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radzone
Post subject: Is this a real Fender MIM or fake?
PostPosted: Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:52 am
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Hi there! I'm new here, so I'd like to say 'hello!' to everyone.

I just saw something on our polish ebay equivalent - allegro.pl. Guy that is selling this says he bought this one in a local used-guitar shop for about 275 euros. He says he doesn't know if this is real or fake. There is no 'made in ...' sticker and the only S/N is at the back of the headstock. When I wrote the it in Fender S/N researcher it searched the guitar as it was produced in mexico in 1996 as a signature series. The guitar is about 40km form my house so I can easily have a ride and check it. Please check the pics out for me. Does anybody recognizes this guitar? Please help.

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Ouuups :/ Sorry for that big pic!
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I'd say it's fake :x

I have a MIM and this one looks quite diferent, also no serial number? wtf
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It has a serial number. Only on the back side of the headstock. You can see it on that biiiiiig pic.
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Total fake. Cheap looking bridge and tuners, wrong decals, bad serial number (starts with MSN???), no plug around truss rod access hole...you get the picture.

Looks like your average Asian made cheapie that has had fake Fender decals put on.

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:? Its a fake

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Listen, you can hear it screaming: "FAKE!!!"

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As phony as a seven-dollar bill.

Run away......FAST!

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Hello to you

This guitar looks like a fake. Probably from asia. Stay away from it
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Retroverbial wrote:
As phony as a seven-dollar bill.


I can make change for that ...

how about a three and a four?

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orvilleowner wrote:
Retroverbial wrote:
As phony as a seven-dollar bill.


I can make change for that ...

how about a three and a four?


LMFAO!!!

Always a weisenheimer somewhere!

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OK guys! Thanks a lot! I have found some real mexican strats with S/N starting with MSN though - Mexico Signature 90's. You won't find it on Fender website. But apart from that - all of the rest in this particular one seems to be fake.

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