Telecaster 7s?!

[DangerousTacos]

The above image is hosted on the Seymour Duncan site.

And this is just a random picture I got with some research.


Are there any companies that offer decent Telecaster 7s?


Did a site search, but didn't get many results. Sorry if this has already been posted.

 

[Drew]

The blue quilt guitar was a one-off done by a guy on Jemsite, and SD will custom wind anything for you from their custom shop, but it isn't cheap.

I'm not aware of a single production seven, though if memory serves Stephen Carpenter just had a pair of custom Teles made for him, with EMG's.

 

[jtm45]

The Tele-style 7 in the bottom pic is a custom that Rich Fay (Serratus) made for himself a few years back.
It's a really nice guitar
It's got one of those Roland GK type pickups on it too.

Here's a link to his site with a few more pics and info;
http://www.btinternet.com/~faymarine/pastcustoms_tele7.htm

 

[7StRiNgToM]

stephen carpenter uses tele sevenstrings by ESP

 

[playstopause]

^

We don't know if these will go into production though (and Drew already spoke about these).

 

[DangerousTacos]

I'm not aware of a single production seven, though if memory serves Stephen Carpenter just had a pair of custom Teles made for him, with EMG's.

Yeah, I saw the ESP Custom. Its pretty cool, but will be nowhere near my price range.


I was hoping for more of a Fender Style Telecaster, but I'm probably SOL on finding one. There was a custom one on ebay a few months ago, that was made by a professional archtop luthier. I liked it, but didn't have the cash money. I think it had single coil EMGs.

 

[Donnie]

You could probably get a Warmoth one.

And I think I heard somewhere that Stephen Carpenter has a 7 string tele.

 

[scott from _actual time_]

I was hoping for more of a Fender Style Telecaster, but I'm probably SOL on finding one.

yep, pretty much. unless you went 100% custom.

i want one too, a real Tele 7 not just a tele-shaped superstrat, so i'm going to build it. i'll get the custom-wound Duncan you posted the pic of above, i have a Fender-scale neck, and i'll build an alder body myself. i'll use brass plate to scratch-build a bridge, and i'll make pickguards to hold a PAF7 in the neck position. voila--super-low twang.

 

[Drew]

I was hoping for more of a Fender Style Telecaster, but I'm probably SOL on finding one.

You kidding me? I'd burn puppies for a Fender-style 7-string strat, and I haven't managed to find one, either. :/

 

[WarriorOfMetal]

You kidding me? I'd burn puppies for a Fender-style 7-string strat, and I haven't managed to find one, either. :/

sweet, let me know if it comes to that

 

[Rick]

Didn't Stephen Carpenter have one done for him?

Sorry, no more SC posts from me.

 

[wardpike]

Someone please help me find a traditional tele bridge, 7 string version, that I can use for a 7 string tele build with one of those Seymour Duncan pickups. Many thanks in advance!

Ward,
wardpike@hotmail.com for email, MSN, farcebook etc.

 

[darren]

A member here had some base plates made.

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/dealers-and-group-buys/46954-fs-7-string-tele-bridges.html

 

[technomancer]

Holy two year old necro bump

Anyways, there you go:

http://www.sevenstring.org/forum/dealers-and-group-buys/46954-fs-7-string-tele-bridges.html

And beat to the punch again

 

[TonyFlyingSquirrel]

While at work, I spoke with Duncan regarding this issue. To our knowledge, the only legitmate 7 string Tele Bridges were those made for our Forumite here. Neither Schaller, nor Gotoh have any plans to engineer such unless there is a revolution of demand for it.

It looks like 7 string hardtale in conjunction with direct mounting a Duncan 7 Tele bridge pickup are as close as we're going to get for now.

 

[Drew]

Someone please help me find a traditional tele bridge, 7 string version, that I can use for a 7 string tele build with one of those Seymour Duncan pickups. Many thanks in advance!

Ward,
wardpike@hotmail.com for email, MSN, farcebook etc.

You might also want to consider one of these:

Agile T-7 Texan 7 String at HomeOld

 

[wardpike]

Say guys, the Rondo (shudder) 7 string tele clone is $550. That seems like an awful lot of money to spend just to get the parts necessary. I've already sourced the neck, with a plank style headstock that I can cut to a tele shape, I've sourced the body: I'm going to build it based on one of my other tele's with just a couple of mods to accommodate the 7 string neck and the bridge and other pup routes. I'm fairly certain a standard pickgaurd will do the trick, with just larger cuts for the bridge joint and routes for the two other single coil pups (yes, I like 3 pup tele's). All's I need really is a bridge! I'll be using those SD 7 string tele pups... and 375k pots and a normal 5 way switch. Damn that elusiv e bridge! I'm starting to think I'm going to have to get one machined.

 

[74n4LL0]

Say guys, the Rondo (shudder) 7 string tele clone is $550. That seems like an awful lot of money to spend just to get the parts necessary. I've already sourced the neck, with a plank style headstock that I can cut to a tele shape, I've sourced the body: I'm going to build it based on one of my other tele's with just a couple of mods to accommodate the 7 string neck and the bridge and other pup routes. I'm fairly certain a standard pickgaurd will do the trick, with just larger cuts for the bridge joint and routes for the two other single coil pups (yes, I like 3 pup tele's). All's I need really is a bridge! I'll be using those SD 7 string tele pups... and 375k pots and a normal 5 way switch. Damn that elusiv e bridge! I'm starting to think I'm going to have to get one machined.

to me 550$ looks fair:
I think that the bridge costs 150$ alone IF you can get one from Scott...
the pickups 150$ both (kent amstrong) or 300$ (SD cs)
you see 300-450$ only for this parts...
then it's other 250$ for the body, the neck, the electronics, the baseplate, the pickguard...seems fair no?
maybe the pups will not be so good like SD but if I don't like them I'll go for a rewind...

 

[scott from _actual time_]

to me 550$ looks fair:

it certainly seems fair to me if you add in all the time and pain and sweat of building it. i enjoy the building itself, which is why i do it, but it certainly doesn't save any money when you take into account all the materials and effort.

wardpike, feel free to PM me if you want any details on how i did it.

 

[cvinos]

Here is Carpenter's, with EMG 81-7 Humbuckers... can't believe they sell the model here in Germany:

CS Stephen Carpenter STEF-T7 Black, inkl. Case - Other Models