rolandson
Dr. Stratster
Jass, we're guitar players...you need to give each column and row a heading or we won't have a clue...
Are the photos on top of a real one, or one each sort of thing...
Just say'n.
64' neck? Is it real? Is it fake?
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Are the photos on top of a real one, or one each sort of thing...
Just say'n.
Touché.....Jass, we're guitar players...you need to give each column and row a heading or we won't have a clue...
Are the photos on top of a real one, or one each sort of thing...
Just say'n.
richardb64
Strat-Talker
As Bazz Jass says, the stamp is all wrong, the whole thing looks brand new and the very large nail in the coffin is the missing pin router hole on the flat of the heel. If that’s missing, it’s not a vintage Fender neck and at that point it’s not worth even trying with “well it’s hard to say, so and so looks OK”. This is not a vintage strat neck.
Also, the real thing will have a similar pin router hole on the back of the headstock under the D string tuner if you take it off. I’m betting that’s not there either.
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rolandson
Dr. Stratster
I didn't know this...! I never looked...!
Not that it does me any particular good now but...
Only image I can find, and a cheesy one at that, is from ... my least favorite source.
But there it is...!
I didn't know this...! I never looked...!
Not that it does me any particular good now but...
Only image I can find, and a cheesy one at that, is from ... my least favorite source.
But there it is...!
Train-spotter fact - on lefty models from this era, the (filled) hole is visible on the face of the headstock near the D post
and a double hole on the heel...
Butcher of Strats
Most Honored Senior Member
Yeah some details are sorta subtle but the truss rod being so low is an instant NOPE.
Cannot refinish sand or sharpie the truss into a different spot!
I would agree the RW looks very wrong too, should be Braz.
Cannot refinish sand or sharpie the truss into a different spot!
I would agree the RW looks very wrong too, should be Braz.
TelecasterTim
Strat-Talk Member
Thank you guys for all of your input! Fake is the answer! I will probably put it back together and play it. Believe it or not it plays great and sounds good too. Thanks again!!
stratmanshow
Strat-Talker
Not suggesting anything but it struck me that the font on the OP's neck looks pretty close to this Tokai from a thread over at Squier-talk
https://www.squier-talk.com/attachments/img_1199-jpeg.210122/
https://www.squier-talk.com/attachments/img_1199-jpeg.210122/
Fake by a country mile
Groundwire
Strat-O-Master
Can confirm this is accurate. See pics of my ‘65 and ‘67 Strats.Train-spotter fact - on lefty models from this era, the (filled) hole is visible on the face of the headstock near the D post
View attachment 646410
and a double hole on the heel...
View attachment 646411
Also, thanks @Bazz Jass as I had always wondered why the router hole was in front on lefties.
richardb64
Strat-Talker
There’ll be a dowel in the fingerboard of lefty one piece maple necks too. Around the 18th fret.Train-spotter fact - on lefty models from this era, the (filled) hole is visible on the face of the headstock near the D post
View attachment 646410
and a double hole on the heel...
View attachment 646411
stormin1155
Strat-O-Master
If Fender didn't make it, who did? Who else is making veneer necks with traditional heel access truss rods? A pretty ambitious neck to fake only to end up on a cheap partscaster.
Not Tug Douglas
Strat-Talk Member
Looks fake to me. I’m not an expert of any sort but it seems blatantly obvious to me.
