Show Us Your Favorite S-Style Guitars

[Session 5]

 

[gball]

Of the three I own, this is the best one...

 

[Brian Krashpad]

I'm not a Strat guy. They don't work for my main band. But everyone, even me, should have a Strat. I've had a bunch of cheapies, 3 Squiers, a Peavey Predator, and a MIM Fender Standard Stratocaster. I finally settled on my Forever Strat, this 2003 MIM Fender Classic Series 50's Stratocaster.

 

[67plexi]

 

[iblive]

Only one I have. MIM. This one came with the push button switch to bring the bridge pickup into play in positions 4 and 5, giving me 7 distinctly different voices. Personally, I like the button over a push/pull pot.

 

[Far Rider]

Just like cats, you always need more than one.

 

[Brian Krashpad]

Just like cats, you always need more than one.

Hate to nitpick, but "favorite" strongly implies that you have to pick one.

 

[SG John]

If I am going to choose by how it plays, then I love the '50s V shaped neck and 12" fingerboard radius on my '22 Eric Johnson "Virginia" Strat.





But, if I were to choose for sound... this mongrel early sixties Strat sounds so incredibly lush. I love the sound of this guitar regardless of how bad my hands hurt after a half hour because the neck is so thin.

 

[fitz]

Just like cats, you always need more than one.

2 Strats, 2 cats.

 

[iblive]

Hate to nitpick, but "favorite" strongly implies that you have to pick one.

It was easy for me based on the question. I only have 1 strat. By default. My favorite

 

[Seamus OReally]

I, too, own one Strat. I’ve lusted after others, but they were never as good as this one. I can’t buy a guitar I’m not likely to play.

 

[dmatthews]

2018 first 500 Silver Sky with hard case/plaque and a nice flamey neck...







Love this thing!

 

[DirtySteve]

I feel like I just showed up to a pool party and I can't swim.

 

[Far Rider]

I feel like I just showed up to a pool party and I can't swim.

I keep trying to throw you a life preserver, but will you take it? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[DirtySteve]

I keep trying to throw you a life preserver, but will you take it? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

I just don't like playing Strats and I can't explain it.

 

[Far Rider]

I just don't like playing Strats and I can't explain it.

 

[fitz]

I just don't like playing Strats and I can't explain it.

Drop a pair of humbuckers in one (or two) and you'll feel right at home.
Reference post #9 - cats optional, but highly suggested.

 

[iblive]

I just don't like playing Strats and I can't explain it.

And you don’t need to.

 

[Far Rider]

I just don't like playing Strats and I can't explain it.

I'm guessing you do most of your playing sitting down?

 

[DirtySteve]

I'm guessing you do most of your playing sitting down?

Yes and I hadn't thought about it, but that might make a difference. Actually one of my "the one that got away" guitars was a 1990 MIJ Jackson Fusion pro, but I used to never sit to play back then. It had a short scale neck on it which is probably one reason I liked it so much because I'm a short scale guy all the way.. It looked like this only it was black. It also proves that it's not the volume knob placement that bothers me about Strats, but I do remember wishing that one was moved back a bit.