The Muse I Adorn

[Don O]

It doesn't work that way.
There is no control over the gender of a guitar.
Each guitar reveals it's gender and name
if and when it chooses to do so.

But all of my guitars have knobs that I twist. And I try to make them cry and sing. Kinda locks in the gender for me

 

[Don O]

At the time, I was using the expression "Enjoy every sandwich" to mean that every moment should be enjoyed, not just the weekends, or the evenings, etc. Of course, I turned this into a way to rationalize another guitar and I wanted to name it "sandwich". My wife was not impressed, so I went with Earl, as in the Earl of Sandwich, where the meal got its name (which you can now hear every 10 minutes if you listen to Spotify with commercials)

I figured there was a story. Other than using ex-gf names, I’d forget their names. NCRS

 

[jjudas]

Playing the 2000 Fender MIM Stratocaster with Dragonfireguitar Phat Screamer pickups.

 

[eSGEe]

 

[RVA]

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The bass or the guitar?

 

[RVA]

Playing the 2000 Fender MIM Stratocaster with Dragonfireguitar Phat Screamer pickups.

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Black strat for me too tonight!

 

[Inspector #20]

Black strat for me too tonight!

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Interesting bridge...

 

[Don O]

And what’s with the push buttons. Looks like 50s tech.

 

[RVA]

Interesting bridge...

It is the Free float Trem System. There is no route in the back - all front loaded. It was NOT a success, but since I do not use trem, it makes for a nice soli dbridge with an unrouted body, which works for me. I have attached the manual if you are interested

And what’s with the push buttons. Looks like 50s tech.

These are simple on-off buttons for the pickups in lieu of a 5 way switch. It gives you 8 combos if you include all off (which is also cool). It dawned on me tonight that I do not believe that positions 2 and 4 are out-of-phase as with a traditional strat, but I think the plan is was that the controls of these actve pickups would provide that sound if desired

 

[ivan H]

Interesting strat RVA. This is what Im playing today
I'd given it a break the last week to give other guitars some use but this is my favorite. Vineham 60/70 T top replicas sound great. Cheers

 

[Inspector #20]

Tonight, I put 4 hours in on this following final setup:



My oldest Son is coming down to pick it up in a couple weeks, so I decided to really knit-pick this thing.

The first thing I noticed was the arc of the strings didn't quite match the 12" fretboard radius, so a little fine tuning was needed.



I had some .007" shims, so I shimmed the saddles until I had a really close radius to the board.

I re-leveled the bridge and re-checked intonation and unfretted action at the 12th fret.



Here's what I ended up with:

E - .070"
A - .065"
D - .060"
G - .055"
b - .045"
e - .040"

I also ensured my first fret action height was at .015" to .020" respectively, which is my general SOP.

This really made it even better than it already was. Note clarity and sustain seemed greatly improved.


Trem function is really good and return to pitch is spot-on.



Time to hit the hay....

 

[gasket]

Tonight I gave the regular work horse (black HSS American Special) a small service and put her away for a while.
Replaced with another American Special (surf green with 60 year plate). It's a very OK guitar but I like the feel of rosewood or ebony more.

 

[eSGEe]

The bass or the guitar?

BOTH actually this evening

 

[RVA]

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I'd given it a break the last week to give other guitars some use but this is my favorite. Vineham 60/70 T top replicas sound great. Cheers

Wow. That is just perfect!

 

[jjudas]

Today I'm playing my "Hendrix Tribute" Strat. It's a 2000 Squier Standard LH... flipped over to play righty.

 

[BlackSG91]

Today I'm playing my "Hendrix Tribute" Strat. It's a 2000 Squier Standard LH... flipped over to play righty.

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That's a real nice looking guitar...I like the Jimi neck back plate. Did you do that yourself? I also have a left-handed Squier Standard Strat in black that I've re-strung right handed. It sure feels a bit weird at first but you get used to it after playing it for a while.


;>)/

 

[jjudas]

That's a real nice looking guitar...I like the Jimi neck back plate. Did you do that yourself? I also have a left-handed Squier Standard Strat in black that I've re-strung right handed. It sure feels a bit weird at first but you get used to it after playing it for a while.


;>)/

Thanks Black! I bought the neck plate on ebay. It usually takes me a few minutes to find the sweet spot for my picking hand. Once I do, I'm good to go.

 

[RVA]

Thanks Black! I bought the neck plate on ebay. It usually takes me a few minutes to find the sweet spot for my picking hand. Once I do, I'm good to go.

By stringing a right-handed guitar lefty, Hendrix’s tone was further tweaked in a variety of ways, including:

• the inversion of the string lengths behind the nut, which could alter the sustain.
• the reversal of the bridge-pickup angle, which according to Fender produces a tighter, warmer tone with enhanced upper harmonics and definition.

Hendrix’s guitars also had staggered pickup poles; by reversing the order of the strings, Jimi altered the pickups’ harmonic structure, contributing further to his unique sound, Fender said.

 

[BlackSG91]

By stringing a right-handed guitar lefty, Hendrix’s tone was further tweaked in a variety of ways, including:

• the inversion of the string lengths behind the nut, which could alter the sustain.
• the reversal of the bridge-pickup angle, which according to Fender produces a tighter, warmer tone with enhanced upper harmonics and definition.

Hendrix’s guitars also had staggered pickup poles; by reversing the order of the strings, Jimi altered the pickups’ harmonic structure, contributing further to his unique sound, Fender said.

I have a feeling that Jimi could get the same sound out of a Strat if he played a left-handed one. Only Jimi Hendrix can play like Jimi. Tone is mostly all in the fingers IMHO.


;>)/

 

[ivan H]

Wow. That is just perfect!

Thanks RVA. Traditional's are great guitars & I like everything about this one, looks, playability. With very little relief in the chunky neck it supports a low action with no fret buzz. Aside from the Vineham pickups, I added copper foil shielding to keep it quiet & also a Faber locking ABR & aluminum stop bar. Has a lively, open tone with good clarity. Cheers