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Hi everyone!
Thanks for reminding me about this guitar:(
http://i.imgur.com/qnIWVi5.jpg
The only thing I'd consider is a Gibson SG (standard, traditional or '61).
I was very much of the same train of thought as what you're going through now. I had 3 other Les Paul's before I got my '79 Deluxe. It was the first time that the feel of a Les Paul felt right. I had previous had a 2013 Les Paul LPJ. It was a bit too heavy, but had such a wonderful neck on it, but the worn/faded cherry look with the plastic covered humbuckers just put me off playing the guitar. I then had a 1995 and 2015 Les Paul Studio. The 95 was nice but had flaws and the 2015 "modern" Studio was ghastly.
A couple years ago, I transformed a humble MIM Fender Standard Strat into a kind of Strat Plus replica. I even managed to get a genuine '94 Strat Plus neck and it was a fun build to do. (Installed Schaller locking tuners, a set of Lace Sensor Gold pickups, Fender TBX tone boost, block steel saddles). After playing on a genuine Fender American Strat, I realised there was such a massive difference in how refined the shape and edges of the Strat's body was.
It was originally seeing an American Strat Plus in 1994/5 and being allowed to hold it in a local guitar shop, that made me want to learn guitar. I had always wanted a really high spec American Strat and when I saw the Sky-Burst Metallic Elite Strat I just knew I had to get it. Then after a few weeks, a guitar collector I am forum buddies with, decided to sell a lot of his guitars as he had nearly 80 guitars and he wanted to basically get very high end and vintage stuff. He had a '02 Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster HSS in vintage cherry burst. I had been pestering him for 3 years to sell me the guitar and finally I was able to. For the last month I've had my two American Strats and my Deluxe LP. My Elite Strat just isn't getting played, which made me sad that such a great Strat was just left being unplayed.
The '02 American Deluxe Strat is made out of Ash rather than Alder, so it's nice and light. Also for some reason they use abalone for the fret dot markers and the Fender logo on the headstock is actually a chromed paint, rather than the usual gold or black paint. It's a very pretty guitar and if I was to build up my dream Strat from scratch, I would end up with something very similar to my Deluxe Strat. The neck on the Deluxe Strat is identical to the Strat Plus neck and uses the Fender LSR roller nut and Fender/Schaller locking tuners. All I need to do it put on the scratch plate from my Strat Plus replica (I have took it apart and I'm selling off some nice Strat parts if you need anything) onto the Deluxe Strat and it would be perfect
Sorry to waffle on in your FS thread.
I'll keep an eye out for you Strat build thread (if you're doing one?).
If you're really that keen why not get the train?
I've just had the vernier calipers out and taken measurements adjacent to the 1st and 12th frets and the readings are 0.840" and 0.985" respectively.
Go figure.
Sorry, but I've just bought the MJW SG.