As mentioned below, right now I'm working on one of my very own guitars! Cool story behind this guy. My dearest friend in the world came by to see me at work at Guitar Center and saw this used white Tele hanging up around the tech counter. He said asked me what I thought of it, so I picked it up and checked it out. Everything seemed super solid, and it was from 2008, so that means that it had CTS pots and a USA quality switch on the inside. The models from 2008 [and the newer ones too, of course] also feature way nicer frets, and a 70's style logo with the serial number discreetly placed on the back of the headstock instead of all jumbled up on the front like the previous years of the MIM instruments. Some USA made Fender's featured that same headstock logo design in the late 70's all the way throughout most of the 80's. But yea, anyway... I told him the guitar was very cool and that it would definitely be worth a purchase, especially at the price that we had it at. So he bought it, along with a super badass bullet strap, and handed it to me and said, "Merry Christmas!". Yep. That dude bought me a GUITAR for Christmas!!! I was about to flip out with excitement! I felt guilty taking such an expensive gift, but he insisted. And I am forever grateful! :) So that brings us to where we are now. The original finish, as you can see here, is white. I like white, but it's not my favorite color. My favorite is black! And I sold my last black Tele, and miss it dearly. So with my buddy's kind permission, I am now refinishing it in black [lacquer, of course], and am doing a massive aging job on it! I just finished the "paint" part of it about an hour ago. I've got a lot more to do on it, but at least the hard and annoying part is over. When you don't have the correct facilities to do finish work, it becomes super time consuming. And working around mother nature is less than fun, too.
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