"#27" (formerly known as "the bastard") – the little tele that will be (almost!)

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Originally I started calling this build my "baby bastard" as a tribute to the Fender La Cabronita Especial it was based on/inspired by, then I started calling it the "bastard" for short but now, I think I need to rename it. When I first contacted Marc about his Sugar Pine tele bodies, he sent me a gallery to select the one I wanted. This body was #27. That's a rather lucky number for me, so I think this guitar will forever be known as "#27" and I'm thinking about adding some graphics to that effect at some point. We'll see.

Well, I got the body back from Marc Rutter ruttersguitars.com yesterday. It was a long wait but WOW, worth it! I told him that I wanted a translucent vintage blonde and left the rest up to him (i.e. satin, gloss, relic'd or not) and he delivered! It looks and feels fantastic. It's easily the most comfortable guitar I own to hold. I can't wait to play it!

Right now, I only have this pic of this body fresh from Marc. I took it home and started the shielding process. I taped off the pickup holes and painted some Stewart-Macdonald Conductive Sheilding Paint. 3 coats does the trick!

I then started the wire prep by cutting to length all the jumpers and leads for output I'll need using 24 gauge wire from guitar fetish. I'm also using some mogami shielded cable for the output.

I'm wiring this guitar according to the Fender La Cabronita 2 pickup wiring diagram complete with the S-1 switching and grease bucket style tone choices. When the switch is up, it's running a set tone circuit of .001uF & .0033uF Sprague Orange Caps. Switch down, it's a set tone circuit of .0033uF & .0033uF Sprague Orange Caps. I'm using the Gibson style 3-way switch, as well.

More to come...