NGD! '09 MIM Standard, LPB

[jwl325]

I referenced this guitar in another post or two around here, but here are some pics.

My wife got me this as a an early Christmas present. Really nice guitar--sounded fine right out of the box in all truth--I *really* like the neck--a very nicely tinted finish, comfortable C neck. The satin finish on the neck is reminds me exactly of the finish on my Am Dlx V Neck Strat.

The LPB finish is very nice and well done--I always liked this color, in fact used to have a couple CIJ offsets in LPB. The 3-ply parchment/modern 8-hole guard which looks quite good against the finish.

After checking her out and making sure everything was ok, I went ahead and took the strings off, and swapped the bridge for a Wilkerson vintage-style bridge with the compensated saddles. This was aesthetics more than anything, as the 6-saddle bridge that came with the guitar is a very nice unit, the saddles appearing much "beefier" than the Squier Std I used to have. But, I liked the Wilkerson on my Rice, and for $25, what the heck, it was an easy swap.

I know this has come up from time to time, but the Wilkerson fits just fine with no mods necessary. The string holes match up perfectly. There's a slight indentation in the finish adjacent to the lower edge from the original bridge being screwed in pretty tight, and just the barest peak at the pickup rout, also on the lower edge. Neither is noticeable when playing, and I doubt I'd notice either of those things if I hadn't put the bridge on myself. The little edge of the pickup rout is less than the gap on my '52AVRI.

I put a set of D'Addario 9s on (the guitar comes with 9s, so I decided to keep the strings the same for now, as I didn't feel like screwing with the TR right away). They sound good, but I suspect I may go ahead and change her to 10s after a bit. I also put a set of Schaller locks on and added a nice Jodi Head strap.

My original plan was to mod this down the road a bit with a HB in the neck, but it will be after Christmas before I can afford to go pickup shopping. In the mean time, I think the stock pups sound really good.

[newmachine]

wow.... I think it's prettier in the real world

[fenderix]

Congratulations! Very nice looking LPB Telly!

[surfco]

Neat!

[Tonemonkey]

Thats a beaut. Cool strap too!

Congrats

[Billy Lee]

Very Nice!!!

[BritishBluesBoy]

Nice!

[boris bubbanov]

She's a beaut. And the guitar is nice, too!

I'm baffled, as to why this color has not taken our Board by storm. Really looks fetching.

Check out the new Europe only Classic Player Baja in LPB for possible mod ideas.

Although it really needs nothing. But a Mint Green pickguard would be cool!

[Sidney Vicious]

Originally Posted by boris bubbanov

She's a beaut.

I'm baffled, as to why this color has not taken our Board by storm. Really looks fetching.Check out the new Europe only Classic Player Baja in LPB for possible mod ideas.

Although it really needs nothing. But a Mint Green pickguard would be cool!

Agreed - I haven't seen that in a MIM before - very nice!

[Tremonti]

I really like that LPB. Does it annoy you that she might have paid full price? Sometimes I hate to think about what some of the people that have bought me guitar stuff have paid without knowing. (Kind of a side thought. I honestly dont mean to knock your gift, I think thats a really nice looking guitar man! Probably one of my top 3 fav. colors)

[firetelestrats]

Originally Posted by boris bubbanov

She's a beaut.

I'm baffled, as to why this color has not taken our Board by storm. Really looks fetching.

I like the LPB, but the olympic white was $200 fless rom MF on a Fender Friday deal. Easy decision.

[MickM]

Very cool! Looks close to the same color sparkles that Buckocaster laid on my GE Smith. Nice gift lucky man.

[jwl325]

Originally Posted by Tremonti

I really like that LPB. Does it annoy you that she might have paid full price? Sometimes I hate to think about what some of the people that have bought me guitar stuff have paid without knowing. (Kind of a side thought. I honestly dont mean to knock your gift, I think thats a really nice looking guitar man! Probably one of my top 3 fav. colors)

No worries Trem...as it happens "she" would be "me" as far as the ordering goes...my wife asked me what I wanted, I told her, so she said go ahead and order it.

I'm sure some might have found a better deal, but I didn't think the price shipped seemed unreasonable for this guitar. It was just the Fender 10% discount over the holiday. I looked at a couple sources I'd done business with before, and this appeared to be pretty much the norm.

BB--I'm right with ya on the mint green. I did mint green covers on both my CIJ offsets with LPB finishes.

This gal is a work in progress...the original intent was to do a HR conversion with a nice set of matched pups including a HB in the neck. When I get to that point, the guard will definitely be MG!!



Bill

[cotecj]

Very nice, I love Lake Placid Blue, and the '09 Tele's that I've had my hands on were excellent. They really raised the bar on the fit and finish of the MIM standard Tele's this year.

[Rich_S]

Very nice. I'm with you on that Wilkinson bridge - it's the perfect choice for a MIM Tele (though I wish they'ed make it with a pinky notch). My next Tele will be LPB.





Or floral.

[JohnK24]

Very nice guitar...looks great. Play it in good health

[blueshawk1]

Nice!
Lake Placid Blue and Agave Blue are the two sweetest colors (it's too bad they discontinued the Agave).
Enjoy!

[dijos]

Originally Posted by boris bubbanov

She's a beaut.

I'm baffled, as to why this color has not taken our Board by storm. Really looks fetching.

Check out the new Europe only Classic Player Baja in LPB for possible mod ideas.

Although it really needs nothing. But a Mint Green pickguard would be cool!

IDK, I've got a strat in that color, I like it enough.

[ADK Teleman]

Sweet guitar! I love the LPB..what a great color!!

[Hiker]

An early Christmas present? She's a keeper (your wife) and your axe is-fer sure!

[jwl325]

Thanks for all the good words and wishes guys!!! Hiker, you're absolutely right about my luck where my wife's concerned...

[superbadj]

VERY pretty. I really dig that on a tele. Agave is beautiful too, as Blueshawk1 said.

I have plans for an Esquire build, and LPB wasn't at the top of my list....but it's creeping ever higher. Beautiful guitar.

Enjoy!

[boris bubbanov]

Originally Posted by firetelestrats

I like the LPB, but the olympic white was $200 fless rom MF on a Fender Friday deal. Easy decision.

Oh, yeah. Olympic White at $ 200 less is an easy choice. Olympic White at only $ 50 less? I might get the LBP as, despite the piles of Teles I have, I can't get the blue one I'm assembling to look right and so I have ZERO blue Teles to play.

[jwl325]

Originally Posted by firetelestrats

I like the LPB, but the olympic white was $200 fless rom MF on a Fender Friday deal. Easy decision.

Firetelestrats, yeah, absolutely--$250-$300 for a guitar this well made and sounding this good is crazy cheap. Congrats!!

[Roger T]

Thumbs up
Roger

[Chrismo]

Beautiful! That's a killer guitar.

[Tremonti]

[quote=jwl325;2177458]No worries Trem...as it happens "she" would be "me" as far as the ordering goes...my wife asked me what I wanted, I told her, so she said go ahead and order it.

I'm glad you didn't get stiffed full price! Maybe its hard to blame most retail businesses, but some of the folks are sharks and are not very human.