Under the Hood of Pre-CBS Offsets... (Vintage Markings)

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Re: Under the Hood of Pre-CBS Offsets... (Vintage Markings)

Post by Ursa Minor » Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:52 pm

Good one! Where's Fullerplast? He loves these shenanigans....
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Post by hella1hella » Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:29 pm

I've never heard of Aurora. Whats the scoop?
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Post by fullerplast » Mon Mar 24, 2014 5:30 am

I've never heard of her either.

I'll bet she was a babe.... schwing!
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Re: Under the Hood of Pre-CBS Offsets... (Vintage Markings)

Post by spook » Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:23 am

fullerplast wrote:I've never heard of her either.

I'll bet she was a babe.... schwing!
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Post by fullerplast » Mon Mar 24, 2014 7:28 am

spook wrote:
fullerplast wrote:I've never heard of her either.

I'll bet she was a babe.... schwing!
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Post by Ursa Minor » Mon Mar 24, 2014 7:33 am

She's magically babelicious!
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Post by PJazzmaster » Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:25 pm

'63 refin JM (seen on ebay):
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Post by fullerplast » Sat Mar 29, 2014 4:56 am

A cursive L? Don't recall that one either. Thanks for these pics, it's really cool.
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Post by fullerplast » Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:19 am

I was looking at Tele pickups on teh interwebz and came across this gem:

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It's a '65 Tele bridge pickup signed by the illustrious Mell.

OK, it's not an offset... but still pretty cool.


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Post by Ursa Minor » Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:20 am

Mell, you old moonlighter! ;)
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Post by fullerplast » Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:23 am

Round round get around, Mell gets around...
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Post by PJazzmaster » Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:21 am

she's probably on this picture, together with Gloria & Esper :ph34r:

btw, just found this: http://www.strat-talk.com/forum/pre-cbs ... -mell.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by PJazzmaster » Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:33 am

"Mary" as in Mary Lemus, a Fender factory employee (Mary began work at Fender in 1954 as an assembler, eventually becoming a final assembly supervisor). Also seen very often is "Gloria" as in Gloria Fuentes, another Fender factory employee assembler.
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Post by Ursa Minor » Tue Apr 01, 2014 10:41 am

Wow! So cool! :-*
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Post by PJazzmaster » Tue Apr 01, 2014 11:00 am

And it gets even cooler ----> BINGO!!!! This pic must be from the late 70's. From the left: Gloria Fuentes, Mary Lemus, Alice Remigio (?), Louis Lugar. Lillian Laimes (?) and Bill Carson (?). Can someone with basic photoshop skills please try to make the names more readable (not sure I got the last 3 names right) by adjusting the contrast?

Gloria is quite a personality 8) I love Mary's beehive :) And ...no Mell... :squint: Mell remains to be a mystery :ph34r:

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