Imagine the look on the second hand guitar salesman's face when I ask to inspect the strat and perform that whole number on it. I love these type of videos btw
@@PhillipMcKnight I'd love to see one of these on used Telecasters (having just bought one, lol). It has the skunk-stripe issue that you mention in this video and I missed it before I handed over my cash. It wasn't until I got home that I discovered it. :-/
You are 100% the best source of information when it comes to assessing, evaluating and judging gear. It's a bonus that you're engaging and provide entertaining content, as well as being a great guitarist. You're doing a great job, Phillip. Thank you. Thanks for the PDF. It's almost certain to see some use.
Very informative! Covered some items I’ve never heard of before. Also, I really like how Phillip is impartial (unbiased) and explains how some issues might not be an issue or can easily be corrected.
I don’t comment very often. Been playing over 40 years. Still in a working band. I very much appreciate your “straight to the point” information. Good job! By the way, owning 4 Strats is not too many :)
As an owner of 5 strats ( 3 USA, 2 Mexican) i was going to skip this vid butdecided to watch it. You were correct on all points and it was a good video.Good job Phil !
Fender's own video about truss rods on vintage shows it without removing the strings or neck. They loosen the strings, then unscrew the bolts so that they have a bit of play, then gently tilt the neck up which gives access to the adjustment screw. Then tilt it back flat, tighten the bolts and dial back in the strings.
This one answered a few questions about my road worn strat. The blank neck plate has bothered me for years. The screwed in tuning machines with no fender stamp bothered me but I found through other research that these are indeed what's supposed to be on that reissue.
@@echoguitarist Was never a strat guy, but i always found it funny how people hate the bridge pickup on a strat, I've always hated the neck pickup sound.
I bought a squier standard strat with a flame maple top and a flame neck for $150. The only scratches or any fault I could find on it were a few scratches on the metal neck plate and some uneven yellowing on the pickguard due to a sticker. It looked unplayed and felt unplayed, no fret wear, no scratches on the pickguard, it looked like it was just a display piece. Most beautiful guitar I've ever played and it sounded almost exactly the same as the Fender american strat I play at school during lunchbreaks with my band.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. That's a huge gift, and it is so appreciated. These videos help to de-mystify a lot of things and I think the more the average player knows, the better a relationship they can have with the tool of their craft. Understanding the instrument is critically important and yet still foreign ground for a lot of players. Thank you for sharing these!
Thanks Philip, you are one smart cookie when it comes to guitars. I'm fairly new to playing and all this information is something that every player should know whether your dealing with used guitars or not. Your knowledge is a godsend.
Glad you posted this I'm going to look at a used 2012 American standard Strat tomorrow if everything checks out it will be my first American fender. I think the American standard strats are a lot better than the new professional strats. Thanks Phil
My MIM '95 Special has a swimming pool routing, my CIC '00 Squier Affinity lefty has a semi-split routing where the bridge/middle is whole separated from the humbucker portion and my CII '02 Squier Bullet hardtail's swimming pool routing looks like a semi-hollow center block...their necks are excellent!
I have an Ibanez Gio; it is almost as good as my American made 1994 40th Anniversary Fender strat and stays in tune about as well, too. I bought it for my niece for about $120.00 new and I bought it back from her when she decided the guitar was not her bag. I bought the strat used for $750.00. I love The Japanese price and quality, in cars too. Great video & videos; thanks for posting, McKnight!
For a vintage style neck, I would recommend using a flat screwdriver for adjustment over a Phillips. It is an X, but it's not really a Phillips screw, and a good sized flat screwdriver will cause less damage there and have better torque.
Wow! Thanks for this video! I know it's one of your older ones, but I am a new sub and supporter. Been haunting craigslist and pawnshops in the Bay Area for a used Strat or Tele, and this is awesome info. Have a multimeter, just need a set of fallen wrenches to bring with me and a pocket flashlight. Thanks again for this awesome info, Phil!
