Malmsteen strat - identifying a guitar

The first thing I noticed is that the truss rod hole at the headstock has a black plastic sleeve. That's usually a sure sign that a guitar was NOT made in the USA.

However, I'm not familiar with the Malmsteen Strat (I can't imagine owning a Strat with a scalloped fretboard...) so maybe there are oddities about this model of which I am not aware?

 

I know nothing of Malmsteen Strats but imho yours is not a Fender Strat it is a fake.

 

Doesn't look good to me. @stratman323 is right about the sleeve, and the tuners don't look like Fenders (not with a screw).

Malmsteen strats should have a bullet truss rod and brass nut too. And vintage style tuners.

If it plays Ok, best of luck. But it's not a Fender so I hope you didn't pay much.

 

Absolutely fake.
The logo,serial number, pickups are a dead give away.
The back plate screw holes are wrong. Tuners are wrong, truss rod nut is wrong

Run from this purchase

 

Isn`t it one of the many Chinese Malmsteen variations available on Aliexpress etc...

 

It's as fake as fake gets. Run!

 

It's a bit late for that advice, he told us that he's already bought it. I'm afraid that Poland does seem to have more than it's fair share of fake guitars.

 

To be honest I didn't read the text, I just went straight for the pictures.

 

I didn't read where the op bought the guitar already either .
Hopefully the op didn't pay to much for the guitar, should have posted pics first before buying

 

First, welcome to Strat-Talk.

Now the bad news..............

22 frets, and a gasket under the neck plate (+the other things mentioned above) = Not a real Fender Malmsteen

Check before you lay your money down.

Try to get a return?

Hope so, for you.

 

hope you didn't pay too much... not only a fake but a bad fake so its a fake fake lol

 

Too late, I am afraid.

 

That's about 270 USD wise. Not a huge lost! That's good

Enjoy it if you can't return it, at least it plays good as you say.

 

So fake

 

Hopefully, ...depending on what 1000 PLN buys you in Poland.

 

Some of the early ones didn’t have the bullet truss rod nut, had a little different scalloping but they never had 22 frets.

$250 isn’t a bad price for a guitar that plays well.... I guess...

Here is a 99 Tokai made Fender...



The set list on the floor is the one in the picture above...

 

I recently had one of these Chinese fakes (a complete one though, with the yellowish basswood body) in the shop for a setup. I ended up installing a set of SD YJM pickups in it and it ended up sounding surprisingly good. Now, the neck was a complete mess and I had to reset nearly all frets. And swap the entire electronics. And now the owner plans on me swapping the real ****ty bridge and nut. And doing a fretdress.

You know... ;-)


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How do you know it was made by Tokai?