The Stratocaster appreciation thread.

[Harry Hughes]

I never got the whole "60 Hz hum is part of the strat sound" thing. Noiseless single coils have come a long way since the 80s, in a blind test I bet most people couldn't tell the difference between the Seymour Duncan Classic Stacks and "vintage correct" non hum canceling pickups. And even if there is a difference it's obvious which option is more studio friendly anyway.

 

[Nitsuj]

there is some truth in what u just said. i can only relate my experience with noiseless pickups like emgs on strats. They may be dead silent but it doesnt feel like i'm playing a single coil strat.

 

[Line666]

buy a road worn strat. they are already beat up!!

http://guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fender-RoadWorn-60s-Stratocaster-Electric-Guitar?sku=526796

I'm not paying extra for something I could do myself and would thoroughly enjoy doing anyway!

 

[Metal Overload]

Mosvalve rules!! i use it with my sansamp and g major (you can see those between my legs, haha).

I got you Marcus, i also don´t like the looks too much, i dont like black or red strats, i dont like white pickguards, i love sunburst tones, natural finishes, bone white etc. i fucking love road worn, im thinking of doing all the vintage and road worn process with the help of a friend (he did an amazing job with his jazz bass) vintage white pup covers and knobs.

Mike your strats rules!!, i thought you just have one!, my favorite is tha black one.

About pickups, yeah i never thought of the emgs because i know it isn´t what i looking for, i play a lot of gilmour stuff, but i think i can do it anyways, i think maybe Tex-Mex is a really good option.

ricramer is right, Strats are really smooth and thats what i like, they play like a dream, neck pickup rules!! haha.

I gotta check those lindy fralins, thanks Nitsuj

 

[grywolf627]

I realllly miss my Strat. 1997 American Strat Deluxe Plus, Fender-Floyd bridge, roller nut, Schaller locking tuners, Lace Sensor pickups. Siggggh. It looked beautiful, and played even more beautifully. And with those Lace Sensors (red-bridge, silver-middle, blue-neck), it could easily go from metal to Eric Johnson to SRV with no problems.

But, I sold it to get my Hellraiser. I don't regret it, I just wish I could have BOTH.

 

[Ironbird666]

Mosvalve rules!! i use it with my sansamp and g major (you can see those between my legs, haha).

I got you Marcus, i also don´t like the looks too much, i dont like black or red strats, i dont like white pickguards, i love sunburst tones, natural finishes, bone white etc. i fucking love road worn, im thinking of doing all the vintage and road worn process with the help of a friend (he did an amazing job with his jazz bass) vintage white pup covers and knobs.

Mike your strats rules!!, i thought you just have one!, my favorite is tha black one.

About pickups, yeah i never thought of the emgs because i know it isn´t what i looking for, i play a lot of gilmour stuff, but i think i can do it anyways, i think maybe Tex-Mex is a really good option.

riclaimer is right, Strats are really smooth and thats what i like, they play like a dream, neck pickup rules!! haha.

A friend of mine has a natural finished Ash Strat with a white pearl pickguard that looks really nice. I was sceptical about a white pearl pickguard at first but it ended up looking pretty nice. I'll see if he can send me some gear porn so I can post it up later. Oh yeah, it sounds and plays awesome as well. I'm going grab my Strat right now!! LOL

 

[006]

I think today will be a Strat jam day when I get home. Bust out some old blues stuff and whatnot

 

[Rex Rocker]

I really dig those black Charvel SoCals that they came up with recently. I also like the Iron Maiden Jackson.

 

[ze kink]

To me, Strats are meh. These are my thing:

I also dig Jaguars and Teles. Strats I've just never gotten along with very well.

 

[Carcass29]

My 88' MIA

 

[006]

I really dig those black Charvel SoCals that they came up with recently. I also like the Iron Maiden Jackson.

Kyle (Bloodjinn on here) uses, and loves the fuck out of, the Charvel SoCal models. He gets pretty sick guitar sounds too, tuned to like Zb or something...

 

[006]

To me it's really about how it makes you think different.
I mean, no surprise, most of what I play is metal, so I'm usually rocking a 7 string Ibanez with smooth neck hell, 24 jumbo frets, twin humbuckers.
As soon as I pick up a strat, I'm thinking everything except metal and I'm not thinking in terms of soloing high up the neck. I'm thinking pretty chord voicings and digging in real hard with the picking to take advantage of the attack you can get only with single coils.

This, fo sho. I love mine because they definitely bring out totally different things, inspiration that my HellRaiser C7 or Gibson Explorer just can't bring because... well... they aren't Strats Also, Strats sound amazing clean always, and sweeping on the neck single > hummer in the neck.

Oh, I do hate the 6 screw trem however. Always like the twin point Fender trem much better, so much more stable.

This, however, I can't agree with. Personally, I don't use the trem for up and down motion, dive-only. The good thing is that the 6-screw vintage trem design allows you to crank down the claw screws so that the bridge is all the way down to the body. This way I can can do SRV style chord whammy and when I let go it's always back to tune like it should be. In my case anyway... If you prefer a more floating trem then yeah, the 2-point is better for that. Horses for courses...

 

[colonel kurtz]

I gotta admit that i hated this guitars (just because aren´t good for Metal)

tell that to karl sanders

dude used a yellow strat for about 1/2 of nile's set when i saw them back in 02

 

[Metal Overload]

tell that to karl sanders

dude used a yellow strat for about 1/2 of nile's set when i saw them back in 02

And John Tardy.

I think Strats are pretty good for Thrash metal and Heavy Metal, but i rather use another guitar for heavy tones.

 

[Toni S.]

I prefer Charvel SoCals and Fender Tele's over the traditional strat, though I still like that quite alot.

 

[Ironbird666]

And John Tardy.

I think Strats are pretty good for Thrash metal and Heavy Metal, but i rather use another guitar for heavy tones.

Trevor Peres, John Tardy is the vocalist.

 

[Harry Hughes]

The Socals are more of a superstrat anyway to be honest. Jumbo frets, compound radius fretboard and all that, not exactly "stratty".

 

[Harry Hughes]

tell that to karl sanders

dude used a yellow strat for about 1/2 of nile's set when i saw them back in 02

I think what he meant was that a triple single coil equipped guitar isn't the best tool in the box for extreme metal and admittedly, with 60 cycle hum to battle when you've got all that gain and what can turn into ice pick highs very quickly at that gain levels, it isn't really.
But of course a strat with bucker in the bridge and a body wood to help give it beef, different story altogether and quite suitable for stuff like Nile or just extreme metal in general.

 

[Metal Overload]

Trevor Peres, John Tardy is the vocalist.

haha, yeah, well im not good with names haha, but, the Obituary guy. thanks for the correction!

 

[Ironbird666]

No problem dude, as soon as I hear Strat + Metal I think of Obituary!!