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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 11:44 am
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I was curious as to why some pickguards have a screw right next to the middle pickup while other have that same screw slightly higher. Yet both have 11.


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Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 7:49 pm
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It's a historical thing. Way back in the early 1960's, Fender moved the position of that pickguard screw:

http://www.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html

So for reissue models to mimic the way things were in certain years, the screw position moves around.

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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 6:40 am
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That particular screw was there when Fender intalled non-lam pickguards and they left it is that place in '59 when they went to tri-lam CN pickguards, plus they added 3 more screws.
It was moved because the middle pickup lifted on the bass side when the pickguard warped (which they usually did). Trouble was, the middle pickup was ok, but the neck pickup then lifted, for the same reason.
Since '65 fender have used better, more stable plastics and this problem is now minimal.


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Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 9:58 am
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Great, that will help identify bodies.


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