My Old Strats

51 deluxe · January 10th, 2007, 06:34 AM

Thought some of you might like a look at my 55 and 61 strats. Enjoy.

http://au.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/drb...?.dir=/3773scd

Sarge · January 10th, 2007, 07:53 AM

Very nice...it's nice seeing aged clean instruments. What some folks do to their guitars is criminal!

Stuco · January 10th, 2007, 11:16 AM

Beautiful strats? Are the original? tell us a little about them.

51 deluxe · January 10th, 2007, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Stuco

Beautiful strats? Are the original? tell us a little about them.

Thanks, Sarge...yep I resisted the temptation to put Floyd-Rose whammy bars and scalloped fingerboards on them!

Stuco, I got these in the early 90s. I had my tech do a beautiful refret job on the 61 soon after I got it. I've never regretted it. I think the "it's not original if it's been refretted" dogma is for under the bed collectors and non-playing investors. If a car needs new tyres you change them. He replaced the nut at the same time. Otherwise, everything is there as it left the factory. The 55 also has medium replacement frets that were on it when I got it, plus a 5 way switch, otherwise factory original.

January 10th, 2007, 06:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
51 deluxe TDPRI Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 32	My Old Strats Thought some of you might like a look at my 55 and 61 strats. Enjoy. http://au.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/drb...?.dir=/3773scd

January 10th, 2007, 07:53 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sarge Friend of Leo's Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pgh,Pa Age: 53 Posts: 3,549	Very nice...it's nice seeing aged clean instruments. What some folks do to their guitars is criminal!

January 10th, 2007, 11:16 AM	#3 (permalink)
Stuco Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: GA Posts: 3,247	Beautiful strats? Are the original? tell us a little about them.