1983 Japanese JV Squire Telecaster Rebuild - Advice needed

AndyD · 2012-06-15T09:59:31+00:00

HI. I have Just Aquired a 1983 Japanese JV Squire, butterscotch blonde, great guitar but serious work needed. The body has been routed out to take a floyd rose type trem (Badly Done) and a cheap no name humbucker put in the Bridge position. The body is in good nick apart from the routing. The plan is to buy a telebridge, replace the humbucker with a tele single coil, recommendations welcome. The difficult bit is going to be filling up the spaces where the additional routing has been done. The body is ash and the plan is to get some ash and carefully fill the spaces and route out the original neck pickup space. Where will I get some ash to do this as there is now a cavity, just like a strat on the back? I dont Plan on refinishing the whole body as it is a nicely aged butterscotch blonde, but once the wood has filled the trem cavity I will seal it and cover it with a plastic like cover as you would find on a strat. By the way Manny your pine tele looks outstanding! Pics to be posted shortly

AndyD

At Last! Finally Done and it Sounds Great. Thanks to Trevor for having a major hand in this project and Matt from Casimi Guitars for the refret and setup. What a Beaut! Here are some pics

Apologies for the Bum Pics

AndyD

Check out the new nut, no more lube on string change. For those interested in fender history,check out the history of the Jv Squires. This is an early 83 and for all intents and purposes was a jap 52 reissue, before squire became the brand as we know it today. Definitely worth saving this piece of history. Pity the pics dont show the high gloss finish. Anyway off to play her now and she will certainlyl see her first gig this weekend. Now for the 84 Roadstar 2 rebuild!

DaFiz

Wow!!! A fairy tale with a happy ending... :woohoo:

Neon-Gecko

Some real craftsmanship going on there! Good save as most would have just written her off. Hope she'll sing sweetly for you for another 30+ years...

AlanRatcliffe

That's pretty awesome - it looks wonderful. Well done and congrats!

studmissile

Oh la la, how gorgeous is that! You don’t have the original SQ bridge plate do you?

Norman86

This reminds me of Costafonix's tele.. only his has the fender bigsby on it!

but wow, what an awesome repair! Well done dude! she looks great! 8)

TomCat

A nice happy ending and well done..... ? ?.....Enjoy

ZarK

Gorgeous!! Congrats! :goodtimes:

Chris-Webb

Really nice work! Looks awesome!

I'm starting on Jaguar build.. hope it comes out s nice as this one...

AndyD

I am sure it will turn out perfectly. You Know the drill post pics or it never happened. Trev has started an 84 roadstar 2 rebuild and thats going to be killer once done. Loving my Tele. Its a brilliant player and sounds killer. Looking forward to see your progress. Enjoy the build

Chris-Webb

Pics on their way... ?

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