If I'm going to be bad....

[CTN]

...is this a good way to go about it?

[Big Flannel]

Absolutely.

That's the only way.

[CTN]

Well I guess I'm gonna be busy for a while then. :\

[Agileguy]

OH HELL YES. Personally, I might go for a lake placid blue and body binding for a more Tele Custom-esque look, but I dig what's going on there too.

[Securb]

I think it looks great. I went with a Tron in the neck of my Tele and couldn't be happier. If you are going the mini hum in the neck route that would be my suggestion.

[CTN]

actually, P90 route, so if I get sick of the mini humbucker, I can just stick a P90 in there, and if I get sick of that, I can just stick on a pickguard with a regular strat or tele neck pickup mounted.

maximum neck pickup versatility.

now the problem of sourcing a body that isn't frightfully expensive. I'm planning on doing a carved top myself, so I need to get an unfinished body. But keeping costs down while also ensuring good craftsmanship on the work that does matter (bridge/string mounting holes, neck pocket, neck mounting holes) is proving a tad difficult.

[Securb]

T. V. Jones comes in a soapbar. I wish you could play my Tele. Clean it has a nice twang add some gain and you have Malcolm Young.

[CTN]

interesting.

I'll investigate. I'm not too sure what i wanna do for pickups yet. I may just get something cheap to tide me over cuz this is gonna be MY first tele and although I know i don't like country twang, i like the ballsiness of tele bridge pickups when they've got some overdrive behind them. The neck pickups don't inspire me at all, which is why I decided on something other than the standard tele neck pup.

Not too sure what to expect. I've never really played mini buckers, but I am very curious about 'em. P90s are fun though.

[Agileguy]

I had a lovely affair once with a 52 hot rod Tele. The mini humbucker sounded fantastic.

[CTN]

Also seeing as I'm carving the top myself, and doing a stain-burst and rubbed clear coat, I may as well do a masked binding.

I'm thinking swamp ash though.

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I had a lovely affair once with a 52 hot rod Tele. The mini humbucker sounded fantastic.

good to hear.
I'm guessing they sound sorta like single coil sized humbuckers? humbucker girth but with more attack and clarity cuz of the narrower string-sensing window?