#coodercaster

[homeoftone]

Coodercaster with Mojo Pickups and Duesenberg bridge which has G & B palm benders

[spacebeach23]

c. 1967 Fender Stratocaster owned and played by Ry Cooder

from: https://www.retrofret.com/product.asp?ProductID=9522

[scienceartwonder]

[acarefullycuratedmess]

Blake Mills

[deebeeus]

COODERCASTER ALERT! (Spotted today at @folkwaymusic) So what exactly is a #Coodercaster? Glad you asked ‘cos I just found out myself! A Coodercaster is a #Stratocaster-like #guitar, a #parstcaster if you will, made famous by #RyCooder, that is most notable for having a #lapsteel #pickup in the bridge position. Ry’s guitar is a Buddy Holly artist series body with a #Teisco neck pickup he got from David Lindley and a Oahu (Valco) lap steel pickup assembly in the bridge position. This version, assembled by #FolkwayMusic, has a #Fender #AmericanStandard #Strat body, a @mojopickups UK lap steel pickup similar to a 50s Valco unit (zoom in on that sucker...it’s crazy!), a @curtis_novak_pickups Guyatone #humbucker in the neck and a torrefied maple v-shaped neck, with 10” radius, 6105 frets, lacquer finish and a bone nut. So there you go! Also: I am going to see Ry Cooder for the first time when he plays #Toronto in a couple of months! Just an FYI 🤣 #straturday #guitars #fenderguitar #guitarshopping #guitarsofinstagram #fendersofinstagram #guitarphotography

[birchwaysound]

Happy #straturday with a fiesta red #coodercaster (at Birchway Sound) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsjJ4jahMnP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=td1k10r6pq36

[bushdog]

WATERSLIDE COODERCASTER 2022 - SUNBURST, MOJO GOLD FOIL + LAP-STEEL PICKUPS, NEW  (via Guitars)

[i-love-guitars]

Fender Stratocaster owned and played by Ry Cooder Solid Body Electric Guitar, c. 1967, ser. #144953, road case.

Fender Stratocaster owned and played by Ry Cooder Model Solid Body Electric Guitar, c. 1967, made in Fullerton, California, serial # 144953, blue lacquer finish, alder body, maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, road case. "Coodercaster" has become an entire sub-genre of Stratocasters over the last couple of decades, meaning a guitar built or modified to emulate the eccentricities of Ry Cooder's personal instruments. This is THE original Coodercaster, the guitar that was the first Strat the man himself owned, modified, and subsequently played for decades. Here in Ry's own words is his history with the instrument:"Captain Beefheart got a record deal with Buddha Records and a Fender endorsement; modern youth target marketing had just been invented, you see. I was told, you go down to the Fender factory in Fullerton, and speak to so-and-so, and he'll set you up. I saw the production machines and met some workers, and then the fellow took me in a show room where they had their new things and prototypes. The guy pulled this baby blue Stratocaster off the shelf and said, 'here'. I drove home and sat there trying to figure what it might be good for, having never owned an electric solid body guitar."Soon after, I realized Beefheart and I werent going to succeed as co-workers, and went in to the record company and said so. The head of A&R, Bob Krasnow, was lying on the couch in his office and he waived his arms at me and shouted, 'You'll never work in Los Angeles again! And give me back that guitar!' I left the office and the job, such as it was, but I kept the instrument. The next thing was, I got invited to go to London and stand idly by while the Rolling Stones messed around in the studio with Jack Nitzsche, who was a friend of mine from session work. I took the Strat with me, and one evening, the ONE evening, I actually played it. The tape machine was running, if you're interested. The rest is a kind of history we needn't go back into here."Soon after, I stumbled into a record deal of my own at Warner Bros, and started up making my own personal records. The Blue Strat was, at that time, still my only electric. I used it on all the early albums. Since I used mostly open tunings, I had a repair guy take out the wang bar springs and put a wood block in there to hold down the intonation every time I changed tunings. Now, years later, I wouldn't have done that, but what did I know. "Then I started experimenting with electronics, trying for a thicker sound. P90s came and went. I had the bright idea to install an Oahu lap steel bridge pick up. It was the thing to do to help the bottle neck sound relax and it stopped the headaches."That's the short story. I still think the neck is one of the best I've ever played, and the Bigsby trailer brake really makes a sweet combination. That's an original Bigsby PU in there, and yes it's somewhat microphonic like early Bigsbys are sometimes, and it takes a little getting used to, like when you put that '53 Cad motor in the Model A, but you can learn to handle it. Or try some idea of your own."That "short story" only begins to describe the mojo of this guitar.

[retrofret]

Just arrived Ry Cooder’s first electric guitar! A circa 1967 Fender Stratocaster that is THE original Coodercaster! Click on the link in our profile to learn more about it. (at Retrofret Vintage Guitars) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIYwB22AIQC/?igshid=t9tdhppm2kjd

[kradify]

Real Coodercaster de Et Cooder en vente sur Reverb. https://www.instagram.com/p/CW8_4Obr8kJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Nice clip of me and @mrtommynilsson from Bellmans Salinger in Gothenburg this December. @mrtommynilsson @andymcgain @daddarioandco @craftonmusikab @mojopickups @twonotesaudio @olssonamps #stillanatt #tommynilsson #andreasrydman #daddariostrings #coodercaster #goldfoils #mojopickups #slideguitar #slideguitarplayer #diamindslides #olssonamps #twonotesaudioengineering #twonotestorpedolive (på/i Bellmans Salonger)

[songsofboda]

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Trying out the Duke. #songsofboda #duke #guitar #goldfoil #coodercaster #opentunings #undermythumb (på/i Kokosnästet)

[superradguitars]

Love it.

[bushdog]

Waterslide S-Style Coodercaster Aged White Blonde Nitro w/Mojo Lap Ste – Chicago Music Exchange

[instapicsil3]

"Is Shelby there?" "Sorry he's actually on a Waterslide right now...can I take a message?" This Copper Metallic Coodercaster is just one of many great new @waterslideguitars in recently! .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #photooftheday #chicagomusicexchange #waterslideguitars #waterslidecoodercaster #gearwire #gearybusey #guitarspotter #guitarphotography #guitarsdaily http://bit.ly/2UITzXd

[mmguitarbar]

Yesterday, I had the honor/privilege/pleasure of hanging out in the studio with the incomparable @breakmirrors and gave the once-over to a few of his amazing instruments while he tracked. Some of the issues I encountered were pretty straightforward, and among them were those found in Blake's famous blonde Coodercaster. Blake told me that, at times, the guitar's setup would drift during a take or performance, and he found that if he pulled the neck toward his body, it would play fine. Curious, right? Well, it wasn't until I discovered that Blake's using a neck plate as a shim that it occurred to me that either the makeshift shim was shifting around in the neck pocket, or the screws weren't quite long enough to grip the neck adequately. When I removed the neck, one of those assumptions was disproven while the other was confirmed. The neck plate was actually well-affixed to the body, and I realized that, since the bolts were passing through the added neck plate as normal, it wouldn't really have shifted that much anyway. However, measuring the neck bolts clearly showed that they were neither long enough nor thick enough to do their job. I walked up the street to @truetone_music, met the techs there and picked up a set of slightly oversized flat-head screws. Sure enough, the moment I installed them, they dug into the worn mounting holes in the neck and the guitar suddenly felt more solid all around. This thing is a beast, and now I need a guitar for flatwound strings and a low open tuning. Killer. #guitar #fender #stratocaster #strat #cooder #rycooder #coodercaster #blakemills #custom #supro #pickup #goldfoil #losangeles