Fender serviceman guitars

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:55 pm

Soooo I love the serviceman guitars and I'm always looking for them on eBay so I thought I would make a thread where we can post them whenever they pop up. (Kinda like that supersonic thread)

Here's a Tele just added! http://bit.ly/1hixAes

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:06 am

Except that it's not a serviceman, it's just a Japanese Telecaster copy.

Serviceman guitars are fake Fenders made in the Philippines and sold to US soldiers during the Vietnam war.

I think the Fender decal is more recent, and I don't see why they would put the Japanese serial number on a sticker if they tried to pass it off as a Fender.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:26 pm

Didn't look in to it. Just Saw the posting.

Pacafeliz · Post by **Pacafeliz** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:20 pm

always loved these!

bluesngrunge · Post by **bluesngrunge** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:36 pm

Pacafeliz wrote:always loved these!

that bridge is kinda cool

bluesngrunge · Post by **bluesngrunge** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:36 pm

Pacafeliz wrote:always loved these!

that bridge is kinda cool

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:50 pm

While those Strats with the Jag-type trems look pretty cool, I've played two and they were really shit guitars I wouldn't even buy as a convo piece. One I played was a Burgandy Mist with matching headstock and fingerboard binding, so I can't tell you how much I wanted it to be decent. No truss rod, pickups non adjustable, and those trems don't work/are just some junk vaguely fashioned into a Jaguar-esque trem (probably rehoused serviceman Jaguar trems given how hard it would be to do an Strat trem from scratch).

The first thing I always remember about them though is the fake middle black ply on the pickguard, which was a decal/paint or something. That did give me a smile, there's a funny charm to how good they look until you get right up close.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:00 pm

The vibrato is cool. I had one. I put it on the poorly modified mustang. It worked well actually.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:34 pm

paul_ wrote: they were really shit guitars I wouldn't even buy as a convo piece.

apreswho · Post by **apreswho** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 3:15 am

Pacafeliz wrote:always loved these!

I'm sure they are indeed shit, but a strat with a mustang type bridge/trem is pretty awesome...

Rox · Post by **Rox** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 6:03 am

Pacafeliz wrote:always loved these!

They should of remade those and put them in the Pawnshop Series ..

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:38 am

This Condor looks a bit like the tele in the original post: Condor tele

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Sun May 04, 2014 4:05 pm

Here's one of the strat bodies on the bay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Mexican ... 2c81dabd5e

Fakir Mustache · Post by **Fakir Mustache** » Mon May 05, 2014 10:58 am

I'm sure that can be had for a good price, but just the body without the hardware and electronics is not that interesting, I'm not sure if the neck pocket is the same size as Fender either.

Awstin · Post by **Awstin** » Mon May 05, 2014 11:00 am

I use to have the bridge for that. A mustang one might work. They're a tad smaller than mustangs though. It's a cool idea having a jag trem in a mustang trem plate.