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Thanks Wish14, I got the pickups lowered to the point at which the sustain is best for my application, I'll get another US strat with all single coils this time to keep it company when I've saved up again. Got my eye on this one.

A couple of weeks in with the Strat, still impressed with it and have found some of its limitations as well as the areas where it excels. The main thing I'm happy about is the way it sounds through small to medium output valve amps for studio use. It seems that a few guitars I've bought lately...

Thanks Wish14. Today, I spent a couple of hours setting it up. Got the truss rod tension how I wanted it, set the height of each string and got the intonation pretty close. I noticed before I started tweaking an issue with the G string beating, even after re tuning a number of times, it was...

Got it today, having played it a little it obviously needs a full set up once acclimatised. Action is too high for my taste. I'll post my impressions once I get it how I want it.

Ok, I played one today albeit in black which wasn't to my eye as appealing as the one in the pic. Hooked it up to an AC15 it met my expectations and probably more. The neck pickup had an almost glass like transparency on the clean amp setting, playing just into a crunch setting sounded great on...

Thanks ido, I'll check out that model, though it's probably more money than I can justify at this time, however I could hang on a bit if the model you mention grabs me in a big way.

No you can't split the humbucker and I appreciate that it would be a good option to have that option available. I only own one other guitar with single coil pickups, though I do have an LP with coil tap on both pickups. This Strat model ticks every other box for me so I can probably live without...

Anyone here got any hands on experience with the Fender American Special Stratocaster HSS? I don't own a Strat and I'm considering getting one like the image below. I don't want to break the bank, I do want an American built instrument and this seems to fit the bill, especially with the...

If you get the Vox I hope you post your impression of it, as I'm thinking of getting an AC30 in a month or two, with the idea it'll sound good with just a guitar and an instrument cable plus some mains supply connected to it. Good luck Tim

Just added this to my collection, will share my thoughts once I've lived with it for a bit.

Personally I'd decide on the drivers you're going to use, fit them and play them in before doing anything major to the cabinet. Speakers all have their own characteristics which can alter over time. A new set of cones might well deliver a tighter bass due to their type or the fact that their is...

I'd certainly give one of these a try if considering a new guitar, they are not expensive and have the pickup at the neck which is magnetic. I already own acoustics with the piezo pickups but wanted something different and found one of these. It's the Ibanez Talman TCM50. Obviously the body size...

To be fair the robot tuners work a lot better when the instrument has been played a bit and the tuner has been used several times. That's speaking from personal experience having owned a Gibson with the robot tuner for a year or so. Yes initially it wasn't impressive, it works fine once things...

Congrats, nice looking instrument. I bought a Schecter Hellraiser C-7 (Black Cherry) for a similar reason and have been delighted with the tonal options it offers. The binding is similar on mine, aside from the areas which sweep into the body on the instrument you have pictured. Mine has the...

Hi, There have been discussions here in which the Uke has been the subject and I don't recall anyone complaining. Lap steel, mmm I bought a Peavey Powerslide which is kind of useful and offers a few interesting options for recording. It can be played in various ways, on the lap being one of...

Hi, I've made a few nuts this year from mostly bone blanks, though I did a couple of synthetic ones first. It wasn't something I consciously chose to get in into, more a case of me picking up one of my acoustics and accidentally pinched the low E with my palm and then had a section of the nut...

Thank you all very much for the replies, jeap, yes it's a fairly heavy guitar but does not seem to be over the top. I've played it for a good few hours standing and not found it an issue. To be fair I have a six string bass which is ridiculously heavy which has probably got me used to playing a...

I'm sure I'm not the only user of this forum who has bought a number of instruments over the years whilst somehow avoiding one particular instrument which in actuality is what I should have gone for for a few guitars earlier. I've had a hankering for one of these for over thirty years and yes...

I have one Crafter guitar, I'm happy with it. It's the same body shape as the one Mr Clean posted the image of, only mine is book-match transparent black flame maple and is a 12 string version. It's very nicely finished and set up, allows for a great range of sounds, having the lipstick pickup...

I don't own a strat but I did a bit of a re build on a guitar involving the trem and found a similar issue. Eventually I got it sorted by altering the spring configuration and now the guitar is pretty much always in tune throughout regardless of me being a bit rough with the trem. With mine it...