Custom Shop Strat - or is it

richardhomer

Anchorboy said:

They're forever "chopping" guitars - mixing necks and bodies to resell 

They’re not owned by Rick & Justin Harrison, are they?

bgmartinsbridge

@Anchorboy ;
Well spotted - £300. 

Looking closer at the body, I'm thinking it's def been rubbed down further, through to the wood from red. 

Got to say, I like the design. 

guitars4you

richardhomer said:

Anchorboy said:

They're forever "chopping" guitars - mixing necks and bodies to resell 

They’re not owned by Rick & Justin Harrison, are they?

I doubt it but a new story telling there - but I won't publish on an open forum

sixstringsupplies

Strat54 said:

Seems like Guitar Garage are one of the UK's many persistent offenders of FMIC's copyrighted names. Relic....Heavy Relic.....Roadworn and all the usual Strats and Tele's etc cannot be used here in the UK without permission. 

https://www.guitargaragelondon.com/custom

Won't be long before the legal dept coming knocking methinks.

Openly slapping the Fender logo on partscasters and stating you won’t find these mods and setups on any factory Fender models is asking for trouble really...

One thing that immediately stand out to me that are not at all guitar related:

- google mail contact email address (not very professional) you can get a domain email for £2.00 per month. That’s a bit half arsed.

lovestrat74

bgmartinsbridge said:

@Anchorboy ;
Well spotted - £300. 

Looking closer at the body, I'm thinking it's def been rubbed down further, through to the wood from red. 

Got to say, I like the design. 

I'd say back end is original, front end has been black and deckered..

Iamnobody

From the original ad for the body:

“The body has been worn naturally and there is a slight dip above the pickguard that I tried to capture in one of the photos”. 

How do you get a slight dip in a body through natural wear?

The original seller was a hoodwinker and the guitargarage are no better.

JezWynd

JerkMoans said:

thermionic said:

Also, what the hell is “deep body cleansing”?

Colonic irrigation

Seems appropriate as they're full of s**t.

Rocker

My Fender CS Strat has the Custom Shop logo on the back of the peghead.  Why would anyone remove that?

richardhomer

Rocker said:

My Fender CS Strat has the Custom Shop logo on the back of the peghead.  Why would anyone remove that?

You could just put a sticker over it, if you wanted to hide it....

Strat54

richardhomer said:

Rocker said:

My Fender CS Strat has the Custom Shop logo on the back of the peghead.  Why would anyone remove that?

You could just put a sticker over it, if you wanted to hide it....

Because its NOT a custom shop neck. 

richardhomer

Strat54 said:

richardhomer said:

Rocker said:

My Fender CS Strat has the Custom Shop logo on the back of the peghead.  Why would anyone remove that?

You could just put a sticker over it, if you wanted to hide it....

Because its NOT a custom shop neck. 

Yes - I’m aware of that....

BloodEagle

Custom shop body and partscaster neck or not that's one of the worst relic jobs Ive ever seen - genuinelly terrible - looks like something knocked up by an amateur on a squier body for a laugh

guitars4you

lovestrat74 said:

bgmartinsbridge said:

@Anchorboy ;
Well spotted - £300. 

Looking closer at the body, I'm thinking it's def been rubbed down further, through to the wood from red. 

Got to say, I like the design. 

I'd say back end is original, front end has been black and deckered..

tend to agree with that based on pics alone

Strat54

I'm doubting the body is genuine, lets face it any genuine Custom Shop body with neckplate and COA is worth a lot more than £300. Why would you even part out a guitar and take that little? Well unless it was stolen. 

gringopig

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thermionic

Strat54 said:

I'm doubting the body is genuine, lets face it any genuine Custom Shop body with neckplate and COA is worth a lot more than £300. Why would you even part out a guitar and take that little? Well unless it was stolen. 

Because somebody took a belt sander to it.

MattFGBI

I'm on holiday so can't check the serials. But that's a mess....