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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:50 pm
by Freddy V-C
Every time I see this thread, the title reminds me of "I have rocker hair and wanna do it up big".
That Mustang is sexy as all hells either way.
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 8:33 pm
by jcyphe
Phil O'Keefe wrote:
Fender used to use a thin black plastic piece with a lip around the edge of it between the neck plate and body. It's commonly called a neckplate gasket or neck plate cushion. My '75 Music Master has one on it. It was fairly common on a lot of models in the 70s and 80s. You can get them for a few bucks on Ebay. They can help keep you from over-tightening the neck screws, and they somewhat protect the body / finish from neck plate indentations, and help hide any gaps that are caused by indentations, or curved neck plates.
I have never seen this on Fenders I came across from the 70's or 80's, did people normally chuck them? Also did they come on Strats?
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:06 pm
by mkt3000
jcyphe wrote:Phil O'Keefe wrote:
Fender used to use a thin black plastic piece with a lip around the edge of it between the neck plate and body. It's commonly called a neckplate gasket or neck plate cushion. My '75 Music Master has one on it. It was fairly common on a lot of models in the 70s and 80s. You can get them for a few bucks on Ebay. They can help keep you from over-tightening the neck screws, and they somewhat protect the body / finish from neck plate indentations, and help hide any gaps that are caused by indentations, or curved neck plates.
I have never seen this on Fenders I came across from the 70's or 80's, did people normally chuck them? Also did they come on Strats?
My 78MM came with one.
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 9:30 pm
by JohnnyTheBoy
mkt3000 wrote:jcyphe wrote:Phil O'Keefe wrote:
Fender used to use a thin black plastic piece with a lip around the edge of it between the neck plate and body. It's commonly called a neckplate gasket or neck plate cushion. My '75 Music Master has one on it. It was fairly common on a lot of models in the 70s and 80s. You can get them for a few bucks on Ebay. They can help keep you from over-tightening the neck screws, and they somewhat protect the body / finish from neck plate indentations, and help hide any gaps that are caused by indentations, or curved neck plates.
I have never seen this on Fenders I came across from the 70's or 80's, did people normally chuck them? Also did they come on Strats?
My 78MM came with one.
Mine didnt...but then someone couldve taken it off
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:06 pm
by Phil O'Keefe
mkt3000 wrote:jcyphe wrote:Phil O'Keefe wrote:
Fender used to use a thin black plastic piece with a lip around the edge of it between the neck plate and body. It's commonly called a neckplate gasket or neck plate cushion. My '75 Music Master has one on it. It was fairly common on a lot of models in the 70s and 80s. You can get them for a few bucks on Ebay. They can help keep you from over-tightening the neck screws, and they somewhat protect the body / finish from neck plate indentations, and help hide any gaps that are caused by indentations, or curved neck plates.
I have never seen this on Fenders I came across from the 70's or 80's, did people normally chuck them? Also did they come on Strats?
My 78MM came with one.
My mid 80s MIJ Squier Strat came with one too. So did my 32" scale length mid-80s Squier P-Bass.
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 4:12 am
by hotrodperlmutter
(no gay stuff)
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 12:26 am
by Dillon
Phil O'Keefe wrote:mkt3000 wrote:jcyphe wrote:
I have never seen this on Fenders I came across from the 70's or 80's, did people normally chuck them? Also did they come on Strats?
My 78MM came with one.
My mid 80s MIJ Squier Strat came with one too. So did my 32" scale length mid-80s Squier P-Bass.
It's typical of a lot of MIJ guitars...Ibanez especially comes to mind, I've seen them on MIJ Strats from the 80s too. I think the only point of it is to keep the plate from making an indention in the body if it's screwed down too tight.
Anyway this thing is awesome aside from the pickup rings. WTF? It didn't even get any bids, hah.
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 1:14 am
by Doug
I like it. The Abelone, mint guard, and little sapphire are subtle enough and work nicely with the color of the body. Love the Maple neck.
Then the truss rod adjustment on the side...! Cool.
Cheers,
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 10:08 am
by gofive
Grass looks fake to me.
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:45 pm
by serfx
Fran wrote:jcyphe wrote:Phil O'Keefe wrote:What's the deal with the screw in the side of the neck heel?
Isn't that where Warmoth puts the truss rod adjustment for their necks.
Them or Allparts, cant remember now. I bought a Mustang neck off Miek that had the side screw.
it is warmoth, probably the only reason i would consider ordering a neck from them, unless i had all the time in the world to wait for it.