FENDER AMERICAN TELECASTER:
New body and Bigsby

• This project combined the best of two guitars into one.  It started with a white Fender
  American Standard Tele and added parts from a Japanese Fender reissue model to
  get the best features of both. The original American Telecaster Neck was preferred
  over the thick round neck on the original "reissue" guitar.  The body from the reissue
  a gorgeous semi-transparent white.  The pickups on the American Telecaster
  were dramatically better than the reissue, so they were removed and installed in
  the new body. The Bigsby tremolo from the reissue was kept.
  
  As always, the finishing touch was adding chrome strap locks to the body and a wild
  lizard-skin strap (black and white). After assembly, it was tested, the action and
  intonation were set up, and it was cleaned and polished.