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01-07-2013, 05:44 PM
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$90 Strat vs. $1000 Strat
Can you hear a difference?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrWJdw4L5Gw Edit; this thread is not a dismissal of the better build of the US Strat, but a discussion of how a cheaper strat can be used and where it emulates the higher quality big brother. Last edited by Davis Webb; 03-05-2013 at 12:13 PM. 
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01-07-2013, 07:27 PM
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I hear VERY noticable difference. The Bullet is muddy sounding and lacks clarity compared to the USA strat. Much more BITE on the USA. But most of this can be atributed to the pickups really.
If a person can`t hear the difference those are the what I like to call the blessed tone deaf people. They can get by buying cheap guitars especially acoustics as they can`t hear the difference. For me not so much. Over time I have spent alot of money searching for that TONE! 
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01-07-2013, 07:44 PM
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The american blew the squier away. I played a Squier strat and upgraded it to beyond American specs so I don't knock Squiers usually but in this case the American sounds far better. With a pickup/electronic change I know the difference would be smaller but even with identical pickups the playability was always better on my American than my Squier.
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01-07-2013, 10:08 PM
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Not too much a difference in tone.
Squier sounded out of tune...strat itis, perhaps. Standard had a bit more "bite." Which one played better?
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01-08-2013, 04:10 AM
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Post deleted.
Last edited by Guest 429; 02-15-2013 at 05:16 AM.
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01-08-2013, 07:02 AM
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I heard a slight difference with distortion.
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01-08-2013, 07:21 AM
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Interesting. I like to hear the diversity of opinions. We all have a different ear.
How about this one? This is the classic vibe you were talking about. Jack Thammarat, mondo Thai guitarist takes the pup out for a stroll. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gaP7ckFXTA I like the feel and build of the American Strat and I am certain that its got better components. But the Squier does have a sound of its own. And shockingly close to the US version. Indonesia may not be a bad place to get a guitar built after all.
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01-08-2013, 11:54 AM
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01-08-2013, 12:43 PM
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With all that goes into an electric (pickups, electronics, cable, amp, pedals) I don't think the sound would be what you noticed. It is about the playability, tuning stability, and the overall performance of the various hardware.
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01-08-2013, 12:48 PM
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Quote:
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01-08-2013, 12:50 PM
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There is no question that a really good low-line guitar can often sound similar to an average or less higher-line guitar. I would maintain that the particular sounds chosen by the author of the video were about the best ones to emphasize the similarity of the two guitars. However, when you get into the 1, 2 and 4 positions you begin to encounter the big differences between Strat sounds - the degrees of "quack," "latex," "glass," and "ice pick" really vary from guitar to guitar and line to line. One sound that is missing from the video is a pretty well gained-up sound. Playing the guitars that way will rather quickly reveal any shortcomings in the noise-rejection capabilities of the two.
But besides that, a guitar is defined by more than its sound - it is defined by a combination of feel, sound, and what it brings out of the player. When I last went Strat shopping I wanted really badly to believe that the only difference between the inexpensive Strats and the American-built Strats was point of origin but I didn't discover that at all. Between feel, sound, build quality, and finish, there were lots of things that steered me up to the American Standard series. Bob
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