This is as close to a ‘genuine relic’ that we here at Andraste Custom Shop are likely to come. This 1997 lefthanded US Stratocaster arrived on our doorstep after a long career gigging in sweaty pubs. The orginal Olympic White finish has been nicotined to a sumptuous shade of cream, and then rubbed back to white again by a million and one forearm thrusts.

All Alina really needed was a proper fret redress, top-notch set-up and a few months of R&R, and now I can hardly bear to put her down. The definitive version of ‘played in’, and with a tone to die-for.

Price on application.