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Post subject: rare strat
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 1:01 am
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G'day folks,
i was fortunate enough to strum a sunburst strat with the serial number 1061 on the chrome neck at the back of the guitar. I am told it is rare...just how rare would be interesting to know...any clues?
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Post subject: Re: rare strat
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 2:22 am
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According to the Fender guitar dater it is a first year model

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Your guitar was made at the
Fullerton Plant (Fender - Pre CBS Era), USA
in the Year(s): 1954

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Post subject: Re: rare strat
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:11 am
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unfortunately it is not mine. any further clues on who may have owned it?


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Post subject: Re: rare strat
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:30 am
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eadg56 wrote:
G'day folks,
i was fortunate enough to strum a sunburst strat with the serial number 1061 on the chrome neck at the back of the guitar. I am told it is rare...just how rare would be interesting to know...any clues?
M


Without more information and photos, just saying the neckplate has that serial number on it is meaningless. You can buy reproduction neck plates with anything on them including serial numbers, such as these:

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The guitar MIGHT be an original '54, or it could be a reproduction from the Custom Shop like the ones shown here:

http://www.seangephardt.com/50th/

Or it could be a total fake. There is a big business in faking vintage guitars.

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Post subject: Re: rare strat
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:43 am
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Or it could be a total fake. There is a big business in faking vintage guitars.


Oh no......!

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IS NOTHING SACRED?

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Post subject: Re: rare strat
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 8:51 am
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bluesky636 wrote:
Or it could be a total fake. There is a big business in faking vintage guitars.


Oh no......!

:shock:

IS NOTHING SACRED?

:mrgreen:

Arjay


That's why I like cheap, crappy guitars so much. No one bothers to fake them. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post subject: Re: rare strat
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 9:52 am
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bluesky636 wrote:

That's why I like cheap, crappy guitars so much. No one bothers to fake them. :lol: :lol: :lol:


You'd be surprised, I've seen fake Squiers before. :lol:


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Post subject: Re: rare strat
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:02 am
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Hello guys, here in France there is a strat from 57 € 2,900 on a classifieds website?!
Be wary, a strat is very old and has Printfriendly No serial Printfriendly to burn!

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Post subject: Re: rare strat
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 2:03 pm
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don't think this is a fake
how the hell do I attach an image of the guitar on here...????


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Post subject: Re: rare strat
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 4:04 pm
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eadg56 wrote:
don't think this is a fake
how the hell do I attach an image of the guitar on here...????


viewtopic.php?f=2&t=52777&hilit=how+to+post+photos

Need DETAILED, IN FOCUS, photos of the guitar, neck, headstock, underneath the pickguard, underside of pickups, pots, etc. Just "an image of the guitar" is worthless.

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Post subject: Re: rare strat
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:27 pm
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Guess we'll never know what this "rare" guitar really is. :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 6:00 am
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isdi wrote:
Hello guys, here in France there is a strat from 57 € 2,900 on a classifieds website?!

Hi isdi: care to give us a link to that website? €2900 for a '57 is either the deal of the decade, or it's a reissue model, or it's a hilariously silly scam. Either way, it would give us something to look at while we're waiting for eadg56 to figure out how to post photos...

Cheers - C

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Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:00 am
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I'm not holding my breath waiting to see either of these "rare" Strats. :roll:

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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:21 pm
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Hope your not still holding it or else you are no longer with us lol.


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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:57 pm
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PPPPFFFFEEEEWWWW!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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