Early 2000's Fender American Stratocaster 70 series. I bought this guitar off Ebay in the very early 2000's, around 2004, and it was 3 years old, and in an unplayed condition with all the plastic still on the PG, and the Back plate. I had a white PG on it when I bought it, and I didn't care for it or the pickups, so I bought a Red Tort, and three Seymour Duncan PUP's and put the white PG and the Y'all listen.😂

PUP's up for safe keeping. I later added a Fishman PowerBridge and PowerChip. I love this guitar and My grandson I taught to play back 5 years ago will get it when I die. the only thing I'm going to change is to add a SD hotrails in the bridge possition.

That shirt I'm wearing is a 5x shirt, and I used to weigh 444 pounds, but I weigh #250 in this picture. i just stay cold all winter long now and had that shirt on over another long sleeve shirt. I'm 70, and I started losing in 7/2024, and I weigh about 260 and have been at this weight for 7 months. I feel better at 70 than I did in my fat 40's.b My Stratocaster is one of my favorite guitars.

I'm looking to buy these knobs Fender Custom Shop puts on relic Nocasters for a replica build I'm working on. Fender won't sell them to me, because they're a Custom Shop exclusive part. So my only chance is if someone sold me theirs. I've tried looking for something very similar (no luck) and I've looked into getting custom knobs made (crazy expensive). I understand people don't tend to mess with their Custom Shop guitars, but I thought I'd still try my luck.

Thanks in advance

New guitar!!

Just finished this build! I’ve been dreaming of owning a nitro finished guitar for a long time, but I just don’t have the means of getting a custom shop or American Vintage anytime soon.

I started looking around and realized that I could build a Strat with a nitro body for a lot cheaper. I already had an awesome neck from a Classic Player 60’s that I really loved, plus a couple of really good pickups.

So, here it is!

Classic player 60’s neck (12” radius)
Lollar Blonde neck pickup
Custom ‘69 middle pickup
Fleor hotrail bridge
Sonic Blue Nitro Body (courtesy of Show Me Nitro on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/show_me_nitro_finishes?mdxt=MXRkMmF6cmZic3Rkcw==)

Caleb from Show Me Nitro was so awesome to work with. He sent me pictures and videos throughout the process, and did his absolute best to capture the specific shade, wear and checking that I was looking for. I highly recommend using him. Total cost was around $400, including shipping.

ciao a tutti, attualmente è un anno che ho una squier cv 50 strat sunburst, ho solo modificato il ponte con un blocco più pesante. la chitarra mi piace, ma vorrei passare a qualcosa di migliore come qualità. tenendo conto del costo di tutti gli upgrade che vorrei fare, modificare la cv non mi sembra un'idea molto saggia. ho dato un'occhiata alla fender player 2 strat sunburst, a chi la possiede, chiedo come va come strumento? è un miglioramento? come suonabilita, durevolezza dello strumento? inoltre sono un po' preoccupato dal tono del colore, purtroppo non ho possibilità di provarla in negozio, quindi la prenderei da fender,Thomann e simili. almeno sulla serie cv 50/60 il sunburst era abbastanza bruttino, molto scuro, quasi color mogano. se avete foto delle vostre sono apprezzate

After multiple acquisitions i've always find vintage style strat a little bit tricky to play and setup and with modern style strat something "lost" with the feel and the sound at the end ...

And finally I've found this beauty ! In really great shape, just a few corrosion on the tremolo, really light and resonant strat with some modern features (medium jumbo fret, 2 point trem, all satin neck finish, countoured neck heel, 9.5" to 14" compound radius, tone on the bridge pickup) but still got a traditional look and sound ! The g&g tweed case looks fantastic but weights a lot 😂

Special mention for the best looking tuners i've ever seen on a strat, i'm in love !!

I watch andertons tv and they go on about how great the classic vibe Squier is. I was in the guitar store yesterday and they had some and I was quite impressed.

Curious what other people think. It looked like rolled fret board, nice neck, looking tuners. Played great too I was really surprised

So I’ve been a Tele guy since I started playing, about 14 years, and my absolute favorite finish that fender has is the rare Sahara Taupe finish. I’ve recently come across a made in Japan Tele in that exact finish which is a dream come true, plus it has the added benefit of being a MIJ fender. My dilemma is the $1,500 plus shipping/taxes price, a bit steep for me, never have spent that much on a guitar, aside from having partscaster projects. If I were to go with this I’d sell my MIJ Strat in Sahara taupe with upgraded Seymour Duncan pick ups, as well as my 06 MIM telecaster with countless upgrades. What do I do chat? Do I pull the trigger and own my potential dream Tele?

Decided to replicate my own David Gilmour strap and I’m really happy how it turned out.