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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cWQP4wvyBD4/TzafuIRCtPI/AAAAAAAAGs0/8A5a8WbjB4g/s1600/59+vibro+strat+combo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cWQP4wvyBD4/TzafuIRCtPI/AAAAAAAAGs0/8A5a8WbjB4g/s400/59+vibro+strat+combo.JPG" width="266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Museum Quality&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Just the other day we posted a &lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/2012/02/vintage-fender-1961-strat-vibrolux-pair.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1961 Strat/Vibrolux pair&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. Now we find a '59 couple with ALL the original stuff, including cord, strap, hang tags, cover, case, etc... UNREAL!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;London based &lt;b&gt;Denmark Street Guitars aka &lt;a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=music+ground+london&amp;amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fmyworld.ebay.com%2Fmusicgroundlondon%2F%3F_trksid%3Dp4340.l2559" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;musicgroundlondon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=music+ground+london&amp;amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (eBay username) currently lists this impressive vintage treasure along with many other hi-end listings. Both guitar and amp condition are rated 9.5/10 "Museum Quality- Time Capsule" by the seller, also claiming to have all paperwork, provenance, etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Extra contact info. is provided for hi-res pics, details and so forth.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Aren't ya surprised this is neither an Eddie Vegas or Hong Kong based listing!:))&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-4303287702407270536?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;"Complete provenance with notarized letters and photo certificates included...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED to be by Kurt Cobain" &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=&amp;amp;icep_item=290669189814&amp;amp;ipn=psmain&amp;amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;amp;kwid=902099&amp;amp;mtid=824&amp;amp;kw=lg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Current eBay Listing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=2&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=&amp;amp;item=290669189814&amp;amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" style="border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-decoration: none;" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Rare Important Original Drawing of Guitars by Kurt Cobain of Nirvana 12" x 18 " Pencil on paper done about 1985 for a High School Art class. Signed lower right along with the grade he got for the drawing..."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;jp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-6862269199613090549?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Pretty soon guitar string packs may require a Surgeon General's warning. I mean, when a string breaks you can get a welt, right? Or they can poke your eye out. Somebody could even strangle you with a guitar string. Small children or pets could choke on one. Yes, danger is lurking everywhere! And guitar strings are no exception.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Ernie Ball's new Cobalt Alloy strings are bringing out forum and Youtube idiots who think these strings are radioactive and carcinogenic. Cobalt is the "Co" in AlNiCo pickup magnets for the last 60+ years. Cobalt alloys are also used in artificial joint replacements. And I hardly think EB gets their cobalt from Iran's alleged nuclear weapons enrichment program. So they're not toxic. End of story.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;"Cobalt will wear out my frets faster cuz it's so hard..." -- Okay, do stainless steel frets wear strings out faster than nickel frets? No. While cobalt is harder than nickel and stainless steel wrap, even phosphor-bronze for that matter, players like &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://youtu.be/uVfndNHY4e4"&gt;Steve Morse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &amp;amp; John Petrucci talk about how noticeably smooth these strings are. Smoothness and easier bending indicate lower friction material. Think about it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;EB's cobalt alloy is used in the wrap wire of the wound strings. The plain, unwound strings are regular EB's. These wound strings stay brighter, longer because the alloy is harder, and isn't as corrosive; therefor less prone to the effects of moisture &amp;amp; sweat without the need of a coating. And ALL guitar strings are run through a polishing process anyway. Cobalt's higher magnetic properties contribute to improved output characteristics, which according to players, translates into more defined low end, focused midrange and longer life. How much, depends upon your actual playing conditions. So wash those grubby hands once in awhile, and knock off using a bottle of beer as a slide. It was cool when Danny Gatton did it. You're not him.