I bought a used guitar from a guy, he said this is a 1960s neck, I guess ressiue? and another body
all made in USA

the guitar's sounds are pretty good,but still want to know more about this one

To date the neck it would be helpful to see the stamp on the neck foot. You must remove the neck from the body to see the stamp or the stamp is visible on the neck just above the body's neck pocket. If so, it might be made in Japan.

Pickups look like Fender Lace Sensor Gold (could be a Lace Sensor Red in Bridge position, for hotter sound and output).
Is there a detent in the middle of the tone pot's range when you turn it to 5?
Does the guitar have a battery (usually in the back in an extra compartment or in the rear trem cavity under the back plate?
If there's an electronic plate under the pickguard, it's most likely a mid boost which is controlled by the lower tone pot.

Show a picture of the neck pocket, that might help identifying the body. Pickguard removed and shots taken of the routes might help as well.

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I forgot:
The body is a 3-piece-alder body (little grain visible! Ash has a much more beautyful grain)

That indicates, that the body was stripped/sanded and refinished in clear coat. I can't imagine that Fender would produce a 3.piece-body with so different wood colors like yours and finish it with clear coat. They'd rather finish it non-transparent.

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all lace sensor gold pickups
no boost

thanks for reply I would try the other parts later if I can, less of experience to remove the neck or other stuffs.

the seller do re-custom the guitar body, it was a black body.do fender make the 3-piece body?

OK, in that case I'd be personally interested in your rating regarding the sound of the pickups. They are considered to be weak and thin sounding without the boost. Mine have the boost, so I can't check.

There's no stamp on the back of the neck above the neck pocket. It might as well be a third party replacement neck. Check the stamp on the heel of the neck.

The trem block is very slim. It looks like a cheap squier thingy or similar. MiMs, MiJs and MiAs use thicker sustain blocks. This one looks very asian to me (China, Korea!?!?!?)

The back plate says "Corona California" but it might be added afterwards. We need to take a look "under the hood", that is: remove the pickguard.

After all I've seen so far, this looks like a parts-o-caster to me (a Stratocaster assembled from different guitar parts from different guitars)

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Yes! They're usually finished non-transparent.

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yes the pick ups is not strong, but have very good clean sweet sound on each pickups.
dont have the tools to separate it, would do it later

I saw some USA made ressiue necks with no serial number on the neck,the Japan made neck would signed Made in Japan near the neck connect position.

the seller do change some metal parts of this guitar, but he claims all from US made.

I mean,China or Korea made is no sence , the sound doesnt lie.

the body is still a question

what the exact mean of "1960 neck"

not cheap on ebay

I just assume the sustain block of the trem being made in asia, the rest can pretty well be made in USA.

I can't think of ANY model right now, which was made in Mexico, Japan (Fujigen) or USA which has such a slim sustain block, they're usually installed in Squiers but of course I don't know EVERY existing model. It can be easily changed (just a couple of screws in the trem base plate).

It wouldn't affect the sound but it MIGHT(!) affect sustain. More mass = usually better sustain.

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what do you mean by sustain block？dont understand what part of guitar
sorry my native language is not English

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1989-Fender-Str ... _517wt_956

is my guitar body some with this one？

A 60's neck is a reproduction of the neck used in the 60's made to the same specifications.

The 60's necks had a 7.25" radius, The truss rod adjustment was at the heal of the neck where it meets the body, and had vintage style tuners, 21 frets. Your neck appears to have all this (not sure about the radius from a photo). This is also true of the 50's necks, however I don't believe rosewood fretboards were intoduced til '59, which would make yours a 60's neck.

70's necks had a bigger headstock, a bullet truss rod adjustment at the headstock, 3-bolt neck with micro-tilt, and 7.25" radius, 21 fets, available with both rosewood and maple fretboards.

This Part of the trem where the strings go through:



On second look ..... the more modern trem blocks (after 2000) are pretty thin, too, so it might be OK.

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