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Serial dating different years on neck and body
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 12:58 am
by MGB
Has anyone seen this before a 1996 3 hole neck on a 2001 3 hole body? Asat Classic. Or do I have a two seperate guitar parts? I have to say you woudn't know unless you took the neck off, plays and sounds better than any Tele I have ever played.
Re: Serial dating different years on neck and body
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:04 am
by Elwood
It's possible that it is a factory replacement, if you post the serial #(s) there might be a record
of it if it was done at G&L.
Just as likely, a previous owner made that match.
Pics would help too.
Welcome!
elwood
Re: Serial dating different years on neck and body
Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2016 3:53 am
by MGB
Elwood wrote:It's possible that it is a factory replacement, if you post the serial #(s) there might be a record
of it if it was done at G&L.
Just as likely, a previous owner made that match.
Pics would help too.
Welcome!
elwood
Here are two images
http://imgur.com/a/sYsPX
Re: Serial dating different years on neck and body
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2016 9:15 pm
by Craig
MGB wrote:Elwood wrote:It's possible that it is a factory replacement, if you post the serial #(s) there might be a record
of it if it was done at G&L.
Just as likely, a previous owner made that match.
Pics would help too.
Welcome!
elwood
Here are two images
http://imgur.com/a/sYsPX
Here are your photos inline:
What is unusual here is that the body ia a three-bolt body with a 2001 build year. The four-bolt neck joint was introduced in approximately mid-1997, see:
When and why did G&L switch to a four-bolt neck?.
Perhaps there was a warranty issue that was fixed on the body in 2001. Please post the serial number and I might be able to get some factory history on this guitar.
We'd love to see more photos of the guitar (full length front and back).
Re: Serial dating different years on neck and body
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:07 am
by MGB
Serial is now on the registry, G049608
Re: Serial dating different years on neck and body
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:13 am
by MGB
MGB wrote:Serial is now on the registry, G049608
http://imgur.com/a/GuHoh
Re: Serial dating different years on neck and body
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 11:10 am
by MGB
Craig wrote:MGB wrote:Elwood wrote:It's possible that it is a factory replacement, if you post the serial #(s) there might be a record
of it if it was done at G&L.
Just as likely, a previous owner made that match.
Pics would help too.
Welcome!
elwood
Here are two images
http://imgur.com/a/sYsPX
Here are your photos inline:
What is unusual here is that the body ia a three-bolt body with a 2001 build year. The four-bolt neck joint was introduced in approximately mid-1997, see:
When and why did G&L switch to a four-bolt neck?.
Perhaps there was a warranty issue that was fixed on the body in 2001. Please post the serial number and I might be able to get some factory history on this guitar.
We'd love to see more photos of the guitar (full length front and back).
[/Its all there for your perusal]
Re: Serial dating different years on neck and body
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 1:36 pm
by Craig
Re: Serial dating different years on neck and body
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 12:08 am
by MGB
Great!
Re: Serial dating different years on neck and body
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2016 9:12 am
by Craig
I just heard back from Dave McLaren:
Hi Craig,
I found G049608. I see it invoiced on September 9, 1996, a time when we lost some data due to server failure. From checking the available data from a few ways, it appears to have shipped to Sound Technology in the UK. It is an ASAT Classic in Natural Ash with maple fingerboard. There is no further description, so I expect it would have had a 3-ply white pickguard and clear satin neck finish, which does match the photos.
It seems logical enough that the body was replaced for some reason.
Thanks, Craig.
Dave
Hope this helps.
