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  1. blinkstillrules
    I paid $850 for mine. Not insane at all IMO. People pay $1200 for new MIM strats like a TD signature.
  2. blinkstillrules
    Both Davey and I bought 40ths around the same time to make 99% accurate replicas. We're each only a few hundred serials off of Tom's. We both had Allan Corona refinish the bodies (neither of us bought Olympic white ones - we took what was available and in great condition) to Frost (I can't remember the name exactly?) White. Allan said its resistant to yellowing (unlike Olympic White) so they always look like its the late 1990s. If you go by 1996 and 1997 (davey doesn't have Lagwagon on his, I do), ours are more accurate than Tom's is in it's restickered state because of the X2N in ours vs the Invader still in Tom's (I asked and they do not plan on taking the Invader out of it) and the fact that I sent Tom the stickers before we had a good conclusive shot of the back, so Tom's back has a wrong sticker right now and is missing a couple. So Tom's is currently the "2022-Present" version of the Sticker Strat as far as stickers go. Tom's manager got the stickers from me in September 2021 right before they left for the AvA tour and it was restickerd right after New Year's on the evening of Jan 4 2022. I was asked to keep it a secret untl Tom was ready to reveal it (the blink reunion tour, it was in the VIP display). I just messaged Tom's manager (we had been going back and forth with questions and pics of the Sticker Strat and some other non blink stuff) and I asked if they were interested in restickering it after he told me Tom said "he was trying to do something cool when he de-stickered it but fucked it up and wished he didn't take the stickers off". That's how that happened. For the shamrock, there's really no cavity. Davey and I both took the pin off the headstock. That 40th pin just pops off and leaves two pretty small holes. Either Tom was covering the holes or he just liked the look of it there. I like my 1994 40th strat so much I bought a second all black (body and pickguard) and turned it into my own "sticker strat" with a JB in the bridge. I left the 40th pin on that one though.
  3. blinkstillrules
    My original Sticker Strat replica with incorrect stickers had a modern X2N. My current replica, 1994 40th Strat with the accurate stickers I helped reproduce with daveyjones and Q182 - the same I sent Tom to resticker his - has a 90s X2N in it. I've personally noticed no difference in sound.
  4. blinkstillrules
    Great find. We pretty much stick to Mark's Discord these days...it's easier. That's where we wrapped up finishing the Sticker Strat. I'll try and pop in here though.
  5. blinkstillrules
    Huge sticker strat update thanks to Mark Hoppus himself on his Discord today. Mark provided the first clear image of the back of the guitar. Turns out guttermouth was not on the guitar. It was Buck-o-nine and Unwritten Law stickers instead. That's also another "reverse" Arnette above buck-o-nine, same as on the back of the headstock. By reverse I mean, the black and white colors are the reverse of the Arnette stickers on the front of the guitar. I also recently obtained actual airwalk stickers the same as Tom's and Davey was able to update the art file for those based off the scan.
  6. blinkstillrules
    On a tremolo strat, I keep the back plate on and have my tech/luthier block the tremolo.
  7. blinkstillrules
    Not yet. He said they ordered parts and were waiting for them to come in.
  8. blinkstillrules
    I was asked to provide the info for the sticker strat and red Squire. I did, but unfortunately received no credit for it in the video.
  9. blinkstillrules
    No new updates other than the Invader is staying in the guitar.
  10. blinkstillrules
    It's being restickered right now! Jeff sent some pics of the de-stickering the current stickers.
  11. blinkstillrules
    Yeah, people change, grow, evolve, as do friendships. I got the impression they are best buds again, it's just life has changed with them.
  12. blinkstillrules
    Crazy fucking Germans lol
  13. blinkstillrules
    It's the shitty, inaccurate Russian pack. Luckily Jeff isn't using them. I got him the legit, real deal. They arrived on Monday.
  14. blinkstillrules
    Yep there was some solid confirmation of gear nerd information. I always thought Dude Ranch was recorded with the Sticker Strat/X2N and Tom has confirmed it was. So many people love to claim Dude Ranch was recorded with Tom's "Dude Ranch" Les Pauls. I always knew that wasn't the case because Tom didn't get them until fall 1997. The black one Jon Poulin bought was made July 31 1997 according to the serial number. Also aside from the gear nerd stuff, it was awesome to hear to old best friends just reconnect and chat without missing a beat. And as Davey said, I mailed Tom a set of stickers last Friday. They have arrived so know we wait and see if the strat gets restickered.
  15. blinkstillrules
    Tom confirmed two things on ASR tonight: 1. He plans on restickering the strat. 2. Sticker Strat used to record Dude Ranch. That's what he had at the time. He used what he had.
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