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Larry Mal wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 19, 2020 8:11 am

Yep. My buddy recently got a Charvel and he started raving at me about how he was tired of playing guitars because he thought they had some hipster cachet to them, so now he has the decidedly uncool brand of Charvel in response.

My first electric was a Japanese Charvel Refinement Strat. It sure looked different. Eventually I got tired of its flashiness and got a sunburst MIM Fender instead. This thread reminded me that its still sitting somewhere in the closet in my childhood home. Looks like this one but without pickup covers (and it's in semi-trashed condition): https://reverb.com/item/25471120-charve ... mber-brown

mbene085 wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:01 pm

sookwinder wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 05, 2020 2:46 pm

isn't it amazing … when we first started OSG this thread most likely would have been flamed by 80% of the members (not me).

Strats are great

For the record, some of us get to have our strats and eat our Offset cake, too.

Old post but thats one of the coolest guitars i've ever seen.

Bought this clear guard, but wont be using it .. The holes don't really line up and dont want to drill extra holes on the body...

Came to me broken too.. Packed with a thin plastic envelope, no padding.

My #1 Fender Strat. Has been refretted & Plekk'd, as well as having a bone nut installed. I installed a set of Fralin Vintage Hots (with a base plate under the bridge pup) years ago as well.

Actually... I love THIS Strat. My workhorse trough the mid 90’s. Wasn’t a fan of the color but it was the only Plus in the store. Fell in love with the golds after a reasonable adjustment period. And, yes, I’m an old timer so I gave it an “outie.” It used to be a thing; ya know.

I never had a yen for a Strat.. Think as a kid I associated em with old geezers.

A mate o mine handed me his £50 catalogue Strat , Couldnt put the thing down.

Had to have one but couldnt keep myself from "Un Strat ing" slightly.

The first guitar I had was a white Squier strat with a defective neck pickup. I've disliked strats ever since but dammit if I'm not GASing for Ira Kaplan's strat lately.

Nudger wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 29, 2021 5:57 am

I never had a yen for a Strat.. Think as a kid I associated em with old geezers.

A mate o mine handed me his £50 catalogue Strat , Couldnt put the thing down.

Had to have one but couldnt keep myself from "Un Strat ing" slightly.

Accidently deleted original image from my imjur account

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9_sGE54wo4

Nothing they can't do, especially with modern pickup options available. Even Tony Iommi used a Strat, and it sounded just like Black Sabbath.

"He stopped using it when a pick-up went during the recording of the ‘Black Sabbath’ album. It was used on the track Wicked World. At that time you couldn’t buy pick-ups. Eventually he swapped it for a saxophone!"

I'm not even a Strat guy, and I have 5-7 of them, depending on how you count "bins full of parts"

I just rejoined the Strat club...

Sounds just like I remember from the last time I had one.



Plays easy, feels great, sounds nice, but ultimately uninspiring. Sorry, strat-bros. I likely won't be staying long.

Well, now that I'm 30 I'm old enough to be a strat guy .

So I got an unexpected NGD in a trade today :



Squier affinity strat, everything stock I believe, the pots need cleaning or upgrading, the pickups are average at best and it has that weird cardboardy feel that some squiers I've played in the past have, but... I think I get strats now. Those inbetween positions are really great for rhythm, Cory Wong was right.

I might have to do some reading on how strat vibratos work, I'd like to get it floating. It feels weird compared to my Jazzmaster trem, but I like the divebombs and flutters.

Anyway, I'm thinking of a red tort pickguard, Y/N ?

Flurko wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 03, 2021 2:08 pm

Anyway, I'm thinking of a red tort pickguard, Y/N ?

dark tort pickguard would be cool. I also really dig an all black strat like yours but with white or cream plastics.

We are in the process of getting our house ready to sell, so here is my stripped down setup with my latest guitar, a parts strat build.

I think I finally want another Stratocaster. It has been years. Are the current Squier Classic Vibe models any good?
I like the blonde 50s model and the Sherwood or BMM 60s model.
Don't want to splurge and get a Fender, since I never end up keeping Strats. Last one I had was an American Special. Didn't even keep it six months. It was a great Strat though. Had the HSS layout.
I want all singles this time.

Then I can get my Faraquet/Medications Devin Ocampo tones on. He is a monster on the Stratocaster. Great tone and lots of wild chords and timings.
Nothing else has that ever so slight natural reverb (from the springs???)

BoringPostcards wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 06, 2021 2:13 pm

I think I finally want another Stratocaster. It has been years. Are the current Squier Classic Vibe models any good?
I like the blonde 50s model and the Sherwood or BMM 60s model.
Don't want to splurge and get a Fender, since I never end up keeping Strats. Last one I had was an American Special. Didn't even keep it six months. It was a great Strat though. Had the HSS layout.
I want all singles this time.

Then I can get my Faraquet/Medications Devin Ocampo tones on. He is a monster on the Stratocaster. Great tone and lots of wild chords and timings.
Nothing else has that ever so slight natural reverb (from the springs???)

i don't know about the current batch of classic vibes, but i had one of the chinese made ones from about 5 years ago and it was VERY good. I think the new ones are made in indonesia but i'm not sure. The one i had was pretty damn flawless. Pickups were great and a step up from the standard mexican fender strats. neck was killer. Only negative was a thin bridge/tremolo block.

I'm stratless now and i am itching to get one. i am eying a cheaper squier also. second hand market is so bare right now. oh well.