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My first Fender Custom Shop.......'60 Strat NOS

Discussion in 'Guitars in General' started by stratman89, Jan 31, 2008.

  1. Jan 31, 2008 #1
    stratman89

    stratman89 Supporting Member

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    Well I returned my '56 Les Paul RI Gold Top after a couple months of owning it and ordered a '60 CS Stratocaster NOS from Wildwood Guitars which just arrived yesterday.Firstly I'm blown away at the acoustical resonance of this Strat and when plugged in it's magical. Secondly Wildwood Guitars customer service was excellent, Bruce was very helpful over the phone in his description of tone and playabilty of the guitar after playing it. He described how it had beautiful bell like tones and that it does. I chose Wildwood because they offered a 9.5" radius and I'm glad I did. It's really hard to describe how killer this Custom Shop really is!


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  2. Jan 31, 2008 #2
    katarzis

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    Congrats!
    this is my next guitar.
     
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  3. Jan 31, 2008 #3
    rickc007

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    Nice Choice, love the pickups on that model
     
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    bluesjuke

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    Nice! I like these.

    About to buy a R6 though myself.
     
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  5. Jan 31, 2008 #5
    gizmo

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    Very nice! I love my CS '60s NOS. What color is yours?
     
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    KazJY

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    Beautiful stuff!!! I wish dealers stocked more NOS... I'll have to give Wildwood a call.

    Enjoy the tones!
     
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    rastus

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    Lovely color, a very nice guitar! Congrats and play it in good health!!
     
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    Thwap

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    Congrats on the score!

    Wildwood is #1 in my book.

    Wildwood 10 strat is on the radar the end of this year.:BOUNCE
     
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    spikeRI

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    love the color.....
     
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  10. Feb 1, 2008 #10
    stratman89

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    It's Daphne Blue, I was originally thinking of getting Sea Foam green but I'm happy I chose the blue.
     
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  11. Feb 1, 2008 #11
    XKnight

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    Just curious, what shop let you return a guitar after owning it a couple of months?

    Also, what didn't you like about the LP RI?

    BTW, nice looking Strat. Congrats and enjoy!
     
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  12. Feb 1, 2008 #12
    sgt_steiner

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    Nice choice, man! Welcome to the Custom Shop club...

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    gizmo

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    Looks great! I have seafoam and I think I like yours better. Damn gas....
     
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    dave s

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    Congrats on taking delivery of that beauty! Same feelings on the CS strats. They are just incredible guitars!

    Enjoy!

    dave
     
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  15. Feb 4, 2008 #15
    stratman89

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    Long and McQuade here in Canada which is probably the closest thing to GC in the U.S. I did have to pay a 15% restocking charge. I did love the '56 VOS but was'nt playing it after buying a Gibson GOTW '67 SG Special RI with P90's. The assistant manager of L&M told me the SG was coming into the store a couple of weeks after I got the LP and had to have it after being SG-less for a while.
     
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    cheesey

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    just got an olympic white 1960 nos, sweet strat!
     
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    K-Line

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    Excellent color choice! I like DB better than the greens on most days :)
     
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    stratman89

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    Congrats on the new '60!

    Would love to see some pics........Olympic White is sweet!
     
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    hank57

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    i want to go there
     
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