DonP
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Never heard that one. You'd get odd results on a Strat though, because the centre pickup is polarised the opposite way to the bridge and neck
After 30 Years, I'm Back To A 1987 Stratocaster:
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Never heard that one. You'd get odd results on a Strat though, because the centre pickup is polarised the opposite way to the bridge and neck
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Hmmm...I read it somewhere, but cannot locate the article now. I think it was written by Lollar and it involved pushing and holding the strings against the pole pieces to do something about evening out magnetic pull...
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Overall tone is fantastic....The wolf tones are VERY noticeable on the intro to Gary Moore's "Still Got The Blues."
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Ah, well there's your problem. You need a '59 Les Paul to play that
Oh no...no thank you... no more Gibson headaches...but I do have the best part of the Les Paul - its scale length - incorporated into my guitars...
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I wouldn't turn down a '59 - I would immediately sell it to the highest bidder...
I'd have to be really hard up to do that
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Not a hard-up statement. I would simply buy a much better modern guitar and put the rest into Tesla stock.
I've played more than one 50's era Gibson. They are not magical. We sold Mom's '58 Les Paul. Good guitar. Nothing special. Its in a plexiglass case now...
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Just cannot beat the comfort of the Strat body....when coupled with a 1" neck profile and a 12" radius 24.75" scale, to me, that's the ultimate guitar, killing all of the quackiness of the 25.5" scale length...
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Going through boxes of stuff ans found a brand new, Tone Man vintage cloth Stratocaster H-H harness with Emerson pots, three way switch and twin tone controls with .033uf & .015uf K40Y tone capacitors.
Maybe throw it in with some 17k humbuckers???
The Tone Man vintage cloth harness is probably worth more than the 1987 Squire Stratocaster!!!
Hmmmm...
Maybe throw it in with some 17k humbuckers???
The Tone Man vintage cloth harness is probably worth more than the 1987 Squire Stratocaster!!!
Hmmmm...
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I feel like its time to get rid of everything but the Squire and the Destroyer....and just start playing again. I came here with 2 guitars - one I've owned for 29 years and the other for 12 - in less than a year, I have six guitars, bought two brand new 2016 Gibson's and I'm not happy with any of them - except the Destroyer.
Time to lighten the load. I have become a gear junkie and I am playing less and working more....
Time to lighten the load. I have become a gear junkie and I am playing less and working more....
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chilipeppermaniac
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HAHA, I wonder if we need to call the White Squier Strat, Crowley
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LOL! Good one!
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It's had AT LEAST 20 different pickup configurations that I can remember...I didn't photograph every configuration, but here are a few...
chilipeppermaniac
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HAHA Robert, reminds me of my hair n beards over the years.
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Found this in my stash...
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Thinking maybe a pair of 15k humbuckers...