Project: Hannah

For your viewing pleasure we have perhaps our most ambitious modification project from 2025.  We started with a lawsuit-era Masada Telecaster clone and turned it into “Project: Hannah.”

This player is a devotee of Prog Rock, and he likes to have lots of sonic options at his disposal.  The look of this project was inspired by one of Steve Howe’s guitars, of Yes fame.

We put in a pair of Fishman Fluence Classic Humbuckers through push-push volume and tone pots, allowing three distinct voices.  The humbuckers surround a passive single coil pickup salvaged from the original set of pickups from the 1970s.  All three pickups are wired through a 6 position Free-Way switch.  I think that adds up to around 18 different sonic choices.

We created a custom pickguard mimicking the design from Mr Howe’s Tele, and added a Bigsby Vibrato system and roller TOM bridge, just for good measure.

This was a delight to build, and I really look forward to what the player has in store for us in 2026!