For sale : 1989 Korean Squier Strat : Made by Samick : PRICE REDUCED! £165

[The Admiral]

Bumped and edited for a price reduction.

For sale : £125.00 inc. hard case

Having moved house in April of last year from an Edwardian semi, to a country cottage, I've had to store my guitars under a bed, rather than in my study : consequently they are just not getting played and its pointless having money tied up in them when they could be played and appreciated by someone else. So, very reluctantly, I'm selling my 1989 Strat.

I bought this S/H in 1991 from Kempster's in Commercial Road Swindon. It was alleged to have been traded in by 'one of the guys from XTC', but I have no provenance for that and may well have been total BS. It certainly didn't influence my decision to buy - its a cracking guitar.

Since 1991, its gone with me unscathed through a divorce, 6 house moves, and little use - spending most of its time safely cased in a dry heated indoor environment. I look after my guitars, and for a 25 year old instrument I think this is in cracking nick, with only a small rub in the lacquer on the edge of the headstock, and some light surface 'crazing' to the finish of the body, from pick use. No buckle rash - I've never gigged it.

It's an S prefix Korean Strat, made in the Samick factory in 1989, with trem - although the arm is currently removed, but is included and can be refixed very easily. There is a wealth of info on the net about these guitars which you can research : in short, the earlier Korean examples are light years ahead of the 1990s examples, and the Chinese/Indonesian guitars are very poor by by comparison.

It plays really nicely and the neck is a lovely example of Rosewood. There is some wear to the second fret, which is how it was when I bought it, but it doesn't impact the playability.

When new, Fender were very cagey about the build of these : solid or ply body? General consensus is now that they are ply, but very well done, to the point where you would barely know, until you sanded right back to bare wood. It certainly 'rings' well when played unplugged.

Fitted with a set of Ernie Ball 'Skinny Top, Heavy Bottoms' it gives you all the tones you would expect from a Strat, especially if you are looking for crunchy blues or rock tones : great sounds for a 'budget' instrument. These are very popular with home modders, and, whilst its very giggable 'as is', with a set of hotter pick ups, like the Texas Specials for example, I can imagine this would be remarkable.

Payment by Paypal please - I'll issue an invoice to the buyer, or cash on collection.

The price includes the hard case and I would prefer collection from the West Midlands, but I travel a lot for business, so happy to discuss a meet up to do a Harry Palmer - 'Funeral in Berlin' style 'hand over' ( once payment has cleared if it's PayPal).

I can ship this, at cost and insured, with UPS. It will be well packaged, in addition to the hard case.

I'm not interested in any trades thanks.


Happy to answer any questions. More pics here :

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Edited June 4, 2015 by The Admiral

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