Thank you chaps for the positive comments. In fact the 1970's Strat has the Apaches and Blue one has the Slowhands. Yeah I know, rosewood neck etc etc but she sounds terrific as Jonathan will no doubt confirm-even with me playing her. I have had this guitar since long before many of you guys were born and although I used to think she was a bit of an ugly duckling, I don't feel that way at all now. I am trying to remember when exactly I bought her :could have been 1978 ( those years are a bit of a blur). The guy I bought her from had her about 6 to 8 months I think and I've always assumed he bought her new but the machine heads were Schallers when I got her and I think I remember him saying he changed them. I don't actually know whether the knobs would be originals or even the pickup covers originally- the ones that came with her to me were black though like a dummy I changed them to EMGs before discovering BKP. I like the white knobs though as I can see the numbers on them on stage (I use the volume control to get different tones). Just out of curiosity I sometimes wonder about trying another set of BKPs but then I plug her in and forget all about that. Last night for example I played a small venue where we had to keep the volume down and therefore the sound was quite clean, i.e. nowhere to hide and I had a ball making sure that I got everything right. She sounded so so good.
