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If you watch the video on Atoyboy's site, it sounds pretty average to me.
And why is it now cheaper than when Atoyboy were advertising it?
An awful lot of things which would concern me. And FWIW - I agree the edge radius looks wrong....
I had an '87 62 reissue and a real '63 at the same time. Next to each other, the difference was really obvious.
I picked up a pre-CBS 60s neck for my reissue - and sold the guitar with it on. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that this is how this guitar came to be....
All the scenarios above are possible - but I think inhand the neck pocket would tell the story......they are very distinct - and stopped in 62 (some spilled over into very early 63) ...........Oversanding and glare on pics I think explain the roundovers.
Could be totally wrong - maybe the neck pocket look is fooling me...........this is the neck pocket style I am meaning from this original 50s Strat - and below the Strat in question:
There is one explanation which could account for all this *and* andrewaward's correct neck pocket... if the body - having been routed/hacked - has been filled with blocks where necessary and re-faced with new wood, refinished and then re-routed. I've seen that done on a Tele before, although never on a Strat since presumably since the contouring would make it difficult to get a clean join without a visible sink line. Unless of course you leave the edges too square…
Just a thought, I could be wrong.
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I agree with what everyone else is saying, the lack of paint and funny shape of the cavities is hard to come up with a pleasant explanation for.
I have a 66 refin, and it sure as heck doesn't look like this
It would be good to have the body inhand as you can sometimes see the 2 dowel hole outlines on the body which would be a plus sigh also.
I know what you are saying, and everyone else.............if it wasn't for the neck pocket I'd be really sceptical............Also, not sure if that pencil word is MEL.........but if it is, Mel was a Fender employee in the 50s and 60s and his name is on a lot of bodies, pickups, pickguard shields etc..............
No insulted intended to the above - but not the hardest thing to fake is it? I reckon even I could manage three letters in pencil and I'm crap at DIY!
I like John's fill, refin then reroute explanation. I think that is the right answer. What do I win?
And really hard to fake a neck pocket like that (unless you are one of the masters).