Here is my want list. I want a strat that can cover 70's classic rock to 80's rock to Blues Rock. lt needs to have a dive only floyd. I like to play anything from Black Sabbath, Zep, Bad Co, Dark Side of the Moon PF to Iron Maiden, Ozzy, Quiet Riot and Def Leppard. I also love the stratty blues rock tones of Walter Trout. Is this doable in one guitar? I play through a Vox VT50. Build this guitar for me.
I want a Do-All 70's - 80's guitar
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Funkfingers
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One guitar? I suspect not.
One guitar? I suspect not.
Re: I want a Do-All 70's - 80's guitar
I'm just throwing out random ideas, but maybe an alder body, with a 59/PG/Dimarzio PAF Pro neck, I dunno for the middle, and a custom/or a Dimarzio Super Distortion in the bridge, and Push/pull pots or switches to split the humbuckers.
I'm just throwing out random ideas, but maybe an alder body, with a 59/PG/Dimarzio PAF Pro neck, I dunno for the middle, and a custom/or a Dimarzio Super Distortion in the bridge, and Push/pull pots or switches to split the humbuckers.
Kosh Naranek
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A Strat with a JB or Custom Custom at the bridge will cover most of that, except the part about a dive-only Floyd and Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd (though I have seen tribute bands do Pink Floyd with a humbucker-equipped guitar and though not totally authentic, it worked fine).
An Ernie Ball/Music Man Axis would cover your dive-only Floyd requirement and a lot of 70's and 80's hard rock. Maybe the Pink Floyd too. I don't know about the blues rock, though I understand the pickups in the Axis are not exactly high output metal pickups. They may sound passable for blues rock.
What about an Axis, and you swap in a Dimarzio Bluesbucker for the neck pickup? Classic rock, metal and blues, that guitar would do it all.
A Strat with a JB or Custom Custom at the bridge will cover most of that, except the part about a dive-only Floyd and Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd (though I have seen tribute bands do Pink Floyd with a humbucker-equipped guitar and though not totally authentic, it worked fine).
An Ernie Ball/Music Man Axis would cover your dive-only Floyd requirement and a lot of 70's and 80's hard rock. Maybe the Pink Floyd too. I don't know about the blues rock, though I understand the pickups in the Axis are not exactly high output metal pickups. They may sound passable for blues rock.
What about an Axis, and you swap in a Dimarzio Bluesbucker for the neck pickup? Classic rock, metal and blues, that guitar would do it all.
TheLivingDead
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You could get one of those Charvel San Dimas HSS's.
You could get one of those Charvel San Dimas HSS's.
Rockstar216
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Ditto. Only suggestion I would make is maybe put a D-tuna on the dive only floyd, put either a CC or C5 or JB or Screamin Demon in the bridge and for the two single im not sure im not a big single coil guy I like buckers mostly. As far as woods Alder body, maple neck, maple or ebony or rose wood board what ever you prefer, put a big block in the cavity or keep it stock if you like the sound of the stock block, and put a push pull pot on it. Maybe even a kill switch and maybe a on board preamp or boost overdrive.
You could get one of those Charvel San Dimas HSS's.
Ditto. Only suggestion I would make is maybe put a D-tuna on the dive only floyd, put either a CC or C5 or JB or Screamin Demon in the bridge and for the two single im not sure im not a big single coil guy I like buckers mostly. As far as woods Alder body, maple neck, maple or ebony or rose wood board what ever you prefer, put a big block in the cavity or keep it stock if you like the sound of the stock block, and put a push pull pot on it. Maybe even a kill switch and maybe a on board preamp or boost overdrive.
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