• Rick
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Topic: Joe should be getting royalties for this strat....

Stopped in the Guitar Center on Sunset Blvd

Had the LTD edition Custom Shop Strat like the one below
Looked "exactly" like Joe's, cracks in the paint and all
It's just a little too close not to be a Signature Model

P.S. the strat looks much golder than in the pic, it is
a dead ringer

http://www.themusiczoo.com/FenderMaster … GF497.html

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Re: Joe should be getting royalties for this strat....

I really cant believe it.. Its my guitar.. The neck wear is identical and the hardware...
Wow thanks for the heads up...
Joe Bonamassa

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Re: Joe should be getting royalties for this strat....

Joe Bonamassa wrote:

I really cant believe it.. Its my guitar.. The neck wear is identical and the hardware...
Wow thanks for the heads up...
Joe Bonamassa

ya, pretty cheezey, below is another link to a dealer with one....lots more close up pics

http://gguitars.com/fe496gf.html

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Re: Joe should be getting royalties for this strat....

So is there a signature JB guitar from Fender now?  I remember you said something, Joe, about the custom shop building you a replica of the gold strat... could they have put unofficially in production?

interesting... I want that guitar!

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Re: Joe should be getting royalties for this strat....

Check out this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UmmbF1Zyvk Dick Dale seems to like the gold sparkle too.

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Re: Joe should be getting royalties for this strat....

I guess I need to say Richard Dale

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Re: Joe should be getting royalties for this strat....

There already is/was a Dick Dale Signature Strat

think it had a reverse head stock, but at least it was called a "Dick Dale Signature Strat"

when I saw this one in Hollywood, I thought Joe may have traded his in,
In person, it looks like that much of a replica

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Re: Joe should be getting royalties for this strat....

They have one identical to this in stock at Elderly Instruments, Lansing MI.
Great close up pictures  www.elderly.com
Check under Custom Shop Guitars.
1-888-473-5810

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Re: Joe should be getting royalties for this strat....

All it's missing is a couple of stickers.

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Re: Joe should be getting royalties for this strat....

I remember a couple of years back, a local dealer had a bunch of Custom Shop
Tele's that were dead ringers for Keefs #1

Not sure what forced the change, if it was Keef, his people, whoever
but they had to be re-painted, they became vintage white

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Re: Joe should be getting royalties for this strat....

Just got a quote-this guitar is in stock #FCG64MDS-retail $5000.00 Sale price $3150.00
If I only had the jack........................
www.elderly.com