NGD Birthyear Strat

I always wanted a guitar that was my age or older. Finally happened. It's the 3rd strat I've owned and theres definitely some magic in these fullerton pickups and craftsmanship. The online community has some hate on these 2 knobs but also plenty of fans. I always leave knobs on max anyways so doesnt matter to me how many. Can't believe how good the positions 2 and 4 are, usually they are my least favorite.

 

83 Dan Smith Era

 

I'm lucky that 83 seems to be just recent enough its not "vintage prices" but still in the Fullerton factory. Hope you get your '52 and I want one of those for my "guitar born before me"

 

Does yours hum at all? I'm wondering if these have the dummy pickups like the Elite 83's had cause mine is quieter than my tele that has noiseless pickups... even with gain. havent tried metal gain yet but its so quiet for a single coil!

 

It also had this really cool sticker on the back. The seller from reverb said the person who gave it to them thought it was cool but didnt know. I looked up the store and theres a new store with similar name. Emailed them and they said it for sure came from that store. So somehow in 83 it made its way to Germany to be sold at least once or twice before making its way back to california where I purchased it from.

 

It was very interesting to think that this might have somehow found its way from communist east germany but the store ended up being right on the edge of france!

 

Suprisingly after sunburst or black, the vintage blond (which they were calling Ivory I think but it ages into the blonde) is the most common. There were about 3 or 4 blonds between the strats and teles avail on ebay/reverb in the past month.

 

Damn I've seen some 78's for reasonable price. Its weird how from year to year it fluctuates based on so many afterthought variables. You should get one now! Its only going up in price.