Show us your Strat...

JJLipton · Post by **JJLipton** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 1:22 pm

weeping_moon wrote:
ekwatts wrote:How does your trem stay in tune without locking tunerrrsss!?!?!
not very well. when im bending my guitar strings a little bit higher then they go out of tune.

Even locking tuners don't fully solve the problem. Get rid of the string tree or lubricate it. Also lubricate the knife edges. Or just get a floyd rose or other locking variant.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 2:52 pm

If you bend strings with a floating trem the other strings will dip in tune slightly. I think that's what he's talking about

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 3:04 pm

First time I've ever seen a Floyd Rose recommended as a solution to tuning problems.

"HEY BUDDY I SEE THE PROBLEM YOU HAVE NO LOCKING TREM AND NUT SO IMA JUST ROUTE OUT THE FRONT OF YOUR GUITAR HERE AND SLAP A BIG UGLY TREM ON THERE AND THEN CHANGE THE NUT AND THEN IT WILL TAKE YOU THE BEST PART OF AN HOUR TO CHANGE STRINGS LOL $300 PLS."

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 4:15 pm

All these strats has had me in the local shop this afternoon trying some out. I really loved the classic vibe strats, amazing given the price and it was hard to see how anyone could justify paying the extra for a mim

Also the is an interesting article on burns guitars in this months guitarist mag

ekwatts · Post by **ekwatts** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:13 pm

lorez wrote:All these strats has had me in the local shop this afternoon trying some out. I really loved the classic vibe strats, amazing given the price and it was hard to see how anyone could justify paying the extra for a mim

Also the is an interesting article on burns guitars in this months guitarist mag

Not bought an issue of Guitarist for a while. I bought a couple of copies of Guitar Buyer recently (one of which also had a good Burns article), but I just get terribly put off when every single amp and guitar reviewed is upwards of Â£1000+.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:18 pm

ekwatts wrote:
Not bought an issue of Guitarist for a while. I bought a couple of copies of Guitar Buyer recently (one of which also had a good Burns article), but I just get terribly put off when every single amp and guitar reviewed is upwards of Â£1000+.

Guitarist magazine always made me want to buy things, even more than looking on the internet. In the end I changed my subscription to Guitar Techniques, really glad I did so.

dezb1 · Post by **dezb1** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:08 pm

Has your cobra arrived yet Fran?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:36 pm

dezb1 wrote:Has your cobra arrived yet Fran?

Aye, i've been on it nearly every night. Love it, the pickups are my new favorites and i love how you can get hum cancelling with the tone pot pulled out. Been doing a lot of MBV style chord gliding on it, the trem and pups are really responsive with that reverb soaked sound.
My only criticism is with Burns not having a higher end model available, at times it feels like a budget guitar (albeit a very good one) but they offer nothing with a higher spec without the body shape, headstock or pups changing.

PS I ended up with Guards Red which looks mint (Â£175 new), so i might hold off on the penis stickers for a while..

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:02 pm

Fran wrote:
dezb1 wrote:Has your cobra arrived yet Fran?
Aye, i've been on it nearly every night. Love it, the pickups are my new favorites and i love how you can get hum cancelling with the tone pot pulled out. Been doing a lot of MBV style chord gliding on it, the trem and pups are really responsive with that reverb soaked sound.
My only criticism is with Burns not having a higher end model available, at times it feels like a budget guitar (albeit a very good one) but they offer nothing with a higher spec without the body shape, headstock or pups changing.

PS I ended up with Guards Red which looks mint (Â£175 new), so i might hold off on the penis stickers for a while..

i really fancy a blast on one of these and sent an email to Burns today to find out my local stockist so that I can give it a go. I'm starting to get "strat" GAS big style. given my budget it will be a toss up between this and the squire classic vibe

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:09 pm

lorez wrote:
Fran wrote:
dezb1 wrote:Has your cobra arrived yet Fran?
Aye, i've been on it nearly every night. Love it, the pickups are my new favorites and i love how you can get hum cancelling with the tone pot pulled out. Been doing a lot of MBV style chord gliding on it, the trem and pups are really responsive with that reverb soaked sound.
My only criticism is with Burns not having a higher end model available, at times it feels like a budget guitar (albeit a very good one) but they offer nothing with a higher spec without the body shape, headstock or pups changing.

