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Post subject: Re: NGD ('75 Stratocaster)
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:49 am
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HeyJoe42 wrote:
I've always doubted that someone at Sam Ash had a Japanese bridge (how?) and swapped out the OEM before selling it (why?).


Easy. Some customer had a problem with their bridge on a Strat they bought there. The shop had a Japanese bridge to replace it, but the customer didn't want it, he wanted a USA one. So they take one off a guitar hanging on the wall.

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When I presented to this to Rob Schwarz a while back, his best reasoning is they were often trying out different components - sampling import bridges for quality and/or cost-cutting perhaps, and sold those guitars when they were done.


This possibility occurred to me. They were checking out the competition's parts and it ended up in their parts bin, quite possibly by accident.

Either explanation works without stretching credulity. You'll never know for sure.

My 2005 American Series left the factory with a Deluxe bridge, so I know that parts can end up in the wrong place.

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Post subject: Re: NGD ('75 Stratocaster)
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 5:54 pm
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