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Post subject: Its real or fake?
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 6:57 pm
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Its real fender or fake?

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Post subject: Re: Its real or fake?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:34 pm
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I don't see anything that looks out of place, with one exception, the fret board looks to be two piece vice just a solid maple neck, odd but not unheard of. I say its real.

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Post subject: Re: Its real or fake?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 5:46 pm
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Another fake Fender.


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Post subject: Re: Its real or fake?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 8:45 pm
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Bridge saddles are not Fender.
Tuners may be Fender/Squier
Don't think Fender has used a slab maple since the 60s.
Something funky going on with the paint on the edge of the neck pocket.
Plastic still on the PG, likely it's been recently replaced (pickups may or may not be Noiseless)
The serial number is not showing in the online database.

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Post subject: Re: Its real or fake?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:17 pm
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Scam sites like AliExpress are best known for selling fakes across the Internet.


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Post subject: Re: Its real or fake?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 9:47 pm
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Yep sadly a fake. :D


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Post subject: Re: Its real or fake?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:21 pm
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One more vote to fake.
Adding to the list above, the truss rod opening at the headstock is wrong.


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Post subject: Re: Its real or fake?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2018 11:23 pm
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CB91710 wrote:
Don't think Fender has used a slab maple since the 60s.


Laminated maple caps were available as custom orders circa 1961 before becoming a standard option in late 1966/early 1967. CBS brought back the 1-piece maple neck in 1969.


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Post subject: Re: Its real or fake?
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:11 am
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Yet another shout of fake. The knob profiles look wrong to me and noiseless PUPS generaly have round headed screws not countersunk. And the noiseless text is very prominent and bright on the covers. The made up serial number is the biggest give away though.

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Post subject: Re: Its real or fake?
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:51 am
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John Sims wrote:
Yet another shout of fake. The knob profiles look wrong to me and noiseless PUPS generaly have round headed screws not countersunk. And the noiseless text is very prominent and bright on the covers. The made up serial number is the biggest give away though.


AliExpress is a scam website, just sayin'.


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Post subject: Re: Its real or fake?
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2018 5:13 pm
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I got a 2006 classic 60s that has a slab rosewood fret board that's not fake. Just saying.


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