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    Re: Can someone date this body for me? Hurry please!

    need more pics...

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    Re: Can someone date this body for me? Hurry please!

    I am diggin' the Von Dutch-esque pinstriping!
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    Re: Can someone date this body for me? Hurry please!

    Quote Originally Posted by NMCA_Ron View Post
    I am diggin' the Von Dutch-esque pinstriping!

    Yeah, cool. But it looks like it used to be Olympic White. With a refin like that it may be inpossible to get it dated precisely.
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    Re: Can someone date this body for me? Hurry please!

    Well, there's the routng that would have to happen underneath the pickguard to get that Strat pickup in there too. It's got slotted screws on the PG, it looks like someones going for a early 50's thing. Need more pics...

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    Re: Can someone date this body for me? Hurry please!

    Looks like it was setup for a heel-adjust rod too.
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    Re: Can someone date this body for me? Hurry please!

    Possibly, but I think that fifth hole might just be for suspending the body during the finish process (or maybe the refinish).
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    Re: Can someone date this body for me? Hurry please!


    its beeen at one time or another a top loader.

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    Re: Can someone date this body for me? Hurry please!

    Quote Originally Posted by elicross View Post
    Possibly, but I think that fifth hole might just be for suspending the body during the finish process (or maybe the refinish).
    That little hole looks like a micro-tilt. I was referring to the route at the end of the neck pocket.
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