Manchester Guitar Tech

A Trio of Telecaster Builds

White Blonde Esquire

A re-creation of Fender’s white blonde of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Fender Esquire white blond body

White blond body

This was my attempt at a 1953 replica. It uses my White Blonde nitrocellulose lacquer.

Butterscotch Blonde Telecaster

A re-creation of Fender’s butterscotch blonde of the early 1950s. This uses the same blonde lacquer as above but with a tinted clear coat to give the butterscotch colour.

Fender Telecaster butterscotch body

Butterscotch Blond body

This one was aiming at a ’53!

Butterscotch Broadcaster

The third and my latest Telecaster to date uses my “Butterscotch” lacquer.

Butterscotch Broadcaster
Butterscotch Broadcaster

The body was made from some ash I had lying around the workshop.

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