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Post subject: Finally got a MIJ Contemporary Strat
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 4:17 pm
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I wanted one of these since I was 15. When I was 15 I had a 3 folded page Fender brochure for these. I always wanted one and had that brochure for years, until I got a MIJ Squier in 87, my first guitar.

I found one today on offerup and was able to grab it at a great price. It's in pretty good shape, but missing the string lock, the fine tuners, the tremolo plate, the tremolo arm, and some of the screws aren't original.
Luckily the old owner didn't drill a hole in the headstock and add a string tree.
i found a place that sells a version of the sting lock for $50. And they sell the fine tuners, but I'll probably get those elsewhere. I have a tremolo arm if I need it off my Squier, it has the System I as well.

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Post subject: Re: Finally got a MIJ Contemporary Strat
Posted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:56 pm
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Very cool.

Those sales flyers and other promotional material sure sold a lot of guitars.
I completely fell in love with the black pickguard CBS models while browsing a pretty thick "book" that depicted characters from children's fables (many Disney) playing Fender products. That catalog was released in 1975, I bought my Strat in 1978.

Nice find... always cool to find something that brings back a piece of personal history, even if it isn't the exact same item.

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