"Vintage" bushings....a comparison & a questions (of course)...
Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2007 6:13 am
Right, this is for the guys'n'girls who've dealt with this kind of thing before. Please observe the two pictures.
The top photo is my Klusons that were added to a 1960 neck that already had bushings in place . I left them in.
The bottom photo is the 6 bushings that came with my Klusons. I was told that they'd send bushings aswell, even though they weren't mentioned in the auction (so they were basically free)
I'd assumed that they were the real deal but, under closer inspection...
a) They look slightly different to the ones on my neck (notice the inner circle is raised slightly higher)
b) The last two (on the right) are slightly different (you can't tell from the picture but they're about a millimetre shorter)
I've looked on GPR and compared but none are the same. I'm also trying to find an older thread on a guy who makes great repro's(help...it was a recent post) to see if they're the same as the bottom 6 shown above.
So. Questions. Which, in your opinion are the correct 1960 bushings? Whats the difference, if any between the first 4 and the last 2??
Oh, and finally. I'm selling the bottom ones so I'd love a suggested (fair) price so I can add them to the "for sale or trade" section. I seem to remember "that repro guy" was selling them for £40 but I could be mistaken.
Sorry if this is a fiddly, overly detailed question. Its just that differences in JM parts seem to be, well, fiddly & overly detailed!!
The top photo is my Klusons that were added to a 1960 neck that already had bushings in place . I left them in.
The bottom photo is the 6 bushings that came with my Klusons. I was told that they'd send bushings aswell, even though they weren't mentioned in the auction (so they were basically free)
I'd assumed that they were the real deal but, under closer inspection...
a) They look slightly different to the ones on my neck (notice the inner circle is raised slightly higher)
b) The last two (on the right) are slightly different (you can't tell from the picture but they're about a millimetre shorter)
I've looked on GPR and compared but none are the same. I'm also trying to find an older thread on a guy who makes great repro's(help...it was a recent post) to see if they're the same as the bottom 6 shown above.
So. Questions. Which, in your opinion are the correct 1960 bushings? Whats the difference, if any between the first 4 and the last 2??
Oh, and finally. I'm selling the bottom ones so I'd love a suggested (fair) price so I can add them to the "for sale or trade" section. I seem to remember "that repro guy" was selling them for £40 but I could be mistaken.
Sorry if this is a fiddly, overly detailed question. Its just that differences in JM parts seem to be, well, fiddly & overly detailed!!