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Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 2:30 am
by vic108
took off control plate...........
weird blue underneath............dark-ish, almost blue-ish green??????
pots hard to read.......... 032367 25 OK A 137 6642
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 2:49 am
by Richard
vic108 wrote:when did the contour body start?
1969 according to Mr. Maxima's.
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 3:17 am
by Justin J
pots date to '66.
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 3:18 am
by vic108
yup, 42nd week of '66
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 3:25 am
by Justin J
that doesn't necessarily mean anything, except that your guitar was made after the 42nd week of '66. i've heard of '66 pots being used well into the '70s. especially on jags and jazzies. the story goes that some guy ordered way too many that year and i got fired for it. not sure if that's true, though.
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 3:27 am
by vic108
yup, from what i understand, Leo was one frugal guy and parts got used up somehow even if it took years.
Even after he sold the biz to CBS, he was an employee there until 1970.
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 3:46 am
by vic108
OK, here it is:
check out the weird blue color............
and neck date looks like NOV '70 to me..........
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:10 am
by Nick
if it's a 1970, it could have very well been Comp Blue at one point and time. That's a shame.
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 5:14 am
by Justin J
when did they stop/start putting matching headstocks on comp stangs?
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 1:46 pm
by DGNR8
Comp or Placid blue are always nice. Would love to see a transparent over that back grain. Don't let this one out of your sight.
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 2:29 pm
by Mages
Ninja Mike 808 wrote:vic108 wrote:no parts will be doled out........will keep it intact.
when did the contour body start?
Are they early F type tuners? what year was that '68 - '69?
and by '72, tuners changed?
My 68 has f tuners...
http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=15118
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 9:46 pm
by markocaster
Great score , i vote sonic or daphne for a refin or try lake placid blue that looks like the orig colour
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 4:36 am
by vic108
yup, comp blue, daphene blue, surf green (slim chance but maybe), lake placid blue are the colors I'm thinking about.
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:39 am
by Mike
Refinish it please. It has such potential and there's fuck-all point in leaving it the same since it's already been bastardised.
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 12:58 pm
by vic108
i agree Mike. That white house paint bugs the hell out of me.....
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 7:16 pm
by Pacafeliz
wow yeah i'd say that one was most definately a blue comp. mustang. the pearl guard is the final giveaway. what a shame...!
she's still cool!
Pat.
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 8:14 pm
by NickD
Pacafeliz wrote:wow yeah i'd say that one was most definately a blue comp. mustang. the pearl guard is the final giveaway. what a shame...!
she's still cool!
Pat.
Pretty much exactly my thoughts.
Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:02 pm
by vic108
Pacafeliz wrote:wow yeah i'd say that one was most definately a blue comp. mustang. the pearl guard is the final giveaway. what a shame...!
she's still cool!
Pat.
Yah Pat, now that I got the neck off and see the neck pocket and the control plate off, it makes sense
that it was comp blue. That MAY BE what I get it restored back too.............
The pups sound GREAT, btw.....................
Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 1:47 am
by vic108
fak.........i wish i could figure out how to do close up (macro) shots with this camera - sorry folks!)
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:51 pm
by manicsix
Another vote to restore it to the orig colour!