akabilly Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Hello everyone, I came across this guitar and bought it for $25. The guy I bought it from didn't know anything about it. I did some research on the internet and based on the Serial number this guitar was built in April 2005. It looks like an S-310 but the manufacture date does not match production date range. It's finished in a gun metal grey. Any insight is appreciated. I just want to know what to call this thing. Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 it's from the 'S-series' a pic with the headstock would help.... "open image in new tab", the headstock pic shows there 25 bucks, nice...real nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I'd call it a bargain, the best you ever had...lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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akabilly Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 Do you know which S Series it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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akabilly Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 I removed the sticker off the front and added new Fender dials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akabilly Posted May 7, 2014 Author Share Posted May 7, 2014 Thank you for the help. Did they even make an S Series in 2005? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgrasso Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 My thoughts exactly. Thought they were late 80s through mid 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender 4 Life Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 i'll double your money on it !!! nice guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Cant really place this one. It looks like a combination of S-Series guitars. The neck and the neck plate dont belong together. The neck is no later that 1998. After that they went to the batwing design. The plate could be from the last years of the FAT-210 or FAT-310. The body is anyone's guess. Its obviously been spray-bombed, so the color isnt helpful. I'm guessing that the body color didnt match the heastock like it should and thats why it was painted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourtang89 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 A pawn shop 5mins from my house has one of these for 150.00 dollars, next time I go in I will get the serial number from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 It is possible that we are reading the serial incorrectly and that the guitar is actually from May of 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akabilly Posted May 8, 2014 Author Share Posted May 8, 2014 The body is a gun metal grey and the head is black. Here is a better pic of the serial number. Thank you RTH. Let me know what you find out ourtang89 on the pawn shop one. I put new Cobalt Slinkys and it sounds great. I'm happy with it. Perhaps it's mystery is only exceeded by its power... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourtang89 Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 The body is a gun metal grey and the head is black. Here is a better pic of the serial number. Thank you RTH. Let me know what you find out ourtang89 on the pawn shop one. I put new Cobalt Slinkys and it sounds great. I'm happy with it. Perhaps it's mystery is only exceeded by its power... I will go by there in the morning and get the serial number off of it and try to get a pic of it also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 I will go by there in the morning and get the serial number off of it and try to get a pic of it also. Make sure to note the headstock shape, pickup configuration and bridge style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 The body is a gun metal grey and the head is black. Here is a better pic of the serial number. Thank you RTH. Let me know what you find out ourtang89 on the pawn shop one. I put new Cobalt Slinkys and it sounds great. I'm happy with it. Perhaps it's mystery is only exceeded by its power... Can you open up the back plate and tell us what color the body was originally? There might be some remnants of the original paint inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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akabilly Posted May 9, 2014 Author Share Posted May 9, 2014 No obvious clue on original color, looks like they gutted it and painted it inside and out. Most of the chips reveal a light grey almost a primer or the actual material color one of them looks black though. I failed to mention that it has a 5 way selector switch as well. Thanks again for any help on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinTheHood Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 Ok, well, that didnt reveal anything. The gray is probably spray-bomb primer that went on before the gun-metal gray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ourtang89 Posted May 9, 2014 Share Posted May 9, 2014 The one at the pawn shop is a reddish burgundy, getting ready to by there and get info on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpafixit Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 Don't be so cheap "Bender 4 Life" it's a custom now I'll triple your investment, nice looking axe, how does it play, I just bought a 08 LP Special II in showroom condition for $60Cdn. my first Epi since my 1959 335 with De Armond pickups, that was stolen from my brother's place after I foolishly let him borrow it two week earlier that was 20 years ago, and I'm still waiting for him to replace it, All I got was a sorry and they left his Ibanez on the stand) Congratz' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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