Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar

Handed down to me from my dad. A 1963 Fender Strat (Cream).

I am the only owner. I saved my paper route money when I was 15 to buy this guitar. I've played it ever since.

Fender did a great thing when they decided to use Japan to build guitars in 1982. The JV series is now one of the most collectible from the early 1980s. Mine came to me used, with the decal already sanded off. These guitars came with USA pickups. An amazing guitar.

It was my first guitar and it's still going strong. When I bought it from a local pawn shop I was just a pre-teen, and I must admit I lucked out on this guitar. Of course, it wasn't in a good cosmetic condition. Its finish was scuffed near the arm contour but it's pretty much expected from an old guitar. The most disgusting aspect however was the sheer amount of nicotine stains on it. It was an Olympic white Strat but it was stained almost brown due to the nicotine stains. Its maple fretboard had nicotine stains, there were nicotine stains on the back of the neck, the white pickguard was stained too, and even the control knobs had nicotine stains. Not to forget its middle pickup was missing. Whoever was the previous owner must be a total nutjob (other than being a heavy smoker) because under the pickguard this Strat was wired like the bastard child of a Strat and Tele. The weirdest thing was the bridge pickup, for some unfathomable reason it had a metal plate attached to its back (do comment if you have any idea about this oddball mod). Nevertheless, it played like butter, the fretwork was perfect, and the store owner offered me a darn low price, so I bought it and rewired it myself with new pickups. With the due course of time, I have made multiple modifications to this Strat. As of now, it has the new Kluson Supreme tuners, Seymour Duncan Classic Stack Plus pickup set, and the Tremmory trem stabilization system. Cosmetically this guitar looks disgusting like a pig, but good Lord it's one hell of a pig and my main guitar for all gigs.

The guitar that Hendrix and Buddy Holly made famous. This guitar just fits right and is functional and reliable, it's well balanced, and there are so many refinements to the Stratocaster that people mostly either ignore or don't know about, and they look at it and think that it is too plain, then you have people like Yngwie Malmsteen totally blow that overgeneralized stereotypical thought away. My only complaint is most Strats could use some upgraded pickups, maybe a better bridge and tuners but on most Mexican and American Strats the tuners and bridge are good.

I Got This Strat About 1 Month Ago. My Older Brother Brought This Home From College And Gave It To Me As A Gift.

Fender strat with fender locking tuners, fender vintage style nut, Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickups, switchcraft input jack, strap locks, foam on springs and knobs, cts pots, braided pushback wire, pushback wire,vintage tremblock, Limited Production Callaham Narrow Strat Bridge Assemblies, string tree

Ever style of music has been played on a Stratocaster. With three pickups and it's Synchronized Tremolo Bridge it's a very versatile instrument. Several million have been produced since 1954.

I couldn't tell you what wood it's made of, where it originally came from, or how old it is, but I have a fender (80% certain it actually IS a fender) strat with a super heavy body that's been repainted from white to cream, unknown pickups, and a later model (but still pre-70's) fender neck with the logo flaking off the rather small headstock. It was inherited after a blues jam with my friend's drunken step-dad who bought it at a pawn shop somewhere in the American South as he was making his way back west after the Vietnam war. One man's trash is most certainly another man's treasure, and this thing is absolutely treasured trash.

Black, maple neck. One of my favorite guitars I own. I love this era of guitars with the swimming pool route because it has been the perfect test bed for all sorts of pickup configurations.