While all roads of Strat fandom will eventually lead players to seek out a vintage one as a dream purchase, most of us are priced out by '60s and '50 examples. The market frowned more on the CBS era '70s models enough that they could be found for realistic sums. But are they lesser guitars? Certainly not in Aynsley Lister's hands.
"At some point I sold a load of gear and I went on a hunt for an old one," the UK blues-rock artist tells Guitarist magazine of his search for the best Strat in a new interview. "I tried a bunch of them and couldn't find one I liked. Tried a load of Custom Shops, couldn't find one I liked – certainly that stood out. Then I saw this one available on the internet. Gumtree I think it was, and it just looked really cool. And it's a '70s one."
