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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:54 pm
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Interesting point. I have an Am Dlx w LSR nut and NO tree. Some have the tree and some don't. WASSUP?


I'll guess you got the staggered tuners.


OK I guess I'll learn something new today. Staggered tuners????

I have locking schallers but they all line up like every other Strat. Mebe that fact is why there's no tree.


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Interesting point. I have an Am Dlx w LSR nut and NO tree. Some have the tree and some don't. WASSUP?


I'll guess you got the staggered tuners.


OK I guess I'll learn something new today. Staggered tuners????

I have locking schallers but they all line up like every other Strat. Mebe that fact is why there's no tree.


With staggered tuners the post of the high strings is lower so there is
no need for string trees. The hole in the post is closer to the headstock.


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Enlightening. Thanks. I'll have to look at my axe when I get back to it, but I think I would have noticed that and I haven't.


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Post subject: Re: string length and head stock.
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:45 pm
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... but they do have the voodoo strat so there is apparently something there. Any thoughts?


Yeah. Thank about why they call that a "Voodoo" Strat and know that it is appropriately named.

Here are the most important things about generating an electric guitar tone, in order of importance:

1. The player.
2. The amp.
3. The pickups.
4. The bridge.
5. The strings.



you forgot the wood selection, pal


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Nope he didnt.....

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Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:48 pm
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leonardusnn wrote:
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... but they do have the voodoo strat so there is apparently something there. Any thoughts?


Yeah. Thank about why they call that a "Voodoo" Strat and know that it is appropriately named.

Here are the most important things about generating an electric guitar tone, in order of importance:

1. The player.
2. The amp.
3. The pickups.
4. The bridge.
5. The strings.



you forgot the wood selection, pal


And the cord/cable.


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lostindesert:

Thanks I learned something new about my guitar. The locking Schallers ARE staggered tuners. I hadn't noticed this before this discussion and had a chance to check this out over the weekend. Interesting.


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This also begs the question as to the purpose of the string stabilizer trees.


The setback of the headstock requires the string trees to keep the strings seated in the nut. The staggered tuners were an answer to this.

With respect to the 'Hendrix" "Voodoo"configuration it was proposed that reorienting the bridge pickup angle would also inlluence the the tone generated by the strings.

Of course, the man's hands were the heart and soul of it all.


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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:19 am
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leonardusnn wrote:
Gravity Jim wrote:
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... but they do have the voodoo strat so there is apparently something there. Any thoughts?


Yeah. Thank about why they call that a "Voodoo" Strat and know that it is appropriately named.

Here are the most important things about generating an electric guitar tone, in order of importance:

1. The player.
2. The amp.
3. The pickups.
4. The bridge.
5. The strings.



you forgot the wood selection, pal


No, I didn't. Pal.


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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:55 am
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ya i agree with him . i dont know of the length of the string makes a big diffrence in the tone .


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lostindesert wrote:
Because of the shorter string lenght on the high E and B strings on
the Voodoo Strat the strings are somewhat easier to bend.
I did own a Voodoo some years ago so i know what i'm talking about.
Differences in sound are harder to detect.


This is a true statement.

I own a Voodoo strat right now, and I can confirm this. For sound differences, there are little if any, because while my strat does not sound like others with it's warm highs and bouncy, distinguished lows, I can't be sure that this isn't attributed to the reverse staggered pickups or the reverse angled bridge pickup.

But the difference in bending strings is self evident. Bending on the G B and high E feels absolutely awesome when compared to a regular headstock on a fretboard of the same radius. I'll never go back to a regular headstock.


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