The lipstick strat saga...

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Re: The lipstick strat saga...

Post by Paco » Mon Jun 28, 2021 5:37 pm

Maggieo wrote:
Sat Jun 26, 2021 2:53 pm
Paco wrote:
Sat Jun 26, 2021 12:32 pm



OMG! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*

That is a perfect photo. Your cat looks like my beloved cat, Scooter (RIP). And the Strat is amazing.

Thanks Maggie! That's Azul, she's the sweetest cat on earth. I'm sure Scooter was like that too!

I'm reeeeeally enjoying this strat. I even feel kind of guilty, being an offset guy and all... ::)

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Re: The lipstick strat saga...

Post by AMILCAR » Thu Jul 08, 2021 2:45 pm

regarding "warm and cool " ,indeed it has the best recorded guitar tone in history ... however it predates Verlaines lipstick Strat ,that came about in 1998 or so ... he used lots of lipstick loaded guitars since the seventies ... in "Warm and cool " he used a variety of guitars : a Vox teardrop ,a Kustom ,a Strat ,but he gets his signature sound with whatever hes playng ...look for an interview with guitar plauer magazine from 2007 ,i dont have it near me ... if you want to hear exclusively his Strat with lipsticks please listen to " music for experimental films " its a DVD fron Kino records ,unbelievebly good

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Re: The lipstick strat saga...

Post by MC5tooge » Fri Jul 23, 2021 4:16 am

Pots are something else to be aware of.
Danelectros use 1 meg volume 100k tone.
My JM/Lipstick strat hybrid is wired with that configuration for the middle lipstick and it is plenty bright enough. Considered a 250K tone pot but it really doesn't need to be brighter.

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Re: The lipstick strat saga...

Post by BTL » Fri Jul 23, 2021 10:31 am

That looks great, and I love lipsticks...congrats!
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