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When Bill McCumber sent me his 1967 Telecaster, he knew it needed some work, as the high E-string was resting against the bridge pickup, and the action was already set fairly high. I raised the action and did a neck shim to help it, but I knew more work was needed to get it playing right for the long haul. As both Bill Lawrence pickups were non-adjustable, I knew some changes had to be made. I decided to keep the Lawrence neck pickup that I really loved and remove the bridge pickup and modified wiring. This allowed the Tele to have a nod to both eras of its past, by keeping some of the Bill Lawrence mods and installing a standard bridge plate, control plate, and Ron Ellis 60T bridge pickup. Now with at least one pickup height adjustable, the guitar's volume and tone could be set to be much more balanced.
Today's Book Nook is for the Galaxy of Strats by Yashuhiro IWANADE It is on the expensive and hard-to-find side, but can be found on eBay or Amazon in Japan.
Special thanks to Bill McCumber for the fabulous guitar, and for Dan Strain's restoration work and the use of his workbench.
#askzac #bigsbytelecaster #telecaster
I love that later in its life your telecaster is taking some time off the road to teach
Weird coincidence: at the end of thirty years of teaching I’m hitting the road to play telecaster 😊
Very nice! I hope the Tele features in future videos so we get to hear how it sounds in it’s new form.
That's the plan!
What a unique Tele, really love it when guitars don't die 👍👍
Very cool and interesting that Bill Lawrence put that pup in!! Wow!
All good decisions and new life for your guitar! Congrats
oh man... I'm Japanese and I never knew that book existed... I gotta get one! It's a must! :D
Hi Zak! I like what you did with your tele. Careful consideration on making it your own. Good work.
Pretty cool! Love the way the guitar is now a blend of history and function.
That guitar 🎸 is the ultimate COOL!!!
Excellent re-mod, very tasteful 😋
Yeh, white guards on blonde/butterscotch bodies is the bees knees, brother! I AM a Strat guy, and this book is quite nice! And that cover ... GOLD ON GOLD!
Looks so much better with the plates. Congrats!
Thank you, friend! Rockin the rim!
@@AskZac YES!!!!!!!
Hope we get to hear the Tele with its mods. Got to say, the black pickguard looks more striking in my opinion.
Your videos always give me an uncontrollable urge to pick up my tele.
This makes me miss my '68 identical to yours, except the only mod to mine was a DiMarzio Fat Strat pickup in the bridge. I had a '93 MIM all white Tele w/a "Wilde" (Bill Lawrence's Daughter & Husband) Hot Rails pickup in the bridge. I went to play it live & it just squealed horribly, it had 500K pots in it (way too much) so I put 250K pots in it & it did the trick. Another Guitar I wish I still had. Congrats on your '67/'68, she's nice.
The same author wrote "The Beauty of the Burst" and that is a fantastic book as well. It catalogs all the known "Burst" Les Pauls of the time. I might note that it is pre-Bonamassa so you get to see several other owners. 🙂 Full of excellent information and fantastic photos. It is written in English.
Well, plug it in! Dang!
Nice functioning telecaster.
Zac! I'm falling more in love with telecasters!! Love the video ! I was wondering if you have or plan on doing any episodes on tele custom or deluxe models or perhaps a little history lesson on them. I kinda happened upon a MIM tele custom and am going to upgrade it to probably more of what a 72 was actually like. I understand those wide range humbuckers back then were something quite different than what we get today. Cheers! Thanks again
i have the same guitar with a paf type humbucker for a neck pickup. 67 maple neck w/bigsby. relict from 56 years of use. i've owned it since 1968. paid $190 for it back then.
Beautiful. And I love Dan's guitars (I have a three!).
Me too!
Looks killer! Retains a bit of the mods but looks more correct to it’s origins.
Lookin' good! 👍
Thanks 👍
Nice!
Another tele saved!
Was hoping Zac would go on for about an hour paging through that book.
I'm glad that you were able to get the repairs done on that tele. It looks like a wonderful instrument and I saw the video where you talked about how you got it.
There are a couple of questions that I have for you. The first is, what is the Vox amplifier that is in your intro? And the second is a little more in depth regarding vibrato (tremolo) arms on guitars. I saw your video where you played the strat and talked about how due to the floating tremolo system if you bend a note on one string and then hit another string the second note will be out of tune due to the floating tremolo. Do you find the same thing happens with the Bigsby tremolo system?
Bigsby trems don't go out of tune like a floating trem. The Vox is a 1964 AC10 that has a new cab.
@@AskZac Thanks for the reply. I've wondered about Bigsbys for a while.
Great updates on the Tele - but aren't you going to play it for us?? 😢
Question; could that plate on the neck pickup somehow be mounted on springs so that it could be made adjustable just like a regular Tele neck pickup?
It would mean more wood removal
This was a great video informative as usual. Always been keen on a Tele with bigsy did you have to shim the neck or did it come with an angled neck pocket already? Does the bigsby hold tune as well?
It needed a shim. The Bigsby does stay in tune pretty well.
@@AskZac thank you sir
I love the Guitar
I love the original sound
I love the new things you've done with it but I really don't see the point of a three-way switch anymore now the four-way switches are so readily available but that's just me I guess..?!
(I also feel that the volume control is way too close to The selector switch especially if that selector switch is not at an angle but, as I say, each to their own😉👍)
How does that neck pickup sound compared to Firebird pickup?
more open
Shim neck and increace height tail bridge
Can you recommend a good Tele Half/Chopped bridge for the Blackguard Style Tele-Gib I’m building? Old school, but with intonatable saddles would be nice, extra points for top loader option
Great video. Bill Lawrence, his pickups, electronics, aesthetics, and fabrication has always fascinated me. He’s was a bit of an outlier to the end
Advanced plating might have something
is it possible the body is a 1959? As there's no string through ferrels? I'm only aware of 59 and my 1983 Tele being top loaders with that clean back. Also you might contact Becky or Shannon @ Bill Lawrence Wilde Pickups for a bridge pup match to the neck pickup. Becky (Bill's wife) and Shannon (daughter) carry on with Bill's designs. I use them in pretty much all my builds and they're as good as what Bill made for me years ago. Another great video Zac, thanks.
Im pretty sure factory bigsby teles didnt get the ferrules!
Harry is right
I’m waiting for fiber optic internet and when I do I have done some crazy stuff with guitars. It’s cool to give away guitars.
What do y’all think of doing post-factory Bigsby installation on a Telecaster?
Not a fan
@@AskZac Yeah, I was going to ask Sweetwater to install one on a new Fender Performer Series Telecaster with a HB in the neck position but did some research and found that it can adversely affect the tuning stability. Something to do with the string angle. But I see that you have one in your collection. Is that Bigsby factory installed? I know that Fender MIJ has a model with a factory installed Bigsby with an ash body. There’s one for sale on Reverb right now.
Are those A-400 pickups?
Sure, it looks like it
It does look like it
Not to take anyyyyyyything away from this storied beast, but I personally don't care for this sort of French mustard colour. Would this have been white with a clear coat that yellowed, or would it have left the factory like this? I know it's a common colour... colour also isn't a strong suit for me.
See this more as me seeking knowledge than poo-pooing it...