NGD! SVL ‘61 Reserve Strat!

[RAB]

Hi friendly LPF folk! Wanted to share my latest acquisition here after about 5 months wait but well worth it! Simon Long of SVL guitars made me my dream Strat. It’s his ‘61 Reserve model. I specified hardtail, aged Olympic White and a LARGE neck profile. Its the best Strat I’ve ever played and I’ve owned lots of real vintage Fender Strats (‘56-‘63) over the decades. Tremendous sustain and rich sound, plays like butter with 10s. I’m a happy camper and enthusiastically recommend Simon’s work! Photos follow...best, RAB

 

[RAB]

 

[Pellman73]

can't see anything

 

[RAB]

 

[RAB]

Some nice wood, eh boys?

 

[RAB]

Can y'all see these OK? Thanks!

 

[RAB]

Sounds great thru my stable of old Fender amps; ‘61 brown Deluxe, ‘62 brown Vibrolux, ‘64 BF Princeton, Deluxe and “tuxedo” Bassman! :dude:

 

[RAB]

 

[RAB]

Can everyone see the above photos OK? Any other SVL owners out there? eace2

 

[P.Walker]

cool guitar! why 63-65 pg hole spacing on a 61?

 

[Ken Fortunato]

Really cool guitar... Congrats! :salude

 

[RAB]

cool guitar! why 63-65 pg hole spacing on a 61?

By gum, you’re right! Oh well, it is a tribute to a ‘61 Strat. It also doesn’t say Fender on the peghead! :hank

 

[RAB]

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[P.Walker]

http://www.svlguitars.com/spec.html

I like the specs, the guitars, and the people who play them

I myself like fine-tuned vintage concepts as well. For example, I like a 57 strat, but I'd need bigger frets, flatter radius (on frets themselves or the board), a stronger bridge pickup, tone control on the bridge, etc.

Seems the 61s on the website have the historically correct 61 pickguard screw spacing, so I guess your's is a unique bugger Did you get 6105 frets on yours? sure looks like it.

 

[jwguitar]

Beautiful guitar! HNGD!

 

[MapleFlame]

Stunning fiddle. :dude:

 

[RAB]

http://www.svlguitars.com/spec.html

I like the specs, the guitars, and the people who play them

I myself like fine-tuned vintage concepts as well. For example, I like a 57 strat, but I'd need bigger frets, flatter radius (on frets themselves or the board), a stronger bridge pickup, tone control on the bridge, etc.

Seems the 61s on the website have the historically correct 61 pickguard screw spacing, so I guess your's is a unique bugger Did you get 6105 frets on yours? sure looks like it.

Thanks for your comments. I pointed out the pickguard issue to Simon and am awaiting his response. la

 

[stevechilders]

dead sexy... congrats!

 

[RAB]

dead sexy... congrats!

Thanks Steve! Yes, I love it, can’t put it down! Best, RABeace2

 

[RAB]

Thanks for your comments. I pointed out the pickguard issue to Simon and am awaiting his response. la

All, as an update, Simon responded timely to my question about the pickguard configuration. He noted that his guitars are meant to be tributes to the Classic Year S guitars they represent. Hence such things as pickguard screw hole specifics may differ from pure vintage year details. A very reasonable and much appreciated response! Best, RAB :jim