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SOLD Stratocaster MIM FS or FT
Arctic White Standard Stratocaster for sale with maple neck.
Recently got hold of this, but have decided it's a bit too close to my main G&L Doheny for comfort, and I prefer the Doheny really (mainly for the pickups, the fit and finish of this Strat is a cut above).
It's a lovely Strat, just under 8 lb in weight so quite light for a Strat really. The neck is really nice - 9.5" radius, decent sized frets, and a reasonable handful - not a baseball bat, but certainly not skinny.
It's in superb condition and, apart from a small amount of fretwear in the cowboy chord area, it essentially looks brand new. It's completely stock.
Colour is hard to photograph, but it's a kind of creamy off-white, with a very slightly mint green scratch plate and slightly off-white switch, knobs, pickup covers, etc. Very pretty looking.
The stock trem on these is vintage style 6 screw.
Would like to trade for either:
- Gibson SG Special;
- Gibson Les Paul Studio;
- Fender Telecaster;
- G&L Asat Special.
Or quick sale for £350 £300.
I'm in Newcastle.
Comments
Help me out here, have I got the price wrong? Are my photos crap?
I paid £295 mailed for a MiM strat recently from here and there is one on our local ad site, same model as yours but Sunburst, with added Fender locking tuners for £200, which I would now have in my sweaty grasp if I wasn't camping in Wales!
There's things I've had, there's things I wanna have"
cheers
Mark
Setup's a subjective thing, but it feels great to me. Set up to Fender specs, essentially.
No case or bag.
The frets aren't rusted or pitted, but your question and the one above made me realise there is some tarnishing at the upper frets (hadn't spotted it before!). For some reason, it really shows in one of those photos above and isn't so obvious in the flesh.
I got my Brasso out this evening and it rubbed off with no issues - so it is definitely just a bit of nickel tarnish. I took a photo of the fret I cleaned tonight (see below, second last fret):
Also noticed that they make it look as though there is some finger nail wear down to the wood on the first fret. I’ve just double and triple checked and this is just some grain/figure in the wood - the finish is intact and shiny!