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Fretjob & Bone Nut :: 1994-95 Japanese Fender Tele / Foto Flame [8.3 lbs]

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Fretjob & Bone Nut :: 1994-95 Japanese Fender Tele / Foto Flame [8.3 lbs]

Fretjob & Bone Nut :: 1994-95 Japanese Fender Tele / Foto Flame [8.3 lbs]

A mid nineties Japanese Tele in for a refret.  The fingerboard had a vintage 7.25" fingerboard radius and rise over the body was choking out big bends high up the neck for this player.  We decided to flatten the extreme radius down to 10"R and plane down the body hump in the process.  The tele cup jack was also swapped out for a more rugged electrosocket jack.

Note that this neck looks like a killer piece of flame maple, but it is some dubious trickery at play.  The flame on this neck is actually a piece of film that is wrapped over the neck during the finish process.  This technique is branded "Foto Flame" and looks really convincing until you move the guitar in the light.  A true flame figure will roll in the light (light areas becomes dark and vice-versa).  The dark spots on this stay consistently dark.  Check out this link for more info on Fender's fake flame forgery.  (There's a conspiracy that a worker placed the Hamburglar's face in the flame!)

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Bad Bridge Fit :: 1960's Aria Barney Kessel

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Bad Bridge Fit :: 1960's Aria Barney Kessel

Bad Bridge Fit :: 1960's Aria Barney Kessel

The floating archtop bridge foot has what I'm guessing is green felt soaked with superglue.  Though the bridge foot is fairly thin, I'll try to burn through most of this nastiness while improving the fit with the top.

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3 Years Later, Return to Stock :: 1960's Goya Classical

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3 Years Later, Return to Stock :: 1960's Goya Classical

3 Years Later, Return to Stock :: 1960's Goya Classical

This was an experiment to make a 2" wide neck play like a 1 3/4" by radically adjusting the nut spacing.  You can check out the original blog post, Small Hands, Big Necks from 2012.  The player decided to replace the modified nut (pictured above) with the original.  It is reasons like this that I always return anything that I remove from a client's instrument.

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Flatter Fingerboard Radius :: 1994-95 Fender Telecaster

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Flatter Fingerboard Radius :: 1994-95 Fender Telecaster

Flatter Fingerboard Radius :: 1994-95 Fender Telecaster

The combination of the vintage 7.25" fingerboard radius and rise over the body was choking out big bends high up the neck for this player.  We decided to flatten the extreme radius down to 10"R and plane down the body hump in the process.

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