I may be becoming a Strat Guy

[GuitarStv]

Old age and strats go together . . . the hearing damage rolls off the excess highs and all of a sudden they become much more pleasing to the ear.

 

[JMP/HBE]

oh the toanez ...

 

[Supernautilus]

I know I’ll be the odd man out for this, but I never liked Strats. I used to have a pretty nice Mexican one years ago but I gave it to a friend as a gift. They just don’t feel right to me. Also, I don’t like guitars with 3 pickups.

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

Old age and strats go together . . . the hearing damage rolls off the excess highs and all of a sudden they become much more pleasing to the ear.

Don't forget going completely blind so as not to be aware of it's hideousness....

 

[GuitarDoc]

Don't forget going completely blind so as not to be aware of it's hideousness....

Shame on you! :butkick:

 

[JOLLY]

I played pretty much nothing but Les Pauls for years and years. Now, just about all I play are Charvels.

 

[Fender_Punk]

I played pretty much nothing but Les Pauls for years and years. Now, just about all I play are Charvels.

When did you make the switch and what do you think is the reason you made the switch?

 

[Aceman]

Played a show last night. Nothing but Dean Cadillacs. Not ready for Steve Dallas to endorse Fender....

 

[GuitarStv]

Don't forget going completely blind so as not to be aware of it's hideousness....

I said strat, not telecaster.

 

[donaldr]

I like the playability of my MIM Fender Strat but I think I don't like alder bodies or the Obsidian wiring I installed. I will rewire my Strat the day that Seymour Duncan makes a single-coil version of the STK-S7.

I have an LTD ST213 Strat copy with ash body, STK-S4n/STK-S7b (no middle and 3-way switch à la Tele) pickups, Gotoh bridge, Grover tuners, and now we are talking!!!

 

[Napthol]

I think the SSL-1 is pretty close to the STK-S7.

 

[Jermo3178]

Ace a strat guy?
I know I've been gone a while, but dang...

 

[jeremy]

I think the SSL-1 is pretty close to the STK-S7.

no. the ssl1 is close to the stk-s4. the stk-s7 is a bit hotter with a less sharp high end, more mids and bass than the stk-s4b. its a fantastic pup and, i feel, covers a gap in the duncan line between the ssl1 and ssl5.

 

[Aceman]

Ace a strat guy?
I know I've been gone a while, but dang...

Welcome back Jermo!

"Becoming" is the key word. At best I expect I'll make serious peace with the form. I won't ever be a Strats RULE! guy.

 

[JMP/HBE]

I played pretty much nothing but Les Pauls for years and years. Now, just about all I play are Charvels.

Ive had both over 40 years.

 

[Archer250]

Awesome.

Come join the dark side.

 

[Juanhanglo]

I like Strats except for the most common neck profiles they use.

I mean, the necks are mostly alright. Most modern ones are thin C's. Cool. But the fretboard radius. I wish they were a bit flatter.

I started with strats but always modded for superstrat tones. Then I got into shredders. Then my last and only strat got SSS, a clapton circuit, and a Freeway tele switch (look it up, great switch and pattern).

I put my own together in '09


Now, I am intov

 

[JMP/HBE]