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Old 07-11-2013, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Richard Korn View Post
I believe the long strip and 6 cross strips are original as they all very similar and the Prescott label is on top if it. The neck block is new but you can see where the original block or bottom of the neck was. I would think that there wasn't a real block but rather like a guitar with the sides slotted into the neck root.the top and sides were definitely built that way like the church basses. Do you know of any other dated and numbered Prescotts?
I have seen some Prescott pictures of the tuner plates with a date and or number stamped in. I think with most of them being converted to 4-string with non-original gears, some of those dates or numbers we lost as well. Labels also disappear during repairs sometimes.
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