jimistone
long standing member
There is a big craze to buy vintage guitar parts online with the prices being crazy high for original vintage instruments. I have seen alot of bogus stuff. Here is one example.
A 100% original 1966 pickguard for over $7000.00.
I have a vintage 1966 stratocaster so I always take a look at things relating to that year stratocaster.
Looks like the real McCoy to someone not knowledgeable to this particular guitar, but there is a glaring obvious flaw here...
A '66 strat has gray bottom pickups not black bottom. Fender started putting grey bottom pickups in strat in 1964. So, I could buy a 64 strat having black bottoms. Maybe they had some leftover black bottoms that they thew in a few guitars...it would be extremely rare but feasible. A 65 strat having them....EXTREAMLY hard for me to believe.
A '66 strat having them...no way in hell. The pickups are not original if this is a '66 guard assembly.
I'm not even going to get into the markings that are missing from the metal shielding pickguard plate.
A 100% original 1966 pickguard for over $7000.00.
I have a vintage 1966 stratocaster so I always take a look at things relating to that year stratocaster.
Looks like the real McCoy to someone not knowledgeable to this particular guitar, but there is a glaring obvious flaw here...
A '66 strat has gray bottom pickups not black bottom. Fender started putting grey bottom pickups in strat in 1964. So, I could buy a 64 strat having black bottoms. Maybe they had some leftover black bottoms that they thew in a few guitars...it would be extremely rare but feasible. A 65 strat having them....EXTREAMLY hard for me to believe.
A '66 strat having them...no way in hell. The pickups are not original if this is a '66 guard assembly.
I'm not even going to get into the markings that are missing from the metal shielding pickguard plate.