Fender Custom Shop - No More Clay Dots

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guitars4youguitars4you Frets: 14030
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Just had a memo - From the very top - No more clay dots on any Custom Shop Fenders - No additional info etc, just that quick statement
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  • sweepysweepy Frets: 4158
    That's going to piss some people off 
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  • dazzajldazzajl Frets: 5653
    Not change. Noooooooooooooo!!
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 22516
    That's a bit of an odd one.  Is there an environmental aspect?
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  • robertyroberty Frets: 10893
    Has the clay been fired
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  • Three-ColourSunburstThree-ColourSunburst Frets: 1139
    edited July 2019
    Philly_Q said:
    That's a bit of an odd one.  Is there an environmental aspect?
    Aren't 'clay' dots just bits of compressed fiberboard?
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  • ZoolooterZoolooter Frets: 886
    Very odd, it’s the first thing I’d want on a CS rosewood fretboard.
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  • teradaterada Frets: 5113
    roberty said:
    Has the clay been fired
    Absolute perfection  :)
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  • prlgmnrprlgmnr Frets: 3964
    What are they going to do do counteract the drastic change in tone?
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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30273
    That's it, they've gone too far this time. Fender are dead to me.
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  • GazMozGazMoz Frets: 26
    All I can say is, I'm glad mines got clay dots 
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  • CloudNineCloudNine Frets: 4254
    Should think so too. Absolute disgrace they have been doing this for so long.




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  • FelineGuitarsFelineGuitars Frets: 11495
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    Yes - seems that the old clay dots were actually originally punched out white fibreboard.
    We have these in stock for builds etc 

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  • Strat54Strat54 Frets: 2330
    I bet its Gibson's fault......
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  • OilCityPickupsOilCityPickups Frets: 9982
    edited July 2019 tFB Trader
    Philly_Q said:
    That's a bit of an odd one.  Is there an environmental aspect?
    Aren't 'clay' dots just bits of compressed fiberboard?
    The black ones are ... but the white ones ... which fade to 'biscuit' or grey ... there is a lot of debate. I buy a lot of compressed fibre board ... it's what Strat and Tele pickup flat-work is made from ... and it's made in medium grey, black and rust red ... and as far as I've been told ... has never been made in white, which was the colour of the 'clay' dots when new. There are stories that the dots were punched from white floor tiles ... or that they were made of celluloid nitrate ... all sorts of theories.
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  • teradaterada Frets: 5113
    Strat54 said:
    I bet its Gibson's fault......
    Probably. But don’t worry as there’s an HB strat that’s better anyway
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  • Three-ColourSunburstThree-ColourSunburst Frets: 1139
    edited July 2019

    The black ones are [fiberboard] ... but the white ones ... which fade to 'biscuit' or grey ... there is a lot of debate... There are stories that the dots were punched from white floor tiles ... or that they were made of celluloid nitrate ... all sorts of theories.
    I have read that the white ones fitted between 1959 and 1964 were fiberboard, just like the black ones, but then they moved onto 'lino' floor tiles for the white ones up to the CBS era.

    I'm not sure why people should get all excited a tiny bit of fiberboard or lino. I guess it is because people like the way they age, so giving a bit of the 'old guitar mojo', much like crazed 'nitro'?
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 22516
    Philly_Q said:
    That's a bit of an odd one.  Is there an environmental aspect?
    Aren't 'clay' dots just bits of compressed fiberboard?
    The black ones are ... but the white ones ... which fade to 'biscuit' or grey ... there is a lot of debate. I buy a lot of compressed fibre board ... it's what Strat and Tele pickup flat-work is made from ... and it's made in medium grey, black and rust red ... and as far as I've been told ... has never been made in white, which was the colour of the 'clay' dots when new. There are stories that the dots were punched from white floor tiles ... or that they were made of celluloid nitrate ... all sorts of theories.
    A few years ago @WezV reliced a Fender neck for me, he wanted to experiment with clay dots - and used some old poker chips.  I don't know if they're similar to the original material.
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 26749
    Hang on.. so these were never actually clay? This is worse than the tremolo/vibrato debacle...
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  • Musicman20Musicman20 Frets: 2296
    PLAY AUTHENTIC CLAY
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  • kswilson89kswilson89 Frets: 222
    Used CS prices have just skyrocketed for those featuring faux clay goodness!
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