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Post subject: strat id ???
Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:08 am
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somebody help me i've got a strat with sr# e3xxxxx & not a smith but when i took neck off to work on it's stamped 1987. i was wondering if this neck might have been built in smith time but not used until 87? i know it sounds stupid but i believe it to be orginal & was wondering if somewhere i can find out history by sr# of this guitar thanks for help.mike


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Post subject: Re: strat id ???
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:32 pm
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mike t wrote:
somebody help me i've got a strat with sr# e3xxxxx & not a smith but when i took neck off to work on it's stamped 1987. i was wondering if this neck might have been built in smith time but not used until 87? i know it sounds stupid but i believe it to be orginal & was wondering if somewhere i can find out history by sr# of this guitar thanks for help.mike

What is a "smith" and where is "Smith"?


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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:38 pm
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Here ya' go: http://www.stratcollector.com/newsdesk/archives/000098.html

If you look at the underside of the pickups and they appear to be reddish in color and have numbers like 175082 or 173082, I'd say you have a "Smith".

From what I can gather however, if the neck is stamped "1987", it would not be a smith neck as the "Smith" was produced between 1981 and 1983.


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