Thanks for the tips that was a lot of fun. Im not a strat expert I was checking all the things you said on this strat I got off of a friend that he bought at a garage sale for $10 off of someone. I got the strat in a trade for drums( 3 tama rock star tom toms plus the bass drum and the mount for the bass i got for free and my friend offered me this strat, and a wanna be hofner beatle bass It turned out great what a deal I finally got. I put a new maple neck on it too. I never had any kind of strart. Its not my #1 love on electrics. Love my old u.s.a.tele 69 first and my( 72 sg the pods are 8/72) but I bought it in 74. and my fathers 67 gibson es125tc, but yes as the years went by I fell in love with the strart also. I just was so used to the tele that I picked up at a young age..and fell in love with it. from the feel to the looks to the sound..
Nice video, thanks! For information: The Fender Highway one stratocasters have a chrome neck plate with no logo on it. Although they are American guitars. At least these guitars until 2005
Great video Phil! Really useful! Just picked up a 2006 made in Mexico strat for £360 all original seemed like a good deal. Plays great and sounds amazing! Only thing was has a small finish crack near the neck pocket and a little paint chip on the heal but overall in good condition for 14 years old.
Also the position of the truss rod hole on an American strat with a rosewood fret board the walnut plug will be into the fret board a little bit not totally in the maple as are most if not all aftermarket necks. also the side fret markers will be in-between the fret board and neck, Squier's can have this as well ..I have only seen Fender do this.
I have a 2008 Mexican Strat with black logo and gold trim. Serial number does not come up in fender database. But it comes up under the Squier search as made in corona Mexico
i grew up as a kramer ibanez guy...but as i got older and could play better i fell i love with a tele cause i would use it not pluged in sitting on the couch watching x-files back in the early 90's and gigged it and loved it for it's sound.so please do a tele inspect ty and hi from canada cheers long time fans we are here in alberta
Thank you ! Old Gibson guy - just bought my 1st strat.(USA Delux) My old Les Paul has P90's so i finally figured out I a single coil guy at heart. My Strat delux has the S1 switch on it, I Iike it - got more info on the S1?? Bought a Fender Aerodyne Tele with a P90 in the neck and "the switch in the right place and it felt like home". 9's on a 25.5 are easier on old paws than 10's on the 24.75ish(just saying) Keep Smiling
Thanks for the info Phil, i have a left handed 1984 strat the neck is marked that year, checking to see if the date is marked on the body, also i will now check the to see volume and tone controls to see if they have the big pots and pin in the center. Good tips.
On a double fulcrum bridge, the posts for a Squire are a couple of millimeters different than an American made Fender, so the American bridge will not fit on the Squire.
Before I finally bought a guitar there was this one in a thrift shop, an MIM Stratocaster from the 90s that I thought of buying but felt uneasy about because it was filthy, had mismatched pickups, the tuners didn’t look legit, nor did the neck plate. They had a $350 price tag on it. Over a year later, it’s still there! Well, now that I know quite a lot more about Stratocasters, it seems to me like someone dumped all their spare parts into it so that maybe only the neck, body, pick guard, and bridge are actually Fender, and the rest is garbage. So what I’m thinking is, go in there, see if it plays at all, and so long as the neck and body are OK, make an offer of $70 for it. What do you think?
The more of your videos I watch the more I appreciate my luthier. Mike at Players Guitar in the south suburbs of chicago. To anyone in the area the guy does awesome work at crazy low prices
In 1986, I bought a STRAT made in Japan which I still have. The quality of this guitar is excellent however since I played the heck out of it thru the years now it needs a fret job. Would that be expensive to do..?
That was quick! I'm 68, bought my first guitar 2 years ago. Wanted couch guitar, so recently bought a used Takamine G Series Electro Acoustic for $300 CDN. New ones are in 600 to 900 range, apparently. It was pretty good condition for 10 yers old, original strings, somer dirt on fretboard, a few light stains on the frets. Took a chance, cleaned it up with polish and fine emery cloth, added some Elixir Polywebs 10-47 (might go to 12's next time) and installed copper bridge pins. I play it more than my electrics now.
