Re: Eric Johnson Signature Strat
TimmyPage said:
Could you, or anyone possibly tell me what this radius is.. how its measured, the playing or tonal differences?
Radius is the curve of the fretboard only.
Take a compass & draw a 7 1/2" circle or a 12" circle...
The little chunk of that circle that would touch the wood...maybe a 1 1/2" or 2" portion of it is the radius of the fretboard on a guitar.
They can go anywhere from real curved at around 7", to WAY flat at like a 22" radius.
There's no real tonal differences...mostly feel. Flatter is usually easier to play fast & bend on...too flat is hard to bend on...but rounder is usually easier to play chords on, but can fret out on bends if it's too round.
Anyway...
I bought an EJ Strat back in December, totally on a whim & it replaced two other Strats.
I still really dig the EJ...but it was a hard sell at $1600 & I'm not a guy who digs Strats at all.
I've played a few other EJ Strats since then but haven't been terribly knocked out by any of them. No more then any other Strat anyway...
They're also building a fukkin' TON of these things! My serial number is like 1700 something...178X? I think...I'd have to check...
But the local stores have gotten in serial numbers in the 12,000's already! My neck & body are stampped 10/05...it's 7/06 already...they've built MORE of those in the last six months then they did in the whole first year!!!
Anyway...
The pickups are SUPER DUPER clean.
Way low output...but I love the voicing of 'em. They're unlike any other set of Strat pickups I've ever played...that whole guitar is just so ALIVE & it rings!!!
But like I said, I haven't played any other EJ Strats that I feel are equal to mine. Kool guitars? Sure. Have I played other Strats (ie; NOT EJ's) that are pretty equal to mine? Sure.
So I dunno...$1500 for a bolt-on? A Strat?
Be sure you love it as-is.
There's too many kool, used Strats out there...I can't believe that people still buy new ones! LOL Where do they all go????!
