How many LICKS does it take?

[Don O]

Will report back next week.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Well i’m gonna conduct my own mini test related to this question. Earlier this year I bought a 1989 35th anniversary CS Strat (367 of 500) with Lace pups and an ebony board. It plays great and has great tone.

Two days ago I bought it’s sibling, 219 of 500 it will be here next week. I’ll be doing a NGD thread

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Don, tell me if you get em sounding like John Frusciante wailing through those Marshalls with his Fender axes.

 

[Don O]

Don, tell me if you get em sounding like John Frusciante wailing through those Marshalls with his Fender axes.

Well that might take a while.

 

[CabanaBoy]

In a perfect world they may all be the same, but in the imperfect world we live they will most likely at least have subtle differences (imho).

 

[Inspector #20]

you have to vote for your voice to be heard Bobby

I did...

 

[Truss_rod]

If someone laid there junk on their guitar it would certainly make it their individual guitar because rest assured I would never touch it....

 

[WavMixer]

Ummm Technically, there can't be anything "Identical" in my mind.
Everything is a 1 off. Even ident twins have something different.

Oh and speaking of Junk. Forgive me everyone, I was really looking for Flea's beer bottle proof speaker cabs like mine and got a bonus for Adrian.

Looks like Flee has no problem rubbing his junk on the bass. Whatchu been teaching that boy Adrian?

 

[eSGEe]

 

[BlackSG91]

I think guitars are definitely individual in their playing, feel and sound, etc. That's why I own 21 guitars because each one has their own characteristic which I really dig. Currently I'm getting my junk on my '98 MIA Fender Strat that has a very comfortable C-shaped neck profile which makes me play better. I also dig the single coil sound from the pick ups. I like humbuckers also but single coils I find really cut through the mix. They reveal your mistakes but if you play good then they reward you with a fantastic sound. I also installed a neck pick up on/off switch for 2 extra pick up configurations which just makes me tickled pink.

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[Inspector #20]

Here's what I noticed after playing/recording this weekend. On the fender, the increased string tension inhibits my vibrato. Listening to back-to-back tracks, I have a much more natural vibrato on the Gibson scale instruments. The Strat with Gibson pickups sounds good, it just needs a 24.75" scale neck...

 

[BlackSG91]

Here's what I noticed after playing/recording this weekend. On the fender, the increased string tension inhibits my vibrato. Listening to back-to-back tracks, I have a much more natural vibrato on the Gibson scale instruments. The Strat with Gibson pickups sounds good, it just needs a 24.75" scale neck...

You sure are obsessed with 24.75" scale necks there Tobias. I use 10's on my Gibson scale length guitars and 10's also on my Fender and other 25.5" scale length guitars. Bending is sure much easier on a 24.75" scale so maybe I should switch to 9's gauge strings on my Strat...but I like the extra tension from the 10's so I'm indecisive about it at the moment.


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