lets see those super strats!!
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heem6
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Re: lets see those super strats!!
Restored 1988 Fender HM Strat
1989 Fender HM Strat
The Purple Crush - Ibanez RG517 with Custom Built Neck
Ibanez RG4EXQM-1
1993 Jackson Dinky Reverse Professional MIJ
Mighty Mite Strat with WD Music Maple Neck
Jackson/Charvel San Dimas Replica w/Gotoh Floyd, twin JB's
Mahogany body Kramer Striker w/OFR
Kramer Striker Reverse Headstock (now with Gotoh Floyd)
Restored 1988 Fender HM Strat
1989 Fender HM Strat
The Purple Crush - Ibanez RG517 with Custom Built Neck
Ibanez RG4EXQM-1
1993 Jackson Dinky Reverse Professional MIJ
Mighty Mite Strat with WD Music Maple Neck
Jackson/Charvel San Dimas Replica w/Gotoh Floyd, twin JB's
Mahogany body Kramer Striker w/OFR
Kramer Striker Reverse Headstock (now with Gotoh Floyd)
ErikH
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Re: lets see those super strats!!
Sorry to say, but the body is not mahogany. It's solid alder, made overseas. That specific model is the FR-422SM. The black one is also alder.
Mahogany body Kramer Striker w/OFR
Sorry to say, but the body is not mahogany. It's solid alder, made overseas. That specific model is the FR-422SM. The black one is also alder.
heem6
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Re: lets see those super strats!!
Sorry to say I know all about the history of this Kramer Striker and my guitar tech routed it for the Gotoh Floyd and told me it was made of Honduran Mahogany. It was never offered in that wood type, but I bought it as a second on eBay and it may have been because they grabbed the wrong body blank at the factory.
Sorry to say I know all about the history of this Kramer Striker and my guitar tech routed it for the Gotoh Floyd and told me it was made of Honduran Mahogany. It was never offered in that wood type, but I bought it as a second on eBay and it may have been because they grabbed the wrong body blank at the factory.
ErikH
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Re: lets see those super strats!!
Ok, whatever. If you want to believe that, you go right ahead. I highly doubt it would have been sold as a second because of the wrong body plank being used. Think about it. Clear out the neck pocket so you can see the grain and that'll tell you right there what it is.
Ok, whatever. If you want to believe that, you go right ahead. I highly doubt it would have been sold as a second because of the wrong body plank being used. Think about it. Clear out the neck pocket so you can see the grain and that'll tell you right there what it is.
heem6
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Re: lets see those super strats!!
Dude, why don't you think before you post? You think I don't know my guitar as well as you, who has never even seen it, much less played it, listened to the dark tone and felt the body weight that is too heavy for Alder? My tech saw the grain when he routed for the trem. Think about it.
Instead of spending your time making 13,000 posts, maybe you should practice some other skills!
Dude, why don't you think before you post? You think I don't know my guitar as well as you, who has never even seen it, much less played it, listened to the dark tone and felt the body weight that is too heavy for Alder? My tech saw the grain when he routed for the trem. Think about it.
Instead of spending your time making 13,000 posts, maybe you should practice some other skills!
ErikH
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Re: lets see those super strats!!
I worked on a bunch of those guitars myself. They all were heavy. The other guitar player in my band has one which I rewired with new pickups and electronics, even took the neck off to check the neck pocket. It is heavy and crazy enough, also has a dark tone. That's just how they are. Those guitars are made in Korea. They do not use Honduran Mahogany in Korea.
I'm not trying come across harsh here, just stating the facts about those Strikers. If you don't like it, fine. You don't have to get all defensive about it.
I worked on a bunch of those guitars myself. They all were heavy. The other guitar player in my band has one which I rewired with new pickups and electronics, even took the neck off to check the neck pocket. It is heavy and crazy enough, also has a dark tone. That's just how they are. Those guitars are made in Korea. They do not use Honduran Mahogany in Korea.
I'm not trying come across harsh here, just stating the facts about those Strikers. If you don't like it, fine. You don't have to get all defensive about it.
