Natural finish strats

Jetfire · April 2016

I'm gutted because the only strat I could find for reasonable money with a modern neck set up was made by Ltd and they have discontinued it.

Any suggestions for a natural finish strats with a modern c style neck (not a big neck), bigger frets and single coils?

JD50 · April 2016

Have you had a look at G&L?

Jetfire · April 2016

I have but there's alot in the range.. never played one but they look nice

Phil_aka_Pip · April 2016

get an ordinary one and strip the paint off it?

meltedbuzzbox · April 2016

Or make a parts caster?

MikeDearing · April 2016

that's what I did with mine 30 years ago.. a stripped the body is now a golden orange colour after oiling it over the years.. more worryingly where have the years gone!

impmann · April 2016

What about one of those 70s reissue jobs in natural. They come up occasionally on the bay...

EdGrip · April 2016

Exactly - I thought all the 70s reissue strats were natural finish by law?

guitarfishbay · April 2016

Surely partscaster worth a look here.

not_the_dj · April 2016

EdGrip said:

Exactly - I thought all the 70s reissue strats were natural finish by law?

Doesn't fit the neck or fret requirements the OP asks for, but of course the neck could be swapped.

kaisos · April 2016

I saw one natural 70s yesterday at a shop and it was very beautiful..

Moltisanti · April 2016

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/281969637922?limghlpsr=true&hlpv=2&ops=true&viphx=1&hlpht=true&lpid=122&chn=ps&googleloc=1006473&poi=&campaignid=207297426&device=c&adgroupid=13585920426&rlsatarget=pla-146652029106&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0-L&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=122&ff19=0

Basher · April 2016

not_the_dj said:

EdGrip said:

Exactly - I thought all the 70s reissue strats were natural finish by law?

Doesn't fit the neck or fret requirements the OP asks for, but of course the neck could be swapped.

+1. The Mexican 70s reissues have a big neck and small, vintage-style frets, exactly the wrong combination for the OP.

I love the big neck but hate the tiny frets. The one I tried was also authentically 70s weight - somewhere in the 9lb ballpark. Looked fantastic though and I wish Fender offered this finish on some other models. The first LP (as in record) I ever bought was Made in Europe by Deep Purple and Blackmore played a natural strat on that and a natural/70s-headstock strat was the object of my dreams for many years. Having mellowed out a bit, I'm just as taken by the ones played by Lowell George and Gerry Garcia.

dchwhite · April 2016

If you're thinking about a bitsa and you don't need a trem, ebay item 391436020714.

Jetfire · April 2016

@dchwhite is that yours?

Sarge · April 2016

SX make a fine USA ash strat, headstock is a little ugly but they feel really nice, always under.the radar these, very underrated.
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/SX-STRAT-GUITAR-Vintage-Series-SWAMP-ASH-/162021457559?nav=SEARCH

dchwhite · April 2016

Jetfire said:

@dchwhite is that yours?

Not a chance I'd sell that if it was mine! I have 'warmoth' as a saved ebay search, and they emailed me at about the time I was reading your thread

Looks like the seller has a few of their bodies fs atm.

bazxkr · April 2016

Basher said:

not_the_dj said:

EdGrip said:

Exactly - I thought all the 70s reissue strats were natural finish by law?
Doesn't fit the neck or fret requirements the OP asks for, but of course the neck could be swapped.

+1. The Mexican 70s reissues have a big neck and small, vintage-style frets, exactly the wrong combination for the OP.

I love the big neck but hate the tiny frets. The one I tried was also authentically 70s weight - somewhere in the 9lb ballpark. Looked fantastic though and I wish Fender offered this finish on some other models. The first LP (as in record) I ever bought was Made in Europe by Deep Purple and Blackmore played a natural strat on that and a natural/70s-headstock strat was the object of my dreams for many years. Having mellowed out a bit, I'm just as taken by the ones played by Lowell George and Gerry Garcia.

Yeh, that Blackmore natural 70s was a beaut.... had a very distinctive grain development behind the bridge. Got stolen IIRC.

Sounded bloody good too...see him play it several shows on the Burn 74 tour.

bazxkr · April 2016

Here is my partscaster...bought on here few years ago. Although now has lace sensors. Swamp ash body with clear coat. warmoth neck.

Make one exactly how your mind sees it

DrBob · April 2016

Is this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ESP-LTD-ST-213A-M-NAT-Electric-Guitar-w-Box-Ex-Demo-/271980324030?hash=item3f534a64be:g:HAsAAOSwiLdV7vit

The guitar you were after ?

EdGrip · April 2016

I see someone ordered a plectrum from Thomann

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