Hi All,

Has anyone had any success building a Telecaster that looks like Princes?

Obviously you can buy Tele Bodies and necks from a number of places, all of varying quality but the Madcat / Anderson / Hohner guitar is an interesting spec.

Anyone aware of a Fender tele model off the shelf which has a body with maple tinted top, centre join stripe and black binding?

odgeuk said:

Dammit! Thanks for the reply. I won't look too hard if you've already been there and done it.

How much do I want to spend? Hardly anything! I WAS going to buy a Fender Mexican Tele as I've fallen in love with the Roadworn Mex Tele that the other guitarist in my band uses, I was kinda hoping that when it came to finding the right model I could match the Prince guitar.

Think Fender are missing a trick here....

Just an update. After some scouring of the Net I was able to find a place called ATC Guitar Works, who have done a Madcat replica in the past for a one-off order, for a left-handed customer.

You can see the body here:

The company trade on eBay as ATCGUITARS and Atilla there kindly qouted me for a Madcat project (in right-handed):

We made the body and neck for a gentlemen from Belgium. A right handed version is available and price would be $600 for a lacquer finished body. Matching flame maple neck is also available for $400.

[Edited 11/30/10 5:28am]

purpledoveuk said:

odgeuk said:

Hi All,

Has anyone had any success building a Telecaster that looks like Princes?

Obviously you can buy Tele Bodies and necks from a number of places, all of varying quality but the Madcat / Anderson / Hohner guitar is an interesting spec.

Anyone aware of a Fender tele model off the shelf which has a body with maple tinted top, centre join stripe and black binding?

Nope...and believe me I've looked and looked and looked for almost 2 years...even the bits and bobs you can pick up aren't that similar. You'll jet have style for similar and work from there. The nearest I got (affordable) was the fender squire butterscotch blonde special addition - it looks mildly (very mildly) similar as a 'tribute' but is still whhhhaaaay off and has good specs..you could probably mod it from there. I guess it depends what you want to spend

i,m asking you the same question,

i,ve the situation ,so make the best from

ich bin wie eine singende Mimose die durch die Stadt geht und Lachanfälle bekommt,

mir tun schon die Finger weh von so viel SPRECHEN .

Lorila, I don't really know what you said but you can buy the guitar body and neck like Prince's from ATC Guitars in the USA.