A Telecaster Enthusiast Adds Six Strings and Doubles the Jangle

The body on dodeka is alder which is painted with a fiesta-red matte-nitro finish. The neck is maple with a rosewood fretboard and Gotoh machine heads. Taking inspiration from a Fender 1951 Precision Bass, the custom pickguard is single-ply Bakelite. Pickups are Fender American Vintage ’62 Custom single-coils with alnico 3 magnets in the neck and alnico 2’s in the bridge. The bridge is solid brass, which was CNC’d in a custom shape that mirrors a Telecaster’s lines. It also has grooved brass compensated saddles, which help keep all those strings aligned. Lower-octave strings are routed through the body and the high-octave and unison strings are top-loaded through the bridge. Intonation is surprisingly very good and close to spot-on with all strings.