Korean Strat Value

OleFudd · 08-03-2010, 08:02 PM

I have a chance at a Korean Strat made in 1992, can anyone fill me in on the value and quality of these? It's blond and maple with a white pick guard.

S. Rock · 08-04-2010, 12:04 AM

this thread has been very helpful to me. maybe you can find what you're looking for. the Korean Squiers are toward the bottom of the first page.

http://www.squier-talk.com/forum/squ...s-guitars.html

DreadSi · 08-09-2010, 10:23 AM

I picked up an NV2 serial Korean on friday. It has tiny pots, is plywood and very, very light. Interestingly the pickups only have one wire running to them - I have not seen the inside of too many strats but I have never seen one like this. The neck is good, tuners below average. Pickups are a lot hotter than either my E series MIJ or my Q MIJ. Not a bad sounding guitar, but it feels a whole lot less solid than any other Squier I have.

squierjosh · 08-09-2010, 10:28 AM

If you look closely, there's probably two wires to each pup. My old MIK is like that too. There are two VERY thin wires inside the one wire shielding that you see. It's amazing any sound comes through those wires at all.

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Originally Posted by DreadSi

I picked up an NV2 serial Korean on friday. It has tiny pots, is plywood and very, very light. Interestingly the pickups only have one wire running to them - I have not seen the inside of too many strats but I have never seen one like this. The neck is good, tuners below average. Pickups are a lot hotter than either my E series MIJ or my Q MIJ. Not a bad sounding guitar, but it feels a whole lot less solid than any other Squier I have.

jimbojo · 08-09-2010, 12:13 PM

I also picked up a MIK strat recently, from '92. The body was also plywood, cheep tuners, cheap pots and pups. The maple neck was really nice, smaller frets but the width is closer to standard than most newer squier strats and it has a nice vintage look to it, I am currently using the neck on a parts build. I can't see these as overly valuable, but there are some very usable parts on them.

softwarejanitor · 08-09-2010, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by OleFudd

I have a chance at a Korean Strat made in 1992, can anyone fill me in on the value and quality of these? It's blond and maple with a white pick guard.

Around here, the top end on a MIK Strat is probably about $150 unless its an E-series or a Pro-Tone. Those might go as high as $200 if you find the right buyer. The average ones though can very often be found for under $100, sometimes as low as $50 or $60 if they need a little TLC (often mostly if not all cosmetic).