Right now I've got three Stratocasters; all self-built.

1. One piece maple neck, 7.25 radius, 6100 frets, alder 2-tone sunburst body, vintage hardware in gold, Fender Texas Special pickups.

2. Maple cap neck, 9.5 radius, medium frets; quilted maple laminated mahogany body in deep amber. Hardtail bridge, Kluson tuners. Pickups: Seymour Duncan APS-2, Fender Deltatone, Squier ceramic.

3. Maple cap neck, 9.5 radius, medium jumbo frets: flame maple laminated alder body, rear routed (no pickguard necessary) in amber. Fender vintage lefty trem, Gotoh tuners, endpin jack. Pickups: DiMarzio HS-3, Squier ceramic, Fender Gold Lace Sensor.

I enjoy all styles of music, and always try and fit the guitar to the genre. Below are a few of my babies.

Hard Rock-

Heritage H-150 Flame top. Similar to a Les Paul and constructed in the original Gibson factory in Kalamazoo Michigan by the old employees

Epiphone SG flame top double-neck with 12 string and six string necks- a must for the ZEP tunes

Blues-

ES-335 Knock-off, proabably made in the same factory in Korea that made the Epiphone...but the name is Sebring

Cort Stat 2 Strat knock-off- this guitar looks, sounds, and plays wonderful considering I payed under 200 dollars for it new- a real winner

Classic rock

An old Harmony jaguar look alike with one odd pick-up. I purchased it at an antique shop in North Dakota, and it has a very unigue lead tone. Also good for making Rage Against the Machine sound effects.

Delta Blues-

Old Martin Acoustic with rosewood back and sides

All other acoustic music-

Larrivee D-03 Mahogany with a pick-up installed later. This acoustic is a really nice all solid wood piece, and even puts my Martin to shame!

Jazz- Old 1960s Gibson ES-125 with an awesome sounding P-90 pick-up

Heritage H-575- similar to a ES-175, but made out of solid wood instead of laminate. This is my favorite piece to date! The solid top gets better every year, and the electrified tone is perfect for jazz.

Heavy Metal

24 fret Jackson King V with a blueburst flame top- a very fast guitar for shred music.

Cort Viva Gold 24 fret flame top blueburst with a Floyd Rose Super Strat style- made in same factory as Ibanez guitars

Cort 22 fret super strat with Kahler style tremolo- and oddity!

Currently, the people at heritage are custom making me a Super Eagle, which is similar to a Gibson Super 400. It will have a solid top and flamed back and side.

I found out that the "Faguar" body style is called a "Decade"

ah thanks for the advice! i was wondering if maybe placing an adhesive rubber pad backing to the back of the pick guard might help. but perhaps a replacement pickup would be a better idea.

a big apple american strat (1998)

a taylor model 414 (2004)

a gibson 150- adjustable bridge (1965)-- all original knobs and hardware.

miggymut, i love the strat, my cheapo looks just like that. i wish i had a real one that looked like that.

also, i'm with davetor, post a pic!

Pics of my baby:

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She's a 1988, #5,444 made back when they were really hand making all the goodness. This guitar just sings, so much sustain you would not believe it...

Tom Anderson Hollow T
Manne (italian made www.manne.com) custom, that's my main axe for live
1970 Gibson LP custom Black
1949 Gibson ES 150
Taylor 310 ltd edition maple

I have a metallic black Fender Katana, a black Hamer Flying V, and a vintage hollow body/electric made by "Alex", it is red with a black pick guard and chrome hardware. It looks like Chuck Berry's Gibson, but not identical. The Fender and the hollow-body electric are up for sale if anyone is interested.

Cheers, Mike

A 1995 Fender Squier Standard Strat
A 2007 Epiphone Les Paul Classic.

I have an Ibanez AF85 and an Epiphone DOT in New Orleans---where I haven't been since Katrina; I may never see that guitar again.