Gypsy Rose stratocaster 7/8

wiesiek · Post by **wiesiek** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:53 pm

Hi Guys,

I found this forum when I was looking for some advices in my searching
for pretty good guitar with shortscale.
I am sympathizer of 3 single coil's sound, but normal scale of strat is too uncomfortable for me.
Of course I can play in this length, but I feel that it is not my natural size.

Last month I started looking for a guitar
and I buyed one model for tests. It is Gypy Rose strat,
exactly this one:
http://www.rondomusic.com/product1882.html

If you have any suggestions what kind of guitar should I buy
to get strat-like sound, please tell me.
I am also thinking about ordering hand made model.

Greetings.

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:07 pm

yamaha pacificas are very cheap, but very nice to play.

wiesiek · Post by **wiesiek** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:30 pm

Yeah, right, but it is still 25.5"

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:37 pm

oh yeah. doh!
Maybe try an old Peavey T 15
they have their own unique pickups, but are shortscale and strat-like in some ways

wiesiek · Post by **wiesiek** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:05 pm

I think I'm probably gonna choose
fully hand made model
or Warmoth conversion. However strat is it !

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:25 pm

what about just getting a mexican strat or a squier bullet and putting a jagmaster conversion neck on it?

wiesiek · Post by **wiesiek** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:07 pm

hotrodperlmutter wrote:what about just getting a mexican strat or a squier bullet and putting a jagmaster conversion neck on it?

I am not sure about effect of this experiment.
You mean just putting? without any bridge moving?

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:13 pm

It's a conversion neck, 24" length but the frets are spaced for 25.5" scale. No need to move the bridge.

wiesiek · Post by **wiesiek** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:55 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:It's a conversion neck, 24" length but the frets are spaced for 25.5" scale. No need to move the bridge.

I was thinking that you are talking about simply replacement.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:59 pm

wiesiek wrote:
endsjustifymeans wrote:It's a conversion neck, 24" length but the frets are spaced for 25.5" scale. No need to move the bridge.
I was thinking that you are talking about simply replacement.

he was, a Jagmaster neck essentially takes a guitar that is 25.5" and turns it into a 24" scale guitar. So, the jagmaster and strat necks are interchangeable. That said, I don't think it would totally work because the strat saddles may not have enough movement to make it intonate properly; it would be close though.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:01 pm

wiesiek wrote:
endsjustifymeans wrote:It's a conversion neck, 24" length but the frets are spaced for 25.5" scale. No need to move the bridge.
I was thinking that you are talking about simply replacement.

I have no idea what you are saying...

A Jagmaster 24" conversion neck IS a simple replacement on a full scale start body. It will make any 25.5" scale guitar you can bolt it on a 24" without any other adjustment.

SKC Willie · Post by **SKC Willie** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:24 pm

endsjustifymeans wrote:
wiesiek wrote:
endsjustifymeans wrote:It's a conversion neck, 24" length but the frets are spaced for 25.5" scale. No need to move the bridge.
I was thinking that you are talking about simply replacement.
I have no idea what you are saying...

A Jagmaster 24" conversion neck IS a simple replacement on a full scale start body. It will make any 25.5" scale guitar you can bolt it on a 24" without any other adjustment.

that's really not totally true from my experience. I have ALWAYS needed to adjust the saddles backwards. and on strats, they don't always have enough play in the saddles to really get it to work properly.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:43 pm

fair enough, I stand corrected. very minor adjustment.

vierphoria · Post by **vierphoria** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:33 pm

About that Gypsy Rose -- how does it play/sound in you opinion?

I saw one about a month ago and just laughed it off. One of the fugliest Strats I've seen.

the_other_Adam · Post by **the_other_Adam** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:23 am

Uh, maybe I'm stating the obvious here, but what about a Mustang with Strat pickups, or do they not fit?

I'd bet it would be pretty easy to find one on ebay with a swimming pool route and go from there.

robroe · Post by **robroe** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:52 am

i thought this was gonna be about a steve vai guitar.

but then when i looked it up the video is yankee rose and not gypsy rose

[youtube][/youtube]

wiesiek · Post by **wiesiek** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:50 pm

robroe wrote:i thought this was gonna be about a steve vai guitar.

but then when i looked it up the video is yankee rose and not gypsy rose

and on my linked video there is a Gypsy Rose strat 7/8 for sure

But neck exchange is probably a good idea for me,
however it can be also expensive experiment
when I will discover that it does not fit

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:49 pm

That guitar is kewl.

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:54 pm

More hannah montanna then the hannah montanna.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:22 pm

I'm actually kind of impressed it has a 3-ply white/pink/white pickguard. If the rose was an engraving down to the pink ply that'd be really cool. Even all that Disney scratch didn't buy the Hannah Montana guitar that level of swank, and to add insult to injury they got my boy Dale conforming to their gay agenda by prancing about in girl's clothing all over the box for some reason.