I have an American Deluxe Tele (2014, with a maple board) that had a bad case of fret sprout, that I had to correct. So it's not just MIMs that have that problem. That being said, I've seen and played some new MIM Teles and Strats, that I could grate lettuce to make tacos.
Everything I learned about DIYing my guitar, pretty much the only reason I play a Stratocaster, is because of you. I think it would be very interesting, after the pandemic, for you to check out my guitar after I go home to SoCal. I bought it used, in Japan, constantly working on it. I think it will be interesting to see how well I and others do with a low end Stratocaster per your instructions.
Back in the late nineties I had a Fender Custom Shop N.O.S. 57 reissue Strat. I went to a music shop one day while looking around for guitars and was offered real 59 and 65 models that were in pieces and missing some electronics. I wish I had bought both of them because they would have still been a bargain when looking at today's prices.
Ive got a 1990 American Strat, modiefied with Lace Sensor and EC- Booster. Now I wanna sell it. How can I proof that its guinue? Its first hand, I bought it by myself un 1990.. Good video!
check headstock for perfect lacquer and wood finish, also the neck should be a perfect fit to body, neck plate screws should be level, and check the neck where it meets the pickguard to see the true neck finish, is it cnc or cut by hand.
I tried a Fender American Professional Strat at a Guitar Center a few years ago that had terrible fret sprout. Was very disappointed, as I live in California about 30 minutes away from where the guitars are built, so there would have been no excuse for that kind of shrinkage.
Phillip. I played Strat and Rickenbacker in the 60's and 70's I converted my right handed strat to left handed (obviously). I damaged my right hand and didn't attempt to play for 25 years. I have been trying to get back into it for some time now. I have decent Dean acoustic, but long for for that Strat neck from the my youth. Do you recommend any stores, either mail or local that I could trust to give me that classic strat grip that help define mu youth? I'm left handed with fairly small hands. My 67 strat was sunburst which I stripped to blond.
It was only the neck which always draws me back to this guitar. It fit me precisely. The Rick was even smaller in diameter but lost those "push off" points then pretty much relegated it to an electric rhythm guitar (The best there ever was)
I've got a 1966 Rickenbacker 450-12. It's not a through neck, but a set neck. It needs to be re glued. I don't want to be ripped off. Approximately how much do you think a Luther would charge to reset a neck? I'm sure there are variables. Looking for a balll park figure. I'm on Long Island NY. EVERYTHING COSTS more here but I'm not wealthy. Thanks
When you look at the hole in the micro-tilt plates for American Fenders, be sure there's a hole in the guitar body too. I have run into this where the necks and bodies have been swapped out and buyers don't notice this.
This is the "buddy" Rick calls down to the pawn shop that "knows everything there is to know about fender guitars."
Imagine the look on the second hand guitar salesman's face when I ask to inspect the strat and perform that whole number on it. I love these type of videos btw
Dang, I really hope this goes into being a series! Would love to see work on how inspect used Teles or PRSs next if possible!
I really like doing them and working on refining it.
@@PhillipMcKnight Ahh That is awesome to hear! It entices and encourages me to get into the gear aspect of guitars!
@FlamQ Dbltap Ahh I hear ya haha. Don't want to get Guitar Acquisition Syndrome anytime soon!
@@PhillipMcKnight I'd love to see one of these on used Telecasters (having just bought one, lol). It has the skunk-stripe issue that you mention in this video and I missed it before I handed over my cash. It wasn't until I got home that I discovered it. :-/
@@RC32Smiths01 It's my favorite affliction
Going back and watching this video, reminds me how amazing your content has been through the years
Thank you, very kind
You are 100% the best source of information when it comes to assessing, evaluating and judging gear.
It's a bonus that you're engaging and provide entertaining content, as well as being a great guitarist.
You're doing a great job, Phillip. Thank you.
Thanks for the PDF. It's almost certain to see some use.
