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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
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just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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.
I've been hankering for something surf green for a while so may go that route.
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?
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.