Hi, I recently sold a mim strat that I had bought used a year ago. The guy who bought it off me says he took it to a local guitar shop and they said it is a knock-off and not a real strat. The head stock has the fender logo and says standard stratocaster but doesn't say made in Mexcio.

he guy who bought it off me says he entered the serial number into a web site and it didn't come up legit?
Anyone know about any of this? Naturally the guy wants his money back, unfortunately i already spent it.
thanks for your help.

post some pics.

Here are pics of my craigslist ad. He still has the guitar:

http://picasaweb.google.ca/swebster16/S ... 5303576146


serial is: MZ1D90003

that looks like a squier with a homebrew waterslide decal if you ask me.

i put the pearloid pick guard on it. Is the serial good?

Any chance of telling us the serial number? Or the rough date of the guitar's manufacture?

That decal does look too black, that said fender did make black logo'd MIM's with all kinds of discrepancies. I have one from new. If you can fill me in with more details i maybe able to help but cant provide a definite answer on the information you've given.

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looks nice, but definitely not a legit fender decal.

how much did you sell it for?

I bouoght it used

serial is: MZ1D90003

with a hard case and american standard pickups with pick gurad for $450 cdn.
The stock pick ups were ceramics.

I tried it in http://www.guitardaterproject.org/ and it says unrecognized.

Unless its some weird limited run , I think its probably fake.

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No no and no

ya i bought it used off a guitar teacher who told me he got it from a legit guitar shop in Toronto.
Well I spent the money that i got for it.

http://www.guitardaterproject.org/fender.aspx

according to this website it isn't. it doesnt look right, never have i seen a MIM serial number with the letter D in that spot....

i think the easiest way to tell its a squier is the hole drilled all the way through the neck pocket. most squiers have this

Niki yours looks right, his doesn't. Are there MIM's with 9 digit serial #'s?

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I'm not an expert, but I play one on the internet.

So where the heck are these knock-offs made? The electronics in it were solid. Better than my korean made samick strat.