The Strat thread

CloudNine

Ahh, forgot about this thread. Here is my latest strat shaped acquisition. A Rocketfire. And by god, it's amazing. Best Strat pups have ever heard by miles. Faded Fiesta Red is impossible to photograph. It's actually way more pink when you see it in the flesh:

fretfinder

mattacjones said:

This is my 56 relic. Had it since 2004, so one of the earlier models. 

They've been doing Relics since 1995 I believe...

usedtobe

Cool finish!

Majorscale

Only photo I have of mine, and hindered by reflections, but you get the idea. I love this guitar!

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee121/spkirby/strat.jpg

cm01

Neil said:

Elx said:

Deluxe in Aged Cherry Burst, not in my possession anymore, and I hate myself for selling it...

Obviously recreating Hendrix burning his Strat at Monterey.

Brilliant!

Must be a strat thing cos my boy's not tried this on any of my Gibsons!!... here he is with my Simon Neil Strat that's now kitted out with 2 x humbuckers

p90fool

Me with my only Strat;

http://imageshack.com/a/img829/9833/sf52.jpg

bertie

bazxkr said:

Wow, that is a whole load of gorgeous Strats on show here... I have 5 at the moment...here they are...

Top to bottom...

White Fender 2005 CIJ ST43, USA Fender 2006 LE Diamond 60th anniversary, natural partscaster, white Fender 1997 MIJ Blackmore Sig, black Fender MIM Roland 

Cheers Baz

nice moc's  

ThePrettyDamned

p90fool said:

Me with my only Strat;

http://imageshack.com/a/img829/9833/sf52.jpg

Not a bad guitar, but sadly, word got out and they can't be had for twenty quid anymore...

I always kinda fancied one to shove a new pickup in and just muck around with... And I think they actually look quite cool.  Nice strat

1nten5e

Must be a strat thing cos my boy's not tried this on any of my Gibsons!!... here he is with my Simon Neil Strat that's now kitted out with 2 x humbuckers

If he did that to a Les Paul the headstock would snap off

p90fool

ThePrettyDamned said:

Not a bad guitar, but sadly, word got out and they can't be had for twenty quid anymore...

I always kinda fancied one to shove a new pickup in and just muck around with... And I think they actually look quite cool.  Nice strat

Yeah, all silliness aside, I really like it. The stock pickup is actually ok, I just put a 470pf treble pass cap on the volume control and it really came to life. It actually does country fairly convincingly when you back it off and rocks out pretty well on full volume. Note definition within chords is great even at high gain and the whole thing is nice and lively.

The daft thing is I obviously got it for its novelty looks, but I've only gigged it twice (the pink neck dots get totally lost on stage) but have used it on loads of studio sessions.

I put it in this thread as a bit of a joke tbh, having spent decades playing pre-CBS Fenders, but by any standards it's actually a good, lightweight Strat, and maybe the best 89 quid I ever spent.

Deadman

I'm thinking of refinishing my 84 Tokai. The burst hardly lets any grain show through and I wanna see what the wood's like in any case!

I've been hankering for something surf green for a while so may go that route.

Axe_meister

Question. Why won't my starts twang.
I have three starts.
A) a warmth bling start alder body flame maple top, birds eye maple neck with apache pickups
90s American standard Fender with stock pickups
C) a bitsa start with Texas specials.
They all sound a bit mellow, with no straty twang,
No matter what amp I try.
The only thing I can put it down to is my fingers?

p90fool

Axe_meister said:

Question. Why won't my starts twang.
I have three starts.
A) a warmth bling start alder body flame maple top, birds eye maple neck with apache pickups
90s American standard Fender with stock pickups
C) a bitsa start with Texas specials.
They all sound a bit mellow, with no straty twang,
No matter what amp I try.
The only thing I can put it down to is my fingers?

Forget the Texas Specials, they won't do it, and a lot of US Std pickups are pretty dead too. Apaches have a slightly overwound bridge so that might be too warm too.
Next string change, as an experiment, swap your middle and bridge Apache pickups and see if that gets you there.
No need to unsolder, just literally swap the pickups on the pickguard. Obviously your switch positions will be out and you'll have hot middle pickup, but the pickup that's now in the bridge position will now be a good quality vintage wind and should twang with the best of 'em.

If it doesn't then it's either the amp or your fingers.

p90fool

Having just typed all of the above however, I've just spent the morning playing fairly convincing surf/rockabilly with a Gibson 498T, so maybe it is all about the fingers.

Axe_meister

p90fool;150276" said:

Axe_meister said:

Question. Why won't my starts twang.

I have three starts.

A) a warmth bling start alder body flame maple top, birds eye maple neck with apache pickups

90s American standard Fender with stock pickups

C) a bitsa start with Texas specials.

They all sound a bit mellow, with no straty twang,

No matter what amp I try.

The only thing I can put it down to is my fingers?





Forget the Texas Specials, they won't do it, and a lot of US Std pickups are pretty dead too. Apaches have a slightly overwound bridge so that might be too warm too.

Next string change, as an experiment, swap your middle and bridge Apache pickups and see if that gets you there.

No need to unsolder, just literally swap the pickups on the pickguard. Obviously your switch positions will be out and you'll have hot middle pickup, but the pickup that's now in the bridge position will now be a good quality vintage wind and should twang with the best of 'em.



If it doesn't then it's either the amp or your fingers.

Well my bridge pickup is actually a mule humbucker ;0)

axisus

Here's one I made earlier - 'Mojo' strat. Best strat I've ever played!

randomhandclaps

@axisus - Lovely.  What's the body finished in?

TheOtherDennis

Majorscale said:

Only photo I have of mine, and hindered by reflections, but you get the idea. I love this guitar!

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee121/spkirby/strat.jpg

That's what I was trying to achieve when i did this -

axisus

@randomhandclaps The old finish was burned off, leaving some scorch marks, I used a quick drying satin varnish that I had in the garage (can't recall the brand, but I still have it somewhere), and hand painted the symbols on.

axisus

@Megii Lots of lovely strats here, but yours appeals to me the most.