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HunGLish wrote:It's hard to photograph this finish. It looks completely black in low light and harsh blue in direct sunlight. Beautiful. I did my best, but it's much nicer than on this photo taken minutes ago:
Tue Mar 19, 2024 11:16 am
This is cobalt blue made in Fullerton California ASAT Special. Completion date is November 1, 2006, body wood is alder, rosewood fretboard, maple neck 1 5/8 nut width and the radius was not specified so its either a 7.5 or 12, medium jumbo frets, bone nut.
Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:30 am
HunGLish wrote:I got an interesting answer from Memo about the serial number:This is cobalt blue made in Fullerton California ASAT Special. Completion date is November 1, 2006, body wood is alder, rosewood fretboard, maple neck 1 5/8 nut width and the radius was not specified so its either a 7.5 or 12, medium jumbo frets, bone nut.
The neck (which has the serial on it as a decal) corresponds to the record: 1 5/8 nut, looks like rosewood and bone nut, 12 inch radius, has abalone dots, the birthmark, Sperzel tuners from this age, decals as it should be, black rectangular Graphtech plastic string tree.
But the body looks like a 2 piece wonderfully matched swamp ash in blue burst color. It's beautiful. And everything else matches a USA model: the neck plate has the logo, one of the bridge saddles has a green spot, so it may be made from brass, the switch tip is the rectangular-barrel type what I've seen on the USA models but not on the Tributes, the pot knobs also USA like (not dome but flat top), the output jack is also okay (no plate with two woodscrews just the round metal with black felt under it).
I tried to look for the neck and body date stamps when I got the guitar, but the neck joint is very tight and I didn't wanted to crack the finish. I just lifted the neck up and did not separate them. I could not see any date stamps, just pencil markings: a big "OK" on the body and "Asat SP" on the neck with an initials which looks like "PW" or "PU".
Someone put the USA neck onto an another USA body? Or the color and body wood isn't correct in the database?
What are your opinions?
Hi Craig,
That is correct, I replied to the customer yesterday about this instrument. Our data base describes this is a cobalt blue color ASAT Special, completion date is November 1, 2006. Our data is clearly wrong or the body was replaced aftermarket, this is definitely a clear blue or blue burst. There are no notes about the body being replaced, everything else matches; rosewood fretboard, white pickguard and pickup covers. If you have any questions email me back, have a great day.
Memo
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HunGLish wrote:It's hard to photograph this finish. It looks completely black in low light and harsh blue in direct sunlight. Beautiful. I did my best, but it's much nicer than on this photo taken minutes ago: