What sets the Fender Strat apart ???

never! maple just looks so much nicer than rosewood.

 

especially if its birds eye maple or west coast rock maple....... give it a thin coat of antique amber.... and you get the most beautiful neck ever...

 

Never? :think:

I said that maple looks better than rosewood too

I would love to swap my rosewood strat for a maple one!!! :

 

i love mustangs so they SHOULDN'T leave rosewood for the mustangs!

mind you rosewood doesnt look to bad on the Jazzmaster like you said, also it looks good on the Cyclones

 

any pics of the mustangs with maple?

and that comment was just a joke, no offense intended :beer:

 

no i understood it was a joke so was my reply just didn't really look like it lol.

some real mustangs on sale on ebay:
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33039&item=7300027332&rd=1
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=38082&item=7300140648&rd=1
https://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33039&item=3781882557&rd=1

last one is the best looking

but yeah none of them have a maple fretboard lol.

 

does fender put ebony boards on theire guitars (not asses) only guitars?

 

Ive seen a jazzmaster with a maple fretboard, look fine, but i would love to see a mustang! Were they never made with maple boards?

 

Hello. This is my first time posting here. I was looking for discussions on George Harrison's guitars because I like the way the Strat from Concert for Bangladesh looked and I stumbled on this forum. I live in Austin, TX so its interesting to see discussions on gear stuff all around the world. I'm curious about bands, etc. in other parts of the world.

Oh, I've been reading about Esquires a lot lately. Apparently they were actually the first Fender guitar put in production, in 1950. They didn't have truss rods and the necks warped. Then they were available as 1 or 2 pickup guitars. They were briefly taken off the market, then the Broadcaster came out. They were two pickup only, but otherwise the same style as the Esquire.
The Broadcaster was renamed Telecaster because Gretsch had a drumset called the Broadkaster, and so there was possible trademark problems.
The Esquire was brought back out, but only 1 pickup.

Well I'm rambling.