Strange strat
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loversmoon
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Re: Strange strat
hmm this I have no explanation for. I googled but found nothing. Ill be watching to see if someone can explain whats going on here. def has my attention.
hmm this I have no explanation for. I googled but found nothing. Ill be watching to see if someone can explain whats going on here. def has my attention.
Rand-O-Monium
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Re: Strange strat
Wanna say it's an '80's model,just can't recall which one specifically.
I "vaguely" remember the top-mount trems,sure someone can elaborate further,tho...
Wanna say it's an '80's model,just can't recall which one specifically.
I "vaguely" remember the top-mount trems,sure someone can elaborate further,tho...
Silence Kid
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Re: Strange strat
Not MIJ. This is an 83/84 "Freeflyte" Standard Stratocaster, made in the US. Note, two knobs, and the input jack.
Very similar bridge to the (also front route) Elite/System 2 and System 3 trem on Japanese contemporary Strats. But what you've posted is one of the most maligned "cost-cutter" Fenders CBS ever made.
All those trems can work well, but parts are difficult to find.
Not MIJ. This is an 83/84 "Freeflyte" Standard Stratocaster, made in the US. Note, two knobs, and the input jack.
Very similar bridge to the (also front route) Elite/System 2 and System 3 trem on Japanese contemporary Strats. But what you've posted is one of the most maligned "cost-cutter" Fenders CBS ever made.
All those trems can work well, but parts are difficult to find.
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Re: Strange strat
Yes, this is an 1983 US Standard. No back routing or football jack plate. My friend had one. The changes are universally hated, and the trem system was terrible. An interesting curiosity, as Fender were cutting costs at the time, but not making better guitars.
Yes, this is an 1983 US Standard. No back routing or football jack plate. My friend had one. The changes are universally hated, and the trem system was terrible. An interesting curiosity, as Fender were cutting costs at the time, but not making better guitars.
Nostalgic Distortion
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Silence Kid
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Re: Strange strat
No, definitely not Japanese, this is absolutely a US, two-knob Strat.
https://reverb.com/item/903499-vint...ter-guitar-free-flyte-2-knob-lake-placid-blue
No Japanese guitars were spec'd like this, but as I mentioned some had a trem design that operated on an identical principal. The closest guitar to this that Fender Japan marketed would be a later Strat Elite (earliest were US-made,) which still would have had a full three knobs with side-jack, and a smoothed over version of the same trem, along with numerous other differences from this, and other "normal" Strats.
No, definitely not Japanese, this is absolutely a US, two-knob Strat.
https://reverb.com/item/903499-vint...ter-guitar-free-flyte-2-knob-lake-placid-blue
No Japanese guitars were spec'd like this, but as I mentioned some had a trem design that operated on an identical principal. The closest guitar to this that Fender Japan marketed would be a later Strat Elite (earliest were US-made,) which still would have had a full three knobs with side-jack, and a smoothed over version of the same trem, along with numerous other differences from this, and other "normal" Strats.
kramersteen
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Re: Strange strat
Looks like the perfect candidate for a kahler.
Looks like the perfect candidate for a kahler.
