1994 Sunburst Strat 40th anniversay

keithf

Guys, Whats the approx value of the above, ?
My mate has asked me to move one on for him and i'm seeing them 
at hugely different values
T i a 

ICBM

Is it an actual 40th Anniversary Strat - or just a 1994 USA Standard, which all had the '40' flag badge on the headstock and a neckplate with "40 years and still rockin'" on it?

The former is worth quite a lot, the latter only the same as any other USA Standard.

keithf

its a 40 flag badge model as far as i can tell

guitars4you

keithf said:

its a 40 flag badge model as far as i can tell

Effectively the 39th and 41st are the same guitar as the 40th as @ICBM suggests - For that one year Fender applied what is now known as the 'banner' headstock logo - Good condition + original with case and they can fetch £700/800 - I've seen higher asking prices but those prices baffle me a touch 

ICBM

keithf said:

its a 40 flag badge model as far as i can tell

Just a USA Standard that happens to be from 1994. Every one made that year had them - I had one... a particularly nice Caribbean Mist green.

There is a lot of confusion about it - some deliberate, by unscrupulous sellers - hence the widely differing prices.

The actual 40th Anniversary Strat is a 50s-style vintage reissue, which only came (as far as I know) in 2-tone burst with a maple neck, there's no badge on the headstock, and the neckplate says 40th Anniversary. They were a limited edition of 1,954.

keithf

Brill, Thanks guys.I know where to price it now.
thanks again.

Philly_Q

ICBM said:

keithf said:

its a 40 flag badge model as far as i can tell

Just a USA Standard that happens to be from 1994. Every one made that year had them - I had one... a particularly nice Caribbean Mist green.

There is a lot of confusion about it - some deliberate, by unscrupulous sellers - hence the widely differing prices.

The actual 40th Anniversary Strat is a 50s-style vintage reissue, which only came (as far as I know) in 2-tone burst with a maple neck, there's no badge on the headstock, and the neckplate says 40th Anniversary. They were a limited edition of 1,954.

Thanks for the reminder about the "real" 40th Anniversary Strat, I think I remember it being reviewed in an early issue of TGM and it sounded great, but not something I could have afforded in those days.

I had an American Standard with the 40th Anniversary headstock banner (it was a sunburst, actually) and it was probably the worst USA Standard I've owned - but that was just bad luck, I'm not claiming it was actually a "bad year".

guitars4you

Philly_Q said:

ICBM said:

keithf said:

its a 40 flag badge model as far as i can tell

Just a USA Standard that happens to be from 1994. Every one made that year had them - I had one... a particularly nice Caribbean Mist green.

There is a lot of confusion about it - some deliberate, by unscrupulous sellers - hence the widely differing prices.

The actual 40th Anniversary Strat is a 50s-style vintage reissue, which only came (as far as I know) in 2-tone burst with a maple neck, there's no badge on the headstock, and the neckplate says 40th Anniversary. They were a limited edition of 1,954.

Thanks for the reminder about the "real" 40th Anniversary Strat, I think I remember it being reviewed in an early issue of TGM and it sounded great, but not something I could have afforded in those days.

I had an American Standard with the 40th Anniversary headstock banner (it was a sunburst, actually) and it was probably the worst USA Standard I've owned - but that was just bad luck, I'm not claiming it was actually a "bad year".

Yes the actual 40th Anniv was a take on the 54 without being an exact replica - In the style of is a better phrase - And sell for well over 1K - But even so many try to add some additional vibe the Strat Std banner headstock models as though it is some superior model - They made 1000's of them and as I mentioned earlier, there is no difference between a 1993/94 and 95 Strat Std - But a decent example can fetch £700/800 

Voxman

Similar thing happened on the 2004 50th Anniversary. Fender put a '50th Anniversary' stamped neck heel plate on every Strat it produced that year but there were only 3 bona-fide 50th Anniversary USA Strats, all with two tone sunburst and maple necks, (two came in a special 50th Anniversary tweed case; the Custom Shop version came in a form fitting case), and one 'MIM' Aztec gold strat that came in a special cream gig bag.  All the rest were just regular Strats.  

bazxkr

Voxman said:

Similar thing happened on the 2004 50th Anniversary. Fender put a '50th Anniversary' stamped neck heel plate on every Strat it produced that year but there were only 3 bona-fide 50th Anniversary USA Strats, all with two tone sunburst and maple necks, (two came in a special 50th Anniversary tweed case; the Custom Shop version came in a form fitting case), and one 'MIM' Aztec gold strat that came in a special cream gig bag.  All the rest were just regular Strats.  

Spot on @Voxman ; I have the two limited edition USA 2004 50th anniv strats & lust after the gold MIM too. 

Very common to see normal year 2004 strats being passed off as the limited editions. If people don't research correctly it is easy to get confused and not get what you think it is. The 2006 Diamond anniv strat/tele have the same issue if you are not careful. These came in the unusual silver 60th anniv case and had the jewel in the headstock so were way easier to try differentiate from standards