Take it out of the case and play it.

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08 Fender Highway One Tele-Sunburst
09 Squier Custom Tele II-Blonde
04 Squier Standard Strat Antiqueburst
07 Washburn D10SCE natural with Rosewood backing
Fender Mustang II amp


Experience is the best teacher

I've never heard many bad things about those guitars...especially the older ones.

I've been neglecting my Strats lately too, since I got my Epi LP Custom I've barely played them... but it's just the honeymoon phase, it'll pass.

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Tune Low, Play Hard & Floor it!

Ive neglected mine too, But its due to me learning some more Ozzy stuff and a little Satch.

My Ibanez has hardly been put down whe i have spare time!

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A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~Leopold Stokowski~

Ibanez has greatly improved their guitars from when in the early 70s they were making medium quality copy guitars-although there were some exquisite ones even then.Today's Ibanez guitars are really top shelf well made instruments and I can understand your newfound love for them however you will miss the bell like quality of the Strat in time I dare say. My Epi Firebird V is enjoying top billing these days-it sounds just like a mid 60s SG but I always have one or two of my Strats close by in case I start having withdrawal symptoms.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

I've been playing my tele a lot more lately, i'm mainly givin my strat a break

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I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk...

i also picked a suprisingly nice lespaul type recently its an agile al-2000 with p90s in it. these things only run for around 225 new but they have a solid mahogany body a maple set neck, a bound body and neck and even grover tuners it was the best 160 bucks ive ever spent

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I like my tone like my women. Full round bottom, sweet and clean but can get as dirty as I desire.

Some of the old Ibanez guitars(Elger) were actually quite good. Norlan, Gibson's parent company at the time, sued them over the headstock. I think it was a lot more than the headstock though. These LP knockoffs were really nice guitars. I have an old Ibanez acoustic that I still use today that looks like a Martin D28 and actually sounds better than a lot of lower/mid priced guitars made today. It's made of real wood, Sitka Spruce top and Rosewood back and sides and I paid $95 for it back then.

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Life...... It's sexually transmitted and always fatal

I will never tire of my strat! and Its true I actually prefer my Ibanez a little more...

I play the strat for about an hour and the Ibanez for about 3 each day, I'll always love my strats sounds though my mellow and feely is strat only

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A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~Leopold Stokowski~

Be careful you don't poke your eye out Hey, that looks like a good find

Rock on!

Bill

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Hey, Boy Blue is back!

Back in the early 70s you could get an Ibanez copy of the Gibson 1275 aka Jimmy Page style double neck for around $225 and if you were lucky enough to find one of them these days in good shape it would probably be better than the ones Gibson is putting out now with a MSRP of over $5,000 or the "Hotel California" model that has a MSRP of over $9,000.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

I like Ibanez myself. I have a Prestige that is very tasty, superb action and sound. Nice playability all 'round actually, with long neck to hit those high notes in comfort.

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+1 on the Agile Al-2000 guitars. Great value and very well made. I had one in the beautiful Tiger Eye finish and wish I had never sold it.

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Blues with a feeling.

GUILD GUITARS: MADE TO BE PLAYED!

I've been avoiding your Strats lately as well.

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It wasn't Willy-Nilly, it was at crows.

I almost bought one, but back then I was too small and scrawny to handle it. LOL It was really sweet though. I lived not too far from Hoshino (Ibanez) headquaters in Bensalem Pa so some of the local music shops had tons of Ibanez gear.

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Life...... It's sexually transmitted and always fatal