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Old April 26th, 2012, 08:59 AM   #1 (permalink)
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NGD! Older pawn shop partscaster
I went in the pawn shop and this thing was staring back at me! All I can say about it is that I am out an sm57 and a few hours work now. The owner is a friend of mine and needs a little help in the evenings re arranging his store. Good trade I believe! I could not wait to get home and see exactly what this thing was. Warmoth body. Sperzel tuners. Van zandt pickups. I'm not sure about the bridge and the pickguard is bakelite. Now here comes the confusing part. The neck seems to be a legit fender but, it has this weird little medallion inlayed in the back of the headstock that says original fender neck? The date is June 20 1990.
I have heard before that fender made replacement necks in the '90s but I'm not sure about that. Any help on that would be greatly appreciated. It looks like it's only been put together once. I love it! It plays great and it's already been broken in for me! I don't have to worry about getting her a little dinged up.
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Old April 26th, 2012, 09:02 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Good find. Looks cool.
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Old April 26th, 2012, 09:03 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Gorgeous, congratulations
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Old April 26th, 2012, 09:05 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Thanks! I'm exited! I never I mean never seem to find cool stuff for a good price.
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Old April 26th, 2012, 09:05 AM   #5 (permalink)
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This is what dreams (of pawn shop stops) are made of. Nice.
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Old April 26th, 2012, 09:06 AM   #6 (permalink)
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nice! i have a thing for partscasters
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Old April 26th, 2012, 09:07 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Looks great! How does it sound? I picked up a set of True Vintage Van Zandts from a member. Yet to install them tho.
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Old April 26th, 2012, 09:14 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Looks great! How does it sound? I picked up a set of True Vintage Van Zandts from a member. Yet to install them tho.
Thanks! It sounds great! I'm not sure what the model the pickups are but, they are full and are not spiky and do not seem to be very hot. I will check and see what they read and will post that in a little while. Through my ac4tv with it turned up about half way on 4 watts I can still get moderately clean tones with the vol. Dimed. If I dig in hard they get nice and gritty.
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Old April 26th, 2012, 09:18 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Thanks! It sounds great! I'm not sure what the model the pickups are but, they are full and are not spiky and do not seem to be very hot. I will check and see what they read and will post that in a little while. Through my ac4tv with it turned up about half way on 4 watts I can still get moderately clean tones with the vol. Dimed. If I dig in hard they get nice and gritty.
Nice! I have an ac4 also but the 8' model. picked one up since I moved into an apartment thinking it was gonna be quiet. still pretty loud. haha. But this makes me excited for my VZ's!
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I worked in a guitar store back in the late 80's and I remember seeing Fender replacement necks with that medallion. But if I remember correctly, I never saw a medallion neck with a decal. I could be wrong, I was weeding out brain cells pretty fast back then.
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Old April 26th, 2012, 09:33 AM   #11 (permalink)
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I worked in a guitar store back in the late 80's and I remember seeing Fender replacement necks with that medallion. But if I remember correctly, I never saw a medallion neck with a decal. I could be wrong, I was weeding out brain cells pretty fast back then.
Someone could have easily put a decal on this guitar when they put it together. It looks as if it was done when it was finished. There is lots of checking and I also could see no evidence of a re finish. Do you remember if the necks were finished when they got to your shop?
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Someone could have easily put a decal on this guitar when they put it together. It looks as if it was done when it was finished. There is lots of checking and I also could see no evidence of a re finish. Do you remember if the necks were finished when they got to your shop?
They were finished, but not to a vintage look like the one on yours. They were light sort of like you would see on a current Standard model Tele.
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Old April 26th, 2012, 09:43 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Yes, Fender did offer both, necks and bodies back then.


Nice find, enjoy!
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Old April 26th, 2012, 09:56 AM   #14 (permalink)
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That looks like a helluva deal - even at twice the price !

Seriously, great find - congrats.
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I thought that the Fender necks of that period had decals, but they only said "Fender". The font for the word "Telecaster" is wrong, so it may be that only that part is fake.
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They used to sell replacement necks then and they came in a cool black cloth Fender bag . Looks good!
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Old April 26th, 2012, 10:21 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Those were fenders replacements necks that had for a while. They only said "Fender" and had the standard 52 reissue feel to them. they were pretty glossy and sometimes sticky for a bit.

...someone added "telecaster" to it because they were nocaster style necks.
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Nice find, congrats!!
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Gorgeous body! Very nice! Congrats!
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