Would you call this a good deal

[The Badge Man]

I just saw a add on Ebay to sell a Fender Strat and Vox Amp, It said Guitar Avenue are pleased to offer this starter pack just like Hanks !!! and then I looked at the price tag

Do have a look Item No - 270704780366 am I reading the price tag correctly

[Pat Seaman]

C'mon Eric, that's a bargain!

Treat yourself.

Pat.

[s4wgb]

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[dave robinson]

A good deal for who exactly ? They're 'avin' a larf.

[stratmantd]

A good deal for who exactly ? They're 'avin' a larf.

I quite agree. Do people really pay amounts like that for a modern guitar that's built to alleged dated specs, to appear to have been kept in a cupboard and brought out and played a few times a year?

I'm sorry, but guitars are made to be played, not bought as collectors' items. If you want a guitar that appears to be old, well-played, well-loved, buy a secod-hand one, not some ultra modern "distressed" over-priced plank that need to be played-in, adjusted, re-strung, etc. to get a decent sound from it.

Oh, and although the seller has included pictures of Fender spares and a certificate (serial number blanked out on certificate and guiter, why?) the logos on the headstock look as if they have been Photoshopped onto the picture.

[dave robinson]

A good deal for who exactly ? They're 'avin' a larf.

I quite agree. £1265.00 forthat?

The Fender logos have been Photoshopped onto the pictures for a start. The pictures themself have been taken at "artistic" angles which don't really give you much chance to examine them very closely.

Caveat Emptor methinks.

Which guitar are you looking at Tom - I can only see a geniune Fender Strat on each of those we are looking at.

[bob t]

Love the description

No. of Strings: 5 string plus one

Is this a new type of set up ?

Bob T

[dave robinson]

Why did you change your post Tom as it is going to confuse the thread for those reading? Luckily I copied the original one and answsered it.

When I made the 'avin' a larf comment, I was referring to the Vox amp and Fender Stat in the header post that Eric was pointing out on eBay for over £50,000.

The guitar that you are referring to is a great instrument and completely genuine and the price is very fair - I know because I have a reissue USA '62 Strat which is similar spec although 'unaged'. Do you have such an instrument? If not I would respectfully suggest that you choose your words more carefully because those of us who own similar instruments can see that you don't really understand what you are talking about. I understand that you don't agree with the 'relicing' process and I agree with you, but it's still a great sounding and playing instrument. As one who owns several Fenders', some Masterbuilt some Japanese and some Mexican, I can tell you that by comparison, this guitar makes the bog standard USA, JAP and MEXICAN Strats feel and sound like the 'planks' you seem to know a lot about. Also I would add that the Fender logo on that instrument is not 'Photoshop', that is how they look after 40/50 years on a well preserved instrument from that period.
You should try the guitars before rubbishing them, especially when one of our members is offering a great instrument for sale.
Please don't take offence at this, I am just pointing out facts that you clearly don't know about.

[David Martin]

Dave's right Tom. That's a superb Custom Shop guitar at the price of an American Vintage series... and we know the man to be absolutely genuine.

D

[stratmantd]

Oops! I got the ebay things mixed up. I apologise to Stuart but I still think that the price is extremely high for a new guitar.

No. I do not have a re-issue model, I bought mine in 1976 when you could get a Fender Stratocaster guitar. No re-issue, no relic, no closet, no left in the bathroom to get warped, no MIM, MIC, CIJ, MIJ, etc.

I have no doubt that modern guitars play extrememy well in the right hands but I do not believe that it is a real re-issue unless it has all the "faults" that some people immediately "correct". Why would people go on and on about changing the pickups, replacing the tremelo unit, etc. if they want a carbon-copy of an old instrument? Let's be honest about it; if the pickups are changed then it is no longer the same as the original instrument.

Anyway, I thought that this site was supposed to be about the music; it seems to have become a discussion site regarding the rapidly increasing number of variations of basically the same guitar.