Electric Guitar Kits for Sale

Building a Telecaster® Kit Guitar

The Telecaster® is a real no frills affair, with additional of a concentrate on tone and simple design which in my opinion make them the best system guitar in terms of construction and wiring. In Reality if you should be unsure which preferred guitar form to accomplish your first build with look at the Telecaster®. Not merely are they perhaps the simplest system guitar to gather but as mentioned tend to be flexible letting you play a number of genres. The construction regarding the throat and body are easy as the throat is typically bolt on so won’t require you spend attention to scale length. Finishing is also straightforward as Telecasters® don’t typically have any binding to mask and are one of those kit guitars that look great oiled or stained in comparison to a solid color finish. The wiring is often much simpler than wiring a Les Paul or SG for instance as the tone and volume pots are pre-mounted and relatively straightforward as seen in the video below.

The ‘Tele’ Noise

Mostly heard in nation and blues the Telecaster® is in fact much more functional than people give credit for. The only style this hasn’t truly made a large impact in is material which will ben’t usually the domain of solitary coil pickup guitars.There are always exclusions nevertheless and they've got already been utilized by guitarist’s because diverse as Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell and Rage resistant to the Machine’s Tom Morello. They could divide viewpoint with several guitarists loving the unique twangy tone although some discover tone also abrasive. Probably the most identifiable player is Keith Richards by virtue of being in another of the greatest groups of all time. If you are searching for an example of the classic Telecaster® tone take a look at the video below.

Telecaster System Guitar Features

• Solid human body most often made from Alder and in some cases Ash. (in most kit guitars the human body are Basswood or Alder)
• Bolt on neck
• Double solitary coil pickups (generally)
• Three-way pickup selector switch
• 1 X tone, 1 X volume control
• 21 or 22 frets (based manufacturer)