Unbranded Tele style Solid Ash, chambered with a 1/4" Oak top, Clear coat over stain Clear coat over stain

Tele style body, Solid Ash, chambered with a ¼” thick Oak top.

Chambered body, (to lessen the overall weight).
¼” thick Oak top.

Standard 2 pickup Tele appointments.
                1” deep pickup routs
                1 ½” deep control cavity rout
                7/8” plug in rout
                5/8” deep by 56MM neck pocket
                5/16” string through ferrules

1 3/4” thick body

5.30 lb body weight

String through holes and bridge anchor points styled for a 4 screw ashtray style bridge.

All electrical connection passages are provided as well as holes for the strap anchors.  Pickguard screw points are NOT provided.   

Stain and clear coat finish. Three costs and a buff/polish.

The back story on this body:

I got the wood for this body from a restaurant liquidator who was selling furnishings, chairs,       equipment and table tops taken from downtown Minneapolis restaurants who for one reason or            another had taken steps to get rid of their old furnishings.  The table top I selected for purchase     was made of hard and reasonably heavy Ash sections glued together under pressure.   I don’t know for sure, but this table top had to be at least 30 to 40 years old, (if that even makes a difference).

I sectioned the table top into usable pieces and ran everything through my planer to achieve the             correct thickness for use as a Tele blank.  The chambering step was to help reduce the overall weight of the body.

Ask questions if you have them.   

8/1/2026 addition:

I will be out of town until Wednesday 8/5/2026, so will not be able to ship until then. Also if you are interested in viewing other Tele bodies and guitar builds I have done in the past as examples of my work, please go to this Facebook page.