I would apreciate it if you could recommend a stratocaster. I am normally a tele guy and love my '52 vintage reissue. I am going to get a new strat but cant really decide or know where to start.

Thank you

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Fender DG8
Fender MIM Sunburst Telecaster.
Fender American Vintage'52 Reissue Telecaster
Fender Frontman 212R
Fender Mini Twin
Fender Super Champ XD
Fender Champion 600

Well, if you love your 52 RI Tele, all things considered, I would think that a 57 RI Strat would be the logical companion to it.

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thanx

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Fender DG8
Fender MIM Sunburst Telecaster.
Fender American Vintage'52 Reissue Telecaster
Fender Frontman 212R
Fender Mini Twin
Fender Super Champ XD
Fender Champion 600

I'll recomend a strat. I think they're alright.

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50's Strat
Sqiuer Classic Vibe 50's P bass
Blues Junior
DG acoustic
Sparkly Thong

Depending on what you're looking to spend, a 57 RI or a Classic 50's would be a good place to start.

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-Classic 50's Strat.
-Std. Telecaster.
-Mike Dirnt P-bass.
-Custody of SE Strat.
-Peavey Predator/Dean Evo/Epiphone DR150/Gibson Slide (much older than me).

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Depending on what you want to spend, the sky's the limit. But if you want a USA one and don't want to pay a mint, might I suggent a Highway One Strat?

I picked mine up last week at GC for $750 (they still had not yet raised their prices to the new 09 prices yet)

It's got everything I want in a guitar that I don't have to worry about hurting. Nitro finish, flat unbuffed so it lalmost ooks older and will relic nicely in time, mine had a HSS setup, '70s headstock, skunk stripe, vintage tremolo with a 2 1/6" string spacing.

On the other hand, a Deluxe is nice too. I have one I got last year for $1175. A nice guitar - probably the nicest, best feeling, well balanced guitar I've ever had in my 30 tears of playing.

hit all the guitar shops around you and try every strat than which ever one has the right feel, tone, and price for you well then my friend you'll have found your strat

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Consider a hardtail strat. They stay in tune very well (like a tele).

You get the strat body contour (comfort) and strat tones w/o having to fool with the whammy springs or having to put a wood block in the trem cavity like Clapton.

You've got to try them out ... I went shopping for an American Standard or an Eric Clapton because I couldn't afford a Robin Trower custom shop and "hated "the SCN pickups and the S-1 Switch on the deluxe.....


..... after weeks of trying more than 20 Strats I ended up with what I thought I'd never buy ... an American Ash Deluxe with the SCN pups, S-1 and all...YMMV

Great choice!!

Thanks ... so do we belong to the International American Deluxe Stratocaster Owners Association IADSOA

Sure we do!!

Guitarist Magazine recently said that a strat from the early '60's was the ultimate, not just start, but electric guitar. I noticed it had a rosewood neck. Is there anything being produced at the moment close to this?

The strat i eventually go for will be American

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Fender DG8
Fender MIM Sunburst Telecaster.
Fender American Vintage'52 Reissue Telecaster
Fender Frontman 212R
Fender Mini Twin
Fender Super Champ XD
Fender Champion 600

I read that in a guitar magazine too, a british one. Personaly i dont trust anything i read in those magazines. Its never very near the truth and has more to do with sales, fashions and advertizing than it does with helping people.

You'll never see a guitar mag like which magazine. Their not going to give a honest review of some of the junk that pays to advertize in them.

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