Part of some moving around of things I’ve ended up with this 72. Refretted in weekend, installed a 5 way, setup with Gilmour 10-48- strings, lovely. And me saying that is something.
12th fret up I took the frets lower to the last one, in a triangular shape to allow for choke free bending.
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Re: A Strat I can live with
Genuinely curious, what couldn't you live with on Strats previously, Grant?
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Re: A Strat I can live with
Nice one Grant. The colour on that one is really nice, it has none of the clown-ish sunburst you often see from late 60-early 70s Fender. Original pickups or something newer?
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It's all original, bar the frets and the nut.olegmcnoleg wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:43 am Nice one Grant. The colour on that one is really nice, it has none of the clown-ish sunburst you often see from late 60-early 70s Fender. Original pickups or something newer?
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Bridge string spread too wide, scale length, lack of sustain, low output, tuning issues, wobbly neck joint, cheap parts (pot metal saddles for eg), for starters.
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Re: A Strat I can live with
Looks lovely, also looks to be in pretty fine condition for something that is 50+ years old. Does it feel like it’s been played tons or it’s had stages in its lifetime where it may have been stowed away and not touched much?
Either way, nice job with the refret and congrats on a nice acquisition
Either way, nice job with the refret and congrats on a nice acquisition
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Re: A Strat I can live with
It's def been played. Wear on the back of neck shows even play up and down the neck. It is in very good condition though.MiniForklift wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 9:54 am Looks lovely, also looks to be in pretty fine condition for something that is 50+ years old. Does it feel like it’s been played tons or it’s had stages in its lifetime where it may have been stowed away and not touched much?
Either way, nice job with the refret and congrats on a nice acquisition
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What fret size spec there? I'm sorely tempted to post you off my MIJ 62 reissue for a re-fret but figure you have other things more pressing to chew on.
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Drop me a line in a month...need to clear some other work...and talk to my familycalling card wrote: ↑Tue Jul 11, 2023 1:02 pm What fret size spec there? I'm sorely tempted to post you off my MIJ 62 reissue for a re-fret but figure you have other things more pressing to chew on.
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