Post pics of Vintage Strats with Mint Guards, please.

[frippy]

IMO you cannot go wrong with an AVRI '62 in Olympic White, although my favorite color is Sonic Blue FWIW.

[Jazzprod]

I got a pickguard from this guy in the UK.

http://www.fatboyguitars.co.uk/

I think he's doing a great job 

[fullerplast]

That guy is GOOD! He even gets the bevel right.

I also like his bakelite (fakelite?) $trat parts. I checked them out thoroughly but ended up doing my own on my '54 $trat clone.

[mezcalhead]

Fatboy seems to have good work but is very expensive .. I think he was charging nearly £100 for a set of repro white witch hats a while back.


Anyway, this is my favourite Strat picture .. it was a '63 that was sold through V & R:




.. it inspired me to choose sonic blue when I bought my only Strat, which I don't seem to have any pics of right now.

[StevenO]

Is that a relic? Looks like a relic. It's a nice looking Strat none the less.

I really like strats. Not so much how they look or feel or even sound, there is just something about them that are nice. I only like beat up black ones and beat up white ones. Especially when they have maple necks and white/mint pickguards. Beautiful!

I like my strat because I don't mind beating the shit out of it. 

[StevenO]

That guy is GOOD! He even gets the bevel right.

I also like his bakelite (fakelite?) $trat parts. I checked them out thoroughly but ended up doing my own on my '54 $trat clone.

His pickguards look fairly similar to the ones I linked to earlier in this thread. The really aged ones, I mean. Either way, I'm not a huge fan of either. They're both almost TOO aged.

Here:


and:

[frippy]

Anyway, this is my favourite Strat picture .. it was a '63 that was sold through V & R:

A stunningly beautiful Stratocaster in my favorite color 

This sonic blue '61 is a favorite of mine 


Although I'm hella partial to this model...

...but it's not vintage 

[mezcalhead]

Is that a relic? Looks like a relic. It's a nice looking Strat none the less.

No, that's the real deal AFAIK.

It's probably one of the few combos (sonic/mint/rosewood) that I really like on a Strat. There's a guy on the Tonefactor forums who has a blonde with gold guard and maple neck, that's pretty special too.

[StevenO]

I'll make sure you all like mine,