Further to my post a while ago concerning my Eric Clapton Crash 3 Strat....I had this other idea of customising a deluxe Strat after seeing a similar Fender Custom Shop Strat, with a $3500 price tag!! I bought myself a 60th anniversary Strat Deluxe from the States and sent it to Sims Custom Shop in Kent, Eng. (Martin Sim) http://www.simscustom.com
and asked him to try and give me a guitar that looked close....The result is the guitar below!! The first 2 pics are the original guitar, the others are of the end result. Again, I know it won't be to everyone's liking, but although I haven't seen the guitar yet, I think it looks awsome and I have ended up with a guitar I wanted. It wasn't cheap but as I did it for me, that doesn't matter!!

Sunset Orange with flame maple veneer with matching headstock
Semour Duncan PUPS
SH-PG Pearly Gates - Bridge
Duckbucker SDBR-1- Middle
SL59 Little 59' - Neck
Super V Blade Runner Bridge
Scratch and back plate from Warmoth

Enjoy the pics. Oh...and ignore the white knobs and selector.The new black ones are waiting at home.

Looks Great--congrats

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2011 PRS 25th SAS
2008 Eric Clapton Custom Antigua Strat
2012 PRS Artist Package Studio Special Order

H s2classic: Martin Sims is the best in the business and no mistake. So many of the famous custom guitars out there are done by him - many of Steve Vai's instruments for example.

You Strat certainly looks the dog's whatsits, to be sure!

So he's shaved the front off the body and put a bookmatched flamed drop-top on there, yes? And the same on the peghead. Many obvious questions arising: how thick is that front, please? And excuse me being so crude, but how much did the job cost?

By the way, some of the longer standing Forum users will remember me doing exactly the same thing to Nikininja's Burnt Strat. Martin is the master - but I bet I'm cheaper!

Congrats on your axe.

Cheers - C

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Very nice! I love the flame top.

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2012 Fender American Standard Stratocaster
2013 Fender Pure Vintage 65 Stratocaster
2003 Gibson ES-355
2015 Gibson Les Paul Traditional
2002 Gretsch Duo Jet
1980 Rickenbacker 360/12 Fireglo
2014 Martin 000X1AE
2014 Fender Blues Junior III

Looks gorgeous to me. Thumbs up!
I like the black sides matched up with the flame.
Not a big fan of the knobs not matching the pups (or vice-versa), but hey... to each his/her own!

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Heilly
"That's thirty minutes away. I'll be there in ten." --W. Wolfe


09 Am Special Strat
01 Corona Strat
99 Sq Std Strat
95 MIJ TL-52 Tele
95 MIJ Sq Strat
93 MIJ FotoFlame Strat

Very nice.


If you check what s2classic posted, last line he says to ignore the white knobs, he has a set of black ones but hasn't got them fitted yet.