Blackmore Fan
Friend of Leo's
That's beautiful! What went into the build?
Hardtail Strat
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That's beautiful! What went into the build?
Thanks. Alder body, allparts rosewood neck 7.25 radius. Hip shot locking tuners, Tex Mex pickups on faded mop pick guard.
Blackmore Fan
Friend of Leo's
I'm a huge believer in those Tex Mex pickups. They're so similar (to me) to the American Standard pickups that preceded the Fat 50s. They handle cleans well and take overdrive and distortion like a champ.
IowaTeleGuy
TDPRI Member
Picked up a Squier Bullet Strat HT during the end of the year sale
CCK1
Tele-Afflicted
I have a 1972 hardtail Stratocaster. I bought it in 1974, it was my first good electric, and for the next 12 years or so, my only electric. Great guitar, in the late 80's I came real close to having it routed for a Kahler, SO glad I didn't.
Sax-son
Friend of Leo's
To me, hardtail Strats are like a Tele with a different tonal flavor. Since I like to keep my Telecaster pretty much traditional, a hardtail Strat kind of gives me the best of both worlds.
I don’t often play a Strat, but when I do, it’s a hardtail.
Sounds like a beer commercial.
My MJT/Fender/Kinman partscaster.
It has a light one piece swamp ash body, Fender 1962 Hot Rod Strat neck (9.5 radius, bigger frets, bigger profile), Kinman noiseless pickups, master volume/switch.
The switch allows neck + bridge pickups when engaged in position 1 or 5.
It’s original owner put a regular Strat bridge plate on it.
I’ve left it, so far.
Great, lightweight guitar!
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Another advantage for hardtail Strats over decked tremelo Strats is no noise from the tremelo springs. Some of mine I can hear acoustically, and one through the amp. I've even stuck thin foam pads between the springs and the cover plate.
Not a problem for my hardtails.
Not a problem for my hardtails.
Bruxist
Friend of Leo's
Stealth hardtail!
Bruxist
Friend of Leo's
DHart
Poster Extraordinaire
Decades before the Tele even registered on my guitar playing radar I bought this 1976 blonde hard tail Strat. The year was 1976.
Still have it today.
None of the Strats I've bought in recent years are hard tails, but they are all decked. Thinking I might "un-deck" one of them, just to try out some Beck-ish trem work.
Still have it today.
None of the Strats I've bought in recent years are hard tails, but they are all decked. Thinking I might "un-deck" one of them, just to try out some Beck-ish trem work.
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Blackmore Fan
Friend of Leo's
Beautiful Strat! Love the bright color.
Blackmore Fan
Friend of Leo's
Decades before the Tele even registered on my guitar playing radar I bought this 1976 blonde hard tail Strat. The year was 1976.
Still have it today.
That is an amazing guitar! You've got quite the keeper!
DHart
Poster Extraordinaire
Thank you, my friend. It has been a keeper for me for about 47 years! The only guitar I still have from my early days of playing in the seventies.
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Sax-son
Friend of Leo's
That is my kind of a Stratocaster. No experience with Kinmans, but everything else looks awesome.
Kinman pickups are made in Australia.
They make the best sounding noiseless Strat and Jazz Bass pickups IMO.
chezdeluxe
Doctor of Teleocity
Chris Kinman started his business here in Brisbane but moved his operations to the Philippines many years ago.
Thanks, I didn’t know.
Great pickups!
chezdeluxe
Doctor of Teleocity
They are indeed
My plans are to get a Warmoth hardtail body, but with the bridge drilled out for the narrower spaced nos Fender Am Standard bridge.
Those bridges can be easily found.
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Those bridges can be easily found.
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