Fesley DIY Kit Guitar (Deluxe Edition) after modifications

What I did to turn this $129 Fesley DIY Kit Guitar into a great playing and sounding instrument modified to my player preferences. Thanks for coming along on this journey with me. I love hanging out with you all and talking guitars and life. Let me know what you think in the comments.

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Project Cost Model:

Fesley DIY (deluxe edition) Guitar - $119 (I had a $10 coupon)
Locking Tuners (Musiclily Pro 6 inline Vintage Guitar) - $26.00
String guides (3 pack) - $8.00
Compensated brass saddles (Gotoh) - $15.00
Pots (full size 250k) - Fleor - $9.00
Capacitor (.47) - Orange drop - $3.00
Switch Alnicov (3 Way) - $7.00
Neck Pickup - AlniV Big Pole TFA65-BK - $17
Bridge Pickup - FLEOR Alnico 5 - $18
Output jack (Pure Tone) - $7.00

Total - $229
*Cost Model does not include paint, sandpaper, etc. for the refinishing.
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Playlists and journeys:

Should you buy a budget guitar? Is it worth it?

Harley Benton Stories

Westcreek Racer Stories

FireFly FFTL Relic Telecaster

Fojill FTL-60 Telecaster

Fojill FTL-20 Telecaster ($89 Amazon Guitar)

DEMUSEA (DTL-30) Telecaster ($79 Amazon Guitar)

Project Work – Demusea (DTL-30)

Tease SBH-HD ($249) - Telecaster

Fesley (DIY Kit Guitar) Deluxe Edition ($129)

Refinishing Project (Fesley DIY Kit Guitar)

Starting Over - Refinishing Project (Fesley DIY Kit)

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Shout out to @2bikemikesguitartopics145, @j-man9457, and Torsten at @TeaseGuitars for their encouragement on my journey.
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[thomasrodabaugh]

Ted, it looks and sounds great! Your grandson will be a happy camper. Rock on Brother!

[WickedFesterBand]

You did a nice job on that Ted. Your grandson is gonna love it.

[j-man]

Hahaha something sexy about black and orange LoL!
That black pick guard really makes the orange pop!
Certainly a long process and learning curve to get this completed, but man that thing sounds great Ted! It looks fantastic and seems to play effortlessly as well!
What more can one want! There are always upgrades one can chase, but at the end of that day, a solid well put together guitar is the goal, and it looks to me Ted that you have done just that!
Great job!❤

[TonJager]

Holy smokes, that looks great! Your other grandchildren are going to be jealous! Awesome job, man, a labor of love, but obviously worth it 😊

[stevenkelkey]

TEd this is the video that all your YouTube fans have been waiting for the completion of the ORANGE TELE GUITAR ! And you knocked it out of the park! Rock on Brother!👍🎸

[drewenriques]

I bought some orange paint just the other week to do a refinish a budget tele. Thanks for showing me what mine will look like! 😁

[bikemikesguitartopics]

Yup, a long journey, but when it results the way it was first imagined, the gratification pours out then.

[greyowl]

rite-on dude all u did i will also, mayhaps with sum variations, as I've watched a few channels, groovy, be kool

[greyowl]

hiya, me again could u list parts u changed/upgraded, rock steady