Bruce, I have the Fender re-issue of the '62 Telecaster with the
sunburst finish and I have to agree it's one of the nicest finishes.
Mine lives on the wing back chair in the living room where I can (and
do ) get my hands on it several times a day.
Al
On May 9, 2005, at 3:56 PM, Bruce Marcham wrote:
> As Judith Selwyn said it sounds like finger jointed stock which makes
> use of short pieces of knot-free wood rather requiring a much more
> expensive knot-free piece at full length. I don't think this is a good
> solution for a piece outdoors (much better for interior trim with lots
> of opaque paint on it).
>
> Reminds me of an electric guitar I bought some 25 years ago, a
> "pre-CBS" Fender Stratocaster (meaning made back in the early 60's
> before CBS bought the company), that had been stripped and refinished
> in clear varnish or more likely polyurethane. I was told that it had
> obviously been meant to be a solid color, not even "sunburst" where
> the grain only shows in a fairly small area, fading from opaque black
> at the edges, through red and orange to a tranparent light yellow in
> the middle (I think the sunburst is the most valuable finish for these
> guitars), because the grain colors and patterns didn't match well. I
> still haven't gotten around to rectifying the situation but since I
> only pull it out of its case about once a year and it doesn't make a
> difference in how it sounds I don't think it will get a paint job
> soon.
>
> Bruce (finger joints lock up and hurt at my age anyway)
>
>
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>
> A homeowner at 114 East 101st Street, an 1882 rowhouse, has embarked
> on a "restoration" campaign of some innocence - this is a modest,
> working class block, completely ferae naturae as pertains to
> preservation. Among other improvements, the owner has stripped the
> wooden door surround of globs of paint, and polyurethaned it.
>
> The door surround is of modest profile, and must be of the
> 1960's-1970's. The stripping has revealed that the trim was made up
> of entirely separate parts - there are irregular joints in the wood
> every 12-36 inches or so. It appears the owner is completely unaware
> of anything beyond the fact that he or she has exposed "the natural
> wood" - even though the wood was meant to be painted.
>
> The joints I interpret to indicate that the stock was "cheap", and
> this was an economy move.
>
> 1. Am I right?
> 2. Why would stock be made up like this? Like, how is it saving
> money?
> 3. Is there a term for this?
>
> Christopher Gray
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