The very definition of "NOS".
SCHWEET!
Dakota Red?
"When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."
Chubbie city... NICE!
Where the heck that thing been for all these years, hanging in a museum? Holy Schmokes that is clean, but in a way seems a waste that it never got played...at least it doesn't appear to have been.
T2
Looking closer it seems to be a refin, albeit a '60s Fender factory refin.
& yes it is Dakota Red
That's a beauty!
A dream.
Nice. Thanks.
Goes to show you how wrong everybody gets the "mint green" pickguards.
Indeed!
The "accessory" pickguards sold by FINO are the worst offenders. Those installed on factory-made guitars, whether of US or Mexican origin, don't look too bad but the stand-alone accessories look like raw ass. Ditto with that "aged white" trash used on the knob and pickup cover sets.
"When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."
Yes, a number of my mint guards from the MIM '60s Strats started out w/good color, better than MIA RI guards. They've all faded to a light gray/partchment color. Not cool.
Chandler used to offer some pretty realistic mint-green pickguards. Tortoise-shell too.
"When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."
At one time in the mid - late '90s I bought a couple of 'guards from them that were real nitrocellulose. No kidding. I called & asked for more & Paul's crazy wife swore they never had such material. Right.
I wish I'd stockpiled a few when they were still available.
"When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."
Ayup. I would've killed for one of Chandler's tortoise-shell pickguards when I was building my Mary Kay hardtail!
"When injustice becomes law then rebellion becomes duty."
Wow ....thats gorgeous.
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
T. Roosevelt