What year did Fender start using Ash?

Stereordinary · Post by **Stereordinary** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:17 pm

What year did Fender start using Ash?

I must know!!!

Stereordinary · Post by **Stereordinary** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 4:36 pm

Just checked the Vintage Guitars Info site. Looks like all bodies were made of Ash from 1950 to mid 1956, which answers my less veiled question. Hooray for knowing stuff!

gremboul · Post by **gremboul** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:22 pm

The broadcaster was made of ash...then the telecaster...my 52 reissue is made of ash...so 1950 is probably accurate.

RumorsOFsurF · Post by **RumorsOFsurF** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 6:30 pm

Sometime in teh 70's...

gremboul · Post by **gremboul** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:02 pm

RumorsOFsurF wrote: Sometime in teh 70's...

Maybe you're referring to bell bottom jeans...

northern_dirt · Post by **northern_dirt** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:11 pm

RumorsOFsurF wrote: Sometime in teh 70's...

Thats Hash not Ash..

Surfoverb · Post by **Surfoverb** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:55 am

What year did they start using alder? The Blackguard book says that in '56 they ,"switched over to alder for thier sunburst strat"

GUITARmole · Post by **GUITARmole** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:08 am

stereordinary wrote: Just checked the Vintage Guitars Info site. Looks like all bodies were made of Ash from 1950 to mid 1956, which answers my less veiled question. Hooray for knowing stuff!

Nolan brings up a good point though w/ the "sometime in the 70's comment" (even if unintentional

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The lightweight Swamp Ash used in the 50's is WAY different than the Heavy Ash used in the 70's guitars.

the older brother · Post by **the older brother** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:56 am

The 70's Ash sunburst JM's with black guards look awesome IMO - they may be lesser great instruments than the 60's JM's but still - looking really good.

Surfoverb · Post by **Surfoverb** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:02 pm

the older brother wrote: The 70's Ash sunburst JM's with black guards look awesome IMO - they may be lesser great instruments than the 60's JM's but still - looking really good.

From what I read it's just that in the 70s Fender production didn't specify wieght when hey ordered ash and as a result they ended up with the heavy stuff.

Post by **mezcalhead** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 5:03 am

gremboul wrote: The broadcaster was made of ash...then the telecaster...my 52 reissue is made of ash...so 1950 is probably accurate.

Yeah, I think only the very early broadcasters were pine bodies .. '48/'49?

Surfoverb · Post by **Surfoverb** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:03 am

mezcalhead wrote:
gremboul wrote: The broadcaster was made of ash...then the telecaster...my 52 reissue is made of ash...so 1950 is probably accurate.
Yeah, I think only the very early broadcasters were pine bodies .. '48/'49?

Only the first few black Esquires were pinewood and the first prototype ('49) so 1950 is when they 'switched' to ash.

rickenmetal · Post by **rickenmetal** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:37 am

Sometime in teh 70's... Grin

Maybe you're referring to bell bottom jeans...

I think they had bell bottoms in the '60s, but I knew some recent hippies who would make their own by adding material to the bottom part of the leg, because, uh, they couldn't find (or afford) vintage ones or reissues.

Surfoverb · Post by **Surfoverb** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:15 am

Freaking hippies ruin everything...Straight leg FTW!!!

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