'83 Smith Era Strat

[fett]

Now this is how to run an auction. http://cgi.ebay.com/FENDER-USA-STRAT...QQcmdZViewItem

[straycat]

The lowest on the food chain of USA strats.Be lucky if he gets $400.00.

[Frigo89]

The lowest on the food chain of USA strats.Be lucky if he gets $400.00.

Alot of those have been going upwards of 750 recently if memory serves me right

[Joe_Steeler]

I have one and love it. Resonant as all hell and has been solid and realiable all these years for me. Stood the test of gigging during my active gigging days and never let me down.
I bought it new and although the jack looks odd it is a Strat.

[straycat]

I have been watching those and have not seen one go that high yet.They can be had at guitar shows for the $300.00 mark quite often.I was fishing one at a show last year and no collector would even make an offer all they would say A "smith" sorry not interested.

[Norton]

What's a Smith Era Strat?

[thebisch]

Sorry, but '83/'84 Std. Strats are not Smiths. A Smith Strat is a '82/early'83 Std. Strat which had a E2 serial number, '70s vintage trem, small headstock, '70s F tuners, '70s logo, 4 bolt neck, vintage frets, vintage radius, normal jack cup, and two tone knobs and a volume. It is getting ridiculous that in the past few years everyone on ebay has inflated the price of the '83/'84 Stds. by calling them Smiths.

[straycat]

Smith era strats had that bridge and the front input jack.

[thebisch]

Smith era strats had that bridge and the front input jack.

No they didn't...

[thebisch]

Here is some reading for ya...

http://www.stratcollector.com/scn/base/82.html

[straycat]

I stand corrected I spoke with my Fender guru today and you are correct. he did say the headstocks were a little different demension wise.But still not what many consider a collectible strat.

[fett]

I happen to have one in Sienna Burst and it's a pretty nice guitar. I paid $400 for mine. And that's a good price for me on a USA Strat.

[fett]

The point of this thread was that it's "No Reserve" and didn't start out with a high opening bid.

[straycat]

I know .

[fett]

I know .

Now that that's cleared up. I'll say $600. It has the trem arm ($100 all by itself)