Played a James Tyler "Strat" yesterday

[Lewguitar]

Man...was it good! Maybe the most resonant Strat I've ever played....and one of the best necks if not THE best. Are they all that good? The owner says they are! This one had a Wilkenson tremolo, very lightweight alder body and a gorgeous birdseye neck with jumbo frets. The truss rod was installed by sawing the fingerboard off of the plank the neck was made from, routing the neck, and then gluing the fingerboard back on again so the neck looked like it was one piece with no truss rod. Very cool! What does Tyler do to make his guitars sound so resonant? Anyone know? Does he install graphite rods in the neck to stiffen it or something? Lew

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: Played a James Tyler "Strat" yesterday

Hi..

One of my buddies also bought one some time ago...what a piece of work, and the necks are really really good.
It was a "normal" strat, he has now ordered a Dann Huff model
Those guitars are awesome.
Lots of life and resonance.