57 Strat on Antiques Roadshow

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Antiques Roadshow evaluates a 57 Fender Strat for the owner who bought it in 1960 for $300.

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25 Comments.

paulefty December 14, 2009 at 11:19 am

Wow…..
lordieuan777 December 14, 2009 at 11:39 am

lol, of *course* it’s a genuine ’57 strat! Did he try and sell you a “genuine” ’58 Les Paul for a quarter on top?

Plus there’s also the chance that the guy selling it was a Dumbass. But more likely he was lying.
harranjo December 14, 2009 at 12:27 pm

i’d say its pretty obvious you didnt buy an original 57 Strat then
j4m35k4n9 December 14, 2009 at 12:50 pm

i’ll be happy to buy yours for $1000..
double the price =D
atthedr1ve December 14, 2009 at 1:09 pm

This is bullshit! I bought a better condition 57 Strat for $500 a year ago. It looked amazing and the guy said it was on the market for 2 years for $600 and no one bought it!

no way that’s 50 to 60 grand!!!!!
Danjd1 December 14, 2009 at 1:36 pm

corvette was just an example, yes cars have alot more to them these days, but inflation is still a key factor in the change in price over the years. Movies were a quarter, now it’s around $8, that’s probably a better example.
philritter21 December 14, 2009 at 2:04 pm

Standard Vettes cost around $45,000. But the more important thing to remember is that cars cost far more to produce now, even when accounting for inflation. If a Corvette cost in 1960 what it does now, adjusted for inflation, it would be more than $7000 dollars. Today’s cars use more expensive technologies, safety devices, higher engineering standards, higher labor costs… as you can see, all this has more than doubled the adjusted cost to produce a car. Also, an American Strat can run $2000+
partykrew666 December 14, 2009 at 2:27 pm

50-60 grand. fucking badass.
EJRocky December 14, 2009 at 2:36 pm

A couple of quick questions about a fifty-seven:

1) For alder bodies, did they use one, two, or three piece?
2) I’m not too familiar with the vintage bridge. Is it a chrome plate, with all chrome saddles, or is it a non-plated steel plate, with steel saddles? Or is it a chrome plate with steel saddles, maybe? I know the whammy bar was always chrome…

Thanks
mouloudo December 14, 2009 at 2:39 pm

a reissue of course but the standard les paul is around 2500 dollars 5 time more expensive thant a ’59 reissue !! I dont how much it would cost right now, but the jimmy page 59 signature is around 10 000 dollars
Danjd1 December 14, 2009 at 3:22 pm

a real 59 or a reissue?

Either way I saw somewhere on the internet a chart of the 59′s worth over the years and I think in the last 10 years is when it really sky rocketed in price. So that story seems fairly plausible.

they are in the $300-700,000 range now
mouloudo December 14, 2009 at 3:59 pm

your dad is the coolest ever! lol he could buy a small ferrari for that price, and it will still gain value as time pass Im glad to hear he’ll never sell it, it’s a historic piece he got there, like a modern stradivarius
mouloudo December 14, 2009 at 4:58 pm

you are right, but still ,I read Slash’s autobiography, and he says he worked few weeks to buy his ’59 Les Paul, 500 dollars! it was in 1985, that’s crazy
Danjd1 December 14, 2009 at 5:10 pm

$300 in 1960 was expensive.

you could buy a brand new corvette for $3,000 back in those days, now they’re what 60, 70 grand? something like that.

inflation my friend.

Yea they could still bring down their prices, but just remember that the $300 he paid is all relative.
whitestripebuzz December 14, 2009 at 6:02 pm

awesome! you should get the old boy to put some videos of him playing it up on youtube.
dancegirl435 December 14, 2009 at 6:45 pm

This is my dad and he has played this guitar my whole life and it sounds awesome! He will never sell it. And yes he certainly does love rock & roll! haha!!
mouloudo December 14, 2009 at 6:58 pm

that just shows that fender and gibson are full of shit nowadays, 300$ at the rime, now that’s easier to make them with all the new machines that it’s not even hand made like it was before, it’s ten time more expensive
bigballer157 December 14, 2009 at 7:01 pm

get a girlfriend loser
WoodruffJamie December 14, 2009 at 7:39 pm

nice axe. Check out OIL SPILL ELIMINATOR on You Tube
Thatfenderguy December 14, 2009 at 7:47 pm

Yeah. just an ashtray cover over it
aznedvin December 14, 2009 at 7:53 pm

it’s just a standard bridge with what they call an “ash tray” cover on it.
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goonyougoodthing December 14, 2009 at 9:14 pm

wat about the bridge iv never seen that bridge
markowalski December 14, 2009 at 9:56 pm

Fuck you. You don’t know what you’re talking about.
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