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Vintage flamey necks ... who has them?

Tom Wittrock

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Here's mine, from my 1966 P-Bass.

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A tip of the hat to the first person who spots the big anomaly with this instrument. :ganz


And, please start a new thread if you want to post photos of modern [post CBS] necks. :)
 
garywright

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that's a hootenanny ..my '63 strat neck has mild flame ..but nothing like your Precision
 
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I'm going to go with a 5 digit serial number... which yours usually falls into '62.
 
Tom Wittrock

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sikoniko said:
I'm going to go with a 5 digit serial number... which yours usually falls into '62.
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Winner! :salude

I got this one some 35 years ago. I swear I was the first person to remove the neck. A 1962 neck plate on a 1966 Precision. That's the biggest difference in date and neck plate I have ever seen.
 
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Tom Wittrock said:
Winner! :salude

I got this one some 35 years ago. I swear I was the first person to remove the neck. A 1962 neck plate on a 1966 Precision. That's the biggest difference in date and neck plate I have ever seen.
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That's really cool Tom. You really had me stumped there. It was a lot of fun. I was originally focused on the headstock decal.

The 'rules' can be hard to follow as Leo never made a collectors item. He made musical instruments in a practical way and they used up supplies until they were depleted.
 
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I was told recently that extremely flamed maple necks were rare for Fender in the Pre-CBS era... I don't know if that is true or not.

There is a blond 57 in a shop in York, Pa that has an outrageous example of flamed maple.
 
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About 4 months ago, Gruhn's had an early '50s Telecaster-type guitar that had a '54 Strat neck on it - the flamiest neck I've ever seen on a '50s Fender! :dude:

A LPF member from Florida bought it, maybe he will post photos.
 
DoubleBoogie

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Not vintage...but this is a really cool combination of Birdseye and flame on the neck of this custom shop Strat that is in route to me now. Should get it Friday.:dude:
 
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