Missing neck date on 1989 Strat Plus

[albala]

Nothing to worry about, it's a beauty. The only thing I like more than an E9 is an N9.

There aren't a lot of Torino reds out there.

Is it in mint condition?

Thanks for sharing.

 

[John C]

Very nice; no red flags at all to me. Regarding the Tremsetter - it should be there but some people remove it. The TBX tone control is pretty easy to tell without removing the pickguard - you will feel it kind of "stick" when it hits a notch a about "5" on the knob - the TBX is a double pot so it reads as a 250k pot from 1-5, then it reads as a 1mg pot from 6-10.

Is the finish metallic/pearl? It might be my monitor but it kind of looks like it on my laptop screen. Torino red isn't metallic/pearl; it's basically Ferrari red.

 

[crawdaddy]

If it is an '89/'90 model...the color should be "Frost Red"... that is the shade of red that Fender used on the Strat Plus for those years...the Clapton strat's back then used "Torino Red"....

Here is a pic of my '90 AmStandard in Frost Red.....the pics were taken with poor lighting...The guitar is here somewhere in the house and when I find it, I'll snap some shots outdoors...


PS: A very nice looking guitar you have there....congrats and enjoy...

 

[Davyjo7]

Nothing to worry about, it's a beauty. The only thing I like more than an E9 is an N9.

There aren't a lot of Torino reds out there.

Is it in mint condition?

Thanks for sharing.

Yes, its pretty much in mint condition

 

[Davyjo7]

Very nice; no red flags at all to me. Regarding the Tremsetter - it should be there but some people remove it. The TBX tone control is pretty easy to tell without removing the pickguard - you will feel it kind of "stick" when it hits a notch a about "5" on the knob - the TBX is a double pot so it reads as a 250k pot from 1-5, then it reads as a 1mg pot from 6-10.

Is the finish metallic/pearl? It might be my monitor but it kind of looks like it on my laptop screen. Torino red isn't metallic/pearl; it's basically Ferrari red.

It does have a metallic/pearl finish so I guess it can't be Torino red even tho that's how it was described when I bought it.......and I've opened it up the double pot TBX is definitely there.

 

[Davyjo7]

If it is an '89/'90 model...the color should be "Frost Red"... that is the shade of red that Fender used on the Strat Plus for those years...the Clapton strat's back then used "Torino Red"....

Here is a pic of my '90 AmStandard in Frost Red.....the pics were taken with poor lighting...The guitar is here somewhere in the house and when I find it, I'll snap some shots outdoors...
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PS: A very nice looking guitar you have there....congrats and enjoy...

Thanks. Mine must be frost red or even ferrari red maybe

 

[crawdaddy]

Here is a pic from 1989....

 

[Davyjo7]

Here is a pic from 1989....
View attachment 594596 Very interesting. Does your 89 AmerStandard have a pearl/metallic sheen?

 

[crawdaddy]

I will dig around and find mine and take a couple of outdoor pics....I don't really remember the finish....

 

[crawdaddy]

Here are some pics of my Frost Red from 1990.....there is a very slight metallic finish to the color.


Same guitar as the pic I posted a few responses up....looks paler in the sunlight...

 

[crawdaddy]

Sorry, I hate to bring this up....but to me your body looks to be Candy Apple Red (a great color)....and your guitar has 3 gold lace sensor pickups in it....

After doing some research, I have found that Fender first offered CAR w/3 gold lace P/U's in 1996....It is the second down on this page of the catalog....


I am sure that @John C and others will have a better answer....I'm a lefty and never followed the "Plus" line...

 

[Davyjo7]

Sorry, I hate to bring this up....but to me your body looks to be Candy Apple Red (a great color)....and your guitar has 3 gold lace sensor pickups in it....

After doing some research, I have found that Fender first offered CAR w/3 gold lace P/U's in 1996....It is the second down on this page of the catalog....
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I am sure that @John C and others will have a better answer....I'm a lefty and never followed the "Plus" line...

Thanks very much for the info. I really think mine is Frost red now tho comparing with other photos ive checked on Google.

 

[John C]

Thanks. Mine must be frost red or even ferrari red maybe

Fender used "Torino" as a stand-in for "Ferrari" red - the story I've heard a few times was that Clapton wanted a red shade to match his Ferrari but Enzo wouldn't let them use the color so they picked a slightly lighter color and called it "Torino".

Sorry, I hate to bring this up....but to me your body looks to be Candy Apple Red (a great color)....and your guitar has 3 gold lace sensor pickups in it....

After doing some research, I have found that Fender first offered CAR w/3 gold lace P/U's in 1996....It is the second down on this page of the catalog....
View attachment 594613

I am sure that @John C and others will have a better answer....I'm a lefty and never followed the "Plus" line...

Sorry I don't have a definitive answer on the color code; Fender could be all over the place on colors back then.

 

[Davyjo7]

Here are some photos of inside the Strat

 

[Davyjo7]

Here are some close up pics of the end of the neck and neck pocket -as you can see, any date seems illegible