Stratocaster appreciation thread

[MattK]

so this was stupidly cheap, won't be as cheap by the time it ships, but I could. not. resist. that. grain.

[Jonesie]

so this was stupidly cheap, won't be as cheap by the time it ships, but I could. not. resist. that. grain.

Japanese copy? No bullet truss rod...

[MattK]

Sorry, yeah, Yamaha SuperRnRoller 500, late 70s.

[Jonesie]

Sorry, yeah, Yamaha SuperRnRoller 500, late 70s.

Hell yeah. Yamaha guitars rule. I have an early 80's Studio Lord (LP Copy) and it's one of the best LPs I've ever played. It's a boat anchor, but that was the era...

[R_T_Hermit]

CS “1959” LE & Strat Plus with 2nd gen roller nut and Lace Golds.

[OffYourFace]

have any of you played the Fender JV Modified Strats? I played the sunburst one recently and fell in love with the neck. I want one bad. The white one with the big headstock has the same profile but has the late 60s headstock. I'm not sure which one i'd pick.

JV Mod 60s

JV Mod 50s

My current strat (2014 '56 USA RI neck on an '84 Tokai body) is great but tbh I'm getting sick of necks with a 7.25" radius and vintage frets. The JV modified neck was so nice.

[countertext]

have any of you played the Fender JV Modified Strats? I played the sunburst one recently and fell in love with the neck. I want one bad. The white one with the big headstock has the same profile but has the late 60s headstock. I'm not sure which one i'd pick.

The white one is better looking. That humbucker looks wrong to me... maybe it would look better with a cover?

[SuperAxe]

so this was stupidly cheap, won't be as cheap by the time it ships, but I could. not. resist. that. grain.

That is looking very cool Matt. Did you get it via Buyee?

[MattK]

Thru ZenMarket - they are nice but there are a few ways I’ve been caught by charges I didn’t expect. Still waiting to ship that one actually.

[MKR]

CS “1959” LE & Strat Plus with 2nd gen roller nut and Lace Golds.

That white one on the left....

If that was my only guitar i would be happy.

[mikeyjames56]

A simple '01 MIM, this is the only photo I have of it on my phone but it's the guitar I'm currently playing the most. Started out as a standard with white plastic and SSS configuration. Recently set up, it now has 9-42s on it which I am not used to but I'm enjoying the change.

[marqueemoon]

My Strat has finally found its purpose as my go-to guitar for solo sets. I just park the switch in the neck position and it leaves the perfect spot for my voice to sit.

[RavenCrest]

Here's the strats in my collection

[hulakatt]

Been There, Done That (and I even worked for him for a couple years)

Who? Corgan?

Ya

Did you work on his guitars? Don't know why but lately I was wondering if Corgan used a TBX tone circuit in some of his strats. No idea why that question popped into my skull.

[OffYourFace]

Did you work on his guitars? Don't know why but lately I was wondering if Corgan used a TBX tone circuit in some of his strats. No idea why that question popped into my skull.

No tbx. Just standard 250k pots. When I was there (from what I can remember) he had two of his signature Strats (one black and one white), his main blue ‘74? hardtail, some weird beat to shit black Strat that I think was actually an ‘83 Squier (backup to the blue one) and a parts Strat that his local luthier slapped together for him (an old 80s Dimarzio body with a rising sun graphic and a neck from a BC signature Strat). They all had his Dimarzio signature pickups and 5-way ‘super’ switches to split the coils in positions 2 & 4.