Genuine fender neck??? Please help!!!

joebonamassa15

Hi I’m looking at buying a relic’d partscaster on Facebook. The guy is advertising it as all genuine fender USA parts, but the Headstock looks off to me and there’s no serial number on the back of the neck. 
Please help!!! 

joebonamassa15

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1948314518608921/?ref=messenger_banner

stuagu

Thats not an american fender neck ( or mex or jap imho) 

prowla

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GoldenEraGuitars

The fact that the neck may not be fender is the least of the problem. Interesting ageing on the back. 

Is he a coal miner?

joebonamassa15

GoldenEraGuitars said:

The fact that the neck may not be fender is the least of the problem. Interesting ageing on the back. 

Is he a coal miner?

Meant to be an SRV number one copy 

joebonamassa15

He also claims it was built by the same luthier that builds guitar for James Bay’s band

Kittyfrisk

joebonamassa15 said:

He also claims it was built by the same luthier that builds guitar for James Bay’s band

Sure it wasn't James Bond's band?

Philly_Q

I can only see tiny pictures in that link, it could be almost anything.

ICBM

I can only see one very poor resolution pic, but even at that...

The headstock is the wrong shape, even for the 90s wrong-shape Fenders when the SRV Strat was made.

It’s too cheap. If it was made from genuine USA Fender parts it would be worth more than that.

It’s for sale on Facebook.

That’s three red flags for a start.

Funkfingers

That headstock and tuners look very like JHS/Encore. 

GoldenEraGuitars

https://i.imgur.com/q57b9bz.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/vS96Tao.png

Looks legit... 









*said no one ever*

guitars4you

Those pics are so bad - Might as well be CCTV images - Maybe that tells the story in that you can't see any detail - A good way to mislead you 

ICBM

Funkfingers said:

That headstock and tuners look very like JHS/Encore. 

If it matters, someone I know had a Rory Gallagher replica that started life as a Encore, which he bought on Ebay - correctly (although still not legally) listed as not being a Fender. It was actually very well done and a good guitar, and he didn’t pay much for it.

I actually wondered if this one was done by the same person, it’s got a similar level of detail accuracy from the little I can see in the pic.

joebonamassa15

I asked him for the serial number that went with the neck (because fender keep a log so I could search if it’s genuine). He saw the message and there’s been no reply. Needless to say that says everything I need to know. 

But thanks though guys, you’ve been more than helpful. 

sweepy

Chinese. £50 neck there