50's Fender Neck Dates: A Poll

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Which Neck Dates Do Your 58/59/60 Jazzmasters Have?

9-58
0
No votes
10-58
0
No votes
11-58
3
10%
12-58
3
10%
1-59
2
7%
2-59
2
7%
3-59
3
10%
4-59
1
3%
5-59
1
3%
6-59
1
3%
7-59
1
3%
8-59
0
No votes
9-59
0
No votes
10-59
0
No votes
11-59
2
7%
12-59
1
3%
1-60
0
No votes
2-60
1
3%
3-60
0
No votes
4-60
0
No votes
5-60
0
No votes
No Neck Date
9
30%
 
Total votes: 30

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Re: 50's Fender Neck Dates: A Poll

Post by dltinter » Tue Jan 30, 2007 8:48 pm

2-60
I believe some bad words were written on a neck and Fender stopped dating the necks the later part of 59 into 1960 then started dating them again?

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Re: 50's Fender Neck Dates: A Poll

Post by ryverb » Mon Mar 27, 2017 12:33 pm

12/59 spotting

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Re: 50's Fender Neck Dates: A Poll

Post by OffsetFace » Mon Apr 03, 2017 4:54 am

It would be pretty awesome to pull a neck off of a '59 and reveal a bold "F**K THIS JOB" in grease pencil.

Entered my 12-58 into the poll. 33xxx serial # and 8-58 body date

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Re: 50's Fender Neck Dates: A Poll

Post by StevenO » Mon Apr 03, 2017 5:20 am

I wonder what the bad words were, given that it was 1959, it was probably "zooterkins" or some other non-offensive term by today's standards.

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Re: 50's Fender Neck Dates: A Poll

Post by sewkid » Mon Apr 03, 2017 4:48 pm

Mine is a 1959 gold guard
no neck date
Vol. pot#.......3595 1 Meg Linier 137.916 (=1959 16th week)
Tone pot#......3954 1 Meg Audio 137.916 (=1959 16th week)
serial # 412XX

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Re: 50's Fender Neck Dates: A Poll

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Tue Apr 04, 2017 2:23 pm

No date & 492XX serial number (stamped at the bottom of the plate, not the top).
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Re: 50's Fender Neck Dates: A Poll

Post by lazycircles » Wed Apr 05, 2017 12:26 pm

515XX on the bottom of my neck plate. No Neck Date.

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Re: 50's Fender Neck Dates: A Poll

Post by OffsetFace » Mon Apr 10, 2017 10:30 pm

lazycircles wrote:515XX on the bottom of my neck plate. No Neck Date.
Are the last two digits of your serial number 88 by some crazy chance?? I've been hoping to find my birthday serial number on a pre-cbs Fender someday.

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Re: 50's Fender Neck Dates: A Poll

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Mon Apr 10, 2017 10:57 pm

lazycircles wrote:515XX on the bottom of my neck plate. No Neck Date.
Finally, someone else with a similar configured stamp. Is yours original (mine's been refinned)? I'd love to see pics of this guitar.
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Re: 50's Fender Neck Dates: A Poll

Post by steinbernd » Fri Apr 14, 2017 3:38 am

Hello,

my 59 has no neckdate.

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Re: 50's Fender Neck Dates: A Poll

Post by lazycircles » Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:14 am

OffsetFace wrote:
lazycircles wrote:515XX on the bottom of my neck plate. No Neck Date.
Are the last two digits of your serial number 88 by some crazy chance?? I've been hoping to find my birthday serial number on a pre-cbs Fender someday.
Nope...would be cool though!

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Re: 50's Fender Neck Dates: A Poll

Post by lazycircles » Fri Apr 14, 2017 10:26 am

PorkyPrimeCut wrote:
lazycircles wrote:515XX on the bottom of my neck plate. No Neck Date.
Finally, someone else with a similar configured stamp. Is yours original (mine's been refinned)? I'd love to see pics of this guitar.
Mine is a bit of a mystery. It has the typical 1960 routing, but came with a homemade 9 hole guard that someone had made out of formica or something. The pots date to 59, but the serial number is 1960. The body is ash, so part of me wonders if it was a special order or something in 1960...someone wanted a blonde w/ gold guard...I just can't imagine any other reason someone would have put a 9 hole homemade guard on it. I guess I could strip the paint to see if it was ever drilled for a 13 hole guard, but I haven't done it yet. this was the best shot I have of it I could find quickly on the internet. I have a legit 58-59 guard on it, although it has been re-anodized. (people always think it is a mascis.)

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