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Warmoth 1950 Telecaster Clone - $400 (Whitehall)
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I have been using this guitar in my studio for the past few years, it plays and sounds exactly like a 1950 tele should......The only thing that is NOT true to the original Broadcaster, is i did not wire it with the lame sounding blender circuit they initally had. Yes, the blender circuit is a good thing, but in order to wire the blender, you lost any functional sounds of the other two switch functions (neck or bridge pickups alone). Not a good trade -off. The pups are wired neck/neck&bridge/Bridge.
The Warmoth headstock has a few chips and very small cracks on it.......Nothing at all done by a bump or a drop, it was done by the brittle wood from the warmoth roasting process. This roasting is a hardening process, but along with hardening come brittleness. These chips and small cracks have not affected anything, it stays in tune and is as playable as it ever was for the past 5-6 years.......But they are there. It will no doubt play for 50 years without any problems, but the chips and cracks are still there none the less. Because of this, I have reduced the cost of this instrument, as well as will be also including a new
"vintage" replacement neck with the guitar. This is a vintage 21-fret maple neck, I believe it is a Japanese-made neck, and it has been painted gloss piano-black by a guitar shop. This is a one of a kind guitar which will last a lifetime, and the replacement neck which i am including is a very unique one of a kind black lacquered neck, which can beused as a back up neck......or you just may want to put this cool looking neck on this guitar for unique guitar look. The body of the tele received 6 very thin coats of real Nitro lacquer, from Ohio Nitro Shop. Three color coats, and three clear coats, for a total of perhaps .002" or less thickness of lacquer. I have NOT rubbed this lacquer out, to keep it looking like a 1950 telecaster. Nitro lacquer will continue to dry and stretch until you can see through it.......But this hyper-thin paint allows you to hear the wood in this guitar.......You will not be disapponted with it's sound. It has spent all of it's time in my studio (6 years), it has never been out of my home. Very nice example of a 1950 Telecaster clone, in looks and in sound.