I've been chasing this guitar around a few owners. Once very nice guy and one shady. Last night I caught-up with it again and bought it.
It'll never be a collector piece. It's a '72 neck (albeit with a 71 serial number on the neck plate according to the Fender decoder thing), and a 73 body (or did he say 74? Can't remember). It's light for a CBS at no more than 8lbs (I'm guessing - that's around what it feels). Pickguard is a Bare Knuckle drop-in with Irish Tour pickups. No sign of the original. Case was non-original too, and no case candy.
All that said, it's a lovely guitar. Really happy with it. Neck feels lovely and I just love the look of it.
That's a looker you got there mate! Congratulations! Big fan of the BK Irish tours as well.
1935 Martin D-45, 1942 Gibson Southern Jumbo,1950 Fender Broadcaster, 1954 Fender Strat, 1958 Gibson Moderne prototype, 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard.
1958 Fender twin, 1965 Vox AC30, 1966 Marshall JTM 45, 1977 Dumble OD Special.
Big black garbage bag full of original Klon Centaurs and TS808s.
"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that this nature he's destroying is this god he's worshipping." - Hubert Reeves
I just love old Strats in that colour. Nice one Molly.
It was not uncommon for parts used in Fenderβs assembly line to bear serial numbers from different years. So it could even be all original if they are close.
StrummersOfThunder wrote: βThu Jan 18, 2024 6:26 am
Thats cool Molly, dig the off white coronation evaporated milk finish. Is it quacky ?
I'll be honest. It sounds a bit shit. We'll, maybe. Bit kind of harsh sounding and a bit dark. I've a set of Josefina CS pickups I can try. The BK drop-in has 300k pots. Would that matter? No worries. I'll just refresh it all and get some clarity and sweetness back.
An early guitar influence of mine was a teacher who played a Strat like this into a JC120 and a single distortion pedal (maybe Boss HM2) - I thought it was amazing.
They keep telling me tone is in the fingers, but I have yet to see a "look at my fingers" thread.
Lawrence wrote: Every orchestra that comes thru here is a covers band as are most of the jazz bands...
If Iβm not wrong I think 300k are generally known to sound a bit on the dark side. Well, I either do remember reading that somewhere or Iβve made it up
MiniForklift wrote: βThu Jan 18, 2024 12:51 pm
If Iβm not wrong I think 300k are generally known to sound a bit on the dark side. Well, I either do remember reading that somewhere or Iβve made it up
Higher resistance pots usually leads to brighter toans
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That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.
but this is still most excellent!
