214 – 200420 ZT-Tele – Zachary Handcrafted Guitars | Bass| Pedals | Strings

Inspiration

Having created the previous set of 5 ZT Teles in order for me to build and test traditional vintage Fender spec pickups and utilize my newly invented Zachary GF90 pickup, I wanted to continue with my pickup building and made this one and the following ZT Tele, in order to further showcase my new Zachary hand Wound pickups. I wanted to come up with my own specifications of the ultimate Telecaster bridge pickup, along with a matching GF90 in the neck position. This time I also wanted this and the following ZT Tele to be 25.5" full Fender scale.

For this one I found a nice piece of Mahogany to build a one-piece body out of and then built a matching Maple neck for it. I used my usual signature design features like angling the control plate to give the player easy access to the volume knob. I used the Fender prototype-style pickguard and wide/tall 24 Stainless Steel frets. Along with all my other proprietary design and build elements, this again results in the ultimate Telecaster.

My goal is to always shame anyone who is unaware and naively thinks they actually own or have played the best Tele there is.
Well, you have another thing coming to blow you away forever.

This is what motivates me while building any guitar. I have specific players in mind and what they may have stated in an interview or some endorsement and it inspires me to destroy their perceived sense of reality, be it regarding vintage instruments or some new mass produced product they are pushing.
This to me is what motivates me and how I define success.