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Topic: Strat Abuse |
Mark Butcher
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Scotland
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Posted 31 Dec 2004 8:09 am |
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| I was idly viewing Elderlys site when I came upon http://www.elderly.com/vintage/items/30U-12097.htm. It seems a younger relative took a sander to a mint 56 Strat. Our goverment tells us we can't smack kids here in the UK. What would you have done to this guy if the Strat was yours? |
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Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 31 Dec 2004 8:18 am
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This would have been a "LAW and ORDER" Episode..
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Stephen Gambrell
From:
Over there
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Posted 31 Dec 2004 9:32 am
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Obviously the kid was a SRV wannabe, to the Nth degree! Isn't it interesting that the sanded guitar is STILL nearly 10 grand more than the refinished '58(?) below it? THOUSANDS??? for PAINT???? If I ever get rich, I'm gonna buy a sunburst '59 Les Paul, put a Floyd Rose on it, take out that STUPID humbucker at the bridge, and put in a single-coil off a Jap Strat, then get drunk and paint the whole thing with grey primer, using one of Tony Prior's old Foghat t-shirts for a paint brush! Put it up for sale for 100K, and I'll sell it within 2 days. COLLECTORS  !!! |
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Mark Herrick
From:
Bakersfield, CA
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Posted 31 Dec 2004 12:58 pm
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I guess they figure that what finish is still left on it is "original"...
This link works better: http://www.elderly.com/vintage/items/30U-12097.htm
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[This message was edited by Mark Herrick on 31 December 2004 at 01:00 PM.] |
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Jennings Ward
From:
Edgewater, Florida, R.I.P.
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Posted 31 Dec 2004 2:00 pm
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MY POOR HEART COULD NOT STAND IT....I WILL NOT LET ANYONE HANDLE MY 56 STRAT UNLESS THEY HAVE 15K CASH IN THEIR HAND,,,,,KID SHOULD HAVE BEEN,,,,,, WHERE IS MY NITRO TABS.??? JENNINGS
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Ken Lang
From:
Simi Valley, Ca
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Posted 31 Dec 2004 5:31 pm
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In about 1957, my dad bought me a Les Paul goldtop, with an amp.
In collage, 1961, I traded it for a Fender Jazzmaster to the bassplayer in our new band. The jazzmaster was all the hot rage then.
He was going to repaint it and I helped him tear it down. Behind where the neck bolts on there was a date from the 1950's, when it was made I guess.
We laughed then at this old guitar, I cry now at what I gave away. |
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Doyle Weigold
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CColumbia City, IN, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2005 4:01 pm
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| I see the serial # 14,ooo something. I bought a new strat I thought in 56, which I still have. It's got a 10,000 something serial #. Now I'm wondering just what year it is. Maybe it was in the store for a while before I bought it. It was pretty scratched up in later years from playing 5-6 nights a week for several years, so I had it painted way back. Probably ruined a lot of value on it, but back then they were so plentiful, you did'nt think that much about redoing something on them. I think I bought it new for $356.00 Doyle |
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Tom Gorr
From:
Three Hills, Alberta
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Posted 1 Jan 2005 5:51 pm
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I have an idle confession -
I've always loved music instruments. At the age of 4 I was so enamored with my father's saxophone that I pledged to myself to make sure it was always super-shiny.
So - I went to the garage, got some sandpaper and started shining !
Needless to say - I wasn't too anxious to tell anybody about it. I'm now 35 and about a month ago - I finally told my dad, and we had a good laugh. |
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