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I've been looking at the Tele style John Page guitars on the Coda website, but the thing that puts me off is the 12" radius. I definitely wouldn't want to buy without trying first. I suspect that it won't quite feel right having a Fender style guitar with a 12" radius.
Tom Andersons are really good (I had a Drop Top in the 90s) and Suhrs tick my boxes and like others, despite not gelling with a few, I'd still consider them
There are loads of great high end strat types from the luthiers previously mentioned... they are amazing guitars.
To be honest, i find that the 'improvements' offered on the likes of suhr etc take away from the rough and ready magic of a killer traditional strat.
Totally personal preference and we are so lucky to have so much choice
EDIT - I'm going to remind myself of this post next time I'm cursing talking the neck off to adjust the truss rod lol
Then I'd buy this;
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/118864/fender-cs-60th-anniversary-heavy-relic-strat-sorry-sale-cant-really-afford-to-keep-this-one#latest
or this!
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/120508/suhr-classic-pro-mint-condition#latest
Good luck.
I'll admit, I had a bit of a blip last month, thinking that the Suhr would be bettered by a Custom Shop...so I put the Suhr up for sale on here and tried a lot of Custom Shop Strats last month. None felt as good as the Suhr and none had the sound I wanted either. So I took the Suhr off sale on here and kept it. That's not to say Custom Shops aren't fantastic, they are, but for my tastes, the Suhr ticks all the boxes. And I'm very fussy about having proper names in the headstock...Fender being one of those names.
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
LSL look good but I've never played one.
You've just got to play a load and see what speaks to you.
Spending a few days in the likes of coda and peach finding 'the one' sounds like fun to me.:)
Seems to be a big difference in price between the American made models...
Ah, feck it - I'll go to Peach and try some.
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/72424/
This patchy finish treatment is called "With Bacon".
http://www.dogakki.com/product/1435644987/LargePictureB/1435644987_4.jpg
A lot of them seem to have a mid-boost circuit built in. I've tried it and I don't like it, but YMMV.
The trouble is as much as I love it it aint The best strat style guitar I've ever played. About 15 years ago I got hold of a Melancon Classic Artist. This guitar is quite simply the best electric guitar I have played from 1965 until now. It plays well, sounds great, stays in tune, is very well crafted and even looks amazing in the bargain. They are made by Gérard Melancon in Louisiana, USA. Google them or search on you tube.