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Post subject: Any existing CS Strats with these specs? (SRV/Mayer Content)
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2013 8:22 pm
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Warning: This post may come across as overly obsessive...but I guess the Fender CS forum is the place for that, right? I'm hoping some of you Fender buffs/Custom Shop gurus would be able to answer this question.

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I'm a big fan of the SRV/Mayer lineage when it comes to guitars. Meaning - the #1 and Black One guitars. There are certain specs that I really like on these. While these are simple specifications, I can't seem to find ANY existing Strats out there with this combination of specs aside from the #1 and Black One Masterbuilt models. Someone help me, please.

I'm looking for the following specs in a guitar:
1) Tight-Grain Quartersawn Neck
2) Round-Laminated Fretboard
3) Pickguard screw near the middle pickup
4) Wide pre-1964 12th fret dots

It seems like a 1962 or 1963 Strat reproduction would come close...and they do. However, I don't see any with these four specs on the same guitar besides the SRV Tribute and Black One Masterbuilt Strats. There's always one spec off, as far as I've found. I just figure there has to be at least ONE existing model out there with these specs, and I'm hoping someone could point me in the right direction. The closest I've found are the Sweetwater Sweet '60s Strat (wrong pickguard screw config) and the '63 Strats sold by Sweetwater and Chicago Music Exchange (wrong 12th fret neck dots).

I dislike modifying guitars (especially expensive ones) and just want to find one that's "mine" with the specs I want. Unfortunately, I just don't see ANY out there with these four attributes. Should I bite the bullet and just order a custom one? Or are there Custom Shop Strats already out there somewhere with these specs that I'm unaware of?

Before anyone here tears me a new one...I figure that if I'm spending this much on a guitar, I should get exactly what I'm looking for and not have to ever think about it. Call it pedantic or OCD, but I have a deep love for minor details.

(I know they're called the "custom shop" for a reason. I just figured that there had to be some sort of permutation of Strat with these four characteristics. Maybe someone out there knows one.)

Please help,
From an overly obsessed Fender fanatic


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Post subject: Re: Any existing CS Strats with these specs? (SRV/Mayer Cont
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 5:22 am
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From what I see you're a huge fan of those famed blues Stratmeisters and want a guitar combining the best elements from their iconic axes...


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Post subject: Re: Any existing CS Strats with these specs? (SRV/Mayer Cont
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 1:31 am
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Post subject: Re: Any existing CS Strats with these specs? (SRV/Mayer Cont
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 8:38 am
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Post subject: Re: Any existing CS Strats with these specs? (SRV/Mayer Cont
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2013 11:08 am
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Anyone out there with at least one Strat sample with those four features? They seem pretty basic as I'm not looking for specific colors or pickups.


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