So I bought this cheap neck ...

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So I bought this cheap neck ...

Post by Guitarmunk » Fri Oct 21, 2016 12:27 pm

I found this neck in a facebook group.
The heel stamp says "13oct 66 6" or "13oct 66 b"?
The seller told me that the previous owner sanded off the sides of the neck, so his daughter could play on it.
It originally had binding on it, it would be great to have binding on it again but I think its impossible.
My plan is to remove the poly laquer and spray on some nitrocellulose on it and put a decal on, then send it to a tech for some new frets and a new nut.
The binding issue bugs me, I would love to have it on this neck.
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*edit*
I've the img thingy, now here's links to the pics
Last edited by Guitarmunk on Sat Oct 22, 2016 5:43 am, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: So I bought this cheap neck ...

Post by zhivago » Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:40 pm

I can'r see any of your pics for some reason. But, I had a block and binding Jazzmaster that had a 13OCT66B stamp on it.

At the time Strats = "1" and Jazzmasters = "13" were the same
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Re: So I bought this cheap neck ...

Post by Guitarmunk » Mon Oct 24, 2016 3:26 am

Just changed the [img]-thingy to regular links
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Re: So I bought this cheap neck ...

Post by Sonichris » Mon Oct 24, 2016 11:23 am

If you are going to go to all the trouble installing new frets, I don't see why a good luthier couldn't replace the binding too. Route a new channel in the side that matches the remnants of the old one at the heal. The binding would have to be slightly thicker than original, but it would look way better, and be close to original looking.

I'm pretty confident I could do it.

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