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I have been through the exact thing - played a Strat for years and years and played everything on it and didn't bat an eyelid.
Then LP's came into my life and the Strat seemed to fall out of favour, LP's for rock etc are so much easier, the sustain and less fightback feeling just make them an easier ride..
I still have a few Strats that will never leave me but I find the fight more hassle than what its worth.
The only one that still gives me the shivers is an old JV but I take it out on a gig, play it for 1 song and then think, nah sounds too plinky and back on the stand it goes and old faithful LP comes out for the rest of the gig!!
I think a Strat is a guitar you would have to work at to get back into after LP's.
I'd love to play one exclusively again, all the players/tones I like are Strat based just can't be arsed to do the fight!!!
Try it an Eb, that works for me sometimes - I'm sure they sound and play/respond better in Eb
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I don't know why I got a couple of LOLs for this.
I'm only stating the truth.
Still, it's you that have to live with your blissful ignorance.
Totally agree, I played a Strat for years too but mostly in original bands, the stuff we're covering in my current band just doesn't seem to suit it, or maybe I'm just used to setting everything up for Les Pauls now. Funnily though a Jag or a tele works well
(Before someone makes the obvious point, I know purists will argue that a Gibson scale guitar won't sound like a Strat anyway, but I'm confident it will be close enough for me).
Some would say we have seen the light, my old man however calls me a traitor and heathen.
I never liked traditional strats but I like the weight and comfort so I set about making a set neck style one that I really like, it's a prototype to see if people like it and to cater for the lp player who likes a bigger vintage style neck
It's all limba with a rosewood board
It has a split coil paf in the bridge and 2 singles
I did 2 volumes and a master tone so you can roll the paf vol down to match the singles then roll up for lead or rock tones
I thought about doing gibbo scale but I already have all of them covered and I've just finished a Lp special style in tv yellow
(formerly customkits)
In comparison, pick up a Les Paul and it sounds like a sledghammer to me.
Part of the trick with a Strat, is setting the amp to suit the guitar. If you optimise amp settings for an LP - a Strat will sound 'small' and weak if you plug in directly after, without changing anything. Even on clean sounds, you need more gain, less treble and presence and more mids and bass. A Strat can sound huge if it's eq'd properly.