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chrome bridge and black neck plate on asat special 1994
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asatman1987
Joined: Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:53 am Posts: 1
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chrome bridge and black neck plate on asat special 1994
Can a 1994 ASAT Special have a black 3 bolt neck plate and a chrome bridge and still be original? asatman1987
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Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:47 am |
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catawompus
Joined: Thu Feb 20, 2014 3:31 pm Posts: 99
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Re: chrome bridge and black neck plate on asat special 1994
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Tue Feb 13, 2018 2:54 pm |
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FZTNT
Joined: Tue Jan 19, 2016 3:27 pm Posts: 973 Location: DC Area, Virginia
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Re: chrome bridge and black neck plate on asat special 1994
I'm sure someone here has the definitive answer but as far as I know, once they started with the black crinkle plates they kept using them until they switched to the four bolt design. They are a very frugal bunch of folks over there at G&L and try not to waste anything. Sometimes if it's incorrect. There is a series of guitars that have bass serial numbers (beginning with a B) because the order got messed up but they used them anyway.
Tom
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KenC
Joined: Thu Feb 17, 2011 7:18 pm Posts: 2344 Location: None of the above
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Re: chrome bridge and black neck plate on asat special 1994
It sounds legit. Neck plates went from chrome ('80-'82) to flat black ('82) to black crinkle ('82-'97). Hardtail bridges went from chrome to flat black about the same time as the neck plates, although the factory seemed to run out of chrome neck plates before some of the other parts. I've owned L-1000s from early '82 with a mix of chrome and flat black. Everything was black crinkle by the fall of '82, although I have seen flat black mixed in on very early SC-1s and SC-2s. Neck plates remained black crinkle until the change to four bolts in '97.
Chrome bridges started coming back in 1987, but both chrome and black crinkle could be found on different models up through the '90s. The ASAT Specials had chrome bridges in '94, so yes that would have been original.
Ken
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Craig
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Joined: Tue Mar 03, 2009 10:52 am Posts: 10979 Location: Either Coto De Caza, CA or Paso Robles, CA
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Re: chrome bridge and black neck plate on asat special 1994
asatman1987 wrote: Can a 1994 ASAT Special have a black 3 bolt neck plate and a chrome bridge and still be original? asatman1987 Yes, see: List of Regular Production ASAT-style guitars (USA). Hope this helps.
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