Author: Bruce

This could be a long article but I’ll basically start by giving you a checklist of things YOU can check out yourself. Yes, you don’t really need facebook groups to tell you because you can check this out yourself first, and it’s VERY educational. Basic Fake Check List (Great place to start) – THE NECK…
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The Fender Squier is a very under-rated guitar that has a range from horrible to an Incredible Deal though it’s life time. Below is a link to a great Squier site with lots of details and some of my experiences with Squier. Remember, in the end, it’s YOUR guitar and it you love it, then…
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The true story (as said by Leo Fender and Freddie)) By SCOTT ZIMMERMAN·THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2020· Bruce Gombelli: I didn’t want to lose this. You know how it is on internet posted information so I saved it for my antiquity. To document a part of Fender history in response to another mindless case of “…
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The MIM/American Battle of the sizes…. This would be a HUGE page but I’m going to start with some of the things I’m working on now which is typically MIM vs US Special vs US Performer – Note there are MANY variations on this. MODEL BRIDGE SPACING STRG SPACE NECK POCKET Style Years Block Part…
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Here’s a link to a bunch of Fender Wiring Diagrams! We all need these from time to time. This is NOT an exhaustive list but very helpful in many cases even if its’ not exact. https://guitarelectronics.com/original-fender-stratocaster-wiring-diagrams/

This is a seriously endless quest but it is becoming clearer. Fender often “relabeled” pickups such as Humbuckers, Same model, different name. But to keep you guess they also release special “one off” pickups such as beefing up the winds in the single coil pickups associated with an HSS guitar. I found a GREAT original…
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A sample of feedback on some of the guitars I’ve sold (and a few neck and bodies). These are from Ebay and Reverb so there’s not a lot of detail for the older items. Fender American Stratocaster 2001 Ocean Turquoise HS Case Dimarzios/Mint/Gold/Locking Tuners Thanks again for a very nice guitar and gift for my…
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This article by Fender is very good so I decided to post a link to it. https://www.fender.com/articles/gear/a-guide-to-fender-single-coil-stratocaster-pickups/

SPANK SWITCH The SPANK switch is simply a jumper that goes between the Neck and the Bridge pickup. When the connection is made it puts the Neck and Bridge pickups in Parallel (similar to what happens in position 2 and 4 on 5 position switch strats. The beauty of this baby is that it requires…
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“I absolutely LOVE my guitar!!!! It is soooo beautiful and the purple just pops Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!” Emma was originally a 1995 Fender MIM that needs quite a bit of TLC. The neck however, as dirty as it was, was actually in good shape. Originally the 1995 Fender was produced in Mexico…
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