Great video. These are not just good for examining pre-owned guitars. They are a good guide for giving one's own guitar a physical.
Very informative! Covered some items I’ve never heard of before. Also, I really like how Phillip is impartial (unbiased) and explains how some issues might not be an issue or can easily be corrected.
I don’t comment very often. Been playing over 40 years. Still in a working band. I very much appreciate your “straight to the point” information. Good job!
By the way, owning 4 Strats is not too many :)
Your videos are as relaxing as they are informative. This channel is a truly unique gem, thank you a lot!
Please make one of these for telecasters. I’m in the market for one and I would love to be able to buy one used with confidence.
Yes please! (Though I think a lot of what's in this video applies to Telecasters as well as Strats.)
This video is guitar encyclopedia at its best! Phil is the best! Thanks for sharing!
As an owner of 5 strats ( 3 USA, 2 Mexican) i was going to skip this vid butdecided to watch it. You were correct on all points and it was a good video.Good job Phil !
Fender's own video about truss rods on vintage shows it without removing the strings or neck.
They loosen the strings, then unscrew the bolts so that they have a bit of play, then gently tilt the neck up which gives access to the adjustment screw. Then tilt it back flat, tighten the bolts and dial back in the strings.
This one answered a few questions about my road worn strat. The blank neck plate has bothered me for years. The screwed in tuning machines with no fender stamp bothered me but I found through other research that these are indeed what's supposed to be on that reissue.
Ive been a casual fan of your channel for some time, but wow this video REALLY opened my eyes to your knowledge. Thank you Phil!
If it buzzes through an amp, it's a Strat. :)
That's single coils all together tho.
If the bridge pickup sounds like absolute crap then it's a Strat.
@@echoguitarist Was never a strat guy, but i always found it funny how people hate the bridge pickup on a strat, I've always hated the neck pickup sound.
Nuh uh soundless EDIT soundless single coil suck
i recently bought a MIM Strat. My first Strat. I wanted to know more about them.
This helped a lot! Thanks!
Love Love the Olive Green Strat. Thanks for the valuable info you have shared and the time to do it. Bravo.
I bought a squier standard strat with a flame maple top and a flame neck for $150.
The only scratches or any fault I could find on it were a few scratches on the metal neck plate and some uneven yellowing on the pickguard due to a sticker.
It looked unplayed and felt unplayed, no fret wear, no scratches on the pickguard, it looked like it was just a display piece.
Most beautiful guitar I've ever played and it sounded almost exactly the same as the Fender american strat I play at school during lunchbreaks with my band.
Free PDF, Nice one, Phil, thanks.
Hey. don’t see the PDF where is it???
@@eliotlaver3414 Beats me I could not see it as well!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. That's a huge gift, and it is so appreciated. These videos help to de-mystify a lot of things and I think the more the average player knows, the better a relationship they can have with the tool of their craft. Understanding the instrument is critically important and yet still foreign ground for a lot of players. Thank you for sharing these!
Thanks Philip, you are one smart cookie when it comes to guitars. I'm fairly new to playing and all this information is something that every player should know whether your dealing with used guitars or not. Your knowledge is a godsend.
Don't stop making those, this needs to be a series! Thanks for great content. I'm wearing my new kyg shirt for the first time today!
Glad you posted this I'm going to look at a used 2012 American standard Strat tomorrow if everything checks out it will be my first American fender. I think the American standard strats are a lot better than the new professional strats. Thanks Phil
I thought I knew what to look for in a used Strat but I learned a ton today.
Thanks for the video. I would love to see a PRS version of it.
ARMY Green! Thank you for your time! And your service! ;))
Robert Ramer yep I love that color too!!🤗🤗
If I had seen that color or knew someone who would nitro mine that color, I would be all in!
I was told my truck color is Taliban Tan. Being a Veteran, I wasn't offended. 😎
That green strat is breathtaking!
