Stratocaster Chronicles
For my Birthday I got a new Hendrix Guitar strap by LEVY, very nice, a copy of the CD Live Wire Blues power by Albert King. A rare find indeed, and the book the Stratocaster Chronicles. It is a hard cover with 280 pages of great information on the 50 years of the Strat from its inception until today. Great color shots and many insights into Leo Fender the man behind the Strat. Eric Clapton does an intro and he mentions going into a Guitar shop in Nashville in the 70s called Sho-buds and finding a whole rack of 50s Strats in the back. He said you could pick them up for 200 dollars so he bought the whole rack. He gave one to Steve Winwood, one to George Harrison and one to Pete Townsend, he kept the rest and made the guitar Blackie from parts of several of them. Just amazing stories. It goes nicely with my 50th Anniversay Deluxe Strat and my Tweed Blues Deluxe reissue. A real cool read.
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.