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Are string manufacturers guilty of hype? Yes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Do Cobalt's cost more than regular Slinky's? Yes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Are guitar bloggers full of it? Sometimes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;It's also true that some people like to trash innovations without thinking first. A string manufacturer as long established as Ernie Ball just doesn't invest in worsening their product line or jeopardizing themselves. So try the new Cobalt's if you're really interested. Otherwise, at least try to make sense! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.anrdoezrs.net/5777zw41w3JMKMORKTJLKNSLMTR?sid=ernie+ball+cobalt&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.musiciansfriend.com%2Faccessories%2Fernie-ball-2722-cobalt-hybrid-slinky-electric-guitar-strings%2Fh79080000000000&amp;amp;cjsku=H79080" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ernie Ball 2722 Cobalt Hybrid Slinky Electric Guitar Strings&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1" src="http://www.ftjcfx.com/n2117m-3sywHKIKMPIRHJILQJKRP" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Here's Vancouver, BC based bluesman &amp;amp; pickup maker James Rogers reminding us to support live Blues wherever you live! It's Friday-- so remember that tonight and tomorrow is when Blues musicians around the world are earnin' most of their bread! Get off the couch and get outta the house this weekend!&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-2386734792067244424?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;This week's Friday Strat feature comes a day early because I'm so excited at this find! In fact, my jeans grow moist as I type. &lt;i&gt;TMI I know, but we don't see this sorta thing every Friday&lt;/i&gt;...&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=The+Music+Zoo&amp;amp;icep_store=The-Music-Zoo&amp;amp;ipn=psmain&amp;amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;amp;kwid=902099&amp;amp;mtid=824&amp;amp;kw=lg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;The Music Zoo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;img src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=The+Music+Zoo&amp;amp;store=The-Music-Zoo&amp;amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" /&gt; just listed this exquisite Stratocaster specimen they picked up at Winter NAMM. The John Cruz Masterbuilt includes contributions from 4 artists: tooled leather pickguard by Dru Whitefeather, paint work by Pamelina and inlay by Ron Thorn.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;The oil finished koa body sports a quartersawn flame maple neck in 60's oval "C" profile with 7.25" radius and jumbo frets. Pickups are Custom Shop 60's, and it weighs in at just under 8 lbs. Although not pictured above, the backside includes an added control cavity-- meaning the leather pickguard doesn't have to support pots and switch. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-6106361325640512290?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bH3KaQO-sz3lA_u4CgGoTdT2BfE/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/bH3KaQO-sz3lA_u4CgGoTdT2BfE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Stratoblogster/~3/B-iyNhlcGOs/fender-custom-shop-samurai-strat-friday.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Stratoblogster)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p9-Mb8d6Lwg/TzRRXJBGQGI/AAAAAAAAGr4/8l4xvcxZRp8/s72-c/samurai+headstock+back.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.stratoblogster.com/2012/02/fender-custom-shop-samurai-strat-friday.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31659346.post-4865551417342595792</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-08T12:55:52.722-08:00</atom:updated><title>ESP Navigator Seymour Duncan Professional S-Type</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prize MIJ Guitar Finds...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x5uxFHPixm8/TzLYeO-a5KI/AAAAAAAAGrg/uvkGfJA86Hw/s1600/esp+seymour+head.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-x5uxFHPixm8/TzLYeO-a5KI/AAAAAAAAGrg/uvkGfJA86Hw/s400/esp+seymour+head.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;DS-200 Professional Series&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iy7bl76sqgo/TzLYmZHie7I/AAAAAAAAGro/0WUib56Bkqo/s1600/esp+seymour+back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iy7bl76sqgo/TzLYmZHie7I/AAAAAAAAGro/0WUib56Bkqo/s320/esp+seymour+back.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2 piece ash body&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BtmHSzTZamk/TzLYrk9jaAI/AAAAAAAAGrw/rFga44--lhc/s1600/esp+seymour+front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BtmHSzTZamk/TzLYrk9jaAI/AAAAAAAAGrw/rFga44--lhc/s320/esp+seymour+front.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Ever seen one of these? Here's some background according to the ESP info page at &lt;a href="http://guitarsjapan.com/ESPinfopage.html"rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;b&gt;guitarsjapan.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;"ESP luthiers also made a lesser-known brand under the name of “Seymour Duncan," from the mid-1990s until 2004. You won’t find them in any ESP catalog or anywhere on-line, except maybe in Japanese guitar shops that specialize in used guitars.  Seymour Duncan is written as the actual logo on the headstock of these guitars.  