It will not be easy but I will try to keep this short. This is a real 1968 Telecaster. It has more issues than your local Tribune. This is a factory bigsby guitar, the bigsby is here. The body is refinished. The neck is oversprayed but has the original decal. The fingerboard has no finish. The neck is from July 1968 and is a maple cap. The bridge pickup is not original. The front one might be. There are additional routes for a middle pickups and something else, maybe to store small items. The tuners are Schallers and there is a fathead installed as well. I bought this from my friend and we are still friends.