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?