This is one of my newest custom made Telebacker guitars and it's all "Made in the USA". I've accumulated a lot of parts over the years from building Strats and Teles so I wanted to try building something a little different. This body shape is derived from a Rickenbacker Combo 800, same as Fano uses on their RB6.
This guitar features a White Pine body with a Nitrocellulose Lacquer Coral finish that's been lightly relic'd and aged... really nice woodgrain visible underneath. The whole guitar weighs in at 6lbs 10oz total so it's nice and light with great balance & no neck dive.
The neck is a Guitar Mill maple neck with a nice & comfortable Medium C profile that's .83"-.90", reminds me of a '65 AVRI. It's 1.687" at the nut with a 10" radius & 6105 Frets.
The pickups are a Fralin SP43 Tele Bridge pickup paired with a Fralin -15% P90 in the neck. Great sounding pickups that pair well together. There's also Bourns audio taper pots, a 3-way switch, Sprague Orange Drop, cloth covered wiring and an Electro Socket jack. The knobs are translucent DeArmond-style radio knobs with gold sparkle flecks in them. There's also a groovy Art-Deco inspired 'Rocketship' pickguard to tie everything together.
Great parts and great care go into these guitars and this one comes in a hardshell case for $1,199 + shipping. Please email me for international shipping rates.
