MIJ telecaster project finished

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MIJ telecaster project finished

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Hi guys
picked up this seventies japanese copy two years ago, paid like 30 usd for it
brand is Condor. never found a lot of info on it
did not work, pu were dead and a horrible "natural" finish
finally did some work on it
put a nice MIJ fender neck pu in it and painted it turqouise :)
sanded the neck down, which does feel a lot more pleasant

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cheers!
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Post by hotrodperlmutter »

oh man, that looks awesome. love the rounded edges and curvy body, especially with that color.

digging the control plate mounted output jack, too!
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Post by Nick »

I love it!

I know the pickguard's probably white, but it makes it cooler in my mind if I picture it as chrome like the whole rest of the hardware
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Post by gaybear »

that looks great! how's the action on the neck?
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Post by BillClay »

Boss as fuck. I'v actually been planning to put the input jack on the control plate of my gfs tele when I get to work on it finally
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Post by Sparky »

Bridge hardware is sexy with those curves, especially with the 3 saddles. Love the color too!

I'm also a fan of having the input jack on the control plate. I scrapped switches and pots on my tele for a 3-way and an output jack. Big gaping hole in the butt is funny, especially when you finger it. ;)
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Nick wrote:I know the pickguard's probably white, but it makes it cooler in my mind if I picture it as chrome like the whole rest of the hardware
BONER!
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Post by cur »

righteous

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Post by kapepepper »

thanks for the comments

action is very good, and the guitar is very light; especially compared with my avri 52
But i like it a lot, even a bit more since I had to put some work and patience in it

but alreay thinking on a new project :)
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Post by AaronGuitarDude »

i assume the body is bigger than normal tele :O
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