Fake identification
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Re: Fake identification
Update: all the money is back in my account. Receipt was a fake. Guitar is real, but not his. His name is allegedly Paul Brook, and he clearly isn't as smart and hard to track down as he thinks he is.
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Re: Fake identification
That's awesome, I saw someone else was scammed by him on one of the Facebook groups, hopefully he gets the same result.robthemac wrote:Update: all the money is back in my account. Receipt was a fake. Guitar is real, but not his. His name is allegedly Paul Brook, and he clearly isn't as smart and hard to track down as he thinks he is.
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Re: Fake identification
Give us the lowdown on what happenedrobthemac wrote:Update: all the money is back in my account. Receipt was a fake. Guitar is real, but not his. His name is allegedly Paul Brook, and he clearly isn't as smart and hard to track down as he thinks he is.
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Will do, just gotta get through this damn exam...AiRdAd wrote:Give us the lowdown on what happenedrobthemac wrote:Update: all the money is back in my account. Receipt was a fake. Guitar is real, but not his. His name is allegedly Paul Brook, and he clearly isn't as smart and hard to track down as he thinks he is.
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Great to hear you got your money back, and good luck for your exam. NGD is inching ever closer for yourobthemac wrote:Will do, just gotta get through this damn exam...AiRdAd wrote:Give us the lowdown on what happenedrobthemac wrote:Update: all the money is back in my account. Receipt was a fake. Guitar is real, but not his. His name is allegedly Paul Brook, and he clearly isn't as smart and hard to track down as he thinks he is.
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Re: Fake identification
Shit that you were put through this. Interested to know how you tracked him down?robthemac wrote:Update: all the money is back in my account. Receipt was a fake. Guitar is real, but not his. His name is allegedly Paul Brook, and he clearly isn't as smart and hard to track down as he thinks he is.
Re: Fake identification
There’s so much fake gear floating around now that I’ve chosen to go back to reputable retailers
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Or use alibaba to buy directly from the factoryBollix wrote:There’s so much fake gear floating around now that I’ve chosen to go back to reputable retailers
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Re: Fake identification
Back in Vietnam there were Fender copies everywhere for about $130-300usd
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Headstock logo and all
Wouldn't be hard to bring one over here to try to sell to suckers
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Fender Tele custom shop special with bamboo neck.
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Re: Fake identification
Hi all,
I have a Fender Japan strat and I have small doubts about how original it is. Has a G serial on the neck, I think plays and sounds like a .. 1987 Fender Japan but on the neck connection has too much writing and a stamp that appears like Jan 22 1990 even if the serial number indicates a 1987-88.
Any Fender experts could say an opinion?
I have a Fender Japan strat and I have small doubts about how original it is. Has a G serial on the neck, I think plays and sounds like a .. 1987 Fender Japan but on the neck connection has too much writing and a stamp that appears like Jan 22 1990 even if the serial number indicates a 1987-88.
Any Fender experts could say an opinion?
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Re: Fake identification
Looks fine to me. A forgery wouldn't have any such detail in the neck pocket. That'd be reserved for pre-CBS malarkey. Pickups look like a set I had once. I researched them and the Strat forum's consensus was that they were originally from a Japanese Strat.chrisz wrote: ↑Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:59 pm Hi all,
I have a Fender Japan strat and I have small doubts about how original it is. Has a G serial on the neck, I think plays and sounds like a .. 1987 Fender Japan but on the neck connection has too much writing and a stamp that appears like Jan 22 1990 even if the serial number indicates a 1987-88.
Any Fender experts could say an opinion?
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Re: Fake identification
It’s original - those pickups look like the ceramic things the Japanese made fenders used for a while . I don’t like them personally and a nice set in there would make a lot of difference I would think.
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Re: Fake identification
Id have to say you are correct in thinking its likely to be from 1990 as vs 1987