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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Well, maybe it's not really that far off topic considering Fender's role these days...
Anyway, several years ago I picked up a Strat at a guitar show. The truss rod was blown which was fine cause I wanted to play with putting a GS neck on it anyway, and as luck would have it, a friend of mine wanted the neck.
Well, the GS neck was a fun idea, but really didn't work out that well so I thought I would find a nice strat neck and that would be that.
In the process, I decided to try and find out what guitar I had in the first place. The term "goth strat" was knocked about a bit, but in searching the web I come up empty. It had the original plastic protective on the pick guard when I got it, and I believe it was a Made in USA strat too, which was the attraction of why my friend wanted the neck.. but in reality I don't recall. It was an actual Fender guitar, not a clone, is all I'm sure of.
It is flat black, with a gunmetal gray pick guard.
H-S-S pickups. If anyone has any idea what model this guitar was, or know anything about it other than "yep.. that's a strat" I'd be interested. It's not critical thing, just like to know what I have, and it's been a little more intriguing since my searches have turned up nothing.
Thanks in advance.
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Location: 6 String Ranch | A Stratosomething |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Stratamacallit? |
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Location: big island | stratdakine?
since you used to live here, that'll work. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I was going to be a "Stratovation" or an "Ovationcaster" but the neck is too high, and while I could fix that... it's a bunch easier to just find a neck that fits and bolt it on.
The odd part (to me) is that I can even make up words with the words Fender Strat in it, and I get google hits and photos of guitars that match what words I put in. This... I get nothing really close other than black guitars. The flat black ones so far have either the special edition "chrome" pick guard, or just a white one.
Just one of those curiosities of life. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Get a Warmoth neck, they're great. |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | There's something about the shape of a Strat that just simply feels right. Can't help you with what you've got for the body. The neck is the tell-tale sign for USA-made. Maybe there are additional codes inside the pup routings. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | I agree on the Warmoth neck. Unless I stumble on a strat neck that just "feels right." |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | StratOcaster? |
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Location: Cincinnati | Have you tried posting on the Gear Page ? I'm sure someone there knows. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Miles, I'm pretty sure that is a "Highway 1" Strat.
Budget line but USA made.
They were(are) available in a range of colours including flat black with rosewood fretboard and vintage style hardware.
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Now, it's a Strat-O-various |
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Location: Minden, Nebraska | The body does look like a Highway One HSS in Ebony Transparent. It did come with the vintage style bridge, and that particular color had black pickup covers and knobs. |
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Location: Round Rock, TX | Do you remember if the original neck had the larger, 70's-styled headstock? |
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Location: Tennessee | I put together my own StratoViper. With a nice maple neck donated by the moody one, and an 80's Celebrity hard body guitar that had a broken pointy headstock, I created a monster.
It actually worked out real well. The intonation is spot on, and it plays like a dream. However, it indeed is no match for Mr. Big's FrankenViper, as you can tell from the look on his face.
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Originally posted by Paul Blanchard:
The body does look like a Highway One HSS in Ebony Transparent. It did come with the vintage style bridge, and that particular color had black pickup covers and knobs. The body is definately a flat black, not transparent at all, although I guess they could call it anything they want.
When did the Highway 1 series come out? I bought this in 2004 I believe, maybe even 2003. It's been a while.
I had initially wanted to put a Viper neck on it, but as I recall, the scale wasn't close enough. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | It could sure use a Wood veneer PG... maybe Crotch cut Walnut.
Warmoth (in Tacoma) is definately the way to go. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | That's way cool Bobbo!! :cool:
Highway 1 Strats were introduced in 2003 and are still available.
As PB said they are available in HSS configuration.
I see that Fender are about to introduce a range of Strats, Teles and Basses called "Road Worn".
They are made to look old and well used and at basic prices.
I don't think that will help the value of their "Custom Shop" guitars.
I guess it's just sell sell sell to the masses.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I just got a card from Fender (or Guitar Center, whichever) advertising the "Road Worn" Series...
There is a beat-up (looking) Tele on the ad, minus the bridge cover.
First thing I thought was, If I buy a new Telecaster from y'all, I want the Ashtray!
I guess that I ain't the Target Market.
I get Old guitars and try to make them look New...
Not the other-way-around. :cool: |
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Road Worn Fenders
heheh... they should come with the T-shirt with tattoos imprinted on the sleeves.
"Yeah, I'm COOL!" |
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Location: Tennessee | .. and a voice processor to give you the "three-packs-and-two-fifths-a-day" sound. :rolleyes: |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by stonebobbo:
.. and a voice processor to give you the "three-packs-and-two-fifths-a-day" sound. :rolleyes: Of course, if you just double up'd on the "three-packs-and-two-fifths-a-day", you'd have the voice in 6 months..... |
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OT - Any Fender Strat guru's out there?
