Superstrats Preferences

hollywoodrox

thegummy said:

fastonebaz said:

@thegummy I'd wager most people that buy a hard tail do it for ease of tuning.  I know I do. 

I used to think that would be an advantage til I found out on this forum that if you set the trem so it's decked against the body (so you can only go down in pitch with the trem arm) it's just as stable and easy to tune as a hard tail.

Defo recommend that to anyone thinking about getting a hard tail Strat if it's only for tuning stability/ease.

This is a good idea , some top loader superstrats are supposed to be tricky to deck as you need to shim the neck . Earlier mij charvel sand USA charvel look to have a floyd you can deck. And the warren de martini. My pacer wasn’t recessed but I think it was supposed to be difficult to deck . Van halen ones must do as they usually are made for that plus A D tuna

hollywoodrox

22 or 24 , bolt on or through . Pref dive only floyd or 2 point fender Gotoh style trem. Although I do have a-lime green san dimas ht

professorben

24 fret, Bolt on Wizard neck, Lo-Pro Edge Trem....

Hmmm yep it’s an RG570, 550 at a push. 

PolarityMan

HSH

Bennyboy-UK

hmmmm, I'm happy with all of my super strats of any configuration, but just to be obtuse...

27 frets, bolt on, HS pickups, Schaller FR

(BTW are we calling set neck through necks for the purposes of this - or are set necks just not allowed?)

hollywoodrox

Stephens extended cutaway always appealed on Nino guitars and parallax 

Danny1969

Bolt on neck but Gibson scale length. 24 frets and a Wilks trem that only goes down and a roller nut. Pickups are HsH and only one volume control and a kill switch ... no tones. Superstrat must have loud eye catching paint job 

Cols

Bolt-on with Stephens Extended Cutaway, 22 frets and a Floyd

guitarfishbay

Don’t mind
Don’t mind
Evertune

octatonic

ICBM said:

22 fret bolt-on, trem but preferably not Floyd.

Same here.
Ideally with the new Anderson neck join.

skunkwerx

24 or 22, not fussed so much at the moment. 

Preferably a string thru body. 

I'd choose neck thru. 

Funnily enough I have a 24 fret neck thru with floyd on order.... 

sweepy

octatonic said:

ICBM said:

22 fret bolt-on, trem but preferably not Floyd.

Same here.
Ideally with the new Anderson neck join.

That neck joint is a beautifully elegant solution

skullfunkerry

22 or 24 frets for me, given the choice though I'd prefer 24. Bolt on or set neck doesn't matter. Generally Floyd, but I like a hardtail as well. Two humbuckers, not worried about single coils or coil taps. Also, it needs to look cool: reverse headstock if possible

skullfunkerry

sweepy said:

octatonic said:

ICBM said:

22 fret bolt-on, trem but preferably not Floyd.

Same here.
Ideally with the new Anderson neck join.

That neck joint is a beautifully elegant solution

I played a Schecter C-6 Pro yesterday and it had the best top fret access of any bolt on guitar I've ever played; very impressive 

WildWayz

Such a hard choice....

I think there's a place for all combos. I have a Fujigen Odyssey which is a 22 fret guitar with a tremelo - it's insanely good. I also love my Harley Benton Fusion Pro with 24 frets and a floating trem. That guitar stays in tune better than my double-locking guitar! Could be the roasted maple neck? I also have a 22 fret Yamaha Pacifica with hard tail. Only got bolt on necks apart from my Gordon Smith which is a set neck. For me, how the neck is attached makes no noticable difference if the bolt on is as tight as a nut.

Jalapeno

This one .....

Daiganzen

So Preference is

Thru Neck

Floyd

24 frets

also having high gain Bridge and lower gain Neck (More PAF that anything)

Tenebrous

Jalapeno said:

This one .....

That's pretty cool, but why does it have two strap buttons on the bottom?

JMP220478

I see superstrats as a strat style guitar with a standout feature(s) or character - easily distinguishable ifrom a nice HSS strat 

ESP Lynch Kamikaze ; Jem Vai ;Peavey Vandenberg; Hamer Steve Stevens ; Charvel Govan ; Carvin Becker ; Satch JS ; Eddies early strats ; N4 ; Valley Arts ; Tyler Huff   As examples 

In the late 80’s I had a Gordy ash strat stained finish genuine floyd single  emg 81 vol pot only ; these days gassing for a Tyler Burning Water ..  

clarkefan

Bolt on maple neck and fretboard, 22 jumbo frets
One humbucker bridge pickup, no neck pickup
Single 500k volume, no tone controls
Dive-only Gotoh Floyd