Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
Telecaster and Stratocaster
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gball
Ambassador of Boogie
Kinda true. Scale makes a pretty big dfference too. It's gotta have a 24.75 to really feel and sound like a LP to me. I fell in love with the Tele Deluxes because of the difference in scale - they have a snap to them you really only get with a 25.5/bolt neck but with two humbuckers and a Gibson-style control layout they are still familiar-feeling..
Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
Oh right. Forgot about scale. That would be a big one.
OP
Session 5
Ambassador of Strings & Wings
I do agree with you partially Geoff, but the body of my Sadie is made of Poplar.
Jethro Rocker
Ambassador of Live & Loud Action
Lots are. It is a poplar wood for guitars, I hear...
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
I had a CIJ Strat with a poplar body once and I really liked it. There was a focus in the midrange you don't get with alder.
OP
Session 5
Ambassador of Strings & Wings
Yes so true.
67plexi
Ambassador of Amps
I got my first Brazilian rosewood finger board Stratocaster in 1984 still have it pearl white custom color 1961 warm midrange sounds like My Gibson 335
The Ice blue stratocaster parts caster early Custom Shop body real 1960 neck pickups and controls I had a maple neck on it sounded thin
I have two maple board Fender guitars 1982 1957 RI strat and a 1971 Fender telecaster never play them
Amp Mad Scientist
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Amp Mad Scientist
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Dude, that's so fancy I'd be afraid to take it out of the case.
Los árbol de la vida.
That house looks like a Roman Villa. The sofa has reindeer inlays.
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Good point.
While they aren't the models listed in the OP, both of these, however, have been used on stage!
My first Stratocaster. Received brand new in 2006. Its a Diamond Anniversary Strat:
An additional acquisition from about a year ago. A used 2004 American Deluxe Strat:
Have shared this in other threads. Here's my one and only Strat. MIM that's had a few mods done to it since purchased new several years ago. I have shared in the hallowed halls of TTR how I shunned Strat's for years.... mostly due to everyone i knew played one..... and my need to be different. Well, after I finally broke down and bought it, I have wondered since what took me so long??
67plexi
Ambassador of Amps
I like D neck Stratocasters my rosewood fingerboard ones have that going back I had a SG and a Les Paul I thought Fenders
were a cheap bolt on neck garbage My first was a 1973 3 bolt neck then a 1977 3 bolt neck hit the jackpot on the third one
7/1961 custom color slab board just the way it sounds and plays I gifted the first two to friends then went on the hunt for other PRE CBS
guitars Guitar Trader was my porn my guitar teacher that told me I needed a Stratocaster told me I'll show you a cool
trick for your Marshall I had a master volume 1979 super lead Mike you need 4 inputs not two next was a 1967 Black Flag Marshall 50 watt
I had the A/B cabinets 4 x 12 full stack I got destroyed in a divorce I sold everything except my first Les Paul and third Stratocaster
I was in shock going from a 6,000 square foot house to a 704 square foot condo got a new boat new truck hosted jam night at the Penthouse
20,000 square foot club it was good when the club was closed our band could practice 300 girls I wanted to hook up with got to
see who they went home with at closing time not interested one night Kenny Wayne Sheppard and his mom I let Kenny play my rig
two black face twins and my 1961 Stratocaster his mom was a fox stunning I told her I wish I could afford her she just was divorced also
that's sweet got a hug and a kiss from her she told me her ex was a concert promoter and her son would set on SRV amps since he was 7 years old
who would have thought Kenny has SRV band now.
were a cheap bolt on neck garbage My first was a 1973 3 bolt neck then a 1977 3 bolt neck hit the jackpot on the third one
7/1961 custom color slab board just the way it sounds and plays I gifted the first two to friends then went on the hunt for other PRE CBS
guitars Guitar Trader was my porn my guitar teacher that told me I needed a Stratocaster told me I'll show you a cool
trick for your Marshall I had a master volume 1979 super lead Mike you need 4 inputs not two next was a 1967 Black Flag Marshall 50 watt
I had the A/B cabinets 4 x 12 full stack I got destroyed in a divorce I sold everything except my first Les Paul and third Stratocaster
I was in shock going from a 6,000 square foot house to a 704 square foot condo got a new boat new truck hosted jam night at the Penthouse
20,000 square foot club it was good when the club was closed our band could practice 300 girls I wanted to hook up with got to
see who they went home with at closing time not interested one night Kenny Wayne Sheppard and his mom I let Kenny play my rig
two black face twins and my 1961 Stratocaster his mom was a fox stunning I told her I wish I could afford her she just was divorced also
that's sweet got a hug and a kiss from her she told me her ex was a concert promoter and her son would set on SRV amps since he was 7 years old
who would have thought Kenny has SRV band now.
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
Have shared this in other threads. Here's my one and only Strat. MIM that's had a few mods done to it since purchased new several years ago. I have shared in the hallowed halls of TTR how I shunned Strat's for years.... mostly due to everyone i knew played one..... and my need to be different. Well, after I finally broke down and bought it, I have wondered since what took me so long??
It's funny how that works. I have owned a lot of Strats over the years, but had not had any for quite a while, was just focused on Les Pauls. Now that I broke the seal on Fenders again, I am definitely wondering why I waited to long to get more, as I am hearing things you just can't with a Gibson and they are rewarding.
That's why I always gigged with, at least, both a Les Paul and a Stratocaster. I don't try to make a Les Paul do Stratty things and I don't try to make the Strat do Les Paul-y things.
Even an HSS Strat will not sound like a Les Paul.
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
When I was last gigging regularly, in the late '90s, my kit was: Les Paul Custom, AmStd Stratocaster, Ovation something-or-other, pedalboard and amp.
I could cover 100% of any base I needed to with that rig. Need to keep reminding myself of that.
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
So the Fender thing has gotten slightly out of control. After not owning a single Fender for about a decade, maybe a little longer, just in the last 5 months I have ended up with 4 of them, and yesterday ordered one of these (BTW, the one I got is 8.1 pounds, the heaviest one they had. I prefer heavier guitars):
It's got a lot of features that differentiate it from the regular AmPro II - roasted maple neck, 11" radius fretboard, updgraded 6-screw bridge, Custom Shop pickups, blah blah blah. And it's red.
Since it's a SW exclusive I'll have to wait a few days to get my hands on it, but will report back once it's here.
It's got a lot of features that differentiate it from the regular AmPro II - roasted maple neck, 11" radius fretboard, updgraded 6-screw bridge, Custom Shop pickups, blah blah blah. And it's red.
Since it's a SW exclusive I'll have to wait a few days to get my hands on it, but will report back once it's here.
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syscokid
Ambassador of War & Peace
Depending on your current state of mind, this is either a revelation, or it's a revolution. Maybe both! BTW, specs are killer! Very interested in what you think about those Fender Fat 60's pickups.
I sorta feel your pain. (As in. I only HAD to buy one) Never really had the desire for a Strat. Then I saw one at Sweetwater. Got a bad case of GAS. And yes. I did ultimately buy it. There were some features I liked. Locking tuners. A push button switch between the tone controls. I think on some fenders you get a push/pull pot that does the same thing…. Brings the bridge pup into the mix in positions 4&5. And it was pretty. Ash body. Transparent blue finish so the grain stands out and I’m a sucker for wood grain. And heavy….. actually heavier than my bass. It was an MIM, so affordable for me. And I really like it a lot.