Reverse Headstock vs. Regular

[Tone seaker]

Does fender make a repro of the 68 black strat

[MacGaden]

Does fender make a repro of the 68 black strat

Since no one knows for sure where it is... That would be hard. That did´nt stop Gibson from doing a "Beano"/EC Les Paul...

You have to roll your own.

http://www.univibes.com/BlackStrat.html

[Tone Slinger]

I dont want to post the NAME of the person who has this strat. But I'm pretty sure who it is.

I'd say , for era correctness, get the 'F' tuners. You will have to order them left handed though, since the starting and ending points of the tuners (The low E and high E ) are 'orientated differently. Its hard to see or describe, but different. Thats why you have a choice of Left or Right handed tuners.

[peter25]

I thought this Monika has the black beauty and Mitch Mitchell has the infamous Woodstock strat.

http://www.electrichendrix.gobot.com/photo2.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Not sure though. My guess is Fender will make a reissue at some point of the black strat. Just don't know when.

[Tone seaker]

Ulrich Roth has it from the Scorpions. I just wondered if fender made a 68 repro maple neck. Did they ever or do they?

[MacGaden]

I thought this Monika has the black beauty and Mitch Mitchell has the infamous Woodstock strat.

http://www.electrichendrix.gobot.com/photo2.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Not sure though. My guess is Fender will make a reissue at some point of the black strat. Just don't know when.

You are aware that Monika is dead, and that the Woodstock Strat have been sold at least twice since Mitch sold it ?

[MacGaden]

Ulrich Roth has it from the Scorpions. I just wondered if fender made a 68 repro maple neck. Did they ever or do they?

Not Fender US, but Fender Japan has a black lam-neck ´68 Strat.

[Tone seaker]

Ulrich Roth has it from the Scorpions. I just wondered if fender made a 68 repro maple neck. Did they ever or do they?

Not Fender US, but Fender Japan has a black lam-neck ´68 Strat.

Hm i found this are they decent. It is not in English. How would you order one and how much is it?

[MacGaden]

Ulrich Roth has it from the Scorpions. I just wondered if fender made a 68 repro maple neck. Did they ever or do they?

Not Fender US, but Fender Japan has a black lam-neck ´68 Strat.

Hm i found this are they decent. It is not in English. How would you order one and how much is it?

http://translate.google.co.jp/translate ... ibuya%2Fc0

[theactor19]

I'd say , for era correctness, get the 'F' tuners. You will have to order them left handed though, since the starting and ending points of the tuners (The low E and high E ) are 'orientated differently. Its hard to see or describe, but different. Thats why you have a choice of Left or Right handed tuners.

As much as I would like a full out duplicate strat, its not really case with what I have. My pickups are just the stock Tokai ones, and the finish of the body is poly. And its also a righty guitar.. so already, its not gonna be true to spec. So I think if I skimmed on the tuners, it wouldn't really be a big deal, right? To me, as long as it doesn't affect the tone/playability of something similar to hendrix, then why not the Klusion, since Musikraft has them in shop and will install them perfectly, especially since i'm doing the reverse headstock.

[theactor19]

So is bone nut the way to go to keep the tuning good. As long as it doesn't affect the tone to what jimi wouldve had, then would it be the way to go?

[Xplorer]

YES

[Xplorer]

the john suhr V60lp pickups would be great for hendrix, as well as jeff beck. they have .... something ...
you can also ask to Rod some custom pickups, reversed to fit your reversed neck, with the right wire, the right ammount of turns, the right magnetised poles etc , for a pure cool reproduction of what they had in the past, at its best, into their guitars.
a thin polyurethan finish on the body isn't a bad thing. polyester is really wrong.
a steel block from fatboy, for the bridge would be important ... the saddles ... go see what he has :

http://www.fatboyguitars.co.uk/userimages/Hardware(785530" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;).htm

[theactor19]

So the last two things before I order are this:

1) The tuners. The Kluson that they can install vs. me getting F tuners separated. Is their any difference in tone/playability in regards to hendrix? What are the pros and cons of each?

2) Bone nut vs. White Tusq Nut - I'm stuck on this. Some say tuning stability is better with the bone nut, some say the tone will be different. Which way is the best to go, and why, while maintaining the hendrix tone/feel?

Thanks!

[Xplorer]

sorry but, isn't that already answered by several members ? or are you waiting these same answers from some other particular persons ?
no problem to answer anyway but , just wondering ... do you really care about what we're saying ?
looking just at the neck, for your quest isn't enough : change the body, change the bridge, change the strings, change the pickups... there's no need to look for a material copy if you keep these tokai pickups...
obviously you'd need to make your experience with hendrix, and have your own advices, and realise that hendrix strats were all different, with different nuts, pickups, necks, tuners ...
the first strat i've played used to be owned by jimi hendrix, but i couldn't tell you if it was a white tusk or bone nut or f tuners or anything. i was 12.

"while maintaining the hendrix tone/feel?"

it's not gonna make a difference IMHO . difference between hendrix and hendrix ????