In my brief moment of strat ownership, I listened to Yo La Tengo almost constantly, whilst pretty much chanting the above like a mantra. Still sold the fucker, mind. Wouldn't have done if it hadn't have been my only guitar, though. I just resented it for not being a Jag or Jazz.
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:23 pm
by Fran
I think its a great addition to your collection hurb, no one needs an excuse to own a Strat. It should be mandatory
I just thought of a few wonderfull Strat tones (dont worry, no Malmstain content lolz)...
Cool as fuck, YYY's
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The Edge is still one of my favourate guitarists/delay pioneers, he had a great sound here
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You gotta have the man and he was at his peak here imo. how to make a Strat talk....
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:24 pm
by Mages
Mike wrote:Sounds fierce mate. Loving the Spazzy Trem on the end.
+1 I love hurb's spazz-out solos.
BacchusPaul wrote:Do want Classic Players strat.
I like the squier vintage modified better. it has all the modern features like the CP strat but without the 2-point trem that I haet.
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:29 pm
by aen
Hurb wrote:
aen wrote:Can you believe that I have been harboring secret lust for classic vibe strat? NOw that hurb has one it might be Ok? I mean the neck is like a fucking supermodels ass, guys.
Do it! we can be strat noise twins!!
cheers guys.
It would mean flipping a Jazzmaster.... I dont think I can do it.
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:33 pm
by Hurb
aen wrote:
Hurb wrote:
aen wrote:Can you believe that I have been harboring secret lust for classic vibe strat? NOw that hurb has one it might be Ok? I mean the neck is like a fucking supermodels ass, guys.
Do it! we can be strat noise twins!!
cheers guys.
It would mean flipping a Jazzmaster.... I dont think I can do it.
Yeah I would never loose a jazzmaster for...pretty much anything really.
we will still always have apple cock. nobody can take that away.
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:30 pm
by othomas2
aen wrote:Can you believe that I have been harboring secret lust for classic vibe strat? NOw that hurb has one it might be Ok? I mean the neck is like a fucking supermodels ass, guys.
The necks are amazing especially on the 60's classic vibe strat... shame as a prefer the looks of the 50s.... almost wish I'd bought one instead of the tele now...
Which one you gunning for ?
Nice strat hurb...
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:34 pm
by JamesSmann
i love my strat. strats are good little guitfiddles.
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:41 pm
by Thomas
Great to see you rocking it man. I never used the trem so kept it uber flat with 3 springs screwed in pretty tight.
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:05 am
by Mike
So you're in Jazzy mood these days? Guess you're bored of that Jag then...
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:27 pm
by Thom
Sounds good Hurb - Strats are great, everyone should own one
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:29 pm
by Reece
you people are making me want a CP/CV strat now.
that's another to throw in the "not for a good few years" pile.
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:51 pm
by Fran
Zaphod wrote:you people are making me want a CP/CV strat now.
that's another to throw in the "not for a good few years" pile.
The daft thing is... even the Squier Affinity Strats are good, you could pick one up for £50 on the right day.
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:55 pm
by Reece
i had one and i didn't like the pickups or the way the neck felt.
it's possible i had a dud but i'd prefer to go further up the chain next time.
although james has that set of strat pups in the classifieds... if i had some money i would consider picking up an affinity and those pups.
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:38 pm
by Progrockabuse
i can't fault my classic player strat, my gripes with it being too bright were mainly down to my amp.
nice one hurb, i thinking you got your strat fetish from me . you played my strat a lot that weekend lol
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 9:43 pm
by Hurb
Progrockabuse wrote:
nice one hurb, i thinking you got your strat fetish from me . you played my strat a lot that weekend lol
Can't deny that mate. that was the first strat I played for any length of time, and it was really nice.
I have played a few since then including a superish strat I played at namm for like 2 days straight. so yeah I guess I had to own one, one day.
I wanna see how it handles my heavier strings and normal noisey setup.
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:13 pm
by Progrockabuse
what gauge do you use? i have 12's on my strat and it handles those quite well. i have 5 springs on the trem too.
Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:17 pm
by Hurb
I use 12's too. at the moment I think it has 10's on. I removed one of the springs. so it only has 2. I need a fluid tremolo on it with those strings that stays in tune as good as my jazzy, so that will be the test if I keep the guitar or not.
