A wow Straturday for me! - Update.

munckee

I had an AO 50s strat which wasn't selling but I had loads of trade offers which weren't floating my boat.  A chap contacted my from gumtree and offered me a 94 strat with a dark rosewood board, we got chatting and agreed that plus a cheap acoustic for my AO if I drove hour and a half along the coast as he is "getting on" and didn't fancy the drive, so this morning I headed over early.

He had given me his name but guitarist officianado that I am I didn't recognise it.  We got chatting and he said he had one of his guitars because it reminded him of when he played Woodstock.  wait what?  Turns out he is Miller Anderson and played woodstock and was once in TRex for a while and has toured his whole life.

We got chatting about the 94 strat he was trading with me, apparently used to belong to Walter Trout!  Miller and Walter and Greg Koch were playing in a club in Germany for a few days and the club asked them to sign the guitar, which they did.  Walter then decides he likes the guitar and buys it.  Miller played it on and off on the tour and bought it from Walter,  

Miller then felt like a muppet having a guitar with his signature on so cleaned them all off.  So with Miller's permission here are pictures of him playing it in Stuttgart while on tour and when it had all the signatures on.

https://i.imgur.com/C8aPrXF.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CmCJ4mD.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/39NpVIH.jpg

So my new strat day is via Germany, via Walter Trout via Miller Anderson.  Top guy he was too.

bertie

wow

Supportact

Well that sounds like a fascinating afternoon out! 

SteveRobinson

Wow, yes he was in later T. Rex, 1976-ish I think

Offset

Wow!!!  Fantastic story!  And great provenance!

Now all you need to do is play it like Walter and Miller :-)

* EDIT - he most certainly has a pedigree!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Anderson_(musician)

munckee

Offset said:

Wow!!!  Fantastic story!  And great provenance!

Now all you need to do is play it like Walter and Miller :-)

When he played it I did point out that it would never sound like that in my hands!

sev112

I bet he was pleased to see a nice person to sell it to rather than a recording studios near Suffolk;) 

see, good things happen to good people what a great day

stickyfiddle

That’s awesome! 

Sporky

This story sounds fishy.

(ha ha etc so no-one thinks I'm being mean) 

BlueStrat

What a brilliant story that guitar has to tell!

Philly_Q

Miller Anderson is certainly a familiar name, although looking at his (extensive) discography I'm not sure I've ever actually heard anything he played on!  The name which stood out was The Dukes - I remember that album coming out in 1979, but the release was overshadowed by the death of the (ex-Wings) guitarist, Jimmy McCulloch.

Great story, and even without the history it looks like a nice example of a '90s Strat.

sev112

Any idea who the other 2 signatures are ?

baderica

I used to go see him play in a pub in Shoreham by Sea. He’d do half a set solo acoustic with a harmonica, and then second half electric with backing tracks. 

Phenomenal guitarist and singer, and generally a nice bloke. 

This was late ‘80s when I was mid teens. He must be getting on in years now! 

icu81b4

Great story, and that looks like a really nice Strat too. 

munckee

sev112 said:

Any idea who the other 2 signatures are ?

No he didn't mention them and I forgot to ask.  

mrkb

Cool, will you only play Get It On and wear platform boots at the next jam?

menamestom

We’re the opposite, my main Strat is a ‘94 but I fancy an AO.

munckee

mrkb said:

Cool, will you only play Get It On and wear platform boots at the next jam?

Yep same as every other jam : )

barnstorm

sev112 said:

Any idea who the other 2 signatures are ?

One of them is Steve Fister. Can’t make out the other one.

Philly_Q

munckee said:

sev112 said:

Any idea who the other 2 signatures are ?

No he didn't mention them and I forgot to ask.  

They look like Steve Fisher(?) and Peter something.

Strangefan

I don't know who they are but that is truly a brilliant tale.