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Post subject: Re: Hendrix Voodoo Strat 98'
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 7:59 am
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HWY1Strat wrote:
I , however, cannot take credit for the happy upside down logo accident.I bought the neck that way from STRATOSPHERE on E-Bay........just so happens it came like that.

Of course!! Hendrix flipped a RH Stratocaster, the logo was inverted. When one flips a LH Stratocaster, the logo is inverted also. YOU purchased a LH neck and installed it on a RH body, hence the logo is inverted which, IMHO, looks great!! What Fender did in its Voodoo Strats was to fit them with LH necks with large headstocks to take advantage of the string length factor which contributes to the tone of that guitar, BUT they placed the logo in a 'readable' orientation, upright, which, IMHO, looks STUPID. because it fails to follow the artistic french curve of the headstock border. It's unbalanced. But Fender didn't give a $@!& as long as the marque could be read properly. They probably had a long 'You can keep your health care plan if you like it- type' debate bout that during pre-production, and 'sales politicos' won out.

Personally, if I had done this project, I would have strung LH guitars for RH players and vice versa, and voila, there you have THE VIBE!!.....beee...cawze.....if you had spent a gazillion dollars at auction for any one of Jimi's Strats, that's what you would be buying....a RH Strat strung for an LH player. :wink:

Rock on, mate. You did it right! 8) 8) 8)

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