Telecaster Guitar Forum
IMPORTANT: Treat everyone with respect, no matter how difficult that may be. No hate, politics, religion, sex or drug discussions.
No Commercial Posts: Do not use the TDPRI to buy or sell anything.
Telecaster Guitar Resources Guitar T-shirts
Guitar Tuner
6
E
5
A
4
D
3
G
2
B
1
E
Telecaster Music Shop

Telecaster Guitars at Ebay Musician's Friend Stupid Deal of the Day


 

Go Back   Telecaster Guitar Forum > Other Discussion Forums > Stratocaster Discussion Forum

Stratocaster Discussion Forum Fender's "other" great guitar the Stratocaster.

Forum Jump


Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old May 12th, 2008, 09:12 AM   #1 (permalink)
TDPRI Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: FRance
Posts: 21
POll: Favourite STrat Clone ?

Just curious -what's your favourite strat clone ?
Holdgate is offline   Reply With Quote

Sponsored Links
Old May 12th, 2008, 09:13 AM   #2 (permalink)
Tele-Holic
 
purpletele's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Morgantown,WV
Posts: 669
Definitely the Tokais.
purpletele is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 12th, 2008, 09:21 AM   #3 (permalink)
Tele-Holic
 
tuuur's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: the Netherlands
Age: 40
Posts: 920
Don't have much experience with them.
The only ones I played were crappy, namely: The Animal, Collins, and Rockson.
__________________
If we all take the backseat, who's gonna drive? - Fred Cole
http://www.myspace.com/tuuur
http://www.myspace.com/daggermoon
http://www.myspace.com/captainscallywag
tuuur is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 12th, 2008, 11:56 AM   #4 (permalink)
Tele-Holic
 
mowcheeba's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Elqui Valley, Chile
Age: 31
Posts: 602
Rick Kelly Strats.....
mowcheeba is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 12th, 2008, 12:25 PM   #5 (permalink)
BB
Friend of Leo's
 
BB's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Pacific NW
Age: 53
Posts: 3,106
Quote:
Originally Posted by purpletele View Post
Definitely the Tokais.
As far as major compnay builds, I'd definately go with the Tokais....but thats just cause I happen to own one that is KILLER!!!! I've also played a few older Fernandes that were wonderful as well.

As far as the small, more botique builders.....I've never had the pleasure of playing them, ( although I did play a Nash tele last week that did not float my boat ) so I could not really say. I do know that if I were going to commision one, I'd give the biz to one of the talented brothers here that so freely share their trade secrets.
BB is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 12th, 2008, 12:27 PM   #6 (permalink)
Banned
Tele-Holic
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Portland, Oregon , United States
Age: 33
Posts: 727
the G&L....hands down
CatfishStudios is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 12th, 2008, 04:50 PM   #7 (permalink)
Tele-Meister
 
tlsmack's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Lonk I-lant, New York
Posts: 359
Quote:
Originally Posted by CatfishStudios View Post
the G&L....hands down
What he said.
tlsmack is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 12th, 2008, 05:31 PM   #8 (permalink)
Tele-Afflicted
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Wyoming
Age: 24
Posts: 1,807
Do Ron Kirns count?
Colt W. Knight is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 12th, 2008, 05:44 PM   #9 (permalink)
Tele-Afflicted
 
Reno Sepulveda's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Nowhere man
Posts: 1,356
Best sounding Strat I ever played was a Hamer Daytona. Swamp Ash body, maple neck, Wilkinson trem and SD Alnico II pickups.
__________________
"I'm just kidding about that really."
Reno Sepulveda is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 12th, 2008, 06:16 PM   #10 (permalink)
Friend of Leo's
 
tazzboy's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Eugene, Oregon
Age: 31
Posts: 2,885
Peavey Raptor 1. That was as close to stratocaster I got back in the beginning.
__________________
tazzboy

