Stratocaster appreciation thread

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[RyanR]

I'm a big fan of the strat. Such an expressive guitar. What I like most about them is that they really respond to the player. The note blooms as the attack increases and vice versa. They really seem to come alive though a cranked amp. I've played them all my guitar playing life (20 years or so) and I can't see ever not owning one. I get the generic sounding argument; I do think that you have to work a bit more to get a good sound from a strat. Here's my AVRI '62:

[electric12]

The more I read in this forum, the biggerf freak I felt, but now I can come clean and say 'Itoo love Strats (within reason)'.
I got my first in 1984- alright it was a Tokai one, but it was brilliant, so much more what I needed than my other guitar at the time (a now sadly long-gone '78 Ibanez Artist ).
Then I fell in love with the pink paisley ones that came out later in the 80s, and in 1993 I finally got one.
Then, just before Xmas I found a second-hand 2004 USA Strat that had been modded with a SD JB at the bridge and Fernandes Sustainer- always fancied something like that; I have an Ebow, but sustained chords and all that ambient stuff... so I bought it (at a very good price due to the modding). So I'm giving this latest one a while to see how I get on with the Sustainer. If I don't like it, it'll be reverting to being a strat again.
Anyway, here they are:

My Tokai (not original colour!)- the Roland GK pickup has been removed.

80's Japanese Paisley Strat... mmmmm


My latest... photo from the seller's ad.

[rickenmetal]

This thread is getting better, the red one and paisley one are nice, but the thread started out really bad, I don't see why there were pics of a really nice white Jag and a really cool Explorer, takes all the attention away.

Strats are o.k. and can be better if you mess with the electronics.

[electric12]

Strats are o.k. and can be better if you mess with the electronics.

Yes- my Tokai has a switch for introducing the neck pickup into the circuit so I can have neck+bridge and neck+bridge+middle selections. There is also a swich that knocks the middle pickup out of phase which adds a loadof other tones. The paisley one has the neck pickup switching option as well.

Whaddya mean- you don't like the Tokai?!

[boss302bass]

Just finished this tonite...A Saloondoor Guitars Strat in Dakota Red nitro, Fralin Blues 57 p/ups, 250K CTS pots and a 0.047 PIO cap...
I'm a bassplayer normally, but I really love the sound and feel of a strat through any valve amp. They are simply great.

[Pacafeliz]

the other day i picked up my old '71-'73 parts mustang, now finally with some '73 pups in it. i put a nice RS tone kit in there and the thing just came ALIVE i tell you. i couldn't put it down for 2 hours or so (until the wife came in and gave me that look...).
action is really low but just right. i have 10s on it now but i'm really fancying with the idea of trying 11s now. i only use 11s on the shorter scales, right now.

(old pic, i'll snap a better one later today)

as for the black/black lovers i have ONE recommendation that WILL change yer life and cure that GAS:

'83 Squier SQ-series Stratocaster. all 70s appointments (except for stock 5-way switch), but without the heaviness. they still can be found on ebay for $300-600 or so. DO IT. this was my main giggin/recording axe for many years. i also have a white/cream one of the same series.



1st (well 2nd, technically, after the JV series that were made some months before) generation MIJ squiers. no complaints or hassles.
dew it.




i was a 100% strat man for many many years. and then i joined here...

Pat.

[spinman]

This man:

(Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro)

did a lot to make me rethink strats. I kinda pushed them aside as the guitar EVERYONE had, whether it was a knock-off or a real Fender. And I always wanted a humbucker in a guitar before, but now I have to say there's not many tones I like more than the 4th position, with the middle and bridge pickups out of phase with each other (i think thats the term).

Totally with you on this... Thus as i type i am in the middle of a lace sensor strat project, just waiting on the tort...

[Ti-Ron]

I'm a Strat fan too! Not for the look but for the comfy body and neck! I have a CIJ '62 RI and it's probably the best guita I ever had!
THere's something nice with those, the quacky sound! Still love it even with distortion!

Here's a pic:


I have to admit I really love the 70' with the big headstock on a maple board, maybe someday!

[Alex A.]

My Tokai (not original colour!)- the Roland GK pickup has been removed.

Man, that's awesome. Just craft paint? I wish the Billy Corgan Strat would have looked like this.

[mezcalhead]

Strat-player respect thread here:

http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/vie ... =13&t=1163






My own strat:

[slavemaster]

Strat-player respect thread here:

http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/vie ... =13&t=1163






My own strat:

That is beautiful!

[garyptaszek]

my dirty Strat...

[crazyzeke]

I'm a Strat fan too! Not for the look but for the comfy body and neck! I have a CIJ '62 RI and it's probably the best guita I ever had!
THere's something nice with those, the quacky sound! Still love it even with distortion!

Here's a pic:


I have to admit I really love the 70' with the big headstock on a maple board, maybe someday!

That's a CIJ? No shit. The workmanship looks so good I thought it was an AVRI or something. I love CIJs but most of the sunbursts look awful, including the one on my main guitar. This is a beaut though, perfect looking in all respects! You got the stock pickups in there?

[crazyzeke]

Oh incidentally... short scale (24") Strats with 22 frets, do these exist? If so I want in!