STRAT ATTACK....

[The Reverend 48]

Some of you will remember me banging on about not being happy with my '89 Fender Strat Plus with lace sensors it plays really well and looks gorgeous but just doesn't do it for me
...I know it's a great example of a strat but the lace sensors sound too "Clinical" to my ear....
Anyway I am going to pack it up and save selling it to a rainy day cos they are increasing in value all the time.....better than money in the bank!

Now to the future I need a strat (you know how it is) so I have found a '60s Classic Player in beautiful sonic blue at a good price. 
The reviews are all good and it is equipped with custom shop '69 pick ups so I hope it can deliver all the classic strat tones I crave........

http://www.fender.com/products//search.php?partno=0141100372


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtyNUJPBzLA

[Greeny]

Tasty! I'm missing a Strat from my collection too, lol. But first of all I need a custom shop Nocaster. £3,000 should do it, lol.

Just out of interest, can't you replace the pick-ups on the '89? As long as you can put them back again as it was, it shouldn't alter the value.

[guitarron]

pick ups would be cheaper- you could get a prewired pickguard too
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Pickguards/Components:_Pre-wired_pickguards.html

[Saijinn Maas]

Or just buy the same pickups that are in that 69 here

[guitarron]

That fender '60s Classic Player is a little pricey for an import strat -imo
Saijin has the right idea-buy the 60's p-ups for about 200 usd

[Bro]

i wish i had money and a awesome guitar collection, i really want to have a strat, when i get the money I'm buying a mexican made strat!

[Tony W]

As a noob, I don't understand the draw to a strat. Can somebody enlighten me as to what the draw is? Keep in mind that I can barely play, and a guitar is still a guitar to me.

[guitarron]

a strat is a must have for sure-versatile
it's got a lot of tone options-comfortable-pretty light weight-(my hard tail strat is heavy like a paul tho)
looks cool
strat tend to sit nicely in the mix with other heavier sounding guitars

[Bro]

a strat is a must have for sure-versatile

Could you convince my parents to buy me one?

[guitarron]

sounds likes a lot of lawn work is in your future-
dad pleeeaaassee?
don't trade in that gorgeous Hag whatever you do.