MikeW
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I've always been a huge fan of Ritchie's, as far back as the first Rainbow album and then, of course, after I heard Machinehead for the first time. The iconic image that I have of him is with those off-white Strats with black pickups and chrome hardware.
Here's the inspiration:
![Ritchie with the white strar.jpg Ritchie with the white strar.jpg](https://unofficialwarmoth.com/data/attachments/19/19176-e10298815cfe33bbfa3aaec3faf71a00.jpg)
I believe that this one had the scalloped neck and was (I believe) the mid-70's Strat that he toured with in both Deep Purple and Rainbow. There's an interesting list of his Strats here: https://www.strat-talk.com/threads/a-list-of-ritchie-blackmore-strats-for-your-approval.74815/
So I had an old banger of a Strat that I cobbled together from parts that were given to me. It was primarily used as my travel guitar and wasn't a daily player. This is a Vintage Strat Body from a '57 reissue, a Player Stratocaster neck (12-inch radius), Fender branded Schaller locking tuners, and an American Stratocaster bridge.
I wound up pulling that one apart to build a nice Strat for my stepson's birthday, and had the body and a couple other things left over. I also had a set of Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders sitting around not being used. So, what to do? Build a tribute, of course.
Here's the inspiration:
![99122237_2071898332962647_2767443683048423424_o.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fscontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fv%2Ft1.0-9%2Fs960x960%2F99122237_2071898332962647_2767443683048423424_o.jpg%3F_nc_cat%3D108%26_nc_sid%3De007fa%26_nc_ohc%3DV8BJJdIkoLEAX-MBCGf%26_nc_ht%3Dscontent-lax3-1.xx%26_nc_tp%3D7%26oh%3Dd4e81bee6fa786df7da282ceed644e03%26oe%3D5EE85D23&hash=47f9f12e7681716e335d17b6a1fee89e)
![Ritchie with the white strar.jpg Ritchie with the white strar.jpg](https://unofficialwarmoth.com/data/attachments/19/19176-e10298815cfe33bbfa3aaec3faf71a00.jpg)
I believe that this one had the scalloped neck and was (I believe) the mid-70's Strat that he toured with in both Deep Purple and Rainbow. There's an interesting list of his Strats here: https://www.strat-talk.com/threads/a-list-of-ritchie-blackmore-strats-for-your-approval.74815/
So I had an old banger of a Strat that I cobbled together from parts that were given to me. It was primarily used as my travel guitar and wasn't a daily player. This is a Vintage Strat Body from a '57 reissue, a Player Stratocaster neck (12-inch radius), Fender branded Schaller locking tuners, and an American Stratocaster bridge.
![79784792_1936834006469081_302753129458302976_o.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fscontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net%2Fv%2Ft1.0-9%2Fp720x720%2F79784792_1936834006469081_302753129458302976_o.jpg%3F_nc_cat%3D108%26_nc_sid%3De007fa%26_nc_ohc%3D6XqhooTIDfQAX99fojS%26_nc_ht%3Dscontent-lax3-1.xx%26_nc_tp%3D6%26oh%3D73c7ed7d8ee65482cfc90694d2785f6d%26oe%3D5EEA263A&hash=95908fad130c5ae9f4e6909f11a130f3)
I wound up pulling that one apart to build a nice Strat for my stepson's birthday, and had the body and a couple other things left over. I also had a set of Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounders sitting around not being used. So, what to do? Build a tribute, of course.
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