Telecaster Style Guitar – Bone Nut – Relic

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Free UK delivery – Handcrafted Rat Bait guitar built in June 2024 from new and reclaimed parts – Full scale.


This Telecaster inspired guitar body is made from salvaged material, pieces scavenged from various places: Wood from a 1970s beech vegetable rack, Exmoor Spruce and parts of a 1990s flatpack bookcase, all assembled, constructed and shaped by hand in a rat infested shed in North Devon. This barnwood style body is routed to take a standard neck pickup and standard Telecaster bridge pickup. A handmade rustic body that has dents, scratches and is finished in beeswax.

Relic Telecaster made from Salvaged Materials

Built as a nod to 1960s / 70s Japanese Woolworths guitars but with modern hardware.

  • Body made from salvaged materials
  • Body routed to take a standard Tele neck pickup and standard Telecaster neck pickup
  • Three way switch
  • Chrome Neck Pickup – Vintage warm tone (new old stock)
  • White scratchplate
  • Telecaster bridge pickup – vintage tone, old school twangy
  • Unused 22-fret maple neck
  • 10mm Machine Heads
  • Bone nut Width: 1.656 In. (42 mm)
  • Scale Length: 25.5″
  • Guitar strap

Telecaster Style Body – 2.9kg 

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Telecaster Body –  weight 2.9kg. For Scale Length: 25.5″ – possibly a type of Mahogany?

This Tele style body is routed to take a standard neck pickup and standard Telecaster bridge pickup.

If you look at the photos of the jack socket hole you can see the grain / swirls of the material, you must use your own judgment and make your own conclusions as to what this Telecaster body is made of, all I can say is… it is heavy!

I bought this a few years ago in a bundle of bodies. The paintwork is in good condition and the body is in general good order.

  • Approx. Thickness: 42mm
  • Approx. Neck Pocket Width: 57mm
  • Approx. Weight: 2.9kg
  • Yellow finish with black band
  • Gloss Finish

This is a factory made body and not one I have made. UK sale only.

Rat Bait Guitar bodies are different from others in several ways. They are made from recycled wood gathered from various sources, such as old furniture, fence posts, roof constructions, flooring, and more. These discarded bits of timber are reused and reshaped into guitar bodies that have a unique character and history. The wood upcycled, repurposed, and recycled, which means that it reduces waste and saves resources.

Rat Bait Telecaster Style Guitar

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Free UK delivery – Handcrafted Rat Bait guitar built in June 2024 from new and reclaimed parts – Full scale.

This Telecaster inspired guitar body is made from salvaged material, pieces scavenged from various places: Wood from a 1970s G Plan display cupboard, Exmoor Spruce and parts of a 1990s flatpack bookcase, all assembled, constructed and shaped by hand in a rat infested shed in North Devon. This barnwood style body is routed to take a standard neck pickup and standard Telecaster bridge pickup. A handmade rustic body that has dents, scratches and is finished in beeswax.

Built as a homage to 1960s / 70s Japanese Woolworths guitars but with modern hardware.

Body made from salvaged materials
Body routed to take a standard Tele neck pickup and standard Telecaster neck pickup
Three way switch
Chrome Neck Pickup – Vintage warm tone (new old stock)
Black scratchplate
Telecaster bridge pickup – vintage tone, old school twangy
22-fret maple neck from a new guitar with new 10mm Machine Heads
Nut Width: 1.656 In. (42 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5″

Rat Bait Guitar bodies are different from others in several ways. They are made from recycled wood gathered from various sources, such as old furniture, fence posts, roof constructions, flooring, and more. These discarded bits of timber are reused and reshaped into guitar bodies that have a unique character and history. The wood upcycled, repurposed, and recycled, which means that it reduces waste and saves resources.

Relic Telecaster Body – G Plan

Telecaster Body made from recycled materials – body weight 2.20kg. Body for sale only. For Scale Length: 25.5″. Available on eBay:

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This ‘Rat Bait’ body is made from bits of salvaged roofing timber, a piece of Exmoor Spruce, parts of a G Plan display cabinet and other bits of salvaged materials, constructed and assembled in a rat infested shed in North Devon.

The shape of the body is based on 1960s / 70s Japanese guitars but with a Telecaster layout.

The scratchplate, bridge and pickups are not included in the sale, they are for illustration purposes only.

This Tele style body is routed to take a standard neck pickup and standard Telecaster bridge pickup.

This handmade body has dents, scratches and is finished in beeswax.

  • Body made from a salvaged materials
  • Approx. Thickness: 45mm
  • Approx. Neck Pocket Width: 57mm
  • Approx. Weight: 2.20kg
  • Finished in beeswax

Rat Bait Guitar bodies are different from others in several ways. They are made from recycled wood gathered from various sources, such as old furniture, fence posts, roof constructions, flooring, and more. These discarded bits of timber are reused and reshaped into guitar bodies that have a unique character and history. The wood upcycled, repurposed, and recycled, which means that it reduces waste and saves resources.

Yellow Telecaster Style Guitar Body – 2kg

Yellow Telecaster
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Telecaster Body –  weight 2kg. For Scale Length: 25.5″

This Tele style body is routed to take a standard neck pickup and standard Telecaster bridge pickup.

This body was bought a few years ago but was never used. The paintwork is in near perfect condition and the body is in general good order.

  • Approx. Thickness: 44mm
  • Approx. Neck Pocket Width: 57mm
  • Approx. Weight: 2kg
  • Yellow finish with black band
  • Gloss Finish

This is a factory made body and not one I have made.