Hi Awesomejohn,

Welcome to the forum! I'm new to the forum myself, and I have to say I shared some of your doubts about joining a new forum, but so far it's been great here, some really cool, helpful people

Also that white strat is lovely!! Very cool

Cheers,
Drew

Welcome to the Forum Awesome John,I saw your videos and lovely guitars and I'm impressed beyond words. I used to do Hendrix tributes also but I'll freely admit that I'm not in your league-who is? I too admire Randy Hanson's playing and his keeping the Hendrix flame burning. You could give Malmsteen a lesson or 2 on humility and as far as I'm concerned you make him sound like he's wearing boxing gloves while he plays.I'm honored to have someone with your passion and love of playing the guitar in the Forum.

_________________
'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Welcome to the Forum, Awesome John. Those are some beautiful guitars. Thanks for sharing them.



Does this mean that you were the "Purple Fox" ??? Someone using that alias put out one of the first Hendrix Tribute albums (that I am aware of, at least).

Have you ever made a doubleneck Strat?

_________________
Member #26797
My other guitar is a Strat.

Hi Awesomejohn!

I'd love to here a bit more about the Dream Strat if you get a chance



What where those Lace pups like?

Andy

_________________
Pending Greatness

I am very happy that I wound up here because there seems to be some very nice people here and fellow players. Great to see a forum no over run with that aggressive belittling MTV jackass attitude. There is so much to share and learn from each other. Our art and guitar obsession is exciting enough as is without undue aggression. My pleasure to meet everyone. here!
God Bless...

Malmsteen came to Turkey for a concert and I was the Marshall distributor at the time. His wife was Turkish and I saw how hard he worked to do a great show. I kinda felt bad for him because he was so good it seemed everyone was gunning for him and he felt uneasy with everyone. But I love the guy and respected him and he realized that I was a true fan and we shared some great times together. I bet its really tough being who he is. That why in my approach to the guitar I dont take myself seriously. I goof around more than try to play "unplayable stuff"... I saw he copied my teeth tremolo move... thats cool when Malsteen copies one of your moves its like an honor

Those pickup are laces custom made pickups, made by Don Lace Jr. Took him a few months to do it.. they are very transparent warm sweet sounding...
here is what they sound like...

Awesome John's Pink Dream Strat Audio Clips

Clean
http://www.geocities.com/awesomejohn7/seninle.html

overdrive
http://www.geocities.com/awesomejohn7/ebedi.html

The new owner of the Dream Strat has made an very nice info filled site about it most of the info in there at www.dreamstrat.com its a great guitar. And it opened the door for Fender to really get freaky with wirings and necks and paint jobs and carved tops and 24 frets etc... this guitar was the first of all those developments..

Thanks for that AJ.

You Sir, have the chops!

The Dream Strat sounds as good as it looks! I've just had a good read through the web link you posted and i have to say that strat has some of the coolest features! I'm a big fan of Lace Sensors. Great design and build quailty.

I have to say, Its a real treat having you on the forum.

Thanks again!

Andy

_________________
Pending Greatness

How did I miss this? Awesome John pleased to meet you. Welcome to the forum. I am impressed with your musicianship, stage presence, and your guitar designs. Do you drink alot of coffee? I enjoyed your rendition of "Ain't no Sunshine" on You Tube.