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Like the title says I'm in the market for a new strat, I dug my old squier affinity out but its not cutting the mustard, feels cheap compared to my teles

show me your favorite strat that you own...

dezb1 wrote:show me your favorite strat that you own...

My favourite, and only Strat - Fender '68 RI


I really liked the rosewood board CV Squier I tried though, quality guitar for cheap.

classic vibe 50s!

Been impressed with my V100 I've been giving serious consideration to one of these

http://www.thomann.de/gb/vintage_icon_v6mrbk.htm

or possibly the cheaper v6bb which has a rosewood board and no fake relicing.

apparently the vintage fender styles aren't as good as their gibson styles. never actually tried one though to be fair

George wrote:classic vibe 50s!

the necks on these look a bit pasty

Partscaster
Roadworn 50's body
MIJ 68 RI neck
57/62 RI pickups

dezb1 wrote:

George wrote:classic vibe 50s!

the necks on these look a bit pasty

just the lpbs. the other ones all have a nice tint

I had a custom shop strat in inca silver. I have absolutely no recollection of owning this guitar, but looking at it now it's pretty sweet.

"The One!"

A bit naughty of me in this section but I'm thinking of getting rid of mine dez, its a standard Squier with maple neck. Full body thickness, two pivot trem..
The neck is really nice on it, I also added a Wilkinson trem and a Dimarzio single coil. I used it in the 80's band.

Consider a G&L Legacy; great guitars.

Fran wrote:A bit naughty of me in this section but I'm thinking of getting rid of mine dez, its a standard Squier with maple neck. Full body thickness, two pivot trem..
The neck is really nice on it, I also added a Wilkinson trem and a Dimarzio single coil. I used it in the 80's band.

sounds cool what colour is it? I'm after a black one for two reasons I've come to the conclusion black and mint is my preferred colour combo and my wife won't notice I've replaced the Squire (less grief that way).

Maplez for me:

dezb1 wrote:

Fran wrote:A bit naughty of me in this section but I'm thinking of getting rid of mine dez, its a standard Squier with maple neck. Full body thickness, two pivot trem..
The neck is really nice on it, I also added a Wilkinson trem and a Dimarzio single coil. I used it in the 80's band.

sounds cool what colour is it? I'm after a black one for two reasons I've come to the conclusion black and mint is my preferred colour combo and my wife won't notice I've replaced the Squire (less grief that way).

Red, but it looks black depending on the lighting though

The American specials are amazing for the money, especially if you can score one secondhand. I still miss my 62 reissue scumburst with rosewood board. AFAIK it's still with someone on here tho so that's cool.

Thomas wrote:The American specials are amazing for the money, especially if you can score one secondhand. I still miss my 62 reissue scumburst with rosewood board. AFAIK it's still with someone on here tho so that's cool.

Yep still with me. Well on long term loan to a friend. Awesome guitar though, so light and the neck is gorgeous. It's well worth trying a load out to find one with the right neck for you.

I was in a pawn shop yesterday looking at their usual assortment of crap guitars. The guy behind the counter said "you like Strats?"- he went into the back and brought out this 2009 US model. I really loved the neck- nice case and all the case candy is there. So I made the impulse buy after he dropped the price $50. I don't have the cash, so I put it on layaway. Might be putting a couple things up in classifieds to pay for it.

Really love that red in the burst. Very nice looking guitar. Can I ask how much you paid?

Sure- he wanted $800 and I bought it for $750

Here's the back of the body