258 – 280724 Zachary ZT-Tele

Body Style:  ZT (Telecaster)

Body Wood:  3pc Korina

Neck Wood:  Maple

Fingerboard Wood:  Maple

Scale:  25.5"

Frets:  24 Stainless, 110/57

Fingerboard Radius:  9 -14 inch

Tuners:  Vintage Kluson style

Controls:  master Volume and Tone, 4-way switch

Pickup Selection, 6-way rotary switch:
1- N;   2- N + B parallel;   3- N + B series;   4- B;

Pickups:  Zachary Hand Wound
neck - GF90, custom bobbin P90 size, 38g wire, xtra long pole screws, A3 mag
bridge - Vintage Tele spec

Neck Joint:  bolt-on with Spike isolation coupling and angle adjustment,

Strings:  Zachary Optimum Tensions, 10++ RW set

Weight: 6.8 lbs.

Price:   $2500 USD + extras, + case


Inspiration 

I have all this Korina wood, which I bought about 25 yrs ago. I still have lots of it. Its second or 3rd or 10 grade wood, which no guitar manufacturer would ever use. It does not agree with a Toddler's programming. That is specifically why I use it. I love to make something special from rejected materials. I feel like I am saving something, rescuing something.

It shows you how superficial and hacked the modern human (augmented human) is. Does the type of wood matter for the tone of a guitar? How about, does the aesthetic quality and grade of a particular species of wood matter for tone. These vacuous topics are made specifically for marketing purposes and for brainwashing the average Toddler.

The more unique something is, the more I like it and want it. The more worm holes I see in the wood, the more character and uniqueness I see. I want to be like nobody else and follow no one. But that's just me.
You walk into any music store these days and you see a whole wall full of lifeless, sterile plastic objects, which just came off of robotic machinery. The name on the headstock is negligible. They are all the same lifeless objects and you are supposed to bond with them. Its not going to happen. Well, maybe it will if you are already a cyborg.

This is another amazing Tele, its light weight and that fingerboard even has flame in it, just by chance, not by choice. It all however results in a totally unique guitar, like all Zachary guitars of course.
Entirely hand made. You know how hard it is to fit that control plate inside the pickguard? It also has very vintage vibes, which is to be expected.

The tone and playability are always the totally consistent parts of a Zachary guitar. Those never change.Â