A strat is born

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:17 pm

Quite a neat video:

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mark-s · Post by **mark-s** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 4:56 pm

cool vid.

the soundtrack makes me realise where the kaiser chiefs nicked the M8 from for ruby ruby ruby! check out around the 1:47 mark.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 6:21 pm

Quality.

kypdurron · Post by **kypdurron** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:15 pm

maybe someone on Strat-Talk can help out with what model this is? entertaining video, anyway

holyCATS1415 · Post by **holyCATS1415** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 7:50 pm

I'm surprised to see that so much is still done by hand.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Tue Mar 27, 2012 8:03 pm

holyCATS1415 wrote:I'm surprised to see that so much is still done by hand.

this is what I thought. Although, hand labor on factory lines is still pretty cheap. I was listening to NPR and they said that it's still cheaper to use human labor than machines, even by a US minimum wage standard.

AaronGuitarDude · Post by **AaronGuitarDude** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:33 am

hate the 70s headstock but meh! nice video.

show the China factory too. they build great CVs and low end fenders.

mark-s · Post by **mark-s** » Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:33 am

I think the 70's headstock is the best thing about it! The rest I can take or leave.

Looks like an American Special Strat: