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Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:18 am
by StevenO
kosmonautmayhem wrote: ↑Tue Jun 18, 2019 2:42 pm
White or cream fender barrel knob, ala brown and blonde amps could be cool.
They're a little too small. I put a spare brown knob on the guitar and it looked.... Odd. But I like them a lot!
Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 4:20 am
by Ursa Minor
Hmm...I can see that. You mean proportionally too small on the body?
Maybe a full sized Dakaware style then. Could see white or black.
Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:50 am
by StevenO
I'm thinking dakaware too. I really like the Harmony knob on it currently. It's a good size for the guitar, but nobody has commented on it so it's probably not as sexy as I imagine it to be...
My original goal for this guitar was to have gold hardware and a gold foil in the bridge, but I already had so much Chrome hardware that I abandoned that. Pink and Gold just looks so good to my eyes. Gaudy in all the right ways.
I'm thinking of buying a used GFS Surf 90 for this guitar... It sounds wonderful as is, but man that bridge pickup has to be 15k. It's super loud! I have to lower it into the guitar to get it to match the output of say a vintage Tele. Lots of bite and twang, but it'll cut your head off!
Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:52 am
by solfege
StevenO wrote: ↑Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:50 am
I'm thinking dakaware too. I really like the Harmony knob on it currently. It's a good size for the guitar, but nobody has commented on it so it's probably not as sexy as I imagine it to be...
My original goal for this guitar was to have gold hardware and a gold foil in the bridge, but I already had so much Chrome hardware that I abandoned that. Pink and Gold just looks so good to my eyes. Gaudy in all the right ways.
I'm thinking of buying a used GFS Surf 90 for this guitar... It sounds wonderful as is, but man that bridge pickup has to be 15k. It's super loud! I have to lower it into the guitar to get it to match the output of say a vintage Tele. Lots of bite and twang, but it'll cut your head off!
I was going to say I like the knob, especially with the gold/chrome top (a bit of bling seems very necessary and in keeping with the overall aesthetic).
Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:54 am
by Ursa Minor
Harmony knob is cool but maybe a bit too vintage.
Get the Mean 90 btw. Much better P90 style if that's your thing. Those are in my Dot. Great pickups.
Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:58 am
by StevenO
Interesting.... I might. I don't really do high gain or anything, usually. I like twang, chime, and jangle!
I was even thinking about a used Gretsch Filtertron....
Or maybe my spare Silverfoil?!? :0
Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 6:12 am
by Ursa Minor
The Mean90s I have are very much in the 8k territory. Not too hot at all, imo. Granted these are in a semi-hollow...
Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 6:32 am
by StevenO
That's not too bad. Are they noisy at all? It was the "mean" part which made me think they were a tad hot.
I'd order them new, but shipping to Canada is almost as much as the pickups themselves... Oof. The used Surf 90 is about $25 ($37 Canadian). Not terrible.
Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 6:46 am
by Ursa Minor
The Surf could be what you're looking for...I've just read the Mean is the Superior of the two in sound - but YMMV ALOT. You know how that goes.
Either way GFS are a really good value in the budget market.
Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 7:58 am
by Maggieo
Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:50 am
by StevenO
I want it. I need it.
Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:56 am
by øøøøøøø
StevenO wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:48 am
Maggieo wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:42 am
No Floyd = Not a Super Strat
Be that as it may... There is nothing "super" about a Floyd, other than annoying.
Oh I think there is PLENTY to like about a Floyd, in the right context.
I used a JEM777 on a session recently and it fucking slayed for what I was being asked to do, which was sort of Vernon Reid-inspired.
And you CANNOT knock one out of tune, once you get it IN tune, which I’ll allow usually takes the better part of half an hour.
For this reason, I would only ever consider regularly performing live with one if I had a full time guitar tech and a spare side-stage at all times.
Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:01 am
by StevenO
Any guitar that needs a full time tech in order to play live with can eat my shorts.
Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 9:25 am
by matthew a
Dive bombs aside, what are people doing in live shows where your guitar gets wildly out of tune between songs?
(Apart from the time I left my guitar in a freezing car boot straight into a hot room for a show)
Re: NGD: Pink Glitter "Rocker" Super Strat
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 10:21 am
by StevenO
Murphy's Law of 'anything that can go wrong, will go wrong'.
The exact reason why I like to pack as little as possible, if and when I gig. Fewer moving parts means fewer broken pieces.