by dusty fretz » Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:25 pm
Strats that featured a maple fingerboard in the early '60s are as rare as the proverbial hen's teeth and almost equally so even after the option became official in 1967. This sorry specimen certainly isn't such an oddity, as in a couple of photos the headstock fillet and skunk stripe that confirm one-piece construction are clearly visible, but in another shot the stripe has magically vanished, while the surrounding wear pattern on the heel block also varies. Such 'minor' discrepancies suggest pics of different guitars - all very suspicious! Just to further compound the errors already noted elsewhere, even the scratchplate is incorrect for 1961, as the screwhole positions point to 1963 onwards. All in all, a real dog's dinner.