I came across this video of Vic Flick selling one of his Strats.
Vic Flick, who played guitar on the original Bond theme. (I hadn’t heard of him.)
Interesting bridge pickup! Not a typical single coil…not surprised he got such a fortune for it, my easiest guitar to play & one of my favourites is a ‘63 strat, my birth year.
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I’ve had rails PUs in strats in the past, but they’re not my thing (usually too thin and shrill). I’d like a proper vintage strat of course, but reasonably happy with the couple I own.
In the late 70s I was playing in a band in Croydon, and the other guitar player, a few years older than me, bought a brand new ash strat. It was an absolute boat anchor, and while it was bending your shoulder downwards, it also sounded really thin and weedy. We briefly swapped guitars for a song at rehearsal, and I couldn’t hand it back fast enough. OTOH he seemed happy with it - his previous main guitar was a Shergold Matador, and they always sounded a bit odd - I picked up one cheap that needed rewiring a few years later, and it was always a bit odd too.
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