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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:06 pm
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Anyone know which current strats would be like my old 1991 Ultra strat with lace sensors?

Getting a response from Jeff to a question concerning the Plus Series guitars is equivalent to one from Stephen Hawking on the subject of Black Holes. :wink:

Asking a question like this is like asking Leonard on the Big Bang Theory if he wants to date a girl.......getting an answer just follows suite! :lol: :lol:

You're far too modest...but OK!

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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:01 pm
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GREAT RESPONES, EVERYBODY!!!, Sorry I didn't write back sooner, but lately I've found the forum was not opening due to some problem it was happening. I'm keeping my ultra with lace sensors till it rots!! I bought a Blacktop Strat (double humbucker new model), but ended up selling it: the pickups were too powerful for me. It sure did sustain and sound like a les paul, but I had to alter my picking a lot, as if the muting wasn't perfect, there'd be plenty of string noise. All I could think of was that the Pickups were too powerful for my amateur self. Don't have that problem with my ultra strat, which is the best guitar I've ever played, though some people don't like the lace sensors....beats me why.


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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:33 pm
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dkelban wrote:
GREAT RESPONES, EVERYBODY!!!, Sorry I didn't write back sooner, but lately I've found the forum was not opening due to some problem it was happening. I'm keeping my ultra with lace sensors till it rots!! I bought a Blacktop Strat (double humbucker new model), but ended up selling it: the pickups were too powerful for me. It sure did sustain and sound like a les paul, but I had to alter my picking a lot, as if the muting wasn't perfect, there'd be plenty of string noise. All I could think of was that the Pickups were too powerful for my amateur self. Don't have that problem with my ultra strat, which is the best guitar I've ever played, though some people don't like the lace sensors....beats me why.

Following a sensible tenet your are...."If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Glad to have been of some help,:wink:

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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:44 am
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If it ain't broke don't fix it eh? Boy it's taken me a long time to learn that one!!!


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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:04 am
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If it ain't broke don't fix it eh? Boy it's taken me a long time to learn that one!!!

You know, there's nothing wrong with looking for a new horizon. I've let a couple of guitars go for that reason. There are two that I regret the most, and one of them was a Tele-Plus which was in near mint condition and I had literally acquired for a 'song' so to speak. Not particularly a fan of Tele's, I swapped it out for a used Clapton, in equally fine condition, an was satisfied until I learned in these pages that I had let a really premius guitar go. (The swap out was pre-Forum.) The second was a hindsight situation and involved the Danelectro I bought new in 1959 when that was a popular intro level guitar. I let that go when I acquired my bandmate's '58 Stratocaster three years later. The Strat's gone for a host of other reasons. You, fortunately, have had the benefit of counsel in these pages and can now enjoy the best of both worlds. :wink:

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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:19 am
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Problem is, musicians, and gearheads in any technology, are always looking for the ultimate thing: a true, and expensive, addiction, lol.


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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 6:47 am
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dkelban wrote:
Problem is, musicians, and gearheads in any technology, are always looking for the ultimate thing: a true, and expensive, addiction, lol.

At the time, space was a consideration for me, I had other financial priorities, I wanted the Clapton, a very versatile instrument, whose neck I have a definite preference for. There was much more to learn about the Tele-Plus that I was not aware of at the time, which might have influenced my choice. I was to come to learn that I had had other options which I might have exercised, which might have yielded me a greater benefit, but I was not aware of them at the time either. Such is life.

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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:01 am
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Yeah, God knows I've bought and sold many things, half of them because, as electronic things can do more, their instructions are impossible, especially for my 60 year old brain. For example, the g-dec 30 amp I'm trying to learn to use. You should see the manual: Einstein couldn't figure it out.


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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:10 am
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Yeah, God knows I've bought and sold many things, half of them because, as electronic things can do more, their instructions are impossible, especially for my 60 year old brain. For example, the g-dec 30 amp I'm trying to learn to use. You should see the manual: Einstein couldn't figure it out.

Only our generation reads manuals. The contemporary users seem to be able to dope it out unaided.

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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 7:39 am
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You're absolutely right: they've seen all this stuff from day one...it helps. What do you like to play. I'm mainly into blues, blues rock, classic rock, some folk, and some jazz-blues (ala Michael Frank). I live in Bellmore, New York. What do you like to play and where are you located, if you don't mind my asking. Sunday, my band had a jam I recorded with a Zoom H2: came out great. Now all I have to do is learn Audacity, so I can edit the tracks. God help me.


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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:21 am
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Yeah, God knows I've bought and sold many things....

Oh man, I do not even want to go there! Wish I could do a recall on a few items...... Like getting my dad's 1950 Martin d-18 and not selling of a host of rare guitars.

Regarding the initial question, looking for something like but not the same as an Ultra, well that is what caused me to venture out into territory and build a few custom Strat Plus/Ultras. Here are few favorites. That is the nice thing about Lace Pickups, there are a number different tonal varieties to play with.

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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 8:53 am
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Jesus, those are some damn fine looking guitars, especially the one with the dark pearl pickguard: gorgeous. Do you custom build and sell? If so, could you send a brochure to me, or your email address in case I want a strat custom built. My address: Douglas Kelban, 2596 Grand Ave., Bellmore, N.Y. 11710. My email: dkelban@optonline.net.


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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:59 pm
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[quote="dkelban"]Jesus, those are some damn fine looking guitars........[quote]

You're close.....and I send you PM as to why. 8) Suggest you go to Jeff's website and kick it around there. There's a prohibition against doing business on the Forums and we don't want to compromise our world's foremost authority. You might also consider deleting that post just to keep everything cool. Don't sweat it.

I'll also send you a PM regarding my whereabouts. :wink:

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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:16 pm
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OUCH!

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We've spoken about this one. I would have gone for a.)ebony board b.)solid maple
Some how the rosewood doesn't do it for me.

I'll confess this much....(and that's about as far as you're gonna ever get me to go in that department...but I know you'll pray for me anyway), :lol: anyone who attempts both your website and Alains at the same sitting is going to need a sedative when they're done. 8)

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Post subject: Re: Equivalent strat to 1991 ultra strat with lace sensors
Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:50 pm
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I apologize if my previous post was inappropriate...I didn't know, and it won't happen again.


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