montesada
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Some of the 4-digit '58 Jr.s, including mine, have the square body-edge as well as big frets...
How's this for a leap of logic?... At the very beginning of the '58 double-cut Jr. run, a bunch of body/neck assemblies are made with the neck angle off a little so that when they are checked for bridge height, it is found that the strings would hit the pickup. They are set aside to rework later. Eventually someone comes up with the idea to use a soap bar and to sand down the dogear cover... late in the year, they get finished with big frets. The serials purposely have the leading number left off to make them immediately identifiable for in case of warrantee claims due to the rework...
How's this for a leap of logic?... At the very beginning of the '58 double-cut Jr. run, a bunch of body/neck assemblies are made with the neck angle off a little so that when they are checked for bridge height, it is found that the strings would hit the pickup. They are set aside to rework later. Eventually someone comes up with the idea to use a soap bar and to sand down the dogear cover... late in the year, they get finished with big frets. The serials purposely have the leading number left off to make them immediately identifiable for in case of warrantee claims due to the rework...