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Looks OK for what he claims it is: a neck off of a recent reissue pointy. It's going to look quite a bit like a Model Series neck at a quick glance, except it'll have the gold 3-on-a-side USA logo rather than the white pointy import logo, it'll be oil-finished rather than clearcoated, and it'll have a floyd nut. Looks OK on all counts to me. Also, ask him if there is any problem with the clearcoat on the headstock. Bubbles or lifting clearcoat is a plague on these things. See if he'll take a closeup for you.
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Nope. They were flatsawn. If you happen to get one with nicely lined up grain it's luck of the draw.
This thread has some pretty good onfo & pics:
Last edited by dg; 07-07-2008, 09:37 PM.
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Nice neck, but I'm not sure I'd pay $225 for that right now. IMHO, we're going to see quite a bit more of these Charvel USA Standard pointyhead necks for sale soon.
With the USA Production models having stratheads and very affordable prices, there is probably going to be a fair bit of neck swapping going on soon. i.e., Pick up a nice USA Standard with a graphic on the cheap and put a USA Production strathead neck on it - then you've got yourself a "custom" strathead for little money. Then sell the USA Production body with the USA Standard (pointy) neck or just part it all out.
In retrospect, I'm really glad J/C went with the Grover tuners on the USA Production stratheads. It's a nice, easy way to tell the difference from a custom shop strathead neck (which will have Schallers or Gotohs, instead). Hopefully, they'll have an identifying stamp on the USA Production heels or something else to that effect, too.
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