I have a 1978 Tele, and recently removed the neck to have a look.

On the neck, where it joins flush with the body, is a sticker with a few names on it, which I assume are names of people that worked on the guitar. Am I assuming correctly?

Also, I know the butt end of the next usually has a date of manufacture, but mine has 4 digits, followed by a # sign, followed by 4 more digits. Like this: 1234#1234 ... What do you make of that?

And finally, the same part of the neck that has the sticker with the names has a rather large stamp that reads "R.FRIEND." What is that about? (this isn't mine, but the stamp looks exactly like this: http://www.tiptop.se/multiimages/DSC...D_NECKMARK.JPG)

Thanks!