gringopig's guitars
2014 Fender custom shop 60th anniversary Stratocaster
2014 Fender Stratocaster made in the custom shop with a heavy relic to celebrate 60 years since the introduction of the model in 1954. It came in a special edition case with the 60 year's logo inside the lid.
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This is a guitar I bought without even plugging it in. Straight off the wall and after an Am7 chord, I knew I needed it.
Extremely light with an ash body and a huge D shape neck. I had the tremelo system tightened all the way up with 4 springs as I'm not a fan of the Stratocaster floating bridge due to the heel of my hand always pressing on the bridge and putting it sharp.
So accurate a reproduction is it that the first tone knob split and broke in two. Just like the original plastics were prone to doing. I had to buy a replacement set and was torn between admiration for the accuracy of the reproduction and irritation, ha!
The guitar is, unlike the originals, finished in Desert Sand which was a popular undercoat choice for custom colour finishes in the 1960's.
Although I have another Stratocaster, a JV series from 1983, this one is just a superior instrument and I thought the JV was as good as you could get at the time.
Nope!
The neck on this guitar feels fantastic and really is quite a handful. No V shape, this is a full D.
I also did a demo of this guitar compared to two more recent PRS Silver Sky models. Once derided for being too 'Strat-like', they now are seen as worthy equals. Check out the demo where I do the comparison
