NGD- Stratocaster

stimpsonslostson

I've fancied trying a Stratocaster for a while & decided to sell a couple of other guitars to fund one. 
This appeared locally & despite not having actually sold my other guitars, I pulled the trigger. 
https://imgur.com/a/342qB8U

It's a MIM Standard Stratocaster in Lake Placid Blue. In almost mint condition- no marks on it & plastic still on scratchplate etc.

I'm amazed at how easy it is to play. It sounds great & the satin neck is lovely. 
I'm not normally a fan of maple boards, but think it looks awesome. 

It lacks a trem arm, so I need one of those. I might upgrade the block if someone can remind me of the name of the guy who makes them & sells on eBay. 
I need to mod it so the bridge is connected to a tone pot, but doubt that's a big job. 

The only downside is that MrsLostSon isn't very impressed at the violation of the "one in, one out" rule... So, who wants to buy my Epiphone Century?! 

DeeTee

Callahan?

Voxman

Nice colour - looks a lovely guitar, congrats

Vinylfan

That looks awesome! One of my fave colours for a Strat. You playing it through the Yamaha in the pic?

Fishguy

I've got a similar one but in candy apple red, they are really lovely guitars. Hope you enjoy it!

stimpsonslostson

Vinylfan said:

That looks awesome! One of my fave colours for a Strat. You playing it through the Yamaha in the pic?

Yup. That’s my home amp, it seems to suit single coils especially well & the strat sounds really good through it. 
I’d always thought Strats were boring, but playing it is effortless. 

Tenebrous

stimpsonslostson said:

Vinylfan said:

That looks awesome! One of my fave colours for a Strat. You playing it through the Yamaha in the pic?

Yup. That’s my home amp, it seems to suit single coils especially well & the strat sounds really good through it. 
I’d always thought Strats were boring, but playing it is effortless. 

I'm kinda with you on Strats there. Never really been my kinda guitar, but I can't remember ever picking one up & finding it anything other than a joy to play.

HAL9000

Enjoy.

(I put a stuck a set of Oil CityStone Tones and a Callaham sustain block into mine. Turned an already good guitar into an even better one.)

merlin

Trem blocks by Kevin Hurley are excellent, at least as good as Callahan and way less expensive! 

kevinh66@hotmail.co.uk

stimpsonslostson

merlin said:

Trem blocks by Kevin Hurley are excellent, at least as good as Callahan and way less expensive! 

kevinh66@hotmail.co.uk

THAT'S the one. Thanks! I'll give him a message, I've heard great things about the effect a new block can have. 

bluenile

Nice! I've got the tele equivalent, brilliant guitars after changing out the ceramic pickups

ZenOvertone

Thanks for the tip about the trem blocks contact, been looking for that for ages given Callaham stock seems difficult to obtain

King85

Beautiful colour, a guitarist in the band at a wedding I attended earlier in the year had one and it looked amazing.

stimpsonslostson

bluenile said:

Nice! I've got the tele equivalent, brilliant guitars after changing out the ceramic pickups

Yup.
There are a couple of strat pickup sets in the classifieds that appeal-Oil City StoneTones and Mojo Fat 50s. As soon as I have some cash I think I’ll invest, not that the stock ones sound “bad” they’re just a little weak. 

sweepy

The pickups in Mex Strats are their biggest weakpoint but they are so easy to replace that its never an issue. One very good way to do it is to build a new loaded scratch plate, upgraded Pots Caps  etc and just drop it in 

Vinylfan

stimpsonslostson said:

Vinylfan said:

That looks awesome! One of my fave colours for a Strat. You playing it through the Yamaha in the pic?

Yup. That’s my home amp, it seems to suit single coils especially well & the strat sounds really good through it. 
I’d always thought Strats were boring, but playing it is effortless. 

Same here - the Strat and the THR seem to like each other...

Alnico

My American PRO came with Tim Shaw designed V-Types. 
I swapped them out for SD stacked humbuckers because I wanted hum cancelling pickups, not because they weren't any good.

I sold the entire loaded plate on here (Minus the 5 way switch if I remember correctly) for £70.
Ok I sold them cheap because I wanted to help a friend and fellow forum member out so I wanted them sold ASAP but even so, I couldn't have got more than £120 for them at top dollar.

If you see those Shaw designed pickups for around £100 I'd say they're a very good buy and will really wake up a Mex Strat.

HNGD.

Skinnyhead45

If you need a trem arm give me a shout. I take them out of mine and never use them.