Help! Is this a fake Custom shop?

[Lou Tencodpees]

I like a lot of different relics but even that one gives me RDS, Lol.

 

[Dog Bite]

Even if it was legit I wouldn't own it.

 

[Peegoo]

The only thing Fender about that is it would probably help prevent damage to your boat if you hang it between the boat and the dock.

 

[Lou Tencodpees]

I think it needs to be tented and have some mold remediation.

 

[Jakedog]

There is nothing remotely Fender about that guitar. I’d give him $17 for it but that’s as high as I’d go.

 

[JPKmusicman]

DHGate.com makes fake guitars in China. Noticed the site this morning. They had a $2000 G&L ASAT on there for like $300. Said made in Fullerton California. Fake. Just like the Rolex fakes except guitars.

 

[Recce]

Was it left outside in the weather for five years?

 

[Fendereedo]

 

[fenderchamp]

 

[BobTheOwl]

Not a fender custom shop, however it deserves the greatest respect for surviving the fire it was in.

 

[JSMac]

That guitar hasn't been within fifty miles of the Fender Custom Shop!

Maybe a custom body and fender automotive shop.

Maybe the same "builder" that made this one, that has been on CL for like, 2 years.

 

[glennhl]

 

[Raising Arizona]

Those saddles are enough for me… those came off a squire…probably pot metal

 

[Sax-son]

I don't consider myself a Fender Custom Shop expert by any means, but I could do a "waaaay" better job than that one.

Some of these fake guitars could end up being decent in their own right, but don't try to pass it off as an original. That's just silly in my opinion.

From the attached photos, this guitar looks like it was constructed from leftover parts from previous upgrades. I see some familiar pieces that I can spot that are in my personal box of leftovers. Hey, find a cheap neck and body on eBay, slap some of your orphan parts and pickups and "voila" you have a new guitar. Unfortunately, everyone who knows anything will be able to spot what's going on and pick it apart in a nanosecond.

 

[Happy Enchilada]

A wise man once observed that there are indeed more '57 Strats for sale on eBay and Reverb than were actually PRODUCED in 1957 ...

 

[Raising Arizona]

Custom shops are so over the top expensive … I built this alder tone bomb with a nitro finish… 500.00. Dimarzio’s, klusons, brass saddles, nothing spared. Mild V shaped neck, 12 radius. Great wood man

 

[blowtorch]

they are all fake

 

[Happy Enchilada]

There was a time during my youth when we didn't yet have the term "vintage."
Instead, we used "old" and "broken" to describe beater guitars and clothing ...

 

[robt57]

Speaking for myself, i see a 350.00 guitar IF it plays and sounds killer. Which it might.

Else I'd just get a red sparkle Squier and mod it...

 

[Raising Arizona]

Make one!! Seriously the cheapest guitar you can make is a telecaster