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Telecaster, Handmade in the UK – Rustic Relic

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

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This Telecaster inspired guitar body is made from salvaged material, pieces scavenged from various places: a bit of 1940s furniture, 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 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)
Black scratchplate
Telecaster bridge pickup – vintage tone, old school twangy
Unused 22-fret maple neck
New 10mm Machine Heads
Nut Width: 1.656 In. (42 mm)
Scale Length: 25.5″
Guitar strap

Rat Bait Guitars are different from other guitars in several ways. First of all, 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 is also upcycled, repurposed, and recycled, which means that it reduces waste and saves resources. Rat Bait Guitars are custom built, which means that each guitar is one of a kind and not repeatable.

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

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.

Relic Stratocaster Body – Weight 2.38kg

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Relic Stratocaster Style Guitar Body – 2.38kg – 1990s – Part loaded

This Stratocaster style body is routed to take all types of pickup layouts.

This body was bought a few years ago and was sold to me as made by Hohner. The body has gone through several colour changes during its life, yellow, a small amount of blue, black, grey and white. The body has been hand sanded smooth and sealed so would require very little work to complete . There are several historical scratches in the body that have come from previous owners sanding back to repaint and playing etc. but as I previously said these have been sanded smooth. The material used to make it is unknown but is very heavy.

Approx. Thickness: 40mm
Approx. Neck Pocket Width: 57.5mm
Approx. Weight: 2.38kg
Original tremolo unit
New springs
New tremolo arm
Jack socket and boat
Relic finish
Material unknown

Rat Bait Guitars Made in Devon in a rat infested shed

We have a selection of new and used guitar bodies in stock, prices starting from £25.00 upwards. We have Telecaster and Stratocaster type bodies, some already painted and some in raw wood.

The bodies we make are made from recycled wood gathered from various sources – old furniture, fence posts, salvaged timber from roof constructions, flooring etc. All constructed and shaped in our rat-infested shed in North Devon.

1970’s Guitar Body Style

Hardtail – 1970s inspired design.

£60.00 Free UK postage and packing.

If you are looking for a unique and eco-friendly electric guitar, you might want to check out our Rat Bait Guitars, we are a UK-based company that makes hand built guitars from recycled materials.

This 1970s inspired body is fully loaded and was made in the UK from parts of a damaged Stratocaster, a barn door (even a couple of nails still left in) and salvaged roofing timber. This body has a slightly road worn look to it, with a few dents or bumps. Finished with a transparent oil finish. This is a fantastic base for a DIY, 1970s relic type project and comes complete with a Rat Bait neck plate.

This body takes a standard Stratocaster Scratchplate. There is a scratchplate fitted free with this item, fully functional but, depending on your preference, you might want to fit a HSS on instead.

HSH
42.5mm thick (± 0.5 mm Deviation)
56mm neck pocket (± 0.5 mm Deviation)
Neck pocket depth 18.5mm (± 0.5 mm Deviation)
Loaded weight of body 2.01kg
Rat Bait neckplate
Free scratchplate and pickups
Fully loaded and tested

Rat Bait Guitars Made in Devon.

The guitars we sell are made using a combination of new and reclaimed parts. Our guitars are never perfect, but they are great value – each guitar is a custom-built instrument. The guitar salvaged parts we sell are all tested to make sure
they are fit for purpose.

We have a selection of new and used guitar bodies in stock, prices starting from £25.00 upwards. We have Telecaster and Stratocaster type bodies, some already painted and some in raw wood.

Occasionally we have 1960s / 1970s Japanese bodies in store, for example: a 1960s Teisco ET-200 Tulip Guitar Body.

Reused and reshaped, these discarded bits of timber gems have been given a new life. The timber we use is upcycled, repurposed and recycled. Each guitar we make is custom built, each one is unique and one of a kind.

We use parts from the 1970s right up to the 2020s, mixed together to give the experience of ‘heritage’, our aim is to produce guitars that are very playable and sound better than the average homogenised guitars that are out there.

They won’t be shiny and shimmering – they will look rugged, with a few battle scars but they will compliment any serious guitar collection.