all of the sudden i love strats

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Re: all of the sudden i love strats

Post by smjenkins » Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:38 pm

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You're welcome.
Seriously, thanks- it looks a little crude now, that pickguard doesn't really fit right and the fake ass aged copper output jack looks pretty dumb, but once I start sinking money into it it'll look sharp and I'll really like it.

I honestly had no idea what would make me like it until you suggested that.
It's big, stupid and 70s. What's there to hate? (Other than the weight.)
Brass tuners to match, or at least gold ones?

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Re: all of the sudden i love strats

Post by Larry Mal » Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:42 pm

smjenkins wrote:
Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:38 pm
Jonesie wrote:
Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:10 pm
Larry Mal wrote:
Tue Jul 27, 2021 5:58 pm


Seriously, thanks- it looks a little crude now, that pickguard doesn't really fit right and the fake ass aged copper output jack looks pretty dumb, but once I start sinking money into it it'll look sharp and I'll really like it.

I honestly had no idea what would make me like it until you suggested that.
It's big, stupid and 70s. What's there to hate? (Other than the weight.)
Brass tuners to match, or at least gold ones?
Yeah, I probably will get around to that... and gold string trees, I guess, while I'm at it.

I sank a lot of money into it already, so it'll just have to be what you see for a bit. It plays good, and sounds great... I can play dress up dolls later.
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Re: all of the sudden i love strats

Post by WillPhistre » Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:59 pm

fever606 wrote:
Tue Jul 27, 2021 6:49 am
Accidental office guitar...

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Never thought of myself as a guy that would own a white guitar, or a Strat, but here we are. The roasted maple neck from the Vintera 70s Mod Strat is soooo nice...
That's super rad! Is that an Ed 'O Brien body?

Hey, I just grabbed a Road Worn 50's Vintera that I absolutely adore (it smells amazing), but I'm not a fan of the frets or the 7.5 radius — the low E falls off the fretboard with almost no effort. I've had it set up and everything but it's still annoying me. Don't know if it's because of the "road-worn-ness" or what.

I was thinking about grabbing one of those roasted maple necks, as it has a 9.5 radius, bigger frets, and the big dumb headstock for which I am an absolute simp. Any regrets about that purchase? Are the frets good? Talk me into it.
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Re: all of the sudden i love strats

Post by WillPhistre » Wed Jul 28, 2021 4:02 pm

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Here's mine for reference.

(PS Is there another way to post an image on this site without using imgur? I'm an infrequent poster)

https://imgur.com/eludRLK
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Re: all of the sudden i love strats

Post by countertext » Wed Jul 28, 2021 9:25 pm

WillPhistre wrote:
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Here's mine for reference.

(PS Is there another way to post an image on this site without using imgur? I'm an infrequent poster)

https://imgur.com/eludRLK
Right-click the image in imgur and choose “copy image”. It copies the real home url for the image. Then put that in the /img tags.

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Re: all of the sudden i love strats

Post by fever606 » Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:02 am

WillPhistre wrote:
Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:59 pm
That's super rad! Is that an Ed 'O Brien body?
Yep! I'm not a Radiohead fanboy, but the setup on this thing - with the Sustainer and bridge humbucker - was too good to pass on. I managed to scoop the loaded body from Reverb for a very good price, which worked out great because...
I was thinking about grabbing one of those roasted maple necks, as it has a 9.5 radius, bigger frets, and the big dumb headstock for which I am an absolute simp. Any regrets about that purchase? Are the frets good? Talk me into it.
I'm a huge fan of the CBS headstock and roasted maple necks in general, and I don't have a bad thing to say about this one. It's gorgeous in person, the frets are nice and it played great straight out of the box. I thought I might have to bust out the nut files, but strung it up with 11s and it's just super.

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Re: all of the sudden i love strats

Post by WillPhistre » Thu Jul 29, 2021 9:40 am

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Right-click the image in imgur and choose “copy image”. It copies the real home url for the image. Then put that in the /img tags.

