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Post subject: Re: Is my guitar fake?
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 8:47 pm
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I am not entirely comfortable with the way the scratch plate and body contours don't seem to match.

Also I wanna ask how can you distinguish the dismatch between pickguard and body

If it ever was a Deluxe, it no longer is.
Chrome hardware, lacks noiseless pickups, mismatched pickguard.
The neck is obviously authentic since the serial number gives a legitimate return from Fender (though, again, no gold hardware), but the body isn't anywhere near original.
The bridge doesn't even look like a Fender part.

I really do smell a Partscaster.
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Post subject: Re: Is my guitar fake?
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:30 pm
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Looks like a Gilmourish Black Strat build than a Deluxe Players.


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Post subject: Re: Is my guitar fake?
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 10:55 pm
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The more I look at it... the string spacing, pickguard, and bridge, the more I'm thinking it's a Squier body and hardware, or some non-Fender Strat-Like-Object(tm)
What do the pickup selector switch and pots look like?

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Post subject: Re: Is my guitar fake?
Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 11:25 pm
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The more I look at it... the string spacing, pickguard, and bridge, the more I'm thinking it's a Squier body and hardware, or some non-Fender Strat-Like-Object

+1

A Phender Phonycaster!

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Post subject: Re: Is my guitar fake?
Posted: Fri Jan 04, 2019 3:15 am
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Now we see two side by side, although no big deal in the over all scheme of things, even the knobs look wrong.

On the plus side, then neck is probably worth around £/$150

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