Thanks for the welcome. Well, I just spent the last hour and a half or more, writing out a nice story on this strat. Upon submitting the post I was prompted to log in again as I must have timed out of the session. Upon logging back in, it completely blew away all that I had written. Grrrrr... :evil:
Here are a few extra pics... The first one is of Dick, the second owner who purchased the strat used from Hoffman Music in Spokane, WA in 1956 at the young age of 16.
Smokey Harper sold it to Hoffman Music after owning the strat only a few short years but did his fair share of wear and tear on the guitar before selling it to them. Hoffman Music removed Smokey's name and resold the guitar to Dick.
The guitar is technically the 8th serial numbered strat produced.
I had written up such a nice detailed history but I don't want to redo it again at the moment. This has happened to me before and I should have seen it coming! Too bad forums don't have a way of recovering your work once you've been timed out. :( Anyway, enjoy the extra pics. All the parts are original including the football switch tip and trem arm too!
