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Post subject: Is this a scam?
PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:41 pm
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This looks like a very poor copy to me.

Fender Deluxe Strat Natural - $500 (N.W. PHX)

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Post subject: Re: Is this a scam?
PostPosted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:51 pm
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It doesn't look like a Fender. Looks like a poor fake.
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Bogus. A cheap knockoff of an Imperial Storm Trooper Squier.

"You don't need to see this Strat's identification -- this isn't the Strat you're looking for."

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Post subject: Re: Is this a scam?
PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:14 am
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No, that's real but it's not a Deluxe -- it was called the "Lite Ash Stratocaster". (There was also a Lite Ash Tele.) They just said "Fender" on the head -- some had spaghetti logos, others had brush-stroke logos.

The camera angles make the body and head shapes look a little weird, but the logo, abalone dots, bird's eye maple neck, Duncans, etc all are correct for the Lite Ash model. Fender had them built in Korea -- I forget if it was Samick or Cort.

Oddly, most of them weren't particularly light weight and some were boat anchors.
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Post subject: Re: Is this a scam?
PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 5:46 am
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I agree with strayedstrater - Lite Ash Strat. The only real Fender that looks more fake than a fake IMHO. :wink:
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Post subject: Re: Is this a scam?
PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:32 am
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Retroverbial wrote:
Bogus. A cheap knockoff of an Imperial Storm Trooper Squier.

"You don't need to see this Strat's identification -- this isn't the Strat you're looking for."

:lol:

Arjay


Love this quote!

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:23 pm
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strayedstrater wrote:
No, that's real but it's not a Deluxe -- it was called the "Lite Ash Stratocaster". (There was also a Lite Ash Tele.) They just said "Fender" on the head -- some had spaghetti logos, others had brush-stroke logos.

The camera angles make the body and head shapes look a little weird, but the logo, abalone dots, bird's eye maple neck, Duncans, etc all are correct for the Lite Ash model. Fender had them built in Korea -- I forget if it was Samick or Cort.

Oddly, most of them weren't particularly light weight and some were boat anchors.



+1 And the two I have seen in person, boat anchor doesn't even come close...these were 25 Anniversary Strat heavy!

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Post subject: Re: Is this a scam?
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My 25th Anniversary Strat weighed over fifteen pounds!

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Post subject: Re: Is this a scam?
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Retroverbial wrote:
My 25th Anniversary Strat weighed over fifteen pounds!

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Now that is one big baby! So A. You never played it. or B. You now have back problems!

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Post subject: Re: Is this a scam?
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It never left the house for the seven years I owned it. That is, until the day I shipped it off in partial trade for my '62 re-issue Les Paul.

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