Custom Shop Strat - or is it

guitars4you

https://reverb.com/item/14352805-fender-custom-shop-62-stratocaster-heavy-relic-2012-1994-olympic-white-over-dakota-red


is it really a Custom Shop guitar ?????? - read as much of the info report as you can 

Adam_MD

So it’s a partsacaster yet they say they have a COA that’s pretty naughty.

CHRISB50

CS body.

New (replacement?!) neck.

Replacement case.

gringopig

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Funkfingers

Erm, the Custom Shop appears to have forgotten to run a ground wire to the vibrato claw. 

The Fender Custom Shop bases its fake wear on genuine old guitars. I have never seen that pattern of paint loss around the recessed jack before.

The body edge contours do not look right for 1962. I would like to see under the vibrato and scratchplate. I half expect to see dowels filling two holes where threaded inserts for a two-point fulcrum vibrato used to be.

Strat54

Partsocaster at best. One of the many misleading Reverb ads. I've given up reporting these now. Too many fakes on this platform, its become like ebay. Its also stuffed full of home dealers masquerading as private sellers and circumventing UK trading laws.
NIce headstock serial number placement there too. Pass.

guitars4you

Adam_MD said:

So it’s a partsacaster yet they say they have a COA that’s pretty naughty.

just a hunch but I dare say the COA was issued with that serial number and at one time was genuine - but neither the coa on its own or indeed the body make it a C/Shop guitar today

meltedbuzzbox

@iain.reverb any thoughts on this?

guitars4you

Funkfingers said:

The Fender Custom Shop bases its fake wear on genuine old guitars. I have never seen that pattern of paint loss around the recessed jack before.

I've never seen that type of wear, or level of wear, before on a Custom Shop - maybe some masterbuilt models but not C/Shop

thermionic

The “top spec wiring” sounds like the only thing from the Custom Shop is the bare body. Also, what the hell is “deep body cleansing”?

richardhomer

I don’t think the ad’s entirely misleading - it’s listed as ‘Condition: Very Good’.

I don’t think many of us would argue with that....

iain.reverb

meltedbuzzbox said:

@iain.reverb any thoughts on this?

Flagged it for suspension

Fishboy7

£1500...!?   You can easily find a legit FCS relic for not much more. 

MikeS

It's a 1993 neck as well, not a 94 anniversary, and you can see the holes/marks from the previous tuners. So much waffle, so much BS badly representing an extremely overpriced partscaster. A seller I'll avoid.

guitars4you

MikeS said:

It's a 1993 neck as well, not a 94 anniversary, and you can see the holes/marks from the previous tuners. So much waffle, so much BS badly representing an extremely overpriced partscaster. A seller I'll avoid.

I think they were shipping the 40th anniv banner headstocks on 1993 models to be fair - regular thing for Fender to cross over such events

guitars4you

@MattFGBI ; - what does the serial number R57507 show as on your system

impmann

guitars4you said:

MikeS said:

It's a 1993 neck as well, not a 94 anniversary, and you can see the holes/marks from the previous tuners. So much waffle, so much BS badly representing an extremely overpriced partscaster. A seller I'll avoid.

I think they were shipping the 40th anniv banner headstocks on 1993 models to be fair - regular thing for Fender to cross over such events

We got our 40th Anniv badged ones in 1994 when I worked for a Fender dealer.

Nice necks IMHO but that guitar is a load of...

guitars4you

To be fair, in the description he does give a lot of info that shows more of its true colour regarding what it is spec'd as currently - But it is hiding behind the Fender Custom Shop tag that is the big issue IMO - almost using the C/Shop body and COA as the best asset with everything else as a lower common denominator - Yet the whole story lends itself to be careful about the actual body anyway

Jonathangus

gringopig said:

The advert title is totally misrepresenting. Remove the 'custom shop' part and it would be more honest. It's also very over-priced.

Even if you take the Custom Shop bit out, you still can't call it a Fender, as it (presumably) wasn't assembled by Fender.

guitars4you

impmann said:

guitars4you said:

MikeS said:

It's a 1993 neck as well, not a 94 anniversary, and you can see the holes/marks from the previous tuners. So much waffle, so much BS badly representing an extremely overpriced partscaster. A seller I'll avoid.

I think they were shipping the 40th anniv banner headstocks on 1993 models to be fair - regular thing for Fender to cross over such events

We got our 40th Anniv badged ones in 1994 when I worked for a Fender dealer.

Nice necks IMHO but that guitar is a load of...

Later 1993 models were shipped with the banner headstock logo ready in time for 1994

HarrySeven

https://www.guitargaragelondon.com/


It's also on eBay