What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

[donaldr]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

Maybe shoot for a used MIM strat or tele with a humbucker route? The Demon works great for me in strats.

That's what I'm looking for instead of the Squier. Maybe a Fender Blacktop Telecaster and replace the neck humbucker with the STK-S7.

 

[El Supremo]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

That's what I'm looking for instead of the Squier. Maybe a Fender Blacktop Telecaster and replace the neck humbucker with the STK-S7.

Blacktop Tele sounds like a plan to me.

 

[donaldr]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

Question: I found some nice Fender strats that have maple fingerboard in classified. Is the Demon too bright with maple fingerboard? Is rosewood a lot better?

 

[El Supremo]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

Should work fine. George Lynch used the Demon with a maple board. I use it in an ebony board super strat myself.
If it is too bright for you, you can always go with a 250K volume pot.

 

[Diego]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

I'd drop a Demon in a semihollow.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

This is a heck of a guitar at only $179 new. And you can get it in Lake Placid Blue! Alder body, rosewood board, pickguard already cut for bridge humbucker. The Demon should sound amazing in it.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guit...hss-electric-guitar-with-rosewood-fingerboard

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

And if you prefer all mahogany for a warmer tone, this is a fantastic guitar at only $100 new.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guitars/dean-vendetta-xm-electric-guitar?rNtt=vendetta&index=2

 

[Progbusters]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

the vintage guitar in my avatar is probably old asian mahogany; superstrat style bolt on with maple neck and sounds great with its screaming demon. no tone knob

now i think its alder. haha

 

[ErikH]

What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

Question: I found some nice Fender strats that have maple fingerboard in classified. Is the Demon too bright with maple fingerboard? Is rosewood a lot better?

Mine has a maple fingerboard. Sounds fine. Not too bright at all.

 

[donaldr]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

Don't have a maple fingerboard guitar yet, good to know!

So now it looks like this (in no order)
1- LTD ST-213
2- Fender Standard Strat (MIM but also looking for MIA and sell my Vandenberg to finance) with maple fingerboard
3- Fender Tele Blacktop

Thanks a lot for your answers, what a nice forum

 

[donaldr]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

This is a heck of a guitar at only $179 new. And you can get it in Lake Placid Blue! Alder body, rosewood board, pickguard already cut for bridge humbucker. The Demon should sound amazing in it.

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/guit...hss-electric-guitar-with-rosewood-fingerboard

I have looked at them but Affinity nut width is narrower and body is slimmer than normal strats.

 

[donaldr]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

Will the Demon sound good in a swamp ash body? I'm looking for this guitar: http://www.espguitars.com/products/9768-st-213-ash-rosewood-nat?category_id=1963308-st-series

 

[chadd]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

Will the Demon sound good in a swamp ash body? I'm looking for this guitar: http://www.espguitars.com/products/9768-st-213-ash-rosewood-nat?category_id=1963308-st-series

It should sound fine. BTW, I'm not sure of that will be routed for a humbucker in the bridge. All of the LTD strat styles that I have seen with three single coils are routed for three singles. My 203 has a lil demon in the bridge

 

[donaldr]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

BTW, I'm not sure of that will be routed for a humbucker in the bridge.

It is not routed for a humbucker in the bridge. But it doesn't seem too hard to do it. Finding a HSS pickguard will be way harder

 

[donaldr]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

This weekend I tried 8-9 Squier and MIM Fender Strats with maple and rosewood fingerboard. Night and day between both in term of playability and sustain (acoustically). Problem is that I have $1000+ guitars and they are also night and day between them and MIM Fender. Tougher project than anticipated...

 

[Demanic]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

I don't know what you mean by cheap, but I would put them in something like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1993-Blackhurst-Custom-Made-Strat-Style-Guitar-Charvel-Kahler-/281584781445?pt=Guitar&hash=item418fc2c885

 

[Demanic]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

^^
On second thought, that guitar has Duncan's stock and the neck looks to be a QP.

 

[phred]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

Look for a old PV Tracer or Nitro

 

[donaldr]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

Just want to do a follow up. After trying tons of Squier/Fender guitars I finally found an 2005 Fender Strat MIM. Playing is good, sustain not so bad. I put 5 springs to lock the tremolo flat to the body.



Now I have to find a white HSS pickguard. Any place where I can get one that will fit with the trembucker-size Demon? I know that I can check eBay but I saw many comments about some not fitting perfectly.

Also, I ordered the Demon and the STK-S7 in black. Is it possible to install white covers? Where can I find them?

Last question: I don't know anything about vintage type termolos, should I upgrade it or not? Will keep it "fix" to the body.
Thanks

 

[allbutromeo]

Re: What guitar for a Screamin Demon?

Tb/S/S pickguard from Warmoth is $25, GFS has some that are $13 but I'm not sure if the route is for an HB or TB