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Post subject: Brazilian Strat?
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:28 am
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Is there such thing as a brazilian Strat from Fender? I was told Fender made 5000 of them between 1993 and 1995..... True ?


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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:23 am
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... as in brazillian rosewood on the neck or something? I don't know off hand but a search could find that. I don't know if I'd want that though. Brazillian rosewood is beautiful (and very pricey) and I don't think it would really affect the tone much of an electric. You'd notice that difference a bit on a nice acoustic though.


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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:30 am
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Nope as in Brazilian Strat. A Strat that was made in brazil. Not the wood but an actual strat that has made in Brazil on the headstock sticker... Has anyone seen this. Not the wood the whole strat.


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Nope as in Brazilian Strat. A Strat that was made in brazil. Not the wood but an actual strat that has made in Brazil on the headstock sticker... Has anyone seen this. Not the wood the whole strat.


This help any?

http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?p=67571

Or this?

http://picasaweb.google.com.br/marcelod ... 0618475506


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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:45 am
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Thanks Ceri but this mean that Fender made these guitars or is this just somebody in Brazil using Fenders Logo? Man I am just trying to find out if I should buy this thing or if I should report them to Fender? lol.


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Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:49 am
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thedashboard wrote:
Thanks Ceri but this mean that Fender made these guitars or is this just somebody in Brazil using Fenders Logo? Man I am just trying to find out if I should buy this thing or if I should report them to Fender? lol.


Well, from what the guy's saying, sounds like Strats were made under licence from Fender in a factory in Brazil. Take a look at the back of the headstock in one of the photos from the second link.

I wouldn't worry reporting to Fender. They are big and ugly enough to look after themselves. And this appears to have been quite a few years ago...


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Havent heard of such

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Thanks for those links, Ceri. I vaguely remember hearing about these a few years ago, but not in the detail given in the links. The story sounds plausible: a short-lived experiment with South American production.

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