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Your chance to own a rare, one-off and truly wonderful Strat-style from the genius Ron Thorn.
http://blog.thegearpage.net/?page_id=3552
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I imported this guitar from Distinctive Guitar in the US about 14 months ago and I am the second owner. By the time it landed here and I had paid the ‘painful’ import duties etc. it set me back £2,400 so it’s firmly at the upper end of customer shop Stratocaster territory.
This has a candy apple red over gold paint job, and is more expensive than a standard Thorn Strat. You’ll see that there are a number of ‘bumps and bruises’ which are all natural wear and tear from the first owner. I haven’t gigged the guitar nor taken it out of the house so it’s exactly as I bought it. The gold showing through the red looks great….real relicing!
The pickguard is a hand made 'sandstone' type affair which looks bloody great and is a total one-off.
It has stunning playability and classic crisp tones from a trio of Lollar pickups. Lightweight with endless sustain and I can genuinely say that this beats all of the CS Stratocasters that I played at Coda Music recently and the Eric Johnson that I owned.
I am only letting her go because I have moved in with my partner and her house is too small for my collection of gear. Other guitars to be posted here soon.
Video: which is simply an attempt to show that all 5 positions offer great usable tones - no wimpy bridge pickup on this guitar and the middle pickup is great too! Those of a weaker disposition....excuse the playing!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3r7860bbc8vs26n/Thorn%20%2B%20Carr%20%2B%20Analogman%20%2B%20Fredric%20Effects.mp4?dl=0
You can see photographs of the brand new and used guitar and get spec’s
here. Look for guitar number R/S 068 on the Thorn site:
http://www.thornguitars.com/socal-htm/rs-specs.htm
http://www.thornguitars.com/socal-htm/socal-gallery/socal-gallery-01.htm
Fantastic price - £1,289 check this price against the following lower-spec Thorns currently for sale on Reverb:
https://reverb.com/item/4780579-thorn-r-s-traditional-s-style-quartersawn-neck-foam-green
By the time this one gets to you, you will have paid a total of £2,689
https://reverb.com/item/3913224-thorn-socal-r-s-2012-s-054-black
This one would cost you £2,183
https://reverb.com/item/4781322-2015-thorn-socal-r-s-electric-guitar-one-of-a-kind
This one would cost you £2,689
https://reverb.com/item/4285821-thorn-socal-r-s-mary-kaye
This one would be £2,588
So...I have priced it fairly at 65% of what I paid.
Steve
kitchensinkdramas@yahoo.co.uk
Based in Chippenham but also available in Swindon and Hungerford.
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