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westtexasred · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 5:03 pm Post subject: Stratotone:Birth Year guitar?

Everyone wants a "Birth Year" guitar but any electric guitar from my birth year is going to be expensive.The only way to get something cool that is still affordable is it find one that has been refinished or modified. That said,I just ordered this guitar from Guitar Center because It gotta be close to my birth year and I can return it if I don't like it. Also,it should sound cool through my new amp.

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westtexasred · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 5:16 pm Post subject:

Also it would be a good candidate to be refinished like Richie Valens guitar

Bacchus · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 5:20 pm Post subject:

Hope it works out! One that might not get sold if it does?

I think one of the reasons I put off getting a strat for so long was that I'd always secretly wanted an '87 Japanese Squier strat.
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George · . Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 19989 Location: UK

That would be very cool.

westtexasred · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 6:20 pm Post subject:

Actually the color of this H44 is kinda cool. I think it is "Studebaker Red" like the '49 (testbed) Telecaster(below).

sunshiner · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 6:52 pm Post subject:

This tele reminds me this

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westtexasred · Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2017 7:20 pm Post subject:

2003 Melody Maker,nice! Here is the story about the "Studebaker Red" Tele.

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westtexasred · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 2:19 pm Post subject:

It's funny,I have been looking at these guitars online for years but never noticed all the differences between the 3 models(pickups,fretboards,bridges and electronics).

sunshiner · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 2:53 pm Post subject:

I never really paid attention to them and also thought there is only one model of this guitar
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westtexasred · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 3:22 pm Post subject:

westtexasred · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 3:54 pm Post subject:

I made some other threads about Stratotones years back.

Stratotone Doublet(2010)

Afie's Stratotone(2011)

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westtexasred · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:12 pm Post subject:

1950s Spanish Electric Guitars - early solidbody electrics

westtexasred · Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2017 4:22 pm Post subject:

I think most people had forgotten about these until this happened.

Fakir Mustache · . Joined: 25 Sep 2013 Posts: 3141

There's also the Stratospheres:
http://www.shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61295&sid=ca48ec3489d9a574cf2d447f69c336df

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westtexasred · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2017 1:35 pm Post subject:

Nice! There is one on Reverb for $15,000 It's a '57 so too late for my "Birth Year" guitar,lol.

westtexasred · Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 7:10 pm Post subject:

Did you know that the 1st solidbody Carvin guitars were Harmony Stratotones customized with an extra pickup?

sunshiner · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2017 6:15 am Post subject:

I used to like checking the website of Carvin. Wanted to purchase their Nomad amp as it got good reviews, was cheap and could be switched from 110 Volts to 230 Volts. Didn't know how they started.

The interesting thing for me about Stratotone is that it is one of the rare guitars which is not strat or tele but which has 25.5" scale length
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westtexasred · Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2017 3:10 pm Post subject:

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Fakir Mustache · . Joined: 25 Sep 2013 Posts: 3141

jcyphe · . Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 16300

That Carvin pickup in the ad is also on the earliest Mosrites. Carvin and Franz(found on alot of Guild guitars) were some of the first companies to offer after market pickups.
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