LesStrat
Reining PunLowered
I've decided to part ways with LesStrat. He has been a good axe, but he deserves more attention than I can give him.
History:
He started in 1997 as a Squier Strat. I was in a bind and needed an electric guitar. The local shop had this one in the back, because the manager had knocked over a 3-tiered guitar stand he was assembling and scarred the face of this guitar. As a result, I got it at a discount. A Sharpie quickly masked the scars (2 each). Later, I tried to use black nail polish at someone's suggestion; the Sharpie repair looked better. C'est la vie.
The stock pickups were bland, generic, and sounded identical in all positions. SD intervened, and he moved up into a Hot Rails/Cool Rails/Hot Rails configuration. Shortly thereafter, he gained Ping tuners due to slippage in the B-string tuner. Installation resulted in a short hairline crack behind one tuner; this has not grown in over 10 years. A 5-way pickup selector replacement was necessary shortly afterward.
Cosmetic improvements were deemed necessary a year or so later, and he gained the Fender pickguard (pictured) and black knobs. The screw in the lowest position is not actually mounted; the Chinese kid who cut this body made the rout too large. It does not affect functioning or playability in any way.
Around 2000, LesStrat received a pot upgrade: 500k push/pull pots throughout. In fact, difficulties with getting the push/pulls to work in sequence along with the pickups is why I joined the SDUGF. The volume knob splits the coils on the neck pickup, middle tone knob splits the mid-pickup, and the rear tone knob splits the bridge pickup.
A year or so ago, LesStrat received Graphtech saddles. This resolved saddle slippage issues.
Original parts: wood, bridge, nut, input jack, and strap pins (I think).
The fact is that this guitar has always played and sounded better than its origins imply. jerryjg got to play it one time and described it as "a player". There are about $400 in PARTS in this axe. Fender gig bag is included.
This guitar has never actually sounded like a Strat, and the slimline 'buckers made him even darker toned. Hence the nickname.
Pics in the following post (I can take more if needed).
$280 shipped to CONUS.
History:
He started in 1997 as a Squier Strat. I was in a bind and needed an electric guitar. The local shop had this one in the back, because the manager had knocked over a 3-tiered guitar stand he was assembling and scarred the face of this guitar. As a result, I got it at a discount. A Sharpie quickly masked the scars (2 each). Later, I tried to use black nail polish at someone's suggestion; the Sharpie repair looked better. C'est la vie.
The stock pickups were bland, generic, and sounded identical in all positions. SD intervened, and he moved up into a Hot Rails/Cool Rails/Hot Rails configuration. Shortly thereafter, he gained Ping tuners due to slippage in the B-string tuner. Installation resulted in a short hairline crack behind one tuner; this has not grown in over 10 years. A 5-way pickup selector replacement was necessary shortly afterward.
Cosmetic improvements were deemed necessary a year or so later, and he gained the Fender pickguard (pictured) and black knobs. The screw in the lowest position is not actually mounted; the Chinese kid who cut this body made the rout too large. It does not affect functioning or playability in any way.
Around 2000, LesStrat received a pot upgrade: 500k push/pull pots throughout. In fact, difficulties with getting the push/pulls to work in sequence along with the pickups is why I joined the SDUGF. The volume knob splits the coils on the neck pickup, middle tone knob splits the mid-pickup, and the rear tone knob splits the bridge pickup.
A year or so ago, LesStrat received Graphtech saddles. This resolved saddle slippage issues.
Original parts: wood, bridge, nut, input jack, and strap pins (I think).
The fact is that this guitar has always played and sounded better than its origins imply. jerryjg got to play it one time and described it as "a player". There are about $400 in PARTS in this axe. Fender gig bag is included.
This guitar has never actually sounded like a Strat, and the slimline 'buckers made him even darker toned. Hence the nickname.
Pics in the following post (I can take more if needed).
$280 shipped to CONUS.
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