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Old 03-22-2011, 06:33 PM
Ed Alvarado Ed Alvarado is offline
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New Tele build, TV Jones Filtertrons

Hey All,
Just finished this a little while ago and I wanted to share. USA Custom body with Filtertron route and belly carve in Candy Tangerine, WD 12" radius rosewood fret board neck, TV Jones Classic in the neck and Powertron plus bridge, Pickguardian pickguard, CTS pots and so on. My name on the peghead is just for kicks, this is just my hobby and not a business.
Thanks for looking.


http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l5...t/IMG_2785.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l5...t/IMG_2779.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l5...t/IMG_2786.jpg
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Old 03-22-2011, 06:58 PM
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Ed, that Candy Tangerine is mouth-watering! What is that cool minimalist bridge??

Great job - tons of mojo! Curious to know how you like the pickups.
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Old 03-22-2011, 07:05 PM
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Very nice!
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Old 03-22-2011, 07:07 PM
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That color makes me want a creamsicle lol looks awesome!
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Old 03-22-2011, 07:10 PM
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That is gorgeous! I've been considering building a tele with TV Jones Filtertrons. Any chance you'll post some audio clips?

Also, I'd like to put a maple fretboard on a tele build. Do you think it would sound good with TV Jones Filtertrons or do you need to use rosewood to round the sound off a little?
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Old 03-22-2011, 07:11 PM
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Ed, that Candy Tangerine is mouth-watering! What is that cool minimalist bridge??

Great job - tons of mojo! Curious to know how you like the pickups.
Hey Mike,
Thank you! The pick ups are trippy and I like them so far but still getting to know them. The neck is really warm played clean but has a brightness with a dirty setting and the jury is still out on the bridge as I need to get some longer screws to bring it closer to the strings but still pretty cool. I'm still tweaking it. That's a Wilkinson Compensated short bridge. I got it here.

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Old 03-22-2011, 07:12 PM
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Wow - excellent work, Ed! Love the Candy Tangerine!
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Old 03-22-2011, 07:14 PM
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Great color, nice to see a Tele with 'Trons that isn't relic'd.
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Old 03-22-2011, 07:20 PM
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That is gorgeous! I've been considering building a tele with TV Jones Filtertrons. Any chance you'll post some audio clips?

Also, I'd like to put a maple fretboard on a tele build. Do you think it would sound good with TV Jones Filtertrons or do you need to use rosewood to round the sound off a little?
Thanks _jt_,
I'm still challenged in the clips department but I'm working on it. I think a maple fretboard would sound fine with TV Jones but if you could try before you buy the TV's that would be a good idea.
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Old 03-22-2011, 07:22 PM
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Sexy! I love it, well done sir.
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Old 03-22-2011, 07:30 PM
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Hey All,
Just finished this a little while ago and I wanted to share. USA Custom body with Filtertron route and belly carve in Candy Tangerine, WD 12" radius rosewood fret board neck, TV Jones Classic in the neck and Powertron plus bridge, Pickguardian pickguard, CTS pots and so on. My name on the peghead is just for kicks, this is just my hobby and not a business.
Thanks for looking.


http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l5...t/IMG_2779.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l5...t/IMG_2786.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l5...t/IMG_2787.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l5...t/IMG_2782.jpg
I likey.
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Old 03-22-2011, 08:33 PM
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That's HAWT man.
Love everything about it- the color, the pickups, the shorty guard, the RW board.
LOVE IT!
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Old 03-22-2011, 08:35 PM
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Nice, would love to hear it.
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Old 03-22-2011, 11:03 PM
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Looks great and I really like the color.
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Old 03-22-2011, 11:12 PM
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great job!!
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