Tele Fretboard - Maple or Rosewood ..

[t_ross33]

Telecasters must be blonde with a maple board and a black guard. Any deviation from this is a mere copy

A single ply - 5 hole guard I'd bet - Spoken like a hardcore fundementalist Not sayin' you're wrong, just sayin'

[markb]

A single ply - 5 hole guard I'd bet - Spoken like a hardcore fundementalist Not sayin' you're wrong, just sayin'

And it has to be Bakelite. No cross headed screws either

Actually it's single-ply, 8-hole with a guard mounted pickup. All the rest checks though. And, no, the board isn't scalloped. It's just the light.

[t_ross33]

And it has to be Bakelite. No cross headed screws either

Actually it's single-ply, 8-hole with a guard mounted pickup. All the rest checks though. And, no, the board isn't scalloped. It's just the light.

Whaaaat? No brass saddles? And you call yourself a purist? (just kidding - nice git) :

[markb]

Whaaaat? No brass saddles? And you call yourself a purist? (just kidding - nice git) :

The saddles are brass under all that chrome. This model has a steel bridge plate and brass saddles unlike the US Standard that does it the other way round.