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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:10 am
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I just took an early retirement and want to start playing the guitar again. I played a Fender Duo-Sonic back in the late 60's (sure miss that guitar!) and fell in love with the ease of how well it played. I have alot to relearn and the selection of a guitar sure seems alot more confusing than it used to be. I like both kinds of music, country and western (LOL) and I would also like to play Rock from the 60's. I will also enjoy other types of music but have no desire to play acid or hard metal music. I have my eyes on an American Deluxe Strat but there are so many differant types of pickups and other items I don't know what I should be looking for. Any suggestions? Thank You!


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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:42 am
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I see your addiction has resurfaced, hehe. That's good. If your mainly going to be playing country and the like, I would suggest a Telecaster (you just can't beat country tele twang), but then you mentioned rock from the 60's, the tele should handle this genre pretty well also. Pickups are another issue, most likely whatever guitar you choose, the stock pickups should be right on for awhile anyway. After you really get into things and figure out what sound your looking for, then you might think about replacing pickups.

The strat can also get alittle twangy, but if I were choosing a guitar for country I would go with a tele, no doubt.

I guess it all depends on whether your into old country or new country(I like old myself, think Merle Haggard twang).


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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:00 am
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srat or tele howbout strat and tele .


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srat or tele howbout strat and tele .


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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:43 pm
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One old guy to another, I would always go with a stratocaster. It's arguably the best guitar design in the world. The tele will be more limited in what it can do, but you can get that twang from a strat, based on amp settings and what pickup you select.

The amdx you have your eye on is a premium American choice, with the dual point tremolo and the noiseless - scn - pickups. Recently when I was looking around I played the amdx and liked it, but it was out of my price range. One thing, the scn noiseless pickups take some getting used to. They have a very different sound than for example the single coil alnico pickups on my Highway One or the ceramic standard pickups on my old Squire Strat.

The joy of playing a stratocaster is the light body, the perfect shape of the body that lets you settle in good and play, the low string tension and low action that reduces strain and increases fluidity, and of course the classic Fender Stratocaster tone. There's some kind of alchemy between the wood, the pickups set in the wood, and the strings running through the body that generates a beautiful tone. Since you don't want to crunch, forget the humbucker and go for that true Fender Stratocaster sound.

Personally, I would stretch my wings and take that new Strat out for a trip to Blues Town. A lot of classic pentatonic blues such as vintage BB King is not so far away from a rockabilly sound, but with blistering guitar parts. BB also uses a lot of jazz chords, but if you want to stay simpler on the chord parts you can start with 7ths and 9ths. After you get into playing the blues on a Strat, you really soar. There's a reason why Buddy Guy, Clapton, Jeff Beck, Mayer, Vaughn all play the blues on a strat, and why they always go back to the blues. After the blues, every other song is a yawn. The pop and country are mainly using the guitar to back singing with rhythm, which is fine and we all love to sing along. But when you want to play, pick up some music from BB King (he wrote most of his own songs) and that's playing.


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