my '66 strat is featured as "guitar of the month"!

[jimistone]

The website is "all things guitar". They thought my strat was kind of cool and e-mailed me today that they decided to feature it.
Heres the link:
all things guitar

 

[whyseye]

Congrats, man!
She's a beauty!

 

[Track Rat]

That is a nice axe sir!

 

[apl]

Is your name available for all to behold?

 

[jimistone]

You can't really see the signature in the pic, on the webpage. Here is a printer scan of it I just did.
I just noticed it was signed in'03, not '04....my bad...shit, im getting old

 

[Megaman]

Way cool man! Congrats

 

[therage!]

That looks like something a liberal would own!

Seriously, way to go and that is a cool guitar.

 

[jimistone]

Thanks guys,
Its still my main axe for giging and recording...thats why I took the pick guard off...I would have rubbed Teds signature off by now.

therage!
When I get a pink Danelectro signed by boy george, you can then accuse me of having a "liberal" guitar.

 

[Track Rat]

Easy there Jimmi, I'm so liberal I'm a commie and my main squeeze is a 71 blonde Tele.

 

[Krakit]

When I get a pink Danelectro signed by boy george, you can then accuse me of having a "liberal" guitar.

What would make that a "liberal" guitar?

Carl

 

[Dogbreath]

Very cool Jimi........nice axe........

 

[rpe]

tres cool! You're a celebrity!

 

[Larry Gude]

It's backwards...

...but other than that, a pretty nice guit.

 

[mikemorgan]

nice axe, too bad about that refin though.

 

[jimistone]

nice axe, too bad about that refin though.

Yeah I know.
I got it in 1976, for $150, and it had a 3 color sunburst original finish, with only one chip in the paint. (in 1976 a '66 strat was not even a collectable guitar)
I was 16 years old and natural wood finishes were all the rage (...so, I sanded the original sunburst finish off. To my dismay, the woodgrain was not what I thought it wood be (it was alder not ash). I painted it white with acrylic enamel (looked like shit). Then in 1982 I painted it grey with dupont emaron poly (5 coats of color and 5 coats of clear). I was playing "outlaw" country at the time and I put brass knobs on it, and a rebel flag pickguard (popular in the early 80's). I swithed to a black pickguard (playing blues in New Orleans clubs...the rebel flag guard didn't "fit in").
Finally, in 2002, I decided to put a proper finish on it. It took me 2 weeks of applying aircraft grade paint remover and "elbow grease" to get the emoron off....that has to be the toughest paint known to man. To my amazment, the original yellow dye and factory markings were still there in the pickup cavity. I decided not to paint it in the original 3 color sunburst...becuase im not crazy about 3 color sunburst finishes. I went with lake placid blue nitro laquar over white primer (an option for a 1966 strat). I could have put a bit of yellow in the clear coat and reliced it (it would have passed for original paint)...but, its not original so I said "fuck it, it a refinish and always will be".
I will never sell it, so, to me, the refinish is not a big deal.
I have been offered $3,000 for it by someone that knew, up front, it was a refinish by the way. (before Ted signed it). I have made alot of money, through the years, with that guitar.....alot more money than it would bring if I had set in the closet in original condition, to sell now.

That strat is like one of my kids...I could never sell one of my kids

 

[true-eurt]

ATTENTION: Jimistone!!!...must inspect at better proximity. Here is my address and postage-paid label..thanks for your co-operation...eurt...



Nice Geetar!!!