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Sold 1974 Fender Strat (price thoughts please)
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Hi folks ,
https://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/collections/fender-electric-guitars/products/1974-fender-stratocaster-sunburstI bought this a few months ago hoping that something lovely would cure my GAS for having a constantly changing 6 or 7 guitars. It hasn’t worked as I’ve just splashed out on an expensive Gretsch and have been eying up Teles too.
Its a lot of cash to be tied up in one guitar so I’m thinking of chopping it out to clear the Gretsch debt and maybe buy a moderately priced Tele.
As you can see it was up for £3495 - a lower than average price for a lightweight early 70s Strat because of the replacement neck pickup I guess.
I knocked them down a couple of hundred quid so with the market where it is now do you vintage experts think I could get my money back ?
I’d usually check EBay sold prices for clues but the replacement neck pickup makes that difficult (V and R thought it was a custom shop one because of a red sticker on the bottom but I don’t have a clue - it sounds nice though)
Cheers for any thoughts in advance
:-)
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The 3 bolt neck design was never an issue- it was the build quality that gave a solid idea a bad rep. Some are good, some are not.
Given that Norlins are fetching 4k plus, 3K is easily achievable, maybe even 3500 +. If I had it, I'd buy it now.
The two original pups are staggered gray backs- ground zero for me personally.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
As an investment- it'll be good.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
Re the Strat - I’ve had a lovely trade offer of a Tele plus cash this morning that I’m mulling over so this may be snagged already !
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