UK Made Relic Hybrid Tele - Recycled Materials

Telecaster type guitar made from recycled materials and a damaged Stratocaster style body. Nitro finished neck. Scale length: 25.5″

Relic Hybrid Telecaster / Strat Guitar, a stunning electric guitar perfect for any musician. This guitar features a solid body type and a 4/4 size, with a beautiful red and natural body colour. The guitar has 22 frets and a rosewood type fretboard material, paired with a 6-string configuration for a truly unique sound. This guitar is right-handed and made with recycled materials, making it a sustainable and eco-friendly choice for any musician. 

 

The HSH layout is designed to to take a Stratocaster scratchplate, electrics and tremolo bridge.

 

This 1970s inspired body was made in the UK in September 2024 from parts of a damaged Stratocaster body and salvaged roofing timber. The design of the body is a combination of a Telecaster and Stratocaster - basically it is a Tele style guitar routed to take Stratocaster hardware. The body has a road worn look to it, with dents, bumps and scratches. Finished in transparent beeswax covering paint and stain.

 

1. Relic Hybrid Telecaster / Strat Guitar:

   • Solid body, 4/4 size
   • Red and natural body colour: Imagine autumn leaves meeting sunlight. It’s both earthy and vibrant.
   • 22 frets on a rosewood fingerboard.
   • Right-handed and eco-friendly: Sustainability meets melody.
   • HSH layout: A versatile palette—single coils, humbuckers, and everything in between.
   • Salvaged materials: The ghosts of old roofing timber and a broken Stratocaster style body find new purpose. It’s like musical reincarnation.
   • Transparent beeswax finish: A protective coat that lets the wood breathe.
   • Road-worn charm: Dents, bumps, and scratches—the battle scars of countless riffs. This guitar has stories etched into its grain.

2. 1960s Inspired Stratocaster / Telecaster Hybrid Guitar:

   • A patchwork quilt of history: Salvaged roofing timber meets a broken Stratocaster. It’s like a musical Frankenstein, stitched with love.
   • Jedson-Stratocaster Lovechild: Inspired by '60s Japanese guitars, this body is routed for Stratocaster hardware. Dive-bombing tremolo? Check!
   • Maple neck, reborn: Refurbished and wearing a nitro finish, it’s like a vintage wine—rich, resonant, and timeless. Rosewood type fretboard.
   • Fusion of past and present: This guitar isn’t just wood and metal; it’s a bridge across decades. It carries the echoes of old tunes and the promise of new ones.