Members boomerang139 Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 I borrowed a friend's old Fender, but I don't know what model it is (she doesn't know). It doesn't seem to say anywhere at all. Should there be a name somewhere that I'm missing? All it says is "fender" on a silver plate thing on the back of the body just below where the neck starts. No other words whatsoever, except for "EMG" on the three black pickups. The body is white and black, neck is natural wood. I'll try to post a picture, but can anyone tell me which Fender this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boomerang139 Posted January 7, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 oh and the tuning knobs are "Spengel" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 Need pics . . . or a better description. It probably isn't even a Fender; possibly a partscaster with a Fender neckplate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boomerang139 Posted January 7, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 ok here's two pictures of the front and back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boomerang139 Posted January 7, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 ok those were really small here's a bigger one hah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brianeharmonjr Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 Pictures that are bigger than an inch wide and pictures of the headstock would help. Also, probably Sperzel tuners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 If there is no decal on the headstock, then it's probably a replacement neck. The PU's are original either. I would guess the body is from an American Standard or American Series Stratocaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 Body and bridge say American Standard Strat between 1987 and 2007. There's no way that's an original neck; considering I haven't seen the headstock I'm going out on a limb and saying it might even be a Tele neck with the square butt. Pickups aren't original, and the pickup selector switch has likely been swapped out. Not sure what those holes in the pickguard near the bridge mean. So yeah, I'm saying partscaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benricci Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 I borrowed a friend's old Fender, but I don't know what model it is It's a Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tiltsta Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 American standard bridge. Pickups and neck are aftermarket. Neck plate is for an american standard micro tilt neck. A factory fender am standard neck has rounded corners on the base of the board. My warmoth aftermarket neck has the same squared off edges as the neck in the picture, but so do lots of other aftermarket necks. If you could pull the neck, we could guess who made it. Looks like it had a roland GK pickup mounted at one time. A headstock pic would also really help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tiltsta Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 My guess is that the tuners are aftermarket Spretzels...like these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brianeharmonjr Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 Looks to be a replacement neck at least. Never seen a Fender neck without rounded off edges at the heal of the fretboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bvr775 Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 its not a fender. its a de lisle.its an older one because fender has their own custom shop now, but they are that only i know of that build strat copys with a fender plate back plate with that bridge and a squared off neck. it is technically a fender , but worth a hell of allot more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carbohydrates Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 Not sure what those holes in the pickguard near the bridge mean. Most likely from a Roland pickup somebody had there at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 "spengel" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boomerang139 Posted January 7, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 waaait so its GOOD? are the aftermarket parts better than the originals, or is this like a fixed-up kind of thing? It does look pretty old, come to think of it. And yeah I didn't include pictures of the headstock because theres nothing on it but here's one if it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boomerang139 Posted January 7, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 and yeah you're right its "spretzel" not "spengel" hahah apparently I can't read cursive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Prages Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 and yeah you're right its "spretzel" not "spengel" hahah apparently I can't read cursive It's actually Sperzel. Just based on the pics, I don't know how anybody could rule out that it's not just an American Fender body and a Warmoth neck. If you can pop the neck off, and look at the bottom of the heel, most aftermarket companies will put their logo there. Warmoth's is a turtle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 "spretzel" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boomerang139 Posted January 7, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 partscaster...so its NOT good? I'm just trying to gauge how good this one is so I know how much to spend on one if I get my own. Because this one is awful at the moment...might have something to do with me playing it through a stereo, but I can hardly get any sound out of it (its connected through a KORG Pandora PX4, which is not bad, right?) It just sounds like someone bashing on open strings, which I like to think I'm not ;D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benricci Posted January 7, 2010 Members Share Posted January 7, 2010 partscaster...so its NOT good? I'm just trying to gauge how good this one is so I know how much to spend on one if I get my own. Because this one is awful at the moment...might have something to do with me playing it through a stereo, but I can hardly get any sound out of it (its connected through a KORG Pandora PX4, which is not bad, right?) It just sounds like someone bashing on open strings, which I like to think I'm not ;D Partcasters can be fine if the parts are good. This one seems to have fine parts, pickups and hardware. You're playing through a stereo? Yeah, I'd be willing to bet that's the main source of the problem, right there. Get a guitar amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boomerang139 Posted January 9, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 9, 2010 thanks for all your help with identifying etc!!! turns out the jack/plug thing was broken, fixed that then took your advice and played it through an amp (instead of the stereo ^^), and it sounds sooo much better now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Carbohydrates Posted January 9, 2010 Members Share Posted January 9, 2010 I suppose I can see why that might sound better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pixelchemist Posted January 9, 2010 Members Share Posted January 9, 2010 well its got EMG SAs in it... have you changed the battery recently (ever) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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