John Cruz master built?

[TatsumiS]

Hi I was wondering if any one knows for sure this guitar is master built by John Cruz. Its a Fender Custom Shop '60 NOS Stratocaster and it has the initials "JC" on the bottom of the neck but it doesn't have the infamous "John Cruz" signature behind the head of the guitar.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51150971@N07/4701591314/

[TatsumiS]

bump

[RRfireblade]

COA would say for sure or email Fender , they'll have that info.

Everyone I've seen had a signature but I'm sure I haven't seen them all.

Looks kinda . . . mmm, sloppy under there tho. All my CS' are pretty neat with the stamps and sigs. Hmm , could mean nothing.

[TatsumiS]

yea they person did say they "had" but "lost" the COA... so not for sure

[fender753]

Look to me to be a normal team built 60's time machine strat, Masterbuilts usually have it the stamp on the headstock but then again I havn't seen them all either.

[TatsumiS]

yea thats what i thought

[rickc007]

John Cruz was in QA til the late 90's
That was his QA stamp, NOT Masterbuilt

CCTeleMan has the right pic of the headstock
All of the John Cruz Masterbuilts I have owned,
all say "JC" in the neck pickup pocket as well

[TatsumiS]

hmm so does that mean he still made it?
makes sense cuz it was made in 2000...
whats QA?

[Bhodie]

Quality Assurance..

Also the body is stamped with the standard Custom Shop logo, and the 2nd pickup pocket says NAMM.. and all kind of weird stuff happens for NAMM....

[Joe F]

well the neck is signed by someone. I have that sig on one of my CS Strats that JC did not sign at all. Looks like a production model, not master built.

Anyone know who signed the neck?

[TatsumiS]

thanks guys, yea I had a hunch that the guitar ain't a master built

yea I was also trying to figure out who signed it tho