Sp8ctre
Ambassador of Steel
I want to try one!
The TTR Official Strat Pride Thread
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I want to try one!
i dont notice much difference with the .017w but I feel a HUGE DIFFERENCE with an .018w....like a steel cable.
Try the intro to "Still Got The Blues" by Gary Moore on the neck pickup of a Stratocaster with a vintage-stagger magnet....
ivan H
Ambassador of Tubes & Grooves
Ah, you're talking about "stratitis" (wolftones). Lower your neck pickup some, maybe the middle a tad too. Cheers
Naah...thanks....I’ll just stick to having my pole pieces sensibly aligned for my chosen set up.
That's not an option with some vintage Fenders and that seems to be where the Wolftones originate...seeing how the vintage Fenders came with wound 'g' strings...
Yep, my vintage Fender is only 35 years young...not the 1950s...not 7.5 inch radius...not “vintage” staggered pole pieces. It plays great. No “wolftones”. So I’m good with my set up...no wound G.
I suppose....if you have vintage staggered, non adjustable, pole pieces...you might want to be sporting some equally vintage string spec's. But... If you can, perhaps you should, appropriately adjust/choose the set up of your pole pieces.
Meh....what do I know...
I agree, Don...I'm sometimes asked to play a vintage Stratocaster on a recording and there are some tonal limitations...
Sp8ctre
Ambassador of Steel
I built this Gilmour Black Strat and I had to have his Red one too...so I built it as well...
Black one has a Calaham Bridge and aftermarket pups as close as I could come to Gilmours. Also has the extra pup switching.
Red one has a MIM Standard Bridge and Gilmour EMG pups plus the 7.25" radius board I've been wanting!
Black one has a Calaham Bridge and aftermarket pups as close as I could come to Gilmours. Also has the extra pup switching.
Red one has a MIM Standard Bridge and Gilmour EMG pups plus the 7.25" radius board I've been wanting!
ivan H
Ambassador of Tubes & Grooves
My strat
is a bit odd in that regard as it came stock with a compound (9.5 ~ 14") radius neck and pickups with vintage staggered pole pieces. The neck pickup (& middle, to a lesser degree) are set pretty low to avoid stratitis. You can see the treble side of the neck pickup is barely higher than the adjustment screw, the bass side almost flush with the pickguard. The pickups have the fiberboard flatwork so I could carefully press the poles down a little, but it sounds very good as is. If I want a bit more drive from it I step on the tube screamer. If I want even more drive I use my Jackson. Cheers
RobV
Ambassador of Bedroom Wankery
Can't find the pic of my Surf Green Metallic MIA Lonestar Strat. As I said I have tried a lot of guitars out finding out what I like...also had a Metallic Blue MIM Sambora Strat & a Sunburst MIM I had hot rodded. I have a love hate with them. I don't like a SC in the bridge and I prefer the 22 fret necks.
I could have kept either of these & the Lonestar was perfect but I wanted an SG
current... MIJ Fender Ash Body - WD 22 fret Neck with a big block on the trem. It will be getting a new PG guard soon with an H/S/S set up. It's a MIA Standard set up in there now.
I could have kept either of these & the Lonestar was perfect but I wanted an SG
current... MIJ Fender Ash Body - WD 22 fret Neck with a big block on the trem. It will be getting a new PG guard soon with an H/S/S set up. It's a MIA Standard set up in there now.
ninjaking67
Ambassador of Good Will
Sp8ctre
Ambassador of Steel
Number one of my three guitar gods!
BlackSG91
Ambassador of Anarchy
I finally was able to figure out how to upload pictures from my smart phone to Google Photos. Here's some recent pictures of my 1998 Fender American Standard Strat. It has the David Gilmour mod neck pick up on/off switch which I did myself some time back and I love the 2 extra tones I get from it. When I have just the bridge and neck pup on they are out of phase for that cool nasally tone. It by-passes the neck pup tone control knob for a no-load sound. It has a no-load tone knob for the bridge and middle pick ups when I put it up to 10 & you feel an indent. I've done other things like soak the pick up covers, the 5-way selector switch tip, control knobs and vibrato arm tip all in a mug of black coffee overnight for a vintage look. I also ebonized the rosewood fret board. I applied ebony wood stain to the FB and let soak overnight and repeated the process a couple of more times. Then I brushed on some raw linseed oil on the FB and let that soak in overnight repeating again the process for more of a shiny look and feel of ebony. The guitar body colour is sort of a midnight dark purple with very subtle metal flake in the finish and I love it very much. This guitar is a real player. I bought in back in May of 2005 for almost $1,100 including a Fender hard shell case at a pawn shop called "Trader Joe's".
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Sp8ctre
Ambassador of Steel
I finally was able to figure out how to upload pictures from my smart phone to Google Photos. Here's some recent pictures of my 1998 Fender American Standard Strat. It has the David Gilmour mod neck pick up on/off switch which I did myself some time back and I love the 2 extra tones I get from it. When I have just the bridge and neck pup on they are out of phase for that cool nasally tone. It by-passes the neck pup tone control knob for a no-load sound. It has a no-load tone knob for the bridge and middle pick ups when I put it up to 10 & you feel an indent. I've done other things like soak the pick up covers, the 5-way selector switch tip, control knobs and vibrato arm tip all in a mug of black coffee overnight for a vintage look. I also ebonized the rosewood fret board. I applied ebony wood stain to the FB and let soak overnight and repeated the process a couple of more times. Then I brushed on some raw linseed oil on the FB and let that soak in overnight repeating again the process for more of a shiny look and feel of ebony. The guitar body colour is sort of a midnight dark purple with very subtle metal flake in the finish and I love it very much. This guitar is a real player. I bought in back in May of 2005 for almost $1,100 including a Fender hard shell case at a pawn shop called "Trader Joe's".
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I see nothing but - signs... no pics here...
BlackSG91
Ambassador of Anarchy
Really? I can see it on my computer for some reason. I got it from Google Photos so maybe I have to transfer them to an image hosting site...I'll have to figure this out somehow. I don't know if anyone else can see the images.
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BlackSG91
Ambassador of Anarchy
I created an account on Imgur...can you see the pictures now or anyone else on here?
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gasket
Ambassador of the Guitarded
Yes, can see.
BlackSG91
Ambassador of Anarchy
Oh that is great news! Thanks gasket for your response. I copied the links from Google Photos onto Imgur and it seemed to work. I think PhotoBucket is back to it's old tricks again charging for 3rd party hosting which is B.S. Modern technology can be pretty frustrating these days if you ask me.
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ivan H
Ambassador of Tubes & Grooves
Fender's "delta" tone system. Best tone control system ever devised for a strat. Mine came stock with & now I wouldn't have a strat without it. The Fender no load pots with the detent at 10 are great, much nicer than other no load types I've tried. The coffee treatment of the plastics worked well, same with ebonizing the fretboard. Good looking guitar. Cheers
Sp8ctre
Ambassador of Steel
I see them now! Nice Strat!I created an account on Imgur...can you see the pictures now or anyone else on here?
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