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Had no idea that was a thing people did to be honest. Could have been a worse scam in hindsight!
No, me neither. I can see why, though. Squiers weren't the guitars they had been by the late 80s and given how good the early ones were, it was probably fairly easy to replace the decal and pass it off as a US Fender. In hindsight, it was a bit of a bargain, but the guy said he just didn't get on with Fenders. It sounded and played so well, I didn't think anything of it. Until I got it refretted about six years ago and the guy said: "Nice Jap Strat. Did you change the decals or did you buy it like this?" I was pretty disappointed at the time, but the more I find out about them, the less I feel that way. In fact, I'm kinda pleased I'm restoring it to its original state (as far as that's possible with custom-made decals).
The sonic blue and tortoiseshell go really well together. Looks ace.
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Had no idea that was a thing people did to be honest. Could have been a worse scam in hindsight!
The owner before me refinished the original fiesta red in sonic blue, I changed the pickguard to tortoiseshell.