baerman
06-02-2008, 10:07 PM
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First of all I would like to thank all of you who answered my dumb questions about esp parts, especially those about the ESP Synclairs. I've been working on this M1 for about 2 years now. Bought the body after buying the 48th Street Custom. The 48th Street Custom originally came with a synclair, but I put an OFR from the 80's in it. The M1 came with a synclair, but the trem bar was not original. A new Synclair was the last piece to this puzzle. The bar itself I got from fretsonthenet. The neck I got about 4 months back. I went trough buying 4 synclair trems just to get it right. Originally I thought there were just 2 models of the synclair that came out. I now find that there are at least 4 different configerations, the other 2 having slight variants of the other 2.
The tele is also a project that I resently completed after 15 years!!! The body is off of a 68 that was given to me as a kid. I originally painted it myself because the original finish was cracked and had holes drilled in it because it was used as a template for other teles that the guy made. I later had it repainted by a professional. Over the years it had many different parts on it till it came to be just as it is. Two different necks and 3 different bridges. Also went from gold hardware to chrome. It now has a 99 tele deluxe neck and an original USA wilkinson tele bridge. I still have the original bridge and front pickup around. Hope you enjoy my guitar porn
First of all I would like to thank all of you who answered my dumb questions about esp parts, especially those about the ESP Synclairs. I've been working on this M1 for about 2 years now. Bought the body after buying the 48th Street Custom. The 48th Street Custom originally came with a synclair, but I put an OFR from the 80's in it. The M1 came with a synclair, but the trem bar was not original. A new Synclair was the last piece to this puzzle. The bar itself I got from fretsonthenet. The neck I got about 4 months back. I went trough buying 4 synclair trems just to get it right. Originally I thought there were just 2 models of the synclair that came out. I now find that there are at least 4 different configerations, the other 2 having slight variants of the other 2.
The tele is also a project that I resently completed after 15 years!!! The body is off of a 68 that was given to me as a kid. I originally painted it myself because the original finish was cracked and had holes drilled in it because it was used as a template for other teles that the guy made. I later had it repainted by a professional. Over the years it had many different parts on it till it came to be just as it is. Two different necks and 3 different bridges. Also went from gold hardware to chrome. It now has a 99 tele deluxe neck and an original USA wilkinson tele bridge. I still have the original bridge and front pickup around. Hope you enjoy my guitar porn