sunvalleylaw
Yep.
Fun to re-visit this thread. Did I mention that I love my strat?!
Same Strat, different days.
Lets see your strats!
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Stratguy
Coffee Junky
Now this is a Thread that I can love and appreciate!
I love that natural finish Strat! Absolutely timeless.
I like the Alex Chase, too. I have one of my own, but it's a 12-string electric, and it's not a Strat, so I won't show it here. The cobra on the headstock is cool.
Marko
Strato-Smasher
This is the only Strat I have. It’s a “Satin Series”, made for a couple years (05-06?), Mahogany body.
This is the Crimson version which I found attractive, plus I liked that it wasn’t glossy, and no pickguard. I think the MSRP was $413 (don’t know what street price was), but they were blowing these out on Overstock.com, and I paid ~$113 for it.
This is the Crimson version which I found attractive, plus I liked that it wasn’t glossy, and no pickguard. I think the MSRP was $413 (don’t know what street price was), but they were blowing these out on Overstock.com, and I paid ~$113 for it.
Chuck1016
Splawnster
My 2005 Highway One has had every pickup configuration imaginable over the years. I buffed out the satin finish and it has a "Gilmour switch", but otherwise it's back to original spec. The Squier is a parts-caster that I brought back from the dead years ago. I fall in and out of love with both of them, but I'll never let them go (again).
'94 MIM Standard with a DiMarzio Area '61 bridge, Fender Lace Sensor Gold middle, and Fender Vintage Noiseless neck with a Claption mid booster
Warmoth hardtail hard ash body I got off eBay back in the '90s for $60, an AllParts LMO neck, Duncan Custom Custom bridge, Texas Special bridge in the middle, and a real Fender greybottom in the neck
AllParts Candy Orange body, MightyMite neck, old German Floyd from the run in '86 with a thinner baseplate, GFS VEH bridge, and Area '67s in the middle and neck
Customwoods 5150 neck, body from a Fernandes LE-1 that was black then stripped then painted by me, Gotoh Floyd, and a Duncan '59 Trembucker
MIM Fender Deluxe body with US spec bridge, mystery neck that was sold to me as a relogo'd MIM Standard neck but the fretboard and profile are very flat (I want to replace this with a '50s Classic Series neck), GFS Texas Greybottom Staggered set wired with a neck-on switch, pickguard from Warmoth
Warmoth hardtail hard ash body I got off eBay back in the '90s for $60, an AllParts LMO neck, Duncan Custom Custom bridge, Texas Special bridge in the middle, and a real Fender greybottom in the neck
AllParts Candy Orange body, MightyMite neck, old German Floyd from the run in '86 with a thinner baseplate, GFS VEH bridge, and Area '67s in the middle and neck
Customwoods 5150 neck, body from a Fernandes LE-1 that was black then stripped then painted by me, Gotoh Floyd, and a Duncan '59 Trembucker
MIM Fender Deluxe body with US spec bridge, mystery neck that was sold to me as a relogo'd MIM Standard neck but the fretboard and profile are very flat (I want to replace this with a '50s Classic Series neck), GFS Texas Greybottom Staggered set wired with a neck-on switch, pickguard from Warmoth
Scott_Abene
Resident Noodge
OH MY!
Blame @Prages for making me want to build that. LOL
OH MY!
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Prages
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Scott_Abene
Resident Noodge
Where did you get that body ?
Mine is from AllParts. Prages got his from Warmoth.
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Prages
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Yeah, mine all came from Warmoth.
bubkusjones
Strato-Smasher
Cheapo "Vagabond" brand (google turns up nothing).
It needs a lot of work, though. None of the electronics are wired, the nut needs to be replaced with something decent, it could use a fret job, and I'd like to put on a better quality vibrato unit. Honestly, I'd be better off leaving it as is and spending that money buying a better quality replacement (like a higher-level Squier), but I'd still like to fix her up.
It needs a lot of work, though. None of the electronics are wired, the nut needs to be replaced with something decent, it could use a fret job, and I'd like to put on a better quality vibrato unit. Honestly, I'd be better off leaving it as is and spending that money buying a better quality replacement (like a higher-level Squier), but I'd still like to fix her up.
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Neutered male
Closest thing I have to a strat in playable condition right now.
Brian Krashpad
T1N2bM0
Iirc I've owned 5 Strats over the years, since c. '89. Only 1 was a Fender, a blackie MIM Standard. Prior to that I had a MIK Squier blackie, my first Strat.
Went Stratless for a year or so after I sold the MIM, and bought a Peavey Predator (USA). That was a good axe, at least as nice as the MIM Fender, but when a friend needed a step-up axe I sold it to him. Went Stratless for a year or so after that too.
Last fall I got the Strat itch again. A couple very affordable Squiers came on local craigslist at about the same time, so I bought them both and let them shoot it out. One was a natural Squier Standard with a big headstock and a tortoise pickguard. It lost out to Daphne, a Squier Strat Deluxe, which I'm very happy with. Never managed to get a good photo of the color though.
Went Stratless for a year or so after I sold the MIM, and bought a Peavey Predator (USA). That was a good axe, at least as nice as the MIM Fender, but when a friend needed a step-up axe I sold it to him. Went Stratless for a year or so after that too.
Last fall I got the Strat itch again. A couple very affordable Squiers came on local craigslist at about the same time, so I bought them both and let them shoot it out. One was a natural Squier Standard with a big headstock and a tortoise pickguard. It lost out to Daphne, a Squier Strat Deluxe, which I'm very happy with. Never managed to get a good photo of the color though.