hey guys,
somebody offered me a Stratocaster, and i have some doubts about the S/N.
s/n: Z7 82864

could this be a real fender ? or fake ?

thx for your answers
best regards nachtwanderer

edit:

i have upload a picture from the back of the headstock. maybe its a little help for you guys

Looks a little weird. Others will chime in............. Mike

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Poorly shaped headstock, oddly positioned serial number and wonky (un-branded) machine heads?

Must be a fake!

Russ

Ok thx for your help guys
i'll better keep off my hands from it,
once again thx for your help

nachtwanderer

how does it play though?

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Badly I would imagine!

If the builder put such little effort into the headstock, I think we can quite imagine what the rest of the guitar is like.

If it were me, I would steer well clear of that one!

Russ

its possibe that it does. if its cheap enough he could buy it for making a parts guitar.

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

I'm not a Fender expert by any means, but I agree that the serial number looks pretty fake/bad.

Yes, yes, yes---and yes!

Unless the guy is willing to take payment in $3 bills, I'd give it a miss.

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

Ask him if he will take counterfeit money for his counterfeit Strat.It may be a suitable guitar for modding if the action etc. is alright but otherwise give it a miss unless the price is ridiculessly low.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

hold on a minute, you said somebody "offered" you a strat.
offered as in free? usually when somebody offers you something its for free. just saying. so whats the price on this guitar anyways?

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63supro
"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Looks like one of them ChiNee Strats to me

Good god. The poor fitting of the tuning pegs in relation to the headstock makes me think of a mutant 6-string P-Bass somehow.

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2006 Fender AVRI 70s Stratocaster: Natural Ash | Sovtek MIG 60 & A No Name Cabinet | Pedals & Junk

If it was offered to you for free, take it and use it to learn to work on guitars. If you have to pay for it, steer way clear from it. Not worth the wood it's made from.

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2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

I've seen Teisco Del-Ray clones from the '60s that looked more authentic!

Run away......quickly!

Arjay

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