JVG- Luthier built TELE BODY NOT AGED Beautiful stunning grain looks a lot like ASH and under 3 pounds ultra premium lightweight. THIS IS FOR NON RELIC this is for NOS new old stock condition think skin finish just no relic work. I call this Primitivo THIN SKIN You see the wood grain and lacquer shrunken in beautifully vintage looking relic. ULTRA PREMIUM LIGHTWEIGHT BODY under 3 lbs! THIS LISTING IS FOR NOT AGED NOS. ANYTHING YOU READ BELOW ABOUT AGING OR STRAT DOES NOT APPLY WAS TRANSPOSED FROM ANOTHER LISTING TITLE OF THIS LISTING. THIS LISTING IS FOR YOU TO ORDER YOURS. IT TAKES 30 days as per listing. If you do want an aged relic please contact Joe or visit one of our other listing for that. Thanks for your interest. Notice example pictures done with aged green pickguards and also aged white… Either way with a body like this. Put on a good looking aged pickguard to finish the job. Please disregard the dust on the guitar the digital camera shows everything that dust wipes right off. Please note the checking in some of the close ups. No parts come with this body they are shown just for visualization for an example only “body wood the strat body is offered” check our other listings for the most realistic aged pickguards. Body as seen made in USA is an example of what you will receice in this listing is for you to place your order for JVGuitars to make it for you JVG-LuthierBuilt. For those wondering if you feel the checking on this boidy the answer is NO it feels smooth to the hand touch like a real vintage 60’s strat would feel same intro lacquer aged finishes by JVGuitars in Northern California guitar restoration specialist since 1992 vintage guitars and used guitars sales and service and full restoration parts department in house. These are custom built first by CNC then further hand shaped to vintage spec deep sexy vintage contour body. This is a premium resonant body made of. 2 piece Palowania the grain pattern is great looks much like Ash and is a light weight resonant wood with good tap tone ring This will make a killer STRAT. This color is a Candy apple green lacquer in that all Nitro lacquer finish we have also used the famous old school under coat sealer tinted yellow same as Leo’s boys did back in the day (50s-60’s) these bodys are then thin skin top coated with nitro instrument lacquer and finish allows for woods natural grain to show threw thin skin shrunkin in for ultimate tone and is custom formulated by JVGuitars. Iv learned from painting cars for decades now since 1970 at 14 and I have painted dozens of custom high end cars trucks and bikes -helmets – guitars – vintage furnature you name it for well over 40 years Iv been a Luthier since 1992. This JBass body is built to std blueprint of the original parts can vary in size by a few MM between the body and fitting a neck often it is required of the guitar builder to “fit” the neck to a body and that is done by the assembler at time of building this is nothing new this is why “Mr Leo F ” would sand neck or pocket use shims and so on to fine tune adjust and or fit, this prep work is to be expected and should your neck or body require you the builder to make the final fit this is ordinary and not a defect and is not returnable for such reasons. This is a no nonsense listing, WHAT YOU SEE IS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU GET… Body seen with a pickguard and hardware is for example only Pickguards and hardware is not included. Please check our other listings for our own great aged pickguards for this guitar. I like an aged white or aged green pickguard for these bodys. Looks amazing over this bold blue one of my FAVS! WOW WHAT A BEAUTY! Someone will be very pleased.