New guitar question

[Mincer]

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That's a nice Strat. Honestly, I'd keep that as it is. Find new music to play on it that isn't tied to EC.

[ArtieToo]

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Here's another thought. I scored the EC Roadhouse Strat from a forum bro quite awhile back. He removed the active tone control circuit. (I would have too.) But that left a Strat with a built-in battery box. Enter the Duncan LiveWire II Classic Strat set. A match made in heaven. It's one of my favorite guitars. Killer Stratocaster tone, and all noiseless.

My 2-cents worth.
Artie

[Outa_Tune]

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Like the toes

That's a Squire, Epiphone, Agile, and what is the semihollow
I cant quite read that

83 Squire
Epi SG
Agile 3000
Les Paul standard semi hollow

Toes were done by me.

[Jack_TriPpEr]

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I will say that the new Strat smokes my old one for playability. The neck is in another league for ease of fretting clean notes quickly, feel and overall speed.

If the new Strat clearly bests your old Strat in terms of feel, comfort and playability - like it sounds like you are saying - then you should keep the new strat and bring in the old one (plus other guitars from your existing collection that you're not hot about) as trade-ins towards the Tele you want. In the long run, comfort and playability are the most important characteristics, in my opinion. You'd also be making your wife "right" in the process by keeping the new Strat - that goes a long way, too.

[Zombiwoof]

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By the way, the single layer pickguard is the older type, used on the original 50's Strats. The multilayer PG came later.
Al

[Outa_Tune]

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By the way, the single layer pickguard is the older type, used on the original 50's Strats. The multilayer PG came later.
Al

Good to know, I thought they just cheap'd out.

[GuitarDoc]

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Lol, my wife bought me the guitar and said please get something else if this is not exactly what you want. She is fine with me changing it, she want's me to be happy, not to settle for something she picked with no guitar knowledge.

Either you haven't been married very long, or you don't understand women, or both.

Men think literally. Women think emotionally. A woman will say that to please her man. But if you take her up on it, it will break her heart. She felt very special giving that gift to someone who she feels very special about. Don't ruin your relationship by selling/trading that guitar for anything else and justifying your actions by..."she said I could".

[Outa_Tune]

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Just for the record I'm keeping the new Strat. I've been playing it a lot and it just plays soooooo good, and has a great range of different sounds. We've bonded.

Thing that sucks is I now realize how "average" my other guitars play, and on a few I don't like the tone. I actually just finished swapping pup's on my old strat to the everything axe setup, and now I don't like it that much, sounds bland. Think it's gonna get a new neck, conversion to HH and make it my Priest, Ozzy and Sabbath guitar.

[Outa_Tune]

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Either you haven't been married very long, or you don't understand women, or both.

Men think literally. Women think emotionally. A woman will say that to please her man. But if you take her up on it, it will break her heart. She felt very special giving that gift to someone who she feels very special about. Don't ruin your relationship by selling/trading that guitar for anything else and justifying your actions by..."she said I could".

Come on dude.....nobody understands women. (BTW, Married for 31 years)

[NecroPolo]

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You now, women and me, and me and women... Bwoah.

But you are jokig here, right? I mean, thinking about selling such a fine wonderful gift by your woman. And thinking that it doesn't harm her.

I mean... Dude what's wrong with you?

[Outa_Tune]

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You now, women and me, and me and women... Bwoah.

But you are jokig here, right? I mean, thinking about selling such a fine wonderful gift by your woman. And thinking that it doesn't harm her.

I mean... Dude what's wrong with you?

Way more than can be discussed on an internet forum.

I've been married for >31 years, and known her for almost 40, I think I am a good judge of her by now.

[Demanic]

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I've been married to my wife for 5 Earth years.
I've known her for substantially longer.
Somehow.

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[jbake]

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Haha. I think everyone in the thread is jealous of your wife. The best thing that you can do is play as many guitars as you can. Test them out and get a feel for their playability and sound. Trust me. When you pick up the right one. You'll know.

[GuitarDoc]

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She is not going to be hurt, she want's me to get the one I want. Trust me, after being married 31 years, we don't play those games anymore..

Doesn't matter if you've been married for 61 years. It's not about games. No one ever thought you were playing games. It's about basic differences of the sexes...no matter what she says. Ever read "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus"? That's not fiction. It's not games. It's nature.

The fact that you made that statement about games tells me that you think like a man...logical, factual, unemotional, everything at face value, no hidden messages. You obviously don't get it. You don't understand women.

You'll hurt her feelings.

[ehdwuld]

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Haha. I think everyone in the thread is jealous of your wife. The best thing that you can do is play as many guitars as you can. Test them out and get a feel for their playability and sound. Trust me. When you pick up the right one. You'll know.

Welcome to the forum
Please post a new thread with that guitar in your avatar
That looks gorgeous