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Post subject: Need help if Fake or Not
Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 4:55 pm
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Hey guys, this might have been asked before but I cannot find any thread about it:

I was looking for a used American Standard Strat and found this:

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He is selling it to me at a very reasonable price but my problem is when I did a search on the serial number, its coming up as the same model but of different body and pick guard color. Is that normal? Is this a fake or what?

Thanks in advance. I just don't want to let my hard earned dollars go to waste should this turn out a fake.


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Post subject: Re: Need help if Fake or Not
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 11:36 pm
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Welcome to the Forum BluesmanAsWell. Nice photos, thanks for posting. I don't know the answers to your questions but let us know how that guitar plays if you get to try.

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Post subject: Re: Need help if Fake or Not
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:51 am
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If you've already sent the serial number to Fender and requested or received the specification results for it, you have the answer to your question.
How does it play, do you like the feel of it, is it priced right are just as important questions.
It looks like a legit American Standard neck, the body may be from an American Special or another model in the Fender Stratocaster line. You would have to look at the body tags found usually in the neck pickup route to determine the model of the body. The only obvious thing I could see from your pic regarding the body is the bridge. Vintage 6 screw, narrow spaced(2 1/16") vs modern 2 post, original spaced(2 3/16").


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Post subject: Re: Need help if Fake or Not
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:04 am
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The neck looks indeed like a 2013 AmStd neck, truss rod adjustment hole, string tree, maple looks, fret number... everything matches.

The body and/or the pickguard might have been swapped. People mess around with strat parts all the time, both for legitimate purposes and for pure stupidity.

I'd ask for pics of the underneath of the pickguard and of the cavities. American Standards come with stickers inside that specify the model, color and even the fretboard material (the maple ones read "dry" and the rosewood reads "rw". All you have to do is check the serial numbers (if the guitar still has the original stickers).


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Post subject: Re: Need help if Fake or Not
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2018 4:02 pm
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Thanks everyone for the reply. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to try the guitar out as the ad got pulled before I could reach out to the seller.

Got myself a new American Special HSS instead and I can't freakin put it down... :lol:


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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 12:36 am
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BluesmanAsWell wrote:
Thanks everyone for the reply. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to try the guitar out as the ad got pulled before I could reach out to the seller.

Got myself a new American Special HSS instead and I can't freakin put it down... :lol:

"All's well that ends swell". Now put that American Special HSS down and go to bed. Naw. Just kiddin'. :P
Congrats on making the right choice for your mojo.

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Post subject: Re: Need help if Fake or Not
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:10 pm
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Fender Strat Brat wrote:
BluesmanAsWell wrote:
Thanks everyone for the reply. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to try the guitar out as the ad got pulled before I could reach out to the seller.

Got myself a new American Special HSS instead and I can't freakin put it down... :lol:

"All's well that ends swell". Now put that American Special HSS down and go to bed. Naw. Just kiddin'. :P
Congrats on making the right choice for your mojo.

FSB


Thanks! The problem now is want to get another one, a Standard this time.

Have to sell one of my kidneys first though. :lol:


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Post subject: Re: Need help if Fake or Not
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 4:26 pm
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Looks like it could have some Highway 1 to it. Take the neck off and
look under the hood. :wink:

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Post subject: Re: Need help if Fake or Not
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:23 pm
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BluesmanAsWell wrote:
Thanks everyone for the reply. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to try the guitar out as the ad got pulled before I could reach out to the seller.

Got myself a new American Special HSS instead and I can't freakin put it down... :lol:
Nice :D

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