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Hi Richie, welcome to the house of fun!

At least for Jazzmasters, Fender pumped out quite a lot of dots and binding 1966 necks with code 13, at least until March (I think until July or August).

RichieDagger wrote: Binding for Jags and Jm's in '65, blocks and binding in '66.

Nothing's ever quite that simple with old Fenders, unfortunately.

in the data I have collected (as well as in a newly aquired book of serial nos and  guitars) the easrliest neck date I can find for a jag/jm with binding and blocks is June 1966.

Thanks Sook, looks like it's one for the books! I will take photos as soon as I get it.

It now seems I have one of the first and one of the last blocks and binding necks made pre 83.

It now seems I have one of the first and one of the last blocks and binding necks made pre 83.

Napolean Dynamite voice:  'LUCKY!'

That is awfully early for a B&B... cool!

Scott,

yeah .. please put up some pics...  I am very intrigued ...I mean if you had have said april or even may 66 for B&B, then yeah OK... but Feb 66 is way out of the ball park... maybe this was even an early prototype/pre-release (to use auto manufacturing terms) neck.

I will get my serial no. verse year  graphs up here soon....

I have a 66 B+B Jazzmaster neck with 13FEB66B. I guess the early strat codes are the first ones?

sdgails wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 16, 2020 3:57 am

I have a 66 B+B Jazzmaster neck with 13FEB66B. I guess the early strat codes are the first ones?

Yep. I also had a 13FEB66 D&B neck with a Strat head shape but a Jazzmaster logo.