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stingx
July 28th, 2011, 07:17 PM
After being bombarded for so long by all the raves for the CV50s tele, and being that I was thinking of doing another Micawber or Esquire, I ordered one from Sweetwater for a sweet price. I have a shipment of parts on the way from Stewmac - pickguard for my project along with knobs and electrosocket jack. I'll post pics when done but this one is getting reverse plate mod w/ 4-way switching. Should be quick and painless. :thwap

Spudman
July 28th, 2011, 08:10 PM
Which version of the CV50s did you order? If it's butterscotch I'll be really envious.

stingx
July 29th, 2011, 04:04 AM
Which version of the CV50s did you order? If it's butterscotch I'll be really envious.

Don't be envious, just plain ol vintage blonde. Don't know why but I like it better.

Robert
July 29th, 2011, 05:30 PM
Ha, congrats!

It sounds great, and has the looks too. :)

stingx
July 29th, 2011, 06:20 PM
Ha, congrats!

It sounds great, and has the looks too. :)

It'll look very personalized when I am through with it. Do you still have yours, Robert?

Robert
July 29th, 2011, 06:28 PM
I still have mine but I think I will sell it.

Hell kinda took over... ;)

stingx
July 29th, 2011, 06:36 PM
Lol

Brian Krashpad
August 1st, 2011, 09:11 AM
Guitar does not exist without pics.

Just sayin.

stingx
August 1st, 2011, 09:17 AM
Ah, Brian, so true. I'll make good and post tonight.

Eric
August 1st, 2011, 09:37 AM
I'll post pics when done but this one is getting reverse plate mod w/ 4-way switching. Should be quick and painless. :thwap
What's the fourth position going to be: pups in series or no tone pot in the circuit? If you don't mind, could you list the links to the parts you bought? I might do something similar on mine eventually.

marnold
August 1st, 2011, 11:17 AM
What's the fourth position going to be: pups in series or no tone pot in the circuit? If you don't mind, could you list the links to the parts you bought? I might do something similar on mine eventually.
Normally with a four way switch on a Tele it's be the usual three choices plus the pickups in series. However, it sounds like he's doing Esquire wiring. Not sure what the fourth position would be for in that case.

stingx
August 1st, 2011, 11:20 AM
Normally with a four way switch on a Tele it's be the usual three choices plus the pickups in series. However, it sounds like he's doing Esquire wiring. Not sure what the fourth position would be for in that case.

Similar to this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Telecaster-Wiring-Harness-ESQUIRE-4Way-Cocked-Wah-/170673044003?pt=Guitar_Accessories&hash=item27bce7fa23#ht_1307wt_920

I haven't ordered this piece yet. Gonna play it for a bit and decide the route I want to go. If I go go Eqsuire route then it's just ordering another scratch-plate from stewmac, harness and solder (the stock control plate isn't bad either - alpha vs. CTS so one other option is just rewire/mod existing controls).

FrankenFretter
August 1st, 2011, 03:04 PM
Congrats, HNGD! +1 on the 4-way and plate flip. And yes, we need some pics of this alleged guitar!

stingx
August 1st, 2011, 07:13 PM
Here's a quickie cell phone photo. Got home after good usable lighting :(

http://stubble.org/images/squier_cv50.jpg

Anyway, there's not much I can say about this guitar that hasn't already been said since its introduction in '08. It's a very well built instrument - the body is entirely vintage spec so anything that will fit a 52RI will fit this guitar without modification. The neck is great. I had mine cherry picked for me so I got a bit of flame on the back and sides of the neck. I also asked for a fairly light one and I got just that. The fit and finish were flawless. The frets were dressed very well and no jaggies. It was almost in tune when I took it out of the box and the intonation was DEAD ON. The action is puuuurfect. I am amazed at this product not just from a $$$ standpoint but just overall. I have quite a collection of instruments and some very expensive pieces but I will say this in all truthfulness - if someone changed the headstock decal and loaned me this I would have had no problem believing it was a much more expensive guitar.

So. I will play it as is for a bit, changing to 10s of course. Then I will decide on ditching the neck pup and begin the Esquire transformation. The lead pickup might just be my favorite thing about the whole guitar. It's great! Nice bite.

Oh, by the way, the pickguard and knobs are not stock. I got them from stewmac.

stingx
August 1st, 2011, 07:55 PM
Terrible lighting but here's another shot using my Canon. Oh well, I tried...

http://stubble.org/images/squier_cv50_001.jpg

sunvalleylaw
August 1st, 2011, 10:46 PM
Looks nice! Congrats!

