Am I Fucked?

[F_cksia]

There is no such thing as a Fender Stratocaster with serial number CY03059166, right? Probably a Squier with a fake logo. Oh well, it costed me 150 Euros

After searching for 'fake Fender' on Google, I found this, good fun:
http://j-walk.com/other/todd/ebayparody.htm

[yoyo]

yeah ur f'd

[lpdeluxe]

I hope the one on the fake eBay isn't the one you bought!

$15,000 for a Yamaha Fender Stratocopycaster. Amazing deal. But only because it's vintage...

[Elton Bear]

And green!

[Kramer]

Originally Posted by F_cksia

After searching for 'fake Fender' on Google, I found this, good fun:
http://j-walk.com/other/todd/ebayparody.htm

"A REAL FEDNER "STRAT". "

Bwahahahaha!

[Sirnothingness]

He's got some kewl family & friends.

[89gtsleeper]

That whole auction and the guy's website are fucking hilarious. I wonder how he found all those weird pictures??? I would love to shake hands with the guy that put it all together. I hope he does sell that guitar for 30 grand, so he can invest it in promoting his personal website. SWEET ASS.

[VSpaceBoy]

Nice

I forgot to take a picture of the gig bag, but it's a real good gig bag! For those who don't know, a gig is when you go out and play in a band. You carry your guitar to a gig using a gig bag!

Classic!!

Three pickups with a selector switch! Three pickups makes it very loud!! Some non-vintage guitars only have two pickups. They are not as loud.

[F_cksia]

To make things clear.. I didn´t buy the one from the website, that one is VERY obviously a joke. Anyway, my guitar turned out to be a Squier indeed, but then again..

[Trell Blaze]

Originally Posted by Kramer

"A REAL FEDNER "STRAT". "

Bwahahahaha!

That was a great laugh.

"Also, you can just ignore those five negative feedback ratings I got from other auctions! It's a long story!"

[F_cksia]

Well, here you go.. this is my recent buying error.

Hard to tell from the pictures, but is it a dark maroon/wine red color? I got one of those once, and it was my biggest regret-buy ever. It was setup so poorly it wasn't even worth the money to get it fixed.

My Yamaha (non-vintage) strat copy sounds a million times better.

[Micter]

There are a lot of crooks out there taking Mexican strat necks off and replacing them with squire necks, changing the logo and S#.

[XLR]

bump.














.

[F_cksia]

Originally Posted by XLR

bump.

.

Thanks for that

[F_cksia]

Noone?





.

[BrentDomann]

OK. I have limited knowledge of my Fender Strat specifics, but here are the problems I see:

- I *think* (as in maybe 80% certainty) that CY is a Squier prefix for s/ns. This would be a Chinese neck. EDIT: I looked this up on Wikipedia. CY03 would be a 2003 Squier made in Taiwan.

- Despite the low image quality, it looks like the wood under the Fender logo has been sanded, especially next to the word "Stratocaster".

- That burst looks like Sienna Sunburst, which only comes on special editions and American guitars. For 150 Euros, I doubt it. It could be a Cherryburst Squier. Those Cherrybursts are supposed to be very nice, BTW.

- Same for the saddles. Those are shaped like the stamped saddles on a MIA 2-point bridge. Not something you routinely get for 150 Euros, especially with the 2-point bridge.

- The neck plate has a hole for a micro-tilt neck adjustment. Is there something under that hole that you can tighten with a hex wrench, or is it just wood? If it's just wood, that neck plate doesn't belong on that guitar.

- Fender hasn't put large headstocks on guitars since the late 70s except on reissues, MIM deluxes (like the Deluxe Fat Strats from 5 years ago or so), special editions, and Squiers.

Taking all this into account, my guess is that the guitar is a re-logoed Squier Cherryburst with an aftermarket pickguard. Just a guess, though.

[BrentDomann]

Also, you can call Fender and they can run a serial number and tell you about the guitar's factory specs (color, pickups, model, etc.). Check the website for the phone number...it's just the basic customer service number. It's long distance, too, not an 800 number, if that makes a difference. I don't know if it works for Squiers, but if they can't ID it that will at least clue you in that it's not a Fender.

[BrentDomann]

Haha, and does the neckplate say, "Corona, Carifornia"?

[dragonworks]

this ranks right up there with my Chinese Gibsun Les Paul Surprise!

[Slowrider]

This is cute, (Six strings. Here's some trivia for you: Some gituras have 12 strings, and base guitars have only 4!!)

Can't spell worth a shit!

[F_cksia]

Originally Posted by BrentDomann

Haha, and does the neckplate say, "Corona, Carifornia"?

Yes, it does..

[F_cksia]

Originally Posted by BrentDomann

OK. I have limited knowledge of my Fender Strat specifics, but here are the problems I see:

- I *think* (as in maybe 80% certainty) that CY is a Squier prefix for s/ns. This would be a Chinese neck. EDIT: I looked this up on Wikipedia. CY03 would be a 2003 Squier made in Taiwan.

I looked that up too, found the same.

Originally Posted by BrentDomann

- Despite the low image quality, it looks like the wood under the Fender logo has been sanded, especially next to the word "Stratocaster".

Yeah, it is pretty obviously sanded as far as I can tell. So there you go..

Originally Posted by BrentDomann

- That burst looks like Sienna Sunburst, which only comes on special editions and American guitars. For 150 Euros, I doubt it. It could be a Cherryburst Squier. Those Cherrybursts are supposed to be very nice, BTW.

I compared it to pictures of Sienna Sunburst, and Cherryburst, and it doesn´t look like both of them.

Originally Posted by BrentDomann

- Same for the saddles. Those are shaped like the stamped saddles on a MIA 2-point bridge. Not something you
routinely get for 150 Euros, especially with the 2-point bridge.

Alright, that would be a good thing, right?

Originally Posted by BrentDomann

- The neck plate has a hole for a micro-tilt neck adjustment. Is there something under that hole that you can tighten with a hex wrench, or is it just wood? If it's just wood, that neck plate doesn't belong on that guitar.

It´s just wood indeed, good point..!

Originally Posted by BrentDomann

- Fender hasn't put large headstocks on guitars since the late 70s except on reissues, MIM deluxes (like the Deluxe Fat Strats from 5 years ago or so), special editions, and Squiers.

Originally Posted by BrentDomann

Taking all this into account, my guess is that the guitar is a re-logoed Squier Cherryburst with an aftermarket pickguard. Just a guess, though.

I think you´re right, thanks a lot!