Thanks for sharing, Joe. And thank you for the tips on reinstalling the screws properly and checking the finish for overspray. I've seen a lot of old guitars in my day, but never one this clean!! The saddles look brand new.
FYI, you are not the first one to inspect this one. I did some work on it for S.E. If you want to know more contact me . By the way , there were a couple of nice amps with it and a Gibson acoustic.
One day in 1958, somebody brought this thing home from the store, strummed one chord on it, put it under the bed, and either died, went to college or the army, perhaps got abducted by space aliens. There it sat for a lifetime, untouched until now. Price? Bring the deed to your house, and they'll trade even.
Idk why boomers and pretentious rock snobs drool over these guitars? The history is what matters and I understand that. I just hate when people talk about he or she played xyz on abc record and then go off on a tangent about “the magic” Damn old folks. Edit: drooling over this is still tolerable over talking about a 50k Kirk hammet greenie repro. Pathetic.
I couldn't agree with you more, and I'm one of those damn old folks. When I was a broke dumb ass kid, these things could be found hanging on the wall of every pawn shop that was directly above the center of the earth. They could be had cheaply because they were just used merchandise. Most people didn't know beans about setting them up, and it was just assumed that if it played or sounded bad, it wasn't any good, but the ones that kinda sorta had a half decent setup by accident really did sound great. Then people began to figure out how to dial them in, and that happened around the same time that aging boomer nostalgia was setting in. Doctors, corporate lawyers, stockbrokers, insurance company bigwigs and others who had abandoned art for dollars years before could now afford the golden idols of their lost youth. Bidding wars drove the price of a Strat that cost $300 in 1958 up to the cost of a house, not because of any inherent value in the guitar itself but because of nostalgia and sloppy sentiment. Don't get me wrong, I sincerely love some of those old instruments, and I have 3 that are nowhere near "collector/investor grade" just cool old guitars that play and sound great. Not commodities to be flipped and speculated. The greed, the cork sniffing, and the weird idolatry that surrounds them is genuinely creepy, and it leaves a foul taste in my mouth. That's why I mock them, and all of the insanity that goes with it. Damn old folks, indeed. Yeah, Amen. You win a cee-gar! Thus sayeth one of the damn old folks. Hats off CHEERS!
@@jpalberthoward9 the feeling that you missed out on something is real man. Real enough to spend enormous sums of cash to resurrect it. I thank you for the response it’s pretty on point. Funny that dudes just never tinkered with them and prolly stopped playing or sold it. Whatever though, if you have em and play em then cool but like these guys fail to realize the value is flexible because it’s opinion. Idk im a Tele guy anyways.
@@SkycladWanderer One of my favorite things is to build Partscasters out of genuine old parts. I've pulled this off successfully twice with a Strat and a Butterscotch Black Guard Tele that the cork sniffer snobs laugh at and turn up their noses, but I say "Hey Nimrod, plug the damn thing in and play it!" Most of the parts came from the sacred Temples in the Holy city of Fullerton during the time of Camelot, they just didn't leave there as THIS particular guitar!! It's like playing chess with a baboon. They knock the pieces on the floor, piss all over the board, and swing from the chandelier saying "I win! I win!" I like what Frank Zappa said: Shut up and play your guitar" That's what I'm gonna go do now. Lead by example, right?
Amazing! WOW… I do the same with all screws. By doing this you’re assured of the screws going back in, without cross threading. Here’s an additional tip: Get a piece of cardboard or box and stick the screws into it. It holds them securely, no loss of screws, guaranteed to go back in its hole without any problems. 👍🏻
I can understand an old guitar in excellent condition, but an old ugly painting worth a few million? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I guess, and it's worth what people are willing to pay.
As a guitar player I find this stuff very interesting. Would I ever pay a massive amount for an instrument like this? No. The world of collecting is another beast. For what a guitar like that costs I could do so much more and get loads of musical gear. Each to their own.
