the fender stratocaster is perfect.

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perfect strat?

  • i agree

    Votes: 119 41.5%

  • i disagree

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I sold my Strat Plus and have regretted it ever since. I still have my MIJ and MIM but they don't get alot of stage use. I play my LP's almost exclusively live. Unfortunately, years of jumping around like a jackass with a LP strapped to my shoulder has resulted in fairly serious chronic shoulder and neck injury. Looks like the lighter strats will be getting more stage play after all. Or maybe I'll just sit down when on stage. ;)
 
Double said:
Getting back to the Fender thing, I wonder how many rockers realize that Jimmy Page used a telecaster for the first couple of Led Zepplin Albums not Les Pauls.
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He used the same "Dragon tele" on the solo for "Stairway" as well...I found out much later that his main Les Paul had coil taps... You mean they're not stock ?!?!?! ...wait until I see him :mad:
 
OhSh1rt said:
They are cute to play now and then, but when it comes down to it, to me it just doesn't feel like a real guitar, hand me a semi-hollow gibson over a fender any day.

I'm not a big kid (6'1) but the strat just seems so small, ive played my friend's dad's american strat through a old vintage marshal (tube) stack, and sure they have a nice sound but it's just not for me.


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Well, I'm 5'7" so the Strat doesn't feel too much like a toy to me. ;)

My main guitar for a time was a Gibson ES-335 and that thing looked enormous on me. Hated to get rid of it - long story.
 
Double said:
Getting back to the Fender thing, I wonder how many rockers realize that Jimmy Page used a telecaster for the first couple of Led Zepplin Albums not Les Pauls.
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Don't forget the Danelectro he used quite often.
 
gbdweller said:
Don't forget the Danelectro he used quite often.
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I've always wanted one of those :o

Edit: maybe the perfect guitar is a Strat with a bridge humbucker and a neck lipstick pickup :cool: (and the usual middle)
 
There's no such thing as the perfect guitar design, but the Strat is a really great one!
 
Strat's are of coarse great guitars for a particular sound as also the tele. You could say the same for the Les Paul or SG. Gibson and the fender are two complete different guitars all together as far as action or feel and tone. I am more of a LP person. But I can't deny the truth of David Gilmours, or Jimi Hendrix guitar solo's.
 
gcapel said:
Strat's are of coarse great guitars for a particular sound as also the tele. You could say the same for the Les Paul or SG. Gibson and the fender are two complete different guitars all together as far as action or feel and tone. I am more of a LP person. But I can't deny the truth of David Gilmours, or Jimi Hendrix guitar solo's.
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I can make a strat bark. Can you make a Gibson quack? :D
 
My First Guitar was a Strat knockoff.

I soon learned that the real deal was a thing to go for, so after 3-4 years I got a Fender Strat Mexico, I enjoyed this guitar for some time.
Untill I changed it to 0,10`s to get a fatter sound, suddently my Fender craze to a rest.
I went on to by a Joe Satriani Js100 ibanez, loved it for 2 weeks, then I started dreading it.

This was when I tried everything, SG`s, LP`s, semi accoustics, Rickenbacker, THEN A classic US Fender Strat, with a beautifull finish came to my sight.
I tried it bought it, and will never change it.


In my humble opinion Strat beats all. :)
 
My Strat is the perfect guitar for me. So is my Les Paul. It depends on my mood which is the more perfect for me at any given time.
 
ggunn said:
My Strat is the perfect guitar for me. So is my Les Paul. It depends on my mood which is the more perfect for me at any given time.
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ggunn speaks the truth :)

I have an American Deluxe strat and an LP studio.
Neither can sound anything like the other clean, or with 'natural' tube distortion.

A fuzz pedal at full blast, such as the rat, can muddy the waters a little though and make guitars sound more similar - although they do retain their character to an extent.
 
I guarantee everyone who says they hate strats is under 25, strats are like fine wine and need to be appreciated and the younger generation of kids playing today don't understand where their music came from and part of that history involves the strat. I used to not understand all the hubub when I was younger, but now that I'm a little older I get it. Man I wish I held on to some of those. But I'm not faulting them for it, it's not their fault, it's the media and culture that guides them, but I'll bet when they get a little older, that if they're still playing music, that they will have a different view. Not everyone of course, some just never will like the feel of one and thats personal, but the majority i'll bet will have a different outlook, and it'll start when they start to trace where their music came from. just my opinion though.
 
If what your trying to say is that when you get older, your musical taste changes eg gay songs don't seem to be that gay any more. Then i would agree. Do you like the shadows by any chance?

Joke :D
 
I think if you asked any guitarist of historical or artistic importance if he owned a strat, he/she would answer yes - with an irrepressible grin.
 
Strats are awesome!

I can't imagine not having a strat. A friend of mine sold his and regretted it and HAD to go buy another. Versatility is the key he said! You can use it everywhere!
 
I like the feel of a strat, but I can't play anything with the pickup switch below the strings. I ALWAYS hit it when I don't want to.
 
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