New Member First Post! RE: Transitional Era Neck Pocket Markings

[Nutone]

Hello all! Thank you for accepting me onto the forum.
I'm curious if any of you might have insight into these neck pocket markings.

 

[Boddah]

Hello and welcome, sorry I can't be of any help with the markings but I believe there are as many different marks in the neck pocket as there was people making them, it's a bit of a guessing game imho with the random squiggles/chicken scratches.

 

[Boddah]

Those markings probably only make sense to the folks on the assembly line who built them.

 

[Bazz Jass]

Just a worker's mark.



They used to use wood punches before that. X, =, o etc are commonly seen punched into the neck pocket and neck heel.

 

[Nutone]

You can see the paint stick mark. What is a little unusual on mine and Bazz Jass' is the appearance of what might have been a horizonal piece on the PS, as if it were a cross.

 

[MT Poteet]

Welcome! nice looking Strat.

 

[Nutone]

Welcome! nice looking Strat.

 

[Quikstyl]

Hello all! Thank you for accepting me onto the forum.
I'm curious if any of you might have insight into these neck pocket markings.
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Welcome to the group! Great people here with a lot of knowledge and experience.
MK

 

[richardb64]

The only insight I can give is it looks like 1967 or 1968. Is it?

 

[Nutone]

The only insight I can give is it looks like 1967 or 1968. Is it?

Dec '63 neck date with clay dots and transition logo, Mid '64 pots, green guard, serial # L57463, grey bottom pickups pencil date 01-06-65 for neck and middle, 01-07-65 for bridge, ground wire to vibrato spring claw is blue cloth.

 

[Quikstyl]

Welco

Hello all! Thank you for accepting me onto the forum.
I'm curious if any of you might have insight into these neck pocket markings.
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Hello all! Thank you for accepting me onto the forum.
I'm curious if any of you might have insight into these neck pocket markings.
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Welcome! You'll find a lot of knowledge and experience here and good people.
All the best from the Bay Area,
MK

 

[richardb64]

Dec '63 neck date with clay dots and transition logo, Mid '64 pots, green guard, serial # L57463, grey bottom pickups pencil date 01-06-65 for neck and middle, 01-07-65 for bridge, ground wire to vibrato spring claw is blue cloth.

Interesting. Would be the earliest transition logo I’ve come across, assuming it’s original. Would be great to see more pics. I’ve never seen that shape of paint stick in the neck pocket before 1967 either.

 

[Bazz Jass]

Dec '63 neck date with clay dots and transition logo, Mid '64 pots, green guard, serial # L57463, grey bottom pickups pencil date 01-06-65 for neck and middle, 01-07-65 for bridge, ground wire to vibrato spring claw is blue cloth.

Wow. Rare to see this distance between dates on one guitar!

 

[Nutone]

Interesting. Would be the earliest transition logo I’ve come across, assuming it’s original. Would be great to see more pics. I’ve never seen that shape of paint stick in the neck pocket before 1967 either.

Definitely original logo.

 

[Nutone]

Single line Klusons too!

 

[richardb64]

Well, to go back to your original question, that cross shaped paint stick outline and red felt tip is pretty much exclusive to 1968 in my experience. Never seen a neck pocket like that on an earlier guitar, say 1964 to 1966.

As mentioned above, really rare to see such a big spread of dates and features.

 

[Nutone]

Just a worker's mark.

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They used to use wood punches before that. X, =, o etc are commonly seen punched into the neck pocket and neck heel.

Hi Bazz Jass. What year Strat is this neck pocket from?

 

[Nutone]

Well, to go back to your original question, that cross shaped paint stick outline and red felt tip is pretty much exclusive to 1968 in my experience. Never seen a neck pocket like that on an earlier guitar, say 1964 to 1966.

As mentioned above, really rare to see such a big spread of dates and features.

There are a couple of 66's on Reverb now with red marker in the neck pockets.

 

[Bazz Jass]

Hi Bazz Jass. What year Strat is this neck pocket from?

Not my guitar. It was discussed in this thread as possibly being factory refinished in 1968:

Factory original 65 Firemist Gold strat, what do these stamps mean

i did a look thru my pics of guitars i own and had a close look at my 68 Firemist tele, i knew it had a stamp under pickgaurd, i enlarged the pic and see the stamp on paint under pickgard is...818...YES 818 but no letter, no stamp in neck pocket, neck is date 3 march 68 When you say "stamp on...

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