Pastor of Muppets
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Took me a while and a lot of wheeler dealing, but I finally got a Strat I've had my eye on for a couple of months. Custom Shop Blackie body refinned, Custom Shop Fat 50s pups and an old Fullerton '57 neck. I am in love.
Enter the Partscaster
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Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Man that is one hot strat!!!
Love those green things, my boss at the shop has a likewise green CS strat...
Great look!
Man that is one hot strat!!!
Love those green things, my boss at the shop has a likewise green CS strat...
Great look!
Pastor of Muppets
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Seafoam green and daphne blue just rock on Strats...though I am a little tempted to but a tortoiseshell guard on her.
Seafoam green and daphne blue just rock on Strats...though I am a little tempted to but a tortoiseshell guard on her.
Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
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Rock on man, that axe is smokin!!!!
If it sounds 1/4 as good as it looks, then you have a killer axes for sure.
Rock on man, that axe is smokin!!!!
If it sounds 1/4 as good as it looks, then you have a killer axes for sure.
crusty philtrum
Vintageologist
BlueSnMettle
Michaelewski
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That's a beauty. Although I have a few Strats with the tortise guard,
I think it would ruin the Mojo that axe exudes. Great find.
Peace,
Darrin
That's a beauty. Although I have a few Strats with the tortise guard,
I think it would ruin the Mojo that axe exudes. Great find.
Peace,
Darrin
Pastor of Muppets
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It's pretty light - noticeably lighter than my Lone Star Strat. The maple neck feels fantastic; nicely chunky and the board is really grippy and played-in. One of those necks you feel like you've been playing for years within a few minutes of messing around on it.
Bridge pup is slightly microphonic and sounds nice driven for a 60s classic overdrive, but is pretty thin on a clean channel - not brittle, but not a useable sound for my purposes; mid and neck have a lovely, characterful sound, less ballsy than the Texas Specials I A/B'd it against but with more clarity and still a nice thickness to the sound. Lovely break-up when the amp is just hitting the sweet spot, great for blues and 60s sounds as you'd expect. Between the oldish wood and the pups, it just has a lot more character than the Lone Star (which is a '94) but doesn;'t have as much balls. Which justifies keeping both!
It's pretty light - noticeably lighter than my Lone Star Strat. The maple neck feels fantastic; nicely chunky and the board is really grippy and played-in. One of those necks you feel like you've been playing for years within a few minutes of messing around on it.
Bridge pup is slightly microphonic and sounds nice driven for a 60s classic overdrive, but is pretty thin on a clean channel - not brittle, but not a useable sound for my purposes; mid and neck have a lovely, characterful sound, less ballsy than the Texas Specials I A/B'd it against but with more clarity and still a nice thickness to the sound. Lovely break-up when the amp is just hitting the sweet spot, great for blues and 60s sounds as you'd expect. Between the oldish wood and the pups, it just has a lot more character than the Lone Star (which is a '94) but doesn;'t have as much balls. Which justifies keeping both!
Pastor of Muppets
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Yeah, I know what you're saying...my other Strat has a tortoise so I guess it would be a shame to mess with it.
Yeah, I know what you're saying...my other Strat has a tortoise so I guess it would be a shame to mess with it.
Fender_Punk
BerriesAndCreamologist
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I'm a huge fan of seafoam green on guitars. That Strat is very sweet.I daresay it puts the Road Worn series to shame! lol
I'm a huge fan of seafoam green on guitars. That Strat is very sweet.I daresay it puts the Road Worn series to shame! lol
