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yep - I can pick out that level of detail and have been for years - a bit anal I know but there we are .. also important for me as I was buying and selling vintage guitars to make some money to subsidise playing. I have worked with guys who were building fakes for a living ( I wasnt i might add !) 30 yrs ago but they didn't bother to pay attention to some details because not many people were that aware then and so they could get away with things - I saw at least 5 pre cbs strats become 10 by building extra bodies and necks or using late 70s tokai bodies .. distributing the real hardware between the 2 and suddenly you have 2 "almost" original gtrs .. these fakes are already 25-30 yrs old now - they may well catch most people out - you gotta take care if you don't wanna be scammed. If you gave me that CS 1965 I could probably show you immediately what is different - possibly from photos - may just be very subtle silly things but I can't say without seeign it. The point is not that the CS don't know - the CS isnt doing it for cost reasons not because they can't see them - they use mass produced parts - even sometimes necks from other compaies - necks you and i can buy for 180 usd ! check their own website.
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