Laurent Brondel; Honeycaster Nashville Tele project

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Back in December. I lobbed a phone call to Laurent Brondel out of Maine USA. Told him I wanted a paisley telecaster.

Sent a deposit and in March or April we started talking about specifics on the build.

By then I had lost the paisley fascination after doing a ton of research… And chose a “Nashville” style that he had already built.

It seem to call to me strongly. 🤪

Model: Honeycaster SC “Nashville”
Body: Swamp ash
Colour: 2-tone sunburst
Neck & fretboard: 1-piece birdseye maple
Neck profile: Standard (.865”-.925”)
Fretboard radius and frets: 9.5” and Jescar NS 51100
Pickups: Ron Ellis 60T bridge, 64 FAT middle and a Standard Plus JL neck
Tuners: Gotoh vintage staggered
Bridge: Gotoh vintage
Pickguard & plastic Case:
1-ply parchment w/ pickup height screws
G&G LB

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His acoustics are gorgeous. I'd say you're in for a treat seeing the care he puts in his work.(y)
 
That’s a beauty. The 5 hole guard is a cool detail. I think I’m seeing nickel hardware there too, which is also a nice touch. The figuring on that is neck perfect too.

Do you have prior experience with the Nashville electronics? I’d assume most people use it to get the middle/neck combo position to mimic some popular Strat tones. I keep kicking around the idea of trying it on one of my teles that has the swimming pool route. Would be curious to know if there are any trade offs.
 
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