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Topic: Anyone recognize these fretboards? |
Terry Roller
From: Arkansas, USA
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Posted 23 Feb 2021 2:17 pm
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I found these in my father's shop. Anyone have any idea what they are?
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Jon Light (deceased)
From: Saugerties, NY
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Posted 23 Feb 2021 2:27 pm
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Those are Fender 22.5" boards from either pre-Stringmaster (Dual Pro, Custom) or Stringmaster. |
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Jeff Spencer
From: Queensland, Australia
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Posted 24 Feb 2021 3:06 am Message
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Msg sent |
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Terry Roller
From: Arkansas, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2021 7:06 am
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Thank you, Jon. Good to know what they are. These are around 18.5" long. |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From: Saugerties, NY
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Posted 24 Feb 2021 9:08 am
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Just so there's no misunderstanding, Terry -- over time Fender made 3 different scales, measured from nut to bridge -- 22.5", 24.5" and *26" (*only very briefly). All three fretboards will measure differently from fret to fret and are not at all interchangeable. You can tell which you are looking at by how many frets & dots there are above the 24th fret. |
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Terry Roller
From: Arkansas, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2021 9:12 am
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Ahh, ok. Thanks for the info! |
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Jon Light (deceased)
From: Saugerties, NY
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Posted 24 Feb 2021 9:22 am
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You're welcome. And just in case a forum search lands someone here, looking for Fender fretboard scale info, here's the money shot:
-- 4 dots after the 24th fret == 26" scale
-- 3 dots after the 24th fret == 24.5" scale
-- 2 dots after the 24th fret == 22.5" scale |
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Lee Baucum
From: McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 24 Feb 2021 10:48 am
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Jon Light wrote: |
Those are Fender 22.5" boards from either pre-Stringmaster (Dual Pro, Custom) or Stringmaster. |
Nicely displayed on what appears to be an attractive berber carpet.
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Terry Roller
From: Arkansas, USA
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Posted 24 Feb 2021 11:03 am
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Yep, that made me laugh! |
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Peter Harris
From: South Australia, Australia
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Posted 25 Feb 2021 12:59 am
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Yeah, but how long is the carpet ? _________________ If my wife is reading this, I don't have much stuff....really! |
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