body of a 2006 American Deluxe model. The body is made of alder, and it has a nice sunburst finish on it. There is not one scratch on it. Notice that Fender routes out a middle pickup cavity - I will be putting a Stratocaster middle pickup in there. In Tele-land, that is considered the "Nashville mod."

I will order some copper shielding tape and line all of those cavities before I start putting pickups in there. Not that I have any pickups, or a bridge, or control plate, or controls, or a neck, tuners...

Okay, I almost had a bridge, here's a picture I took this morning. Glendale makes some fine parts (since I had a few brief moments to inspect the craftsmanship). However, the part I accidentally ordered was for a more vintage layout, and I needed something for the standard American layout. Duh. I had to learn a big lesson on my second part! Well, luckily Dale Clark is more than a solid artisan, he is also a fair businessman.


The part is on the way back to be exchanged, and he'll probably have me set up with the right sized part by the end of next week. I'll probably have a picture of that on the body in a week or so. Note that I went with the vintage look, three brass saddles. Note that these saddles are "compensated." They are built with an angle so the intonation can be a much more accurate.

--gh