I have had 3 Tele's come through in the last 6 weeks and finally realized that I needed to build one. Better late than never. After going back and forth on a color scheme I went with a Sherwood green metal flake body and gold hardware. I have a white pearl scratch plate for it but went without it to see how it looked knowing I could put it on later but wound up liking it as is. Hipshot tuners (my favorites) and a 4th switch position for both pickups in series gives it a little more umph when necessary. Otherwise, Tele through and through. Great looking and playing guitar.