I play guitar, when i have one, mostly for blues, classic rock, instrumentals - im a huge Shadows and surf guitar fan
Ive been between guitars for about 8 months now, mostly due to medical costs, missing it
I can usually be found playing a Fender Strat or Squire Strat
I had an early 80's '57 Reissue Fender Strat for over 20 years until it was lost due to family drama. I loved it. Best guitar i ever owned.
Ive had a few more "standard" Strats over the years alongside the '57 RI, including a nice Daphne Blue with Lace Sensors i sold to fund building part of a home, it paid for a concrete slab...
When i say Squire, i mean a Classic Vibe Strat...theyre the only Squires ive ever found comfy spending money on, very good guitars! Ive had the 50's Strat and sold that to help a mate out, then got a CV
Butterscotch Tele a while later after much saving and it was my first Tele ever, i thought why not try something different, after 25 years of playing Strats, and i quickly found out i was not a Tele person (i wish i was, but ergonomically the Strat has ruined me and my right hand particularly hated the bridge feel and position) and very definitely a Strat man, so sold it was...i did at least play Born To Run on it once before i sold it
The only other non Fender guitars ive owned were:
1 x Ibanez S470 DXQM - for the rare heavier stuff, everyone needs to Panama once in a while.... Great Trem.
1 x ESP LTD ST-213 FR - Didnt last long, the Floyd Rose was the average Special kind, but i didnt gel with the tall jumbo frets, too used to vintage frets!
Ill prolly go CV Strat again when i can, i certainly will not be going for the new Fender "Player" Series that just came out...theres no more Standard Strat, and these new base models have the horrid 2 point trem system, i believe in 6 screws and decked to the body is the only way to go with a fender trem, but im also very vintage in loving Kluson tuners, the most stable tuners you can put on a Strat, you can keep your locking tuners. The "Player" series do have real, non-ceramic pickups at least, but some early hands on reviews say the qwuality of other equipment is down over the previous Standard series. For me a backwards step there Fender. Queue another CV strat instead...