shimmy Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Hi, I may be buying a strat today and i was hoping someone could help me with a few questions. its a Japanesse 62 Reissue manufactored in '89....It does have a sunburst finish and I am really trying to find out what timber it is made from. I know that some of the strats that were exported in the 80's were made from basswood...Im really hoping its alder. If anyone can get back to me with perhaps a way you can tell by the grain of the wood etc that would be great... Thanks alot.. Shimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova9 Posted January 31, 2006 Report Share Posted January 31, 2006 Hi, I may be buying a strat today and i was hoping someone could help me with a few questions. its a Japanesse 62 Reissue manufactored in '89....It does have a sunburst finish and I am really trying to find out what timber it is made from. I know that some of the strats that were exported in the 80's were made from basswood...Im really hoping its alder. If anyone can get back to me with perhaps a way you can tell by the grain of the wood etc that would be great... Thanks alot.. Shimmy It's more likely Basswood than Alder. The majority of the japanese strats/teles were made with basswood. One more reason why they are so different from USA Strats. Though as ever when buying a guitar, don't worry about the wood (as long as it's actual wood, not MDF), if it sounds good, and plays good, buy it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimmy Posted February 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2006 Thanks for reply supernova, good advice.... and I did buy it and my gosh its beautiful.... Im pretty sure it is basswood...its definately softer than my other strat...but it sounds amazing and feels amazing.... I just thought that it may be alder because it is a 62 reissue, and it wouldnt really be a true reissue if they used basswood.... But in anycase it feels and sounds great...and it was cheap Thanks again,, Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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