'51 on the bay

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:08 am

thing looks amazing, might go for too much though, but just tossing some attention to it as i can't afford it

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astro · Post by **astro** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:12 am

I never understood why these were discontinued. Didn't they sell like hotcakes when they were available?

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:14 am

that green is awesome.

Ty · Post by Ty » Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:05 am

Damn, I love that, I don't think they should have been discontinued.

Billy3000 · Post by **Billy3000** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:15 am

That does look awesome... but way too expensive.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:52 am

yeah, they sold like crazy.
i know 3 people in this po-dunk ass town that all own one.
i think one dude actually has two, they were pretty badass for a budget line.
the electronics were really cool in em, and the design was a pretty big stretch for fender to do( even tho its just a mimatch of other modles)

DanHeron · Post by **DanHeron** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:17 pm

Nice colour! I never really fell for that pickgaurd shape though.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:02 pm

They should do a '51 with the same specs that the CV's have.

bassintom · Post by **bassintom** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:59 pm

$162..nuts.They sold for $99 with free shipping.

Sublimedo · Post by **Sublimedo** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:29 pm

jcyphe wrote:They should do a '51 with the same specs that the CV's have.

absolutely. Totally worthy of keeping it stock in that case.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:05 pm

Sublimedo wrote:
jcyphe wrote:They should do a '51 with the same specs that the CV's have.
absolutely. Totally worthy of keeping it stock in that case.

fuck yes.

they should do everything with CV quality.

dude, did i mention that THEY HAVE FUCKING SHIELDING PAINT INSIDE. it's INSANE. the pickguard is shielded with copper foil and there's a ground wire screwed to the body. the entire inside is coated with the black/gray paint used for shielding. it seriously blew my fucking mind. i couldn't believe it!

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:13 pm

I saw a CV tele on ebay go for $250 with a case. I really don't like Teles and don't want a Fender, but a '51 is shaped nicely enough that if it had this quality I would consider it.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:29 pm

I just scored a '51 off of craigslist on Saturday for $70. Very nice guitar for the price. Seemingly great build quality as well.

came with a stand, a strap, a tuner, a baggy full of picks and a 2nd set of strings, I think it was a pretty decent deal. Especially considering the guy had the neck setup/intonation done at my local shop, clean fretwork and great intonation. Shop charges $160 for a setup.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:55 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:Shop charges $160 for a setup.

Did they re-fret the whole neck, cause that's craaaaaaaaazy.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:01 am

jcyphe wrote:
endsjustifymeans wrote:Shop charges $160 for a setup.

Did they re-fret the whole neck, cause that's craaaaaaaaazy.

File and level all frets, shave nut to preferred string size, intonation, bridge height set, electronics cleaned and re-soldered if needed, wiring replaced if necesary, as well as cleaned and polished.

It's pricey but they're a good and very well known shop. So you're paying for the name as well I guess.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:57 am

Sloan wrote:dude, did i mention that THEY HAVE FUCKING SHIELDING PAINT INSIDE. it's INSANE. the pickguard is shielded with copper foil and there's a ground wire screwed to the body. the entire inside is coated with the black/gray paint used for shielding. it seriously blew my fucking mind. i couldn't believe it!

don't all squiers have shielding paint inside? I had an affinity p-bass that had it. and robroes squier bullet (the =w= strat) has it.

astro · Post by **astro** » Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:30 am

mage wrote:
Sloan wrote:dude, did i mention that THEY HAVE FUCKING SHIELDING PAINT INSIDE. it's INSANE. the pickguard is shielded with copper foil and there's a ground wire screwed to the body. the entire inside is coated with the black/gray paint used for shielding. it seriously blew my fucking mind. i couldn't believe it!
don't all squiers have shielding paint inside? I had an affinity p-bass that had it. and robroes squier bullet (the =w= strat) has it.

My mustang bass RI didn't have any shielding of any kind. I was rather surprised by that.