Happy 70th Anniversary

[S. Cane]

To the coolest guitar ever designed...

Pretty nice video by the company

[jmallard]

That was cool.

Jerry

[Laker]

Back around (I believe) 1985 my son purchased this 25th Anniversary Strat from a good friend of mine who was the original owner. My son played it a couple of years and then sold it to an old bandmate of mine to raise money to purchase a new 335 Gibson. As we move ahead 25 years or so I purchased it back, had it restored by a local luthier and gave it to my son for Christmas five years ago. What’s cool is it is still the original finish.

[phantomman]

Back around (I believe) 1985 my son purchased this 25th Anniversary Strat from a good friend of mine who was the original owner. My son played it a couple of years and then sold it to an old bandmate of mine to raise money to purchase a new 335 Gibson. As we move ahead 25 years or so I purchased it back, had it restored by a local luthier and gave it to my son for Christmas five years ago. What’s cool is it is still the original finish.

I had one of those a few years back. It was the heaviest Strat I've ever seen (15+ lbs) but it had the strattiest Strat tones I've ever heard. A nice guitar but I just couldn't use it onstage. It was akin to toting an M-60 machinegun.

[OldStrummer]

I passed on the 70th Anniversary Strat. I do have a 40th and 50th Anniversary Strats and a 60th Anniversary Tele (my avatar).

[Laker]

I had one of those a few years back. It was the heaviest Strat I've ever seen (15+ lbs) but it had the strattiest Strat tones I've ever heard. A nice guitar but I just couldn't use it onstage. It was akin to toting an M-60 machinegun.

Yeah, it’s a heavy guitar but a really nice sounding guitar. My son’s main axe now days is a Les Paul so the Strat is a backup if something happens to his main guitars. I still wish he was playing the 335 more. To me, that is one of the best guitars produced.