Squier CV p bass Antigua question

[f1artwork]

Greetings low end mongers. I am looking at the CV Antigua p bass but on closer inspection, the pick guard looks like it’s a single ply painted over. The real thing is a 3ply. All other CV basses are 3-ply. Does anyone know if it’s a 3-ply or not? Can’t imagine they would re-tool to use a single ply. I can understand them not cleaning up the edges to reveal the ply but does anyone know? Thanks.

[Reggaebass]

It does look like it’s a single ply that’s been coloured to look like the originals, and it says single in the specs, Antigua isn’t a colour I’m fond of but they do look kinda cool 

[Highfox]

Just checked mine, single ply and painted over.

[floFC]

I have bought one of these (70’s Squier Precision Antigua finish), new - it has a 2025 serial number.

I can confirm it is a painted single ply pickguard, but I wanted to raise something else (minor) I encountered. The bass is very nice and well made but I wanted to lower the strings a bit - using the Allen key provided, it fitted perfectly in the higher strings saddles, but the “holes” in the grub screws for the E string are a larger size - the provided tool just spins round and round (I don’t think they are sheared).

Why would that be? Anyone else found that?

[synthaside]

@floFC   I'll check my saddles  when I'm back in Riga in 2 weeks' time,  MY Anti CV P lives out there with my little Nux " amplug"  until our wedding gig  ( I treated myself) ho ho 

If anyone wants the patinated "Antigua" P scratchplate, it will shortly be up for dibs on the BC marketplace ( it is definitely 1 ply ). It's a standard 13-hole plate, so suitable for US or Mexican standards.
... I have swapped it for a nice 3 ply Black scratchplate to match the black blocks ... as double antigua was a bit much  I think it  looks fab now.

Edited 7 hours ago by synthaside

[floFC]

Thank you @synthaside! I reported the issue to Thomann and they refused to believe me (despite video) but eventually said they would send me a set of grub screws - because mine were sheared (they are not). So it doesn’t seem to be a common thing, but interested to hear what you find.

When you are reunited with the bass, can you post a picture with the black pickguard? I would like to see that!

Edited 6 hours ago by floFC
Fix autocorrect issue

[neepheid]

On 21/04/2025 at 14:00, floFC said:

I have bought one of these (70’s Squier Precision Antigua finish), new - it has a 2025 serial number.

I can confirm it is a painted single ply pickguard, but I wanted to raise something else (minor) I encountered. The bass is very nice and well made but I wanted to lower the strings a bit - using the Allen key provided, it fitted perfectly in the higher strings saddles, but the “holes” in the grub screws for the E string are a larger size - the provided tool just spins round and round (I don’t think they are sheared).

Why would that be? Anyone else found that?

 

In my experience, sometimes the supplied allen key with basses is of dubious quality (and dimensions) - use a decent one which you know is 1.5mm or 2mm or whatever you need.

[floFC]

26 minutes ago, neepheid said:

 

In my experience, sometimes the supplied allen key with basses is of dubious quality (and dimensions) - use a decent one which you know is 1.5mm or 2mm or whatever you need.

Thanks @neepheid, I’ll try that.

[Alanko]

I'm guessing that the '70s Antigua pickguards were three-ply w/b/w, then bursted by hand, individually? An initial cream centre, then grey burst around the edges, then scraped back to reveal the 3-ply underneath on the bevel? Maybe clearcoated as well, as they seem to yellow like the bodies.

[PinkMohawk]

3 hours ago, neepheid said:

 

In my experience, sometimes the supplied allen key with basses is of dubious quality (and dimensions) - use a decent one which you know is 1.5mm or 2mm or whatever you need.

Yeah, think the only tool I've ever trusted that came with a bass was the metal stick you sometimes get when you've got a truss rod with a wheel adjustment. Anything else, I use known, high quality tools from my days on job sites. Wera makes up most of my travelling tool kit, though Music Nomad make a tidy little kit, though it's a little pricier than most might be willing to spend for a small kit. Handy in a pinch though.