Mine would be:

Graffiti Yellow or Lake Placid Body
Off White pickguard, with matching knobs.
H-H Config with Dimarzio Super Distortion in the Bridge, and Seymour Duncan '59 in the neck.

It would be a hardtail.

Rosewood, Wizard Profile Neck.

Original Spaghetti Logo.

Sperzel Locking Tuners.

Good to go.

My dream Strat would be either a Sonic Blue or 60s type 3 colour sunburst with a rosewood fretboard and done to the exact specs of an" L" series Strat with a "B" neck and the pups would have to be spot on representations of the "L" series pups as they were such a crucial part of making the "L" series the best Strats ever made(IMHO).

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What you need to do is find a way to convince her to buy the guitar of your dreams for you.

I'm halfway there. My wife was the one who paid for my American Deluxe strat. I've added the pearloid pick guard. Now I just need to get the Clapton midboost/tbx controls and Fishman Powerbridge.

I normally wouldn't even bother modding such a nice guitar, but since the sentimental value is more to me than any monetary value the guitar may hold now or in the future, I don't have any concerns of ruining it's resale value.

It occured to me around the time I got that guitar that modern production model guitars are so mass produced that even the more expensive ones produced in smaller numbers are so plentiful that they'll not likely increase in value during our lifetime. Limited runs, maybe, but not regular production models.

What you need to do is find a way to convince her to buy the guitar of your dreams for you.

I'm halfway there. My wife was the one who paid for my American Deluxe strat. I've added the pearloid pick guard. Now I just need to get the Clapton midboost/tbx controls and Fishman Powerbridge.

I normally wouldn't even bother modding such a nice guitar, but since the sentimental value is more to me than any monetary value the guitar may hold now or in the future, I don't have any concerns of ruining it's resale value.

It occured to me around the time I got that guitar that modern production model guitars are so mass produced that even the more expensive ones produced in smaller numbers are so plentiful that they'll not likely increase in value during our lifetime. Limited runs, maybe, but not regular production models.

What you need to do is find a way to convince her to buy the guitar of your dreams for you.

I'm halfway there. My wife was the one who paid for my American Deluxe strat. I've added the pearloid pick guard. Now I just need to get the Clapton midboost/tbx controls and Fishman Powerbridge.

I normally wouldn't even bother modding such a nice guitar, but since the sentimental value is more to me than any monetary value the guitar may hold now or in the future, I don't have any concerns of ruining it's resale value.

It occured to me around the time I got that guitar that modern production model guitars are so mass produced that even the more expensive ones produced in smaller numbers are so plentiful that they'll not likely increase in value during our lifetime. Limited runs, maybe, but not regular production models.

What model of Strat is that? It reminds me of my 50th Anniversary Am. Series Strat.

Poplar body, black
Maple neck, vintage tint gloss, skunk stripe
Rosewood board 7.25" radius
Large black headstock, small logo
H-S-S, pickups based on the random ones i found on eBay from my Partscaster
Standard hardtail bridge
B/W/B pickguard, B/W/W pickups
41mm nut
Flat body mounted output jack
Master vol + tone

That's about it.

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Black Fender Jaguar HH Special
3x Black Squier Affinity Strat
Black Partscaster
Sunburst Jim Deacon JDST57
Tobacco Burst Westfield E4000
Redburst Hondo H180A
White Ibanez JEM 555
Brown Ibanez SX60
Black Encore Superstrat

My ideal Strat

Body: One Piece Swamp Ash

Finsh:Natural

Neck: Maple Neck and Fretboard

Neck Shape: Modern C / 7.25" Radius

Fret Inlays: Black Dot

Tuners: Vintage Fender Tuners

Frets: 22 Jumbo

Pickguard: White/Black/White

Pickups: Neck - Fender Vintage '57/'62 Strat® Neck Pickup
Middle - Fender Vintage '57/'62 Strat® Middle Pickup
Bridge - Dimarzio PAF 36th Anniversary

Electronics: 5-way switch, 1M Vol Pot with push/pull coil tap built in, switch that activates the neck pickup (like on the Deluxe players Strat)

Pickup Cover, Switches & Knob Colors: White

Bridge: Vintage Fender

Straplock: Vintage

Hardware: Chrome.

Maple fretboard and neck, abalone inlay. Normal headstock, modern regular neck or soft V. 22 jumbo frets. Staggered locking tuners so I don't need string trees.

H/S/S Texas specials with a Pearly Gates in the bridge or SSS all Texas specials

British racing green finish, tortoiseshell pickguard. Chrome hardware. Hardtail!

Master Volume
Tone 1 = Neck / Middle. push/pull to activate neck pickup in any position.
Tone 2 = bridge, push / pull to split humbucker.

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Neck: One Piece AAA Flame Maple, "V" Shape, Satin Finish
Spaghetti Logo
Fingerboard: AAA Flame maple, 22 frets, Satin Finish
Frets: Dunlop 6105
Tuners: Vintage 50's Style
Body: One Piece Alder
Electronics:
Neck: DiMarzio Area 58
Mid: DiMarzio Area 58
Bridge: DiMarzio Area 61
Clapton Midboost/ TBX Circuit
Blocked Vintage Style Tremolo
3 Ply White Pickguard
Finish: Black

Would take too long to describe, my links to my ongoing threads below will illustrate my ideal Strat's and Tele's.

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Already made mine.
Ash FSR Body Large block bridge
Ebony Birdseye Neck Abalone Dots Tusq Nut Fender Tuners
2007 Fender American Pickups
Fender American electronics
Parchment Covers, knobs
Mint Pickguard

The Blacktop I have now is pretty close to my perfect "signature" guitar.

Alder body
Modern C quater-sawn neck with rosewood fretboard and jumbo frets. 12 inch radius. With a black jumbo headstock.
Floyd Rose pro tremolo
HTH configuration:
Seymour Duncan pickups--Pearly Gates neck, Tele vintage stacked pickup in the middle, and JB in the bridge position.
5 way switch
3 500k pots with the volume being a push/pull to split the humbuckers.
The paint job would be a Dragonburst (solid black, to transparent green, and yellow).

All set up with pure nickel 11-46 gauge strings.

I already have most of this with my Blacktop. I can live with the smaller headstock. Would love to find someone that can paint a Dragonburst without costing the price of a new guitar. Black is a good alternative color.

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2007 Fender Highway 1
2012 American Deluxe
2015 MIM Dave Murray HHH
2010 Fender Blacktop
1987 Fender Avalon Acoustic
2012 Marshall DSL 15 watt head

the one next to my dream Tele & in front of my dream amp.......i built all 3

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Nice...But we need more details and pics of the build processes if possible...

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