The-Ox Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 anyone know much about Splattercasters? I know they're Mexican built, does that really have any bearing when compared to an American model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 They were a factory special run - no 2 the same. They were as I recall just Mexican standard strats with a fancy paint job. Great workhorse guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Ox Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 cheers man, I've seen one for £599, worth the money? In terms of quality that is, not paintjob. Is this what a good Mexican strat is worth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 [quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1451406309' post='2940235'] cheers man, I've seen one for £599, worth the money? In terms of quality that is, not paintjob. Is this what a good Mexican strat is worth? [/quote] £599?! I recall mexi strats being £279 when this was out and these were £449 - we reduced them to £299 by the end, think it was about 2004... £599 is very very optimistic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 If you want value for money - I'd look at the Mexican classic series 60's or 50's strat. Look the business and you'll get one used for about £300. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 [quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1451406309' post='2940235'] cheers man, I've seen one for £599, worth the money? In terms of quality that is, not paintjob. Is this what a good Mexican strat is worth? [/quote] You can get a Mexican Strat for a lot less than that. Quality, like all things Fender, is variable. A good Mexican Fender will be a very good instrument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Ox Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 (edited) thanks for the heads up regarding the price! Saved me there. Is it possible to buy a normal strat and then get a paintjob on it? So my workings are this (speculative figures) Mexican Splattercaster for sale: £599 Normal Mexican Strat: £300 Decent Fender (better than Mexican Splattercaster): £450 roughly? so with these rough (and probably wrong) calculations, I could get a better instrument that's cheaper than the splattercaster, and then get the paintjob to take it up to roughly £600 if that makes sense? (going by the logic that a £599 splattercaster is the same quality as a £300 normal paint job strat) I'm using words like better, good and decent rather loosely here - but my point is that a £599 splattercaster worth the same as a £300 mexican, so by buying a slightly 'better' fender for around £450/£500, I can get the paintjob myself, hence a 'better' instrument with my preferred paintjob? Edited December 29, 2015 by The-Ox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyTravis Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 You could get a mid 90's American standard strat for about £450/£500 - I had a black 96 and a sunburst 97 both of which were perfectly good and solid guitars. Sold the black one for £500 and traded the 97 with a value of £450 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Ox Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 cheers mate! Seems like £400 is a good bet for a solid guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhysP Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 [quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1451432281' post='2940517'] cheers mate! Seems like £400 is a good bet for a solid guitar [/quote] You'll be very lucky to find a US or Japanese Fender Strat for £400. "Decent fender" is a difficult one - don't assume spending more money will automatically get you a better guitar where Fenders are concerned. Personally if I was looking for a decent Fender where good quality was pretty much assured I'd only look at Japanese ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Ox Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 [quote name='RhysP' timestamp='1451481226' post='2940808'] You'll be very lucky to find a US or Japanese Fender Strat for £400. "Decent fender" is a difficult one - don't assume spending more money will automatically get you a better guitar where Fenders are concerned. Personally if I was looking for a decent Fender where good quality was pretty much assured I'd only look at Japanese ones. [/quote] thanks mate, will scour the market and any 2nd hand ones properly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassman Sam Posted January 2, 2016 Share Posted January 2, 2016 I picked up my Crafted in Japan '62 RI for 460 quid off of Ebay. Lovely guitar at a good price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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