I finally made it into the Country Club for good(I borrowed a friends '79 years ago and was hooked)! This one is a custom color tan(OR refin. I don't know but I like it). You can see the original hue on the back of the neck, and under the tailpiece and pick guard. The wiring has been redone. The FilterTrons are coil split. Two top switches control this. Lower switch is a pickup selector. Master volume and individual tone control pots. Dial up mute missing. Nut work has been done, note the missing binding at the zero fret. I had to make the D shaped back cover, it was missing. The Gold pickup surrounds are actually black ones that have been painted Gold on top. I added the SC bridge. The guitar arrived to me with a Nickel body Melita with Gold parts and the action was high as a result. It has trestle bracing with two top rails. I guess if you see a D shaped cover on the back then thge guitar should have bracing right? When did the trestles end on the Clubs? It sounds incredible and plays great. Nice action and smooth tuning from the Grovers(later vintage versions). The tapped FilterTrons sound nice when in single coil mode but are glorious in full. With the switch in the middle selecting both pickups and one of the pickups humbucker and the other single sounds sweet. In single coil mode they do not remind me of HiLoTrons, single coil yes, but not HiLo. I'm leaving the wiring as is. The case is not original to the guitar, but is in top notch shape. It's a keeper! Hope you like my pictures I took today. It was overcast this afternoon.
