One of Billy's '57 Reissue Strats, the sunburst model has been painted silver and decorated with bat stickers, and is the guitar Billy said he'd want to be buried with.
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Used with a Reeves 'Jimmy' amp head during the Oceania sessions to record Chimera, as mentioned on Billy's twitter on 2011/07/12.
Also tweeted by Billy on 2011/09/05: "Bat strat>Companion wah>Beano Boost>vintage Orange head=happy Labor Day everybody"
The Bat Strat even has its own twitter account.