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Scotty Wenzel


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Fort Collins, CO
Post  Posted 29 Jan 2014 3:12 am    
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Hi, I'm looking for help in trying to identify a Fender 10 string. Pretty sure that it some variant on the Student Single 10, but with a nicer Maple/Walnut body. It's also labeled "Special" on the pedal bar. Just curious, as I have just picked this up as a project...

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Jeff Mead


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London, England
Post  Posted 29 Jan 2014 8:45 am    
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It looks like it could be related to one of these:
http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=207874&view=previous&sid=643f3982e7b173d8bc4a4a35cfad31ea

It looks to me like it might have been modified though - for example, the Fender logo on the tuning pan would be upside-down when viewed by the player. I have never seen this before and suggests to me that it might have come from a left handed guitar?

Also, the fretboard pattern doesn't look like anything I've seen on a Fender.
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Scotty Wenzel


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Fort Collins, CO
Post  Posted 29 Jan 2014 8:57 am    
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Thanks Jeff. Yes, definitely some kind of a mutt... Winking but possibly related to that Artist Single 10 in the other thread.
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chris ivey


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california (deceased)
Post  Posted 29 Jan 2014 9:10 am    
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pull/release changer...
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Bob Knight


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Bowling Green KY
Post  Posted 30 Jan 2014 1:12 pm    
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Fender Student (Maverick) by Sho Bud with a JCH fret board. "Special decal" is not related.
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Bob Hickish


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Port Ludlow, Washington, USA, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 30 Jan 2014 5:37 pm    
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scott
thats a true Fender student -- whats interesting is no SN# stamp --normally there would
be two stamped No.# in the area of the arrows -- it could be a special factory build -but- if the SN#’s were there I’d say some one veneered the original cabinet -- that still may be the case , but a very interesting fender .
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Scotty Wenzel


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Fort Collins, CO
Post  Posted 31 Jan 2014 3:18 am    
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Thanks for the confirmation Bob. Appreciated! I'm receiving this today so will have some time to check it out in detail. Picked her up for $550 so will have a nice little nice, light weight axe for occasional live stuff.
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Scotty Wenzel


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Fort Collins, CO
Post  Posted 31 Jan 2014 6:07 am    
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As it turns out, the body is stamped '0164' between the tuners, just couldn't see it in the photo.
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Bob Hickish


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Port Ludlow, Washington, USA, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 31 Jan 2014 6:37 am    
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I’v never seen a student Fender that looked that fancy , enjoy , there easy on strings and have that Fender sound sound .
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Dave Grafe


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Hudson River Valley NY
Post  Posted 31 Jan 2014 8:52 am    
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There are no Maverick parts in there, those are SuperPro (i.e. late '70's/early '80's ShoBud) bellcranks and pedals, coupled with a pull-release changer of unknown origin, and the body appears to be a one-off, unlike anything that came from ShoBud.
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Bob Hickish


From:
Port Ludlow, Washington, USA, R.I.P.
Post  Posted 31 Jan 2014 9:14 am    
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Dave Grafe wrote:
There are no Maverick parts in there, those are SuperPro (i.e. late '70's/early '80's ShoBud) bellcranks and pedals, coupled with a pull-release changer of unknown origin, and the body appears to be a one-off, unlike anything that came from ShoBud.


Hi Dave
thats the beauty of these old Fender Student Guitars they were built by Sho-Bud for the fender Co. I would say the one shown by Scott is near one of the first ones built with a SN# 164 -- I rebuilt one that was in the 500 area and it was built in 72 or 3
the changer is the Fender design -- and its all pot metal so its my guess Sho-Bud used Fender to test the method before doing their Pro series guitars -- the neat part is , you can do all the mods and its almost a Bud
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