Is it just wrong to play rock music with a Fender Strat?

spacewolf · **Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2012 10:10 am

YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY BE SERIOUS. People have been playing rock on Strats since they were invented! Dick Dale, Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Pete Townsend, Joe Perry, Billy Corgan, the list goes on and on almost endlessly.

Dunzie · **Joined:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:10 pm **Posts:** 44

spacewolf wrote:

YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY BE SERIOUS. People have been playing rock on Strats since they were invented! Dick Dale, Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Pete Townsend, Joe Perry, Billy Corgan, the list goes on and on almost endlessly.

+1

Amen. Heard some guy named Beck, or was it Frusciente, or was it Bachman, or was it Blackmore, or was it Lifeson, or James, or Van Halen, or... oh never mind, I can't think of it. Anyway, there was a guy who tried it once... heard it turned out ok.

Toppscore · **Joined:** Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:16 am **Posts:** 2337

53magnatone wrote:

Let's see......

Les Paul played ...a Les Paul
Bill Carson played a Stratocaster

Jeff Beck has played both
Tommy Bolin has played both
Clapton has played both

Mathias Jabs plays a Strat
Vince Gill plays a Strat
Malmsteen plays a Strat
Knopfler plays a Strat

Check back into the last 50 years of Rock / Rhythm & Blues / Heavy Metal / Blues / Country and all the other genre's..You will find as many different players in just about every guitar out there....Just on the Fender website, the list of endorsee's covers a wide range of modern music...

Buddy Holly started the Stratocaster Craze

Toppscore · **Joined:** Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:16 am **Posts:** 2337

NarooN wrote:

I listen to a crapload of different genres, and guess what guitar I seen in just about all of them? The Strat. There's no "limit" or anything on what genres you can play on a guitar... You can play whatever on a Strat. Mostly depends on the player and their fingers.

My opinion is that with guitar strings, pickups, tone controls, finger pick palm action,
in/out of phase controls, push/pull boost controls, all of the 1000s of pedal options,
many amp tone/control/channel options, and all of the various speaker options . . . . .
it is possible to get any tone or sound you want.

Just that a Stratocaster
a Telecaster
a Jaguar
a Gibson
a Gretsch
All have their own unique starting points for tone/sounds.
And amps have their unique starting points for tone/sounds.

Have fun experimenting and spending money :lol:

spacewolf · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:33 am

Dunzie, I don't know, I heard some people calling themselves Gibson got hurt pretty badly. :lol:

And considering the cost and lack of QC for Gibbos, rightly so!

Gorgon · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:07 am

spacewolf wrote:

YOU CANNOT POSSIBLY BE SERIOUS. People have been playing rock on Strats since they were invented! Dick Dale, Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour, Eric Clapton, Pete Townsend, Joe Perry, Billy Corgan, the list goes on and on almost endlessly.

Yes and Gary Moore used to kick some serious butt playing his red strat with rosewood board.

You can play anything on a strat, almost any style of music.

Snowjoe · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 1:28 pm

I was at a festival over the weekend and there were lots of rock/heavy bands there with nice full sounds, and I only saw 3 types of Guitars. Strats, Teles and Gibson SG's.

Also every one of the strats and teles went through single coil pickups, so no I think you can play rock through whatever guitar you want to.

Wild_Rose · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:29 pm

people think that if you get a Les Paul and a Marshall you will sound exactly like Slash....

mthorn00 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 5:23 pm

There ain't ANYTHING wrong to play on a Strat. I've done classic rock, blues, Country and yes HEAVY METAL on my Strat. All you need is the correct amp settings and a few good pedals.

noizey · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:09 pm

Robinstrat wrote:

The choice of weapon is up to you.
A guitar is a guitar, some people sound weak playing a Les Paul through a cranked Marshall stack, some people make a normal Stratocaster sound like a wall of guitars.
There´s no wrong choice if you play it well and make it sound good.

Cheers,
Robin

I agree with Robin...

noizey · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 7:11 pm

Believe it or not, I heard a band and the lead guy was using a tele! I was WOW never knew you could get that sound out of that guitar!

ZZDoc · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:40 am

Xhefri wrote:

Is it wrong to drive my new Corvette fast?

Down my street??? Yes...25 mph speed limit....posted and enforced.

Now..to the question at hand...Stratocasters and 'rock' [aka rock and roll]grew up together. :wink:

ZZDoc · **Posted:** Mon Jul 16, 2012 5:42 am

Wild_Rose wrote:

people think that if you get a Les Paul and a Marshall you will sound exactly like Slash....

Need that hat....it's a 'tone' hat.....that hat makes all the difference. :lol:

Wild_Rose · **Posted:** Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:10 am

hahhahhaa right!

Toppscore · **Joined:** Sun Nov 20, 2011 3:16 am **Posts:** 2337

Jimmy25 wrote:

Is it just wrong to play rock music with a Fender Stratocaster? It's probably wrong trying to play heavy metal with a strat, but I'm not talking about metal stuffs here. I wanted to play some songs like Sweet Child O Mine / November Rain / or some other Slash's songs with my guitar. Maybe what you want to do is really up to you, but I just have seen some people cover the song Sweet Child O Mine with a Strat, and it's actually not bad, but people would just assume "this looks so wrong with a Strat", cz they think the guitar is for blues etc I guess. BTW my guitar model is Fender 1957 Reissue Strat MIJ Since 1993, with Lindy Fralin Blues Special pickups. Is it rockable at all..? Also is there an specific distortion / other pedal I should get that's good for Strat to play some Rock music? My Strat:

Playing Rock on a Fender Guitar, MAY BE WRONG
BUT, it's definitely extremely more wrong to play anything
"Rockish, Fenderish or Marshallish" with a Les Paul guitar or Gibson guitar

Rickenbackers are a "step-up"
Gretsch's are a "God-Send"
Fenders are "Sent to God"

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