According to the various SP pages Billy has used three Strats: His '57 Strat and his two '74's. But I have seen him pictured with many different Strats including the ones below:
http://www.my-mistake.net/infinitepics/billy/billy219.jpg
http://www.my-mistake.net/infinitepics/billy/billy484.jpg
http://www.my-mistake.net/infinitepics/billy/billy642.jpg
Can anyone explain? Thanks.

it`s because he smash`em

They were used for backups/different tunings.
I dunno what model they are but most likely USA made. (I'm guessing '57 reissues)

spguitar is right.

Whoah! Bolly must've been well expensive. If just one '57 Reissue model costs nearly $1.5 grand, imagine how much it would've costed to buy all them other '57 reissues PLUS the mods.

Originally posted by Vanila Coke Kid
Whoah! Bolly must've been well expensive. If just one '57 Reissue model costs nearly $1.5 grand, imagine how much it would've costed to buy all them other '57 reissues PLUS the mods.

$1.5 grand probably isn't that much for Billy.

But note how earlier on in their career when Billy was probably not very rich he used these guitars.

Originally posted by Vanila Coke Kid
But note how earlier on in their career when Billy was probably not very rich he used these guitars. they were probably used.

and just a little fanboy question, does anyone know is he did all the decorating himself?

Originally posted by Vanila Coke Kid
Whoah! Bolly must've been well expensive. If just one '57 Reissue model costs nearly $1.5 grand, imagine how much it would've costed to buy all them other '57 reissues PLUS the mods.

On vieuphoria I think he broke a USA Standard at the end because he didn't like the tone.

Originally posted by spguitar


On vieuphoria I think he broke a USA Standard at the end because he didn't like the tone.

Or because he didn't want to break one of his nice ones

Originally posted by DeviousJ


Or because he didn't want to break one of his nice ones

:D

fuck the guitars i want that mad shirt!

Originally posted by ******

and just a little fanboy question, does anyone know is he did all the decorating himself?
I have no idea, but I guess that if that person would have seen Wes' design, he'd go pale.
design of all Bolly's guitars<<<<< one single guitar of Wes

Originally posted by RopeyLopey

I have no idea, but I guess that if that person would have seen Wes' design, he'd go pale.
design of all Bolly's guitars<<<<< one single guitar of Wes

Excuse my newbie-ism, but who is "wes"

Originally posted by Pathos


Excuse my newbie-ism, but who is "wes"

Caribou1979
Wes, I hope you've got nothing against posting that picture again ;)
<img src="http://forums.netphoria.org/attachment.php?s=&postid=316025">

Most of the decorating is certainly not done by a professional (as you can tell it's just different stickers, craft paints, markers, etc. on top of the original coat) and I highly suspect that a bored Billy did most of the work himself...unless he let James, former Loyola university graphics art student (he was mostly responsible for painting the psychedelic designs on the Lull EP), have at it.

And many of the guitars you see people like Billy smash are just low-end cheapo's and/or something they bought for a song at a pawn shop. Playing guitar was basically the largest part of Billy's life since he was in his mid-teens...so he's had quite a bit of time to acquire guitars (and perhaps vintage guitars weren't as sought-after as they are now when he bought them, or he was just lucky enough to have found some real treasures at the charity shops) and being a dedicated musician, he probably poured a fair amount of money into the type of equipment that he wanted, even when he didn't have a whole lot of it to go around.