60’s Strat “Project” on the Bay

WindmillGuitars

Happy “Straturday” .. #warning 
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F362436577237

ICBM

Would that be the Chinese Squier reissue of the 1963 Stratocaster?

Octafish

Wow, that must be super rare! A 1963 Strat with 22 frets  

mikeyrob73

And real 1960s shit and sharpie on the back of the headstock. 

andrewaward

surely no one will fall for that

Octafish

Apparently "was a project to rebuild", but "no time" because bolting a neck on can take months...

robgilmo

I asked the seller if he knew it was a Squier, and he said

You do realise that it would clearly note SQUIER BY FENDER kid.

Strange how it’s a pre cbs serial number on it .

Should go and have a snickers kid ... your not you when your hungry


Kid?

thermionic

Should have left it in the barn.

Bridgehouse

Octafish said:

Apparently "was a project to rebuild", but "no time" because bolting a neck on can take months...

It needs restringing too. 

Presumably it had strings on when it was a “daily user” but they fell off after years and years in tbe closet in a modern case.

guitars4you

andrewaward said:

surely no one will fall for that

CRAP - I wish I'd read this OP earlier - To late now

robgilmo

I asked him about the tuners and if anything is written on the neck heel, he said the tuners are reinforced and the neck is a replacement, but that's where the pre cbs serial number is, isn't it? He obviously knows nothing about guitars and is just trying it on.

Bridgehouse

robgilmo said:

I asked him about the tuners and if anything is written on the neck heel, he said the tuners are reinforced and the neck is a replacement, but that's where the pre cbs serial number is, isn't it? He obviously knows nothing about guitars and is just trying it on.

I think he knows plenty about what he’s doing..

Octafish

Ha, he's now updated the ad to read

"I am definetly aware that it’s had a replacement neck and the body has been refurbed. It could’ve been a potential replica of the guitars original heritage. I am happy to go with a modern replica or remake of the instrument .Single coils from hell. And a fat chunky boat neck"

"A potential replica" . As for 'single coils from hell', that immediately brings to mind cheap, microphonic, shitty sounding ceramic single coils. It's now bid at £132, so around 4 x it's real value, what a joker!

Universal8

Triggers broom comes to mind

robgilmo

A replacement neck with a pre CBS serial number? Where do you get them from?

Henrytwang

Nothing seems to be quite right about that guitar, it’s the sort of thing l might give someone £10 for at a car boot sale and use for spares.

prowla

Report it for a misleading title...

prowla

Here's another project to go with it.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fender-Electric-Guitar-Project/253870328923 

OilCityPickups

prowla said:

Report it for a misleading title...

Done