New owner! Maybe x2

I just got one! Natural body, maple board, saw it at a shop awhile ago just decided to look up info on her, just got back from snagging it. I have a slab body, 00321126 SN stamped nothing else on the back of the head, PAF and Made in USA on the front, toaster pups, drilled dots on guard. What year is it? Guessing a late 70's?

Is their a setup guide or specs for them? And where can I get a truss rod wrench that will fit?

He Had a white with R/W board for cheap but missing knobs, newer with patents on back, blade pups, switches were broken, missing a gear/peg assembly on the one tuner, body was beat to hell and weighed maybe 2-3 lbs more then this natural one!

And dont worry I have since dissembled new strings, cleaned and polised frets

Looks like your s/n breaks to a 1979. Those are posted at t60mafia.com, and they may be here somewhere. The truss rod nut is a standard size, but I can't remember what size. It will be in most any 1/4 or 3/8 socket set. I want to say its 5/16, but that may not be right. If chip todd chimes in, he'll know. If youre thinking about the other one, knobs and tuning machines can be found on ebay and there other places that show up on here. I have a '79 and for some reason it is so satisfying to play it. Hope you enjoy it. LE

Yep, looks like a '79 serial number. Congrats on the new T!

The truss rod nut is 5/16" hex and it's difficult to find wrenches that are trim enough to fit into the space available. Of all people to have to admit it, I don't own one of these. Someday I hope I run across one I can buy. I have welded a 1/4" drive socket to a screwdriver, that I bent to suit, and ground off the excess until it worked. I never felt the need for a "genuine" one when I had the machine shop where I could make anything I needed. The one I designed for it was made from 5/16" outside diameter steel brake line tubing, the end swagged onto a 5/16" hex mandrel, and them bent 90 degrees. I endeavored to make it with soft enough tubing to prevent owners from torquing the nut too tight, but it proved to be tougher than I had expected.

Nice buy, afireinside7444.
Chip

You can use a nut driver and a cheap dollar store set of sockets. You make an extension with the nut driver and the walls of the cheap 5/16 socket are skinny enough to slide right in there. Worked for me anyway. Good luck. Glenn

Great post! It's very nice. Thank you so much for your post.



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