MIM 60s Classic Appreciation Thread!

[nonvintage]

I have 4 Strats now. I played a Lake Placid Blue 60s Classic on Thursday. WOW! What a great guitar. I though initially a pickup change would be in order after playin' it at home for a couple hours. Then I did some gigs Thursday and Friday with it. Fageddaboutit. Why bother? The thing just sounds Amazing! I'm giving it a name in honor of one of my heroes. Little Charlie.

[Tim73]

I jammed with a guy who had one. I only play maple fretboards but that strat was nice enough for me to consider a change.

[Loco]

Love that vintage sounding twang I get from mine. She's called Pink and was third in the lineup. I got a fourth when I added a Daphne Blue Classic '50s to the family.

[Mark Davis]

Ya they are great Ive owned a couple of them both were good.

On one of them I put in Fralin Vintage Hots and the trem system from the American Vintage ri. After I was done it sounded so much better than a Custom Shop Relic I had I sold the CS and got 3 more MIM Fenders.

[nonvintage]

Hey Mark, the Fralin VH's were what I was thinking about getting. Would you mind giving me your comparison of the VH and stock classic pickups? Are the classics Tex Mex's?

[Stratsrgood]

My 60's LPB plays so well and sounds so good- all stock. I sold my Am Std soon after I bought it because it had no soul.
Since then I bought a 50's to keep it company.

[Mark Davis]

Originally Posted by nonvintage

Hey Mark, the Fralin VH's were what I was thinking about getting. Would you mind giving me your comparison of the VH and stock classic pickups? Are the classics Tex Mex's?

No they arent the Tex mex. They arent as hot as the Tex Mex.

The stock pickups are very good. I jurt found the bridge to be a little raspy and harsh sounding. Hooked to a tone control would have probably helped it alot.

The Fralin VH were perfect real clean glassy sounding.

They also make a 3% underwound set of VH that really sound chimey.

[Scotland]

I have the CP 60's classic and love it. The pickups are the Abigail CS ones and are fantastic. Great build and great neck.
I have the Lindy Fralin VH 3% underwounds on my Mary Kaye Strat and they are incredible, as Mark says, very chimey.

[F1rocco]

Ive got the MIM 50,s....

I upgraded the stock pups....Sure it sounds a bit more vintage but not worth the $100 and down time....Rock it Stock...

[Cassady]

I've got one in Lake Placid Blue that I adore. I have made a few changes, but they mostly improved the "tinker factor" of the guitar and didn't make any real improvements: GFS Premium Alnico pickups, a trem block from an AVRI strat and an aged trem cover plate.

The only significant change that I made was to wire for a master tone and a blend pot. I'm thinking about removing the blend pot and going back to stock wiring, though.

It's really a terrific guitar--if I could only have one guitar this would be it.

Cassady

[nonvintage]

I guess I'll leave mine stock for now. I'm gonna let it grow on me.

[boris bubbanov]

Some really nice colors. These 60's became real scarce down this way, especially with the introduction of the CP 60's and 50's Strats.

Some suggestions might be upgrading the Ping tuners with Gotoh "klusons", and installing hardened bridge plate mount screws, or instead every available bridge part from Bill Callaham intended for this model. I would do all those things before I touched the pickups, although I would run the tone dials to the neck and bridge, and leave the middle wide open, I'm doing that all the time now.

[Doug Ferguson]

Oh, yeah, those are sweet guitars. For me it was a choice between a Lake Placid Blue 60's or a Saphire Blue Deluxe Players. I went with the Deluxe, and don't regret it at all. But, oh yeah, those Classic 60's are sweet!

[angelcoon]

Picked up a black one last year practically new for $350!

Changed pickups to a set of used Holy Grails. Haven't done much with 'er yet... will update.

Dave

[degsycaster]

Originally Posted by Scotland

I have the CP 60's classic and love it. The pickups are the Abigail CS ones and are fantastic. Great build and great neck.

Scotland. I too have a CP 60's, a 2006 with Abigail signed pups. I seem to be the only person I know with the 3 tone sunburst. The finish on mine appears to be a thin skin poly? Could that be right??

[boris bubbanov]

Originally Posted by degsycaster

Scotland. I too have a CP 60's, a 2006 with Abigail signed pups. I seem to be the only person I know with the 3 tone sunburst. The finish on mine appears to be a thin skin poly? Could that be right??

I've played three of those sunburst CP 60's MIM Strats. The polyester appears to me to be fairly thick, although it is possible the MIM Standards get the crummier bodies with the real thick finishes.

I still prefer the Classic 60's to the Classic Player 60's. Unless you found an early CP 60's with all the boutique parts on it.

[Mark Davis]

The guy in Los Loney Boys plays a 60's Classic MIM he sounds like a mix of SRV and Santana.