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Hey Rick!
Glad to hear I inspired your choice of guitar and color! Ain't it
beautiful? I highly recommend replacing the stock white pickguard
with a tortoishell one - it works really well with Shoreline Gold, if
I may say so.
The guitar is in shop now being set up for 12-52 gauge strings (it
had 11-49 before). It my last Strat with 11s. My fingers have
really gotten used to 12s by now, and 11s just feel too flimsy.
Can't wait to get it back!
BTW, I put Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro pickups in that guitar, and
they're really nice, very warm and full.
Ivan
--- In , "Johnston, Rick"
<rick.johnston@u...> wrote:
> Gavin,
>
> I initially purchased a Clapton signature strat for about $1,000
new,
> because it had the best tone to me in 1993.
>
> I have now turned from that opinion and play a shoreline gold, 62
reissue
> with 12's, inspired by Ivan from, "The Madeira," fame and this
guitar has
> the tone I was really looking for. It cost me $700 on Ebay and had
EMG pick
> ups on it, which were emmediately replaced with Fender Custom shop
54's and
> about to be .rewired via inspiration of a fave strat owned by Dave
Ronski of
> "Slacktone," fame. These guys play like I want to play and sound
like I
> want to sound, so there you go!!!
>
> Hope it helps a bit...
>
>
> Your wave brudda, rick!
>
>
>
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