SOLD!! Fender USA Standard Tele [2000]: Olympic White, Lollar pickups, chainsaw, CS bridge £715+P&P

dcg

FURTHER PRICE REDUCTION! Excellent 2000 Fender USA Standard Telecaster, Olympic White, with Lollar J Street bridge pickup and Lollar Special T neck pickup.  Fender Custom Shop bridge plate; Callaham parchment pick guard; all paintwork is a cool matte finish [basically the Closet Classic look]; grain visible on both sides of the ash body; hardware is lightly reliced; 4 way switch (bridge/series/parallel/neck); Mojotone volume and tone pots.  Original Fender chainsaw case; all latches work, no key.  Some small chips to lower edge around jack socket; please see pictures. Perfect low action; sounds spectacular  with the Lollars - check out the Lollar website for sound bites.   https://i.imgur.com/Su3MwZg.jpg https://i.imgur.com/t1to1DE.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/9EIlxrB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/QviXuoZ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ypYrqDA.jpg https://i.imgur.com/kXrVcG2.jpg https://i.imgur.com/n2h2H83.jpg https://i.imgur.com/ERsPgM0.jpg https://i.imgur.com/FnPzltf.jpg https://i.imgur.com/f0JcujA.jpg The weight of the guitar is a little over 7,5 lbs, and the frets are in very good shape (I'd say 90-95%) with no significant wear apparent.

monquixote

Trades?

dcg

Sorry, but no trades, as I've just spent £££ on (yet another) DGT...

dcg

Tuesday bumper...not your average USA Standard.

victorludorum

Is the matte finish because of playing, or because it's been sanded/reliced? I presume the hardware has been reliced in some way as the wear seems much greater there?

lovestrat74

A lot of guitar for the money there GLWTS!

dcg

victorludorum said:

Is the matte finish because of playing, or because it's been sanded/reliced? I presume the hardware has been reliced in some way as the wear seems much greater there?

The hardware has been lightly reliced with muriatic acid, and the urethane body finish taken down with 0000 steel wool; I've done this with a number of guitars, and have to say that the results are good.  The guitar feels much better to handle, generally smoother and less sticky, and without the OTT (to my taste) aesthetic destruction favoured by either the Fender Custom Shop or Nash Guitars etc.  As I say, I'd describe this as a Closet Classic approach.  Reliced finishes are polarising, but what we have here is very much at the restrained end of things.

lovestrat74 said:

A lot of guitar for the money there GLWTS!

Thank you!  I obviously agree...

taotesin

Beautiful!Can I ask to see a picture to the back of the neck?I would like to see the grains of the wood.Thank you!

dcg

taotesin said:

Beautiful!Can I ask to see a picture to the back of the neck?I would like to see the grains of the wood.Thank you!

pictures here...
https://i.imgur.com/OG9kMo5.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/EJe5G2B.jpg

taotesin

  

dcg

Don't want to sound like I'm whining, but this is very much more than your standard Standard...£250+ worth of upgrades, and a generally mellow vibe set this one apart.  Is this my 'should I beg' bump?

McToot

I think it's very good value. If it had a rosewood board like the one in your profile pic I would be arranging to meet you at a hostelry in London Town and buying you a pint before relieving you of it...

victorludorum

An entire picture of the back of the guitar might help, as it's not clear how much relicing has been done there. It looks like it's been sanded on the upper bout, but that may just be a trick of the light.

dcg

victorludorum said:

An entire picture of the back of the guitar might help, as it's not clear how much relicing has been done there. It looks like it's been sanded on the upper bout, but that may just be a trick of the light.

https://i.imgur.com/JgehWOW.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/VjgTKXl.jpg?1
https://i.imgur.com/d7xoOQK.jpg
Hope these help...

dcg

McToot said:

I think it's very good value. If it had a rosewood board like the one in your profile pic I would be arranging to meet you at a hostelry in London Town and buying you a pint before relieving you of it...

And I would have bought you a pint back...I noticed you were after a RW board, so hadn't pestered you about this sale.  I know how it is when you have something specific in mind, and Olympic White with rosewood really looks the thing.  Although I obviously also favour the white/maple neck look too...my profile pic is of a particularly nice American Professional model I once had.  Incredibly dark rosewood, just like a really old Tele...

dcg

Will you find a better USA Standard for the £££ bump?

dcg

The for-god's-sake-don't-you-think-this-is-worth-700-quid bump...

McToot

dcg said:

The for-god's-sake-don't-you-think-this-is-worth-700-quid bump...

Don't despair just yet (and check your PMs)