Could you get by with just one Strat?

rkreisher · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 10:47 am

I could live with just one guitar, but I would have a hard time deciding on which one to keep. All my guitars bring something different when I play them. I do have one that could play all the music I play.

Rebelsoul · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:30 am

rkreisher wrote:

I could live with just one guitar, but I would have a hard time deciding on which one to keep. All my guitars bring something different when I play them. I do have one that could play all the music I play.

Me too,every one of my Strats have different pickups in them,and if they didn't,the '57,'62 AVRIs and the '62 Hot Rod would all three have the same pups,and sound much the same,the others are different enough with the pups they have...so I have seven Strats that sound different enough to make you know you're playing a different guitar,that and the necks are all different also.
The '62 pictured just has the best of everything.

babalooga · **Joined:** Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:21 pm **Posts:** 581

I probably could scrape by with just my Am. deluxe but I still like to play my MIM Strat.

Guitar_Fiend · **Joined:** Sun Sep 11, 2011 8:22 pm **Posts:** 169

This is a tough one - there's so many variations on the model.

I can honestly say as of now, I only need one strat. I got it because I wanted something different from the humbucker/set neck sound that I've favored for the better part of the last 15 years.

I chose a 2011 American Deluxe. To me it's the perfect strat - I love the sound of the pickups - to my ears they have the Strat sound, but without the noise of traditional single coils. It's also versatile enough that I could use it for the higher gain sounds I typically rely on humbuckers for - it's a bit thinner sounding than my Gibsons and my Gretsch, but gets close enough I could get by on it as my only guitar if I had to.

If I didn't already have 3 other guitars with humbuckers, I'd probably also want an HSS strat or a blacktop strat.

mhowell · **Joined:** Wed May 25, 2011 12:45 pm **Posts:** 1169

CRGuitarMan wrote:

I doubt it, but luckily, I don't have to. I have several Strats with different pickup configurations and I like them all.

Three examples:

Hmmm. Maple and humbuckers!

CRGuitarMan · **Joined:** Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:46 pm **Posts:** 2041

mhowell wrote:

Hmmm. Maple and humbuckers!

Go figure!

T2Stratman · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:00 pm

Just one? Sure...this one...

or maybe this one...

Just don't ask me to pick just one amp... :mrgreen:

T2

paris · **Posted:** Fri Apr 13, 2012 6:03 pm

I've put some thought into this and I realized that it's a pretty hard question, but if push came to shove, I'd I keep my green Clapton Strat.

eddytanhh · **Joined:** Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:35 am **Posts:** 388

yes, i can.
i use only 1 electric guitar which is my '96 MIM Fender Traditional Fat Strat

Seneca SS · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2012 6:56 am

my Clapton Custom

Gorgon · **Posted:** Sun Apr 15, 2012 8:24 am

Yeah i could live with just one strat my EC model. It does everything i'd want, but in saying that i ideally would want dozens. But not just strats! In my idea of heaven i'd have loads and loads of LP's, SG's, Tele's, vintage Gibson archtops and...! I've got a book "The Chinery Collection" the guitar collection of the late Scott Chinery and when you look at that you just say "I want that! and that! and that!"

There will never be a cure for G.A.S! :lol:

Bad enough with guitars but ideally i'd have tons of amps too, vintage Fender's and Marshall's and Hi-Watt's and Vox's OH! there's no end to this longing!!! It's terrible! :lol: