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Post subject: Fake or good?
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:01 am
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:?: :?: Do you know how to tell if ur strat is really a replica or is it original model?


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Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 9:16 am
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well, the Custom Shop relics are stamped "RELIC" underneath the pickguard.

other than that, it takes examination of all of a guitar's features to determine authenticity.

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Hi FenderCommunity.

So MANY aspects to that. Identifying the date and model would be a good start so's you can see if the Strat in question conforms to factory specs.

If you run the serial number through this site it'll hopefully tell you whether Fender ever made a guitar with that number. But of course it won't tell you whether someone then used the number on a fake...

http://www.guitardaterproject.org/

Often this kind of thing gets very esoteric: I remember a thread where someone identified a doubtful guitar from a selector switch cap that was slightly too pointy!

Posting good quality pics of the Strat in quesion on this thread would help...

Cheers - C


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