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It's also a block and veneer one, if that matters.
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2) Zooming in on the routs, there is a ghostly line about 1mm down into the cavity. This could be yellow wood stain but it could also be evidence of a veneer.
Is there anywhere where the grain on the front continues deep into the routs? Conversely, are there any vertical glue joints visible in the cavity that do not continue to the front and back of the body?
That 'opened out' looking wood grain is very typical of them too.
It could be a Mex Standard, but I think they always had three marker holes.
One thing it definitely is not, is Japanese.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Just measured the screw holes centre to centre they measure appropriately 57mm is this too wide to be an mexican series? from a quick look online it does look very much like the california series bodies in both colour and routing.
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It's just that I put it up as mexican possibly Japanese but don't want to mislead anyone.
I'm pretty sure it's a California. These guitars were labeled as Made In USA, but from what I remember the main components were Mexican, and some of the hardware - and definitely the assembly - were USA so they qualified on a value-added basis.
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"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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