My MIM '95 Special has a swimming pool routing, my CIC '00 Squier Affinity lefty has a semi-split routing where the bridge/middle is whole separated from the humbucker portion and my CII '02 Squier Bullet hardtail's swimming pool routing looks like a semi-hollow center block...their necks are excellent!
I'd like to see an Ibanez one in the future if possible could even talk about their gio guitars too. Thanks for sharing the knowledge :)))
I have an Ibanez Gio; it is almost as good as my American made 1994 40th Anniversary Fender strat and stays in tune about as well, too. I bought it for my niece for about $120.00 new and I bought it back from her when she decided the guitar was not her bag. I bought the strat used for $750.00. I love The Japanese price and quality, in cars too. Great video & videos; thanks for posting, McKnight!
@@lueysixty-six7300 She needed the money and I`m the cool uncle.
@@drivinsouth651 RX Series??
@@one-pu2rw Ibanez GIO Electric Guitar Candy Apple Red basswood body, maple neck with rosewood fretboard, HSS,
That Daphne blue strat with the rosewood neck!! 😍😍😍😍
For a vintage style neck, I would recommend using a flat screwdriver for adjustment over a Phillips. It is an X, but it's not really a Phillips screw, and a good sized flat screwdriver will cause less damage there and have better torque.
Wow! Thanks for this video! I know it's one of your older ones, but I am a new sub and supporter. Been haunting craigslist and pawnshops in the Bay Area for a used Strat or Tele, and this is awesome info. Have a multimeter, just need a set of fallen wrenches to bring with me and a pocket flashlight. Thanks again for this awesome info, Phil!
Hey thanks for the video! I don’t see that PDF sheet you were talking about was it removed?
It´s the first one after clicking the "show more"-button.
Awesome video Phil. Thanks for this knowledge.
That’s a great strat Phil! Played one and loved it
Another video about inspecting PRS and PRS SE guitars would be interesting.
Thanks for the tips that was a lot of fun. Im not a strat expert I was checking all the things you said on this strat I got off of a friend that he bought at a garage sale for $10 off of someone. I got the strat in a trade for drums( 3 tama rock star tom toms plus the bass drum and the mount for the bass i got for free and my friend offered me this strat, and a wanna be hofner beatle bass It turned out great what a deal I finally got. I put a new maple neck on it too. I never had any kind of strart. Its not my #1 love on electrics. Love my old u.s.a.tele 69 first and my( 72 sg the pods are 8/72) but I bought it in 74. and my fathers 67 gibson es125tc, but yes as the years went by I fell in love with the strart also. I just was so used to the tele that I picked up at a young age..and fell in love with it. from the feel to the looks to the sound..
Nice video, thanks! For information:
The Fender Highway one stratocasters have a chrome neck plate with no logo on it. Although they are American guitars. At least these guitars until 2005
Great video Phil! Really useful! Just picked up a 2006 made in Mexico strat for £360 all original seemed like a good deal. Plays great and sounds amazing! Only thing was has a small finish crack near the neck pocket and a little paint chip on the heal but overall in good condition for 14 years old.
Mine has that too
Thanks, now i know how to make the perfect copy of strat :D
Use your powers for good not evil.
Your tips are excellent, Phillip. Thank you for making this video! 👍👍👍
Also the position of the truss rod hole on an American strat with a rosewood fret board the walnut plug will be into the fret board a little bit not totally in the maple as are most if not all aftermarket necks. also the side fret markers will be in-between the fret board and neck, Squier's can have this as well ..I have only seen Fender do this.
Great video! Thanks for all these great tips about used strats!
I have a 2008 Mexican Strat with black logo and gold trim. Serial number does not come up in fender database. But it comes up under the Squier search as made in corona Mexico
Excellent summary Dr. Phil
I have a 2000 Fender American deluxe fat strat that I bought new LSR nut never been worked on at all but new strings.