There are two different series of Seymour Duncans;  the "professional series," which sold between $2,000 - $3,000, and the "traditional series," which was marketed in the $900 - $1,500 price range. The traditional series featured SD SSL-1 pickups while the more expensive professional series came with SD Alnico II single coil pickups.  If a guitar is from the traditional series, it will say so on the headstock. If it just says “Seymour Duncan,” then it is the more expensive model.  ESP only made Fender replicas under the Seymour Duncan brand.  The most common model numbers were DS-100, DS-180, DS-200 and DS-280 Pro for Stratocasters, DT-100, DT-200 and DT-280Pro for Telecasters."&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=The+Koiz+Guitar&amp;amp;icep_store=The-Koiz-Guitar&amp;amp;ipn=psmain&amp;amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;amp;kwid=902099&amp;amp;mtid=824&amp;amp;kw=lg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;The Koiz Guitar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=The+Koiz+Guitar&amp;amp;store=The-Koiz-Guitar&amp;amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Japan based eBay Store (Ships to US) currently lists this guitar along with many other MIJ lines, i.e. Bacchus, Tokai, Edwards (ESP), etc.&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-4865551417342595792?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QmNLGvdZNHM/TzF7fIa4AAI/AAAAAAAAGrY/4RvlRjb3npQ/s1600/VH+2012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QmNLGvdZNHM/TzF7fIa4AAI/AAAAAAAAGrY/4RvlRjb3npQ/s320/VH+2012.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: x-large;"&gt;If Robert Downey Jr. can come back strong, so can Van Halen with Diamond Dave!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;So Sammy Hagar can stand down anytime now. Van Halen's "A Different Kind of Truth" is serious business! Yes, the boys are back. Although I was skeptical with the initial pre-release videos featuring Dave's Tattoo dancin' business, along with a couple cheezy choruses here and there-- OVERALL, this album rocks hard and fast!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;And you don't wanna re-hash any issues or swallow too many reviews, positive or negative, before YOU listen to the whole thing. Anyone who recalls how tired VH 3 with Gary Cherone was, need not worry here. The boys really rolled up their sleeves and worked hard not to embarrass Wolfie. The lad can be very proud of Papa, Unca Al and their crazy war buddy, Dave.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dpbolvw.net/1l77vpyvpxCFDFHKDMCEDLELGII" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hear entire album now at MOG!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;We won't review the tracks here so you can decide for yourself. Just listen to the album! Play it back to back with Chickenfoot and see which one pales.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=9&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=vh+tickets&amp;amp;icep_uq=van+halen+tickets&amp;amp;icep_sellerId=&amp;amp;icep_ex_kw=&amp;amp;icep_sortBy=12&amp;amp;icep_catId=&amp;amp;icep_minPrice=&amp;amp;icep_maxPrice=&amp;amp;ipn=psmain&amp;amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;amp;kwid=902099&amp;amp;mtid=824&amp;amp;kw=lg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Van Halen 2012 TICKETS!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=9&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=vh+tickets&amp;amp;uq=van+halen+tickets&amp;amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Now all Van Halen needs to do is debut their own line of "Fair Warning Tequila"!&amp;nbsp; &lt;i&gt;You saw that here first kids...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Thinking about a neck upgrade? Lots of cool options are available! &lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/2009/11/strat-replacement-neck-finds.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;CLICK HERE&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for a few resources we've discovered.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-8619951385378330490?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Roasted Maple Neck&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pSB2yHbgn34/TzBRz_4ZgoI/AAAAAAAAGrI/o43L0hDN8so/s1600/suhr+denim+roast+head.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pSB2yHbgn34/TzBRz_4ZgoI/AAAAAAAAGrI/o43L0hDN8so/s320/suhr+denim+roast+head.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div style="color: #783f04; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;"She had a West Coast strut, that was sweet as molasses..."&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;That top really does look like worn jeans! And Suhr's famous roasted maple neck compliments things perfectly here.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=Guitar+Emporium&amp;amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fguitar-emporium%2Fm.html%3Fhash%3Ditem460084d6d5%26item%3D300656416469%26pt%3DGuitar%26_trksid%3Dp4340.l2562" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Guitar Emporium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; of Louisville, KY is listing this guitar as new. They're a 100% seller with 3K+ feedback and other hi-end gear listings you might also wanna check out.