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Post subject: MIM classic '60s Stratocaster - Poplar or Alder ?
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:17 pm
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I have a Classic Series '60s Stratocaster MIM 1998.
Ser.no. MN8120135. Like to know what kind of wood is used for the body.
I think poplar but i'm not sure about that.
Also want to know how many pieces of wood are used on the body.
My guess is 3 pieces because the glue joints are visible through the finish,
i think. It's Olympic White.

Thanks for any help,

Peter


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Olympic white??? And you can see glue joints??? That sounds odd. I'm pretty sure that, even if your guitar was a transparent color (like maybe a burst of some sort) you still wouldn't be able to see glue joints except on the edges of the body and then you would have to take some paint off to see it there. A veneer is used over the pieces, so that's why it's odd for you to see glue joints. Also it's odd that you can see through an olympic white finish, unless it's a transparent type of finish that they had going on at the time.

The pieces used between the veneers should be about 4 to 5, being it's a 98 model.

I'm not sure about the type of wood, most likely it's alder, unless Fender had some trick up their sleeve at the time.


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Guitar_Hurricane wrote:
Olympic white??? And you can see glue joints??? That sounds odd. I'm pretty sure that, even if your guitar was a transparent color (like maybe a burst of some sort) you still wouldn't be able to see glue joints except on the edges of the body and then you would have to take some paint off to see it there. A veneer is used over the pieces, so that's why it's odd for you to see glue joints. Also it's odd that you can see through an olympic white finish, unless it's a transparent type of finish that they had going on at the time.

The pieces used between the veneers should be about 4 to 5, being it's a 98 model.

I'm not sure about the type of wood, most likely it's alder, unless Fender had some trick up their sleeve at the time.


If you hold the guitar in the right angle there is a very thin line visible
across the body. I've seen this on more solid coloured guitars.
The grain of the wood is not visible. The veneer is used on the Mexican
standard guitars and the Koa models from Korea.
With the Seymour Duncan Alnice ll Pro pickups it sounds good to me, but
i always wondered why Fender is so secretive about the body woods they
use in there budged guitars.

Thanks anyway for your reply,

Peter


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