Hey guys!
I'm going to be building up a custom colour JM, so trying to figure out some timelines to determine the "best" choices for restoration.
Does anyone specially know when fender (concerning the offset guitars family) changed from:
Mint guards to White?
When they stopped using the black bobbin pups?
If you opened up a April '65 JM, what would expect to see?
Cheers!
1965 Fender transition timeline questions
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1965 Fender transition timeline questions
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Re: 1965 Fender transition timeline questions
This is the basic info I know...
You never know with Fender, they would use up whatever they had. If they found a box of unused/NOS black bobbins in 65 i'm sure they'd have used them. I'd say everything in late 65-early 66 and later would be more consistent.
Parchment came in 64 and standard white/B/W vinyl in 65 ->
mid to late 64 i think
When they stopped using the black bobbin pups?
Def gray bobbinsIf you opened up a April '65 JM, what would expect to see?
You never know with Fender, they would use up whatever they had. If they found a box of unused/NOS black bobbins in 65 i'm sure they'd have used them. I'd say everything in late 65-early 66 and later would be more consistent.
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Re: 1965 Fender transition timeline questions
I had an April '65 L-series Jag and for all intents and purposes it may as well have been a '64. From my understanding the transition wasn't complete until slightly later that year, so it's pretty much still pre-CBS. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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Re: 1965 Fender transition timeline questions
No one really knows. One can look at all the data in the world but unless you were working there in 1965 we’ll never know.JamesSGBrown wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:40 amI had an April '65 L-series Jag and for all intents and purposes it may as well have been a '64. From my understanding the transition wasn't complete until slightly later that year, so it's pretty much still pre-CBS. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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