&lt;img src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=4&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=Guitar+Emporium&amp;amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/2006/10/directory-strat-for-friday.html"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hi-end Strats&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Current Listings - Top Sellers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-1607353801837976878?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qWErIr40rNw/TzA1E4wtHtI/AAAAAAAAGrA/SRCcKcZGGJY/s1600/fender+machete.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="163" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qWErIr40rNw/TzA1E4wtHtI/AAAAAAAAGrA/SRCcKcZGGJY/s320/fender+machete.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Obviously, it would have been exciting to see &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Trejo" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Danny Trejo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; promoting Fender's new Machete amp. Maybe something like this was considered, but just didn't work out. I mean, everybody loves Danny Trejo, right?&amp;nbsp; Hopefully there's no bad blood between Trejo and FMIC, and we won't be hearin' about Danny ridin' into Scottsdale, thru the front doors on that chopper with the gun turret. Damn!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Just signed off on Dec. 13, 2011, this lucky Champagne Sparkle Strat comes with 2 COA's for covering all the major components. Pickups include a 69 neck, Fat 50's middle and Texas Special bridge. Neck is 9.5" radius modern "flat oval" with 6105's in rosewood on quartersawn maple. Body is 2 piece light alder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;It's a Relic Masterbuilt by Greg Fessler. These distressed nitro sparkle finishes really show the "stretch marks" effect as you can see by clicking the top pic. Headstock face is also Champagne Sparkle-- &lt;i&gt;and caviar dreams&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=Wild+West+Guitars&amp;amp;icep_store=Wild-West-Guitars&amp;amp;ipn=psmain&amp;amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;amp;kwid=902099&amp;amp;mtid=824&amp;amp;kw=lg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Wild West Guitars&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;img src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=Wild+West+Guitars&amp;amp;store=Wild-West-Guitars&amp;amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" /&gt; of Riverside, CA lists this one. They gotta lotta nice guitars right now, including a Suhr Trans Blue Denim S-type you should also check out!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/2006/10/directory-strat-for-friday.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Friday Strat Archive&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/2006/10/directory-strat-for-friday.html"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hi-end Strats&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;Current Listings - Top Sellers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-6433478247315853284?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xv82fN4bzZHsMSq8CKo3N0sO3Cc/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xv82fN4bzZHsMSq8CKo3N0sO3Cc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Stratoblogster/~3/9qTwI6ydhqk/fender-strat-masterbuilt-champagne.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Stratoblogster)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jRgnQUcCu5A/Tyub97zhVyI/AAAAAAAAGqg/es1pA6SyTfg/s72-c/champagne+sparkle+back.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.stratoblogster.com/2012/02/fender-strat-masterbuilt-champagne.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31659346.post-4742826362503861614</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-02-02T11:23:57.132-08:00</atom:updated><title>Vintage Fender 1961 Strat - Vibrolux Pair</title><description>&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Together Forever... &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v72s2pRneM4/Tyraxf6OTmI/AAAAAAAAGqY/8NOPVZoYtO8/s1600/61+strat+vbx+combo+full.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-v72s2pRneM4/Tyraxf6OTmI/AAAAAAAAGqY/8NOPVZoYtO8/s400/61+strat+vbx+combo+full.JPG" width="298" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Obviously, I'm in a vintage mood this week. And this really completes the mood for sure!&lt;b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=Kev%27s+Guitarville&amp;amp;icep_store=Kevs-Guitarville&amp;amp;ipn=psmain&amp;amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;amp;kwid=902099&amp;amp;mtid=824&amp;amp;kw=lg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Kev's Guitarville&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;img src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=Kev%27s+Guitarville&amp;amp;store=Kevs-Guitarville&amp;amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" /&gt; of Seattle currently lists this lovely old couple who have been together from the very start. Yeah, you can tell Valentines Day is comin' up. Ain't this sweet?&amp;nbsp; Purchased together in 1961, the pair include OHSC, paperwork, manual and even the original cord. I wish the seller would give us more background story, but they are 100% feedback with 1500 score and lots of hi-end, vintage gear listings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Probably one of those &lt;i&gt;only played in church&lt;/i&gt; scenarios. Whatever the case, serious collectors will wanna check into this one!