New pickguard for the CV 50's Strat

[Tig***]

So maybe this isn't worth a dedicated thread, but I'm sure many of you are thinking about replacing your CV Strat pickguard. I never liked the mega-thick white one mine came with. After looking around for 8 hole pickguards (didn't want to drill too many holes for the 11 hole), I liked what Warmoth had to offer.

While one screw hole near the switch didn't line up, the rest of the holes matched perfectly. Also, the Warmoth pickguard was shielded only at the pots and switch cavity area, while the stock was also shielded around the pickups.

I wanted to keep it looking classic, but not look like anything else I've seen lately. Vintage Pearl is the color name.



Now it is starting to feel like my guitar! Oh, changing the .09 stock strings to .10's made a nice feeling and sounding difference.

[duhvoodooman***]

Nice! Big improvement!

[Duff]

That looks almost exactly like my burst fifties CV with the pickguard I put on from Grizzly's.

I think it looks real good and is an improvement over the plain white one and gives it a nice mellow vibe.

[Mister Boston]

That's a honey alright. I would have gone with something in a reddish tortoise shell; but I dig that Vintage Pearl one as well.

[kidsmoke*]

:aok :aok

[sunvalleylaw]

Looks good Tig!

[M29]

Sweet Tig lookin good. Congrats!

[tjcurtin1]

Works nice with the tinted knobs and pup covers. The 8 screw guard that I got also matched all holes except near the switch.

[MAXIFUNK]

A very cool upgrade I like it a lot.

[bigoldron]

Very nice, Tig!!! She's a real beaut! I'm thinking the CV50 will be my next guitar, if I can ever save up enough.

[Tig***]

Very nice, Tig!!! She's a real beaut! I'm thinking the CV50 will be my next guitar, if I can ever save up enough.

I understand. I'm on a tight budget as well. That's what's so attractive about these new CV guitars... You get so much for so little cash.
Just be sure to check them out closely. So far, only 3 out of the 7 CV Strat's I've played were in great shape. Three had prickly fret ends, and the other one had really poor electronics.

I need to take a new photo of the pickguard in better light.

[Tig***]

I need to take a new photo of the pickguard in better light.

Finally got around to it while the sky was overcast for neutral lighting.

[TS808]

Looks great! I just bought the exact same guitar a few weeks ago and ordered a white pearl guard from Guitar Parts Resources LLC.

[duhvoodooman***]

I plead guilty to old thread exhumation, but just wanted to say "thanks" to Tig for turning me on to Warmoth's custom pickguard offerings. I've bought several Strat and Tele p/g's in the past but had somehow never discovered that Warmoth did pickguards in addition to their well-known selection of guitar bodies and necks. But I was doing a Google search for "CV Strat pickguard" and, lo & behold, a link to this thread comes up!

I just picked up a Squier CV '50s Strat in LPB for cheap off eBay and wanted to change the stock white p/g for something more distinctive. While the Warmoth selection of colors and patterns isn't as extensive as many that I've seen, the cool part is how you can select the pickup and controls layouts, mounting screw number & placement, bridge cut (standard or FR), and left or right-handed orientation. They then machine the pickguard to your specifications. And the final price is VERY reasonable--mine was $28, including a $3 upcharge for the material I selected. A lot of the "off the shelf" Strat p/g's I saw ran in the $35 - $50 range! I won't tip my hand just yet on what I picked out, but it should be a real eye-catcher, I think. Will post a photo or two once the metamorphosis is complete...

[Tig***]

Cool! Can't wait to see it...

[Eric***]

I just picked up a Squier CV '50s Strat in LPB for cheap off eBay

That's your fourth CV axe now, isn't it? I guess they must be nice guitars, eh?

[duhvoodooman***]

That's your fourth CV axe now, isn't it? I guess they must be nice guitars, eh?

Yep, my 4th Squier CV guitar. I think they're just incredible guitars for the money. I haven't had any functional or workmanship issues with any of them. If there's a problem with the fret material, I haven't seen it, but then again I'm a hobby player and I'm pretty easy on my guitars.

I haven't bought any of the four new--got one second-hand at my favorite local guitar shop, and the other three were used instruments off eBay. This new one was just a lowball bid I put in for the heck of it and ended up winning the auction--got it for a couple of dollars over half the cost of a new CV '50s Strat. The other three are a '60s Strat, '50s Tele, and Tele Custom (l. to r. in photos below). Cosmetically, the '60s Strat is dead stock, the Custom Tele has an upgraded pickguard, as does the '50s Tele. That latter also has a GFS mini-humbucker installed at the neck position--it's kind of my "Keef" Tele, and I leave it tuned to open G (though I did leave the low E string on). All have had some pickup switch wiring mods done to be able to run the pickups in series. Photos:

[duhvoodooman***]

Prolly won't be until next week. Just ordered the p/g last night, and they take a few days to ship, per the Warmoth website. I also ordered an LPB touch-up pen from Guitar ReRanch, because the guitar had a pretty good sized ding down to the wood on the lower edge of the top. Also planning to wire in a push-pull pot for adding the bridge pickup in series to whatever else is selected.

[riverrick]

Nice job Tig the 2nd set of photos much better. It's a BIG improvement!!! NICE!