PS I ended up with Guards Red which looks mint (Â£175 new), so i might hold off on the penis stickers for a while..
i really fancy a blast on one of these and sent an email to Burns today to find out my local stockist so that I can give it a go. I'm starting to get "strat" GAS big style. given my budget it will be a toss up between this and the squire classic vibe

I found a Squier affinity Strat for Â£50 in a cash traders a while ago (now owned by Noirie) and it was ridiculously good for what it was. The 'standard' models are nice too, i imagine the CV's are better though. The Burns Cobra is an interesting twist on the Strat, a steal at sub-Â£200.
You can get Cobra's online/next day delivery im sure, just depends what color you want.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:12 pm

Just out of interest has anyone tried one of the Gordon Smith strats? I'm liking the idea of another guitar from a smaller company, but is spruce a good tonewood for a strat?

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:15 pm

Not tried one of their Strats but it will be nice... handmade etc. Wont be cheap though, around the price of a new Highway One model i imagine, maybe more.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:15 pm

I have a CVC tele and it is awesome so played a the 2 strat versions (was lusting over the white with gold pick guard and lpb ones). They were very good but not quite up to scratch as the tele. The 60s with the rosewood neck felt better for chords and the maple neck felt great for lead work. There was a difference in tone even though they both were very similar in spec with the same pick ups but I wanted to try something like the cobra for a comparison. I might also try the CV duo again as the pick ups on those certainly had a bit of grunt about them that the strats didn't.

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:17 pm

Fran wrote:Not tried one of their Strats but it will be nice... handmade etc. Wont be cheap though, around the price of a new Highway One model i imagine, maybe more.

Hmm, prices start from Â£700

However its actually a toss up between a Gordon Smith or a Fender USA 57 Reissue, around the same price. Not sure which would be best though

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:27 pm

mrperson wrote:
Fran wrote:Not tried one of their Strats but it will be nice... handmade etc. Wont be cheap though, around the price of a new Highway One model i imagine, maybe more.
Hmm, prices start from Â£700

However its actually a toss up between a Gordon Smith or a Fender USA 57 Reissue, around the same price. Not sure which would be best though

As much as i like Gordon Smith i'd choose Fender, its their design and the real deal at the end of the day. The headstock looks gash on the GS as well.
I've had a similar dilemma in the past looking at G&L Strats... something not quite right.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:30 pm

mrperson wrote:
Fran wrote:Not tried one of their Strats but it will be nice... handmade etc. Wont be cheap though, around the price of a new Highway One model i imagine, maybe more.
Hmm, prices start from Â£700

However its actually a toss up between a Gordon Smith or a Fender USA 57 Reissue, around the same price. Not sure which would be best though

Benecol put me on to their services and a mate of mine from Manchester is talking to them for his ideal guitar. I went to Jam Guitars (in Bristol) yesterday on my day off as they stock them but they were shut. They have a lot of great looking guitars. If I had that amount of money for a guitar I would look more at one of these than a highway one. After an afternoon in PMT there is not a lot of difference between the top squirers and one of the fenders until you get up to the American Standard.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:43 pm

Much as I love Gordon Smith, and am currently fighting against my inner guitar buying demons, their versions of Fenders are fugly as fuck.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:47 pm

lorez wrote:there is not a lot of difference between the top squirers and one of the fenders until you get up to the American Standard.

I agree on that, especially with the H1's and MIMs, and in them cases i prefer Squier.
Squier to me are working guitars, affordable, good quality and reliable. Fender is becoming the guitar you nurse at gigs and polish every night before putting it back in its hard case. I'm not entirely comfortable about that, i like beaters, something you can throw in a soft case to travel light, guitars you can relax with and have fun playing.. spill beer on it etc.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:02 pm

Fran wrote:
lorez wrote:there is not a lot of difference between the top squirers and one of the fenders until you get up to the American Standard.
I agree on that, especially with the H1's and MIMs, and in them cases i prefer Squier.
Squier to me are working guitars, affordable, good quality and reliable. Fender is becoming the guitar you nurse at gigs and polish every night before putting it back in its hard case. I'm not entirely comfortable about that, i like beaters, something you can throw in a soft case to travel light, guitars you can relax with and have fun playing.. spill beer on it etc.

the great thing is that there are a lot of great guitars in an affordable price range that mean that you can get guitars like these. And more and more you are finding people who realise this and playing out live without a care in the world about what they're playing. I love it. Reminds of how it was 20 years ago before there was to much snobbery in it. I find it hard to justify buying an expensive guitar, like you say Fran, I want something to be able to play, throw around and really not care about marking (although I do sometimes long for a fender custom shop guitar or one of those vintage guitars I see in vintage & rare in Bath).