i never realized how stupid of a design the strat has until...
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kramersteen
PowerMetalRaph
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For easy access on the fly.
For easy access on the fly.
Kamanda~SD
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Exactly. I use mine all the time just to throw it down at end of songs etc. Basically made my noise suppressor a mute switch for my tuner...
Exactly. I use mine all the time just to throw it down at end of songs etc. Basically made my noise suppressor a mute switch for my tuner...
Rockstar216
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I love the placement of the Vol knob. If I could get a LP with a vol Knob that close to the bridge it would be the perfect LP for me but until that day comes ill stick to strat bodies.
I love the placement of the Vol knob. If I could get a LP with a vol Knob that close to the bridge it would be the perfect LP for me but until that day comes ill stick to strat bodies.
aleclee
Major General GAS
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one of many reasons I prefer PRS Singlecuts to LPs.
TheLivingDead
Dawn Of The Shred
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It is very close but I actually don't mind it at all. Never given me any trouble and it's BAM right there for volume swells.
It is very close but I actually don't mind it at all. Never given me any trouble and it's BAM right there for volume swells.
vinta9e
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It isn't stupid, it is actually pretty damn smart. The controls are mounted on a pickguard, so customizing your layout is easy. You can make yourself a pickguard with the volume control placed wherever you want it, it won't cost you an arm and a leg and it is fully reversible. Try moving the pickup switch on a Les Paul
It isn't stupid, it is actually pretty damn smart. The controls are mounted on a pickguard, so customizing your layout is easy. You can make yourself a pickguard with the volume control placed wherever you want it, it won't cost you an arm and a leg and it is fully reversible. Try moving the pickup switch on a Les Paul
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
Unseen
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Yeah horrible guitars.....
Yeah horrible guitars.....
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
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Why worry about it? Sell it and buy another Jazzmaster.
Why worry about it? Sell it and buy another Jazzmaster.
Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
Unseen
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Yeah....it is not like we care about it.....just get it off your lawn and get the out of tune wonder
Yeah....it is not like we care about it.....just get it off your lawn and get the out of tune wonder
Kramer Guy
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It's actually the best guitar design of all time, and if it wasn't for Leo Fender, I'm sure we wouldn't be having this discussion right now.
It's actually the best guitar design of all time, and if it wasn't for Leo Fender, I'm sure we wouldn't be having this discussion right now.
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When I started playing other guitars only then did I realize how friggen close that thing was to the volume knob, and consequently I was able to move my hand closer to the bridge and get more attack from my sound. Now when I play Strats my hand runs into the thing all the time, and if I'm using a tram bar that knob is in the perfect spot to get in my way.
My solution? Move the volume knob into the neck tone slot, and wire the 2nd tone knob as a master. Boom. Problem solved.
And yes, I know they designed it that way in the 50s so Bill Carson could get pedal-steel style volume swells out of the guitar.
When I started playing other guitars only then did I realize how friggen close that thing was to the volume knob, and consequently I was able to move my hand closer to the bridge and get more attack from my sound. Now when I play Strats my hand runs into the thing all the time, and if I'm using a tram bar that knob is in the perfect spot to get in my way.
My solution? Move the volume knob into the neck tone slot, and wire the 2nd tone knob as a master. Boom. Problem solved.
And yes, I know they designed it that way in the 50s so Bill Carson could get pedal-steel style volume swells out of the guitar.
blueman335
Mojo's Minions
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And that's certainly fact, not opinion...
And that's certainly fact, not opinion...
Chickenwings
Alnico 6/8
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i reckon its in a great spot. Ive never notice it to get in the way and its always there when you need it woithout having to look down, but i do notice my young students knock theirs a lot.
i reckon its in a great spot. Ive never notice it to get in the way and its always there when you need it woithout having to look down, but i do notice my young students knock theirs a lot.
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