Strat real or fake?
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No case and no Zertifikat.
So you mean remove the neck and the pick guard?
Butcher of Strats
Most Honored Senior Member
With no serial number and no COA, it seems fake but could be real with some parts swapped like the serial # was on the neck plate and they took the plate with # off and sold it with the COA to somebody who then made a fake FCS guitar to sell.
Who pays FCS money for a FCS guitar then loses the neck plate and COA? Some FCS guitars have the serial # on the headstock too, not sure where this # should be.
Bad deal, unless it is around the price a cheap Strat sells for locally.
Who pays FCS money for a FCS guitar then loses the neck plate and COA? Some FCS guitars have the serial # on the headstock too, not sure where this # should be.
Bad deal, unless it is around the price a cheap Strat sells for locally.
Sparque
Seriously-Stratified
Bei der Gitarre wäre ich sehr misstrauisch.
Es ist eine einzigartige Farbe und hat sehr spezifische Eigenschaften;
Wenn Sie all das wirklich lieben, dann könnte es sich lohnen, das Risiko einzugehen. Ich würde es nicht kaufen, ganz persönlich.
Es ist eine einzigartige Farbe und hat sehr spezifische Eigenschaften;
Wenn Sie all das wirklich lieben, dann könnte es sich lohnen, das Risiko einzugehen. Ich würde es nicht kaufen, ganz persönlich.
Ja, hoffentlich würden wir ein Datum auf dem Nackenabsatz und einen Namen in der Nackentasche sehen, auf den wir schon einmal gestoßen sind, und andere Indizes.
Die Saitenbäume sind bei einem solchen Design etwas seltsam. Aber CS hat einige seltsame gemacht.
Butcher of Strats
Most Honored Senior Member
FCS Hank Marvin Strat is rare, according to this
Butcher of Strats
Most Honored Senior Member
But that guitar is probably a fake.
Not real FCS, maybe not even real Fender, hard to tell from the pics
I see it in German. I can read it well enough but you'd laugh at me if I tried to reply in German as well
Quikstyl
Senior Stratmaster
Sieht mir etwas schwammig aus. Ich würde weiter suchen, es sei denn, Sie können den Verkäufer wegen der Skizzenhaftigkeit überreden. Kaufen Sie es nicht für das, wofür es behauptet wird.
Willkommen in der Gruppe übrigens.
Servus,
MK
If you want to proceed, yes , photos under the pickguard, the back of the guard, pots, pickups and whatnot. The decal placement looks wrong to me and the custom shop decal on the back of the head looks poorly done, like it's got bubbles under it, that and the lack of a correct neck plate and serial number are enough to deter me. Also it's not priced right.
somebodyelseuk
Senior Stratmaster
100% this^
My advice. Join one of the Shadows fan forums and place a wanted ad. Most, if not all the owners of all the Fender and Burns Hank Marvin models that exist will be members.
I recommend this one.
Rufustelestrat
Senior Stratmaster
I speak German but am very rusty, but I understand enough to say run away from this guitar. There are so many many things that are wrong, I do not have enough pixels to describe how fake that guitar appears. If it were real.... well that is pointless to bring up.
I'm put off so far by ...
1) Lack of COA
2) Lack of SN
3) 2nd string tree (only introduced by Fender at the end of '71 so why pop one onto a 50's replica?)
4) Wrong string trees ... should be either button or butterfly on a 50's replica
5) Wrong decal for a 50's replica. Nothing before 1961 had pat numbers
6) Headstock shape looks closer to a Musikraft to me with that base side curve up, after the nut, to the edge of the flat top near the low E tuner... but that could just be the angle of the few images we have to go on
7) Price too cheap for what it is supposed to be
8) Neck plate
9) Trem cover
1) Lack of COA
2) Lack of SN
3) 2nd string tree (only introduced by Fender at the end of '71 so why pop one onto a 50's replica?)
4) Wrong string trees ... should be either button or butterfly on a 50's replica
5) Wrong decal for a 50's replica. Nothing before 1961 had pat numbers
6) Headstock shape looks closer to a Musikraft to me with that base side curve up, after the nut, to the edge of the flat top near the low E tuner... but that could just be the angle of the few images we have to go on
7) Price too cheap for what it is supposed to be
8) Neck plate
9) Trem cover
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eet ist vrong, eet ist ze velli grossen Fake.
