I’ve owned two Strats over the years. The first was a USA standard strat bought new in about 1994 ish. I liked the guitar but the sound lacked the ‘Stratiness’ I admired in the likes of the Edge, Clapton, Gilmour, Gallagher etc. I sold this a couple of years ago.
I bought my next Strat off EBay late last year. It’s a California Series Sunburst one. Part made in Fender factory, shipped to Mexico to be painted etc and then sent back to California for final assembly. It’s a nice example made around 1998/1999.
Anyway I’ve recently got into Pink Floyd and I love GIlmour’s sound and especially the Black Strat.
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The pages below this one are a record of the transformation from sunburst California series to Black Gilmour…