I had heard of the Fender Custom Shop "Ike Turner Tribute" Stratocaster but I had never seen one. I just came across one of these guitars on eBay and on first inspection the neckplate doesn't look right. Also, this tribute guitar is modeled on a 1959 Daphne Blue and Ike Turner's "blue Strat" was a 1961 Sonic Blue! What's up with that? I could be wrong but this is the blue Strat that I always see him with in pictures and it's a 1961 Sonic Blue:

Any Strat that's all beat up is an Ike Turner.

I'd like to beat Ike Turner up.

He belonged in prison for what he put Tina through.



Arjay

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+1...the only thing lower than a wife beater is a pedophile!

T2

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What time is it? It's Fender Time.

It would be the ONLY Stratocaster in Fender's catalogue that would smack the heck out of you and verbally abuse you if you didn't play it good enough!!!

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I refuse to have a battle of the wits with an unarmed man!

Does it come with health insurance?

Y'all crack me up!

Fender show really make a "brand new strat" Tribute Strat. It would a brand new guitar and be just like Fender's brand new guitars.

Instead he recorded music with our beloved Mike Eldred:

http://www.myspace.com/mikeeldredtrio/m ... r-25715954

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ike_Turner

Hold your horses, gentlemen.

Cheers

David

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He died 2007, let him rest wherever.
The Strat looks g**

Cheers,
Robin

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There are two sides to every story!!!!!!!!!!!

I really don't understand tributes or signature models. All of their guitars started out as a base model guitars that was modified. Some more than others. Fender makes these guitars, puts a high price on it, and people buy them because of a namesake. Buy a base model and modify it yourself. If you don't know how, I'm sure somebody on this forum could make it happen for you.

I would rather say, "my guitar has the same pickups as the Eric Clapton model", or "my guitar has a gold left handed bridge like the SRV model", than to spend the extra money to buy one of these expensive models.

I used to have a Tradition Michael Batio No Boundaries Signature. I didn't buy it because of the namesake. It was pawn shop guitar that I paid $275 for. It didn't matter that it was a signature model or that his actual signature was on the back of the headstock, but I guess it did matter to the thieves that stole it. I bought it because it played good.

Peace.

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2000 American Deluxe Stratocaster
2011 Gibson Les Paul Trad Pro 50's
2007 Epi Les Paul Custom
90's ESP Eclipse
JH-1B Jimi Hendrix Crybaby
Analogman KOT
Korg Pitchblack
Boss NS-2 PH-2
Blues Deluxe Reissue
1999 & 2007 Marshall TSL 100 w/1960BV cab

Regardless....there is NO excuse for going upside your woman's head!!!

That IS NOT the proper behavior of a true MAN!!!
I don't care what kind of music the guy made.......actions like that make him an unforgivable P.O.S.!!!!

Period!!

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Thank you, Sir.

HAND SALUTE!

Arjay

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"Here's why reliability is job one: A great sounding amp that breaks down goes from being a favorite piece of gear to a useless piece of crap in less time than it takes to read this sentence." -- BRUCE ZINKY

I liked his playing.