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Post subject: Need info on Strat with Floyd Rose and reverse head
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 5:00 am
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https://goo.gl/photos/GSTt3Ey1G6HZg4AXA

I picked this 2009 Stratocaster, USA made, yesterday pretty reasonably. I've never seen another one like it, nor have I seen one on the web. Any help in identifying it would be a big help.

It appears to have a real curly maple top and a reddish sunburst finish. The headstock is reversed and the face is finished like the body. It has a "parts from Floyd Rose" tail and a locking nut. It has the noiseless pickups with the humbucker in the bridge. ImageImage


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Post subject: Re: Need info on Strat with Floyd Rose and reverse head
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 1:36 pm
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troopintj wrote:
I picked this 2009 Stratocaster, USA made, yesterday pretty reasonably.

Sorry to be a buzzkill, but I hope you got it really cheap - I'd call it a fake.
The same serial has been used on (fake) bass(es?) earlier.
Maple cap missing.
Wrong this and wrong that - and the top of it all, a "Noiseless" humbucker...


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Post subject: Re: Need info on Strat with Floyd Rose and reverse head
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 1:50 pm
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Looks like it could be a modified one of these http://gear-vault.com/fender-squier-sta ... g-tremolo/

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Post subject: Re: Need info on Strat with Floyd Rose and reverse head
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 4:31 pm
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I'm not seeing the images? :(

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Post subject: Re: Need info on Strat with Floyd Rose and reverse head
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 6:24 pm
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The OP's link is a dead end for me.
This is one of the reasons why we like to post IMG pics right here on the board.

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Post subject: Re: Need info on Strat with Floyd Rose and reverse head
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 6:38 pm
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It was indeed a fraud! This was a complete fake from China and fortunately, my retailer took it back. I got a full refund, so no damage done. He was advised of the forgery and assured me he would not resell it. Take note, these look pretty convincing, but pay attention to the detail in the tremolo and nut, they did look cheaply made.


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Post subject: Re: Need info on Strat with Floyd Rose and reverse head
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 2:22 am
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The machine heads were an obvious thing to spot too.
I have never seen the like on a new USA built instrument - they're Gotoh lookalikes.
There are plenty of Far Eastern Fender guitars with Gotoh tuners.

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Post subject: Re: Need info on Strat with Floyd Rose and reverse head
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 2:39 am
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John Sims wrote:
I'm not seeing the images?

BMW-KTM wrote:
The OP's link is a dead end for me.
This is one of the reasons why we like to post IMG pics right here on the board.

The OP took the pics off quite quickly after the doomsday; this one was a very obvious fake. I don't even believe stratmangler's Stagemaster connection, the truss rod cap missing is more like 'just your average made in anywhere junk' style. Keep an eye out if the seller tries again, curly maple bodies are not so common, especially combined with reverse matching headstock and a licence-FR trem. :wink:

In general, doesn't the same disappearing of pics happen with the IMG-posting system when pics are deleted from the source?


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Post subject: Re: Need info on Strat with Floyd Rose and reverse head
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 2:55 am
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Enjoy this while you can - I have a feeling it's gonna disappear soon ....

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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 6:24 am
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I still have the pics and will keep them available for whoever wants them. I don't want anyone else to be a victim of fraud.


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Post subject: Re: Need info on Strat with Floyd Rose and reverse head
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 5:58 am
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troopintj wrote:
https://goo.gl/photos/GSTt3Ey1G6HZg4AXA

I picked this 2009 Stratocaster, USA made, yesterday pretty reasonably. I've never seen another one like it, nor have I seen one on the web. Any help in identifying it would be a big help.

It appears to have a real curly maple top and a reddish sunburst finish. The headstock is reversed and the face is finished like the body. It has a "parts from Floyd Rose" tail and a locking nut. It has the noiseless pickups with the humbucker in the bridge. ImageImage

If I right-click on the word 'image', then hit 'view image', I can see them...


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Post subject: Re: Need info on Strat with Floyd Rose and reverse head
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:35 pm
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This is totally shooting from the hip, but ... I think this is someone's shot at their ideal partscaster and they added the Fender logo to it (I have one of those too, btw...). Yours is a pretty cool guitar regardless. How well does it play? How are the fret edges?

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