Is this fender strat real?

Bridgehouse

thebreeze said:

Bridgehouse said:

And would you photograph a prized CS Strat on a table with that much crap and dirt on it??!!

Don't go on about this Bridgehouse - I noticed some dodgy wine stains on the the table I photo'd my CS Strats on earlier!  

Wine stains are acceptable - the mess on his table looks like he just finished making the thing..

guitars4you

Only just picked up on this and yes as the blog above has stated it is a fake - certainly C/Shop logo is - starting to see a few of these - a C/Shop would also have various markings under the scratchplate, but end of the neck etc

ICBM

Nomad said:

The seller says PMT valued it, but that might not have been true. (In any case, wouldn't a Custom Shop Strat in good nick or better be worth more than £500?)

Yes, that doesn't ring true either. If it was genuine it would be worth about three times that, and if it's fake it's not worth that much… or anything much.

Richardj

Richardj said:

Fake, the neck plate is also wrong for it and doesn't look straight.  Also, I think that the offset on the centre mounting holes for the back plate are the wrong way round. It just doesn't look decent enough quality to be Mexican, let alone a CS.

I obviously spend waaaay too much time looking at guitars. I even think that the neck screws look wrong...... 

From the first look at the tuners and decal on the back it was a wrong 'un.

Nick

Definitely a fake I'm afraid. The main giveaway is the CS logo, but there are others. The PMT story doesn't add up either.

blueskunk

It's a real fake.