Anybody Else Here A Big Fan Of Stratocasters With Bound Bodies?

[Snake Aces]

Re: Anybody Else Here A Big Fan Of Stratocasters With Bound Bodies?

My observation with the lighter carved top Strats and Teles I have compared the thicker flat topped versions is that the carved tops don't sustain quite as long and that they lack some richness in the bass and treble frequency ranges, and I believe this is exactly the reason why people turn to the original so often, rather than embrace carved top super Strats or lighter, smaller "in between" designs, is you don't necessarily realize you're losing that richness right away, at first you're most impressed with the ergonomics or playability, but after some time you realize there's some depth of tone missing. I'd say this is precisely the reason why guitars the like Parker Fly are not more embraced.

This just does not make sense. A carved top guitar doesn't just lose it's sustain or richness of bass and treble just because it is a carved top. As Edgecrusher has pointed out, this is likely due to the variations in the pieces of wood and not the construction or shape of the wood itself. I am mainly a carved top Les Paul player but I have played flat top Les Pauls and owned one as well. I have not noticed any kind of loss of sustain or richness in a carved top. I did notice the flat top LP I owned did not have as much sustain and was an overall brighter guitar which is interesting because the flat top was a string-through mahogany body.

Again, I'm gonna have to agree with Edgecrusher on this one and call :bsflag:

 

[DreX]

Re: Anybody Else Here A Big Fan Of Stratocasters With Bound Bodies?

This just does not make sense. A carved top guitar doesn't just lose it's sustain or richness of bass and treble just because it is a carved top. As Edgecrusher has pointed out, this is likely due to the variations in the pieces of wood and not the construction or shape of the wood itself. I am mainly a carved top Les Paul player but I have played flat top Les Pauls and owned one as well. I have not noticed any kind of loss of sustain or richness in a carved top. I did notice the flat top LP I owned did not have as much sustain and was an overall brighter guitar which is interesting because the flat top was a string-through mahogany body.

Again, I'm gonna have to agree with Edgecrusher on this one and call :bsflag:

I did not claim it was entirely the carved top that accounted for the difference, nor that the tonal variation is attributable to carved top geometry. They also have different overall volumes of wood.

And I'm not surprised to see you disagreeing with me... it must be a Saturday.

 

[rgand]

Re: Anybody Else Here A Big Fan Of Stratocasters With Bound Bodies?

Fender Japan offers two cool looking models

Normally, I don't like bound bodies. The Japanese ones look a little thinner perhaps, or maybe it's the F-hole but I like the looks of them. For playing, I like the full rounded edges and forearm/belly contours of the unbound Strats. My Tele needed a new neck so I got the Strat instead to have contours and more rounded edges.

 

[Stratman]

Re: Anybody Else Here A Big Fan Of Stratocasters With Bound Bodies?

It is a homemade bound stratocaster style body with P-90, start middle, and tele bridge.

Plays nice and you can see the depth of the 16 coats of clear lacquer on it...

 

[GilmourD]

Re: Anybody Else Here A Big Fan Of Stratocasters With Bound Bodies?

I think they are sexy as hell!!

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Those two give me a funny feeling in my pants...

 

[JOLLY]

Re: Anybody Else Here A Big Fan Of Stratocasters With Bound Bodies?

nice looking guitar, Stratman.

 

[Stratman]

Re: Anybody Else Here A Big Fan Of Stratocasters With Bound Bodies?

nice looking guitar, Stratman.

Thanks Jolly