Is this real? Craigslist ad: 50's telecaster with Bigsby, $850?

ouibandoot · Post by **ouibandoot** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:05 pm

So this thing just got posted on Craigslist, and, at $850, it seems too good to be true. Is this a real 50's Telecaster? And if so, why are they only charging $850?

http://omaha.craigslist.org/msg/739514090.html

Post by **OffYourFace** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:19 pm

no, that's a Made-in-Mexico model. That's what they call them. '50s tele & '50s strat... or '60s tele & '60s strat

Maggieo · Post by **Maggieo** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:01 pm

It might be the CIJ 50's Tele w/Bigsby that was available in the USA a couple of years ago. As a matter of fact, I might have played that very guitar at Dietze Music in Omaha!

Post by **OffYourFace** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:04 pm

Maggieo wrote: It might be the CIJ 50's Tele w/Bigsby that was available in the USA a couple of years ago. As a matter of fact, I might have played that very guitar at Dietze Music in Omaha!

oops, you're right, it is a CIJ

Maggieo · Post by **Maggieo** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:06 pm

Then it's a sweet guitar!

Damn, I should buy it!

ouibandoot · Post by **ouibandoot** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:18 pm

Yeah I sent the sellers an email and just got a reply telling me it was a reissue.

Pretty good looking, how do they play?

Maggieo · Post by **Maggieo** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:28 pm

ouibandoot wrote: Yeah I sent the sellers an email and just got a reply telling me it was a reissue.

Pretty good looking, how do they play?

They're fantastic. Though with the Jazzmaster bridge, they don't sound exactly like most three-saddle vintage Teles. Kinda hard to describe, but it's somewhere between a Tele and a Jazzmaster. V-shaped neck that is a love it or hate it proposition. I like 'em. Lots of folks hate 'em.

RumorsOFsurF · Post by **RumorsOFsurF** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:32 pm

They are great guitars.....I have the 60's model. Sounds like a Jag and a Tele had a baby.

Maggieo · Post by **Maggieo** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:46 pm

Did you keep the stock pickups, Nolan?

RumorsOFsurF · Post by **RumorsOFsurF** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 9:59 pm

Hell no! Texas Special bridge and MIM standard neck...CTS pots. I basically took all the guts out of my MIM standard that was already upgraded with the TX Spec, and loaded them in to the CIJ.

Then I bought OV '52 reissues for the MIM.

StevenO · Post by **StevenO** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 10:01 am

I'm not a fan of V necks on electric guitars, but I love them on acoustics. The V neck was what kept me from buying one of these a few years ago...

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