Changed everything on this 90s Korean-made Tele
When I bought this Vester Tele, it already had the Wilkinson bridge and B/G bender installed. I wasn’t really into the neck, and the electronics were a bit sketchy, but I liked the look of the body (alder). So I decided to use it as a project guitar and learn more about all the different parts by taking everything apart and rebuilding it.
Really happy with how it turned out, feels like “my” guitar, and it plays great.
Happy to share more info on the parts if anyone is interested. I also made some before/after sound samples, which mostly highlight the pickup swap. The bridge pickup sounds a lot fuller and smoother to me now, not the ice-pick sound of the original. The neck pickup changed less, but has a bit more articulation and clarity to me, great for that jazzy sound.
So far I’m not totally sold on the 4th position with the pickups in parallel, but maybe I’ll find a use for it eventually.