gibs
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I mentioned in the "how do I buy a bass" thread that I was going to see a guy about a strat....turns out he had sold it...
so, being that I had to take some of my mom's medical stuff to the lab in Tyler, I came back home via a little town that has a highly recommended guitar store.......lotsa new stuff (tons of taylor acoustics, fender, very little gibson) and lotsa used stuff, including a back room that has the high dollar collectibles.......I didn't even go into that room......
I played about 6 strats in the store, 2 mexican, 1 japanese, and (I shit you not) a chinese one, and yes it said fender and on the back it said made in china.....they were actually all ok, but just not "there".....then I played with a red american (that horrible cocktail lounge dark red, not the cool red), and it was ok too.....
but the tone just wasn't there for some reason.....and they all had lots of wear, which can be a good thing, because it meant they were played a lot, so they must be ok, right?...not necessarily.........
and then I saw it......
such a pale yellow, I thought it was that cream thing fender had going on......
I saw the serial number started with E4 (which is 1984 in fender speak, unless it's a vintage or special model).....
this thing had no dings...I mean NO dings....not even pick scratches....not even those pseudo pick scratches that look kinda chalky......no bumping into the amp dings...no walking through a door wrong dings....NOTHING............
every fret was excellent.....just ever so little string depression grooves.....
my tele has a maple fingerboard.....I'm not a guitar wiz, I don't play fast, and I'm not crazy about maple fingerboards......
this one had rosewood.........mmmmmmmm.....rosewood........
plugged it in.....5 switch worked....tones worked....volume worked....tone so strat......mmmmmmmm........tone...............
chords loud or mellow or chunky or heavy......mmmmmm....tone......
my ONE lead riff.........mmmmmmm.....tone......
It said "Buy me. I am strat."
and so I did.....and I'm really really glad......
I had done a little research this past week, and on one site, there was a valutation by year on fender strats......(I also have a handy dandy serial number list, so I pinpointed it to a 1984 with no question)...the valuation was $700 in pristine condition, and this one is......I paid $600 (the guitar was$550, but I bought an old hardshell case for it, price $50)
in 1985, when fender was sold again, the 86 models in pristine condition were listed at $600....so I think I did ok...
But I can't figure out the color....does clear coat finish turn that yellow without crackling?...or is this some kind of weird pastel color that was only offered back then?....the fender site is no help at all on colors.....this is a real yellow, but ultra pale......
anybody know about fender colors?....gibs (who after waiting 30+ years, finally has a strat)
so, being that I had to take some of my mom's medical stuff to the lab in Tyler, I came back home via a little town that has a highly recommended guitar store.......lotsa new stuff (tons of taylor acoustics, fender, very little gibson) and lotsa used stuff, including a back room that has the high dollar collectibles.......I didn't even go into that room......
I played about 6 strats in the store, 2 mexican, 1 japanese, and (I shit you not) a chinese one, and yes it said fender and on the back it said made in china.....they were actually all ok, but just not "there".....then I played with a red american (that horrible cocktail lounge dark red, not the cool red), and it was ok too.....
but the tone just wasn't there for some reason.....and they all had lots of wear, which can be a good thing, because it meant they were played a lot, so they must be ok, right?...not necessarily.........
and then I saw it......
such a pale yellow, I thought it was that cream thing fender had going on......
I saw the serial number started with E4 (which is 1984 in fender speak, unless it's a vintage or special model).....
this thing had no dings...I mean NO dings....not even pick scratches....not even those pseudo pick scratches that look kinda chalky......no bumping into the amp dings...no walking through a door wrong dings....NOTHING............
every fret was excellent.....just ever so little string depression grooves.....
my tele has a maple fingerboard.....I'm not a guitar wiz, I don't play fast, and I'm not crazy about maple fingerboards......
this one had rosewood.........mmmmmmmm.....rosewood........
plugged it in.....5 switch worked....tones worked....volume worked....tone so strat......mmmmmmmm........tone...............
chords loud or mellow or chunky or heavy......mmmmmm....tone......
my ONE lead riff.........mmmmmmm.....tone......
It said "Buy me. I am strat."
and so I did.....and I'm really really glad......
I had done a little research this past week, and on one site, there was a valutation by year on fender strats......(I also have a handy dandy serial number list, so I pinpointed it to a 1984 with no question)...the valuation was $700 in pristine condition, and this one is......I paid $600 (the guitar was$550, but I bought an old hardshell case for it, price $50)
in 1985, when fender was sold again, the 86 models in pristine condition were listed at $600....so I think I did ok...
But I can't figure out the color....does clear coat finish turn that yellow without crackling?...or is this some kind of weird pastel color that was only offered back then?....the fender site is no help at all on colors.....this is a real yellow, but ultra pale......
anybody know about fender colors?....gibs (who after waiting 30+ years, finally has a strat)
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