The splatter strats

[GilkyBear]

Daaayummmm!! I keep looking and looking through all the 60's strats, I love them to death but they just don't feel right in my hands, too chunky for my little paws, but I still want another one. I sold my 72 Olympic White with the maple board about a year ago.

[jemplayer55]

Originally Posted by Gilk420

I sold my 72 Olympic White with the maple board about a year ago.

And here I thought you were pretty smart!!! But what the hay.... you got swirls!

[jemplayer55]

Would you belive I have a custom shop Strat with an ebony board???? Old too....

[The Euphor]

Come to think of it, are there any good sites for pics of the Bowling Ball Fenders? There were 300 or something? Rare birds...

[jemplayer55]

here's one example..... http://www.stratcollector.com/inventory/sc010283bb.html

and another two examples http://www.vintageguitars.net/produc...tion=sp&sid=20

[The Euphor]

Thanks! I've seen worse. Too bad about the guard...

[Randy Rhoads]

Do you remember the Paysley of 1969-1970...

not my cup of tea...

[David McCarroll]

Originally Posted by Gilk420

Actually, Darren swirled the "Bowling Ball Strats" long before he ever touched an Ibanez, they were just too stupid to realize what they had. And they couldn't get a machine to do it.

And they chose the boggest ordinary Strat money could buy - didn't even have the traditional recessed jack socket - just a socket on the scratchplate where tone control 2 normally is - blech!

Mind you, if Fender actually did about 300 of them, that's pretty much the same as most Ibanez swirl runs - the magic swirl number?

[Lefty Robb]

they would be cool but the PG just kills it...

[ChopTart]

I like those strats, too bad they're gone (at least I think so)

[elcid]

I've seen some nice ones and some awful ones, didnt like the way any of them played though.

[kennydoe]

As far as i know, all the splatter Strats are Made in Mexico

[The Euphor]

I've got a TacoTele, and it plays good - not great. None of the splatters I've tried have been any good. They are still hanging on the walls in stores here.

[rickcard71]

A strat & a Les Paul should be classic & beautiful. A PRS should have a very large range of options. A Telecaster should be smashed and burned. The best quote I've heard about a Telecaster is that it "looks like a woodshop project from high school."

[The Euphor]

Then you should listen more to guitar players like Christian Alsing, and try to figure out what he's playing, based on the sounds.

Oh, and may I add, where the **** did that comment come from?