It just kinda happened

shaundtsl

Yesterday I got in contact with someone who was interested in buying my RG7321 Ibanez, so, he came around last night and took it off my hands..... ☹

Then, in a swift series of events, I spoke to Ronnie from all bang n strum it and he had a fender squier strat which was marked down quite heavily.

According to him its an 80's Japenese strat (although I cant find a serial number to confirm or deny this) It really plays with very much awsomeness... and the sound is killer.

It has been upgraded with Schaller bridge and machine heads, the pickups are Evans (not sure of model etc).

It really is a beaut and it cost me R2200, which considering the mods etc is well worth it and if it is an 80's JapStrat, then its definately worth it.

Maybe someone could shed some light on the origin etc cause I am really not sure. They say the 80's japanese strats used to rival the american strats in the day...

Anyway, enough chit chat. Here it is...

DonovanB

Oooh thats one of the very early ones. and very pretty as well

shaundtsl

Thanks Donovan, I am bit curious about the authenticity of it because of no serial number. But it really plays like a dream and you can feel the quality build.

DonovanB

the serial number might be behind the neck joint.

There is an article online detailing the Squiers. I dunno where it is now though.
Judging by the decal yours is early. They started with "Fender Squier" then went to "Squier by Fender". that was in the 80's

shaundtsl

Cool, thanks.

I will look for the SN under the neck joint, I also read the SN could be in the pickup cavity area?

Squonk

@ shaun

Looks like a quite a collectors item, especially with the Fender logo that big. It could be on of those high quality strats that were made in Japan.
Brilliant looking guitar

shaundtsl

@Squonk thanks, it was a really eye catcher in the shop

I saw it there at Ronnie's shop when I went to hang up my RG7321 to sell, but the it was going for around R4500 at the time and when I called him yesterday to fetch the RG he said the seller dropped his price and the rest just really happened and before I knew it I had that guitar hanging on my wall at home...

inflames

Super sexy guitar!
Congrats!