Hey Philip, Can you make a video on the Fender Player Lead iii? That'd be great
Going on Safari today. Perfect timing
I am still in love with that green Strat.
i grew up as a kramer ibanez guy...but as i got older and could play better i fell i love with a tele cause i would use it not pluged in sitting on the couch watching x-files back in the early 90's and gigged it and loved it for it's sound.so please do a tele inspect ty and hi from canada cheers long time fans we are here in alberta
I have a daphne blue rosewood neck strat too and I love it.
Thank you ! Old Gibson guy - just bought my 1st strat.(USA Delux) My old Les Paul has P90's so i finally figured out I a single coil guy at heart. My Strat delux has the S1 switch on it, I Iike it - got more info on the S1?? Bought a Fender Aerodyne Tele with a P90 in the neck and "the switch in the right place and it felt like home".
9's on a 25.5 are easier on old paws than 10's on the 24.75ish(just saying) Keep Smiling
You are the best, Phil.
Thank you for this great info!
Thanks for the info Phil, i have a left handed 1984 strat the neck is marked that year, checking to see if the date is marked on the body, also i will now check the to see volume and tone controls to see if they have the big pots and pin in the center. Good tips.
Really sincere dude. Great videos!
I was in a lecture when I got the notification, and I had a strong desire to just leave and watch the vid
Haha
Very helpful and timely video as I am currently shopping for a Strat. Thanks for the primer.
I love that you pulled out all the strats for this one xD
On a double fulcrum bridge, the posts for a Squire are a couple of millimeters different than an American made Fender, so the American bridge will not fit on the Squire.
That green Strat is fantastic!
Phil every video you put out is amazing
Before I finally bought a guitar there was this one in a thrift shop, an MIM Stratocaster from the 90s that I thought of buying but felt uneasy about because it was filthy, had mismatched pickups, the tuners didn’t look legit, nor did the neck plate. They had a $350 price tag on it.
Over a year later, it’s still there! Well, now that I know quite a lot more about Stratocasters, it seems to me like someone dumped all their spare parts into it so that maybe only the neck, body, pick guard, and bridge are actually Fender, and the rest is garbage.
So what I’m thinking is, go in there, see if it plays at all, and so long as the neck and body are OK, make an offer of $70 for it. What do you think?
I love your channel! Best hidden hint ever was to buy more amps, so we finally have a place for my daughter´s stuffed animals! 😉
Thank you! This is a great video, very informative. Definitely worth saving, I would love to see more
you are the best Phillip !!
The more of your videos I watch the more I appreciate my luthier. Mike at Players Guitar in the south suburbs of chicago. To anyone in the area the guy does awesome work at crazy low prices
In 1986, I bought a STRAT made in Japan which I still have. The quality of this guitar is excellent however since I played the heck out of it thru the years now it needs a fret job. Would that be expensive to do..?
I'm not Philip, but from what i know it's about 150$-200$ for a refret job
Great video Phil!
How about guidelines for looking at a used acoustic guitar? Could be any brand?
That was quick! I'm 68, bought my first guitar 2 years ago. Wanted couch guitar, so recently bought a used Takamine G Series Electro Acoustic for $300 CDN. New ones are in 600 to 900 range, apparently. It was pretty good condition for 10 yers old, original strings, somer dirt on fretboard, a few light stains on the frets. Took a chance, cleaned it up with polish and fine emery cloth, added some Elixir Polywebs 10-47 (might go to 12's next time) and installed copper bridge pins. I play it more than my electrics now.
YEAH!!!! PHILL!!! This is so much fun!!
I have an American Deluxe Tele (2014, with a maple board) that had a bad case of fret sprout, that I had to correct. So it's not just MIMs that have that problem. That being said, I've seen and played some new MIM Teles and Strats, that I could grate lettuce to make tacos.
Amazing video
Am building a kit so all this info is of great use. Thanks.
Thanks!!! If needing a "real" unbiased opinion based on real data, Phil is "The Man".
Thank you for this! Great info!
Thanks Phil very helpful indeed
Phil, I would like to see what kind of PRS guitars I should be able to buy under $600, and is it worth it?
most older se standards are under 600$ Ive never seen a bad one!
