Subjective question: Shoreline gold with a mint pickguard?

Re: Subjective question: Shoreline gold with a mint pickguard?

RockinProf said:
Philosophical question,

When one builds a Strat of all Fender made Strat parts from the same country of manufacturing but of different years and models, is it a partscaster or simply a Strat?

Thoughts?
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That's a Theseus' ship paradox. :P
 
Re: Subjective question: Shoreline gold with a mint pickguard?

Unless you last name is Fender
Assembling a guitar in you house is a partscaster
 
Re: Subjective question: Shoreline gold with a mint pickguard?

GuitarStv said:
That's a Theseus' ship paradox. :P
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The Black Strat I posted is literally a Theseus’ Strat. I started with a 1996 Fender Deluxe Plus Strat. I replaced the pickups. Then I replaced the electronics. Next the body was changed to a black American Standard body along with a new pickguard. After that I changed the locking bridge with an American Standard stamped bridge. Finally I swapped the neck with the one above from Ayrton. (The last step was to redo the entire pickguard again, but that’s beside the point). I ended up with the neck plate and Output jack as the only “original” components so I bought new ones and restored the Deluxe Plus to Original status, having two guitars in hand.
 
Re: Subjective question: Shoreline gold with a mint pickguard?

What is a Theseus Strat?
I’m aware that he was a Greek hero in mythology but how does he relate to a partscaster?
 
Re: Subjective question: Shoreline gold with a mint pickguard?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus#The_thought_experiment

First, suppose that the famous ship sailed by the hero Theseus in a great battle has been kept in a harbour as a museum piece. As the years go by some of the wooden parts begin to rot and are replaced by new ones. After a century or so, all of the parts have been replaced. Is the "restored" ship still the same object as the original?

Second, suppose that each of the removed pieces were stored in a warehouse, and after the century, technology develops to cure their rotting and enable them to be put back together to make a ship. Is this "reconstructed" ship the original ship? And if so, is the restored ship in the harbour still the original ship too?
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Re: Subjective question: Shoreline gold with a mint pickguard?

FWIW, here is a picture of the Shoreline Gold guitar model that I have. It isn't my exact copy; I haven't shot any of it yet.

This is a white ABS 3-ply wide-bevel guard, the type that Strats used after the nitro ("green") guards, beginning at some point in '65, and continuing till about '68, at which point they started being routed with a [now-standard] 45 degree bevel. They do turn a soft yellow/cream over the years, unlike '50's Fender white guards, which stay white (because '50s guards are PVC, not ABS).

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