Telecaster to headless guitar conversion

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Published 2021-08-15

Here I'm trying to revive a previous flawed project, no actual Fender telecasters were harmed in the making of this. One of the biggest flaws was the neck dive that made a guitar with a nice neck a complete misery to play. So with that and the complete crooked construction I decided to completely overhaul something that was going otherwise unloved.

Plus it was loads of fun to cut the headstock off :)

Oh, hey, I've got another channel now (well, I'm reviving an old one). This one has got really guitary - so I'm putting other projects on this channel there. If you care. If you don't that's cool, that's the point of splitting things up:

/ @chrisfranklynmakes

#headlessguitar #headlessconversion #headlesstelecaster

All Comments (15)

@ThunderBassistJay 2 years ago

I remember this guitar. Instantly I thought, how 'bout neck dive?
@BoneheadGuitars 2 years ago

That’ll be kewl headless.
@jurgenzoller4407 2 years ago

It's amusing to look back at projects. And think, how did I ever let that go through to the keeper!
@TempleGuitars 2 years ago

Just so you know, my day job is repairing Fender guitars, and a little routing gap poking out the side of the bridge is way more common than you think. So don't be too hard on yourself.
@martinlouden9005 2 years ago

A nice little project Chris. I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out.
@anuallaf 2 years ago

Nice “little” project Chris.
@rayrayokmusic 2 years ago

Love your videos. That’s a crazy guitar.
@Herfortz 2 years ago

Excellent work, brother.
@realitystudioscustomshop 2 years ago

what a cool project... loved using indian ink on mine, very easy
@DrRJE80 2 years ago

You gotta do a headless horseman halloween guitar :)
@adairguitars 2 years ago

That would have been a very nervous moment cutting the headstock!
@DaveDickens 2 years ago

Ha ha so you were building small ‘travelish’ types of guitars while I was in nappies 🧐. Great video Chris looking forward to seeing how it turns out, anyway I’ve got to go and hole some drills 😂. Cheers Dave
@CrudeButEfficient 2 years ago

It's a hard life when you have drills to hole... 🤣
@xenon237 2 years ago

I remember those tiny guitars. will be interesting to see if cutting off the headstock really cuts it, the weight ratio might still come out stupid enough to leave you with a headless neck diver.