Arbor Strat

This is your basic strat knock off made in korea ir where ever. three single coils, five way switch, two tones and one volume. candy apple red (I was into eric clapton). white pickguard,and maple neck. I got the guitar in 84 only complaint is cheap tuners.

I play mainly rockabilly,metal, and punk. the guitar is very versatile as far as the switch is concerned the tone controls don't have much effect though. I play it through a variety if pedals mainly a ibanez tube screamer and a dod delay. and one of three amps,a crate 50 watt tube amp,peavey voyager or a 54 fender princeton. the neck feels nice and smooth and the pickups have very little hum although their not the most powerful. nice even response depending on the switch setting it goes from thin and trebly to twangy to more bassy sounds.

I had neglected the guitar for a while and had it set up about a year ago by alocal tech. action is very low neck very straight and the finish is perfect other than some scratches from normal wear and tear. a guy offered to buy it from me in the store but this was my first guitar and I turned him down. besides I love the sound and feel I've had 16 years to get aquainted with the guitar.my only problem is the cheap tuners.

I played the guitar until about 2 years ago when the B tuner started slipping when I would bend notes so I put it away. but until then I got 14 years good use out of it without a problem. the guitar will stand up to live gigs without a backup. some people would probably change the pickup but then the guitar doesn't sound like what it is...a nice cheap copy of the real thing and so it loses it's character.

never dealt with them.

like I said this was my first guitar and a great first guitar, I thank my parents for the investment, even though I now own several others a gretsch, a fender tele,a peavey t-60 (another personal fave of mine.) a dano reissue and several others this guitar just has a sound I can't get with those. if it were stolen I probably cry more sentimental value than anything else but I would miss it and would immediatly search for another. this guitar would not be for everyone but if you come across one in a pawn shop at least play it. one day I will put new tuners on it and put it back into regular use but for now it is mainly a rythm guitar and banished to under the bed.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT WAS 1983 OR 1984, BUT THE RECIPT SAID IT WAS SOLD APRIL OF 1984. IT HAD A STANDARD STRAT STYLE BODY, 1 POWERSOUND HUMBUCKER, 2 SINGLE COIL PICKUPS, ALL 3 PICKUPS WERE SET IN A ROUGH SURFACED BLACK PICK GUARD WITH 1 VOLUME AND 1 TONE, 5 WAY SELECTOR AND A STANDARD FENDER VINTAGE TYPE TREM BRIDGE. THE NECK WAS A TEFLON COATED JACKSON STYLE HEADSTOCK WITH A ROSEWOOD BOARD AND 22 JUMBO FRETS. ALL THE HARDWARE WAS BLACK. THE INPUT JACK WAS THE SAME CATS EYE TYPE USED ON FENDER STRATS. THE PAINT JOB WAS A BLACK AND RED STRIPE PATTERN. THE STRIPES WERE ABOUT 2 1/2 INCHES WIDE AND WERE KIND OF WAVEY AND AT A SLANT ON THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE GUITAR. THE BODY WAS ALDER AND THE NECK MUST OF BEEN MAPLE. THE NECK WAS THIN LIKE THOSE FOUND ON ANY JACKSON AT THE TIME. IT WAS USED WHEN I GOT SO IT ONLY CAME WITH A TREMELO BAR. I GIVE IT A 9 BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE A FLOYD ROSE. THAT WOULD HAVE MADE IT ALOT BETTER.

THIS GUITAR WAS METAL ALL THE WAY. IT SOUNDED GOOD THROUGH THE 40 WATT GORILLA TUBE STACK AMP I HAD AND THE CRATE G40C. I USED A BOSS DISTORTION/FEEDBACKER AND A BOSS DELAY. THIS GUITAR ROCKED. IT WAS QUIET ON THE DIRTY SETTINGS AS WELL AS THE CLEAN ONES. IT HAD A GOOD BOTTOM END SOUND AND ONE OF THE SETTINGS WAS THE NECK SINGLE COIL AND THE BRIDGE HUMBUCKER. THAT WAS THE ULTIMATE DOKKEN SETTING. THIS GUITAR WAS LIKE I SAID, METAL ALL THE WAY. THE VARIETY WAS ENDLESS AND THE CHICKS THOUGHT IT LOOKED COOL. IT GETS ANOTHER 9 BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF A FLOYD ROSE.

I GOT THE GUITAR SET UP AND RE STRUNG BEFORE I TOOK IT HOME. IT JUST ROCKED! THE GUITAR WAS IN UNUSED CONDITION AND STILL HAD THE FACTORY TAGS AND THE POWERSOUND STICKER ON IT. EVERYTHING WAS EXCELLENT. NO FLOYD ROSE=9

THIS WAS MY MAIN GUITAR FOR EVERYTHING UNTIL I GOT A CHARVEL WITH ONE HUMBUCKER AND A FLOYD ROSE. I USED IT WITHOUT A BACK UP FOR ABOUT A YEAR. I PLAYED SHOWS AT PARTIES AND HIGHSCHOOLS ALL OVER MY HOME STATE. MY BAND'S SET LIST WAS ALL COVER TUNES THAT WENT FROM IRON MAIDEN TO METALLICA. THIS GUITAR WAS MADE TO PLAY BARK AT THE MOON BY OZZY. BY THE WAY, THE STRAP NEVER LET GO OF THIS GUITAR.

DIDN'T NEED IT AND IF I STILL HAD THE GUITAR I STILL WOULDN'T NEED IT.

I HAVE BEEN PLAYING SINCE I WAS 8 YEARS OLD. THAT WAS WAY BACK IN 1978. THE EARLY 80'S PRODUCED SOME EXCELLENT GEAR. THIS GUITAR WAS A CLASSIC 80'S GUITAR EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT MOST METAL TYPE GUITARS ONLY HAD ONE PICK UP, OR AT LEAST IT SEEMED THAT WAY. I BOUGHT THIS GUITAR WHEN I WAS 15 BACK IN 1985. I WANTED A HUMBUCKER AND THIS GUITAR HAD IT PLUS A WILD PAINT JOB. THE ONLY THING THAT SUCKED WAS THE LACK OF A FLOYD ROSE. IN SPITE OF THE JACKSONS AND ESP GUITARS THAT I HAVE NOW, I WISH I HAD IT BACK. I ENDED UP SELLING IT TO COME UP WITH AN EXTRA $100 TO PAY OFF MY JACKSON USA RHODES V. I GOT THE RHODES V IN 1988. THANKS TO KIRK HAMMET OF METALLICA AND HIS INFLUENCE OVER ME, I SPENT HALF A SUMMERS EARNINGS AND THAT BLACK AND RED STRIPE ARBOR ON THE BLACK ON BLACK RHODES V. THANKS ALOT KIRK! AT LEAST I HAVE A PICTURE OF IT TO REMIND ME THAT THE ONLY WAY I WILL EVER FIND ONE AGAIN IS IF H. G. WELLS CAME INTO THE YEAR 2000 AND PICKED ME UP IN HIS TIME MACHINE AND TOOK ME BACK TO 1985. I THINK THIS SOUNDS A LITTLE TOO OBSESSIVE. ANYWAY, THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT GOT AWAY.