Fender Telecaster setup

A quiet day in the workshop today, a couple of odd bits and bobs.  Did have a rather nice Tele’ in need of a setup.  Nothing really wrong with it, just needs a tweek here and there.

The neck set was a little high, so about a 1/4 turn on the truss-rod.

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The action at the 1st fret is a little high……

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so a light touch with a nut file.

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Set the outside 2 strings first…

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and then set the other strings to match the fretboard radius.

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Lastly the intonation…..

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With a small adjustment to the pickup heights and it’s all done.

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A word from the owner:

For those that have seen the piccies of the Red Telecaster, George has done a fantastic job on setting it up, it now sounds as a Telecaster should, I am so pleased . Would highly recommend guitarists to contact George. Not only good at what he does but a great bloke too.

Many thanks George.

 

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