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Post subject: Family Photo Album (including new mark knopfler)
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:42 am
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I really wanted to get a couple of "family pictures" of my three strats and finally got around to digging up the old camera...hope you enjoy the pictures!

First a little info:

Red - new 09 Mark Knopfler sig series, hot rod red, texas specials pickups, mint green 3-ply pickguard. Great sounding guitar, not a position of the 5 that I would not use. I am not normally a fan of the bridge position, but it sounds so well rounded in this set. The pickups are very well rounded, not the biggest range of sound, but cover any sound I would want/need. This is my very first "real" strat, and I am completely in love with it in every way (well maybe not EVERY way :wink: ).

Tobacco Burst - Robert Cray solid body, soft v neck, vintage specs, vintage frets, callaham bridge, klein s-5 scooped midrange pickups, locking fender tuners.

Natural - ash body, birdseye maple pickguard, trem cover, neck, and fretboard, all gold hardware, custom tuners, custom neckplate, meduim c neck with medium jumbo frets, gold fender tremolo bridge, lace sensor hot gold series pickups. Great pickups, but the bridge is a little too "quacky" so the 250k pot was replaced by a 500k.


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I know I always love looking at pictures of other people's guitars...hopefully someone out there enjoys seeing my family!


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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:08 am
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Very Nice!!! I really like the looks of that Natural one!!!

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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:20 am
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Sweet family! 8)

Love the red but I'm partial to a white 4-ply pearloid. Think it would look killer on that red body. :wink:

The clear finished... to die for. :D


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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:51 am
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Wow man, very cool indeed. Congrats on your new score and the loving 3 Fenders you got there. :)


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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:13 pm
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DUDE!!! i love the look of your natural strat!


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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 4:24 pm
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That Robert Cray is SWEET!


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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 5:07 pm
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what is that natural one? its gorgeous! im assuming you have spent alot of time changing things on it to make it that way?

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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:11 pm
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That ash strat is stunning. The other two aren't so shabby either. Those Knopfler strats really sing, don't they?


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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:46 pm
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That natural finish must be the most beautiful strat I've ever seen. Looking at the birdseye neck and the custom pickguard, that has to be a Custom Shop. I've never seen such a remarkable guitar!

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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:48 pm
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JohnZ6 wrote:
That Robert Cray is SWEET!


I don't think that's a Robert Cray, is it?

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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 6:59 pm
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Dude I ALWAYS love looking at photos of the strats on here!

Thanks for posting; they are all gorgeous.

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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 8:25 pm
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JohnZ6 wrote:
That Robert Cray is SWEET!


it's actually a partscaster with a robert cray body, took me a little while to get used to the vintage fretboard radius and soft v neck, but it's a pretty sweet sounding guitar!


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what is that natural one? its gorgeous! im assuming you have spent alot of time changing things on it to make it that way?

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That natural finish must be the most beautiful strat I've ever seen. Looking at the birdseye neck and the custom pickguard, that has to be a Custom Shop. I've never seen such a remarkable guitar!


the ash/bridseye is a partscaster as well, i spent 5 years collecting each every part exactly as i wanted it. not an actual "custom shop", unless the Ryan Custom Shop counts :lol: the body is a collector series fender body with the thin skin finish. the pickguard and trem cover are real bridseye wood with just a natural tung finish


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That ash strat is stunning. The other two aren't so shabby either. Those Knopfler strats really sing, don't they?


the MK strat is the epitomy of a sweet sounding guitar, the hot rod red is a very attractive color as well. i would recommend this guitar to anyone who can afford one, well worth ever penny.


Thanks for all the kind comments!


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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:01 am
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Ok, I have too many questions on the natural strat, but here it goes....

Where did you get the neck?
Where did you get the pickguard/rear plate?
Where did you get the gold control knobs?

And, if you don't mind, how much did you end up spending on that one of a kind???

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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:02 am
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here is a link to a thread i posted back when i finished the guitar:
http://fender.com/community/forums/view ... highlight=

to answer just your specific questions

- mighty mite
- ebay, then i sanded and finished it
- once again, ebay
- after all was said and done, including tweed case and some time with a luthier, around 1600 if i remember correctly...well worth it though


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Ryan3985 wrote:
here is a link to a thread i posted back when i finished the guitar:
http://fender.com/community/forums/view ... highlight=

to answer just your specific questions

- mighty mite
- ebay, then i sanded and finished it
- once again, ebay
- after all was said and done, including tweed case and some time with a luthier, around 1600 if i remember correctly...well worth it though


I agree with you 100%, that is a wonderful guitar. Well worth it all. I need to check out ebay and mighty mite more often...

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