The Most Influential Guitar Ever Made: The Pre-CBS Strat

[Saul Goodman]

 

[Spinaltap]

I certainly enjoyed watching this, some beautiful Strats fo sho

[Gabe]

That was a great watch (and it is from The Netherlands)!

 

To me the 1954 Stratocaster sounds and looks the best.

 

Gabe  😘

[Dave Scepter]

What a great way to start my Christmas morning 🎄... thanks for sharing! 🎸 

[django49]

Nice! I'd be happy with any of them, but sorta lean toward the 1964.

[tweed]

Great video. I'm working on a '54' style Strat build. Picked up a Sassafras body, an Ed O'Brian Fender neck that has the 10/56 soft V profile, Alnico 3 pickups and 100k pots. A video I saw here once with 2 '54's in a shoot out had  me do a deep search and found out that the early '54' models used the 100k pots. I opted for a Super Vee trem though with Highwood saddles instead of a Fender trem. Hoping it'll sound as good as the video here. 

 

 

[cmatthes]

The SuperVee BladeRunner trem is my favorite for my Strats.

[Jimbilly]

On 12/25/2025 at 8:10 AM, django49 said:

Nice! I'd be happy with any of them, but sorta lean toward the 1964.

I have a 64 neck plate, -it's a start!