1980s Time "Salvaged Green" Electric Guitar

While both the last Time guitars (see here and see here) through the shop were husks rescued-into-service via brainstorming with my buddy Rick, this one came to the shop already cobbled-together in its current format. It was also a "spray shop rescue" from the original Time factory... but not kitted-out by myself.

It did need a bit of love, though -- it got a bad locking-nut install removed in favor of "free-n-easy," a new truss-rod cover, new truss nut (can you believe that this was played for years with no nut on the truss...?), a bit of re-soldering work, cleaning, fret level/dress, and setup. Unfortunate mistakes in the past include some blown-out tuner holes, the savaged behind-the-nut area, and a bizarro-but-kinda-fun clear cover for the control cavity.

I inwardly reject metal-ish, psychedelic-ish guitars like this, but my hands do love the light weight and comfortable curves of the neck into its joint with the body. I guess it's sort-of an offset SuperStrat shape? So confusing...

The finish is a deep teal metallic that's finish-crackled here and there in just the right ways. It's very much a "this looks like a color on a hummingbird" color -- in-between an emerald tone and something a little more deep-blue-green.

As far as the pickups -- I don't have any clue as to what these are offhand (I'm sure someone out there knows), but they have a million polepieces... presumably to keep output regulated as one bends the strings. Tone is very-much '80s SuperStrat in vibe -- warm and smooth at the neck, a little bit more sparkle in the middle, and a bit of a quacky-warm Strat-bucker dig in the bridge position.

It's wired for 3 on/off switches and master volume and tone.

It's got a 25 1/2" scale and a medium-C neck shape with 1 11/16" nut width. The board feels about like a 10" radius.