Roberto Pistolesi, in his wonderful book That Sound, wrote that Hank‘s and Bruce‘s rosewood fingerboard Stratocasters were identical, except that Hank‘s had a birdseye maple neck. Would that be accurate?
In an interview, Hank said that they didn’t get to choose their guitars, but that JMI just sent them the matching red Stratocasters. He mentioned JMI replaced the set at least once as the guitars tended to get beaten up. That gave the impression that the rosewood fingerboard guitars were standard models, so I wonder if Hank’s indeed had a figured or birds-eye maple neck.
Does anyone remember?
Andy