Who Says You Can't do that with a Strat...
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Vasshu the humanoid typhoon
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Re: Who Says You Can't do that with a Strat...
Hehe well sorry I don't like active pickups much....grew up with that crap
heh because they are glassy and toneless
Hehe well sorry I don't like active pickups much....grew up with that crap
dr.barlo
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Re: Who Says You Can't do that with a Strat...
I am a LP guy at heart. Very very close come the fat teles with a HB in the neck. I like strats but I am not a strat guy.
Let me show you my strat:
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=54422&highlight=warmoth
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I am a LP guy at heart. Very very close come the fat teles with a HB in the neck. I like strats but I am not a strat guy.
Let me show you my strat:
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?t=54422&highlight=warmoth
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Guitar Toad
Toadily Stratologist
Re: Who Says You Can't do that with a Strat...
My strat has tone control on the neck and on the bridge, and I do like rolling back the tone on the bridge pups. That is a really cool strat to for sure.
Dr. Barlo, that is one super strat. Those two big HB's in it remind me of going to the tractor pulls and seeing those hot rod tractors with two big block chevy's for the powerhouse. I wish I wouldn't have looked. Now, I want one like that.
WhoFan said:
My strat has tone control on the neck and on the bridge, and I do like rolling back the tone on the bridge pups. That is a really cool strat to for sure.
dr.barlo said:
Dr. Barlo, that is one super strat. Those two big HB's in it remind me of going to the tractor pulls and seeing those hot rod tractors with two big block chevy's for the powerhouse. I wish I wouldn't have looked. Now, I want one like that.
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Guitar Toad
Toadily Stratologist
Re: Who Says You Can't do that with a Strat...
Benji, in my current strat, the only change I think I'm gonna do is swap the bridge out and replace the Tex Mex with a Texas Hot Custom Bridge. Lew has said so many great things about the THCB strat pickup that I have to try it. I get great tones with what I already have as I described in the opening post of this thread. Maybe I'll try the EMG's in the future on another project, you have made me curious, although opinions on the EMG's are all over the place.
Now, the SD SFX-01 pickup booster may be a possibility to try. After I build a rangemaster.
Benjy_26 said:Honestly.
They sound fantastic through my rig. I guess that Roland preamps and Mesa power sections agree with these pickups.
I like this set so much, in fact, that I'm replacing the Albert Lee sig set made by Duncan for EB/MM in my 62 RI with a DG-20 set from EMG.
For live use, I like them better than the Fender CS 62's, Dimarzio VV, APS-2's, Antiquity I's, and pretty much any other strat sized pickup I've had or tried.
I really don't know why more people don't like them.
Benji, in my current strat, the only change I think I'm gonna do is swap the bridge out and replace the Tex Mex with a Texas Hot Custom Bridge. Lew has said so many great things about the THCB strat pickup that I have to try it. I get great tones with what I already have as I described in the opening post of this thread. Maybe I'll try the EMG's in the future on another project, you have made me curious, although opinions on the EMG's are all over the place.
Now, the SD SFX-01 pickup booster may be a possibility to try. After I build a rangemaster.
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Guitar Toad
Toadily Stratologist
Re: Who Says You Can't do that with a Strat...
Tele snob. There's always one in the crowd.
...and a strat traitor, too.
Thanks for stopping in to say hi.
flank said:i havent read anything in this thread, but Teles rule over strats
Tele snob. There's always one in the crowd.
...and a strat traitor, too.
Thanks for stopping in to say hi.
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Benjy_26
25's Nemesis
Re: Who Says You Can't do that with a Strat...
I like the Texas Hot Custom bridge. It's great for riffing on Tom Petty tunes.
EMG's aren't for everybody, but I think they're cool for what they do. Being that I'm primarily a live player, all the attributes of EMG's are a big plus for me. Besides, those solid covers look cool. :burnout:
I like the Texas Hot Custom bridge. It's great for riffing on Tom Petty tunes.
EMG's aren't for everybody, but I think they're cool for what they do. Being that I'm primarily a live player, all the attributes of EMG's are a big plus for me. Besides, those solid covers look cool. :burnout:
ErikH
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Re: Who Says You Can't do that with a Strat...
I know the Vintage Reissues come that way. Any newer MIA model has tone on the bridge. It's usually the bottom tone knob controls the bridge and middle, middle tone knob controls the neck. That's how it is on my MIA and any MIA with the TBX. Newer MIA's have the "Deta" Tone control, which is also "no-load". The MIM's are neck and middle tone only.WhoFan said:
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Guitar Toad
Toadily Stratologist
Re: Who Says You Can't do that with a Strat...
