Re: Fake identification
Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:44 am
That date mark just shows it had the factory recall done for faulty truss rod fluid replacement.
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Yup, thanks, I found those pickups as original Fender Japan as well.Molly wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 6:06 amLooks 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?
Yup, thanks, I agree. These pickups are not bad at all, I just cannot play what they want.
Yup, thanks, this was a great forum, even a bit confusing tells me that I have to keep what the guitar says. A Japanese neck (probably 1987-88) with a body (that several Fenders - Squiers used) from 1990 put together by Fender Japan (the guitar came to me from Japan).Lyle wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 8:20 am Have a look at this thread, there's photos of other guitars that look the same as yours. G serial on the neck, and the bodies have the same route and tooling marks.
https://www.strat-talk.com/threads/squi ... n-usa.430/
Doesn't look like there's a consensus of what they actually are, definitely a legit Fender but some confusion about where the bodies were made ( e.g. US body with MIJ neck?).
I had a 1989 H-serial and the stamp on the neck said June 1990.. I asked and apparently it's very normal for fender Japan. it was 57 reissue and hated it so much had to get rid of it. Sold pretty fast though very popular guitars.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?
Just in case you had not figured it out yet, that post you replied to above is from 3 years ago.diomaniac wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:21 amI had a 1989 H-serial and the stamp on the neck said June 1990.. I asked and apparently it's very normal for fender Japan. it was 57 reissue and hated it so much had to get rid of it. Sold pretty fast though very popular guitars.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?
We have no time limit on our conversations.....olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 1:56 pmJust in case you had not figured it out yet, that post you replied to above is from 3 years ago.diomaniac wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 10:21 amI had a 1989 H-serial and the stamp on the neck said June 1990.. I asked and apparently it's very normal for fender Japan. it was 57 reissue and hated it so much had to get rid of it. Sold pretty fast though very popular guitars.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?