Need help, please Fender content

[Corey James]

What’s up team Rig Talk?

I’m trying to help a friend identify a guitar.

I’ve never been much of a fender person.

I don’t know what kind of pick ups these are Yeah would appreciate any tips. You guys might have on what model this is, etc.

Thank you!

 

[NowYou'rePlayingWithPower]

Lace sensors and strat plus.

 

[Corey James]

Thank you, Lisa!

Anybody know if these things are any good?

Never played on them.

Any other tips about the guitar appreciated.

 

[NowYou'rePlayingWithPower]

Thank you, Lisa!

Anybody know if these things are any good?

Never played on them.

Any other tips about the guitar appreciated.

Only familiar with the humbucker variants, but if that's an ebony board and has locking tuners; I would take the neck off and see if it's one of the early custom shop guitars.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

Could be an American Standard with Gold Lace Sensors swapped in.

Could be an Eric Clapton Strat.

Could be a Strat Plus.

Gold Lace Sensors are for many a love them, or hate them pickup. I am firmly in the love them category. They sound vintage warm, fat, and juicy clean or with some overdrive. They sound great with fuzz and highgain with a very low to non-existent noise floor versus many Fender type traditional single coils.

They aren't humbuckers, they're true single coils with extremely low noise.

 

[Corey James]

Thank you, I think most of the Eric Clapton‘s had his signature near the high e string on the headstock. Could there be some without a signature?

 

[NowYou'rePlayingWithPower]

Thank you, I think most of the Eric Clapton‘s had his signature near the high e string on the headstock. Could there be some without a signature?

Pretty sure those were only maple fingerboards.

 

[311boogieman]

Have you tried one of the strat serial # look up sites

 

[Floyd Eye]

1988

https://edgewaterguitars.com/guitar-serial-number-lookup/fender/stratocaster

 

[Corey James]

1988

https://edgewaterguitars.com/guitar-serial-number-lookup/fender/stratocaster

Thank you!

I found this on reverb after looking at this post so now I think we know the model:

 

[Floyd Eye]

Thank you!

I found this on reverb after looking at this post so now I think we know the model:

Lisa for the win.

 

[Corey James]

Lisa for the win.

Yes, she had that dialed in immediately like in less than two minutes

 

[Floyd Eye]

Yes, she had that dialed in immediately like in less than two minutes

She knows some shit bruh.

 

[Corey James]

Any advice for cleaning up that pick guard?

 

[Floyd Eye]

Any advice for cleaning up that pick guard?

My default is always Naptha.