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Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 9:58 pm
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I got back into playing about a year ago. I pulled my 1995 Les Paul out of the closet, bought a couple amps then more Les Pauls, then a couple Teles and a Custom Shop Strat. (I became a guitar addict). Anyway, up until even a couple weeks ago, if you asked me, I'd tell you that Les Pauls are my favorite, then Teles, then Strats. I've been playing my Strat more and more lately and have become addicted to it. I'm playing out tomorrow night and guess which guitar I packed up to take with me? Yep, my Custom Shop Strat. I didn't even give it a second thought. I actually feel like I'm playing better on that guitar. Anyone else have an experience like that?


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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:14 am
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Yes I've had an experience just like that, but being that I'm from the metal side of the fence, different manufacturers are involved. I always and religiously played Jacksons whether it was a production model or special one-offs that I designed and they made until I got my cheap MIM Straight Six Strat and modded it. Now that's pretty much all that I play. I do find that certain passages seem easier to play on the Strat, but unfortunately I'm still searching for the Jackson tone out of my Strat and I'm not having much luck. In the end though I do put the Strat above my Jacksons, but not above a Suhr... :twisted:

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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:05 am
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You kidding? I always played Gibsons...Les Pauls, SG's, and ES335. But for the last 12 years or so it's been Stratocasters. My strat seems like a secret weapon cuz I can do so much with it.

The strat is a big part of my style (humble though it may be). I feel restricted when I pick up a Gibson, now.

It'd be cool to have a second guitar, either Gibson or some other humbucker with a mahogany body, but the do-it-all axe for me is the Stratocaster.


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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:21 am
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:D i have a schecter and i found it had to play coz the neck was a weird shape but i went back to plaing fenders and playing is a lot better

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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:32 am
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That evolution also describes me. Back in the 60s/70s, I had a Mustang but I was primarily a LP guy. Even after band days, I'd still pull out my LP clone now and then and bang away at it. It's also what I used while doing community musicals in the 80s.

But when The Bug hit bad back in 1999, I for whatever reason decided to try some Fenders. Now I have on AmStd Strat and 3 Teles as well as a fretless P-bass and a MIM 5 string J-bass. The same story is playing out for a guy at work who'd never consider a Fender until recently. Now (after I sold him my MIM Strat about 2 years ago) he's hooked.

It may work the other way though too. My GF's brother (who's played as long as I have) wouldn't even let you in his house if you weren't playing Fender for many years. Now he won't touch one and plays LPs and PRS exclusively.

Conclusion: I guess it's just age -- at some point you want to go for just the opposite sound you'd been "married to" for however long.


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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:31 am
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Hi Jomo

Your hands need a change sometimes, even if just to reinform them about what they are doing on the number one guitar.

Strats are tops for me, but I have big LP phases too. And right now I'm playing the Tele a good deal and really getting some work done. Anything to do with my brother-in-law's recent rude remarks about Teles? Could be...

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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 11:56 am
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I played an LP exclusively and had never wanted a Strat. That changed about 6 months ago and I've since sold my LP and have only my '08 Am Std Strat. I couldn't be happier.


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Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:48 pm
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For over 40 years I've been saying that about Stratocasters. IMO, there are Stratocasters and then, there's everything else!

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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:42 am
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strat or tele for me. I dont like the shorter scale gibson length, even 11's feel like elasticbands on em.

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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:25 am
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I've been in a few metal bands in my area and because of my style I put a SD Hotrails pickup in my bridge. (Great fit and beefy humbucker sound out of my MIA strat!)

I don't know WHAT happened...Two weeks ago I unblocked the trem (that I had previously blocked for downtuning and metal) re-installed the stock single coils and some regular strings.

I've just been obsessed with the vintage vibe. I'm looking at buying myself a really sparkley sounding tube amp that I can push into some creamy overdrive!

Ask me a month ago what my dream axe was, I would have told you an Ibanez Prestige with a locking trem and nut. Ask me today, I would have to say my beautiful 3 tone burst, maple neck, '05 Am Standard Strat!

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Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:41 pm
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Cronos92 wrote:

I've just been obsessed with the vintage vibe. I'm looking at buying myself a really sparkley sounding tube amp that I can push into some creamy overdrive!


I can strongly recommend the marshall jcm800 for that mate. You sound a bit torn between two worlds as am I. I got into the 800's specifically because it covers both bases. Screaming metal and beautiful shimmering clean tones.

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