I Gotta Be Honest - I Have Failed:

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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Because of the wood. That is the reason.
People keep telling you that the "tone wood" doesn't matter.
And the reality is that the wood is the most important influence on the sound of the guitar.
Now you learned that, the expensive way.

I learned long ago, that no matter what Pickups what bridge, what nut etc etc...
if the wood sounds dead to start with, nothing will fix that.

Buy a mahogany body, put all the parts on, and bingo.
A maple neck will also kill the tone.
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
Because of the wood. That is the reason.
People keep telling you that the "tone wood" doesn't matter.
And the reality is that the wood is the most important influence on the sound of the guitar.
Now you learned that, the expensive way.

I learned long ago, that no matter what Pickups what bridge, what nut etc etc...
if the wood sounds dead to start with, nothing will fix that.

Buy a mahogany body, put all the parts on, and bingo.
A maple neck will also kill the tone.
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But I love my strats with maple necks !!!
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
Because of the wood. That is the reason.
People keep telling you that the "tone wood" doesn't matter.
And the reality is that the wood is the most important influence on the sound of the guitar.
Now you learned that, the expensive way.

I learned long ago, that no matter what Pickups what bridge, what nut etc etc...
if the wood sounds dead to start with, nothing will fix that.

Buy a mahogany body, put all the parts on, and bingo.
A maple neck will also kill the tone.
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Mitch Pearrow SJMP said:
But I love my strats with maple necks !!!
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Then tell me why my basswood Jackson with a maple neck is indistinguishable from my Schecter and Les Paul's...even 3 Grammy nominated L.A. producers, 4 band members and our own distinguished @Mitch Pearrow SJMP cannot tell a difference when I switch between them.
 
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Ramo said:
I want like this but with
a black pick guard... will the neck go black after playing?View attachment 59046
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I got one for ya Ramo my friend FDABF1E4-7777-4F2D-95D0-A71AC5396D1C.jpegAAE211DE-BB93-4F93-A882-73422F34E97B.jpeg
The neck will get dirty, but the first pic is of one somebody tried to sand down or something, but I left it as is, a $40.00 squire standard, it has the same thickness of a body as my MIM Strat. I paid $50.00 for the loaded pickgaurd.
Cheers
 
Mitch Pearrow SJMP said:
I got one for ya Ramo my friend View attachment 59047View attachment 59048
The neck will get dirty, but the first pic is of one somebody tried to sand down or something, but I left it as is, a $40.00 squire standard, it has the same thickness of a body as my MIM Strat. I paid $50.00 for the loaded pickgaurd.
Cheers
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That looks as if someone had punched the neck and it got bruised. :)

when I get strat. I want SSS config.
 
Amp Mad Scientist said:
Because of the wood. That is the reason.
People keep telling you that the "tone wood" doesn't matter.
And the reality is that the wood is the most important influence on the sound of the guitar.
Now you learned that, the expensive way.

I learned long ago, that no matter what Pickups what bridge, what nut etc etc...
if the wood sounds dead to start with, nothing will fix that.

Buy a mahogany body, put all the parts on, and bingo.
A maple neck will also kill the tone.
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My new Custom made Tele Which has a Poplar body, Maple bolt on neck, is the best guitar i have ever played, the sustain is incredible the tones are great.
 
One of the guitars I built sucked at first, I couldn't make it sound good no matter what pickups I tried or anything. It had no sustain and just sounded like crap. Then one day for whatever reason I didn't remember if I'd set the neck when I strung it up after I first put it together. I loosened the neck screws and heard that pop when the neck shifted back. After that it sounded amazing and sustain forever.
 
DirtySteve said:
One of the guitars I built sucked at first, I couldn't make it sound good no matter what pickups I tried or anything. It had no sustain and just sounded like crap. Then one day for whatever reason I didn't remember if I'd set the neck when I strung it up after I first put it together. I loosened the neck screws and heard that pop when the neck shifted back. After that it sounded amazing and sustain forever.
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I have tons of sustain...It's just not my usual, punchy tone...
 
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