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Parts List to Build a Telecaster
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Warmoth Telecaster Body
Warmoth Birdseye Maple Telecaster Neck
Gotoh Kluson Tuners
Installing String Ferrules
Installing the Fender Vintage 3-Saddle Bridge
Shielding the Pickup Cavities
Assembling the Switch and Pots to Control Plate
Wiring the Pickups, Input Jack, Switch and Pots
Wiring the Pickups
Installing Input Jack
Installing Pickguard
Dressing the Frets
Installing the Strap Pegs
Guitar Set-Up
Finished Guitar Pics
Overview of Complete Building Process
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Building a 1963 Lake Placid Telecaster - Home

This webpage provides an overview of how I built this website. Below I list the tools/cameras/software I used and some brief notes about the process.
Camera Model Info:
Fuji FinePix 2650 Digital Camera -- Only a 2 megapixel camera but it has a great macro function. I used this camera primarily for the close-up shots. You can get these FinePix cameras fairly cheap - a great tool to have if you need to take a lot of close-up photos.
Pentax *ist DL - Digital SLR -- A 6.1 megapixel digital SLR.
Software/Tools Used For:
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Photoshop Elements
-- Image editing.
GIMP Photo Editor -- GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. A freeware Linux converted image editing application.
Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel -- Database development.
Coffee Cup HTML Editor -- Main software used for HTML/ASP coding.
Pranas.NET Thumbnail Web Gallery Creator -- A freeware program that i used to generate the thumbnails and general layout for the section pages.
Top Style Lite - CSS Tool -- CSS - Cascading Style Sheet editing.
Bulk Rename Utility -- A freeware program used fro mass renaming of files - mostly all the images.
Coffee Cup FTP -- Moving files to my webserver.


All Photos (unless otherwise noted) Copyright © 2006, HiggyDude and Bobby Jean Enterprises
Website - Copyright © 2006, HiggyDude and Bobby Jean Enterprises