38 Years a Strat!!! How about you?

[eSGEe]

SHe sure gets around Bobby boy--- so glad its able to shine and not stuck in my little dungeon

 

[Cadorman]

This is the oldest one I still have. 2001 LP Classic Plus I bought in 2001. Just turned 20 and it will never leave even if I don't play it and just fondle it.

 

[guitarweasel]

67 Special, 54 years old, I've had it since 1980.

 

[Bocc69]

67 Special, 54 years old, I've had it since 1980.View attachment 64020

WOW!! real nice SG.

Winner!!

 

[RVA]

Same here @Bocc69 . 1983 Strat Elite. I am the original owner

 

[Bocc69]

Same here @Bocc69 . 1983 Strat Elite. I am the original owner

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Wow, Ray, that's cool.

You sure have good taste in guitars, lol.
Do you still have the trem bar?

Looks like the same neck as mine. Nice Strat!

 

[SG John]

Omg... that SG is beautiful. It's just white, and yet, it's gorgeous. It just made, THE list.

Here is my " Just White"

I like white SGs. This one was purchased in '06, and was supposed to be Pelham Blue after getting all the structural repairs done. When Lou was stripping it, he saw that the original color was Polaris White. Since that was such a rare color in '62, we decided to return it to original.

 

[Far Rider]

My Yamaha FG-430. Bought in 1983.

 

[Bocc69]

I like white SGs. This one was purchased in '06, and was supposed to be Pelham Blue after getting all the structural repairs done. When Lou was stripping it, he saw that the original color was Polaris White. Since that was such a rare color in '62, we decided to return it to original.


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Polaris white...I like it.

My guitar is Snow White.

Here it is..... in the snow of course.

 

[Bocc69]

My Yamaha FG-430. Bought in 1983.

'83 !!

Nice

The year of the guitar

 

[guitarweasel]

Except for the 2021 Strat I just purchased, this is the last strat I bought new. 1982 *Dan Smith era* in Sahara Taupe.

 

[RVA]

Wow, Ray, that's cool.

You sure have good taste in guitars, lol.
Do you still have the trem bar?

Looks like the same neck as mine. Nice Strat!

Yes, the unused trem is still in the case!

 

[Far Rider]

'83 !!

Nice

The year of the guitar

This was a "tweener" guitar. In 1982 I had to sell my first, and still most beloved, Strat. After a year of withdrawal pains my wife got this for me. She has excellent taste. I finally got another Strat in 2008. And then another. And then another.

 

[Bocc69]

I'm actually proud that I've been able to keep my strat in such nice condition for nearly 40 years. Almost perfect.... almost!!

If you look where my forearm rests, there is a wound. In 1989, I threw a lighter across the room..... it miraculously went thru a one inch gap at the door way, and into the room where my guitar was. I heard impact. I went in to see the damage....NOOOOOO!!

IF you look close, you can see that it's the flint wheel of the lighter that struck the guitar. It's funny now, but I was upset for the first 31 years or so. I'm over it now.

 

[CoyotesGator]

This one came to me on December 31, 1985.

 

[Bocc69]

This was a "tweener" guitar. In 1982 I had to sell my first, and still most beloved, Strat. After a year of withdrawal pains my wife got this for me. She has excellent taste. I finally got another Strat in 2008. And then another. And then another.

A great ending to a difficult story... and a great wife. A lucky man.

 

[SG John]

This is one I've had since about '87.

 

[Far Rider]

This one came to me on December 31, 1985.

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What is that Rob? It looks like an Explorer with a bite taken out of it. It's cool as hell!

 

[guitarweasel]

1970, my very first Strat, 1964.

 

[CoyotesGator]

What is that Rob? It looks like an Explorer with a bite taken out of it. It's cool as hell!

1980’s Gibson custom shop weirdness. An Explorer XPL? Maybe?

Kahler, a fretboard with what feels like no radius, and a freakin giant baseball bat neck.