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HOT-ROD TELE PART 2

As regular readers may know, a few months ago I bought a ’52 Telecaster reissue that had seen better days. Despite being in a somewhat beaten-up condition it definitely had potential. And with the original case and documentation missing, it was ripe for modification – since much of its ‘collector’s’ value as an all-original US reissue already had been lost.

I’d been inspired office. Who better, then, to give my Tele a Von Dutch-style makeover?

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