When I see originals this clean I can’t help but think the original and subsequent owners did not get their moneys worth from these guitars. They missed out on the great tones and joy they bring. Whether learning to play, practicing, writing, or performing, somebody really missed out.
Beautiful guitar..? I got an old telly it's got a minus sign before it it's in the -20000 range.. someone said it's a 1957 when it's a minus sign before the serial number.. the guitar is light as a feather
Right on, Joe. Old tools are good to have for old hardware. I have some tools that my father bought in the 40's and 50's and one little screwdriver has a head that fits perfect in the screw slots of my 1953 Telecaster bridge saddle screws. I've used it since I got the guitar in the mid 70's and the slots are still undamaged from who knows how many times I've adjusted (re-adjusted) the string height. No galled edges. I have those truss rod screw drivers you have, I wish they would have made those years ago, that screw was always a problem. It was very hard to find something to fit it. Good video, Joe.
Wonderful channel and wonderfully informative and entertaining. I’m a session bassist in Nashville and just wanted to say that I admire your attention to detail and respect and care for beautiful vintage instruments.
This is the first year of the 3-Tone. "Clown-Burst and "Target-Burst" refers what is commonly, but not always seen in a much later window: late 1963 and into 1966 where there was a tendency to spray them without a gradual transition between colors.
Me too! I have a desert iguana that lives under my bathroom sink. I call him Iggy, and he hunts the bathtub bugs at night. He's not only a cool little buddy he's very useful.
Thise early hand wound guitars from the 50s are amazing sounding. I hope some day they can recreate the sound to the exact. It has to be the grade of coper wire and how they made it backthen.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver to be a fly on the wall to find out..they never turned two the same did they. That's why I think k its was the quality of copper at the time and thickness of wire.
@@moss1transcendant Yes, someone gets a Strat in 1961 (white+tort, of course) and finds out his neck pickup is louder than the other two. That someone also plays the bridge pickup a lot in his surf garage band. So, that someone goes 'hmmm' and swaps out the loud neck pickup to the bridge ... and his band suddenly gets WAY more gigs!
Understood why you did it, but one of my favorite Joe Bonamassa quotes was when he pointed to an old strat he was holding and said, "These don't have to be taken apart." My other favorite is when he pointed to the control knobs on a Les Paul and said, "These are on here for a reason."
@@StereostupidI was just gonna say that. If not him, some Saudi oil sheik will be locking it away in the vault, never to be played again. Al's Toy Barn in "Toy Story 2" comes to mind.
The "vintage" screw driver is vintage indeed. It comes from a 50s VW beetle tool kit that came with the cars. Its shape was like that for blocking the pulley when changing the v-belt.
Thanks for sharing, Joe. And thank you for the tips on reinstalling the screws properly and checking the finish for overspray. I've seen a lot of old guitars in my day, but never one this clean!! The saddles look brand new.
FYI, you are not the first one to inspect this one. I did some work on it for S.E.
If you want to know more contact me .
By the way , there were a couple of nice amps with it and a Gibson acoustic.
Beautiful
How is that guitar that clean?
Are they're more 58 strats out in the world, than 59 LP's??
One day in 1958, somebody brought this thing home from the store, strummed one chord on it, put it under the bed, and either died, went to college or the army, perhaps got abducted by space aliens. There it sat for a lifetime, untouched until now. Price? Bring the deed to your house, and they'll trade even.
I don't know Rick..
Wow‼️ Price? We’re ALL interested. 🎸🎵👍☮️🌞🩷
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@@riggioguitars Like that came as a surprise. Not ☹️.
What a marvelous guitar. Thank you for sharing.
so clean it looks fake.
Idk why boomers and pretentious rock snobs drool over these guitars?
The history is what matters and I understand that.
I just hate when people talk about he or she played xyz on abc record and then go off on a tangent about “the magic”
Damn old folks.
Edit: drooling over this is still tolerable over talking about a 50k Kirk hammet greenie repro.
Pathetic.
I couldn't agree with you more, and I'm one of those damn old folks.
