Members Texas Noise Factory Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Late 70's or Early 80's hardtail Strat. Mr. Post Man came today, and I got my Strat. This thing is pretty clean. It weighs a good bit, but it plays really nice. The action is really low, and the neck has a nice c shape. Great sustain too. It appears to be pretty original and not knackered/modded much at all. The neck is supposed to be late 70's. and the body is dated '81. I haven't taken it apart to verify yet though. It even came with the bridge cover, and OG black pickup covers, pickguard, and knobs. I think it's a keeper. I've heard these are pretty hit and miss, but this appears to be a hit! When I started looking at Strats, I decided mine needed to be an Olympic White Strat with a maple neck/ fretboard. For some reason I just like the hardtail look. Does anyone know if the production totals of hardtails is that much less when compared to "normal" ones? I think this is exactly what I was looking for. I played it for a while today. It's gonna fit in well with the rest of the brood. Here's some pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BB123 Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Nice color, HNGD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted March 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Thanks! It's yellowing nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snappy Hat Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Nice and its a 79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted March 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Nice and its a 79 Thanks for the reply, how can you tell it's a '79? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sylvesterlowery Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 That is hot!!!Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 There's nothing there not to like! Happy NGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted March 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 That is hot!!!Congrats! Thanks! I'm lovin it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Late 70's or Early 80's hardtail Strat. Mr. Post Man came today, and I got my Strat. This thing is pretty clean. It weighs a good bit, but it plays really nice. The action is really low, and the neck has a nice c shape. Great sustain too. It appears to be pretty original and not knackered/modded much at all. The neck is supposed to be late 70's. and the body is dated '81. I haven't taken it apart to verify yet though. It even came with the bridge cover, and OG black pickup covers, pickguard, and knobs. I think it's a keeper. I've heard these are pretty hit and miss, but this appears to be a hit! When I started looking at Strats, I decided mine needed to be an Olympic White Strat with a maple neck/ fretboard. For some reason I just like the hardtail look. Does anyone know if the production totals of hardtails is that much less when compared to "normal" ones? I think this is exactly what I was looking for. I played it for a while today. It's gonna fit in well with the rest of the brood. I love my '79 hardtail. The hardtails are generally considered more stable than the trem models of the 3-bolt neck era. As for production numbers, I don't have any, but I would say they made a LOT of hardtails at that time, it seems like a good half I run into from that period are hardtails. It was a relatively new concept to Fender at the time they went hogwild with hardtails after introducing the Tele Deluxe and the revamped Tele Thinline in '72. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gas Hed Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 That's great - wondering why Fender doesn't offer a hard tail now - or do they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 That's great - wondering why Fender doesn't offer a hard tail now - or do they? On the downswing. They offered several in the mid '00's; many models had hardtail equivalents. Not I believe its just the Cray sig and maybe oone or two others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Nice strat - looks great. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Space coyote Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Thanks! It's yellowing nicely. You should probably refinish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tweak'd Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 You should probably refinish it. NOooooo...I would leave it be. It has history and if you refinish it, you're gonna cover it all up... Really nice guitar...congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bacosta72 Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Sweet, I love hardtailed strats. Especially one that has the look of the Malmsteen strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Superrust Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Thanks for the reply, how can you tell it's a '79? Typically you would take the letter and the next number. The 'S' denotes Seventies with the next number '9' being the second half of the year. What I read though is that this guitar could be between a '78 and a '81. You might have better luck dating the pots but then again they could have purchased so many at once that this could still make the date vary a bit. This gives some good info, http://www.themusiczoo.com/blog/2010/fender-instruments-serial-number-dating-guide/ . Whatever year it's a great looking guitar. Love the yellowed finish. HNGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jelloman Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 I haz jealousies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlackHatHunter Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 I have a thing for hardtail strats... enjoy it in great health Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slvrsrpnt Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 ooooooo - me likie! I do love hardtail strats, and that is a beauty with the color and the maple board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim gueguen Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 I wonder if it might be from the "International Colors" series, that came out in '81. Those came with black pickup covers and black knobs, and one of the shades was Monaco Yellow. Fender used S9 serial number stickers into at least 1981. They must have printed a lot of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Argh! Zombies! Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Fully hot. YJM colors with a hardtail. I'd have bought that, oh yes. Bridge saddles look a bit suspish. And by golly, that's a lot of spare neck pocket. But I'd still have bought it. Lovely. If you don't want to broadcast its price, I'd appreciate a PM, because I think you might just have GASsed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members crashclc Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Sweet. I like the genuine patina of age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Texas Noise Factory Posted March 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Not a chance I'll refinish it. It's definitely not Monaco Yellow. You can see the original Olympic White color around the replacement pickguard. Yeah, the neck pocket could probably be tighter, but I haven't noticed any issues with neck movement yet. I'm not good enough of a guitarist to get up the fretboard to the meedly bits anyway. About new hardtails, the only one I'm aware of atm is the Billy Corgan Signature. Thanks for all of the responses! I'll hit you up with a PM Mr. Zombies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slicepaperdavid Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Nice Strat!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 I wonder if it might be from the "International Colors" series, that came out in '81. Those came with black pickup covers and black knobs, and one of the shades was Monaco Yellow. Fender used S9 serial number stickers into at least 1981. They must have printed a lot of them. Monaco yellow was very bright yellow. It could be yellowed Arctic White, which IS an International color. But it was probably just "White," Fender just called it "White," which officially was a different color than Olympic White, but looked the same to me (the difference is probably a matter of paint source). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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