Classic Relic® HBS-1 Stratocaster®

The Fender Custom Shop's Mike Eldred gives you a detailed look at the Classic Relic® HBS-1 Stratocaster® guitar.

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[StardustRevolutionX]

what the f*ck is wrong with wanting one more fret? and who are you to say that 22 frets are unnecessary or "too much"? who are you to say what is good or necessary to OTHER people?

hendrix played w/ 21 frets. good for him. other people want 22. what is wrong with that?

of course you dont need a specific guitar to sound/play good, but theres nothing wrong with wanting different neck shapes,more frets,different pickups,etc. wouldnt it be boring if everyone played _exactly_ the same guitar?

[weavzy]

they should have put a 69 headstock on it.

[humbertoarroyogarcia]

I love this guitar

[BayouBluesMan]

hehe their 2011 model is urethane WHAT THE FUCK

[whoisthenext1]

Did you get 250Kohm or 500Kohm pots for this Strat ?

Thanks

[TheMadMusicMan]

@DarthKazi That's ol Eddie's way of building. He knew where he wanted to get and got there. As he says himself, it's a chain. His hands, his axe and his amp plus whatever other stuff he threw in for effects. Music to everyone's ears.

[DarthKazi]

@TheMadMusicMan Yeah, if you look at the pics of it up close, the high E string is literally hanging off the edge of the fretboard. I have no idea how he played that thing, but he did and nobody has a claim to have rocked the guitar world like that since.

[TheMadMusicMan]

@DarthKazi That would of course be the one and only Eddie Van Halen. While I love the Frankenstein in its Red with Floyd form, the "Original Frank" rocked!

[DarthKazi]

@YogiSizzle The best-sounding 70's one I ever heard, was put together from factory second Charvel parts by this kid from Holland, who stuck a Gibson PAF in it. ;) It has a '58 Strat bridge, a brass nut and a birdseye neck. I wonder what happened to that dude! ;)

[YogiSizzle]

@DarthKazi Even so there are some phenomenal sounding/playing late 70s strats out there too

[DarthKazi]

@YogiSizzle They really didn't get crappy till the 70's when they cheaped out on everything, such as the 1-piece cast bridges and junk like that. Most of the late 60's ones were similar the old ones, just with the bigger headstock.

[scittball]

some drive woulda been a great selling point genius