Guitar: 1982 Gibson Les Paul Standard
AMP: 59 Bassman Reissue.
EFFECTS: 2 Boss TR-2 Tremolo, Boss CE-2 Chorus, and Boss DM-3 Echo Delay.
tazzboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 12th, 2008, 07:01 PM   #11 (permalink)
TDPRI Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: hillsborough,NC
Age: 54
Posts: 75
Early MIJ Tokai; I own two and S.R.V. played and endorsed them before Fender picked him up. Springy Sound & Goldstar models are exact replicas of early Fender guitars: outstanding! Bil
bilpfeiffer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 12th, 2008, 07:04 PM   #12 (permalink)
TDPRI Member
 
jhegel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Montana
Age: 57
Posts: 36
G & L Legacy

If that's really a clone
jhegel is online now   Reply With Quote
Old May 12th, 2008, 07:17 PM   #13 (permalink)
Poster Extraordinaire
 
boris bubbanov's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: New Orleans, LA + in the past
Posts: 7,633
If a Callaham meets yer criteria, that's my choice.

Sort of a super-clone, I would suppose.
__________________
Bubban0v
boris bubbanov is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 12th, 2008, 07:18 PM   #14 (permalink)
Doctor of Teleocity
 
Mark Davis's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Bakersfield Ca.
Age: 58
Posts: 12,476
The old Tokais are as close as your gonna get to an old real Fender they are fantastic copies.

I dont really consider G&L's as Strat clones cause they are built so much different with the DF temelo and other features a Strat doesnt have I consider them a brand unique to themselves and not a clone.
__________________
I'm so blind my seeing eye dog needs glasses.
Mark Davis is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 12th, 2008, 08:04 PM   #15 (permalink)
Tele-Meister
 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
Posts: 357
USA Fender 62 reissue ...
Kris is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 12th, 2008, 11:59 PM   #16 (permalink)
Tele-Holic
 
Dennis68's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Hudson Valley
Posts: 757
Some of the Ibanez RS (Roadstar Models) from '83/'84 were better than most clones prior to and up through the 90's.
__________________
-Dennis
Dennis68 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 13th, 2008, 12:00 AM   #17 (permalink)
Tele-Holic
 
Dennis68's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Hudson Valley
Posts: 757
Quote:
Originally Posted by jhegel View Post
G & L Legacy

If that's really a clone

The G & L to me is the progression of the Strat from the bossman himself...
__________________
-Dennis
Dennis68 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 13th, 2008, 10:13 AM   #18 (permalink)
Tele-Holic
 
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 640
Agreed that the old Tokais have it for being best "vintage correct", but I'll toss a vote in for the Hamer Daytonas. They're as fine a guitar as some of the boutiquey Strats like Andersons and so on, but at about 1/3 of the price.
serialsteve is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 13th, 2008, 12:59 PM   #19 (permalink)
Tele-Holic
 
claudel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Just Outside Area 51
Posts: 598
Factory built: Old Tokais and other names from that factory and that era...

My personal fave is the one I recently built for myself.



I need better pix...

It's sporting a Callaham bridge these days.

The mix of gold & nickel parts is a bit tacky, but hey, the pickup covers don't match either....
claudel is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 13th, 2008, 07:31 PM   #20 (permalink)
Tele-Afflicted
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Wyoming
Age: 24
Posts: 1,807
Quote:
Originally Posted by claudel View Post
Factory built: Old Tokais and other names from that factory and that era...

My personal fave is the one I recently built for myself.



I need better pix...

It's sporting a Callaham bridge these days.

The mix of gold & nickel parts is a bit tacky, but hey, the pickup covers don't match either....
Damn fine looking guitar!
Colt W. Knight is offline   Reply With Quote
Old May 13th, 2008, 08:21 PM   #21 (permalink)
Tele-Holic
 
claudel's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Just Outside Area 51
Posts: 598
Quote:
Originally Posted by Colt W. Knight View Post
Damn fine looking guitar!
Thanks much.

It was fun building it and great to be able to pick the components that I wanted like a BPSSC and an Alembic Stratoblaster.

I *do* need some better pix.

That one doesn't do justice to the silver/champagne sparkle or the Kingwood fretboard.
claudel is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Bookmarks

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off
Forum Jump

The words Fender®, Telecaster®, Stratocaster® and the associated headstock designs are registered trademarks of the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
The TDPRI is an independent,member supported forum and is not affiliated with Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:01 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 3.1.0
© TDPRI.COM 1999 - 2006 All rights reserved.