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all my `80s FJs have a pencil date on the neck butt, good way to see when it was made. Every Foto Flame I`ve ever seen has that sticker on the back of the headstock under the finish so it doesn`t look like that one is, I have an `85 A serial tele with a little flame in the neck so it did happen and not always on high ends. If it`s down to bare wood it needs some kind of protection from the elements even if it`s just oil. You may also find other markings in the neck pocket telling you what model it is, doesn`t appear to be basswood from those pics and can you tell how many pieces of wood the body is made of? These days it`s very often at least three but nack then it could be two. Have a look under the pickguard at the pots and switch...all of mine from that time came stock with full size pots and steel switches...not the tiny pots and plastic switch like today. But I think it needs to be finished somehow `cause bare wood is exposed to all kinds of things, I`m guess the finish was removed originally because it was thick poly...I`ve seen loys of `80s FJs with that, also seen some with very thin poly and others in lacquer.
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