I wanted to submit some photos of my “strats” for your project. The maple fingerboard strat is a stock Fender American Standard with ash body and transparent blonde finish that I got from zZounds.com.

The rosewood fingerboard strat was made by wdmusic.com. It has a very light alder body and Burns Tri-Sonic pickups (ala Brian May).

They both sound great, play great, and look great. I like Strats because they’re so ergonomic (tummy cut, forearm cut, all tuners on one side). The only thing mine don’t have is a sculpted heel.

By the way, chrisguitars.com has a Fender HM Strat listed on the front page ($500). I bought a guitar from Chris before, and I would definitely buy from him again.

Steve