Bridge pickup surrounds
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2005 6:02 am
Hi guys, this is somewhat of a continuation of the "Strings go against the mounting ring when I play" thread.
I have a 72 FL which has a great action. Very low but I'm getting contact on the surround when I get right up the neck. It has the old 3 screw cast bridge and saddle etc and all the pre 73 fruit as you'd expect and is all original I think. The one thing it doesn't have is the cutout pickup surround. Now, in the above mentioned thread some of you guys say you have early/late 73's with and without the cutout. This intrigues me. When did this feature finish? What was the criteria for it to change except for the change over to the 5 screw bridge? Could this being a 21 pos neck have something to do with it as the bridge is a little closer to the neck than a 20 fretter? When did the non cutout surround appear?
I have a 72 FL which has a great action. Very low but I'm getting contact on the surround when I get right up the neck. It has the old 3 screw cast bridge and saddle etc and all the pre 73 fruit as you'd expect and is all original I think. The one thing it doesn't have is the cutout pickup surround. Now, in the above mentioned thread some of you guys say you have early/late 73's with and without the cutout. This intrigues me. When did this feature finish? What was the criteria for it to change except for the change over to the 5 screw bridge? Could this being a 21 pos neck have something to do with it as the bridge is a little closer to the neck than a 20 fretter? When did the non cutout surround appear?