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Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 6:24 pm
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Good morning!

I have come across a fender MIJ fotoflame stratocaster for $1395 AUS.
As I like a guitar with something a little different do you think it is a good deal?

It is a 1995, midnight blue strat, black pickguard with gold hardware. seems to be in good condition.

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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 7:41 am
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I have a recollection that fotoflame guitars are considered collectable by some people because relatively few were made. But then comparatively few were issued because the idea of a guitar with a picture of nice timber on the front of it was felt to be so tacky by many people. It was a cost cutting measure, after all; hardly glamorous.

There's a whole lot of terms there that need to be defined. "Relatively few" can still mean quite a lot with a mass market manufacturer such as Fender. "Collectable" just means someone somewhere collects it. And "collectable" doesn't have to mean "valuable". China with pictures of puppies on it issued in "limited editions" of millions is "collectable" - you ain't ever going to get rich off it.

I have no idea what market value is placed on fotoflame Strats. Endless research on Ebay is your way forward there. Is it worth that money to you? Buy it. Think it one of Fender's less heroic moments? Leave well alone.

So happens, I have a three-quarter lifesize picture of the Mona Lisa - a fotoleonardo. I collected it. Interested? :wink:

Cheers - C


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