the fender stratocaster is perfect.

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perfect strat?

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$0.02 anyone?

I have only one problem with the Strat... Its not a Tele. That guitar is pefect... for me.

The Strat is a very well-designed, well-built machine, rubbished only by Gibson users (obviously a generallisation, don't neg rep me you twats).
Set-neck/through-neck = who gives a fuck? If it works it works. 20 second sustain is cool for Spinal Tap, but for a lot of people (myself included), it's useless.
 
jimistone said:
I get tired of people bashing jimi hendrix.

THE FUCKER DIED IN 1970 AND GUITAR PLAYERS ARE STILL AND TRYING TO COP HIS LICKS, TOUCH, TONE, AND TECHNIQUE!!!

THE BEST GUITAR PLAYERS FROM EVERY GENERATION SINCE HIS DEATH REVERE HIM AS GOD!!!

HE PLAYED BETTER WITH HIS GOD DAMN TEETH..WHILE TRIPPING ON AN ENTIRE HIT OF 4 WAY WINDOWPANE... THAN MOST OF THE ONES DOWNING HIM CAN PLAY WITH BOTH HANDS!!!

...just had to get that off my chest.
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So let me get this stright...you are or you are not a Hendrix fan? :D
 
Testify, Jimistone! I saw Hendrix in '69 at Woodstock, and he was, indeed, a badass guitar picker, unique in his technique. R.I.P. Jimi. I agree with those who have found the strat to be versatile as hell.-Richie
 
No guitar is perfect but the Strat is close. I have played on the same beat to hell '89 American Standard Strat since high school. It's been fitted with Van Zandt Rock N' Rolls which are fairly hot pickups (handwound back then) and some weird mid boost has replaced the second tone pot. I eventually replaced the pickguard, tuners (for the Fender locking type) and tightened the tremolo bridge to the body (essentially like a hard tail).

Despite being f'd with in every possible fashion, the damn thing still plays perfectly, stays in tune and generally does its job beautifully. Tanks I tell ya!
 
Guitars are like women,they can be perfect at first,but after awhile you want something different. :D


I have a MIJ Strat,it's really nice but I hardly ever play it. :confused:
 
The best thing about the Strat design is that it's so close to perfect for so many people that is is now a standard format. Thanks to standardization it is now possible to pay less that $100 for a guitar that is designed in a standard way, that is playable and can kick butt if the guy playing has the nuts to take command of his instrument.

The worst thing about the Strat is the "tremolo" vibrato, which everyone has to pay for whether they want it or not, and almost nobody wants it because if you look at people's Stats almost nobody has the arm on it.

I have an Affinity Bullet which is like a Strat without all the bad parts (the wimpy single-coil pickups and the vibrato mechanism), and the thing is a rocketship. For what it costs it is more fun than Half Price Day on whatever street in your town is the street where the girls work.
 
hilarypaprocki said:
The best thing about the Strat design is that it's so close to perfect for so many people that is is now a standard format. Thanks to standardization it is now possible to pay less that $100 for a guitar that is designed in a standard way, that is playable and can kick butt if the guy playing has the nuts to take command of his instrument.

The worst thing about the Strat is the "tremolo" vibrato, which everyone has to pay for whether they want it or not, and almost nobody wants it because if you look at people's Stats almost nobody has the arm on it.

I have an Affinity Bullet which is like a Strat without all the bad parts (the wimpy single-coil pickups and the vibrato mechanism), and the thing is a rocketship. For what it costs it is more fun than Half Price Day on whatever street in your town is the street where the girls work.
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The only way you are going to get a great guitar for a $100 is if you luck up
at a yard sale and are able to take advantage of some poor widow that does
not know what she has.
Listen to some Hendrix or some Blackmore,then get back to me on the tremolo
being a bad feature on Strats.BTW, you can purchase a hardtail strat if you
dont like the tremolo.
Let me assure you that an affinity bullet is nothing like a REAL strat.You can
purchase the affinity for $300 and it comes with an amp.A good American strat costs three times that amount.Wonder why that is?
 
I love strats as well.. give me a single coil in the neck, and a humbucker in the bridge and I'm set.
 
"The only way you are going to get a great guitar for a $100 is if you luck up
at a yard sale and are able to take advantage of some poor widow that does
not know what she has.
Listen to some Hendrix or some Blackmore,then get back to me on the tremolo
being a bad feature on Strats.BTW, you can purchase a hardtail strat if you
dont like the tremolo.
Let me assure you that an affinity bullet is nothing like a REAL strat.You can
purchase the affinity for $300 and it comes with an amp.A good American strat costs three times that amount.Wonder why that is?"


You ever have a little kid trying to explain things to you?

H
 
My latest strat purchase...an e-bay mexicaster just recieved the best upgrade ever. On a whim I wedged the trem (from both sides) and removed the springs. Instantly all the false background notes (strat-itis) went away. Now my fave .....for a few months atleast.



chazba
 
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hilarypaprocki said:
"The only way you are going to get a great guitar for a $100 is if you luck up
at a yard sale and are able to take advantage of some poor widow that does
not know what she has.
Listen to some Hendrix or some Blackmore,then get back to me on the tremolo
being a bad feature on Strats.BTW, you can purchase a hardtail strat if you
dont like the tremolo.
Let me assure you that an affinity bullet is nothing like a REAL strat.You can
purchase the affinity for $300 and it comes with an amp.A good American strat costs three times that amount.Wonder why that is?"


You ever have a little kid trying to explain things to you?

H
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Funny you should ask........

