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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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 Posted - 08/06/2009 : 21:40:19
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Well, my waiting was rewarded today. Picked up a mint (truly mint) 60th anniversary tobacco sunburst American Standard Strat for cheap today. Am very happy  |
Edited by - Laurie on 08/07/2009 22:12:25 |
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zerksies
Double Platinum Member
USA
3406 Posts |
Posted - 08/06/2009 : 23:58:10
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FRANZONI
Double Platinum Member
Ireland
3543 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2009 : 00:05:56
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Strats are great.....i find Fenders in general best for what i do musically... a real blank canvas of a guitar....nice find... congrats... +1 on the pics please..... |
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DasBeef
Gold Member
United Kingdom
704 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2009 : 00:27:30
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| Congrats man! Let's see some pics.... |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2009 : 00:28:01
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Here you go!
The "marks" on the body are just dust and photo artifacts. It is unblemished... mint fresh
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Edited by - Laurie on 08/07/2009 00:29:08 |
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exodia333
Silver Member
USA
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
6593 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2009 : 13:13:30
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Hi Laurie
A 60th anniversary strat.
----NICE----
I was seriously looking to buy one of these & the 60th Tele as a set,
just a while ago.
Congrats.
How does it play & sound? - Bloody great I bet.
Regards Dr. Bob  |
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DasBeef
Gold Member
United Kingdom
704 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2009 : 14:30:12
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| She's a beauty! Nice work my man! |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2009 : 22:19:00
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Well, that was short lived. It turned out that the bridge pins had been drilled in the wrong place and the strings were not "square" on the neck. The pic shows the difference in gaps for the big-E vs small-E... There is a little bit of "perspective" in picture making it look worse than it was, but the big-E was sliding off the frets to the side of the neck above about fret 18. Even worse, you couldn't restring the guitar without taking off the trem cover because the holes in the bridge-block didn't line up with the holes in the trem cover (this is what made me aware of the problem...). How the first owner didn't see this is beyond me.
Although this is clearly a manufacturing defect (the bridge pin holes have been drilled about 5/23" away from where they should be), Fender won't touch it because the warranty isn't transferrable from the original owner. SHAME on you Fender! You should stand behind your product!
Fortunately, the store does hassle-free returns within 30 days so all is well. I just don't have my strat anymore. I'd grown quite attached to it during the 14 hours I owned it 
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FunkenGrooven
Silver Member
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - 08/07/2009 : 23:13:16
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| Crap dude that's a somewhat easy fix. Where as you guys can mod pedals I can actually do some guitar work you would need to pull the trem posts out fill in the holes and re drill any luthier worth his salt could fix that. Maybe you go back and ask for a discount equal to the repair cost |
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bossarea
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/07/2009 : 23:20:43
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The guitar is a beauty so it's a shame about the defect.
Did you get your money back or will you buy another guitar from the same store? |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2009 : 00:13:36
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Originally posted by FunkenGrooven
Maybe you go back and ask for a discount equal to the repair cost
Already did that
No go.
Also seriously considered doing the drill/fill approach myself but honestly, I'd rather wait for a "good" one. |
Edited by - Laurie on 08/08/2009 00:17:34 |
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Laurie
Double Platinum Member
Canada
4854 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2009 : 00:15:25
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Originally posted by bossarea
Did you get your money back or will you buy another guitar from the same store?
They have a 30 day no-questions-asked return policy, so I got a refund. I'll eventually get one from this particular store - I have a bunch of mates who work there.
The thing that pisses me off the most is Fender walking away from what is clearly a manufacturing defect. |
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jack
Platinum Member
USA
1418 Posts |
Posted - 08/08/2009 : 01:39:29
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Thats why the Fender's I own all say Squier on the headstock... |
Edited by - jack on 08/08/2009 01:39:59 |
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chrissydamage
Silver Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/08/2009 : 01:43:50
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Originally posted by Laurie
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Originally posted by FunkenGrooven
Maybe you go back and ask for a discount equal to the repair cost
Already did that
No go.
Also seriously considered doing the drill/fill approach myself but honestly, I'd rather wait for a "good" one.
Yeah don't think I'd want to be drilling holes in a new (or nearly new) guitar either; cool you can get your money back though.
If that sort of thing slips through the quality control then i wonder how many others there are that look like that......
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60th anniversary strat - DEAD... returned
