https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/1975-katrina-strat/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:19:59 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/1975-katrina-strat/#post-357672 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:29:09 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Guitartech https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/1975-katrina-strat/#post-357672 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/1975-katrina-strat/#post-353891 Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:29:52 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance Blue Jay https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/1975-katrina-strat/#post-353891 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/1975-katrina-strat/#post-352779 Wed, 12 May 2010 15:10:38 +0000
I work on Strats as well, as a hobby, so I followed you every step of the way, with interest. Had a 70's too.

I befriended a few people down in New O. after Katrina and am a little involved there, still with some, in my own way. :D

Oh BTW that reminds me of Walter Trout's main axe which he just loves. Maybe he'd buy it and go on TV with the story?

]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Blue Jay https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/1975-katrina-strat/#post-352779 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/1975-katrina-strat/#post-352778 Wed, 12 May 2010 13:21:07 +0000
Great job!]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance slejhamer https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/1975-katrina-strat/#post-352778 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/1975-katrina-strat/#post-39125 Wed, 12 May 2010 06:35:44 +0000
All the hardware except the pickguard and electronics were there but very rusted and water damaged. I decided to make it at least playable and in the end couldn't believe how well it played and sounded. i used a set of Suhr v60 pickups and all standard American Strat electronics.

I'm not a big fan of 3 bolt mid 70'S Strats but I had the pickguard and everything it would take to put it back together. Knowing I could never make this guitar look new, I went as far as I felt I should and ended up with one of the best sounding Strats I ever heard. Here is a link to a slide show. http://206.130.125.131/media/Katrina_Strat.html If it moves too fast you can hit the pause button and advance from there. Take Care, Chris.]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance Guitartech https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/1975-katrina-strat/#post-39125