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[LTB07]

Hello from the Dallas/Fort Worth Texas area. New to Stratocaster guitars and new here as well. 72 years old and recently bought my first Fender Strat.

[Mincer]

Welcome to the forum!
We love all kinds of guitars here! This is a radically diverse group of players that have all come here at some point looking for the perfect tone.

[LTB07]

Thanks! sounds great

[jeremy]

ive been a strat/fender guy kinda since the beginning, easy to mod and you can do almost anything with em! what have you been playing before?

[LTB07]

I previously played bass but started playing a guitar again about 3-5 months ago. I have a Sire H7 (335 style) guitar that I put a set of SD Seth Lover pickups in it. Also have an Ibanez AF-95 Expressionist Artist Hollowbody Electric that I put a Bigsby B12 on, an Eastman OMCE QS Acoustic Electric and a 1979 Takimine F-349 Acoustic that belonged to my mom before she passed (wife and I bought for her in 1979 for Christmas).

[LTB07]

My 2023 Sire H7 with SD Seth Lover Pickups and my Ibanez SH95

[Mincer]

Very nice! I had an Eastman 335-ish guitar, and used that for a few years until I got a Gibson Howard Roberts. Both have Antiquites, which are my favorite PAFs. I have a Warmoth with some Seths in there, and I like that tone too...just more mids in there.

[LTB07]

What is your Gibson Howard Roberts like? I have seen 2 or 3 models

[Mincer]

What is your Gibson Howard Roberts like? I have seen 2 or 3 models

Here is mine:


Mine is the first version...they changed it later, adding a wider cutaway, gold hardware, and a finger tailpiece. They also added a balsa (!?!) center block. I owned one of those for years, until I could find the original model. It is a fantastic guitar, although about 9.5 lbs, so I don't use it for super long shows. But man, it sounds fantastic.

[LTB07]

Stunning looking guitar! Very nice. Bet it sounds heavenly.
I had a first year Gibson ES-137 Classic I bought new. It was beautiful and sounded decent but I couldn’t deal with the tall flat top frets and sold it. It was hard for me to not go sharp unless I put .012’s on it then it wore me out. In retrospect I wish I had kept it and had fretwork done on it. My only other issue was the gold hardware no matter how much I babied and kept it clean the gold finish was wearing quickly (likely from thin plating).

[Mincer]

Thanks! It does sound heavenly...I use it into a Deluxe set between 3 and 4. Dynamite sound!
Yeah, I always had issues with gold hardware. I try to steer clear of it these days. I like satin chrome or black.