u/CoderShmoder

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Safe to buy a Player II Strat that was neck-swapped with another Player II?

So, I’m looking for my first guitar and I saw a listing for a yellow Player II Strat with a rosewood fingerboard and the guy says he swapped the maple neck it came with onto his LE Forest Green Player II Strat. It looks great tbh, basically brand new and no scratches or anything.

Only thing is that I mentioned I was concerned about the swapped neck and asked about a discount and he offered to drop the price to $500 (from $600), which is cool but it seemed a little too quick especially since the listing was only up for a couple days so I got sussed. And then I realized the pics were kinda shit angles, no pic of the serial number or headstock at all, so I started wondering if it could be a real/decent looking fake Player II neck on a non Player II body. Just wanted to ask yalls opinions since I’m a noob. Maybe I’m overthinking it cause I’ve heard strats are meant to be easy to neck swap.

I also have another Player II option for $550. LE British Racing Green and the serial number checks out. This one looks brand new, I like the color a bit more, and says he had the action lowered and fresh strings.

Should I just go with the one that’s $550 that seems safer?

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u/CoderShmoder — 6 days ago