Ocampos Lesocaster

This guitar was made in 2002, in Cebu, Philippines. I had it custom made for me by these craftsmen here, who make the most awesome guitars I have ever seen or played. This guitar is a cross between a telecaster and a les paul. It has 22 frets. Solid top, made of mahagony. It has one volume and one tone control like a telecaster, with a three way selector switch which I had them place between the volume and tone controls located where they normally are on a telecaster. It has two Duncan Invader humbuckers which I ordered from the states and passive electronics. The guitar is made of mahagony with a setneck and a maple fretboard. I left it the natural mahagony color, high gloss varnish with a tortoise shell pickguard I also ordered from the states. Body style is pure telecaster but it has the tunomatic bridge like a les paul, but I had them route it string through body. This gives it great sustain but also makes it easy to adjust the bridge because the regular tele bridges are a real pain in the ass to adjust. It has grover 18:1 tuners, nice thin neck with jumbo frets. Incredibly fast and smooth neck, best I have played on. It came with a wooden case with a velvet lining and the whole thing ran less than P13,500 pesos, which is about $275 American dollars and that includes the ordering Duncan pickups and tuners from the states. Incredible guitar.

Well, I play mostly acoustic stuff. Acoustic blues, country and classic rock, but I do get in moods for electric blues (which I have an American Standard Strat for) and some heavy metal at times (yes, even at 62!!). I've always loved telecasters and les pauls so wanted to come up with a marriage between them and this is what came out of it. I am using two amps. A VOX AC30 and a Marshall G30CDR. The guitar sounds great through both amps. I do not use any effects. The bridge humbucker has a nice beefy twang which is good for country and the neck is dark and I do mean dark, good for stuff like Sabbath and Creed. Middle position using both humbuckers gives you some really good southern rock tones, good for Zeppelin, Jazz and Blues. It is very versatile for a two humbucker guitar and probably the best electric guitar I have ever played. I like everything about it.

Well, it was tailor made for me so setup perfectly for me, even the neck was made for my hand size. Pickups were adjusted perfectly, no flaws at all. PERFECT!!!! The most beautiful electric guitar I have ever seen.

Of course this guitar will withstand live playing. Hardware is tough, made in USA and the finish is awesome and the guitar is made of mahagony. What more could you ask for? Strap buttons solid as a rock. Most dependable and yes, I would gig with it without a backup.

Greatest people on earth. They will make whatever you want and keep working till you are happy with it. Lifetime warranty.

Been playing for over 50 years. I'm 62. Stayed here in the Philippines after Vietnam in 68. I have an acoustic which is awesome and I have reviewed made by the same people. I also have Gibson, Martin and Taylor Acoustic guitars as well as a Fender American Standard Stratocaster and the amps I mentioned above as well as an Ibanez Acoustic Amp. I would track the guy down and kill him that stole this guitar. Absolutely awesome. Nothing more to say. I will tell you this. You can have a guitar like this made here for less than $300 bucks. You wont touch this quality in a Fender or Gibson guitar, I don't care how many thousand you spend. They will not ship. You gotta come get it and wait while they make it, which could take a month. But, considering that a round trip ticket here from LA is about $750 and you can live like a king here for a month for another $500, for $1550 you are getting a guitar that will amaze you, last a lifetime and get to spend some time around the nicest people in the world while you wait. The girls here in the Philippines ain't so bad either.