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Rod Parsons · January 7th, 2012, 01:59 PM

Maybe a dumb question, but is there any reason why Fender went away from making the string ferrules flush to the back of the body, as they used to do in the old days? My CV 50 has them... I think they add a lot of class to a tele...

BritishBluesBoy · January 7th, 2012, 02:01 PM

It's just an aesthetic thing.

And, ummm, they're called ferrules...

benhenny · January 8th, 2012, 01:48 AM

Cheaper not to counter sink.

Zenzeypher · January 8th, 2012, 01:54 AM

If you have a soft wood give it a few years and the'll counter themselves anyways.

jefrs · January 8th, 2012, 04:43 AM

So why does the Baja (ash) have recessed and the AmSer (alder) not?

Imo recessed ferrule look more professionally finished, and would have expected the AmSer to be recessed. It's a simple enough process and could have been done with one drill at the factory. The ferrules on the AmSer do tend to fall out when changing strings.

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Rod Parsons Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Arlington, Va. Age: 66 Posts: 1,922	flush string ferrules vs. non recessed Maybe a dumb question, but is there any reason why Fender went away from making the string ferrules flush to the back of the body, as they used to do in the old days? My CV 50 has them... I think they add a lot of class to a tele... __________________ I put a "paper in oil", .015 cap in my Telecaster. It sounds great, because the oil lubricates the electricity and makes it go faster. Last edited by Rod Parsons; January 7th, 2012 at 02:33 PM.

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BritishBluesBoy Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 12,248 62 Photos	It's just an aesthetic thing. And, ummm, they're called ferrules... __________________ BBB.

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Zenzeypher Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Oxford, UK Age: 29 Posts: 1,152	If you have a soft wood give it a few years and the'll counter themselves anyways. __________________ "I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things." — Tom Waits

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jefrs Doctor of Teleocity Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Newbury, England Age: 58 Posts: 11,224 5 Photos	So why does the Baja (ash) have recessed and the AmSer (alder) not? Imo recessed ferrule look more professionally finished, and would have expected the AmSer to be recessed. It's a simple enough process and could have been done with one drill at the factory. The ferrules on the AmSer do tend to fall out when changing strings. __________________ There's two kinds of people, those that hear the music and those that don't.

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benhenny Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 401	Cheaper not to counter sink.

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