This is my latest addition to the house, a Fender Stagemaster. To be honest I wasn’t very familiar with the stagemaster. The stagemaster is no longer in production and it was made from the mid 90’s till about 02 (i think). Almost all of the stagemasters have a licensed Floyd Rose trem and a reverse headstock and at least on humbucker. There are different levels from the standard to the deluxe series. Most were made in China Or Korea. According to the serial number mine was made in 1999.

Some of the stagemasters are wicked nice with neck-thru maple necks with basswood bodies and a quilted top finish. There are seven string models too. The neck on mine os one of the thinnest necks I hace seen on a Squier strat.

I like the fact that these are somewhat similar to the HM Strat at a fraction of the price. The stagemaster sells all day long on ebay for $150-$250.

This is my late 80’s American Standard Strat. I bought it new. I kept it original for years. I used to be a real stickler for keeping guitars stock. One day I decided that I really didn’t like the bridge tone on the Strat. To me a Strat shine on the neck and middle pickups. I decided to throw in a GFS Lil Killer pickup. Now I can get a kick ass humbucker tone and all the strat tones that I like. I really enjoy this guitar since I modded it.

This is my 75 Les Paul Gold Top. You will notice the pickups are not original and neither is the hardware. Gold Tops did not come with gold plated hardware. I installed the pickups myself. There is a Duncan Custom in the bridge and a 59er in the neck. I’ve had this guitar for close to 20 years now. At the time I had no idea on what the value of the guitar was or that I shouldn’t have routed out a vintage instrument. I have no regrets though. This guitar sounds killer and it will sustain for days.