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Post subject: Real or fake - Am Dx Strat, 2004, HSS
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 8:00 am
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Hi,

I just wanted some opinions on whether this is a real or fake American Deluxe stratocaster.

Ive attached in pictures of inside the body, the headstock and overall pictures. I this this should be enough but if you need any more then please let me know.

The serial matches up with the 2004 year. I know about the saddles being different, I have the originals as well. Things that flag up is the truss rod on the neck...there isnt a adjustment on the body end, is that normal?

Ive send off an email to customer support at fender but wanted to check with people on here as well.

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks,

Tom

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Post subject: Re: Real or fake - Am Dx Strat, 2004, HSS
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 8:22 am
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Looks legit.

One minor difference is the screw-in tremolo bar. Snap-in whammies do no have a tip.

thsb20 wrote:
Things that flag up is the truss rod on the neck...there isnt a adjustment on the body end, is that normal?


Yes.

The biflex truss-rod can be adjusted at the headstock.


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Post subject: Re: Real or fake - Am Dx Strat, 2004, HSS
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 8:24 am
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Hi thsb20,

It looks like perfectly legit Am Dlx Strat, and a nice one too. :D (Amber?) And no, there should not be a truss rod adjust at the body end of the neck, the headstock is the correct location for the truss rod adjust.

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Post subject: Re: Real or fake - Am Dx Strat, 2004, HSS
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 8:35 am
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Awesome news, thanks!!

One weird thing is that both the tone controls affect the neck pickup. As in, one tone control does the neck, and the other does the bridge, middle, and neck. It should be that one of them does the neck, and one of them does the bridge and middle only. That isn't normal is it?

That was the main reason for opening up today, to see if there was any crossing wires or anything, but there is nothing that I can see, i'm going to go through the wiring diagrams later.

I quite like the screw in arm, the tip looks more fender-ish. But I opened up the back and the trem block has the adjustments for the pop in if I decide to get one in later

Thanks for the quick replys, I much appreciate it

Tom


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Post subject: Re: Real or fake - Am Dx Strat, 2004, HSS
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 10:38 am
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thsb20 wrote:
I quite like the screw in arm, the tip looks more fender-ish. But I opened up the back and the trem block has the adjustments for the pop in if I decide to get one in later


I found that the tip of a bar from a MIM Strat is a perfect fit for the pop in arm.

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Post subject: Re: Real or fake - Am Dx Strat, 2004, HSS
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 11:53 am
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Sadlles look not original , they look black Graph Tech saddles on the 3rd photo .

Tremolo bar not original too


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Post subject: Re: Real or fake - Am Dx Strat, 2004, HSS
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 2:00 pm
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Yep legit.
The 1st tone should only control the neck.
I am hoping you are not jamming a std whammy bar into that hole.
Here is a link to the fender pdf
http://support.fender.com/service_diagr ... 1_SISD.pdf :D


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Post subject: Re: Real or fake - Am Dx Strat, 2004, HSS
Posted: Sun May 25, 2014 8:06 pm
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Complete fake!

(J/K - looks like an awesome Deluxe)

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