Incoming! '77 Tele content
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 1:35 am
I didn't mean to buy this.
So, a few months back I bought this guitar from the original owner in Louisiana but they cancelled the transaction due to 'fears of shipping overseas'. That's fair I guess, not everyone is comfortable in their packing abilities or whatever. I put it out of my mind and moved on. A month or so later I got a weird shipping notification and it traced back to the seller. Turns out he'd fudged a pedal sale to Switzerland and it was coming to me instead. After a bunch of messing about I managed to get the package turned around and back to him (actually not that easy). Still, he kinda owed me a favour but was just a random on the internet - even though I'd built a bit of a rapport with him over the dozens of messages.
Fast forward to this weekend just gone, he messaged me and said, essentially, "I sold it to a friend in California who then needed to pay medical bills so sold it back to me. He had it refretted while he had it so that's a bonus. I realised that shipping it to the UK is really nothing more than a different address and one extra bit of paperwork... would you like to buy it still?" and accompanied the message with a pretty decent offer. I accepted and now it's on it's way!
Clearly life wants me to have this sick looking '77 custom...
Check out that poly 'checking'!...
It's all original bar the frets. Neck looks like it's gonna be a nice chonk too. Yes, I know its 3 knobs, one switch and one pickup too many for me but these things have always looked so badass to my eyes, especially in black. The only thing I'd prefer would be a Rosewood neck but maybe it'll be nice to have a change.
Plans? Probably just put a low profile bridge on there to spare my knuckles and leave it at that. Usually if something is that worn and needed new frets then it probably is one of the 'good ones'. At least that's been my experience.
He's sent it on the USPS/Parcelforce route so I expect it'll take a couple of weeks to arrive.
So, a few months back I bought this guitar from the original owner in Louisiana but they cancelled the transaction due to 'fears of shipping overseas'. That's fair I guess, not everyone is comfortable in their packing abilities or whatever. I put it out of my mind and moved on. A month or so later I got a weird shipping notification and it traced back to the seller. Turns out he'd fudged a pedal sale to Switzerland and it was coming to me instead. After a bunch of messing about I managed to get the package turned around and back to him (actually not that easy). Still, he kinda owed me a favour but was just a random on the internet - even though I'd built a bit of a rapport with him over the dozens of messages.
Fast forward to this weekend just gone, he messaged me and said, essentially, "I sold it to a friend in California who then needed to pay medical bills so sold it back to me. He had it refretted while he had it so that's a bonus. I realised that shipping it to the UK is really nothing more than a different address and one extra bit of paperwork... would you like to buy it still?" and accompanied the message with a pretty decent offer. I accepted and now it's on it's way!
Clearly life wants me to have this sick looking '77 custom...
Check out that poly 'checking'!...
It's all original bar the frets. Neck looks like it's gonna be a nice chonk too. Yes, I know its 3 knobs, one switch and one pickup too many for me but these things have always looked so badass to my eyes, especially in black. The only thing I'd prefer would be a Rosewood neck but maybe it'll be nice to have a change.
Plans? Probably just put a low profile bridge on there to spare my knuckles and leave it at that. Usually if something is that worn and needed new frets then it probably is one of the 'good ones'. At least that's been my experience.
He's sent it on the USPS/Parcelforce route so I expect it'll take a couple of weeks to arrive.
