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.
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:07 pm
by gaybear
yamaha pacificas are very cheap, but very nice to play.
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:30 pm
by wiesiek
Yeah, right, but it is still 25.5"
Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2012 11:37 pm
by gaybear
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
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:05 pm
by wiesiek
I think I'm probably gonna choose
fully hand made model
or Warmoth conversion. However strat is it !
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 3:25 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
what about just getting a mexican strat or a squier bullet and putting a jagmaster conversion neck on it?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:07 pm
by wiesiek
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?
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:13 pm
by endsjustifymeans
It's a conversion neck, 24" length but the frets are spaced for 25.5" scale. No need to move the bridge.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:55 pm
by wiesiek
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:59 pm
by SKC Willie
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:01 pm
by endsjustifymeans
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:24 pm
by SKC Willie
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.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:43 pm
by endsjustifymeans
fair enough, I stand corrected. very minor adjustment.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:33 pm
by vierphoria
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 2:23 am
by the_other_Adam
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.
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:52 am
by robroe
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
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 3:50 pm
by wiesiek
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
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 5:49 pm
by westtexasred
That guitar is kewl.
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:54 pm
by endsjustifymeans
More hannah montanna then the hannah montanna.
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:22 pm
by paul_
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.
