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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

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.

Barnwood Nashville Telecaster Style Guitar Body – UK Made

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Telecaster Body made from recycled materials – body weight 2kg. Body for sale only. For Scale Length: 25.5″

This ‘Rat Bait’ body is made from bits of salvaged roofing timber, a piece of Exmoor Spruce and parts of a bookcase, 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 Nashville style body is routed to take a standard neck pickup, single coil middle pickup and standard Telecaster bridge pickup. Can be used as a Standard Telecaster body – neck and bridge pickup.

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

Body made from a salvaged materials
Approx. Thickness: 42mm
Approx. Neck Pocket Width: 56mm
Approx. Weight: 2kg
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 Nashville Telecaster Style Guitar Body – Recycled Material – UK Made

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Telecaster Body made from recycled materials – body weight 1.85kg. Body for sale only. For Scale Length: 25.5″

This ‘Rat Bait’ body is made from bits of salvaged roofing timber and parts of a 1970s vegetable rack, 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 Nashville style body is routed to take a standard neck pickup, single coil middle pickup and standard Telecaster bridge pickup. Can be used as a Standard Telecaster body – neck and bridge pickup.

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

Body made from a salvaged materials
Approx. Thickness: 44mm
Approx. Neck Pocket Width: 57mm
Approx. Weight: 1.85kg
Flamed finished and beeswaxed

Reused and reshaped, these discarded bits of timber gems have been given a new life, upcycled, repurposed and recycled.