Fender Stratocaster: 1954-2024 = 70 years!

[DrewJD82]

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Some time last year.

Yeah, he kept a couple, two, tree- (note the EMG’s in the one on the right!))

 

[Eagle]

That one is the new go too. He said it was better than that original one but I didn’t play it.

 

[JiveTurkey]

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I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE the Nile Roger's strat. Holy fuck that thing is tight \m/

 

[Achilles]

One thing a lot of people don't get with Gilmour is if you really want to nail his subtle whammy vibrato you have to get a short arm like the one he's used forever. It's really evident on that lower right strat in the above picture.

I modded my last Strat with one. Definitely tightens things up a bit.

 

[norminal]

That one is the new go too. He said it was better than that original one but I didn’t play it.

Did you ask him if he and Roger are ever going to kiss and make up?

 

[DrewJD82]

For a second I thought you’d gone all man-bun on us.

I was actually griped that day that my hair was kinda shaggy, my engagement party was the next day and my father in law told me to grow it out so he could style it how I wanted for the wedding and all that blah blah. “I’m gonna have this pic the rest of my life with that shaggy fuckin hair”

 

[Achilles]

Did you ask him if he and Roger are ever going to kiss and make up?

 

[DrewJD82]

One thing a lot of people don't get with Gilmour is if you really want to nail his subtle whammy vibrato you have to get a short arm like the one he's used forever. It's really evident on that lower right strat in the above picture.

I modded my last Strat with one. Definitely tightens things up a bit.

Is the tip pushed all the way down? That looks pretty long, this is the ‘Gilmour bar’ that comes with the Callaham stuff-

And the OG-

 

[Achilles]

Is the tip pushed all the way down? That looks pretty long, this is the ‘Gilmour bar’ that comes with the Callaham stuff-

I got it from Callaham!

Callaham Vintage Guitars and Parts (Trem Arm)

We also sell most of the parts used on our vintage Strat reproduction guitars. ie. Callaham Tremolo Blocks, Lindy Fralin Pickups, etc.

www.callahamguitars.com

 

[FuzzyAce]

For a second I thought you’d gone all man-bun on us.

 

[FuzzyAce]

oh, crap. sorry. Wrong thread.

 

[FuzzyAce]

 

[Aelred]

The basic form of the Stratocaster has been around that long, but the technology it uses has changed a little over the years. 3 pickups and 3-way switch was an innovation, but many players liked the “in-between” position so Fender made a 5-way. The original Trem had to be scrapped and redesigned and so forth.

Buddy Holly in the USA and Hank Marvin in the UK deserve some credit for popularizing the instrument for rock-n-roll.

I can’t imagine not having a Strat (I bought an Ultra Luxe a little while ago and love it) – but I am without a Fender amp atm. Likely a Blues Junior, Deluxe or Princeton soon once I figure out which one, or go Tone King.

Curiously, I have no GAS at all for any of the 1954 Limited Edition releases this year. And I’m on the lookout for a maple fretboard Strat – probably in 2025.

 

[FuzzyAce]

 

[FuzzyAce]

 

[FuzzyAce]

 

[Achilles]

Ya, Hank Marvin for sure.

 

[DrewJD82]

That’s nice of Kenny Wayne Shepherd to lend Bob Dylan his Strat, but I didn’t know either were left handed.

 

[Sleezy E]

Mistakes were made

 

[DrewJD82]

Curiously, I have no GAS at all for any of the 1954 Limited Edition releases this year. And I’m on the lookout for a maple fretboard Strat – probably in 2025.

Oh come on, this LIMITED EDITION 2-tone Sunburst finish isn’t screaming your name? It’s a LIMITED, NEW COLOR, DUDE!!!!