WS/WT : Strat - USA 'bitsa' £550 reduced 499 ish

Rox · September 2015

Perhaps @MattFGBI could check it out for you if you have numbers or further details about it.

cobwebscavern · September 2015

Gadgie - I am in Glasgow....would love to see this in person if you are anywhere close by...might help to see it in the wood given the concerns over the neck.

Whereabouts are you in god's country?

Gru · September 2015

To me the signature is too much in line with the Fender logo. It should be more in line with the neck.

MattFGBI · September 2015

That is not a Fender neck.

You should probably remove the decals.

Gadgie · September 2015

Cool. Thanks. Do you know what it is then?

Cheers

Brian

PS. Should maybe move this to the other section (not the classified section)

lamf68 · September 2015

There would never be a blank truss rod hole on one, it'd either have a rosewood/walnut plug or at the very least a liner.

digitalscream · September 2015

@MattFGBI - out of curiosity, what is it about the neck which makes you say it's not genuine? Is it the figuring on the maple?

Gadgie · September 2015

Ah ok. I see what you mean about the truss rod hole.

It's a cracking neck though. Pity I can't place what it is.

Cheer

B

Gru · September 2015

Gadgie;798980" said:
Ah ok. I see what you mean about the truss rod hole. It's a cracking neck though. Pity I can't place what it is.CheerB

With the amount of Strats (Squier and Fender) sold over years and the amount of third party necks available it could be anything.

edit. Sorry, just seen matts reply that it's NOT a Fender.

MatthewShreddery · September 2015

Still bloody nice though.

MattFGBI · September 2015

digitalscream said:

@MattFGBI - out of curiosity, what is it about the neck which makes you say it's not genuine? Is it the figuring on the maple?

Ok, if you look at it in terms of what it's saying it's supposed to be then firstly the neck is the wrong colour. Clapton necks are all very pale. The string trees are wrong, the nut is wrong and as mentioned above the truss rod adjustment is not only in the wrong place but it should also have a walnut plug. And the headstock just looks like the wrong shape.

I looks like a pretty cheap neck to me.

Rox · September 2015

@Gadgie - although it may be disheartening, it may be worth taking a photo of the routs on the Strat body to see if it's what your mate sold it to you as. You don't want any come back if the body isn't what he said it was either.

MattFGBI · September 2015

I looks in good condition for a 70's body. Is it an original or a reissue? Either way, how many neck bolts are there?

And if you intend to sell the guitar I would ask you to please remove the decals.

Rox · September 2015

@MattFGBI - I think he said the previous owner had it refinished - so it's certainly worth him double checking it's an original. I hope his friend didn't sell it to him for a lot of cash...

cobwebscavern · September 2015

@mattFGBI I'm trying to get a meet sorted to see the beast. It will be for a body for a gilmore black strat and only if it's 100%. Ifi do get it then the neck will be cleared and put with an old body and likely given away as a starter guitar.

andrew · September 2015

@cobwebscavern / @Gadgie - If you do end up splitting it, I'd be keen to try and get the neck from you for a project Tele Deluxe if you haven't earmarked it for something else yourself of course!

Gadgie · September 2015

As I said, might be worth moving this out of 'classifieds'. I only followed up on it today because I had nothing to do. I was not saying this guitar was up for sale again, although there is interest for bits as mentioned about.

If this is a cheap neck, then I'll be buying squires in the future. Honestly this neck is a peach to play.

Gru · September 2015

Gadgie;799233" said:
As I said, might be worth moving this out of 'classifieds'. I only followed up on it today because I had nothing to do. I was not saying this guitar was up for sale again, although there is interest for bits as mentioned about. If this is a cheap neck, then I'll be buying squires in the future. Honestly this neck is a peach to play.

If you edit your first post (cog top right) the choose the desired board to move it too.

Gru · September 2015

Re the body. The problem now is that we know that the neck is not a Fender, I suspect there is a high chance the body isn't a US either, possibly just a selection of 3rd party strat parts bolted together.

Since you said this isn't a for sale thread anymore, how much did you pay your friend for it?

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