First photos from forum noob, here's my 77 strat, a natural relic

Strangefan

richardhomer said:

Bridgehouse said:

You can't post images because:
- You haven't started a thread on why a Strat/Les Paul/PRS is the best and all you need
- You've not touched a Terry Morgan
- You've not ranted about a Helix/Axe FX either positively or negatively
- You haven't discovered that "tone is all in the brass saddle/screws/tuners" etc..

Or that you've finally accepted that 6 strings present too much of a challenge for you and have taken up bass playing instead....





Hey! Playing bass is certainly not the inept guitarists fall back!  

Bridgehouse

Strangefan said:

richardhomer said:

Bridgehouse said:

You can't post images because:
- You haven't started a thread on why a Strat/Les Paul/PRS is the best and all you need
- You've not touched a Terry Morgan
- You've not ranted about a Helix/Axe FX either positively or negatively
- You haven't discovered that "tone is all in the brass saddle/screws/tuners" etc..

Or that you've finally accepted that 6 strings present too much of a challenge for you and have taken up bass playing instead....





Hey! Playing bass is certainly not the inept guitarists fall back!  

True. 

Electric Guitar is the inept Acoustic Guitarists fall back..

richardhomer

Bridgehouse said:
(Just you wait till I'm a world famous bass player and you'll be seeing my name and picture EVERYWHERE)

(In Bassist Magazine.)

And have a Terry Morgan Signature bass....

Bridgehouse

richardhomer said:

Bridgehouse said:
(Just you wait till I'm a world famous bass player and you'll be seeing my name and picture EVERYWHERE)

(In Bassist Magazine.)

And have a Terry Morgan Signature bass....

Sssssshhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

They're not supposed to know about them!!

NPP

very nice! Almost a mirror image of mine ...

Loobs

cool! 

Si_

Glad to see another 70s Strat person.. Just got mine a few days ago but liking it so far.


What are the specs? any mods/changes from original spec?

Neil

Nice looker and under 8lbs - wow.

fendergibson

Si_ said:

Glad to see another 70s Strat person.. Just got mine a few days ago but liking it so far.


What are the specs? any mods/changes from original spec?

The guitar is all completely original. However, it required a refret - in fact 2 refrets after a nightmare bodge job done by a famous ( recently retired ) British guitar maker who we all know 

Despite being told the frets may need to come out from the side (70's fenders) he took them out of the top and basically fucked it up good and proper. 

I wont go into further depth but anyways I then took it to Jacks Instrument Services in McR and he sorted it out, put SS frets in and made the neck joint rock solid with veneer inserts in the pocket.

i learnt a valuable lesson with this, and I won't forget that first refret, Jesus Christ now I'm angry again lol 

boogieman

Nice. I had a 78 in the same finish, very cool. Mine was a pile of poo and heavy as hell though, yours sounds to be infinitely better. 

steer

The wood is lovely. I like the way it is nicely weathered in, but still retains its originality . It sure is one of the nicest picnic tables I have seen for a while. 

fendergibson

steer said:

The wood is lovely. I like the way it is nicely weathered in, but still retains its originality . It sure is one of the nicest picnic tables I have seen for a while. 

Lol, it's lightweight too 

Snap

Nice strat. Looks great.

57Deluxe

is no way the lacquer has worn off that naturally - they were polyurethane!

fendergibson

57Deluxe said:

is no way the lacquer has worn off that naturally - they were polyurethane!

Poly....with a top coat of nitro, the upper bout shows the poly where the nitro has worn completely - the rest is cracked and nicely aged nitro 

ESBlonde

Even Poly will get the colour rubbed off if you gig um hard enough.

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z410/ESBlonde/Guitars/014.jpg

http://i1188.photobucket.com/albums/z410/ESBlonde/Guitars/013.jpg  

Bridgehouse

Indeed - here's some natural wear on my '74 P which is Poly with nitro on top



Apart from no checking, I reckon it wears similar to Nitro tbh... Lot of myth about wear on poly - specially the older stuff

artiebear

@fendergibson that is a great looking strat. 

fendergibson

More pics of the second refret process, after the first fuck up ( shudder can still smell the pipe smoke... ) 

Last 3 pics are after a wonderful restoration - Jacks Instrument Services - thanks a lotalotalot 

https://i.imgur.com/rZ20RB8.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Yswolll.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Cy9YIcn.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/WkskU9Q.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/jKNcyP8.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/hf2czOz.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/lXbq4DD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/HFqzBRH.jpg

pjf

Really nice guitar how much darker has the wood got over time? Do you have any pics from it when you first got it?