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Valuation on a 1985 Fender Esquire 62 Re-issue, Candy Apple Red, Double Bound:

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  • John_PJohn_P Frets: 2750
    igotgas said:
    John_P said:
    Yes that bridge has been changed.   
    Which bridge?
    In the pic.  I should more correctly say bridge saddles and screws.  The originals are threaded with hex screws.  
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  • igotgasigotgas Frets: 16
    John_P said:
    igotgas said:
    John_P said:
    Yes that bridge has been changed.   
    Which bridge?
    In the pic.  I should more correctly say bridge saddles and screws.  The originals are threaded with hex screws.  
    I think we are talking at cross purposes and probably agree with one another (not sure which pics you are referring too).  =)

    Candy Apple Red Pictures - Correct Bridge saddles for MIJ 62 RI Esquire 1985 manufactured.
    Last Picture - Correct Bridge Saddles for a 62 Telecaster. As they should have been. ;)
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72345
    The last picture (with the serial number obscured) shows compensated brass saddles, which are not correct for either an original '62 or a MIJ '85.

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  • LastMantraLastMantra Frets: 3822
    igotgas said:



    That's rough as a badgers bum.
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  • igotgasigotgas Frets: 16
    edited August 2019
    ICBM said:
    The last picture (with the serial number obscured) shows compensated brass saddles, which are not correct for either an original '62 or a MIJ '85.
    They're on a 62 Custom Shop.  Would brass be the correct material for a 62 rather than threaded rod?
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  • igotgasigotgas Frets: 16
    igotgas said:



    That's rough as a badgers bum.
    How very dare you.  =)

    I think the light makes it look worse than it is.

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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72345
    igotgas said:

    They're on a 62 Custom Shop.  Would brass be the correct material for a 62 rather than threaded rod?
    No.

    The very first Broadcasters were steel.
    Brass from 1950 to 1954
    Plain steel from 1954 to 1958
    Threaded steel from 1958 to 1968
    Steel with two string grooves from 1968 onwards

    (From A.R Duchossoir's The Fender Telecaster)

    Brass on anything other than an early 50s one is a modern aberration for those people who like that hideous whiny/clangy Roy Buchanan sound :).

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  • JalapenoJalapeno Frets: 6390
    50s neck or 60s neck ? - probably irrelevant pricewise, but good to know.
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  • LastMantraLastMantra Frets: 3822
    igotgas said:

    That's rough as a badgers bum.
    How very dare you.  =)

    Ha soz  :3

    I always think teles look unfinished with the mismatched pickups. 

    No wonder they put a cover over them!  :)
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  • igotgasigotgas Frets: 16
    igotgas said:

    That's rough as a badgers bum.
    How very dare you.  =)

    Ha soz  :3

    I always think teles look unfinished with the mismatched pickups. 

    No wonder they put a cover over them!  :)
    You're right, they look dirty!  Just the way I like them! :)
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  • LastMantraLastMantra Frets: 3822
    Dirty boy!  =)
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  • igotgasigotgas Frets: 16
    ICBM said:
    igotgas said:

    They're on a 62 Custom Shop.  Would brass be the correct material for a 62 rather than threaded rod?
    No.

    The very first Broadcasters were steel.
    Brass from 1950 to 1954
    Plain steel from 1954 to 1958
    Threaded steel from 1958 to 1968
    Steel with two string grooves from 1968 onwards

    (From A.R Duchossoir's The Fender Telecaster)

    Brass on anything other than an early 50s one is a modern aberration for those people who like that hideous whiny/clangy Roy Buchanan sound :).
    What a coincidence! Along with the guitar, in the case, would you believe it that very book was included...!

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