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How about a serial number starting TM16 on the back of the headstock?

I have an 84 goldstar- rosewood with painted headstock in sonic blue - which I bought from new. Very early on I had to replace the bridge and stuck a Fender one on it. It seemed to fit OK, but I find myself wondering if it is exactly right? What are the measurements of the original bridge, are...

Hi, I'm an infrequent visitor here, but I own a Goldstar Sound that I bought new in 1984. Back in the mists of time, the thread on the old cast block got stripped, and I simply replaced it with whatever was handy at the time. Not sure about the plate, but they are Fender stamped bent steel...

Yes, as the sonic blue has aged it has got greener. It's really noticeable when you take the pickguard off, next time i put a set of strings on i'll try to get a pic showing the difference.

cool, which thread is that? edit: by the way our blue ones are tst - what? i think i removed my stickers as soon as i got it.

ha, i just had my goldstar refretted and i must admit i thought about doing this. kept to the straight and narrow in the end though! i figured its easy enough to upgrade another squire if i want another flatter radius gtr neck. i'm with you on the whole "gtr is a tool" thing though

I havent looked inside myself for a while but i'm sure it was SO. No, I put a Kahler trem on myself (still got the locking nut somewhere). I put the fender one back in after a while. Around the same time I also tried to dig out space for a humbucker at the bridge. Despite all this it has...

Bumping this thread after 4 years just because my Goldstar looks like the OP's. [/URL][/img] [/URL][/img] Just had it refretted after 30 odd years of use - feels a bit weird but i'm getting used to it. The old trem went after a few years so i put a fender one in and recently had a steel...

havent really tried any other pups but i contacted this benson bloke and he's going to wind some for me that are slighter hotter but not ridiculous. I'll report back as to how they are...in end the end its not silly money for a set.

Not sure where you got that other stuff,i just read the bit where he liked the pickups - I'm just looking around, trying to get some ideas and recommendations for pickups.

There are a couple of guys on the fender forum really rate him. http://www.fender.com/community/forums/viewtopic.php?t=32840&sid=81c0bb1bda41d31b8de5d54ec1da8335 and some bloke on harmony central...

btw i saw this, anybody know about benson pups? http://bensoncustom.yolasite.com/handwound.php

sorry stelyn i was in a conversation with stratman about the track i played my guitar on! buti thought you said they were "v" pickups?

Yes thats the goldy with u's, either thru amplitube or one of the gsuite amps., along with some stereo reverb and i think a tiny bit of chorus. thanks stelyn i shall take a look. what are v's like compared to u's?

That's very interesting and useful information marcus & stratman, thanks. The U's in my Goldstar do seem to have quite a bite. But I didn't realise that were hotter than the more vintage types, not ever having swapped them out. Anyway armed with this info I shall go out and find some vintage...