Lets start a movement for McCready/Gossard SIGNATURE GUITAR

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  • JW42505
    JW42505 Posts: 113
    no prob.

    Im actually working with a great company that relics guitars to create a McCready 59 strat clone for myself.

    taking real Fender parts and its going to look almost exactly like his. Cheaper than you think..
  • vesuri
    vesuri Posts: 12
    JW42505 wrote:
    no prob.

    Im actually working with a great company that relics guitars to create a McCready 59 strat clone for myself.

    taking real Fender parts and its going to look almost exactly like his. Cheaper than you think..


    Wow - sounds really good!

    I actually sent some email to G and F with a link to this thread but got no response from either.... Maybe they are already at the drawing board :)

    All the best!

    Jussi
  • JW42505
    JW42505 Posts: 113
    edited June 2010
    Thanks..
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  • ScrapeMySky
    ScrapeMySky Posts: 426
    Sounds like a fun project, but don't you want to use a nitro body? Don't the Am Std have a poly finish?
  • JW42505
    JW42505 Posts: 113
    My mistake...using a nitro usa highway 1 strat body, it already has vintage saddles and is finished in nitro. The mayer neck is rosewood, vintage tuners and very close to a 59. They are even removing his sig on the back of the headstock..thank god.
  • SuperStickman
    SuperStickman Posts: 80
    Love this thread.

    I agree with the poster who said they shouldn't try to clone one of their existing guitars, but should instead work with them to create their perfect guitar.

    I mean, I am a huge Jimmy Eat World fan, but you can't tell me that Jim Adkins is as popular or as talented a guitar player as either Mike or Stone, and they did it for him:

    http://www.fender.com/products/search.p ... 0262350538


    If Fender is watching...I'd buy at least one of each, eventhough I am f*cking terrible! :)

    On a completely different note, to the poster who is going through chemo: stay strong, my friend, and get better soon.
    "The goal of a coach is to take a guy who has beaten down by his parents, by religion, by society, to take that guy and build him back up to find his spirit to go out and fight" Joe Lewis
  • vesuri
    vesuri Posts: 12
    SuperStickman wrote:
    On a completely different note, to the poster who is going through chemo: stay strong, my friend, and get better soon.

    Thanks brother.

    All the best to you people! Keep on rocking!

    Jussi (aka Vesuri)
  • JW42505
    JW42505 Posts: 113
    I think they should be exact clones, and i think Fender should do a Ed Black sparkle tele relic with the target and arrow...bet that would be a big seller.
  • JW42505
    JW42505 Posts: 113
    The mike 59 strat project is underway, will post pics soon showing the process.
  • Caught a bolt of lightning
    Caught a bolt of lightning Posts: 88
    That would be the quickest purchase I could make....I hope if it does happen I hope it would be one at a time
    (if not things could get out of control and could result in a divorce :lol: )

    I can tell you I own two guitars.....A Black Fender American Tele...and a Les Paul Classic Goldtop......entirely influenced because of Ed and stone (strat on the way).....I am sure there are many more like me that have already purchased because of them....time to give us SIGNATURE MODELS!!!

    BTW ..Love the idea for the ed sig tele complete with arrow!
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  • vesuri
    vesuri Posts: 12
    good people!!!!!

    Are we getting any response from Gibson or Fender? Lets put some pressure!! :)
  • MANKIND
    MANKIND Posts: 218
    im sure if they really wanted they could make it happen.
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  • solsurfr
    solsurfr Posts: 207
    The two strats I know that Mike plays regularly are a '59 (rosewood board) and '58 (maple board).

    The custom shop from Fender and Gibson have been hammering out signature models for a long time. It would be pretty cool to have his Burst and '59 strat dissected by the custom shops and re-created down to the last nic. The asking prices will be well over $10,000 for the Burst but the '59 strat maybe in the $5,000 range especially if Fender uses Brazilian rosewood on the board.

    Check out Page #1, Page #2, Pearl Gates, Melvyn Franks, Bloomfield, etc... from the custom shop. The murphy aging is pretty awesome. I certainly would be in line for either one if Fender or Gibson came out with one.

    A better way to do this is to start threads at Gibson Custom -> http://forums.gibson.com/default.aspx?g=topics&f=64

    and at Fender http://fender.com/community/forums/

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