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Short Wave Sportfishing[_2_]

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:20:28 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:26:20 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:17:04 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:18:59 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I'm pretty neutral in my guitars, different sounds for different types
of music and sound. My strat is my number one guitar. I'd like to own
a nice vintage jazzmaster.

Around here, the #1 is my sunburst finish Ovation Custom Balladeer - I
prefer the acoustic sound in my old age. I don't play the Strat all
that much anymore and the same goes with the Gretsch Country
Gentleman.

I actually liked the Jaguar - short neck and it had some other little
nagging problems, but over all I liked it. Not a real rock and roll
guitar by any stretch of imagination - more like a solid body jazz
guitar.

Tell me more about the Strat and the Gretsch.

The Strat is a '64 pre-CBS in Sunburst and has the single coil
pickups. It has a rosewood fretboard and according to the serial
number it might be a '63 - as in made in late '63 and sold/or stamped
in '64. It's just a plain old Strat - never been modified, tweaked,
torqued or otherwise diddled with.

The Gretsch is a '66. It has been retrofitted with a new fretboard so
it's not all original. It also has been played by Chet Atkins and has
his autograph - a real autograph. :)

Fender serial numbers are not always very accurate for establishing
the date of manufacture. The reason is that they basically had a big
box of pre-made and stamped neckplates next to the assembly line, and
just grabbed them as needed. If one fell on the floor and was found a
year or 5 later, it was simply thrown back into the box. If you want
the real date, remove the neck, and it will be either stamped there in
ink, or on older guitars, written in pencil. The pickups on older
Fenders also often have penciled dates on them.