That's something else entirely. I wanna touch it.
That neck was the best investment I ever made.
Question For All The Strat Users Out There......
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That neck was the best investment I ever made.
67plexi
Ambassador of Amps
I will kick my self for the rest of my life for not buying Bonnie Raitt’s Dumble ODSR #060 100 watt
one more of her amps ODS #0147 EL34 100
Technically speaking, you cannot order more than one profile on a Warmoth neck. I get special treatment through the Musician's Union and name dropping, but officially, Warmoth won't do this. It's strictly a back-door, "this never happened" type of deal....
Dude, the Warmoth necks are worth every penny....
This one is Roasted Maple with a Peltogyne skunk stripe and truss rod plug. The Jescar Gold Evo Frets are only slightly less hard than Stainless Steel!!!!
Wow pork is one of my favorites.
From breakfast sausage, bacon, ribs, chili verde, carnitas, and what I will be grilling later today
Big thick bone in Pork Chops
I love sushi and it is probably my favorite food of all time. Red Maguro Tuna with Orange masago (fish eggs) is my favorite. I will not eat any kind of cooked fish. I just don't like what cooking does to the flavor. Now, as far as beef goes, I love Carne Asada in all forms.
I do not eat liver, heart, tongue or brains, just because of the texture.
Why must you tempt me with literal unobtanium?
I spoke to Warmoth about getting a neck with multiple profiles and they said, "no way." So, I just decided to order a regular 'Boat' profile in restated maple. They told me up front the lead time would be 3-4 months.
Not long after that, I was talking with a session player that I work with and he was raving about this wild neck had had Warmoth make for him. I was surprised and told him what Warmoth had told me. He kind of chuckled and said (I though jokingly) "I'll put in a good word for you next time I talk to the boss."
A few days later, I got a call from Warmoth and they came right out and asked me how I wanted my neck profiled.
That's how it happened for me...
*Drool*
I hate sushi period but I do like fish and chips, as for tongue cabeza, liver , heart , no thanks.
Had to eat liver as a kid, but never again, tasteless cardboard in my opinion.
Thanks
I love them,
Pork rinds as the bags were called in my youth
Pop called them 'Cracklin's" as I recall....
C-Grin
Ambassador of Wonderland
I use the wiggle stick a lot, set up with a bit of float. All of my Strats are "modded" or parts casters I assembled, burned with fire, refinished or transformed. with one exception the SRV in the middle is close to stock but has Armstrong wiring. I have one more that is torn down right now, not sure what it's future is just yet.
Mods that must be done,
-tone pot to bridge pickup
-Shielded
-toss stock bridge pickup out the window, or Armstrong it.
Yes to pork rinds- spicy please.
No to sushi
Mods that must be done,
-tone pot to bridge pickup
-Shielded
-toss stock bridge pickup out the window, or Armstrong it.
Yes to pork rinds- spicy please.
No to sushi
I like your style sir! Tell it as you see it....I use the wiggle stick a lot, set up with a bit of float. All of my Strats are "modded" or parts casters I assembled, burned with fire, refinished or transformed. with one exception the SRV in the middle is close to stock but has Armstrong wiring. I have one more that is torn down right now, not sure what it's future is just yet.
Mods that must be done,
-tone pot to bridge pickup
-Shielded
-toss stock bridge pickup out the window, or Armstrong it.
Yes to pork rinds- spicy please.
No to sushi
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SG John
Ambassador of Cool Guitars and Amps.
Actually, if you want to play slide, and go for that real nice Lowell George or Bonnie Raitt sound in open A tuning, you need a hardtail. Yeah, you can sort of get it with a trem, but it is not quite right, tough to get in tune, and doesn't sustain as well. Since I know open E best, I decided to stick with what I know, and not venture into the whole open A thing.
SG John
Ambassador of Cool Guitars and Amps.
One day at work, I made one. Kept boring a piece of steel pipe until it fit comfortably over my knuckle. Then turned and polished the outside until it was smooth.
That was around '87. Still use it.
I have played a little slide, but I'm not a virtuoso. For example, in the studio, a client may request a slide passage, then I would compose it, rehearse it and then record it.
I play slide solos when we cover "boot scootin boogie" and "all along the watchtower." However, when we cover Raitt's "something to talk about," I don't play the slide solo, not because it's intricate, or anything like that, but to my ear, it sounds better with some chicken picken-esque fills with double stops and unison bends.
But I can respect the description of what you are shooting for in that tone, and you are probably right in that a hardtail is better for that.
I generally prefer the Les Paul (hardtail) whenever there is a unison bend or when I bend the g string a full step, then play the fretted b/e unbent. It's just cleaner on a stop bar guitar.
ninjaking67
Ambassador of Good Will
I don't use the trem on my Strats. The arms are put away in the cases and the bridges are hard decked by adding a couple heavy (or more) trem springs.
My black strat was a purpose built partscaster to replicate David Gilmour's so yes, I guess it is modded.
My other Strat has been modded with a piezo bridge and a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails in the bridge position. The rear Tone knob is wired to only affect the bridge pickup.
My black strat was a purpose built partscaster to replicate David Gilmour's so yes, I guess it is modded.
My other Strat has been modded with a piezo bridge and a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails in the bridge position. The rear Tone knob is wired to only affect the bridge pickup.
Oiled the neck today. Huge improvement in feel...
Beagle
Ambassador of Slippin' and a Slidin'
(1) When I need the Wangerator , I try to find one, there are several somewhere...
(2) I don't do mods, just repairs when needed.
Stock Fender Tremolo...
I whammy my YelloStrat until the strings rattle around on the pickups, then strike a string as the tension comes back and get an ascending harmonic squeal.
I blow 4 or 5 picks apart each night. When I tried heavy picks, not only could I not get a good chugging, alternate picked cadence on some songs, but I couldn't get through a 10 song set without breaking strings...that slight amount of 'give' in the Fender Mediums is just right.
Our drummer destroys a couple of drumsticks nightly...he turned this into an Arkansas Toothpick.
Can't beat YelloStrat for reliability. The key to making these Tremolos work is a correctly cut nut, with "double funnel" profiles and "fall aways," with adequate string winds on the posts.
I don't really like string trees and don't use them. On Stratocasters with modern, long-post tuners, I will cut deeper nut slots to keep the strings from hopping out.
Not a bad way to spend your nights...
I whammy my YelloStrat until the strings rattle around on the pickups, then strike a string as the tension comes back and get an ascending harmonic squeal.
I blow 4 or 5 picks apart each night. When I tried heavy picks, not only could I not get a good chugging, alternate picked cadence on some songs, but I couldn't get through a 10 song set without breaking strings...that slight amount of 'give' in the Fender Mediums is just right.
Our drummer destroys a couple of drumsticks nightly...he turned this into an Arkansas Toothpick.
Can't beat YelloStrat for reliability. The key to making these Tremolos work is a correctly cut nut, with "double funnel" profiles and "fall aways," with adequate string winds on the posts.
I don't really like string trees and don't use them. On Stratocasters with modern, long-post tuners, I will cut deeper nut slots to keep the strings from hopping out.
Not a bad way to spend your nights...