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02-12-2022, 10:50 PM
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What's Your Next Strat, if money were no object?
What's the Strat you'd buy tomorrow if money were no object?
Mine is rather humble. I've wanted an Eric Johnson signature Strat. I'd prefer one with a maple neck, and either blonde white or candy apple red. 
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#2
02-13-2022, 01:01 AM
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I'd go and talk to a local luthier.
We'd look for a couple of pieces of (possibly local) wood. The shapes would be tweaked to resemble the Kramer Baretta, but with a hardtail bridge. It would have just one moderately powered humbucker with switching to wire it 2 or 3 different ways.
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Breedlove, Landola, a couple of electrics, and a guitar-shaped-object
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#3
02-13-2022, 04:06 AM
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I'd go for the Lincoln Brewster model. A) I like the features on the guitar, B) I respect him as a musician, and C) I think it's cool he is humble enough to want his name on the back of the guitar (on the neck plate).
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02-13-2022, 05:05 AM
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1964 CAR hardtail w/matching headstock and transition logo - saw this exact guitar in the early '70s so I know there's at least one out there...
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02-13-2022, 05:14 AM
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I think I’ve probably got my last strat. It’s a Robert Cray hardtail, MIM, with slightly modified electronics, and with a neck from a Classic Player 50’s strat at on it. The neck is a really beefy soft-V with a maple fretboard, which I prefer to the spec Robert Cray neck, which was plenty nice to begin with. I’ve owned and played a few $2000 plus Strats that I was thinking might replace this Cray, but I didn’t like any of them as much as this one. I suppose there might be a custom shop I’d like enough to replace this one, but I’m not looking for it because I’m not in the habit of playing $4000 and up guitars just to see what I’d buy if money wasn’t an issue, because in reality, at that level it WOULD be an issue. Bottom line, I’ve been a strat guy for over 40 years, this is my favorite strat I’ve played in those 40+ years, I’ve had it about four years, it’s taken all all challengers and sent them packing, and I’m really not looking anymore.
-Ray
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02-13-2022, 05:46 AM
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A custom shop MIA Strat with a 24 3/4" scale length (conversion neck) with a 12" radius. Sienna sunburst.
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02-13-2022, 07:42 AM
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It would be a Suhr hardtail strat style HSS layout with a reverse headstock, quarter sawn maple neck, maple 12” radius fretboard. Matching color headstock with locking tuners. A swamp ash body, tinted candy sherwood green with a touch of silver metalflake. Tortoise pickguard with aged covers and controls. 7.5lbs please. Oh baby!
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02-13-2022, 07:43 AM
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I'm pretty basic. I want to replace the American Standard alder/maple I traded for another guitar. I don't have a maple board strat right now.
Bob
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02-13-2022, 11:12 AM
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Quote:
https://www.suhr.com/instruments/pete-thorn/
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02-13-2022, 12:13 PM
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Taking the "money no object" thing as if it was real, I'd probably go with an exhaustive custom build search, that might even have several iterations until I said "just right." I'd probably go a with traditional 3 pickup setup, probably with a reversed bridge pickup (ala James Page's line or Jimi Hendrix). Proably want a neck plus bridge PU selection mod. Ebony or Richlite board. Jumbo frets. Woods, neck carve, actual pickups etc? That would be a try some/buy some move.
If I was to take "What the next Strat you'd be likely to buy" part as more important, then it'd be an Ed O'Brien Strat with the sustainer pickup. I could afford it, but I would prefer not to spend even that kind of money on another guitar most days. And I do have a guitar with a Sustainer pickup already. Still the EOB Strat really intrigues me.
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02-13-2022, 12:27 PM
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Interesting question. Right now, I have two strats, an Am Pro (I) and a Noventa Strat. If I could combine the two, I would be very happy. An American made strat in Sienna burst, made from ash, with two P90 pickups and a hardtail. I would love it to have an ebony fretboard with medium jumbo frets. Truss rod adjustment should be at the headstock and I want locking tuners.
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02-13-2022, 12:28 PM
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My next Strat would be a Tele.
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02-13-2022, 02:02 PM
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