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Old 07-27-2011, 11:42 PM
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Saw a Richie Kotzen Strat last night.
I saw a guy playing an MIJ Kotzen Strat last night.
As soon as I saw the Pearl Tuners, I thought it might be one.
He turned and there was that beautiful Blonde Burst, MOP Guard, and gorgeous Abalone Dots on Maple.
Sounded amazing. Didn't get to speak with him long after, but was shocked that I knew exactly what it was, and that it also came in a Wine Burst.
(Anyone here on TGP usually spend excessive time looking at Guitars online!!)

I am not a Strat guy, but I always said that if I was to get one, it would be this model.

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Old 07-28-2011, 04:21 AM
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Funny I am a Strat guy but it is the Kotzen Tele Iwant bad lol. That is a honey though!
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Old 07-28-2011, 04:22 AM
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Anyone here on TGP usually spend excessive time looking at Guitars online!!
Is two hours a day excessive?
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Old 07-28-2011, 05:20 AM
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Few years ago I was crazy over the kotzen strat but I eventually bought a Fender am std strat. Now that I've a strat, the kotzen tele is calling out to me... Oh No!!!

Must re---sis---t...
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Old 07-28-2011, 05:55 AM
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Wow that is stunning. Why did you say Kotzen tele?
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Old 07-28-2011, 07:13 AM
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Is two hours a day excessive?
Nah, that's warming up.
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Old 07-28-2011, 07:57 AM
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I don't like gold hardware but that's a great strat. I've never een one but they supposedly have a big neck. Is there anywhere to buy one in america?
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Old 07-28-2011, 08:16 AM
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I don't like gold hardware but that's a great strat. I've never een one but they supposedly have a big neck. Is there anywhere to buy one in america?
Maybe used but not new in the US I believe. I think they are made for the foreign market. There are two on ebay for ~$1800 plus $100+ shipping from Japan. One is listed as from Ca, but if you read the auction, it ships from Japan. I'd love to try one as I've also heard the necks are big which is a big plus for me.
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Old 07-28-2011, 08:28 AM
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True wedding players guitar.

The color of the body, pickguard, gold hardware and maple neck... I cant think of any other, more visually adequate instrument for weddings
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Old 07-28-2011, 08:40 AM
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I don't like gold hardware but that's a great strat. I've never een one but they supposedly have a big neck. Is there anywhere to buy one in america?
I've seen both ishibashi and meestursparkle on ebay with these guitars on more than one occasion. Both are in Japan, but they do plenty of business shipping guitars to the US of A.
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Old 07-28-2011, 09:12 AM
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I have an older 90's Kotzen strat. No flame on the body but the neck has some nice flame to it. Really nice acoustic resonance and one of the warmest sounding Swamp Ash/Maple strats I ever picked up.

Its a great player. The neck is a good bit thicker than my old Eric Johnson and most other off the wall strats. Wouldn't call it huge though. The jumbo frets and flatter radius make for a very playable neck.

Stock pickups were just ok; really average sounding. I put in some flat pole Lollar specials and redid the electronics. Totally woke up the guitar and turned her into a super versatile firebreather.

No question, one of the best signature guitars out there. I saw Kotzen live once and he played the Tele exclusively at the time. Sounded amazing too.
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Old 07-28-2011, 09:47 AM
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For LostCause, because he also has a Kotzen sig Tele that is sick!
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Old 07-28-2011, 11:46 AM
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He got it from Japan and did say he liked large necks, and this one was perfect for him.
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Old 07-28-2011, 12:42 PM
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I saw a guy playing an MIJ Kotzen Strat last night.
As soon as I saw the Pearl Tuners, I thought it might be one.
He turned and there was that beautiful Blonde Burst, MOP Guard, and gorgeous Abalone Dots on Maple.
Sounded amazing. Didn't get to speak with him long after, but was shocked that I knew exactly what it was, and that it also came in a Wine Burst.
(Anyone here on TGP usually spend excessive time looking at Guitars online!!)

I am not a Strat guy, but I always said that if I was to get one, it would be this model.
hey that's my old Kotzen Strat! it was a cool guitar for sure. However, almost all of them are super heavy in the 8-9lb range
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Old 07-28-2011, 02:58 PM
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I grabbed that pic from a Google search. He got his from Japan.
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