Show us your Stratocasters!
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Re: Show us your Stratocasters!
man this thread is fire!! Codedog time for you to post yours!!! haven't got a pic of my blackie yet but will put up when i take some decent shots. was thinking of repainting my blackie to surf green but then it wont be a ...
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Matt do you still have this?? this thing is hawtStratMatt wrote:Very nice. I don't have much of a pic of mine at the moment. I've got it in pieces upgrading the wiring right now. Here's a pic I took after I put a gold Wilkinson bridge in. I want to change to all gold hardware and chuck a mint green or vintage cream pickguard on. Anyone got any lying around?
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No, he doesn't have that one anymore...KNNZ wrote:Matt do you still have this?? this thing is hawtStratMatt wrote:Very nice. I don't have much of a pic of mine at the moment. I've got it in pieces upgrading the wiring right now. Here's a pic I took after I put a gold Wilkinson bridge in. I want to change to all gold hardware and chuck a mint green or vintage cream pickguard on. Anyone got any lying around?
Re: Show us your Stratocasters!
My #1 is a 1990, just recently had it's first refret by GrantB. Swapped the neck pickup pretty early on for a Kent Armstrong, it's a lovely guitar and apart from the neck position it has it's own voice; it doesn't really sound much like a Strat
Don't know a lot about my other Strat, picked up the body simply because I liked the look of it. It's not a Fender although the pickups are Fender USA's. I replaced the neck with a John Mayer Custom Shop neck - raw / unfinished at the back with rosewood fingerboard, 6150 fretwire and gold / pearloid tuners
Don't know a lot about my other Strat, picked up the body simply because I liked the look of it. It's not a Fender although the pickups are Fender USA's. I replaced the neck with a John Mayer Custom Shop neck - raw / unfinished at the back with rosewood fingerboard, 6150 fretwire and gold / pearloid tuners
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Just back from a Grantb refret. It plays superbly but I think it needs to go up a string size. (You were right Sir!)
Never an aspirational guitar, it just provided the answer to most of my 'which guitar' questions over the years; as all the natural wear shows. A real swiss army knife instrument.
Thanks Grant. I'm especially pleased the fretboard came back just the same.
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Couple shots of mine! 1993 Standard which appears far tidier in this photo than in reality.
And an early 2000's Fender XII, complete with duct tape holding the controls in place because I always seem to hit them somehow... First tone knob is actually a 5-way rotary-type selector too which is interesting.
And an early 2000's Fender XII, complete with duct tape holding the controls in place because I always seem to hit them somehow... First tone knob is actually a 5-way rotary-type selector too which is interesting.
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Re: Show us your Stratocasters!
Great to revive this thread! Looking good! Love the duct tape too haha
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Haha, yeah, it serves its purpose well, but it's need doesn't speak much for my technique I must assume!KNNZ wrote:Great to revive this thread! Looking good! Love the duct tape too haha
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Re: Show us your Stratocasters!
looks amazing though I feel like i'm getting a splinter if I play it
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Re: Show us your Stratocasters!
I love that electric 12.
I`ve played a proper 60s one and the Japanese reissues play the same.
brilliant guitars.
I`ve played a proper 60s one and the Japanese reissues play the same.
brilliant guitars.
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.
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Looks like my JM body!Voxshall wrote:
Strat shot for legitimacy - my since gone '63.
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Cheers - 1963, all original. Man it sounds the biz.Voxshall wrote:That jazzmaster looks great Grant
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