Mage pointed out to me out that the older necks had veneer fretboards. plus the back looks pretty well worn. if its a reissue then the guy played that thing into the ground. decal looks period correct also
clarkbar wrote:Mage pointed out to me out that the older necks had veneer fretboards.
some mustang necks around '65 and '66 have slab boards. like this old duo-sonic neck i used to have:
right. it's not so much that the old ones had veneer fretboards but that new ones don't have veneer fretboards, they're all slab. so if you see a veneer fretboard you can assume it's not a reissue.
I've come to the conclusion that I pretty much don't like the veneer fretboard. It means that somebody who really knows what they're doing needs to work on the frets, if that's an issue. A hack like me can ruin one of those veneer'd fretboards really, really quickly.
What is a veneer fretboard exactly? I was looking at my mustang neck, which is a reissue, and it looks like it's a veneer fretboard? It's definately not flat where it joins the maple of the neck, there is a curve:
I'm pretty sure that this is considered the slab. The veneer'd necks that have been posted have much thinner fretboards. I don't know the factory specs for either thickness but it's a pretty substantial difference.
