Tobacco makes anything look old

[swarfrat]

Was playing around with this. I've got projects to finish. I ain't looking for another guitar, but ... dang. It actually looks like one that never made it out the door. I better put this thing away.
Slap a pickguard on that and you got yourself a retrofuturistic 1957 shred machine.

 

[SeattleScotty]

Yes and that's why it's the best burst

 

[zebra]

...like my face and teeth.

JK, honestly though, that pic you posted is probably what strats looked like to people in 1954.

It seems like a ridiculous body until someone makes a really nice guitar with it and you think to yourself, "Huh.  That's not at all what I would have expected that to look like!"