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Something isn’t right about this Fender???

#8
There were plenty Fotoflame necks.

Not all came with them. I sold My Fotoflame Strat which I'd had for 20 years a couple of weeks ago. That had body and neck.

If you look at the back of the headstock, you will see a faint silver logo, that's the Fotoflame logo.

All Fotoflame necks used the same transfer which had the 'Hamburglar' in the grain. It's on that neck. See photo below.
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My point being, why is a foto flame neck on this 62 reissue. Ecause the ad states all original, wouldn't a 62 reissue have a normal finish neck?
I thought foto flame basses and guitars were all foto flame meaning body and neck, or did Fender mix and match??
 
#11
Kinda odd that Fender did the back of the fotoflame necks to look like they're bookmatched - which implies a two piece maple neck, which Fender never did......... and then the front of the headstock does not look bookmatched....... almost like a designer felt bad about faking it and wanted to drop some hints.......
 
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John Cribbin said:
There were plenty Fotoflame necks.

Not all came with them. I sold My Fotoflame Strat which I'd had for 20 years a couple of weeks ago. That had body and neck.

If you look at the back of the headstock, you will see a faint silver logo, that's the Fotoflame logo.

All Fotoflame necks used the same transfer which had the 'Hamburglar' in the grain. It's on that neck. See photo below.View attachment 2958751
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yeah that one you pictured is more the classic hamburglar than the one I found - but both dead giveaways.
 
#19
Turnaround said:
Somebody enlighten me - how can you tell if it's Fotoflame from the pics supplied? What am I not seeing?
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See how the back of the neck looks kinda like a mirror image of the grain? That's made to look like they bookmatched the grain. Now look at the headstock, does it still have that symmetrical pattern?

It's harder to tell from a photo, in all honesty, but in person fotoflame is pretty easy to see when you figure it out. Flame Maple has a wavy look to it, almost as if the grain is just a bunch of ribbon or fabric with ripples in it. Fotoflame is a finishing technique that is a little bit more 2D or flat looking, it's just slightly darker in some places following a pattern.

quickfix said:
That's natural flamed maple on that bass. Fotoflame is fake and wouldn't be used on a neck. It would eventually wear through.
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Unless you give it a proper topcoat. Any finish, done properly, should be able to last if decent care is taken.
 
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pie_man_25 said:
See how the back of the neck looks kinda like a mirror image of the grain? That's made to look like they bookmatched the grain. Now look at the headstock, does it still have that symmetrical pattern?

It's harder to tell from a photo, in all honesty, but in person fotoflame is pretty easy to see when you figure it out. Flame Maple has a wavy look to it, almost as if the grain is just a bunch of ribbon or fabric with ripples in it. Fotoflame is a finishing technique that is a little bit more 2D or flat looking, it's just slightly darker in some places following a pattern.



Unless you give it a proper topcoat. Any finish, done properly, should be able to last if decent care is taken.
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The back of the headstock is flat. The back of the neck is round. That's why it looks bookmatched as it's cutting through the grain. At least that's how it works when I'm in my shop turning large dowels from maple...or any other well grained wood for that matter. In fact, I've got cheap old broomsticks that look bookmatched if viewed from advantage.
 

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