Steve’s Strats
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
JT Said,
July 4, 2007 @ 5:56 pm
Nice axes! If you ask me, one of the best looking guitars ever is indeed a white Strat with a maple fretboard.
Stephen H Said,
July 5, 2007 @ 12:08 am
Hear-Hear !!
They both look really nice - and hey… What a contrast ?!
Nice one Steve !!
Steve Said,
July 5, 2007 @ 2:44 am
Thank you very much for the kind words…
Sylvain Said,
July 5, 2007 @ 10:24 pm
Nice ! I’d prefer it scalloped, but the white one, yep, it rules !!!
jomaheux Said,
July 8, 2007 @ 9:30 pm
Really cool guitar with the Burns pick-ups.Do those pick-ups have more output than the ones in your stock guitar?
I like my strat for the same reasons you mentionned plus the fact that i can sit deep in the couch without worrying about the input jack sticking out.
Steve Said,
July 15, 2007 @ 4:51 am
Hi Jomaheux - the burns pickups are about the same output as the stock strat pickups - the wiring allows for a lot of cool sounds - nasally out-of-phase sounds in particular - sort of like having a wah pedal in a fixed position. Glad you mentioned the output jack as well - another reason I like strats!