First guitar build (telecaster)

[opal prism]

So i wanna buy a cheap tele ( either a used fender mim, or new squier, i dont care about the brand, just the playability) and then do something unholy, i wanna put a dimarzio hot rail and a open top neck pickup on it ( like a lollar royal t) to emulate a strat neck pickup, so i can get a combination of all my favourites, a tele body, a humbucker style bridge and a strat neck pickup, but idk if this is a good setup for it, or really which specific pickups to go for?

Something like this

[pearl quiver]

If you are building a tele, get a Harley Benton TE or Fusion T

[opal prism]

I dont really like the lightweight basswood bodies they have

Idk if the poplar is any better tho

[pearl quiver]

why? you know tonewood doesnt exist

so the lighter the guitar the better

[alpine hill]

As a tone wood believer, poplar and basswood are similar. Also with the higher gain pickups and effects the little bit of difference the wood makes is lost.

[pearl quiver]

yeah even if tonewood exists it really doesnt make a difference

[opal prism]

Nah i smash my guitars around a lot so i dont want anything too light, even helps with neck dive, if its gonna have any

[pearl quiver]

It’s not going to have neck dive unless it’s super ligh

And super lgithness comes from actual body design

Such as something as thin as an SG

Or semihollow

[opal prism]

Yeah but basswood is still more likely to get damaged

And i like the bellycut on the squier

[pearl quiver]

how?

[pearl quiver]

which options are you considering

[opal prism]

Its softer wood

[pearl quiver]

squier, harley benotn, etc?

[opal prism]

Yeah

For squier the affinity series, for hb the te-62 series

[pearl quiver]

if ur swapping basically all the electronics, get the HB

[opal prism]

Yeh

Any experience on the pickups?

[pearl quiver]

with the pickups you are swapping in? no

but they are quality

specially that lollar neck pup

[opal prism]

Yeah