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Post subject: Did I have any luck?
Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:15 am
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I just bought a guitar Stratocaster with a neck Eric Clapton pickup end controls as Deluxe powerhouse .
serial number is s724068

whether is there a similar model or is subsequently packed

help?


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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 7:39 am
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Huh? I think something was lost in translation. Can you rephrase that question?

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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:22 am
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFNiB4fPws8

I bought this guitar ,can someone tell me what model is it?


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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:52 am
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Thanks for posting the video. That was helpful. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, the guitar was not made by Fender. It's a fake and they got all of the details wrong.

Rosewood fretboard on an "Eric Clapton" signature Strat is the dead giveaway it's fake. Also non-Fender hardware, electronics, body, decals (Fender never puts all that info on the back of the headstock), neck (check out the truss rod cover - Fender NEVER uses a truss rod cover), the seller forged a 70's serial number too.

For reference, check out pics of the Eric Clapton Strat here: http://www.elderly.com/fmic/items/FECS-BLK.htm

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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:07 am
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Looks like a Highway 1 HSS Stratocaster, although im not sure if they come in white.... could be a modified strat.


EDIT: Just watched the rest of your video. its very suspect. I dont recognise the routing for the pickups, the Stratocaster logo looks wrong somehow, and im not sure if ive ever saw that sticker on the back of the headstock.

Does it play well, if so try to enjoy the guitar.


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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:08 am
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Not a Clapton nor like any Fender I've seen before. Only my opinion though. Does not sound bad and as long as you like it and didn't pay Clapton prices.


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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 10:51 am
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Yeah it's a fake. I don't know how he listed the guitar for sale, but the video just says Strat Style.


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I hope that you didn't pay a lot for it,even the pickups don't appear to be Fender.

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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2010 8:25 pm
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Sorry man. In the first pic the body and horns dont look rounded enough, to square compared to my Strat. I hate when people rip other people off saying it's something it's not....UGGHH!


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Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:33 am
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I paid 50 euros for it (ebay)the man who sold me did not know anything about guitar .so I hoped that maybe I was lucky :)
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Seen similar numbers to the s724068 serial on a lot of fake guitars here.

Still its a nice looking guitar. I dont think you can complain about it for 50euro's.

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Post subject: Re: Did I have any luck?
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:01 am
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dejan wrote:
I just bought a guitar Stratocaster with a neck Eric Clapton pickup end controls as Deluxe powerhouse .
serial number is s724068

whether is there a similar model or is subsequently packed

help?


Well, the first tell tell sign was when you took off the pickguard, and looked at the wood......it's plywood. Also, the routing is terrible and I've never seen a Fender like it. That's where I would have started to get mad. I do believe everyone nailed everything else.


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Sorry, I hope it sounds good, but it is not a Fender.

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