This thread is like a train wreck, in that I don't want to see it ... but I can't look away, either..

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I will say this: that Vietnamese bridge has got a GREAT patina!

It must date from no later than 1969 (since that's when Fender introduced that bold curving STRATOCASTER logo on the headstock).

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My other guitar is a Strat.

Oh man, I'm late catching up with this - but ditto to what CV said.

Nice work indeed, Twelvebar! Today's sharp eyes medal winner!

And by the way, if that microscopic thing you're talking about on the Tokai thread is your idea of foot-in-mouth, well, woe betide the rest of us. I make bigger mistakes than that tying my shoe laces in the morning!

- C

Wow I didn't realize that there were so much fake fenders during the 60s from Asia. This could explain why there aren't many asian production workers at the Fender Corona facility. Once, they get the "know how", they may quit and use what they learned and build a better fake Fender.

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This thread has become, of late, the primary motivation for me to log on to the forum.

I would think that anyone selling a POS like this to someone under the guise that it was genuine is going to be the last person to refund the victims money.I can't look away from the upcoming trainwreck either. Mike

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lots of respect to 12B and O2 for this has been one of the most intriging threads of the summer, good detective work 12B.

I wish i'd never read this. What a horrible thread. Have all the pictures been deleted now or something?

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Well, I hope Vinnypop can recover his investment. And hopefully if the guy isn't cooperative then vinny will at least have an idea of what to tell the police. Although i couldn't imagine making a purchase of this magnatude ithout checking it out thoroughly, what happened to Vinny was fraud plain and simple. A case of enthusiasm outpacing diligence. The person who sold to vinny willfully decieved him, and shouldn't get away with it.

If I can play some small part in helping Vinny and/or helping prevent future fraud then I am very happy to help. In many ways events like this, and a few others, like the guitar Niki was considering, and a few others that proved to be fraudulent show our community to be a helpful brotherhood (and sister hood,) and it's kind of what the internet can be at it's best.

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It's and example of educate yourself before you buy!!!! I hope vpop makes out ok.

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wow, #1 topic.

Several of us tried to talk to him when he first posted this but he seemed to take a bad attitude towards us. He even had some bad things to say about us. I wish him well but he should have done some homework before and not come on here with that attitude!

its 830 am here in sydney at 12 lunch time im going to check my account you are really nice people are you mostly american

He did come on Strutting his stuff like the rooster in the pen. To bad his feathers got plucked

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