SuperSwede
August 2nd, 2011, 01:11 AM
Very nice! (clips coming up?)

gavin_rossdale1
September 24th, 2011, 05:28 AM
simple yet very beautiful!! I love teles ever since i was in my guitar lessons (http://takelessons.com/category/guitar-lessons) until today!!

deeaa
September 24th, 2011, 09:04 AM
If I ever get a tele it'll have to be just like that, or normal aged white.

stingx
September 24th, 2011, 09:53 AM
Guys, I posted a follow-up thread to this:

http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php/18920-Squier-VC-50s-Returned-New-Build-Esquire-Takes-Its-Place?p=211926&viewfull=1#post211926

The CV is a fantastic instrument, in my case for a little more green I got a custom built Esquire from Rob DiStefano, a fantastic local luthier.

http://stubble.org/images/esquire-partscaster001a.jpg

Duffy
September 25th, 2011, 05:57 AM
Wow.

Brian Krashpad
September 26th, 2011, 08:05 AM
Cheers!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/BrianKrashpad/slainte014_11A.jpg

stingx
September 26th, 2011, 02:57 PM
Nice tele, Brian :)

Brian Krashpad
September 27th, 2011, 07:15 AM
Nice tele, Brian :)

Haha, thanks. Except for the neck pup (and control-plate flip), yours is a dead ringer for it! Mine's an '87 '52 RI that a bandmate at my former church sold me for probably about half what it was worth, simply because he wasn't playing it!

I need to gig it a lot more than I do. It has the funky original '50's wiring scheme, which takes some getting used to, but I actually like. Although many if not most think that that set-up won't allow for neck+bridge pickup selection, it's still do-able, you just have to put the pickup selector at the "in-between" "no-notch" setting midway between the neck and bridge detents. Which is what early Strat players did with their 3-position switches to get "quack."

stingx
September 27th, 2011, 09:23 AM
Can't tell from your picture but can you see some wood grain through your finish? I can see just a hint in mine. A little more would have been perfect but I still like the finish just the same.

crowhue
November 22nd, 2011, 02:33 PM
After being bombarded for so long by all the raves for the CV50s tele (http://www.gtrmusic.co.uk), and being that I was thinking of doing another Micawber or Esquire, I ordered one from Sweetwater for a sweet price. I have a shipment of parts on the way from Stewmac - pickguard for my project along with knobs and electrosocket jack. I'll post pics when done but this one is getting reverse plate mod w/ 4-way switching. Should be quick and painless. :thwap

Whats the CV bit? Ive not come across this guitar model in the UK.

Tig
November 22nd, 2011, 03:32 PM
Whats the CV bit? Ive not come across this guitar model in the UK.

It stands for "Classic Vibe", but you won't see "CV" on the actual guitar. That's just our bit.

I'm sure there are a few Squier Classic Vibe 50's/60's Strat's and Tele's in and about UK. I'd like to see how some of the Heritage guitars compare against them.

Brian Krashpad
November 23rd, 2011, 09:26 AM
It stands for "Classic Vibe", but you won't see "CV" on the actual guitar. That's just our bit.

I'm sure there are a few Squier Classic Vibe 50's/60's Strat's and Tele's in and about UK. I'd like to see how some of the Heritage guitars compare against them.

Heritage? Those are Gibsonesque US-made guitars from the old Kalamazoo plant.

Did you mean the UK import brand "Vintage?"

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v710/DeadSkinMarc/Vintage%20AV6/vint3.jpg

Tig
November 23rd, 2011, 02:06 PM
Heritage? Those are Gibsonesque US-made guitars from the old Kalamazoo plant.

Did you mean the UK import brand "Vintage?"

Oop's, you are correct. Meant the Vintage brand guitars that Wilkinson is associated with. I'll blame working nights!
http://www.jhs.co.uk/vintageelectric.html

Brian Krashpad
November 23rd, 2011, 02:58 PM
Oop's, you are correct. Meant the Vintage brand guitars that Wilkinson is associated with. I'll blame working nights!
http://www.jhs.co.uk/vintageelectric.html

No worries, I knew what you meant! I done read a mind over teh intranets!

Duffy
November 23rd, 2011, 05:17 PM
What are those pickups in that pictured CV Krash? Can't read the name. How do they sound?

Brian Krashpad
November 23rd, 2011, 11:35 PM
What are those pickups in that pictured CV Krash? Can't read the name. How do they sound?

That's not a CV, but a "Vintage" brand guitar that Tig had meant to reference. The pups are Wilkinson, as Trev is affiliated with or a founder of the Vintage brand. I haven't heard them, as they're a UK import brand. I do have cyber-buds from Blighty who have Vintage brand guitars, who are very fond of them, though I believe they own LP copies rather than Strats.

stingx
November 24th, 2011, 02:05 AM
There's a distributor in NJ if you like Vintage Guitars - Kenny's Music Box

http://www.kennysmusicbox.com/

I've tried the Icon 100 LP series and thought they were pretty good.