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Post subject: finish issues with olympic white vintage hot rod strats
Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:30 am
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I fell in love with the Vintage Hot Rod 62 strat in olympic white. I took the chance, after I paid my labtop for 2 years now, to get one online. I thought, for this price, it will be a superior quality (beeing between the vintage ri´s and cs strats).
I was shoked, when I got the first one. The screws of the backplate burned the plate and the nitro finish around the holes, after they have been screwed too intensely. I play without a backplate to adjust the tremolo tension sometimes. Bad, the brown spots on the white finish looked quite ugly. I thought, man, if this happens at the Squier factory in China, nobody would care. But an USA made top-model???
So I send it back and today the 2nd one arrived with...you guess...finish issues. In the neck pocket gap between body and neck are 4 mm of the laquer chipped. Also near the tremolo block on the edge of the tremolo chamber is quite big piece of laquer chipped off. Damn!!! I am angry now.
I am thinking of getting a Gibson SG specialfaded and a classic player 62 in exchange, if this will happen one more time. Normally I am not extremely picky, but have a look at the pricetag.
Fender USA, I give you one, only one, more chance to make me smile!


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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 9:52 am
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I think the lesson learned here is, just because it says "MADE IN USA", doesn't mean it's perfect.

Keep trying, your bound to come across a good one at some point. Remember, third times a charm.


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