NGD - ‘54 Reissue Aged Vintage White Relic

[LCW]

Got this thing today - I’m blown away! The specs ticked the boxes vs my other Tele (‘61 Custom).

 

[LCW]

More pics… limited to 10 per post… Floor traveler at the end.

 

[Stubee]

Wow, that is nice!

 

[Joe M]

LCW, pretty sure that once belonged to me; it's a good one, hope you enjoy it.....

 

[LCW]

LCW, pretty sure that once belonged to me; it's a good one, hope you enjoy it.....

Charlie’s a good dude!

 

[Joe M]

He sure is, in fact, the Custom in your avatar I think was also mine.....

 

[LCW]

Sure is, in fact, the Custom in your avatar I think was also mine.....

You have good taste!

 

[gwjensen]

Classic Blackguard. Love the checking and the .90 - .99 '54 U is my favorite neck. A guitar after my own heart! Congrats and enjoy!

 

[Grandfunkfan]

I guess you don't have to be too careful with it.

 

[Mike M]

They nailed the color on the body and neck, perfect!

 

[gwjensen]

I guess you don't have to be too careful with it.

Yep, and thats what I personally like about the relics. I have a journeyman that's not quite that relic'd, but it's worn enough that I just don't think about it getting nicked or whatever, not like my NOS, which I baby a lot more. That first ding hurts when it's by itself...

 

[DanteNHK]

Amazing axe. Love that nitro.

 

[LOSTVENTURE]

Looks real enough, but the fingerboard would be a deal killer for me. I have a couple of early Telecasters and none of the fingerboards look that bad.

 

[Grandfunkfan]

Yep, and thats what I personally like about the relics. I have a journeyman that's not quite that relic'd, but it's worn enough that I just don't think about it getting nicked or whatever, not like my NOS, which I baby a lot more. That first ding hurts when it's by itself...

You're gonna wanna be careful with the black though. Nice git box.

 

[43mmNut]

Nice looking Blackguard, Congrats!

 

[robt57]

Delightfully nasty! Most of the old Teles I've seen in the wild had jumbo re-frets too by mid 70s [that I've seen.]

 

[gwjensen]

You're gonna wanna be careful with the black though. Nice git box.

Yeah, he'll want to... I've wanted a tuxedo Tele forever, but never seem find one...

 

[LCW]

Yeah, he'll want to... I've wanted a tuxedo Tele forever, but never seem find one...

The black Custom is super checked but the traveler specified “no dings” sadly.

 

[LCW]

This has an ash body and is surprisingly light. Teles always “looked” heavy to me. This was a revelation.

And the ‘51 “loaded” nocaster pickups absolutely RIP!

 

[Grandfunkfan]

Yeah, he'll want to... I've wanted a tuxedo Tele forever, but never seem find one...

I wanted a tuxedo with a bound body and I figured I could build one, but even trying to find a non relic, was tough. I found one but the binding was so bad, it was visible with the tiny online picture of it. I considered a Texas tea, but it's got a modern bridge and noiseless pickups. Schecter has a pt special with a black bound body and a rosewood board, p90 in the neck which sounded cool, but apparently it's not a very good one. The search continues. Fenders gotta offer one sooner or later

The black Custom is super checked but the traveler specified “no dings” sadly.

I can hang with checking, it's just the severe stuff. I have a 25 year old strat that I gigged full time for 21 years and other than a couple fret jobs it's pristine. Hence the relic snowberry, if that's a word.It has new saddles because our drummer barfed and it splashed on to the bridge. Everything cleaned o.k. except the saddles corroded.