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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!
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Wow, that's amazing that I throught you were already playing 12s??? Hmmm?
Must be the Surf mojo psychi working in our little community here? grin
Can you direct me to where i can get the exact tortose shell pick guard?
I've had pretty bad fortune ordering guitar parts online, so it would be
very helpfull if you could.
Concerning the color of the guitar, it was advertised as "A brown pinkish
mist," on Ebay and I knew exactly what the guy was talking about, I placed 1
bid and 5 minutes later, it was mine! smile
Just so you know, , we are waiting patiently for the Freshmen, Madeira dis,
my friend!!!
Thank you kindly, Rick!
Nalu Kai - "May the waves that wash up on your part of the beach
always be good ones."
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Hello Rick;
I have been playing 12-52 gauges on my black Strat since late '98,
and my fiesta red Strat since 2002. The shoreline gold Strat is my
last Strat to get the 12s. That's all I meant.
I actually purchased that tortoiseshell pickguard back in '95, and I
really can't remember where I got it. I think it might be by WD
pickguards, but it's been too long. I know Fender itself has been
making replacement pickguards, and you should probably just get one
of those.
Finally, thanks for waiting for the Madeira CD, but it'll be a
while! (We do have a practice this weekend, with six new originals
to be worked on, so we'll see how long it'll take us to get our stuff
together...)
Best,
ivan
--- In , "Johnston, Rick"
<rick.johnston@u...> wrote:
> Wow, that's amazing that I throught you were already playing
12s??? Hmmm?
> Must be the Surf mojo psychi working in our little community here?
grin
>
> Can you direct me to where i can get the exact tortose shell pick
guard?
> I've had pretty bad fortune ordering guitar parts online, so it
would be
> very helpfull if you could.
>
> Concerning the color of the guitar, it was advertised as "A brown
pinkish
> mist," on Ebay and I knew exactly what the guy was talking about, I
placed 1
> bid and 5 minutes later, it was mine! smile
>
> Just so you know, , we are waiting patiently for the Freshmen,
Madeira dis,
> my friend!!!
>
>
>
>
> Thank you kindly, Rick!
>
> Nalu Kai - "May the waves that wash up on your part of the beach
> always be good ones."
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
