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slacker

https://i.imgur.com/WCqW32k.jpg

That's the last submission from me. I'm not going to post a cherry Les Paul or 3 colour sunbust Strat. 

Kahuna

1994 MIJ (FujiGen) Foto Flame '62 reissue Strat, with Bare Knuckle Irish Tour pickups and Wilkinson WV6 vintage bridge.  Absolutely killer plank, with an amazing neck.

skullfunkerry

LTD EC1000...

grambo

 

Dan

62 Hotrod Strat

Dan

CS 52 Tele

Dan

CS 62 Strat

Dan

CS 56 Strat

Dan

R8

ICBM

grambo said:

 

The Dropbox links won't embed directly, and for some reason the imgur ones don't want to either! But if it's the white Strat, wow awarded . I don't normally like green guards but it would be unfair to lol it for that alone .

grambo

ICBM said:

grambo said:

 

The Dropbox links won't embed directly, and for some reason the imgur ones don't want to either! But if it's the white Strat, wow awarded . I don't normally like green guards but it would be unfair to lol it for that alone .

So it's visible - for some reason it wouldn't upload or link... Yes, a 1961 Strat found string-less and knob-less in a house-clearance wardrobe last year. Turned out to be a refin done in the late 60s. The neck was relacquered in the early 70s. And the pick-guard had been changed. So I got a luthier to sort it out - he found a relic guard and knobs. Everything else is original. The sound is quite something! Got it up for sale here: https://www.newkingsroadguitars.com/product-page/1961-fender-stratocaster-refin-olympic-white

ICBM

grambo said:

So it's visible - for some reason it wouldn't upload or link... Yes, a 1961 Strat found string-less and knob-less in a house-clearance wardrobe last year. Turned out to be a refin done in the late 60s. The neck was relacquered in the early 70s. And the pick-guard had been changed. So I got a luthier to sort it out - he found a relic guard and knobs. Everything else is original. The sound is quite something! Got it up for sale here: https://www.newkingsroadguitars.com/product-page/1961-fender-stratocaster-refin-olympic-white

I could only see it by quoting your post, selecting source mode, and copying the Dropbox link. Not sure why the imgur posts don't work - I tried that with those as well and it just comes up with a 404.

I honestly think it would look better with a less green guard (the originals are actually more of a greenish-grey colour) and knobs that match the pickup covers better, but it's cool anyway because of what it is.

p90fool

That's very similar to my Olympic White '63, also refinished in the late 60s with a changed scratchplate...

http://i63.tinypic.com/2lljb11.jpg

grambo

p90fool said:

That's very similar to my Olympic White '63, also refinished in the late 60s with a changed scratchplate...

http://i63.tinypic.com/2lljb11.jpg

Interesting. Also, what happened to your headstock logo? Oddly, mine had originally been replaced by a weird letraset style transfer. Fortunately I found someone with a period correct one. Maybe there was a 'thing' where Strat owners in the late 1960s did some kind of trendy mod!

p90fool

It was John "the butcher" Birch. There are a few of these around, especially in the Midlands, with an extra switch added, a transition logo (or similar fake) and a late 60s scratchplate. According to Rob Williams, Birch used to remove the old celluloid ones and burn them because he liked the coloured flames. 

Roy wood had one too in the early days of Wizzard, in fact I thought it might've been mine until I finally tracked down a pic where you could see it was a slab board. If you have extra routing for an extra 3-way switch (this all happened before the 5-way was invented) it might even be yours!

http://i67.tinypic.com/2n8dg21.jpg

King85

                                           

grambo

p90fool said:

It was John "the butcher" Birch. There are a few of these around, especially in the Midlands, with an extra switch added, a transition logo (or similar fake) and a late 60s scratchplate. According to Rob Williams, Birch used to remove the old celluloid ones and burn them because he liked the coloured flames. 

Roy wood had one too in the early days of Wizzard, in fact I thought it might've been mine until I finally tracked down a pic where you could see it was a slab board. If you have extra routing for an extra 3-way switch (this all happened before the 5-way was invented) it might even be yours!

http://i67.tinypic.com/2n8dg21.jpg

That's very interesting. I think mine is all original electronically - certainly the luthier made no mention of altered switching. And the logo on the headstock is different (I would post a picture but i still can't seem to upload photos on my Pixlebook). And the previous owner never really left north London. Shame about the changes...

Majorscale

Collings City Limits Goldtop

kt66

Jimbro66

Way back on page 15 I posted a pic of my 37 year old bound Tele that got a lot of love (thanks guys). Generally the thread indicates fairly conservative tastes when it comes to awarding LOLs and WOWs so here comes one that's going to be contentious. Certainly not for the Tele purists

 

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4858/46837668511_b65175fc44_b.jpg