fullerplast wrote:The all-black logo, green stamp, and TORRES stamp coupled with the red stamp would all indicate a later neck. These stamps are mostly (all together) a sign of early 70s. I'm not sure when they started with the names and such... but definitely later than the '66-'67 period your serial number would suggest. I never learned how to read those red stamps, but there's an article (I think by Greg Gagliano) on the web somewhere that tells how.
This was kind of my suspicion as well. I've got a '79 strat neck with a Torres stamp and I've seen some other necks from the mid/late 70s with that name on it as well. It feels like a 70s neck too. Sort of U in the lower registers and graduated to more C-like as we go up. There isn't really an ounce of wear on the back either, although there is some even fret wear. They have been leveled at least once. Add in the non-doweled F-tuner holes and the sloppy Kluson drilling and I think the deal is sealed, neck-wise. I can just barely make out the first two and the last digit of the red stamp. 04, and then 5 at the end, I think. Maybe that will be enough. I'll try to hunt down the key to the code.
fullerplast wrote:The pencil dated pup is cool for '66 and wouldn't have the 4 digit stamp, that came later. An undated pickup is OK too. I would expect to see '66 pots on there, regardless if it's a '66 or anywhere through '71. I suppose '64-'65 pots could be possible, but I kind of doubt it.
Good deal on the pickups. The tone pot has obviously been replaced and or messed with. There's one lug that used to be soldered to the case that isn't soldered to the case any longer. I've got it strung up and back together now, but when I have more time I'll look into the pots on the rhythm circuit.
fullerplast wrote:It all depends on what the body originally was I guess. I mean, whose to say which of all the dated parts are original? Any sign of a body date?
The best clue I have is the crack caused by the shrinking pickguard. If the crack occurred naturally, then there must have been a pickguard that would shrink on it to make the crack. There's nothing in the neck pocket or the trem pocket. I haven't taken the shielding out so something may be lurking under there.
fullerplast wrote:Is there a logo on the case? If so, what kind (tail or not)?
There is. The silver part is gone, but the black part underneath it is there. No tail.
fullerplast wrote:I think it's a parts guitar, but nothing wrong with that. If you are inclined to eventually try to match everything up, I would say to go with the neck as the base. Everything else would be easy to change. Or if it plays well... you could leave it alone.
I'm not sure what I'll do with it. It plays pretty good and sounds great. If I can convince myself that it's a 66ish body, I'll probably try to track down a neck since I have period pickups, pickguard, and neck plate. I don't have much in it as is so plunking down for a neck wouldn't drive me into completely-unreasonable $ territory. If I can't ID the body any better, I'll probably just leave it alone.
Regarding your last post, man, I hope you're right!
Bigger in sum than parts.
They drilled through the head stock on the top screw of the low E tuner. 