Super helpful - thanks! I agree, would love to see a video on a Tele.
Everything I learned about DIYing my guitar, pretty much the only reason I play a Stratocaster, is because of you. I think it would be very interesting, after the pandemic, for you to check out my guitar after I go home to SoCal. I bought it used, in Japan, constantly working on it. I think it will be interesting to see how well I and others do with a low end Stratocaster per your instructions.
WOW is this perfect timing. FedEx delivered a used Strat to me a couple hours ago.
I had an old 50s Strat in the sixties and it did not have fender on the neck plate, only the serial number which had a lot of zeroes on it!
A video on ES-335 would be nice!
Back in the late nineties I had a Fender Custom Shop N.O.S. 57 reissue Strat. I went to a music shop one day while looking around for guitars and was offered real 59 and 65 models that were in pieces and missing some electronics. I wish I had bought both of them because they would have still been a bargain when looking at today's prices.
I love that green strat!
Ive got a 1990 American Strat, modiefied with Lace Sensor and EC- Booster. Now I wanna sell it. How can I proof that its guinue? Its first hand, I bought it by myself un 1990.. Good video!
The main thing I look for is if the neck rises after the body;
a truss rod adjustment won't correct that.
Very informative video!
yes hump/swell of the board! I watched to see if this was going to get mentioned.
i'd love to see a guitar collection video!
love the channel
check headstock for perfect lacquer and wood finish, also the neck should be a perfect fit to body, neck plate screws should be level, and check the neck where it meets the pickguard to see the true neck finish, is it cnc or cut by hand.
Great informative vid as usual Phil...I would just like to add; I've got 2011 American special(totally awesome) and it's got a non logo neck plate.
Your best vids are these kind of vids👍
Love the look of that green strat
Had that antique olive professional strat 2017
I tried a Fender American Professional Strat at a Guitar Center a few years ago that had terrible fret sprout. Was very disappointed, as I live in California about 30 minutes away from where the guitars are built, so there would have been no excuse for that kind of shrinkage.
Phillip. I played Strat and Rickenbacker in the 60's and 70's I converted my right handed strat to left handed (obviously). I damaged my right hand and didn't attempt to play for 25 years. I have been trying to get back into it for some time now. I have decent Dean acoustic, but long for for that Strat neck from the my youth. Do you recommend any stores, either mail or local that I could trust to give me that classic strat grip that help define mu youth? I'm left handed with fairly small hands. My 67 strat was sunburst which I stripped to blond.
It was only the neck which always draws me back to this guitar. It fit me precisely. The Rick was even smaller in diameter but lost those "push off" points then pretty much relegated it to an electric rhythm guitar (The best there ever was)
Money is not an object
I've got a 1966 Rickenbacker 450-12. It's not a through neck, but a set neck. It needs to be re glued. I don't want to be ripped off. Approximately how much do you think a Luther would charge to reset a neck? I'm sure there are variables. Looking for a balll park figure. I'm on Long Island NY. EVERYTHING COSTS more here but I'm not wealthy. Thanks
Send me that all-rosewood neck. I’ll verify it’s authenticity. 😂🤣
I feel like, since rosewood is a softer wood, the neck won't hold shape nearly as well as something like flamed maple.
When you look at the hole in the micro-tilt plates for American Fenders, be sure there's a hole in the guitar body too. I have run into this where the necks and bodies have been swapped out and buyers don't notice this.
Thanks Phill
might as well do a Tele lol
What do we look for in a Danelectro? Why not do every make and model of guitar, lol?
@@lueysixty-six7300 It was only a silly, suggestion; I don`t will him to do anything; maybe he needs a vacation?
@@lueysixty-six7300 Be cool, take it easy and good luck!
Hey Phillip, some MIJ fenders use a 4mm hex key actually. Just Japanese ones though.
Yes, It should be all Asian imports. Im sorry if I wasn't clear on that one.
Phillip McKnight I’m pretty sure it’s just Japanese. The modern player stuff is made in China and uses the standard MIM and US hex size.