Thoughts on the Stratocaster
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24HRS2MDNT
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I like some strats very much. My strat was my main guitar for years. its only not now because the neck need refinishing an refretting. Whent hat's done it will be my go-to again I expect. It looks much better in real life - less synthetic if that makes sense:
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benecol
haha I know it ticks all the wrong boxes but but regardless it easily one of the best playing guitars I've ever tried and I get perverse enjoyment out of the phtofinish and stick on stripe. Dinger to hell too. The peaarloid looks antique and cool on real life not like pure White rubbish at all.BacchusPaul wrote:Sorry Dave, it might take a real-life encounter, but that looks fucking awful.
Sorry.
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I spent years hating the strat. I think the universal hate is because everyone starts with one, so once you move past, they just feel ever so "beginner"
Given, lately I have been thinking a lot about what would make the strat body something people would like. I have been almost pondering getting a cheap strat body, and putting a different shape of pickguard on it, and a hardtail bridge of sorts. I reckon with a more mustang styled pickguard, complete with metal plate.
However, as it stands I still can't stand the strat.
Given, lately I have been thinking a lot about what would make the strat body something people would like. I have been almost pondering getting a cheap strat body, and putting a different shape of pickguard on it, and a hardtail bridge of sorts. I reckon with a more mustang styled pickguard, complete with metal plate.
However, as it stands I still can't stand the strat.
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endsjustifymeans
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Have you thought about a cyclone?knpknpknp wrote:Given, lately I have been thinking a lot about what would make the strat body something people would like. I have been almost pondering getting a cheap strat body, and putting a different shape of pickguard on it, and a hardtail bridge of sorts. I reckon with a more mustang styled pickguard, complete with metal plate.
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kinda like the musicman sabre?knpknpknp wrote:Given, lately I have been thinking a lot about what would make the strat body something people would like. I have been almost pondering getting a cheap strat body, and putting a different shape of pickguard on it, and a hardtail bridge of sorts. I reckon with a more mustang styled pickguard, complete with metal plate.
almost exactly what you described. seems like leo was thinking along the same lines as you.
Yeah fuck Strats. Individually adjustable saddles for each string are shitty and boring, and once the Strat had them you started seeing them EVERYWHERE, what a nightmare.
And the fact that everybody has one more or less proves that they're useless and boring, innit.
Thank god all our favourite Fenders failed their way right out the catalog back in the days before mojo existed, or they may have met the same sad fate of being all affordable/readily available to people anywhere in the world.
And the fact that everybody has one more or less proves that they're useless and boring, innit.
Thank god all our favourite Fenders failed their way right out the catalog back in the days before mojo existed, or they may have met the same sad fate of being all affordable/readily available to people anywhere in the world.
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That is amazing. I actually sketched one out the other day that looked very similar to that. Almost exactly. Did Mr Leo design that before G&L?Mages wrote:kinda like the musicman sabre?knpknpknp wrote:Given, lately I have been thinking a lot about what would make the strat body something people would like. I have been almost pondering getting a cheap strat body, and putting a different shape of pickguard on it, and a hardtail bridge of sorts. I reckon with a more mustang styled pickguard, complete with metal plate.
almost exactly what you described. seems like leo was thinking along the same lines as you.
Its strange how much a silly online forum thread can make you think about a guitar you swore you hated. Strats have been on my mind. Although, its sad. The strat shape that I like is one filled with parts that are distinctively non stratlike
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I have a Strat, it's a 1997 Crimsonburst US Standard Strat. When I was about to turn 21 my mum asked what I would like as a special present for my birthday, I think she had in mind a watch or something but I said a guitar. My mum and dad (now deceased) and the rest of my family clubbed together and with some funds added by me I bought myself my Strat for the sum of £400 which was alot of money for my family. It was quite heavily reduced in price due to a dodgy finish on the back of the body, however I didn't care. When I got it my mum made me promise that I would never sell it, which is a good thing as over the years it could have gone to fund the purchase of any number of other guitars which I probably would have got bored with and sold on.
This is by far the best guitar I own, sounds awesome clean - to my ears less so distorted but i'm quite fussy with distorted sounds, to others it might sound the tits. However I don't use it in my band as i'm used to the way a Jazzmaster feels and prefer the distorted tones I get from them, however this doesn't take away from the quality of the guitar - I love it, and play it at home all the time.
This is by far the best guitar I own, sounds awesome clean - to my ears less so distorted but i'm quite fussy with distorted sounds, to others it might sound the tits. However I don't use it in my band as i'm used to the way a Jazzmaster feels and prefer the distorted tones I get from them, however this doesn't take away from the quality of the guitar - I love it, and play it at home all the time.
I love my CIJ Strat, and have been mildly pleased with others' upon occasion.
It's like slow dancing with a petite belle, driving a stock '91 CRX Si, or eating a whole-wheat spaghetti pasta salad with fresh basil and tomatoes: Simply light and effortless.
It's the only guitar I love having a slim neck, I dig the non-tonepot cut of the bridge pickup, and the Moollon VS-69s I put in are such a clearer upgrade from the Tex's it came with, giving me less honking mids and more transparent chime. The biggest realization I've had as of late is how the springs resonate through the mix if one cares to notice, not too unlike what I enjoy about the other-side-of-the-bridge Jazzmaster tones while playing quieter passages. Besides, I have to do so much pop stuff (including chorus'd '80s poopie) that positions 2 and 4 really come in handy.
It's like slow dancing with a petite belle, driving a stock '91 CRX Si, or eating a whole-wheat spaghetti pasta salad with fresh basil and tomatoes: Simply light and effortless.
It's the only guitar I love having a slim neck, I dig the non-tonepot cut of the bridge pickup, and the Moollon VS-69s I put in are such a clearer upgrade from the Tex's it came with, giving me less honking mids and more transparent chime. The biggest realization I've had as of late is how the springs resonate through the mix if one cares to notice, not too unlike what I enjoy about the other-side-of-the-bridge Jazzmaster tones while playing quieter passages. Besides, I have to do so much pop stuff (including chorus'd '80s poopie) that positions 2 and 4 really come in handy.