The Beauty of Wood in Guitars

[Sigmania]

How about this flame?
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Nice. Reminds me of my 1979 ST100 GS

 

[jselect]

Nice. Reminds me of my 1979 ST100 GS

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Great flame.........

 

[Sigmania]

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Ok, that is wild to see those DiMarzio stickers.... Are those VS-1's?

DiMarzio VS-1 Pickups

 

[jselect]

I really love this guitar's finger board grain.

 

[jselect]

Ok, that is wild to see those DiMarzio stickers.... Are those VS-1's?

DiMarzio VS-1 Pickups


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No, this model is ”Blue Velvet", jointly developed by Fender Custom Shop and DiMarzio in 1994 when this guitar was made in Japan Fender. Blue Velvet has now been discontinued. It is a very rare one with the company name printed on the bobbin on the back. I'll upload the image later.

 

[jselect]

No, this model is ”Blue Velvet", jointly developed by Fender Custom Shop and DiMarzio in 1994 when this guitar was made in Japan Fender. Blue Velvet has now been discontinued. It is a very rare one with the company name printed on the bobbin on the back. I'll upload the image later.

 

[Homer J. Simpson]

I think the reason why not so many people are hanging around here anymore is that you get an absolute overload of GAS after 5 minutes looking at unobtainium. That flamed ST100 neck!

 

[Sigmania]

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That's nuts! How do they sound?

And so cool that you kept the stickers on the pickguard.

Stunning guitar!

 

[jselect]

That's nuts! How do they sound?

And so cool that you kept the stickers on the pickguard.

Stunning guitar!

This Blue Velvet was loose-winding, and hand-wired at that time.

The sound is very fat yet clear, the center pickup is back-magnetized, taking into account the matching of the three sets.

The pickguard is not plastic, but very heavy aluminum, not anodized as seen in vintages, but baked with high heat in white color.

With a neck frame and a splendid ash body of grains, only 40 guitars were produced to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stratocaster's birth, making it the pinnacle of Fender Japan's best guitar.

 

[jselect]

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Sigmania, have you ever seen like that ”DiMARZIO” sticker on the back bobbin?

 

[Sigmania]

No. The VS-1 had a white PAF sticker, but very few survived.

Rare MB Headstock Strat-Can I learn more about this please?

 

[jselect]

No. The VS-1 had a white PAF sticker, but very few survived.

Rare MB Headstock Strat-Can I learn more about this please?

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I've seen PAF stickers (actually small pieces of printed paper rather than stickers？) on pickups from the 1970s. However, I've never seen a little DiMarzio sticker like the one on my Strat other than this model. Since it was a joint development with Fender, it may have been intended to appeal to the company. After that, Blue Velvet, which was sold separately, should not have this sticker on it.

 

[settebello]

My 2010 Casino Elitist.(Terada made)

 

[jselect]

My 2010 Casino Elitist.(Terada made)
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Great!! Beauty.......

 

[Jonwe]

Understated 1979 ls-80.

 

[Jonwe]

 

[Sigmania]

Oh cool. It has a flame top. Can you photograph it in bright sunlight?

 

[Sigmania]

You should add that LS80 to this thread:

1978-1985 vintage LS solid flametop gallery

 

[Jonwe]

Oh cool. It has a flame top. Can you photograph it in bright sunlight?

Grey and wet here right now, but next time the sun bursts out i’ll see if i can capture the flames. It’s only visible in the right light.

 

[Sigmania]

Cool. Flash works too.

That’s a special guitar.