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Post subject: any info or valuation needed for 2002 custom strat!
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 3:30 pm
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hi everyone! i desperately need some help pricing a guitar, i was left it in a will and have no idea how much to sell for!

all i know is it's custom paint and the year it was made (2002-2003)

any info would be amazing

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Post subject: Re: any info or valuation needed for 2002 custom strat!
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 4:52 pm
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Probably worth a little more than a typical MIM. Other than the paint job is it stock?
A used MIM on the market can be had for 150-300, depending on the type and condition.
With only the 1 pic its a hard call but the paint job may have cost more than you'll likely get selling it.


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Post subject: Re: any info or valuation needed for 2002 custom strat!
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 6:12 pm
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sfceric64 wrote:
Probably worth a little more than a typical MIM. Other than the paint job is it stock?
A used MIM on the market can be had for 150-300, depending on the type and condition.
With only the 1 pic its a hard call but the paint job may have cost more than you'll likely get selling it.


+1

A MIM Standard Strat from 2003. Three bills tops, regardless of any "custom" paint work.

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Post subject: Re: any info or valuation needed for 2002 custom strat!
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 7:02 pm
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What the chaps have already said. You might get someone who falls in love with the paint job but there will also be those who couldn't stomach it no matter how cheap.

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Post subject: Re: any info or valuation needed for 2002 custom strat!
Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2016 11:02 pm
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It's not custom paintwork. It's a "splattercaster", a Mexico factory run with a substantial number of guitars made. There are quite a few of them up for sale on reverb.com - few of them fetch the asking price, but a few in excellent condition may sell for around $500.

Unfortunately, yours has had the pickguard changed - they came with matching splatterguards. This will substantially reduce the value, due to it being impossible to find a replacement pickguard that matches the guitar.

Here's one with the pickguard intact:
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Post subject: Re: any info or valuation needed for 2002 custom strat!
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 8:36 am
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arth1 wrote:
It's not custom paintwork. It's a "splattercaster", a Mexico factory run with a substantial number of guitars made. There are quite a few of them up for sale on reverb.com - few of them fetch the asking price, but a few in excellent condition may sell for around $500.

Unfortunately, yours has had the pickguard changed - they came with matching splatterguards. This will substantially reduce the value, due to it being impossible to find a replacement pickguard that matches the guitar.

Here's one with the pickguard intact:
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Post subject: Re: any info or valuation needed for 2002 custom strat!
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 11:25 am
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It's not custom paintwork. It's a "splattercaster"

Great catch Arth1, I wasn't aware of the model.
The original pickguard certainly ties it all together.


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Post subject: Re: any info or valuation needed for 2002 custom strat!
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:46 am
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It's not custom paintwork. It's a "splattercaster"

Great catch Arth1, I wasn't aware of the model.
The original pickguard certainly ties it all together.

Actually, I think it looks better with the 'modified' pickguard. It mellows out the look a bit so I don't have to squint to look at it. That being said, not having the original pickguard can't be good for its value...

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Post subject: Re: any info or valuation needed for 2002 custom strat!
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 1:50 am
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01GT eibach wrote:
sfceric64 wrote:
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It's not custom paintwork. It's a "splattercaster"

Great catch Arth1, I wasn't aware of the model.
The original pickguard certainly ties it all together.

Actually, I think it looks better with the 'modified' pickguard. It mellows out the look a bit so I don't have to squint to look at it. That being said, not having the original pickguard can't be good for its value...


While I agree with you to an extent, in this instance, the guard is wrong. It's too much, like wearing a patterned tie with a patterned shirt. If it had been white with white plastic, or black with black, it would have looked much better than the pearl.

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