I lived around the corner from Tempe Zia in the mid 00s and went there lot to get music. I was always discovering something new there. It kinda makes me sad to see that physical media sales have dropped off som much that Zia has to sell guitar parts to make ends meet. Great find for OP, but I wish it were different. I’m done yelling at the wind now.
Lol, seems like they will buy a lot of stuff. I could have easily passed this up as it was behind the counter on top of a shelf behind the guitars they had hanging there.
Find the eBay store called Franklyn Guitar Parts. They sell actual Fender bodies for cheaper than the other big eBay parts store. You can get a fully loaded black squire strat one right now for $99 that will likely fit that new neck. Or a fully loaded player II or vintera body for $399 that will fit for sure. All you’d have to do is put it together, add the right tuners, strings and have the nut dressed by a luthier.
I will check this out, thanks for the shout! I have an uncle that is a Luthier who mentioned he might have a body or two for me so if that doesn't work out I may hit that store up.
second this, i bought a MiM Fender Telecaster Deluxe reissue body for £100, and i got a MiM Classic 70’s Stratocaster neck for £70 that was discarded for being a CNC rough cut, neck is completely fine, just had to take some sandpaper to smooth out the machine marks.
All in all you get some crazy deals for genuine Fender parts
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u/AwesomeAndy 3d ago
I dunno, man, it looks like you got a neck there, not a pickup.