Out of the Past

hard to see in pics but the finish is actually sunk into the grain, cracked and worn not unlike a nitro finish

this is an early version ...they started selling these in 2008 and this is a march 2009....it goes to show with time

any finish will wear eventually.

i did clean/polish the frets and took out some divots. It had an old ass-set of 11 flats on it which I dont think were ever changed

there was crud on top of the barrels

I didnt clean anyhting else thouhg just the frets and left all the other grime/mojo on it.

it looks old as fark haha

7 1/3lbs

I just picked this up last week for $180...its one of the best teles ive ever had and ive owned a 52RI and 51NOcaster.

these are that good.

more pics...this thing is sufficiently beat to hell

you can see here oxidation under the fret aka rust lol

It really is very nice looking. Just out of curiosity' date=' what color was the original pickguard? [/quote']

 

 

 

the og guard was black but heres the weird part, its the same guard (i think) thats on the custom version

but instead of white-black-white its black-black-black...very odd. Its a 3 ply black guard lol

i think to cut costs they literally painted the custom guard all black and stuck it on the CVs (vintage white and BSb).

anyway it was way too thick for a 'blackguard' which measure around about .5" (basically a real blackguard (50-54)) the guard

should be flush with the control plate.

So I replaced it with an allparts guard.

^^^ That's a fine looking Tele. How's the neck on it?

the neck is amazing. Not as thin as the custom version. Not fat by any means but not so thin its any kind of niggle.

frets are level, and the fretboard egdes are rolled (via playing)

my 2009 squier cv tele

stock save for the guard,

electronics, and bridge pup (duncan broadcaster)