Hi guys, kinda new here so be gentle.. so im gonna buy a 2nd hand MIM strat from a guy i met over the internet. He sent me some pictures but covered the serial number... do i have a reason to be worried? any experts out there who can tell me if this is really a genuine strat?
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That looks plenty real!

How much is he asking for it?

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My other guitar is a Strat.

Well its 19k pesos. which is about... 400$ or less. Here in the philippines basic fender strats go for about 50 thousand pesos which is 1000$. so its pretty cheap considering im in the philippines. Glad its real. Definitely gonna get this one. thanks for the quick reply.

It looks quite high class for a 93 mexican standard. Nice string tree and tuners. I'd snap it up but would only pay cash on collection.

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Hi BlueBerryBlast, welcome to the Forum. Don't worry, it's not usually a Forum where you need to ask people to be gentle. We're mostly a cuddly lot here!

Some people get a bit superstitious about revealing their serial numbers on the internet. If it's a high price vintage instrument perhaps there's some reason for it...

But if the guitar is legit the owner should have no problem with emailing you the serial number so's you can run a check on it at this website:

http://www.guitardaterproject.org/

Mind you, that will prove very little, but it might put your mind at rest over the hidden serial number issue...

Good luck - C

That's a big difference - and is similar to the price difference between Made in America strats versus Made in Mexico strats. Is the 50k peso price for a MIA strat? You need to know the difference. If it's in fact for MIM strats then yes that's a great deal.

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2008 Fender American Stratocaster
2008 Fender Deluxe Telecaster
Fender Power Jazz Bass Special 1987 (MIJ)
Egnater Renegade Head
Egnater Tourmaster 2x12 cab

It looks real enough. Maybe you could put the serial number through

http://www.guitardaterproject.org/

to know for sure. I is a nice looking guitar. Hope you'll enjoy it.

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2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

Sorry for leaving that out. did a bit of research and Bnew american and japanese deluxe strats go for about 50-80 thousand pesos (1000-1600$) hella expensive i know. I have yet to see a bnew mexican strat over here. this one is second hand so its much cheaper. anyway thanks for the feedback