Reply With QuoteZ, I don;t recall this guitar, do you have a pic?
Regular Fretter
60th Anniversary Strat
I have been on a bit of a Gibson LP jag for quite a while lately. The only Strat I have been playing is my Classic Vibe 50s Squier. Yesterday I broke out my 60th Anniversary in blizzard pearl. As usual I was blown away by the tone from this guitar. It is basically a JV strat with the rounded neck. The tex mex pickups are extremely cool sounding pickups. This one has an extreme flame on the neck and is a joy to look at and play. It is heavier and actually the body is thicker than most strats I own. I have the trem screwed right down ala hardtail and don't have the bar attached, and the sustain on this thing is sweet. I know Sunvalley has one as well. I think these are probably one of the best bang for the buck strats out there. If you can snag one, you will not be dissapointed.
The Blues is alright!
Guitars: 1968 Gibson SG, 2005 Gibson SG Standard, 2006 Gibson LP Classic Gold top, 2004 Epiphone Elitist LP Custom, 1996 Gibson Les Paul Standard. 2001 Epiphone Sheraton II, 2007 Epiphone G400.
Fender Strats: 1996 Fender 68 Reissue CIJ, 2008 Squier CV 50s, 2009 Squier CV 50s Tele Butterescotch Blonde
Amps: Blues Junior Special edition Jensen in Brown Tolex with Wheat front, 65 Deluxe Reverb reissue,1970 Sonax reverb by Traynor, Avatar Custom 2/12 Cabinet with Eminence Legend V1216 speakers,
2008 DSL100 Marshall Amp , Fender Super Champ XD,Fender Vibro Champ XD
Effects and Pedals: Fulltone Fulldrive II, Fulltone OCD, Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe, Fulltone Fat Boost, Dunlop Crybaby Wah, Boss DS1, Boss DD20 Giga Delay, Boss TU2 tuner, Boss BD2, Ibanez TS9 Tube screamer, Zoom 505. Radial tonebone hot british.
Regular Fretter
Z, I don;t recall this guitar, do you have a pic?
Mark
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Regular Fretter
Yes here they are. The neck looks like it was quarter sawn. Those are not shadows. It is even better in person.
This is the only one I have seen with that neck. My tech at the shop had it hidden away and called me about it. I had asked the week before and he said he had two coming in. The other one had plain neck. They were tinted though.
The Blues is alright!
Guitars: 1968 Gibson SG, 2005 Gibson SG Standard, 2006 Gibson LP Classic Gold top, 2004 Epiphone Elitist LP Custom, 1996 Gibson Les Paul Standard. 2001 Epiphone Sheraton II, 2007 Epiphone G400.
Fender Strats: 1996 Fender 68 Reissue CIJ, 2008 Squier CV 50s, 2009 Squier CV 50s Tele Butterescotch Blonde
Amps: Blues Junior Special edition Jensen in Brown Tolex with Wheat front, 65 Deluxe Reverb reissue,1970 Sonax reverb by Traynor, Avatar Custom 2/12 Cabinet with Eminence Legend V1216 speakers,
2008 DSL100 Marshall Amp , Fender Super Champ XD,Fender Vibro Champ XD
Effects and Pedals: Fulltone Fulldrive II, Fulltone OCD, Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe, Fulltone Fat Boost, Dunlop Crybaby Wah, Boss DS1, Boss DD20 Giga Delay, Boss TU2 tuner, Boss BD2, Ibanez TS9 Tube screamer, Zoom 505. Radial tonebone hot british.
Contributing Member
Strum, it is my Number One, and one is pictured in my avatar as well. I concur heartily. I tried a bunch of strats when I was shopping, and this one was the one I kept coming back to. They are great strats. Here are another couple pics, a promo shot I use as my avatar, and also of one in action:
And alongside an earlier pedal set up, and my strat's friend, Mr. Classic 30:
I bought mine from a working musician, who also had the trem screwed down. I have always left it like that. I love the neck on mine. It is the benchmark for me on what a strat type neck should feel like.
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson
Super Duper Fretter
Thanks guys, now I'm kicking myself for not getting one of these a while back.
A guy I know needed the cash bad so he moved his on Ebay. I could have picked it up cheap.:
tung
Contributing Member
Just to add in some more discussion of this model, here is a link to a thread re: mine, way back from when I first joined.
http://www.thefret.net/showthread.ph...td.+Strat.+WOW
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson
Regular Fretter
I have 8 Strats and I ususally have one in my music room out of the case. I like to rotate them and there are certain things you like about each one. This one seems to have all the boxes checked off though. The only other one that really grabs me is the 50th MIA Deluxe. That has everything, but cost 3 times as much.
If you get a chance to get one of these unmolested, they are huge bang for the buck. As nice as my Squier CV50s is this blows it away.
The Blues is alright!
Guitars: 1968 Gibson SG, 2005 Gibson SG Standard, 2006 Gibson LP Classic Gold top, 2004 Epiphone Elitist LP Custom, 1996 Gibson Les Paul Standard. 2001 Epiphone Sheraton II, 2007 Epiphone G400.
Fender Strats: 1996 Fender 68 Reissue CIJ, 2008 Squier CV 50s, 2009 Squier CV 50s Tele Butterescotch Blonde
Amps: Blues Junior Special edition Jensen in Brown Tolex with Wheat front, 65 Deluxe Reverb reissue,1970 Sonax reverb by Traynor, Avatar Custom 2/12 Cabinet with Eminence Legend V1216 speakers,
2008 DSL100 Marshall Amp , Fender Super Champ XD,Fender Vibro Champ XD
Effects and Pedals: Fulltone Fulldrive II, Fulltone OCD, Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe, Fulltone Fat Boost, Dunlop Crybaby Wah, Boss DS1, Boss DD20 Giga Delay, Boss TU2 tuner, Boss BD2, Ibanez TS9 Tube screamer, Zoom 505. Radial tonebone hot british.
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