The Stratocaster Club.

[Blackmore Fan]

This is the only real Strat I have left. Gave away three to my sons last year. Have one older trans red Turser Strat that I put lipstick pickups in three or four years ago (but no pics).

Plus Top Players in aged cherry burst. Got it new last January for $500. No mods other than Fender Locking tuners (only because I wanted to do ‘something’ to it and it really needed nothing). Only Strat I will ever need.
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That's a beautiful Strat!

 

[howardlo]

That's a beautiful Strat!

Thanks! It is one of those finishes that is really hard to capture accurately.

I have a 2018 MIM Plus Top Tele in the same finish. Liked it so much that I got the matching Strat.

 

[Unionjack515]

Nice collection! Which ones are your favorites?

Oof. Well the crimson burst Strat Plus was my first electric guitar, so that’s a favorite of course. Aside from that, I really love the hardtail—it’s got all of my favorite specs. 7.25-9.5” compound radius Brazilian fretboard, a mid-60s oval C neck shape, CS 60/63 pickups, lightweight alder body. Makes a great noise.

 

[howardlo]

I recently got a new Strat. A Squier CV 50’s in sunburst. Got it new for $279 from Pro Audio Star. They have been selling them listed as open box. This is the third CV I bought during this sale. Got a BSB CV 50’s Tele and a CV 60’s Thinline Tele each for under $250. Both arrived brand new in the factory sealed boxes.

This CV 50’s Strat was indeed a resealed box but the guitar was still wrapped in the factory packing. It looked like the box had been opened but that the guitar had never been removed from the box.

Plays and sounds great. I did have a new Fender MIM trem assembly on hand so put that on this guitar, put on a set of Fender Pure Nickel 10’s and away we went.

I also found a picture of my very early 2000’s Jay Turser that I put in a set of lipstick pickups some years ago, Still have it and still like it.

 

[Blackmore Fan]

I recently got a new Strat. A Squier CV 50’s in sunburst. Got it new for $279 from Pro Audio Star. They have been selling them listed as open box. This is the third CV I bought during this sale. Got a BSB CV 50’s Tele and a CV 60’s Thinline Tele each for under $250. Both arrived brand new in the factory sealed boxes.

This CV 50’s Strat was indeed a resealed box but the guitar was still wrapped in the factory packing. It looked like the box had been opened but that the guitar had never been removed from the box.

Plays and sounds great. I did have a new Fender MIM trem assembly on hand so put that on this guitar, put on a set of Fender Pure Nickel 10’s and away we went.

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I also found a picture of my very early 2000’s Jay Turser that I put in a set of lipstick pickups some years ago, Still have it and still like it.

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That's TWO beautiful Strats! I particularly love the Classic Vibe--amazing price for that quality of a Strat! I've never played a Jay Turser, but that one looks amazing as well!

 

[BluesMann]

I’ll play. Only 1, a 97 American Standard I modified by replacing the stock white black white pickguard and pickups with a tortoise shell pickguard and first generation Noiseless Strat pickups. It gets a lot of playing time. Not sure why headstock keeps getting cut off, so one of that too.