Stratocaster appreciation thread

For guitars of the straight waisted variety (or reverse offset).
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Re: Stratocaster appreciation thread

Post by electric12 » Sat Jan 16, 2010 11:22 pm

Alex A. wrote:
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My Tokai (not original colour!)- the Roland GK pickup has been removed.

Man, that's awesome. Just craft paint? I wish the Billy Corgan Strat would have looked like this.
Thanks for that :) I used fluorescent enamel paints- the sort you might use on plastic models.

Isn't it a bit cheerful-looking for Billy Corgan, or am I doing him an injustice?

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Re: Stratocaster appreciation thread

Post by Totoro » Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:05 am

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80's Japanese Paisley Strat... mmmmm
Man, the Paisley Strats are lovely. My girlfriend has always regretted not snagging one when they got re-issued about 2004, she loved the look but couldn't afford it at the time. if anyone finds out if they're around anywhere let me know!

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Re: Stratocaster appreciation thread

Post by joeybsyc » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:07 am

Here's my collection of Strats from a year ago... sold off most of them since then but replaced them with other stuff.


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Check out my little collection at http://vintagefenders.weebly.com

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Re: Stratocaster appreciation thread

Post by Gordon » Sun Jan 17, 2010 10:14 am

crazyzeke wrote:Oh incidentally... short scale (24") Strats with 22 frets, do these exist? If so I want in!
Rondo/SX makes some, IIRC. :)

I like Strats, I actually have a Partcaster that's currently stringless (and electronic less as well) that I'll end up part out to sell, as I'd like one with a hardtail.

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Re: Stratocaster appreciation thread

Post by Ti-Ron » Sun Jan 17, 2010 3:09 pm

crazyzeke wrote:
Ti-Ron wrote:I'm a Strat fan too! Not for the look but for the comfy body and neck! I have a CIJ '62 RI and it's probably the best guita I ever had!
THere's something nice with those, the quacky sound! Still love it even with distortion!

Here's a pic:
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I have to admit I really love the 70' with the big headstock on a maple board, maybe someday! :D
That's a CIJ? No shit. The workmanship looks so good I thought it was an AVRI or something. I love CIJs but most of the sunbursts look awful, including the one on my main guitar. This is a beaut though, perfect looking in all respects! You got the stock pickups in there?
This is a real CIJ! I really love it! The only thing I didn't swap is the body and neck! Everything in it is changed!
The pickups are from JS Moore: http://www.tonefordays.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
a costum set I ordered just for this guitar! :D

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Re: Stratocaster appreciation thread

Post by my bloody television » Sun Jan 17, 2010 9:59 pm

I actually really like my AVRI strat, but I'm just not in love with the look any more like I used to be. I used to think they were the prettiest guitars...then I found a Jazzmaster :-*

I also find myself always white boy blooze on it and rarely experimenting...mostly because the pickups sound SO good for that kind of thing. It plays great though and really is a nice guitar. I just find myself more inspired by my JM these days

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Re: Stratocaster appreciation thread

Post by dug » Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:48 am

I love strats.

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There's a hwy 1 at my local shop thats been haunting me, if it had the cbs headstock I would own it.

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Post by garyptaszek » Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:33 am

dug wrote:I love strats.

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There's a hwy 1 at my local shop thats been haunting me, if it had the cbs headstock I would own it.
that looks the same as mine but isn't that a Squier JV?... I've only got 1 volume on mine too

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Re: Stratocaster appreciation thread

Post by dug » Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:25 am

Its a Fender Squier series. Its pretty much a mim standard, with squier electronics.
I upgraded the trem, put klusons on it, and replaced the pups with gfs ones.
The volume knob is also a push/pull, so I can turn on the bridge pickup in any position.

Its an awesome guitar now.

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Re: Stratocaster appreciation thread

Post by garyptaszek » Mon Jan 18, 2010 3:45 am

dug wrote:Its a Fender Squier series. Its pretty much a mim standard, with squier electronics.
I upgraded the trem, put klusons on it, and replaced the pups with gfs ones.
The volume knob is also a push/pull, so I can turn on the bridge pickup in any position.

Its an awesome guitar now.
sounds rad, I like the sound of those mods!

I upgraded mine with some Grovers I found at my little local store.
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bone nut too
its got a Kent Armstrong High Output single coil in the middle and the other 2 pickups are stock. I might change them for some Kent Specials and put a Kent hotrail in the bridge...

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Re: Stratocaster appreciation thread

Post by dug » Mon Jan 18, 2010 4:00 am

sweet.

I used to have a hotrail in the bridge of my strat and it sounded pretty dang good.

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Re: Stratocaster appreciation thread

Post by FireBread » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:53 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Y4lvA7 ... re=channel

I think I've just felt in love of this guitar :?

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Re: Stratocaster appreciation thread

Post by Sha » Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:50 pm

FireBread wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63Y4lvA7 ... re=channel

I think I've just felt in love of this guitar :?
You can tell that Andy is really feeling that strat.

I've been missing playing one myself. I used to use our drummers from time to time, and really grew to appreciate it.

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Re: Stratocaster appreciation thread

Post by jagstang » Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:47 am

i love strats. they are so comfortable and versatile. great design and great players.

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my usa strat i love and play since 19 years

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the kittycaster is so rad. you love it or you hate it :-)
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Re: Stratocaster appreciation thread

Post by electric12 » Tue Jan 19, 2010 6:56 am

Totoro wrote:
Man, the Paisley Strats are lovely. My girlfriend has always regretted not snagging one when they got re-issued about 2004, she loved the look but couldn't afford it at the time. if anyone finds out if they're around anywhere let me know!
Don't know if it's a general thing, but my Paisley one (it's from something like 1988- not too sure though) is much heavier than the recent reissues that I've tried. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing (I'll ask my back in a few years time!), but it may be worth bearing in mind if your girlfriend is not of the scrum-half/ heavyweight boxer physique!

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