Yes I bought the guitar from ebay ok and I have it with me ok the wife called me and told me her husband will contact me today so I am happy she rang me im putting all this here as a warning about the fake sixties strats that are out there I bought this guitar based on the tremelo system which must have been created from the story of 53 the neck look at it anyone would have fallen for that its not even a decal ok Fender need to see this and prepare themselves ive heard of the fake stick on decals this is not a stick on decals and guess what the bloody guitar sounds like a 54 strat and to you bastards who think I was scamming you go to hell ive been scammed and i am keeping the guitar until my money is returned or I am going to get these criminals opnce and for all so give me some credit and sympathy.

You definitely weren't scamming me and you definitely have my sympathy.

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You dig?

I think this guy saw that guitar up on eBay and wanted to know if it was real but he didn't want to tell anyone so if it was he had the first shot at it before anyone else...


I'm sorry but this guy annoyed me from the start.
How can you claim you have the first strat ever made
without proofs and making a video !!
Even if he did get a hold of fender they would ignore him
they have better things to do like build guitars ..

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USA 1989 Clapton Signature Strat in 7up Green
USA Standard Telecaster all Blk w EMG 81/85
ESP Eclipse II w EMG 81/60
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier & Road king 4x12

Don't be mad at anyone here for your "Momentary Lapse of Reason"!

Hi Vinny, sorry to see how this is going for you. I hope you have some recourse. good luck. A couple things:

1) that headstock and transition logo decal look like late '60s: 1965 to 1969. But the tuners are not vintage correct, they are missing the slot and hole going down the shaft.

2) the three tone sunburst looks 1965 to me

3) no one knows what that original 1953 trem looked like! Well, George and Leo knew ... If that trem's a fake, it certainly looks plausible.

4) if I were trying to fake that, I would have used other parts that were more "1954-ish": maple neck, spaghetti logo, round string tree, one-ply 8 hole pickguard, etc.

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My other guitar is a Strat.

Are we playing spot that Pink Floyd album title or something?

Maybe he was "Obscured By Clouds"?

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It's a mix between Jazz and Funk, it's called "Junk"

Yeah, best of luck to people trying to wade into the vintage market for the first time ... you gotta do your home work. And then avoid ebay; use a well established guitar dealer.

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My other guitar is a Strat.

you didnt fool me ...now that i go back to read your first post i start to laugh haha

so are you going to record your 2nd album with it before you return it?
by the way about your whole decal fact ... all fenders have a decal not paint.
the reson you cant see it sometimes is becuase it was lacquered..
but in your case it would be a good thing if it has a decal. that would mean its a real ...i think it was repaired over the years with newer parts or build with parts that were left over..

the reason we dont take kindly of you is becuase you werent up front..

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USA 1989 Clapton Signature Strat in 7up Green
USA Standard Telecaster all Blk w EMG 81/85
ESP Eclipse II w EMG 81/60
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier & Road king 4x12

Godbless you orville and all the nice people here ive heard of the fakes currently on the market but this is a fake from the sixties if you want me to keep you posted on my money return 6500.00 ill let you know if not ill vanish away and never come back here Vince

the neck has no truss road just a hunk of wood is this a Fender neck

What do you mean "no truss rod" ?

There shouldn't be a "skunk stripe" but there should be a metal adjuster at the end of the neck that attaches to the body. Where the date code would be stamped.

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My other guitar is a Strat.

there is no screw at butt of neck and none at the top the steel rod in neck its just a hunk of wood like the first tele ever made that had no truss rod please explain orville

i think most of us here come here to learn new things like
tones,pickups,woods,strings,action,tremolos,tunners,wiring,frets,etc
and not to get fooled when we buy guitars..
ive learned alot here in the last couple of months..

i hope you get your money back but if you want to stick around i suggest
you delete this vinnypop name then start a new one and dont tell us who you are and never do this again...

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USA 1989 Clapton Signature Strat in 7up Green
USA Standard Telecaster all Blk w EMG 81/85
ESP Eclipse II w EMG 81/60
Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier & Road king 4x12

I can't claim credit for that picture, but it does happen to be my computer desktop image. Here's where I got it: http://www.webstrings.com/guitar_wallpaper.html There are a lot of good ones on that site!

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I really like all them "Aster" guitars. You know, like the Stratoc, Telec and Jazzm.

More evidence is now emerging the neck appears to be real as in the first tele made no truss rod. It may appear it is authentic that it was found in the Fullerton basement and an employee had the 62 serial numbers placed on the neck I am now going to 3 dealers expertin fender strats and will advise this may be the real deal as that tremelo is definately authentic and a neck with no rod is exactly what they did with the first tele in 1950 to you other people who do not care about investigative fenderism which may reveal something special either way stay away from my thread I have nothing to be ashamed of and may very well conquer in all of this. Why hasnt Fender told me anything is this site totally useless just for amaeteurs to spill their guts where is a fender expert who can discuss this tremelo and a fender strat neck with no rod at all please Fender explain to me or do you just sell guitars with no support what so ever Im waiting here I will not go away until Fender gives me some answers