Fender Stratocaster serial # 0001. History.

[gukobi]

Look how gentle david is with his #1. Supporting it with his knees and not touching it with anything but his pick and fingertips.

[demilieu]

gibson workers' nickname for fender guitars: 'toilet seat guitars'

[365Avalon]

Gilmour could bring about world peace purely by the act of giving me that guitar. Sadly he won't

[WhitetailWillie]

fantastic

[MatKiller1197]

can someone tell me how to find what year mine is a aquier strat the serial is s/n ic031123370

[oleesquivel87]

im happy #00001 strat is being owned/played by DG and not some rich bastard who doesnt even play guitar

[muszikuality]

@oleesquivel87 I AGREE!!! AND I'M ALSO HAPPY FOR THAT. I wonder if David is the owner of the #00001 from the very beginning or he just got it from the first owner?

[kdjfnvjvd]

My grandfather knew Mr.Fender! I currently own a '54 strat that he gave me when I was seven. Leo fender knew there would be issues with the serial # thing but alot of people don't realize that he decided to skip #'s 1 through 20! The first strat serial number would be 0020 NOT 0001. And the first few were stamped on the trem cover. Even DG knows that!

[alexmortland]

To quote David Gilmour: "Jesus fucking Christ, I have SO MUCH MONEY. It's fuckin' unbelievable, really. This here? The #0001 Strat. Outside? That's my riverboat recording studio. Yeah, DG, baby. Hella paid."

[1967BlueEyedTrol1994]

i have one . its 1960 birthday deluxe sunburst and maple fretboard . i love my babay . i want to hug her

[MidnightMinstrel]

Is this excellent doc. Available on DVD? I can't find it anywhere

[motey99]

What's the song he plays at 2:50? I don't recognise it

[agreensify]

what song is played at 2:11

[Drex088]

@agreensify Shine on you crazy diamond by pink floyd

[vzsozs]

and guess what. #0001 is SURF GREEN.

[raiphdude7]

This isn't good news-heard that this Strat was stolen by Seymour Duncan from a kid who walked into his shop with it wanting a repair... The kid came back to pick it up, Duncan garishly gave the kid a new one He then sold this one to Gilmour (who probably doesn't know about the theft) for $10,000. A real 'steal' .

[darthdude1016]

@raiphdude7 well thats duncans theory for the guitar anyway. true story was that the guitar originally belonged to leo fender they phil taylor gilmours guitar tech got his hands on it but the only reason gilmour has it no wis because he blackmailed taylor when taylor needed money to buy a house.

[raiphdude7]

@darthdude1016 Wow that's wild-So Gilmour blackmailed Taylor for the guitar in exchange for $ to buy a house? Or Taylor was trying to extort $ from Gilmour.... I don't get the blackmail connection but would like to know to whole deal.

[raiphdude7]

Respond to this video... Ans BTW, that is NOT a story I heard from Duncan. Not friends with that guy-

[darthdude1016]

@raiphdude7 no but it is seymour duncans side to the guitars origins. it came off the seymour duncan forum. anyway to cut it short this is just one side to the story though not completely accurate

[raiphdude7]

@darthdude1016 got me interested to find out more-I'll check out the forum thanks

[darthdude1016]

@raiphdude7 dont mention it dude

[raiphdude7]

@darthdude1016 Can't find anything relating to your story-doubt Duncan would implicate himself in a theft deal on his forum page... dude why don't you just spill it.. Truth must out eventually

[darthdude1016]

@raiphdude7 nothing was actually stolen a guy brought his 60s strat to duncan for repair but the body was too worn in so he got a new body slapped a 61 neck on it i believe and sold it to gilmours guitar tech

[raiphdude7]

@darthdude1016 OK that covers the 61, but how did the above guitar get to Gilmour? The guitar in this footage is almost a prototype it's so old...like 54

[darthdude1016]

@raiphdude7 There was some discussion about the #0001 Strat’s origins in 2004 on the Seymour Duncan forum that seemed to stir up some controversy. According to Seymour Duncan, there were two guitars with the #0001 serial number and David’s guitar is a “frankenstein” consisting of several different parts. Apparently, in 1976 a guy named Richard Green wanted Duncan to repair his 1957 Strat. Duncan shipped the body to Charvel but it was too worn and full of scratches and it was replaced

[raiphdude7]

@darthdude1016 OK thanks so much. You appear to be as 'in there' as anyone could be. Did you work at Duncan, or is this just common knowledge from the forum? I guess from what you say, and Fenders being a swap meet even at the factory until Freddy Tavares gave the place some organization, that there is no real way to determine a guitar's vintage say, within 4 years, as the fact is that necks, plates, bodies  were all over, and some one would just grab a part and assemble without being too exact

[raiphdude7]

Respond to this video... and just for the record, I know Duncan to be a parts thief. THAT disease was also common practice among the dealers/repairmen of the "get a vintage guitar, or parts of same' by any mean necessary....Terrible things have been done to unsuspecting customers, as you no doubt may be aware.

[darthdude1016]

by a random, similar body and sprayed see-through root beer. The neck went to repairman Phil Kubicki, who refinished it and Duncan fitted the neck to the “new” body and returned it to Richard Green. The guitar had a #0001 serial number on the neckplate. Later, Seymour got the original body at Charvel’s, slapped on a random 1957 neck that he’d bought from Phil Kubicki, wounded new 1960’s replica pickups and sold it to Phil Taylor. This guitar also had a #0001 serial number on the neckplate.

[darthdude1016]

so there it5 is

[PeteAndJakee]

my Ashton strat copy doesnt have a serial but its a cool guitar. shaped like a strat with 1 humbucker and 2 single coils for pickups. rosewood neck. i want maple for it. should i get a Fender neck for my Ashton and get rid of the humbucker bridge pickup and turn it into a fender or keep it original?

[letterbekmen]

@PeteAndJakee getting a real fender neck is a bad idea. It might doesnt fit, and it costs 300 dollars. you might want to pick up one from here: w w w . guitarfetish . com

[MuzicmanPresents]

I love many different styles of guitars, but a Strat just feels so damned comfortable. And they are sexy. Shaped like a sexy woman. Only the Strat, of all the guitars in the world has true sex appeal.

[yojoe71]

@MuzicmanPresents so true!

[JuanBluesMan]

@MuzicmanPresents thats true man

[Swapneeiil]

MY STRAT'S SERIAL # is 01735562

[phriend2spin]

What is this from?

[woollyjumperfilms]

@phriend2spin It's from an Alan Yentob doc called The History of the Guitar.

[Vitotesta]

Freddie Tavares used to frequent a vintage guitar shop up here in the Seattle area when he retired. He told stories of bringing home factory 'second' necks to use for firewood during the winter!

Let's go dumpster diving at the Fender factory!