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Yes, goats do have knees.

The web is dotted with pages for you to search with info on serial numbers. I found a few for Fenders just now: http://www.kellyindustries.com/manufacture...al_numbers.html http://www.adirondackguitar.com/fender/str...trat_dating.htm

Anyway, I'll probably check it out in a few days. I've got nothing better to do, anyway. The semester's just started.

You are correct, wes. Well, I think it's just a matter of priorities and interests. If I were in the seller's place, of course there's no chance in hell I would sell it regardless of its condition. But that's me. I know very few people here who would care about things like vintage guitars. Different way of thinking than yours (ours?), I suppose. True, there are great hardwoods here. I can think of a few right now. Most of them are banned. And it's a shame most of them trees have been replaced by mahogany. Anyway, I do plan on building a guitar body from scratch some time. But I need to graduate, get a job and earn some money to buy those tools first. For now, I'll be content with learning the simple stuff. I'm still a newbie in all this, you know. Thank you. You've given me quite a few things to think about.

what's this thing about knees? ok, me too... my knees are fine, but they do need some exercise. i'll be happy when i can fairly dunk a basketball again, or when my dog tires out first when we jog...

wes, I'm sure it is. Texas is six times the size of our country. Drak, Hard to argue with that. But I can only pass judgement after I see and lay my hands on the goods. Maybe it's fake, but it may still be good for a project guitar. I'm not really a fan of vintages, anyway. If I think it's good, then I'll buy it, since it would still be a bargain, relatively speaking. Besides, I don't have a long list of choices. Anyway, like I said, I'm hoping to find a new body tomorrow. Not an easy task. The sales guy in the last shop I visited looked at me like I was the first one to ask him for guitar bodies and necks ever. As far as Ebay goes, it's my last resort in shopping for a body. S&H is overkill, and for a package that big, customs will have a field day with me. Thanks for the input.

I used to buy scrap sheets for less than $2 per square foot. Actually, I can live with an unexact SC p/u hole, since I planned on doing an H/S/H or H/H config anyway. I stopped because the sheet I used was too thin, and there were no adequate sheets on sight. derek, I don't have a router. I did everything with just a coping saw, a drill, files and sandpaper. And to emulate a mirror, I put one-way silver tint on it. Came out okay, except for the p/u holes.

I still have one more guitar shop to visit: the last place where I found an AllParts unfinished body. If I still come up empty-handed there, I guess I'm off for that alleged vintage strat. tsl60200, I will... after I see it myself. The seller is a 2-hour drive away. That's the problem. The seller isn't much help. Personally I think this is a long shot. But if you're lucky long shots do pay off big time, don't they?

damn, those are expensive... i tried cutting and shaping a few clear acrylic strat pickguards by hand. it's almost impossible for me to cut a perfect-fit single coil pickup cavity.

might as well break my newbie silence. this might be a bit long. anyway i'll start with the first part... i've been planning on building a customized strat for weeks now. so, what i did was visit just about any music instrument shop i can find locally. i found small stuff like pickups, tuners, and things like that, but no body and neck. so, i post a reverse auction in a local site. now i have someone selling me a body and neck of what he claims to be a 1960's white fender strat for roughly less than US$100. an insane offer, i know. the catch is i'll definitely have to refinish it since it was a mothballed restoration project, and the seller couldn't give me the serial number because he says it's no longer there. so, i put checking the items out on hold, despite his lowering the price to under US$80. so, do you guys think i should still see the body and neck for myself? if i should, what are the things i should check?

I guess I'm pretty much a foreigner here... My name is Al and I'm from the Philippines. I'm 26, and currently taking my Master's degree in Environmental Science here. I've been lurking here for months and I've got to thank you all for what I've learned. I'm shopping around for stuff I need to assemble a custom strat. But guys, do you have any idea how difficult it is to find guitar parts around here? But that's ok...