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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:39 pm
by grinch
OKAY! I think I've got it.
So, overall, I've found six different types of truss rod covers.
First generation: Back-painted plexiglass, sharp sides, no "Made In USA".
Second generation: Back-painted plexiglass, sharp sides, "Made In USA" parallel to logo.
Third generation: Back-painted plexiglass, sharp sides, "Made In USA" parallel to nut.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:39 pm
by grinch
Fourth generation: Back-painted plexiglass, sharp sides, "Made In USA" parallel to nut, as well as model number.
Fifth generation: Molded plastic with raised logo lettering, curved sides, "Made In USA" parallel to nut as well as model number.
Sixth generation: Molded plastic with raised logo lettering, curved sides, "Made In USA" parallel to nut, no model number.
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 4:44 am
by jwilli
What about the '56 - '57 Combo 400-450 anodized aluminum TRC? Also the '60 embossed aluminum TRC? I'll try and put up pics today.
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:12 am
by jingle_jangle
As long as we're obsessing, let's be 100% correct and say "radiused corners" instead of "curved edges". They all have "curved edges".
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:30 am
by simer4001
And to think, most guitar makers just stamp their name on their guitars or use little emblems. No imagination.
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 5:41 am
by tblair
Don't forget Gold backed & white backed & moldy white & moldy black.
...and for the metal truss covers of the fifties, there were gold ones & black ones.
...and there's "Rickenbacker by Eddie Peabody".
Not to mention, Electro, Ryder, and "Mando Guitar by Ferrara"
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:00 am
by wayang
I want a "Peabody by Eddie Rickenbacker"...
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:16 am
by jwilli
How about "Symfonia Grand"?
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:45 am
by wayang
I think I went to high school with her...
I was smoking in the back of my van once with two co-workers right after our shift...an African American, a Chicano, and me, the "tokin' Cracker". I mentioned at one point that I had never gotten very good at 'rolling', because I was "used to Paraphernalia". We were all silent for a moment...then my Chicano friend said, in his best 'pachuco' voice: "I'm used to her sister!"
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:00 am
by leftybass
Yep...
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:25 am
by jwilli
"Wayang, the tokin' cracker". Lol!
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:15 am
by jingle_jangle
Leftybass, let's see the whole magillah!
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:25 am
by jwilli
Hey, that headstock shape looks familiar!
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:40 am
by grinch
What is that guitar on the right?
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 10:59 am
by jwilli
A '64 360/12 prototype.
