[quote name='discreet' post='802335' date='Apr 11 2010, 08:42 AM']No! If it plays like a Fender, sounds, feels and looks like a Fender, then it's either a Fender, or something that's as good as one!
It's not as though they are factory-built from inferior materials and sold as something they're not - like some real Fenders![/quote]
I was getting more at the fact that he builds pretty close replicas of pre-CBS Fenders. Does he fake (sorry, replicate) stuff like pot codes, neck stamps etc as well - how far does it go? I'm sure there's no deceit intended in the first place but what could potentially happen a few years down the line, once an instruments has changed owners a few times?