Look what I got for $150

[alderre]

Everything is wrong I think vintage tuners, big headstock, modern string tree mint pick guard (or parchment) the neck is interesting. No serial front or back

Maybe it was $150 because it had no strings

 

[Exhead]

Congrats on the score. Awesome looking.

Interesting I just took this neck off a partscaster today and the stamp is very similar but it is MIM.

 

[3bolt79]

Does anybody notice that the truss rod hole doesn’t look quite right, or is it just me?

 

[FrieAsABird]

Looks nice, but what country is that supposed to be made in? No serial?

 

[Jimbo99]

$ 150, if it feels & sounds fine, that's a win for a playable guitar in 2023. Looks good to me.

 

[Wrighty]

Does anybody notice that the truss rod hole doesn’t look quite right, or is it just me?

Does look weird.

 

[3bolt79]

Yeah, that truss rod hole and the headstock/decal are whispering “Danger Will Robinson”.

 

[Kestrel]

Looks great for $150 but looks wrong in many places and yes the walnut plug in the trussrod hole is all wrong, nice looking Strat though, still a good buy.

 

[SpeedKing]

Yeah I think for the money you could barely go wrong but not sure any of it is Fender.

Odd to see the 'old' wide 12th fret spacing on a big headstock. I think I see the filled remains of the hole for a second string tree as well.... refinished headstock? Alternate decal?

My first guess was a Squier Affinity neck with filled in then drilled out truss access somehow but the tuners aren't right and those 'Kluson' sort would be much closer to the edge of the headstock than is the case here (I know as I have some on mine) so I don't know.... refinished Vintage Modified '70s neck with original tuners?

That said the body does look thinner than usual and the rest of the hardware looks to fit (import/modern bridge spacing with block saddles) my Affinity theory.

 

[Ronkirn]

Does anybody notice that the truss rod hole doesn’t look quite right, or is it just me?

not only that, but OEM fenders don't typically come with orbital sander swirl marks on the headstock...

I'd like to see under the pickguard, and the back of the pickguard too...

 

[Sonic Les]

May have had the bullet removed and plugged with wood .

 

[alderre]

Here are two close up pictures of the plug and the headstock . The headstock has rounder edges but they are not perfect. Also obvious second string tree hole was filled.

So the guitar was a refinished squire?

I am not going to lie. It feels really good and light.

 

[Ronkirn]

if it feels good and light. . AND you play it well then fuggidaboudit... grab that rascal, plug in and rock on....

 

[Scott Baxendale]

Everything is wrong I think vintage tuners, big headstock, modern string tree mint pick guard (or parchment) the neck is interesting. No serial front or back

Maybe it was $150 because it had no strings
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No strings attached?

 

[alderre]

Looks nice, but what country is that supposed to be made in? No serial?

From what I can see and people have said looks like an Indonesian neck

 

[SpeedKing]

What's the nut width and what is the measurement for the depth of the body?

Doesn't seem to be any recognisable Squire neck even modified .... as said an Affinity would have the tuners located in a slightly different position (although we don't know what year it might have been made so maybe that varied ... or maybe it varied from the Chinese ones to the Indonesian ones?) and a VM would have the right 12th fret dot width.

 

[YohanTheMan]

It's as real as my Timmy Hilfinger watch ️

 

[alderre]

It's as real as my Timmy Hilfinger watch ️

 

[Mbroady]

For a buck fifty i would have gone all in as well. Pics Of the pickups could be telling.

 

[alderre]

May have had the bullet removed and plugged with wood .

I think this is the case. I took a dremel and reshaped the hole in the plug. Not plastic. Feels like really soft wood. Almost like the plastic plug was butchered, removed and a dowel of soft wood inserted and sanded