What year did Fender start using Ash?
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What year did Fender start using Ash?
What year did Fender start using Ash?
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Re: What year did Fender start using Ash?
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!
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Re: What year did Fender start using Ash?
The broadcaster was made of ash...then the telecaster...my 52 reissue is made of ash...so 1950 is probably accurate.
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Re: What year did Fender start using Ash?
Maybe you're referring to bell bottom jeans...RumorsOFsurF wrote: Sometime in teh 70's...
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Re: What year did Fender start using Ash?
Thats Hash not Ash..RumorsOFsurF wrote: Sometime in teh 70's...
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Re: What year did Fender start using Ash?
What year did they start using alder? The Blackguard book says that in '56 they ,"switched over to alder for thier sunburst strat"
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Re: What year did Fender start using Ash?
Nolan brings up a good point though w/ the "sometime in the 70's comment" (even if unintentional )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!
The lightweight Swamp Ash used in the 50's is WAY different than the Heavy Ash used in the 70's guitars.
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Re: What year did Fender start using Ash?
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.
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Re: What year did Fender start using Ash?
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.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.
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Re: What year did Fender start using Ash?
Yeah, I think only the very early broadcasters were pine bodies .. '48/'49?gremboul wrote: The broadcaster was made of ash...then the telecaster...my 52 reissue is made of ash...so 1950 is probably accurate.
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Re: What year did Fender start using Ash?
Only the first few black Esquires were pinewood and the first prototype ('49) so 1950 is when they 'switched' to ash.mezcalhead wrote:Yeah, I think only the very early broadcasters were pine bodies .. '48/'49?gremboul wrote: The broadcaster was made of ash...then the telecaster...my 52 reissue is made of ash...so 1950 is probably accurate.
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Re: What year did Fender start using Ash?
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.Sometime in teh 70's... Grin
Maybe you're referring to bell bottom jeans...
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Re: What year did Fender start using Ash?
Freaking hippies ruin everything...Straight leg FTW!!!