Aerodyne Strat thoughts

DiscoStu

Love the look of the black Aerodyne Strats. Not sure how I'd get on with the 7.25" fretboard though.
Anyone tried one?

guitargeek62

Ask @TomMorello

Blueingreen

Don't some of them have Gibson scale length?  That's what caught my attention at one time, might have been tempted if one had come up but I'm fixed for a shorty Strat now.

Kittyfrisk

I liked the look of the Aerodyne's.
Classy, tuxedo style, like a Gibson LP Custom.
Weird perhaps, but I preferred the Japanese take on Fender developments to the 'official' USA path.
OK... just me then :-D

zepp76

I’m not sure of the Strats but I’ve wanted an Aerodyne Tele for years now, they are fantastic looking guitars.

historyisjunk

I wouldn't argue the point, but I'm not sure Tom Morello's is an Aerodyne, there were some US made strats with a mirrored scratchplates & binding. some kind of FSR? Have seen one advertised in Japan.

Yes, you can get medium scale ones too.

As far as I can tell there are quite a range of them, you can also get trans coloured ones with maple tops.

Some are alder- the ones with the trans finish, probably all are & some are basswood. Also some with a bridge humbucker & some with fancier single coil pickups.

Mine's a lower end basswood one in old CAR, which is a sort of burgundy colour, I think it suits it very well, there are equally nice dark blue & gun metal coloured ones. Mine is very light weight & the standard pickups sound surprisingly good, esp the neck. Might change the bridge pickup sometime.

The neck is pretty slim & matt finished, I think they're very classy & certainly used to be good value if you searched the sites in Japan, they seem to have been a very popular model there. I'd bet the guy at Gas Station guitars has a few, I'm sure I've seen them with the Jazz Basses.

DiscoStu

See, there's a black one (relatively) near me for sale. One of the basswood ones with the scratchplate.
Looks great but just not sure about that neck/fretboard size.

carlos

When I was thinking of getting one, the radius on it was 10" not 7.25". What put me off at the time was the 40mm nut. This was a medium scale one, btw.

DiscoStu

This one is a 2016 model, 25.5" scale length.