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Oh yeah, so what's the deal with Seattle gear dealers and the name "Guitarville"? It's startin' to get like "Ray's Pizza" in NYC!&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-4742826362503861614?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Demo videos keep getting better and better-- &lt;i&gt;except for mine that is&lt;/i&gt;. This one is funny, and very well done!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Fender's new Excelsior, just introduced at Winter NAMM 2012, is part of their Pawn Shop amp line. This very retro lookin' little thing surprisingly sports a 15" speaker, and runs at about 13W using two 6V6's and a couple 12AX7's in the preamp stage. AND it even has Tremolo! No reverb though-- BUT, for $300 you can't beat it!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jdoqocy.com/9898y1A719PSQSUXQZPRQWYUUVZ?sid=excelsior&amp;amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.musiciansfriend.com%2Fguitars%2Ffender-pawn-shop-special-excelsior-13w-1x15-tube-guitar-combo-amp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Excelsior @ Musician's Friend&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="1" src="http://www.ftjcfx.com/cr122y7B-53PSQSUXQZPRQWYUUVZ" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/2007/04/guitar-amp-deals-auctions-online.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;AMP RESOURCES&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-7902830862713915336?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p7mJDiqTpvo/Tymazce2igI/AAAAAAAAGqQ/GuHDE2Cq6B4/s1600/duncan+antiquity+pickguard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="225" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p7mJDiqTpvo/Tymazce2igI/AAAAAAAAGqQ/GuHDE2Cq6B4/s400/duncan+antiquity+pickguard.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Any day now the folks at Seymour Duncan will be releasing Antiquity loaded pickguards. They will be aged, numbered and signed by Seymour. Antiquity Texas Hot coils are Duncan's classic Strat pickups. Eric Johnson had them in one of his touring Strats as he mentioned in a fairly recent backstage video interview by Premier Guitar. These feature the RWRP middle.&lt;b&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=duncan+strat+pickguards&amp;amp;icep_store=The-STRATosphere&amp;amp;ipn=psmain&amp;amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;amp;kwid=902099&amp;amp;mtid=824&amp;amp;kw=lg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;The STRATosphere&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;img src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=duncan+strat+pickguards&amp;amp;store=The-STRATosphere&amp;amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" /&gt; stocks lots of cool loaded pickguard configs, including Duncan, Fralin and Fender Custom Shop. They'll be getting Antiquity Texas Hot pickguards soon!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-971306020177013454?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;In 2011 Magneto Guitars made good inroads with the American guitar market; taking on endorsements with Eric Gales and fusion phenom Bryan Baker.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Fresh from Winter NAMM 2012, the above video features great jam footage of Gales with Tomo Fujita, along with flashes of Baker tossed in. Narrated by Magneto founder, Christian Hatstatt, the clip also provides a view of their small, luxury boutique line of fine crafted guitars based on the S-type, T-type and LP platforms.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Magneto Guitars is a partnership between  France based designer Christian  Hatstatt and veteran luthier Kei  Yatsuzuka in Japan. They produce their guitar line in  Japan, using top hardware,  electronics and woods. Some woods and  components are USA produced, along with Sen Ash grown in Japan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Full&amp;nbsp; specs &amp;amp; details are available at: &lt;a href="http://www.magnetoguitars.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=frontpage&amp;amp;Itemid=1" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Magnetoguitars.com&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Contact &lt;a href="http://www.customguitarboutique.com/contact.php" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Kelcey @ Custom Guitar Boutique&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; for USA/Canada availability &amp;amp; quotes.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-8231437789211142837?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Although Andy Timmons' Sgt Peppers cover album has been out since October 2011, there is some fresh buzz about it with yesterday's video upload (01/31/12). In fact, I must admit not even knowing about this release until yesterday-- &lt;i&gt;now I'm getting beat up by a fellow guitar blogger&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;You'd expect Vai, Satch or even Eric Johnson to do something like this. Or maybe someone&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt; with the initials "G. H." to stink up the Peppers bad with some kinda wacky Looney Tunes spin...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Timmons offers up a fine, fat, earthy and toneful execution! All tunes are single guitar track-- no overdubs. He spent 2 years arranging it this way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;I mean seriously folks, who could imagine an instrumental power trio rendition of Strawberry Fields Forever this spot-on melodically and dynamically? Consider that the Sgt. Peppers album was a major landmark in studio indulgence. Major kudos to Timmons for working out the essentials into this arrangement. Then there's the rest of the album! Timmons is one badass mofo of a musician folks! Given some decent marketing and networking, this project could be a major boost for Andy, who can otherwise seem lost in a today's sea of instrumental shredders.&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a class="yt-user-name author" dir="ltr" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/AndyTimmonsOfficial" rel="author"&gt;AndyTimmonsOfficial&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; - Youtube Channel&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/HarmonyCentral/search?query=andy+timmons"&gt;Harmony Central Channel&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/b&gt;- More Timmons/ Sgt Peppers video content here. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.andytimmons.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.andytimmons.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-5500357493492350734?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Memphis based LSL dealer &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=martin+music+memphis&amp;amp;icep_store=martinmusicmemphis&amp;amp;ipn=psmain&amp;amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;amp;kwid=902099&amp;amp;mtid=824&amp;amp;kw=lg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Martin Music&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=martin+music+memphis&amp;amp;store=martinmusicmemphis&amp;amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt; currently lists this Carl Verheyen signature model in vintage white. And "Llana" is her name.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Lana sports the Verheyen floating trem set up on a tension adjustable Wilkinson unit, as well as the rounded fingerboard edges they call "Lowered Apex" with a 7.25" radius. The medium "C" is hand shaped after Carl's '61 Strat. The body is alder, finish is nitro and body is alder weighing in at just over 7 lbs. Frets are 6105's, and pickups are Carl's design, wound by LSL.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Basically, this is a Strat-o-gasm! Seriously folks, there's nothing but rave buzz out there on LSL guitars. And if FCS was making this, the price would be triple. There's no better time to acquire an LSL!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;I first saw Gary Clark Jr. in vids from the most recent Crossroads Fest, where he shared the stage with Doyle Bramhall II. Although it seems like the new Blues generation is mostly white people, and that young black musicians are more interested in other genres, Clark can make it seem like we haven't really heard any Blues in awhile.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;No disrespect intended to all the contemporary Blues artists who dedicate their lives to the music. It's just that Gary Clark Jr. has that old strong ammonia piss vibe that just hit the city and plugged into an amp for the first time so many decades ago. And he shows up from some trans-dimensional time rift; like the guy walkin' his dog in a Kurt Vonnegut book. But mostly, this just hits me like hot jet blast on a carrier deck!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Discover more:&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.garyclarkjr.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.garyclarkjr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/garyclarkjr" rel="nofollow"&gt;www.youtube.com/user/garyclarkjr&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-5797081140962609159?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Lot's of official documents included too!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;1/30/12 Note: This guitar was originally sold in Sept, 2010 by the same seller. We inquired about this, and confirmed the guitar is available once again.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="color: red;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Minnesota based vintage Strat maven merchant extreme Ed Matthews aka "Eddie Vegas" just listed yet another vintage Strat of Eric Johnson lineage. I think this is the 4th one I've seen in as many years...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;But if there's any doubt, just know that Ed's eBay feedback is 100%, with a 3K plus score. And he always has plenty of serious vintage Fender inventory. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This '62, formerly owned by Eric Johnson (due diligence!) has been featured frequently throughout EJ's career, and dissected by Fender seeking secrets from the old mystics of the non-filter ciggy era. Anyway, Ed's price is $90K, and he doesn't care if he has to sit on it past the Mayan calendar expiration. He also doesn't want any calls from "tire kickers". &lt;i&gt;I spoke to Ed one time-- ya gotta get those questions asked QUICK, before he starts rollin'!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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But if you got that kinda ephedra laced guitar collector cash reserve, this one could be a real trophy wife. The last one you'll ever need. You could ride around town with her in your Batmobile!&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=Eddie+Vegas&amp;amp;icep_store=Guitarville-By-Vegas&amp;amp;ipn=psmain&amp;amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;amp;kwid=902099&amp;amp;mtid=824&amp;amp;kw=lg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Guitarville By Vegas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;img src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=Eddie+Vegas&amp;amp;store=Guitarville-By-Vegas&amp;amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" /&gt; -eBay Store - &lt;b style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;Important note:&lt;/b&gt; DO NOT click on this link unless you intend to make a purchase! If you're NOT really gonna buy the $99,000.00 Stratocaster, then at least pick up some strings, picks, a Jack LaLanne juicer machine or a nice chrome piggy bank with marital aids stuck all over its body. eBay pays me a pay-per-click rate based upon visitor quality. So like Ed said, "No Tire Kickers!"&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;And yes, who else but Ed at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=Guitarville+By+Vegas&amp;amp;icep_store=Guitarville-By-Vegas&amp;amp;ipn=psmain&amp;amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;amp;kwid=902099&amp;amp;mtid=824&amp;amp;kw=lg" rel="nofollow" target="_self"&gt;Guitarville By Vegas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=Guitarville+By+Vegas&amp;amp;store=Guitarville-By-Vegas&amp;amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt; would be listing these right now? He'll sell 'em separate, but it's implied they may have been acquired together from one source-- &lt;i&gt;just my assumption&lt;/i&gt;. An attractive and happy family nonetheless, that should be kept together.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;So anyone with the wherewithal $$$ should jump on these, otherwise someone like Mitt Romney is liable to pick 'em up for his man cave display.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;All rosewood boards, you're looking at:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;'65 candy apple red&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;'63 Dakota red - mahogany body&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;'62 fiesta red&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;In spite of the photo, I'm sure ya get more than one case with this set!;)) Ed's also currently listing a vintage '62, formerly owed by Eric Johnson. He's moved a few of EJ's personal arsenal over the years. Check the link above for all the details, and plenty more serious vintage guitar porn!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;F&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;rom the archives of &lt;a href="http://www.guitarsjapan.com/2002_Fender_ST68-HO_Stratocaster.html"&gt;&lt;span rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;www.guitarsjapan.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, you're looking at a Fender Japan 2002 RI of 1968's very limited Zebrawood Strat run. Love the bound body, front and back! And is that a Jazzmaster neck?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;You'd have to accessorize your wardrobe to play this one.  I'd recommend a tan suede jacket with the long fringes, Saigon mirror shades, straw cowboy hat and Neil Young sideburns.  Include a cream tolex Dual Showman with a bottle of Wild Turkey sitting on top, and you're there. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-4599133249540168216?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XSUBV5JTcfgE7mNY4N3UunJvUsc/1/da"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XSUBV5JTcfgE7mNY4N3UunJvUsc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Stratoblogster/~3/qoQW8oDgBEo/friday-strat-best-of-fender-japan.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Stratoblogster)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xWjoeLNcmQo/STA6-fXzk_I/AAAAAAAACMk/LPNc0pyLF7c/s72-c/68_zebra_wood_MIJ_Strat_RI.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><feedburner:origLink>http://www.stratoblogster.com/2012/01/friday-strat-best-of-fender-japan.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31659346.post-7943443737186246672</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2012-01-26T11:12:10.876-08:00</atom:updated><title>Nash S-57 Louisiana Roadhouse Boat Neck</title><description>&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;NEW... Well, You Know&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rVbFIZz30d0/TyGcJJXfjOI/AAAAAAAAGpQ/MnRy4LAze7s/s1600/nash+roadhouse+head.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rVbFIZz30d0/TyGcJJXfjOI/AAAAAAAAGpQ/MnRy4LAze7s/s320/nash+roadhouse+head.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;So how many re-frets would a vintage have at this point?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vt20EtNGEZI/TyGcPLV1ntI/AAAAAAAAGpY/babaNH7fDOY/s1600/nash+roadhouse+back.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="182" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vt20EtNGEZI/TyGcPLV1ntI/AAAAAAAAGpY/babaNH7fDOY/s320/nash+roadhouse+back.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Whatchu gonna did wit dat neck Boudreaux? I GUARANTEE!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;This is one of the nastiest Nash &lt;strike&gt;relic&lt;/strike&gt; guitars I've seen, since those nitro fire survivors Bill did a few years back. The S-57 Louisiana Roadhouse looks like a flood recovery that survived cuz it was dipped in the fry-o-lator just before the levee, it bust open. Yeah, the case candy should include an order of fried okra!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;The ash body, 3-tone nitro finish is loaded with custom Lollars. Neck is a boat, soft "V", meaning it's super fat. And what will this guitar look like in 50 years? Maybe gator tail jerky. But imagine how it will sound!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Seller: &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=Nick%27s+Guitar+Emporium&amp;amp;icep_store=Nicks-Guitar-Emporium&amp;amp;ipn=psmain&amp;amp;icep_vectorid=229466&amp;amp;kwid=902099&amp;amp;mtid=824&amp;amp;kw=lg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Nick's Guitar Emporium&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;img src="http://rover.ebay.com/roverimp/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?ff3=11&amp;amp;pub=5574659596&amp;amp;toolid=10001&amp;amp;campid=5335885952&amp;amp;customid=Nick%27s+Guitar+Emporium&amp;amp;store=Nicks-Guitar-Emporium&amp;amp;mpt=[CACHEBUSTER]" style="border: 0pt none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; text-decoration: none;" /&gt; aka Bend Guitar Den, Oregon based dealer with good feedback &amp;amp; lots of hi-end listings. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;If you didn’t read this at &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stratoblogster.com/"&gt;Stratoblogster.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, it’s been bootlegged! © 2012 JP Holesworth. All rights reserved. This article may not be reprinted, distributed or duplicated without author’s written permission.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31659346-7943443737186246672?l=www.stratoblogster.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Meet Kendra, a 6.8 lb swamp ash dream in vintage cream. That's what they call this finish which resembles Fender's trans-blonde Mary Kaye and EJ models. It's nitro as well.&amp;nbsp; SoCal based &lt;a href="http://www.lslinstruments.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;b&gt;LSL Instruments&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; gives each guitar build a female name, hence "Kendra".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Bodies, necks and even pickguards are handmade and shaped by LSL, who also wind their own pickups. The S-type model name is "Saticoy", Tele profile is the "T-bone" and they make a Carl Verheyen signature S-type called the "CV Special". Top players are raving about LSL guitars which price point very reasonably at the low side of Fender CS pricing, and a fraction of a DeTemple or D'Pergo. Verheyen's endorsement says it all.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Kendra comes with a 7.25" radius, 21 fret "C", sportin' 6105 frets. The hardware is aged. A G&amp;amp;G case is included.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Eric Johnson - Dijon finish&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Who knows? But since we dig Eric Johnson, I'm sure this Fuzz Face will be the master of all models. Just introduced at Winter NAMM 2012, the EJ FF is dialed in to sound like Eric's favorite vintage ones. This is the 4th FF model from the folks at Dunlop. Here's the current selection:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;RED - Regular, standard, basic, etc. "Pass the ketchup!"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;BLUE - Hendrix model. Sounds just exactly like Jimi... Purple would be smarter.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;COPPER - Joe Bonamassa. Bling! Brasso polish not included.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;DIJON - Eric Johnson. Mustard for your tone!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Does anyone think this will keep going like all the Crybaby pedals? How many different Crybaby models does Dunlop have now? &lt;i&gt;I'm still waiting for the Yoko Ono Wah&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;PLEASE! NO CAMO FUZZ FACE!!! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;I think a great little boutique niche could be painting celeb &lt;a href="http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/inspiration/great-celebrity-caricatures/" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;b&gt;caricatures&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; on Fuzz Face pedals. Imagine the face of Steve Buscemi, Chef Gordon Ramsey, Joe Pesci or Samuel L. Jackson adapted to a FF pedal! The tough part is finding the artist to do it. But then again, there's one at every carnival, fair and trade show. Just remember that you read it here first!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;UMA by &lt;a href="http://rancez.deviantart.com/art/Uma-Thurman-Caricature-60896213" rel="nofollow"&gt;Rancez&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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