I strained a tendon in my left hand about 6 months ago and decided to pull this out and have the local luthier put my '62 Musicmaster neck on it. (There's an off chance its a '64, I will double check this very soon) The MM neck is strait and fast with plenty of fret life. I put repro-tuners on it but the bushings I believe are original. I didn't go all out for the tuners, but I didn't pay less than $20-$30 for them either. They are great in terms of performance.It is possible to put a 22.5" neck on a body built for a 24" scale. Please check Google if you've never heard this or are skeptical. "Serviceman" guitars have a smaller neck screw configuration. It was a no brainer to screw into the body and preserve the neck. It fits tight and is pro-setup strait, low and perfect in my opinion. Being a short scale neck it allowed me to do those "pinky" stretches while I rehabbed my wrist. I gave the original neck, which despite having no real truss rod is shockingly strait, to another luthier friend who was going to replace the binding and the missing blocks but never got around to it. The neck sat in his "cheap buddy project section" for a few months until I pulled it out today. If this doesn't sell soon I'll do it myself.To reiterate- the original neck is strait. there is some fret pitting but I had no issues with it.I didn't care about the unresponsive pickups, I just taped an old DeArmond "bug" on there and it played just fine for my purposes. So the guitar comes with the original strait neck and working tuners and a strait '62 Musicmaster installed, set up. If you want it with only the original neck I can knock $200 off the price and $25 off the shipping because I will send it in two pieces but please contact me prior to buying. I do have the original plate and screws. The shipping says "Free" but I just tacked $50 onto the price, which is about a 50% discount.I did screw in an old fender tremolo bar and the trem works surprisingly well as does the dampener. I don't know what the wiring looks like but I'm almost positive the pickups aren't dead, its most likely a wiring problem. I asked for a picture of the guts when the neck was switched out but he forgot. He did find bits of old paper in there he said. Things are a bit behind here, I asked him to rattle the guts a little bit to jump start the electronics and he scoffed, not even a diagnosis.The only thing that really stands out as an absolute replacement on the body is the bridge- it works, but a real one would be needed to play this live or record unless your in Sonic Youth who had a few of these. The posts seem solid and tight.I don't want to part with this but its time to pay for my 2nd annual War Vets with Noise Induced Hearing Damage Retreat come August. $800 to reserve the property. These guitars are getting harder and harder to find. I've been looking for another since I got this one and have missed a couple and passed on another (1K?). All had been modded for practical use, the parts replaced long gone. It seems like only a couple of these are popping up a year and the rest are being held to tightly by guys like me or are in collections of them.A 90's MIJ Jag would smoke this thing every time in its current state with binding and working pickups but in terms of intangibles like soul, history and availability- no contest. This listing has options I believe: buy it without the Musicmaster neck and save some $ or keep the neck on until the binding is replaced and sell the MM neck for upgrades, $, or use for another project. These necks are already starting to creep up beyond the $250-$300 range and with good reason. This one plays as good as any other and I should mention the Brazilian Rosewood fretboard. Shipping is only $50, no case but none needed due to its warhorse nature, however it will be packed tight and right!