When I was a broke dumb ass kid, these things could be found hanging on the wall of every pawn shop that was directly above the center of the earth. They could be had cheaply because they were just used merchandise.
Most people didn't know beans about setting them up, and it was just assumed that if it played or sounded bad, it wasn't any good, but the ones that kinda sorta had a half decent setup by accident really did sound great.
Then people began to figure out how to dial them in, and that happened around the same time that aging boomer nostalgia was setting in. Doctors, corporate lawyers, stockbrokers, insurance company bigwigs and others who had abandoned art for dollars years before could now afford the golden idols of their lost youth. Bidding wars drove the price of a Strat that cost $300 in 1958 up to the cost of a house, not because of any inherent value in the guitar itself but because of nostalgia and sloppy sentiment.
Don't get me wrong, I sincerely love some of those old instruments, and I have 3 that are nowhere near "collector/investor grade" just cool old guitars that play and sound great. Not commodities to be flipped and speculated. The greed, the cork sniffing, and the weird idolatry that surrounds them is genuinely creepy, and it leaves a foul taste in my mouth.
That's why I mock them, and all of the insanity that goes with it.
Damn old folks, indeed.
Yeah, Amen. You win a cee-gar!
Thus sayeth one of the damn old folks.
Hats off
CHEERS!
@@jpalberthoward9 the feeling that you missed out on something is real man. Real enough to spend enormous sums of cash to resurrect it. I thank you for the response it’s pretty on point. Funny that dudes just never tinkered with them and prolly stopped playing or sold it. Whatever though, if you have em and play em then cool but like these guys fail to realize the value is flexible because it’s opinion. Idk im a Tele guy anyways.
@@SkycladWanderer One of my favorite things is to build Partscasters out of genuine old parts. I've pulled this off successfully twice with a Strat and a Butterscotch Black Guard Tele that the cork sniffer snobs laugh at and turn up their noses, but I say "Hey Nimrod, plug the damn thing in and play it!" Most of the parts came from the sacred Temples in the Holy city of Fullerton during the time of Camelot, they just didn't leave there as THIS particular guitar!!
It's like playing chess with a baboon.
They knock the pieces on the floor, piss all over the board, and swing from the chandelier saying "I win! I win!"
I like what Frank Zappa said: Shut up and play your guitar"
That's what I'm gonna go do now.
Lead by example, right?
The year they started the 3 tone sunburst…that’s immaculate 🤙🏻🤙🏻
Amazing! WOW…
I do the same with all screws.
By doing this you’re assured of the screws
going back in, without cross threading.
Here’s an additional tip:
Get a piece of cardboard or box and stick the screws into it.
It holds them securely, no loss of screws, guaranteed to go back
in its hole without any problems. 👍🏻
I can understand an old guitar in excellent condition, but an old ugly painting worth a few million? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I guess, and it's worth what people are willing to pay.
As a guitar player I find this stuff very interesting. Would I ever pay a massive amount for an instrument like this? No. The world of collecting is another beast. For what a guitar like that costs I could do so much more and get loads of musical gear. Each to their own.
It's not been used as a guitar for all its life, probably forgotten what it was meant to be, it's a rich man's museum piece.
That guitar is worth a Kings ransome!
I'm not so sure... that it's a 58! I think it's too perfect! To clean !
When I see originals this clean I can’t help but think the original and subsequent owners did not get their moneys worth from these guitars. They missed out on the great tones and joy they bring. Whether learning to play, practicing, writing, or performing, somebody really missed out.
I used to be an inspector @ FENDER 89-92
Wow! A stunning beauty! OMG! That's damn near museum quality, if it isn't. Thank you for sharing this!