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It worked! Thanks. Looks like it just adds ".jpg" to the imgur link. I'll try to remember that!

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Re: all of the sudden i love strats

Post by WillPhistre » Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:24 am

fever606 wrote:
Thu Jul 29, 2021 7:02 am
WillPhistre wrote:
Wed Jul 28, 2021 3:59 pm
That's super rad! Is that an Ed 'O Brien body?
Yep! I'm not a Radiohead fanboy, but the setup on this thing - with the Sustainer and bridge humbucker - was too good to pass on. I managed to scoop the loaded body from Reverb for a very good price, which worked out great because...
I was thinking about grabbing one of those roasted maple necks, as it has a 9.5 radius, bigger frets, and the big dumb headstock for which I am an absolute simp. Any regrets about that purchase? Are the frets good? Talk me into it.
I'm a huge fan of the CBS headstock and roasted maple necks in general, and I don't have a bad thing to say about this one. It's gorgeous in person, the frets are nice and it played great straight out of the box. I thought I might have to bust out the nut files, but strung it up with 11s and it's just super.
Excellent, that's great to hear. No problem with the neck heel fitting or screws lining up?

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Re: all of the sudden i love strats

Post by smjenkins » Thu Jul 29, 2021 5:42 pm

WillPhistre wrote:
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I love this photo so much! :-* :-* :-*

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Re: all of the sudden i love strats

Post by WillPhistre » Thu Jul 29, 2021 5:49 pm

smjenkins wrote:
Thu Jul 29, 2021 5:42 pm
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I love this photo so much! :-* :-* :-*
Thanks! That was our old bathroom.

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Re: all of the sudden i love strats

Post by sookwinder » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:08 am

I saw this on the interwebz years ago...

SYMPATHY FOR THE STRATOCASTER
Please allow me to introduce myself
I’m an axe of style and taste
I’ve been around more than fifty years now
And I sleep in a tweed case.

And I was ’round when Holly said he'd not fade away
That boy burned with a fierce light
But I'm still here today

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name

I'm made in a factory
But there are no two the same
I stuck around Monterey
When I saw it was a time for a change
Jimi played a set, he was on fire
And then he did the same to me
The audience screamed with joy

At his great knack for sustained feedback
And the crowd went wild
For his sense of style

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
You can retrofit me
But I still remain the same, oh yeah

I watched with glee while your Gibson fans
Kept shifting over
In their loyalty
People always asked
What made them change their brand?
When after all It was little old me

Let me please introduce myself
I am the one who set them free
The multitude of troubadours who chose
My contours and the pickups three
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah

Sometimes I'm clean and mean
Sometimes I just go insane
Just as a man who cannot speak
Can pick me up an learn to sing
And as he wails
Calls out "Stratocaster!"
’cause I’m in need of some restraint
So if you meet me, you will realize
Have some empathy, and some taste
Use all the talents you possess
And you'll be Stratocasterized

Pleased to meet you
Now you know my name, um yeah
Born in '54 since then
The world's never been the same
Woo, who
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Re: all of the sudden i love strats

Post by JVG » Fri Jul 30, 2021 3:59 am

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Skippy And Scooter, January, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr
i love that cat so much. Could not be any cuter.

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Re: all of the sudden i love strats

Post by Maggieo » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:50 am

JVG wrote:
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Maggieo wrote:
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Skippy And Scooter, January, 2010 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr
i love that cat so much. Could not be any cuter.
As we used to say, "None cuter than Scooter."
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Re: all of the sudden i love strats

Post by smjenkins » Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:09 am

Maggieo wrote:
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As we used to say, "None cuter than Scooter."
That's a cat campaign slogan!

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Post by Maggieo » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:12 pm

smjenkins wrote:
Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:09 am
Maggieo wrote:
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As we used to say, "None cuter than Scooter."
That's a cat campaign slogan!
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Scooter, May 09, 2016 by Maggie Osterberg, on Flickr

"I'm Scooter, and I approve this message."
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