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Post subject: Real or Fake?
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:03 pm
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I've been looking for serial numbers all over the internet, but all I see is the amxn not this one in the headstock. Is this serial number a real one? Below some images of the guitar.

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Post subject: Re: Real or Fake?
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:50 pm
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It's a fake.


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Post subject: Re: Real or Fake?
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:53 pm
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JasonSD wrote:
It's a fake.


+1000

That "zero fret" is a dead giveaway!

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Post subject: Re: Real or Fake?
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:56 pm
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Fake. :cry:

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Post subject: Re: Real or Fake?
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 6:57 pm
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Are you sure that the California Series guitars didn't have a zero fret?

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Post subject: Re: Real or Fake?
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:01 pm
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orvilleowner wrote:
Are you sure that the California Series guitars didn't have a zero fret?



NEVER saw a California Series Strat with a zero fret! Got to be a fake.

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Post subject: Re: Real or Fake?
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:47 pm
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orvilleowner wrote:
Are you sure that the California Series guitars didn't have a zero fret?


No genuine Fender guitar ever had a zero fret.

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Post subject: Re: Real or Fake?
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 9:11 pm
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Doesn't that serial number indicate that it was made in 1950?


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Post subject: Re: Real or Fake?
Posted: Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:20 pm
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Likely the digits represent a past winning Powerball combination.

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Post subject: Re: Real or Fake?
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 4:07 am
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I'm lousy at picking out Fender fakes but even I can tell that one's wrong.


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Post subject: Re: Real or Fake?
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 4:27 am
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I call that a Faux Fender. :wink:

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Post subject: Re: Real or Fake?
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 9:13 am
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Miami Mike wrote:
I call that a Faux Fender. :wink:


It is so bad -- it doesn't even seem to have fret markers.

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Post subject: Re: Real or Fake?
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 9:42 am
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This guitar screams "FAKE". :shock:


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Post subject: Re: Real or Fake?
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 6:25 pm
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it really looks fake

it was just to be sure, thanks guys :)


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Post subject: Re: Real or Fake?
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 12:47 am
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seriously that thing is so fake it hurts.... sorry

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