- Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:14 pm
#179391
It looks like an older Stratocaster Body, or a Strat body made to look older with an aged / artificially aged pick guard strapped to a Telecaster neck, just like you were saying.
Looking at the pictures more carefully, I can tell you that your body is almost certainly from a Mexican Stratocaster (a decent guitar, I own one I play when I feel like messing around on a Strat, or when a friend wants to play and doesn't have their guitar), or, it's a Stratocaster body from a Squier beginners guitar. They're good learner guitars. Unless this is an old guitar, over 10 years, or spent time in a smoke-heavy environment, that pick guard is a factory yellowed type, artificially aged to look, well, older.
Again, like you said, that neck doesn't belong to that body. I just checked Fender's Pawn Shop line, where they used strange pickups and other customisations, and didn't see this variant there, so it's not something they'd do with a guitar in one of their more expensive product lines from what I can see, even when they decide to get a little weird. It could be a real Telecaster neck, but not a recent one. I have two Fender guitars in my small collection and I've owned a recent Mexican Telecaster. None of them are over ten years old, and the writing on the necks are under the finish, so unless the varnish is wearing off, the lettering shouldn't be wearing off. My knowledge only goes about ten years back, so it could just be an older telecaster neck that was inked on top of the varnish, but I doubt it.
This guitar probably isn't worth much at all, but the really important question is whether or not you like the way it sounds and plays. If you do, then play it until the fretboard is nothing but a stick.
If you really want a value on it, I suggest you give a reputable music store a call and ask if they have someone there who can give it a look. Just tell them you have an oddity, and they'll probably be happy to. Good stores don't charge for a look-see and on opinion, either.
Hope I could help a bit.
Looking at the pictures more carefully, I can tell you that your body is almost certainly from a Mexican Stratocaster (a decent guitar, I own one I play when I feel like messing around on a Strat, or when a friend wants to play and doesn't have their guitar), or, it's a Stratocaster body from a Squier beginners guitar. They're good learner guitars. Unless this is an old guitar, over 10 years, or spent time in a smoke-heavy environment, that pick guard is a factory yellowed type, artificially aged to look, well, older.
Again, like you said, that neck doesn't belong to that body. I just checked Fender's Pawn Shop line, where they used strange pickups and other customisations, and didn't see this variant there, so it's not something they'd do with a guitar in one of their more expensive product lines from what I can see, even when they decide to get a little weird. It could be a real Telecaster neck, but not a recent one. I have two Fender guitars in my small collection and I've owned a recent Mexican Telecaster. None of them are over ten years old, and the writing on the necks are under the finish, so unless the varnish is wearing off, the lettering shouldn't be wearing off. My knowledge only goes about ten years back, so it could just be an older telecaster neck that was inked on top of the varnish, but I doubt it.
This guitar probably isn't worth much at all, but the really important question is whether or not you like the way it sounds and plays. If you do, then play it until the fretboard is nothing but a stick.
If you really want a value on it, I suggest you give a reputable music store a call and ask if they have someone there who can give it a look. Just tell them you have an oddity, and they'll probably be happy to. Good stores don't charge for a look-see and on opinion, either.
Hope I could help a bit.
