Korean Strats

cullenszoo · **Joined:** Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:01 pm **Posts:** 159

yeah, you gotta watch those salesmen. If they tell you something ask them to cite their source.

asgeirman · **Posted:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 4:42 am

benoitm wrote:

Thanks Keith,

I appreciate your answer. It's just weird that the letter wear out and the rest look like brand new???

From the little time I spent with my guitar, I can say that it is indeed a nice soundind axe. But I might change the pickups for Texas specials. I was suprised by the tone of the guitar vs. the weight. Especially for a Strat.

The salesman was telling me that the body was comparable to custom shops, tremolo of higher end US strat and bird eye neck... So smooth.

When I told the salesman that I was suspecting the build date to be 2004, he told me that it was older than that? So that just confirm what I was thinking.

Thanks again.

I am pretty sure that I read somewhere on the net that these particular model was a FSR produced from 2004 -2008.
Yes, it's weird with the worn out letters - perhaps someone did it with the intention of fooling someone about the origin ? I have to say I got it pretty cheap ( pure luck?) - the person who sold it told me that other buyers only were interested in if it was an US-model. And because it was not - they lost their interest.....
My guitar needed a cleaning and a proper set -up, some filing on some fret-ends, then she was ready to rock! I think that I am at least the third owner of it...
Could be interesting to hear about how Texas Specials would work , but personally I am very satisfied with the sound -I think the pick-ups are great, and will not change them!

benoitm · **Joined:** Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:37 pm **Posts:** 3

Same here.

Guitar was behind the counter, not with the other Fender products. Maybe because they didn't want to mix new and used together???

I got the guitar for the price of a MIM. But it sounds like a US... maybe even better.
I didn't had to bring it to guitar shop for a tuneup, since it was already done. Only thing I dislike, is the tremolo. I will get it fixed, as I am playing hardtail.

Funny, because a month ago I ordered the FSR Amber Telecaster. I end up leaving it there because of neck through body and humbucker pickup weren't giving me satisfaction. I was thinking that Korean made guitars were dull. Guess I was wronh

asgeirman · **Posted:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 5:43 am

I purchased mine from a personal owner ( via local kind of ebay..) The price was about the half of what i paid for my MIM classic 50's new, some years ago. I did not really feel that I needed one more strat , since I the last year have been more into telecasters, especially '69 thinline (RI) , of which I 've got 2

But this one was too temptating , hence the ash body and SD- pickups . No regrets! Sounds almost as an exaggeration of a 'normal' strat-sound

My Korea-strat came without a tremarm , but luckily I got one that fitted from the local GC. And for me that just works fine- but now I see that I have to give it a bit attention - put on som nut-oil etc

Robinstrat · **Posted:** Sun Mar 18, 2012 6:51 am

Some links about Cort -
Matthias love his new Cort made Strat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjNMAZoXj9s

FactoryTour
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se4XIpmC ... re=related

Cheers,
Robin

asgeirman · **Posted:** Mon Mar 19, 2012 1:21 pm

Just thought I should post a couple of pictures of my new friend......

axeman417 · **Joined:** Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:05 pm **Posts:** 146

Nice strat. I always thought only MIAs come with a two point trem.

CRGuitarMan · **Joined:** Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:46 pm **Posts:** 2041

Here's my only Korean Strat - it's an all original Showmaster.

I do have a couple of FSR Korean Telecasters.

asgeirman · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 7:27 am

axeman417 wrote:

Nice strat. I always thought only MIAs come with a two point trem.

That was also what I thought. I was a bit surprised over this one-quite modern

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