€ 2299
With Hardcase and COA
Booking form
TL "Blackguard"
This is the order form for your Custom Shop "Blackguard" guitar
To complete your Custom Order reservation, you must follow these steps:
1. Complete the reservation form. In it, you will need to specify the features you want for your guitar and any other descriptive notes you need to add.
2. After filling out the form and accepting the custom order conditions, you will be redirected to a payment screen.
3. Once you have filled in the form and made the reservation, we will contact you to provide more details about the features and configuration of your Bad Dog guitar.
BODY
• Wood: Lightweight ash (Swamp Ash), individually selected for weight and grain
• Number of pieces: 1-piece
• Construction: Solid body
• Routing: SS (Single / Single)
• Finish: Genuine nitrocellulose
• Finish type: Thin skin, no plasticizers
• Relic: Options (Closet Classic / Journeyman / Heavy Relic)
Available finishes (TL “Blackguard”)
– Butterscotch Blonde
NECK
OPTION A · VINTAGE CORRECT
• Wood: American maple, 1-piece
• Fingerboard: Maple
• Profile: U Fat (1.00” 1st fret – 1.00” 12th fret)
• Radius: 7.25”
• Frets: Narrow vintage (1.98W x 1.09H mm)
• Scale: 25.5”
• Nut: Aged natural bone
• Nut width: 41.5 mm
• Truss rod: Heel-adjust
• Finish: Nitrocellulose – Vintage Amber
OPTION B · PLAYER / MODERN VINTAGE
• Wood: American maple, one-piece
• Profile: Medium C (0.85” Fret 1 – 0.95” Fret 12)
• Radius: 10”
• Frets: Medium (2W x 1.40H mm)
• Scale: 25.5”
• Nut: Aged natural bone
• Nut width: 41.5 mm
• Truss rod: Heel-adjust
• Finish: Nitrocellulose – Vintage Amber
HEADSTOCK
• Shape: TL 1952
• Logo: Optional (with logo or unbranded)
• String tree: Rounded vintage style
• Tuners: Kluson Vintage “Single Line”, period-correct reproductions
HARDWARE
• Bridge: Vintage Telecaster “Ashtray”, early 50s correct
• Type: Telecaster vintage bridge “Ashtray” (“Not Pat. Pend.”)
• Saddles: 3 brass saddles, vintage style
• Plate: Stamped steel, chrome
• Mounting: String-through-body
• Finish: Nickel / lightly aged chrome
• Screws: Vintage specification, slotted (no Phillips)
• Pickguard:
Black
– Layers: Single-ply
– Edge: No bevel
– Mounting: 5 screws (Blackguard spec) Slots.
ELECTRONICS
• Configuration: Classic Telecaster Blackguard Modern
Pickups
• Bad Dog Custom Hand-Wound – 1952 style
• Alnico III magnets
• Medium output (vintage correct)
Controls & Switching
• Selector: 3-way
• Switching configuration:
– Position 1: Neck pickup
– Position 2: Neck + bridge (modern wiring)
– Position 3: Bridge pickup
Wiring & Components
• Wiring: Vintage cloth push-back wire
• Potentiometers: Individually selected and measured (real values)
• Capacitor: Cylindrical Paper-in-Oil, period-correct reproduction
• Electronics philosophy: Early 50s Telecaster specification