Booking form
TL "Whiteguard" 1955
€ 2299
With Hardcase and COA
This is the order form for your Custom Shop "Whiteguard" 1955 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, 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 “Whiteguard”)
– Butterscotch Blonde, lighter than the “Blackguard” finish
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 1.4H mm)
• Scale: 25.5”
• Nut: Aged natural bone
• Nut width: 41.5 mm
• Truss rod: Heel-adjust
• Finish: Nitrocellulose – Vintage Amber
HEADSTOCK
• Shape: TL
• Logo: Optional (with logo or unbranded)
• String tree: Rounded vintage style
• Tuners: Kluson Vintage “Single Line”, period-correct reproductions
HARDWARE
• Bridge: Classic Telecaster “Ashtray”, exactly like the one used in the early 1950s, with stamped steel plate and string-through-body construction (No Pat. Pend.)
• Type: Vintage Telecaster “Ashtray” bridge
• Saddles: 3 brass saddles, vintage-correct 1952–1959 style
• Plate: Nickel-plated stamped steel
• Mounting: String-through-body
• Finish: Lightly aged nickel / chrome
• Screws: Vintage specification with slotted screws
• Pickguard:
– White
– Single-ply
– No bevel
– 5-screw mounting, according to original specifications
ELECTRONICS
• Configuration: Classic Telecaster Blackguard. Modern wiring (same electronics as the “Blackguard”)
Pickups
• Bad Dog Custom Hand-Wound – 1952 style
• Alnico III magnets
• Medium output (vintage correct)
Switching
• 3-way selector
• 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, installed according to their real values
• Capacitor: Cylindrical Paper-in-Oil, faithful reproduction of the original