[relictele]

I put it simply thus....
When I had enough cash to buy my first (but by no means last) Stratocaster, it was never going to be anything other than a 1957 reissue. Two tone sunburst, maple neck.

[Fantasywriter]

Wow—nice. I read somewhere that Holly introduced the Stratocaster. I vaguely recall in The Buddy Holly story the Beatles saying they were glued to Holly’s Ed Sullivan appearance, in part to figure out what kind of guitar he played. & later, when they arrived for their own Ed Sullivan appearance, the first words out of Lennon’s mouth were, ‘Is this the stage Buddy Holly performed on?’