“It’s ugly, but if you want probably the best-sounding Stratocaster in the house...” Norman’s Rare Guitars is home to some of the finest Strats in the world – but you’ll never guess which one sounds the best

Jimi Hendrix Strat.

Norman’s Rare Guitars is home to some of the finest vintage guitars in the world – and, by extension, that means it’s also home to the best vintage Stratocasters currently accounted for.

However, apparently none of those can hold a candle to one Mexican-made model that’s currently sitting in the store’s inventory, because it has amazingly been deemed the best-sounding of all its Strats – even if it’s “ugly as shit”.