What about slanting the middle and neck pickups?
Stock: /||
Other configurations: /// or /\| or //| or \\| or \|\ or ||| or /|/ or \||?
Or are you guys die hard for standard pup positioning: / ||
What about slanting the middle and neck pickups?
Stock: /||
Other configurations: /// or /\| or //| or \\| or \|\ or ||| or /|/ or \||?
Or are you guys die hard for standard pup positioning: / ||
Guitar Toad
Toadily Stratologist
Re: Who Says You Can't do that with a Strat...
Rory Interview
Ray: What’s important to you?
Rory: Well, this guitar is part of my psychic makeup. It’s my best friend. I love playing it, I play it every day. It’s not like B.B. King, who’s had like a hundred Lucilles. I’ve only got one Strat, and it hasn’t got a name or whatever. I mean, where I came from at the time, to own a Stratocaster was like, it was monumental, it was just impossible, you know, and it’s what it is. I love playing it, I love singing, like when I get lonesome, I play my guitar. Aach, I’m getting a bit too corny, but that’s it, for me, it’s just playing and singing.
Rory Interview
Ray: What’s important to you?
Rory: Well, this guitar is part of my psychic makeup. It’s my best friend. I love playing it, I play it every day. It’s not like B.B. King, who’s had like a hundred Lucilles. I’ve only got one Strat, and it hasn’t got a name or whatever. I mean, where I came from at the time, to own a Stratocaster was like, it was monumental, it was just impossible, you know, and it’s what it is. I love playing it, I love singing, like when I get lonesome, I play my guitar. Aach, I’m getting a bit too corny, but that’s it, for me, it’s just playing and singing.
Simon_F
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Re: Who Says You Can't do that with a Strat...
What a great interview. Thanks for the link!
I believe every word. Rory Gallagher was one of the most honest and sincere artists you will ever see or hear. Totally unique. Aach, I’m getting a bit too corny, but I absolutely love the guy. God bless him.
Guitar Toad said:
What a great interview. Thanks for the link!
I believe every word. Rory Gallagher was one of the most honest and sincere artists you will ever see or hear. Totally unique. Aach, I’m getting a bit too corny, but I absolutely love the guy. God bless him.
dr.barlo
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Re: Who Says You Can't do that with a Strat...
Rory Gallagher is one of the reasons I cannot let go of my "stock" strats. The man was wonderful. I Fall Apart tone, singing, and energy is definitely one of my all time favorites.
God bless him. I agree that he is way too underrated. He is in fact one of the most toneful strat players ever!
I have 4 strats, one with SSS /||| configuration :laugh2:. It has 3 van zandt pickups, does great SRV tones. Another SSS strat of mine has a surfer bridge, fralin middle and surfer neck. Great guitar, and that's the one which can do Clapton's "I looked away"' or Rory Gallagher kinda tunes very well. The other two are modded, and the one in the above link cannot be called a strat any more. The fourth one I think sounds great as well, it has a fralin blues special tele lead in the bridge, and 2 van zandt singles in the neck and middle. Sometimes I think I have more strats than I need. But I cannot sell any of them, since I've acquired all in 15 years. I sold many, and those were the ones I kept.
But then again here was what Rory was saying: Only one strat, and that's it. :smack: I think he is right, a singer cannot change his/her voice! So maybe I should have found only one guitar and stuck to it. :blackeye:
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Rory Gallagher is one of the reasons I cannot let go of my "stock" strats. The man was wonderful. I Fall Apart tone, singing, and energy is definitely one of my all time favorites.
God bless him. I agree that he is way too underrated. He is in fact one of the most toneful strat players ever!
I have 4 strats, one with SSS /||| configuration :laugh2:. It has 3 van zandt pickups, does great SRV tones. Another SSS strat of mine has a surfer bridge, fralin middle and surfer neck. Great guitar, and that's the one which can do Clapton's "I looked away"' or Rory Gallagher kinda tunes very well. The other two are modded, and the one in the above link cannot be called a strat any more. The fourth one I think sounds great as well, it has a fralin blues special tele lead in the bridge, and 2 van zandt singles in the neck and middle. Sometimes I think I have more strats than I need. But I cannot sell any of them, since I've acquired all in 15 years. I sold many, and those were the ones I kept.
But then again here was what Rory was saying: Only one strat, and that's it. :smack: I think he is right, a singer cannot change his/her voice! So maybe I should have found only one guitar and stuck to it. :blackeye:
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