Quote of the year?

[nattiep]

Perhaps they'll scratch out some buckle wear...

I said they were doing that. Dave's guitar has that beat though. Filled hole from a Kahler bridge.

Here's a shot of the additional switch with the filled in hole.

Here's your buckle wear.


Anyway, if anyone deserves a signature guitar (over people that get one for the hell of it because that's what they're playing at the time) it's David.

If any signature Fender's should be made fun of it's John Mayer's (ooooh, a racing stripe!) and Geddy Lee's. Hell, Ged got his bass in a pawn shop. That's pretty stock. He replaced the bridge. That's it. The neck's aren't all that different eiter. They still make basses with black blocks anyway.

Do you guys have to make fun of everything Fender does now?

It's an ugly, big headstock, Strat anyway, unless they're going to build it with the custom shop `57 reissue neck he has on it now. If they really wanted to make a cool DG Srat, they should have asked him what features he'd like in his ultimate dream Strat, as they have with some other players. I hope they aren't going to duplicate the filled in hole from the Kahler. That would be really lame.

A luthier I know recently made Dave Gilmour at least one custom Strat style guitar: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.c ... ID=1978718

WRT the Geddy Lee J Bass, it's reasonably priced, has the signature modestly placed on the back side of the headstock in a rather small script, and is the only Fender J bass available with a black finish, maple neck, and black block inlays-I just checked. It also has the vintage J bass pickups and a slimmed down neck. It's a great bass for the price, which is probably why GL was happy to put his name on it. The only thing it doesn't have are the bridge and p/u covers, which I really don't miss on that bass. I bought the bass because I liked the black finish contasted with the bound maple neck and black block inlays-I wasn't so concerned with the fact that it was a Geddy Lee bass. I was glad that the signature was on the back, and rather small at that.

Good points. It is the '57 reissue neck on the guitar. It's how he has it now.

Fender would make more money if they kept this strat in the Geddy range. $700 is reasonable.

[fireglo67]

Rob i with you man! played strats too long and are bored with em.

The only Fender I actually don't mind is a Tele. But they are such Jeckyl and Hyde beasts. I'd say 99 out of 100 are just ordinary, but when you find that special one, it's worth it!
I've only played 2 in the last 25 years that I'd consider as great guitars.
One of them is owned by a friend in Scotland, the frets on that one are so worn now it desperately needs re-fretting, but he is a bit scared to get it done in case it loses that special something.
The other is owned by Dave Stewart, ex of the Eurythmics.

[jps]

For some strange reason I typed SEMTEX into google to see what came up. I've probably got the FBI going through my medical records as we speak......

Given where you are, most like it is Interpol that is checking you out!

[antipodean]

Fender would make more money if they kept this strat in the Geddy range. $700 is reasonable.

They'd have to make it in Japan then, just like the Geddy bass. Interestingly, a non-Geddy black-with-black-block-inlays JB is available in Japan.... but its Japanese discount price is higher then the US street price of the Geddy bass.

As to Strats being bland, that's the kind of broad generalisation that is bound to lead to a bar-room brawl when uttered in the wrong company!

[paologregorio]

I like the vintage reissues.

[johnallg]

For some strange reason I typed SEMTEX into google to see what came up. I've probably got the FBI going through my medical records as we speak......

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

Gulp!!!

[fireglo67]

For some strange reason I typed SEMTEX into google to see what came up. I've probably got the FBI going through my medical records as we speak......

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

Gulp!!!

[whojamfan]

That semtex be a bad mofo!

[sloop_john_b]

Gilmour Strat: http://www.fender.com/customshop/instru ... 0150068806

Relic version: http://www.fender.com/customshop/instru ... 0150069806

[jingle_jangle]

Them's sum prices...

[ozover50]

......on the whole they are played by bland people who make bland music for people who have bland lives.

I'm sure there are millions who disagree with you Bob..... me included!

So tell us what the non-bland play to make the non-bland music for the non-bland people!

[sloop_john_b]

......on the whole they are played by bland people who make bland music for people who have bland lives.

I'm sure there are millions who disagree with you Bob..... me included!

So tell us what the non-bland play to make the non-bland music for the non-bland people!

IME, Ricks, Jaguars/Jazzmasters/Mustangs, etc. Offbeat ones.

[deaconblues]

......on the whole they are played by bland people who make bland music for people who have bland lives.

I'm sure there are millions who disagree with you Bob..... me included!

So tell us what the non-bland play to make the non-bland music for the non-bland people!

Ricks, Jaguars/Jazzmasters/Mustangs...

I don't think I'd call Jimi Hendrix, SRV, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Dick Dale, David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, etc, etc, etc bland...

[fireglo67]

I don't think I'd call Jimi Hendrix, SRV, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Dick Dale, David Gilmour, Mark Knopfler, etc, etc, etc bland...

Hendrix = God like.
Harrison = Well, let's just blame it on the drugs.
SRV = Bland.
Clapton = Blander.
Dale = ZZZzzz.
Gilmour = ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz.
Knopfler = Yawn......

Apart from the top two, it's all elevator music, innit?

[fireglo67]

Gilmour Strat: http://www.fender.com/customshop/instru ... 0150068806

Relic version: http://www.fender.com/customshop/instru ... 0150069806

$4700!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I look at that black strat, and my all black Ric 360, it's like comparing a dog turd to a diamond.

I'll leave it to you good folks to decide which is which.