  GFS paulownia ultra lightweight Tele® body, Fender® Japan TMO-C neck w/staggered tuners and vintage bone nut, Bill Lawrence L298 pickup, GFS blank Tele® control plate drilled for CTS 250k pots (master volume, master no-load tone), innovative Trem King trem bridge. Paulownia is an Asiatic origined hardwood with exceptional resonance. Total weight is 5lbs 2ozs - that's not a typo and no, not neck heavy - killer tone, very acoustic-like but with no feedback. This is my personal guitar that I use for varied music genres, from fingerstyle jazz to blues and hard rock. A perfect electric guitar! Starting in early 2010, I'll be custom shaping paulownia Tele® bodies.
    A collaborative assembly between myself and artist Gerd Dagne - the gal is not a decal, it's an airbrushed painting! Gerd is very good! Ash over ash body, TMO-FAT Fender® Japan neck, staggered vintage tuners, vintage bone nut, Custom Shop Fender® NoCaster pups, CRL 4-way, CTS pots w/no load tone, Electrosocket w/Switchcraft jack. 5lbs 13oz total weight. Killer in every way.
  An interesting Thinline®, built originally for myself but just passed on to fellow Tele® nut, Mark C. Delightfully light at 5lbs. 15ozs., the alder body sports a quilted flame maple top and dual side chambers, the All Parts TMO-FAT 50's style neck is topped off with Gotoh Kluson staggered vintage tuners, a vintage cow bone nut, Wilkinson ash trash bridge w/brass barrel saddles, CTS pots, Switchcraft leaf spring 3-way, Electrosocket/Switchcraft jack, Lawrence L280 neck, old Fender® Tele® bridge pup rewound ages ago by Jim Rolph. Schweet!
 Mike B's *amazing* Esquire®, super lightweight (well under 7#), Mark Jenny custom relic'd finish on wood and hardware, Jason Lollar bridge pup ... what a *joy* to hold and play!
 Jim O's killer lightweight Tele® features Warmoth wood and sea foam green paint, Bill Lawrence L290/L280 Tele® noiseless Tele® pups and a 4-way for lotsa cool tone choices. Yeah man!
 AP ash capped over ash Thinline® body (fully chambered on both sides, rear routed!), AP TMO-FAT neck, all wood is finished in hand rubbed clear polyU over stain that's buffed to a matte-satin non-stick finish, Rio Grande Muy Grande bridge and TallBoy neck, Gotoh vintage bridge w/compensated brass saddles, Gotoh Kluson staggered height tuners (no need for a string tree), compensated brass saddles on an ashtray bridge, 4 way CRL switch, 5lbs 9ozs light.
 AP ash body, AP TRO-W neck, Rio Nashville pup set, Gotoh vintage bridge w/compensated brass saddles, Gotoh Kluson tuners. "Viking's" special Tele®!
 Standard Squier body (2pc alder), AP TRO-W neck, Rio Stelly bridge and Strat Tallboy neck, Squier Strat hardtail bridge, Oak 4-way pup switch (bridge, bridge/neck parallel, neck, bridge/neck series).
 Standard Squier body, AP FAT neck, Rio Tallboys, Gotoh Kluson tuners, vintage bridge retrofit w/compensated brass saddles, bakelite pickguard - vintage looks/feel/tone at a real vintage price.
 Butternut body crafted and finished by Kenny's Dad, All Parts neck. Super light and a Super 400 delight!
 All Parts Thinline® large-flamed maple top/alder back body and Tele® neck, Rio Grande pups (P90 Jazzbar neck and Muy Grande bridge), 6.5# light = Fred's delight!   All Parts Thinline® violin flamed maple top/alder back body and USACG Tele® neck with 1-3/4" nut, top edge and sides faux binding, Lawrence L290TLE/L280TN pups, 6.6# light ... awesome for blues and jazz!
 Warmoth Double bound ash Tele® body, All Parts solid maple Tele® neck, Rio Grande matched set of "Muy Grande" Tele® pups. Super light (6/12), plays like buttah and sounds like a 50's Tele® on steroids!
Way to go, Ernie!  All Parts ash Thinline® body, WD neck, Lollar P90 and Lawrence L280TL - NICE!
  USA-CG ash body and maple neck, Fralin pickups, compensated brass 3 saddle bridge, Gotoh Kluson vintage tuners, WD Music custom Tele® snake pickguard ... can you hisss "tone to da bone"?
 Warmoth ash body and maple neck, Fralin blues pickups, compensated brass 3 saddle bridge, Gotoh Kluson vintage tuners, white pearl pickguard, lightweight and "twang-a-licious"!
 AllParts ash Thinline® body, Warmoth rosewood neck w/abalone dot markers, Bill Lawrence L290TLE bridge and L280TN pickups, Gotoh SG38 tuners, brass 6 saddle bridge, 5 pounds 14 ounces total weight!
  AllParts one piece ash body and maple neck, Van Zandt Vintage Flat bridge pup, Rio Grande Tallboy neck pup, vintage brass 3 saddle bridge, Gotoh Kluson vintage tuners, 6-1/2 pounds total weight!
  WD Music quilt maple over alder rear rout Tele® body, WD Music pre-finished 1pc maple Tele® neck, faux maple body top binding, Bill Lawrence L290TL bridge pickup, Armstrong mini-humbucker Firebird neck pickup.
 WD Music pre-finished alder Tele® body, WD Music pre-finished 1pc Tele® neck, Bill Lawrence noiseless pickups (L290TLE bridge and L280TN neck).
  WD Music alder Tele® Thinline® amber stained body w/flame maple top, faux unstained top edge "binding", Warmoth Tele® 24-3/4" scale "burly eye" maple/rosewood conversion neck w/amber stained peghead, Bill Lawrence noiseless pickups (L290TLE bridge and L280TN neck) - completed weight: 6lbs 5ozs.
  David Mason's custom Tele® - 1pc rear rout swamp ash body, scalloped ebony fingerboard, Schaller roller bridge and locking tuners, Lawrence pickups - L290TN neck and L450+ bridge.
  USA-CG 2pc ash body, Warmoth Tele® vintage-modern neck in maple burl, hand rubbed clear polyU, Kent Armstrong P94 pups.
  USA-CG 2pc ash body w/USA-CG maple neck, hand rubbed clear polyU, Harmonic Design Z-90 pups.
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