Help to identify a Fender Stratocaster

Jotun8 · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:57 pm **Posts:** 3

Hi, i'm from Italy, and I'm new in the forum.
I'm going to buy a Fender Stratocaster (Highway?) but there are a lot of fake on the web...
Can someone help me to identify this guitar?
Here's some pictures:
http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/6190 ... 140611.jpg
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6295 ... 140637.jpg
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/5956 ... 140656.jpg
http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/4164 ... 140710.jpg
http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/3869 ... 140721.jpg
http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/8826 ... 140726.jpg
http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2680 ... 140741.jpg
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/9308 ... 135744.jpg
http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/7629 ... 135810.jpg
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/5/20111229135819.jpg

Thanks!

mojjett · **Joined:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:49 am **Posts:** 441

Jotun, It looks legit to me. Has some nice upgrades as well. You should have a pic of the back of the guitar body also.

Jotun8 · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:57 pm **Posts:** 3

Wasn't the body of the Highway satin finished? It looks to me gloss...

mojjett · **Joined:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:49 am **Posts:** 441

TBH I'm finding it a bit hard to tell concerning the finish. The pics aren't very clear to me. Everything else seems to be where it should be though.

mojjett · **Joined:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:49 am **Posts:** 441

Taking a another look at some of those pics, you may be right about the finish. It does look a bit glossy. Hopefully somebody else will chime in here. Don't buy it yet.

Jotun8 · **Joined:** Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:57 pm **Posts:** 3

sure! I'm waiting patiently

mojjett · **Joined:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:49 am **Posts:** 441

Yea, me too

But I'll tell one thing, if it's a fake, it's got me fooled.

mojjett · **Joined:** Sat Apr 02, 2011 9:49 am **Posts:** 441

OK here's a possibility. It may be a Highway 1 Neck bolted on to a MIM body. Apparently they're interchangable. IMO to be more certain you'll have to dig deeper. Try to get seller to level w/you. Bottom line though, if you don't trust it, pass it up, esp. if all you have to go on are poor pics. Sorry I can't of more help. good luck

RRR · **Joined:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 10:13 pm **Posts:** 282

mojjett wrote:

OK here's a possibility. It may be a Highway 1 Neck bolted on to a MIM body. Apparently they're interchangable. IMO to be more certain you'll have to dig deeper. Try to get seller to level w/you. Bottom line though, if you don't trust it, pass it up, esp. if all you have to go on are poor pics. Sorry I can't of more help. good luck

The body on a highway 1 is nitro finish. (Nitro should have a dull appearance)
The seymour duncan and those tuners aren't standard equipment on the highway 1 either.

The serial number on the neck indicates made in USA in 2002.
I'm wondering if the neck plate says Corona on it?

bluesky636 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2012 6:02 pm

RRR wrote:

The body on a highway 1 is nitro finish. (Nitro should have a dull appearance)

Nitro can be polished to a high gloss just like any other finish.

bluesky636 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:24 pm

RRR,

I just responded to your last post and both your's and mine disappeared from the thread.

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