GemQuinn
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Hi. I 'm new here, so thanks for this forum, it looks great. It's really good to see some lovely quality Japanese craftsmanship in these guitars. Having owned a few Japanese instruments, I know how much care and attention goes into making them.
I have a guitar I bought several years ago, and was told by the seller that it was a project build using a Tokai neck, and a 3 piece ash body (it was badly painted sonic blue, so badly, I had too remove it, even tho I liked the colour). Move forward a few years, and I'm intrigued as to why the neck has a fender date stamp (3 Dec 65B) 3 and B being different signifiers. Its definitely the font used, and its under the lacquer, which is nitro. (I know this, as I've tested a small patch with Acetone on a cotton bud) the machine head screw holes underneath the ones that are now on it (possibly Gotoh's) seem aligned for a Jap instrument Trapezoid shaped covers, but the back of the neck shaping and headstock look very Fender. Please help me discover where this neck was made. I can get a picture of the whole guitar, with what I think is an old Celluloid pick guard, as it has tooling marks on the edge, and looks pretty old, bur in great shape, all the rest of the parts are pretty new, I think. Many thanks.
Gem
I have a guitar I bought several years ago, and was told by the seller that it was a project build using a Tokai neck, and a 3 piece ash body (it was badly painted sonic blue, so badly, I had too remove it, even tho I liked the colour). Move forward a few years, and I'm intrigued as to why the neck has a fender date stamp (3 Dec 65B) 3 and B being different signifiers. Its definitely the font used, and its under the lacquer, which is nitro. (I know this, as I've tested a small patch with Acetone on a cotton bud) the machine head screw holes underneath the ones that are now on it (possibly Gotoh's) seem aligned for a Jap instrument Trapezoid shaped covers, but the back of the neck shaping and headstock look very Fender. Please help me discover where this neck was made. I can get a picture of the whole guitar, with what I think is an old Celluloid pick guard, as it has tooling marks on the edge, and looks pretty old, bur in great shape, all the rest of the parts are pretty new, I think. Many thanks.
Gem