Veer time - again
That picture of Burns guitar made me think - what if . . .
What if someone would make - say 10 - "startocaster" guitars with varying body shapes - one being like Fender Strat - just wood parts plus bridge - fretboard - nut - tuners. And for purpose of this test the neck would be identical - just more or less different body shapes and sizes.
Then we would give these guitars for evaluation - both players and non players.
Wondering how well the present Fender Strat would do.
It is a beautiful shape - but could it be improved - or are we esthetically prisoners with present shape the same way we are prisoners of SM58 when it comes to microphones?