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Inspector #20

Inspector #20

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For a while now, I have gone headlong down the rabbit hole with YelloStrat.

$325.00 Warmoth Neck (not yet arrived), $140.00 custom DiMarzio humbucker, $75.00 custom pickguard, $85.00 for Gotoh tuning keys, $60.00 for Artec hum canceling single coils, $60.00 in genuine Fender screws, tremolo springs and $125.00 for brass saddles and brass sustain block, both hand crafted in Budapest.

The guitar plays good and it proved itself during this weekend's performances.

However, when I plug in my Schecter Hellraiser C1FR, it just blows this guitar away for tone. I mean there just is no way to compare the two.

I really tried to come up with something that could at least compete with the Schecter, but after spending enough to buy a second Hellraiser, I have had to realize that I am not even close.

The Schecter is more articulate stting-to-string, has much more gain and presence and just sounds very multidimensional, whereas the YelloStrat sounds very one dimensional.

I'm going to give YelloStrat to our guitarist (Mike) for his upcoming birthday as a surprise.

I just felt the need to be honest about this just in case anybody was following the build.

- Rob
 
Robert Herndon said:
For a while now, I have gone headlong down the rabbit hole with YelloStrat.

$325.00 Warmoth Neck (not yet arrived), $140.00 custom DiMarzio humbucker, $75.00 custom pickguard, $85.00 for Gotoh tuning keys, $60.00 for Artec hum canceling single coils, $60.00 in genuine Fender screws, tremolo springs and $125.00 for brass saddles and brass sustain block, both hand crafted in Budapest.

The guitar plays good and it proved itself during this weekend's performances.

However, when I plug in my Schecter Hellraiser C1FR, it just blows this guitar away for tone. I mean there just is no way to compare the two.

I really tried to come up with something that could at least compete with the Schecter, but after spending enough to buy a second Hellraiser, I have had to realize that I am not even close.

The Schecter is more articulate stting-to-string, has much more gain and presence and just sounds very multidimensional, whereas the YelloStrat sounds very one dimensional.

I'm going to give YelloStrat to our guitarist (Mike) for his upcoming birthday as a surprise.

I just felt the need to be honest about this just in case anybody was following the build.

- Rob
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Im sorry to hear that man,back to Shecter for you...
 
Robert Herndon said:
For a while now, I have gone headlong down the rabbit hole with YelloStrat.

$325.00 Warmoth Neck (not yet arrived), $140.00 custom DiMarzio humbucker, $75.00 custom pickguard, $85.00 for Gotoh tuning keys, $60.00 for Artec hum canceling single coils, $60.00 in genuine Fender screws, tremolo springs and $125.00 for brass saddles and brass sustain block, both hand crafted in Budapest.

The guitar plays good and it proved itself during this weekend's performances.

However, when I plug in my Schecter Hellraiser C1FR, it just blows this guitar away for tone. I mean there just is no way to compare the two.

I really tried to come up with something that could at least compete with the Schecter, but after spending enough to buy a second Hellraiser, I have had to realize that I am not even close.

The Schecter is more articulate stting-to-string, has much more gain and presence and just sounds very multidimensional, whereas the YelloStrat sounds very one dimensional.

I'm going to give YelloStrat to our guitarist (Mike) for his upcoming birthday as a surprise.

I just felt the need to be honest about this just in case anybody was following the build.

- Rob
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Well its cool you're handing the guitar over and not trashing it! Sorry it didn't pan out. Once a guitar sinks its teeth into you, that you really love, its hard to break away from it. The Strat might actually be a great guitar on its own, but apparently your Schecter outshined it with a sound you liked better and thats hard to break.

Its like driving a high speed roadster for a while, then switching over to really nice, comfortable family car. Fine automobile but it doesnt stack up to what you already had and sadly never will
 
gball said:
The reason I have nothing but Les Pauls at this point. But I do find them inspiring to play - they make the noises I hear in my head, which makes me more into it when I am playing.
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As you know, my Les Paul's are fakes, but they have "traditional " Gibson maple/mahogany/maple construction and they are expertly setup.

