Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Philly Q on July 09, 2008, 12:58:27 PM
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It's been ever-so-slightly modified, but you'd never notice:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/usa-fender-strat_W0QQitemZ200237508516QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200237508516 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/usa-fender-strat_W0QQitemZ200237508516QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item200237508516)
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Very nice... I'd snap that one up!
"Texas Chainsaw Massacre tribute strat" - pimped by leatherface...
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I am looking for a strat but am at work and can't get onto ebay! What sort is it and how much is it going for?
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Holy hack-a-doodle! :o
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Nice!
I guess the guy couldn't find his router, so used a chainsaw instead.
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Lovely pro job on that floyd installation. I'm quite excited by the 'sustain plate' device underneath it.
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I am looking for a strat but am at work and can't get onto ebay! What sort is it and how much is it going for?
You really don't want to know mate! Mr Q is enticing us Fender-chaps in with tempting topic titles and then posting links to abominations (check other peoples comments!) :lol:
Starting bid £300 for an 80's (was it?) strat that has been modified in various ways unpleasant to me... not least the addition of a Floyd (which alone would stop me). The amusing part, once you can get over the Floyd itself, and various other niceties, is the "comedy-body-routing" that took place to instal said metalwork...
Thanks Philly Q - and there was I thinking, oo, he's got a strat has he, and he's only up the road.... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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jeebus that's almost as bad as my hand drill routing of a telecaster!
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Shame about the "slight excessive cut away to rear body, where floyd rose fitted".
But fortunately it can be "easily covered with new backplate". Or a big black bin bag.
Why did he even need to rout the back at all? Unless... it started out as a hardtail :| :? :( :x :evil:
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I can't quite tell - did he lose much of the fretboard when he was routing for the Floyd?
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Thanks Philly Q - and there was I thinking, oo, he's got a strat has he, and he's only up the road.... :lol: :lol: :lol:
None for sale, Andy, sorry. In fact I may ( :oops: ) be on the lookout for another one, which is how I found that.... contraption.
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Thanks Philly Q - and there was I thinking, oo, he's got a strat has he, and he's only up the road.... :lol: :lol: :lol:
None for sale, Andy, sorry. In fact I may ( :oops: ) be on the lookout for another one, which is how I found that.... contraption.
That's a relief, I'm not actually looking! :D
We could probably sell you some bin liners though, if you decided to get that one as a "project" guitar...
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and i thought i was bad at DIY... o_O
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D'oh! I was sucked in there! :)
Sticking with the subject of strats though, I am looking for a USA Fender Strat and am looking at two on ebay at the moment: a 2004 and brand new 2008 model. I know they've just made a few changes but have no idea what they were! Does anyone have any idea which of the two is supposedly "better", or can you suggest which you reckon I should go for?
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D'oh! I was sucked in there! :)
Sticking with the subject of strats though, I am looking for a USA Fender Strat and am looking at two on ebay at the moment: a 2004 and brand new 2008 model. I know they've just made a few changes but have no idea what they were! Does anyone have any idea which of the two is supposedly "better", or can you suggest which you reckon I should go for?
Me too - not for as long though. I knew what you felt like, often I can't see picture attachments at work.
Can't help too much on the strat question though - don't really know much about the modern US ones, I'm a 62 re-issue kinda-guy!
Wouldn't surprise me if Philly Q knew though... he's probably researching it even as I type :D
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And here I am, rolling up like a bad penny....
I think the main difference between the new American Standards and the previous American Series is that the bridge now has vintage-style bent steel saddles, rather than the "powdered" steel block-shaped saddles which have been used for the last 20-odd years. The tremolo bridge still has two fulcrum points rather than the vintage-style six screws, though.
So it's still a "modern" Strat, but supposedly with a slightly more "vintage" tone.
Apart from that, I don't know if there are any differences. They might have tweaked the pickups a bit and they've probably changed the colour range like they do every few years.
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^ yeah. i think they maybe changed the finish on the neck too.
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Cool, thanks for the info! I've bought the 2008 standard strat in 3 tone sunburst with a maple neck. :D
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Cool, thanks for the info! I've bought the 2008 standard strat in 3 tone sunburst with a maple neck. :D
That's what I like to see, a man who doesn't mess around! :)
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Cool, thanks for the info! I've bought the 2008 standard strat in 3 tone sunburst with a maple neck. :D
That's what I like to see, a man who doesn't mess around! :)
Philly - I really wish you hadn't posted this! I was just getting over the need to have another strat and this topic comes along!
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Cool, thanks for the info! I've bought the 2008 standard strat in 3 tone sunburst with a maple neck. :D
That's what I like to see, a man who doesn't mess around! :)
Philly - I really wish you hadn't posted this! I was just getting over the need to have another strat and this topic comes along!
Just go back to the link at the top of the thread and it'll put you off! :lol:
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Cool, thanks for the info! I've bought the 2008 standard strat in 3 tone sunburst with a maple neck. :D
That's what I like to see, a man who doesn't mess around! :)
Philly - I really wish you hadn't posted this! I was just getting over the need to have another strat and this topic comes along!
Just go back to the link at the top of the thread and it'll put you off! :lol:
It did for a while - still got the need for a new one though :lol: