Members jerry_picker Posted December 2, 2004 Members Share Posted December 2, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doc Loco Posted April 28, 2005 Members Share Posted April 28, 2005 I did! Coz I bought one two weeks ago .What can I say - even without the relicing, it deserves it's price tag, because it is the best strat I've ever played (and I've played a lot in 30 years of play). The neck is uber comfortable too, and this feeling of playing a well worned guitar, a bit like an old pair of shoes ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimi Ray Halen Posted April 28, 2005 Members Share Posted April 28, 2005 I tried to but the guys at the music store wouldn't let me get drunk and drag it across the showroom floor by its cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doc Loco Posted April 28, 2005 Members Share Posted April 28, 2005 Originally posted by Jimi Ray Halen I tried to but the guys at the music store wouldn't let me get drunk and drag it across the showroom floor by its cable. You mean like SRV at the El Mocambo ? Weirdly enough, Rory Gallagher wasn't brutal at all with his beloved strat - but he used it every day during 33 years, and also had a very acidic sweat, acting a bit like therebentin (sp?) or any paint solver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members batotman Posted April 28, 2005 Members Share Posted April 28, 2005 They don't relic the frets or hardware (as far as functionality) do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members silent-strat Posted April 28, 2005 Members Share Posted April 28, 2005 I'm thinking Nash guitars could do a much better job for less cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimi Ray Halen Posted April 28, 2005 Members Share Posted April 28, 2005 Doc Loco: You mean like SRV at the El Mocambo ? Weirdly enough, Rory Gallagher wasn't brutal at all with his beloved strat - but he used it every day during 33 years, and also had a very acidic sweat, acting a bit like therebentin (sp?) or any paint solver. I saw film footage of Rory - who I really like - and he was dragging the strat across the stage by its cable, guitar screaming with feedback the whole time. And he was drunk. Played like a mofo tho. When I saw Stevie he was drunk and he didn't abuse his guitar. Go figure. He played like a mofo too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doc Loco Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 Originally posted by silent-strat I'm thinking Nash guitars could do a much better job for less cash. That's what I thought at first too. I know two guys with Nash guitars, those are good instruments with a good relicing, but not amazing though. I get in contact with him about it, and the price he asked me for building me a Rory Gallagher strat replica is actually the same I payed for my Fender one! And franckly, you can't compare the relicing work of the Fender custom shop with Nash's one, it's way better. The only thing that sucks with Fender relicing work, it's their pictures! Look at mine: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members batotman Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 My guitar with the most mojo is my 95 Squier Strat. Its dinged up and I don't baby it by any means but that kind of cash for a banged up guitar (though its purposefully) seems nuts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doc Loco Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 Originally posted by batotman My guitar with the most mojo is my 95 Squier Strat. Its dinged up and I don't baby it by any means but that kind of cash for a banged up guitar (though its purposefully) seems nuts! Payed it 2200 euros brand new - the price of a vey good custom shp strat - consider the relicing as a bonus . Oh, and my guitar with most mojo is my '61 Les Paul SG junior - it hasn't been babied, still you can't treat a (rather fragile) Gibson like a (rock solid) strat . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeBoy Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 Anybody know what happened to Rory's Strat after he passed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimi Ray Halen Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 Probably went to his wife or immediate family. I'd'a gladly taken it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members batotman Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 Wife has it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doc Loco Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 Originally posted by Jimi Ray Halen Probably went to his wife or immediate family. I'd'a gladly taken it. Went to his brother Donal in fact (he was his tour manager too and proly the one who was the closest to him). It's sometimes exposed in shows and memorials. Btw, he left us ten years ago . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimi Ray Halen Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 Man! Ten years! Time flies - when you're looking back.Damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeBoy Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 Yea I used to run around in my PL510 Datsun with 8 track blasting Rory and Dave Mason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldFenderGuy Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 To the best of my knowledge his wife Elaine still has the guitar. Here is a picture of her with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimi Ray Halen Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 God, he was a great slide player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doc Loco Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 Originally posted by OldFenderGuy To the best of my knowledge his wife Elaine still has the guitar. Here is a picture of her with it. :D Rory wasn't married! On this picture, it's a - quite decent - amateur reliced strat, with the wife of the owner, Harry Pellegrin - see this link http://www.roryon.com/harrystrat208.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted April 29, 2005 Author Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 Originally posted by batotman They don't relic the frets or hardware (as far as functionality) do they? Frets are well-dressed but spankin' new. Hardware...hmmm. The functional part of hardware works as new. However, the exposed parts are cosmetically reliced, usually with light oxidation to look "worn in". I've heard tales of the Custom Shop relicing department using an outdoor sandpit, exposed to the elements, where they bury knobs, whammy bars, screws, strap pins, etc. for months to get them "just right". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doc Loco Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 Originally posted by jerry_picker Frets are well-dressed but spankin' new. Hardware...hmmm. The functional part of hardware works as new. However, the exposed parts are cosmetically reliced, usually with light oxidation to look "worn in". I've heard tales of the Custom Shop relicing department using an outdoor sandpit, exposed to the elements, where they bury knobs, whammy bars, screws, strap pins, etc. for months to get them "just right". Here's a close-up of mine - you can see the rust (on the saddles but on the screws too), the mismatched screws on the pu selector, the dirty controls ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members batotman Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 Keep em coming Doc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doc Loco Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 Originally posted by batotman Keep em coming Doc! Okey! Note the mismatched tuner on low E . ... and the screws holes . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members headless Posted April 29, 2005 Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 I think the obvious question is: Would Rory play a Rory Gallahger Strat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted April 29, 2005 Author Members Share Posted April 29, 2005 Are beveled pickup poles "vintage"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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