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Holy crap! Never seen anything like it. The six-in-line extrusion looks pretty smeared too, doesn't it?
I am not a neck plate certified wizard, but there are a lot of small details in that plate, that I haven't seen on any other plates. The extruded "frame" is too rounded. The font type used on the serial is also new to me. As far as I know, that serial, 370752, would be from around late 1991.
The plate could also have been sanded down to remove the original serial. That could explain some of the weird shapes seen on this one - like the little triangular area top-left and the partly beveled "Ch" in Charvel. And the smear also. Like the top of the logo has been sanded away. The "frame" should also be shining a lot more. And be flat.
I'll be damned. I've seen some fake San Dimas plates, but never thought I'd see a fake import plate. The blurred details & lettering definitely look like somebody took an impression of a real one, then did a casting. Seems like it'd be a lot easier to buy a used plate on eBay, unless they're making a bunch of these.
It's wierd- because EVERYTHING else on the guitar appears to be legit- I'd probably lean more toward a sand-down than a counterfeit casting- seems like too much work to re-cast if you're going to turn around and sell it for $350. (The price that guy paid for it)
Anything else pop out as evidence of forgery to anyone? If it's a true Charvel, it was definitely made after 1994, as humbuckers weren't an option on them until then, and the star-glo finish didn't take on that brownish tone until then either. It definitely doesn't look like one of the GRB clones- I've never seen one that could pass for an authentic Charvel. The bridge & tailpiece alone set it apart from the GRBs, as their hardtails are all Les Paul-style stopbar & TOM bridge.
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I'm not hugely into the Surfcasters, but the guitar looks legit. The neck looks very much like the original for the body, which make the weird neck plate a mystery. I mean, why would you replace a neckplate on a guitar? Uh oh, maybe it's stolen. And someone altered or swapped the new neck plate to avoid trouble.
The "grain" directly below the serial number box looks all worn away also, again pointing to a grinding off of the original serial.
I'm going to third the stolen theory.
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Never seen anything like it. The six-in-line extrusion looks pretty smeared too, doesn't it?
I am not a neck plate certified wizard, but there are a lot of small details in that plate, that I haven't seen on any other plates. The extruded "frame" is too rounded. The font type used on the serial is also new to me. As far as I know, that serial, 370752, would be from around late 1991.
The plate could also have been sanded down to remove the original serial. That could explain some of the weird shapes seen on this one - like the little triangular area top-left and the partly beveled "Ch" in Charvel. And the smear also. Like the top of the logo has been sanded away. The "frame" should also be shining a lot more. And be flat.
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