What alternatives to fender strats ?

Winny_Pooh

Bellycaster

I know I plug this company a lot on here, they make damn fine Guitars, that's why.

The Ruokangas VSOP has a slimmer "waist", slightly more rounded on the bottom and a tad offset on the bottom too. They have a nice curvier appeal to them, but still essentially a Strat.

SSS Type (Random Net Pic)



My HSS Type.

https://i.imgur.com/3p1slOP.jpg

Download the Ruokangas "Guitar Builder" for your PC, lots of fun, but get your wife to change your Password on your online Banking first

mikeyrob73

PFAllen2 said:

fastonebaz said:

..like Brian Adam's guitarist...

Keith Scott, excellent player.

Look at the Levinson Blade in the classifieds.

Yup this 

thegummy

Sassafras said:

Not wearing slippers on stage might help.

Combat shorts and Crocs

Voxman

fastonebaz said:

I won't lie,  I detest the way most fender strats look,  and how they make me look like a boring dopey be-slippered dad when I hold one,  like Brian Adam's guitarist.  However,  I can't deny they have a nice chimey twang sometimes. 

What alternatives to the boring fender strat are there that have great build quality,  fast necks and look exciting without a floyd rose trem, but are still S S S?

Im also a boring dopey beslippered dad ...but I look like that with any guitar, not just Strats. Personally, I think Strats are not boring at all and are the most iconic and sexiest looking guitars ever made.  If you can't look cool with a Strat I think you probably need to change your brand of slippers!    

Brad

fastonebaz said:

What alternatives to the boring fender strat are there that have great build quality,  fast necks and look exciting without a floyd rose trem, but are still S S S?

I highly recommend checking out a Vigier Expert. Aesthetics can divide opinion, but I had a Special (HSH) a number of years ago and the neck was just ridiculous and flawless build quality. They also do an Ultra Blues which is HSS.

grungebob

https://www.richtonemusic.co.uk/product/framus-d-series-diablo-pro-guitar-nirvana-black/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiOr-k4K65QIVyYKyCh053wzYEAQYASABEgK6e_D_BwE

These are really good

BeardyAndy

If you're worried about what other people think then 90% of the people watching will think any Strat like guitar is a Fender, it's only the players that will know that your actually playing a Grey Emperor in grabber orange nitro with Bare Knuckle pickups!

sweepy

Suhr or Anderson would fit the bill

tony99

Voxman said:

 Personally, I think Strats are not boring at all and are the most iconic and sexiest looking guitars ever made. 

By far I think.

johnhe

Slagging Keith Scott, who is one of the worlds greatest guitarists imo, is a bad way to word a post. If you looked or sounded just a fraction as good a Keith Scott, you’d be lucky.

tony99

chill out Keith

fastonebaz

I'm aiming for the whole Satchel vibe rather than Keith.  

I think it needs to be:

flamed maple cap or veneer
Hard tail
24.75 scale
Jumbo frets
SSS
Pointy

Hmm

JMP220478

James Tyler Burning Water or other exotic schmeer finishes
  MM Silhouette Special - smaller format and superb builds 

hollywoodrox

Charvel model 1 sss . Other super starts with coil split 

TTBZ

fastonebaz said:

I'm aiming for the whole Satchel vibe rather than Keith.  

I think it needs to be:

flamed maple cap or veneer
Hard tail
24.75 scale
Jumbo frets
SSS
Pointy

Hmm

Tom Anderson if you want 24.75 scale.

Dominic

Music Man Luke 3 or Albert Lee or Silhouette
Did I say Musician ?

guitargeek62

With that spec I’d start with Music-Man, then try Ibanez AZs, Blade, Suhr, Anderson etc to suit.

Did we figure out a budget?

My money for a strat-that’s-not-a-strat would absolutely go on a Silver Sky though. They sound and feel phenomenal, and I quite like the look too.

TTBZ

Musicman Luke 3 is awesome. Kinda meh looking to me but such a nice guitar to play and sound great too.

Trude

Gibson S1 or Supro Hampton would be my choice