Butch Snyder
ObsoleteChickenPickingologist
Re: lets see those super strats!!
My EBMM Steve Morse when I first got it.
My Morse after I replaced the pickguard...
My EBMM SM-Y2D (before I got the Standard Morse)
My Tele - it's not a Strat but to me, it fits the bill...
My EBMM Steve Morse when I first got it.
My Morse after I replaced the pickguard...
My EBMM SM-Y2D (before I got the Standard Morse)
My Tele - it's not a Strat but to me, it fits the bill...
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: lets see those super strats!!
Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is flat out impossible.
Honduran Mahogany can´t be imported into Korea for multiple reasons and it´s been this way since the late 70s. This means that a korean factory just plain can´t build a guitar out of Honduran Mahogany. Period. That said it may be mahogany, but not Honduran.
Sorry man, but considering the diverse reasons that this guitar simply cannot exist as what you say it is, I can´t believe it until I see photos of the bare wood, preferably the entire guitar stripped and ready to refinish...
BTW I´d love to meet the tech that can discern Honduran Mahogany from Indian, Indonesian or African, purely by grain structure and smell, from looking at something as small as a trem route, because they all have very similar grain structures and smells. Cripes I´ve been purpose trained to do so (luthier) and have a hard time sometimes. I definitely wouldn´t go out on a 50 yd limb and try to nail down the exact mahogany type without a larger sample, that´s ludicrous..
Weight and tone are indicators, but not any way to nail something down. I´ve built and played both featherlight Mahogany instruments like Ibanez Sabers, Jackson SLSMGs, and lighter Les Pauls, and have seen 14 pound alder strats as well. ANd the tonal variations available in alder are actually very large. MOST alder is generally "middle of the road"... but not all, for ex my DK-1 is by far my darkest guitar... alder, ebony/maple, floyd,.... Should be much brighter than full mahogany PRS Standard... but it´s exactly the other way around
Sorry to burst your bubble, but this is flat out impossible.
Honduran Mahogany can´t be imported into Korea for multiple reasons and it´s been this way since the late 70s. This means that a korean factory just plain can´t build a guitar out of Honduran Mahogany. Period. That said it may be mahogany, but not Honduran.
Sorry man, but considering the diverse reasons that this guitar simply cannot exist as what you say it is, I can´t believe it until I see photos of the bare wood, preferably the entire guitar stripped and ready to refinish...
BTW I´d love to meet the tech that can discern Honduran Mahogany from Indian, Indonesian or African, purely by grain structure and smell, from looking at something as small as a trem route, because they all have very similar grain structures and smells. Cripes I´ve been purpose trained to do so (luthier) and have a hard time sometimes. I definitely wouldn´t go out on a 50 yd limb and try to nail down the exact mahogany type without a larger sample, that´s ludicrous..
Weight and tone are indicators, but not any way to nail something down. I´ve built and played both featherlight Mahogany instruments like Ibanez Sabers, Jackson SLSMGs, and lighter Les Pauls, and have seen 14 pound alder strats as well. ANd the tonal variations available in alder are actually very large. MOST alder is generally "middle of the road"... but not all, for ex my DK-1 is by far my darkest guitar... alder, ebony/maple, floyd,.... Should be much brighter than full mahogany PRS Standard... but it´s exactly the other way around
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muttznmongrelz
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muttznmongrelz
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Yo Spike!
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Yo Spike!
Here's a front view of the FF Pink Pacer Imperial for fun.
Diggin' that maple board Imperial and your E.E. Necked Frankie! Very nice. :friday:
SFW
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Re: lets see those super strats!!
This guitar is just the sexx! If you ever decided to part ways with it, I hope you'll let me know!
-Mike
This guitar is just the sexx! If you ever decided to part ways with it, I hope you'll let me know!
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d1dsj
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Re: lets see those super strats!!
Now THAT'S just being greedy!
No, Let ME know! The twins need another brother.
Now THAT'S just being greedy!
