Strat Plus Clean

[Fender1976uk]

I have the same one as well, colour including :)

[Echoplex1]

Sorry Gentlemen, but that color was called PEWTERBURST

It first appeared in 1989 on the very first strat plus models.

Came on both rosewood and maple fingrboard strats.

[foulis]

does the "plus" sound any different than other strats?

[1saacMS]

@foulis The pickups are gold Lace sensors, so it does sound a little different than a standard Strat equipped with Fender pickups.

[Almo2504]

I have a 1991 Strat Plus with the makers name inside the neck well in the body - A Chavez who went on to work in the Custom Factory setup.

The colour is 'Black Pearl Dust' which is supposed to be fairly rare.

Mine has a maple fretboard and new lace pickups - in Blue - Silver - Red.

[1saacMS]

@Almo2504 It's good to finally know the actual color. I've never had the neck off, but maybe someday I'll check that out.

[Fender1976uk]

I have the same one :) If I remember right?? the colour was called grey burst :) and there was a blue one :)

[schizophonic86]

like shockme25159 i have the same guitar! mine it's 1995 , the same color! love it.

[shockme25159]

Got the SAME EXACT guitar.. Right down the the colour, year, and rosewood fretboard.. They're nice, aren't they?

[BackyardGuitars]

It's one of my favorites. I think the Lace sensors are a big part of it, but the neck is great too. An all around good guitar.

[shockme25159]

Yeah. The Lace Sensors are my favourite pickups (single coil) ever

[Bob6stringer]

I bought a Strat Plus the first year they were out and haven't modded it at all except to update the roller nut to the later model (to accept heavy bottom strings).

I miss the rasp and -- believe it or not, broader tone spectrum -- of my old 70s Telecaster, but that G and B strings were incurably dead.

But I do love my Strat Plus, and my 2003 made-in-Germany Hofner Jazzica archtop, which can be sweet as honey or powerful as a sledgehammer. To each his own.

[1saacMS]

I was shocked the first time I tried to string it with 11s. Dangs! But it really is a nice sounding guitar. The gold lace sensors are great. The old Clapton signature model used to use them.

[AX100G]

wow....what a bunch of ungrateful...

Hey thanks for the vid, after watching this and a few others, i decided to get a strat plus!

[1saacMS]

Pick up a Reverend while you're at it! The Flatroc is nice.

Thanks for understanding though.

[Bob6stringer]

RE: REVEREND: I was so impressed with Reverends... the tech and the idea of them on paper... but when I went shopping for one I was extremely disappointed. They felt too fragile for me, and the necks were all much bigger than I was comfortable with.

To each his own.

[BackyardGuitars]

Well, I will if you promise to buy a guitar! These were just quick and dirty for someone who wanted to compare a few guitars. Better than nothing (I think), but not the best, I know. Hey, if you have a mic, send it to me and I'll use it. I'll send it back with the guitar or amp you buy.

[moenmusician]

get a mic, and do some vids with better sound. please :D

[BackyardGuitars]

You're welcome. I hope you also appreciated the lack of searing lead lines and lightning arpeggios. I don't do too well at those.

[JDHBand]

yep, thanks for demo-ing the sound of the guitars rather than just showin' off! Long live Backyard Guitars.

[BackyardGuitars]

I just went to your user page. Long live Phil Keaggy! He's awesome. And thanks for the kind words and support.

[letterbekmen]

@BackyardGuitars What color is it? is it plain black or flaky? the lights are tricky

[BackyardGuitars]

letterbekmen, It's a slightly flaky black to gray fade. I remember seeing some with blue instead of gray back when the model was in production.

[pandorski]

thnaks for just showing the guitar clean