[/Quote]The best thing about the Strat design is that it's so close to perfect for so many people that is is now a standard format. Thanks to standardization it is now possible to pay less that $100 for a guitar that is designed in a standard way, that is playable and can kick butt if the guy playing has the nuts to take command of his instrument.

The worst thing about the Strat is the "tremolo" vibrato, which everyone has to pay for whether they want it or not, and almost nobody wants it because if you look at people's Stats almost nobody has the arm on it.

I have an Affinity Bullet which is like a Strat without all the bad parts (the wimpy single-coil pickups and the vibrato mechanism), and the thing is a rocketship. For what it costs it is more fun than Half Price Day on whatever street in your town is the street where the girls work.[/Quote]
 
you can get american strats for $400 to $500 used. no big deal their US made. whoopee as I understand it, US Fenders include china made tuners, china made strings, probably taiwan made wires, korea made screws, malaysia plastic????? I'm just guessing on the exact details. And the supply chain is always changing. Is it 100% US...No. Does it make you play better? No.

Wierd times. I love the Fender story, Leo etc... but these RELIC years, and Fender Tennis shoes....I wonder how big will the corporate get, where is it all going? The Fender business is so huge these days, mind boggling to think it all started in that little store in Fullerton California, with one guy, with one eye!

Proof in the Success Pudding....
there ARE pro's using Squires making damn good music, and recordings.
I've had a Fender Jazz Squire for 20+ years, it's freakin dyn-o-mite!! never one single issue!! with 1,000 of hours on it!


The Affinity line? hit and miss quality, its the new cheapest line. I've read "the tuning pegs fell off in my hand"..and others saying "it was as good as the $1300 US model!!!". ????????????????????????????????????????

I just sold my US Strat at GC, no case, no strap, played..2001...$400.
They put it on the shelf for $699.

I asked the salesguy "so if I beat up this mint strat, ding it and spit on it ..and make it RELIC, will you give me more?" He said "no".

Squires $75- used
Mexi- $125-$200 Used
Affinitys are $100 new, so $35 used?
US Strats (standards, deluxe)- $400-650 ..case not included

Garage Sale prices take another 25% off.
 
Uhhhh....change that strings to springs......Ummmmmmmaa.


chazba
 
i've got an 83 American (of course, there only was American in 83) that i bought earlier this year for $500 with a new TKL case. It was one of the "freeflyte" trem ones with the 1 vol/1 tone and jack on front that someone had modded to have the standard 1 vol/2 tone.

i've since dropped a set of Custom Shop Fat 50's pickups in it and it SCREAMS. i just wish that it had a humbucker in the bridge instead of the single coil b/c i find the single coil to be just about useless. i installed a Fralin Blender pot which allows me to roll in some of the neck pickup to the bridge pickup setting and that really helps it not sound so shitty.

i was NEVER a strat guy until i played this strat (i'm a tele guy). it's the neck that did it. it's maple and has a 12in radius and is a LOT flatter than the typical 7.25 and 9.5 radius necks that strats usually have. the 83's and the Eric Johnson Custom Shops seem to apparently be alone in having this neck radius.

this was the neck my hand has always been looking for. i'm still not a strat guy, but this neck is perfect to me. i need to get another one of these necks and install it on a tele body. that'd be heaven.

a LP is on my list of things to get, but i've got an Ibanez Hollowbody that does a pretty good job at covering the humbucker bases. it doesn't help that i can get early-80's fender guitars for a fraction of what i can get a similar Les Paul. i have a hard time believing that *any* electric guitar is worth $2000+......especially a *new* one.


cheers,
wade
 
espskully said:
Had maybe 10 Strats in my life - sold every damn one. I will never buy one again. A Tele - yes. But after getting my first Les Paul - there was no going back to a Strat.

Just my personal taste though!
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Thats funny considering you are called ESPskully. I would of guessed you'd use an esp?
 
sweetpeee said:
They tend to introduce noise/hum a lot more than guitars with double coil pickups. For me, the volume knob is way too close to the bridge.


J.P.
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The double coil pickups are called humbuckers for a reason
In essence their balanced just like a mic, but then go through an unbalanced mono guitar cable so nois is still picked up but just not from the pickup (well it is but due to inverted phase from both coils = the cancellation of the noise and a clean signal)
 
mrface2112 said:
i've got an 83 American (of course, there only was American in 83) that i bought earlier this year for $500 with a new TKL case. It was one of the "freeflyte" trem ones with the 1 vol/1 tone and jack on front that someone had modded to have the standard 1 vol/2 tone.

i've since dropped a set of Custom Shop Fat 50's pickups in it and it SCREAMS. i just wish that it had a humbucker in the bridge instead of the single coil b/c i find the single coil to be just about useless. i installed a Fralin Blender pot which allows me to roll in some of the neck pickup to the bridge pickup setting and that really helps it not sound so shitty.

i was NEVER a strat guy until i played this strat (i'm a tele guy). it's the neck that did it. it's maple and has a 12in radius and is a LOT flatter than the typical 7.25 and 9.5 radius necks that strats usually have. the 83's and the Eric Johnson Custom Shops seem to apparently be alone in having this neck radius.

this was the neck my hand has always been looking for. i'm still not a strat guy, but this neck is perfect to me. i need to get another one of these necks and install it on a tele body. that'd be heaven.

a LP is on my list of things to get, but i've got an Ibanez Hollowbody that does a pretty good job at covering the humbucker bases. it doesn't help that i can get early-80's fender guitars for a fraction of what i can get a similar Les Paul. i have a hard time believing that *any* electric guitar is worth $2000+......especially a *new* one.


cheers,
wade
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Put a S.D. hotrail in the bridge pos.You wont be sorry.
 
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