Beautiful guitar..? I got an old telly it's got a minus sign before it it's in the -20000 range.. someone said it's a 1957 when it's a minus sign before the serial number.. the guitar is light as a feather
Superb video Joe! Thank you for sharing
Right on, Joe. Old tools are good to have for old hardware. I have some tools that my father bought in the 40's and 50's and one little screwdriver has a head that fits perfect in the screw slots of my 1953 Telecaster bridge saddle screws. I've used it since I got the guitar in the mid 70's and the slots are still undamaged from who knows how many times I've adjusted (re-adjusted) the string height. No galled edges. I have those truss rod screw drivers you have, I wish they would have made those years ago, that screw was always a problem. It was very hard to find something to fit it. Good video, Joe.
I was born in 1958. I wish I was in that good of shape! I'd love to have it. How much? Same month even (4-58)!
Amazing….
Too bad we could not hear it! Looks great - price?
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Idea: have a pickguard on or near your bench and place screws in corresponding places as original.
The neck seems very V shape or is it the angle filmed?
Wow! Absolutely insane
Wonderful channel and wonderfully informative and entertaining. I’m a session bassist in Nashville and just wanted to say that I admire your attention to detail and respect and care for beautiful vintage instruments.
So kind…thank you!
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Not a fan of the 3-tone clown burst. I didn't realize they were doing them in '58.
This is the first year of the 3-Tone. "Clown-Burst and "Target-Burst" refers what is commonly, but not always seen in a much later window: late 1963 and into 1966 where there was a tendency to spray them without a gradual transition between colors.
@RiggioCustomGuitars understood. I just think they got it right the first time with the two-tone burst. I'm a Clapton with "Brownie" fan. Peace.
It’s quite round, much like one from the early 60’s
Never seen 3 tone finish on a 50s strat?
From early 1958 on, the 3-Tone Sunburst was standard.
@@riggioguitars i guess I have been seeing a lot of fake ones with the two tone finish
Beautiful.
I like turtles 😂
Me too! I have a desert iguana that lives under my bathroom sink. I call him Iggy, and he hunts the bathtub bugs at night. He's not only a cool little buddy he's very useful.
Thise early hand wound guitars from the 50s are amazing sounding. I hope some day they can recreate the sound to the exact.
It has to be the grade of coper wire and how they made it backthen.
You'd have to duplicate the ladies doing the winding and having a smoke when they get bored--ending up with a 7.2k pickup that should've been 5.3.
@@RideAcrossTheRiver to be a fly on the wall to find out..they never turned two the same did they. That's why I think k its was the quality of copper at the time and thickness of wire.
@@moss1transcendant Yes, someone gets a Strat in 1961 (white+tort, of course) and finds out his neck pickup is louder than the other two. That someone also plays the bridge pickup a lot in his surf garage band. So, that someone goes 'hmmm' and swaps out the loud neck pickup to the bridge ... and his band suddenly gets WAY more gigs!
👍👍👍
Awesome strat, I bet it sounds and feels amazing
Understood why you did it, but one of my favorite Joe Bonamassa quotes was when he pointed to an old strat he was holding and said, "These don't have to be taken apart." My other favorite is when he pointed to the control knobs on a Les Paul and said, "These are on here for a reason."
Why do so many players think , that Bonamasa is the know all and say all?
His opinions and thoughts are no more valuable than anyone else’s.
@@jamiemorgan4146 Didn't say he was the "know all, say all". Just said I liked those quotes.
Quote 2. When a old guitar looks new…it has to be bad one 😂
Funny you should mention Joe. He's coming up the driveway right now, checkbook in hand.
Update: This is no longer available for sale.
Not surprised!!
Ahhh, Bonamassa bought another 😂
@@StereostupidI was just gonna say that. If not him, some Saudi oil sheik will be locking it away in the vault, never to be played again.
Al's Toy Barn in
"Toy Story 2" comes to mind.
The "vintage" screw driver is vintage indeed. It comes from a 50s VW beetle tool kit that came with the cars. Its shape was like that for blocking the pulley when changing the v-belt.
Incredible example.
Absolutely beautiful! The sunbursts back then were so much better so much more of that beautiful red!! What a fantastic pristine beauty!
Beautiful. Thanks for letting us take a look, too.