Played a 57 strat today.....

An Original 57 mary kay strat....In immaculate condition.

I sold an HBE pedal to a guy here in town, and he invited me to come over and see his collection. This thing was BEAUTIFUL. actually had the V neck on it as well..... and the neck had small amounts of birdseye in it. Played like a dream, sounded amazing.


thats it just thought I'd share that I got to play a VERY sought after instrument today.

Was impressive.

alot of thos old guitars really have some tone mojo. my uncles got an old gretch thats like that, just sounds sweet.

Ive spoiled my pantelones.

I did, I totally didnt expect that, I knew the guy was into vintage strats and amps, and has a massive pedal collection, but he pulled that out and I was in awe....

I've seen them before, a couple anyways, but this one was damn near mint. had some rust on the bridge, but not a scratch to be seen. Neck was in fantastic condition as well...

I played Chris Duarte's 1963 strat once. It was worn as fuck and played amazing. Had a nice size c shape, perfect for my hands. The perfect strat IMHO.

I've always wanted a '62 or '63 strat, the 50's necks aren't really my thang.

Tyler

I've played two, they were beat the hell up, and I loved it. :mrgreen:

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Telephant":fb00c said:

I played Chris Duarte's 1963 strat once. It was worn as fuck and played amazing. Had a nice size c shape, perfect for my hands. The perfect strat IMHO.

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i moved from here about 8 years ago
back into OHIO

met this dude playing guitar one day beautifull 57 strat
so i invited him over to jam

the next day he come's over empty handed :?
asking where his guitar was he stated that was not his guitar
and dident work pluged up

well i asked him to go get it and we would solve the problem
which he did
when he came back with it he told me someone had did a quick switch on the pickups from an old Mary kay guitar

anyway as the story went on i was removeing the strings and screws
to get a better look at what was going on underneath the pickguard
all pickup wire's were cut short :x but they were the orginal ones
with the story still going on and me sipping my drink ( BUD ) :wink:

i waited for him to finish as i grabed my tool kit
for resoldering i told him he did it so fast he put the orginals back in
and he said what ? it took me the better part of the day to complete the wireing job which i had to do everything over

but when it was time to plug up
i couldnt wait sweetest baby i ever played
he paid me for the parts i asked for him to as a new friend
the rest is history in the makeing :\m/:

yeah i could have bought it for $300 bucks
when i frist saw it
but i just couldnt do it to a man
who had nothing but his guitar and wife and children
i then told him how much it was worth
he dont have it anymore but he has some nice replacemnet gear

you did right although it probably hurts

Can someone post a pic of the difference between a V-shaped neck and a C-shaped neck look like? I'm kind of confused....

I used to have some old guitars. They are the best if they are properly repaired and set up. My oldest current is a 1968 D18 Martin. I want to go home and play it just thinking about it. Too bad I need to work. I also love Strats and have 2 in my small collection. Great guitars and very versitile.

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'63-Strat":880c6 said:

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I hate you, die!!! :x :wink:

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Telephant":a77b1 said:

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I hate you, die!!! :x :wink:

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I found out I have two days to live and I was going to give it to you in my will man :x No more!!!

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stanbog":09888 said:

you did right although it probably hurts

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yeah
i did get to play it when ever i wanted to after i fixed her up
Saddly i do miss it but have the picture of it framed on my work desk
which im sitting at Now

the good lord has provided me with a great Friendship for people
i do not know and blessed me with a great place to hang out
( HERE )

Nice! I love V necks. Both my strat and tele have 'em.

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'63-Strat":f218a said:

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I found out I have two days to live and I was going to give it to you in my will man :x No more!!!

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LMFAO what the hell am I going to do with a rihty strat anyways. My hands are too small to pull a Hendrix. Although I wouldnt mind robbing the neck and putting it on a lefty body. Of course than God would probably strike me down with lightening.