What I like most about them is the lighter string tension. I use them mostly for recording because I can get a better vibrato out of that shorter scale.

Ever watch the Metallica video documentary where they record everything on old, vintage Gibson Les Paul's??? They only use the ESP's live.

Both my fake Les Paul's are currently out on loan to a couple of SoCal bands for video shoots.

You make a good point about "the noise in your head." That's a very good description.

Tell me why I can switch between a Chibson fake with a Epiphone HOTH8B(14k), a home made Les Paul with a Epiphone HOTH8B (14k), a set-neck mahogany Schecter with an EMG 81TW, and a bolt on maple neck, basswood body Jackson with a 20 year old GFS (14k) ceramic double slug and even @Mitch Pearrow SJMP (and 4 bandmayes and Kurt the studio owner) could not tell a difference between them when I was switching back-to-back at Primo Rehearsal Studios in Riverside...and YelloStrat sounds completely different and very one dimensional.

Totally flabbergasted...
 
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Clockworkmike said:
Well its cool you're handing the guitar over and not trashing it! Sorry it didn't pan out. Once a guitar sinks its teeth into you, that you really love, its hard to break away from it. The Strat might actually be a great guitar on its own, but apparently your Schecter outshined it with a sound you liked better and thats hard to break.

Its like driving a high speed roadster for a while, then switching over to really nice, comfortable family car. Fine automobile but it doesnt stack up to what you already had and sadly never will
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Exactly correct!!!!
 
Robert Herndon said:
The Schecter is more articulate stting-to-string, has much more gain and presence and just sounds very multidimensional, whereas the YelloStrat sounds very one dimensional.
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My LTD is the same way. Just a great guitar with that presence and depth to the sound. My Baja Tele is also like that. When you have a guitar like that, it's difficult to find other guitars that compare.
 
Sorry to hear yelo Strat did not work out for you buddy, I have a black one in the same category, but it’s a squire standard, not the affinity series, I put a loaded hot HSH pickgaurd on it and it just doesn’t have the mojo I thought it should, may have to look it over again and see if something is lurking in it that I have just not found.
Cheers
 
Robert Herndon said:
For a while now, I have gone headlong down the rabbit hole with YelloStrat.

$325.00 Warmoth Neck (not yet arrived), $140.00 custom DiMarzio humbucker, $75.00 custom pickguard, $85.00 for Gotoh tuning keys, $60.00 for Artec hum canceling single coils, $60.00 in genuine Fender screws, tremolo springs and $125.00 for brass saddles and brass sustain block, both hand crafted in Budapest.

The guitar plays good and it proved itself during this weekend's performances.

However, when I plug in my Schecter Hellraiser C1FR, it just blows this guitar away for tone. I mean there just is no way to compare the two.

I really tried to come up with something that could at least compete with the Schecter, but after spending enough to buy a second Hellraiser, I have had to realize that I am not even close.

The Schecter is more articulate stting-to-string, has much more gain and presence and just sounds very multidimensional, whereas the YelloStrat sounds very one dimensional.

I'm going to give YelloStrat to our guitarist (Mike) for his upcoming birthday as a surprise.

I just felt the need to be honest about this just in case anybody was following the build.

- Rob
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gball said:
Hey Robert, I know you don't believe in wood making a difference, but set-neck mahogany vs. bolt maple neck and whatever the body is?

Just sayin';)
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WavMixer said:
I hear you Robert. I too have purchased parts that I thought would make the ultimate guitar just to be sadly disappointed.
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Ebidis said:
Sometimes it all comes together, sometimes not.
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All I can say is Johnny Cash beat you by decades, Robert. Sorry I could not resist. I bet Yollow Caster could nail the Twang in this little song.

 
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