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But, and it's a big but, I don't wanna... I want John Lennon's nasty "direct to console" tone from Revolution and a lot of his solo work. So I have the JHS Crayon. I want the super Lo-Fi "Garage/Indie" silvertone tone like you might hear from early White Stripes. So I have the JHS twin twelve. I could go on about Link Wray/Southern Culture on the Skids needing tremolo (not on my amp), or my bizzare infatuation with Octave fuzz. And I haven't even broached the subject of making my guitar sound like other guitars. The MFD pickup is super "flat". A perfect platform to scoop, boost mids, drop bass, etc. I'm glad you love your rig. I love mine too. But I am inspired by different tones. I play differently. I "create" different riffs and melodies. And I can do it with 1 guitar, 1 amp, and 4 or 5 pedals. And those 4 or 5 pedals don't just color my tone. They transform it. No hostility here. We just like different things. I've got 9's on my Bluesboy. On the guitar I use for Elmore James style dirty slide stuff I use 12 flats. It's all good, and I will never limit my choices despite my belief in the vital ideal of having "one great tone direct from the amp" on tap. I remember reading a Paul Simon interview where he was asked if learning all the music theory later in life "hurt" his folk roots. Best answer ever: Simple is always an option...
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I think the neck and overall playability are a bigger deal for me than any specific tone right now, I don't want a slim neck. I LOVED that MIM tele deluxe neck. |
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I love my Strats and I've never had the OP's issue with playing them. Oddly enough, the only guitar that's given me problems like that is a Les Paul Junior Special - I am constantly hitting the pickup selector up to the neck pickup position in the middle of a song. Embarrassing. Next time I use it I'm going to lengthen the strap a bit and see if that helps.
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That's a great idea! Still don't have my head around the level of tinkering that goes on with electrics. Some guy coming by to buy my Strat at 4:00 today (hopefully) and new guitar coming on Thursday. Hope I don't regret it.
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I agree that quality pedals can totally change your tone and help one guitar sound like another. With a good compressor (including attack and release controls) an excellent parametric eq and a noise gate, I can get most of my guitars, strat included, to sound like my tele (even on the bridge pickup), my "thunky" 1961 PAF-equiped ES-175D, or even my 1980 Ibanez AS200. For those wondering about the noise gate I use it to accelerate note decay to mimic the PAF jazz sound - very useful if I don't want to play my 175 in a less than 100% safe venue.
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I typically use Super Strats, many of which have a master volume and tone that are out of the way. |
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OTOH you have a player like Jeff Beck, who is using his right hand to pluck strings, operate the trem and operate the pickup selector AND volume AND tone controls...all at the same time. He would probably tell you that they're positioned perfectly. Of course, he is an alien...
Watch 'Jeff Beck live at Ronnie Scott's' if you haven't already...a great primer on R-hand technique on a Strat.
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It is amazing. That said, I'm no Jeff Beck. |
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Wow! What is it? Beautiful flamed maple.
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Ibanez AZ 2204f. At the moment, the flame top and trans blue model like mine has been discontinued. They still offer 2-3 solid colors as well as a rosewood fretboard model with a 9.5-12" compound radius with vintage voiced pickups and a decked trem. They also just released a 7 string with this pickup config, which might be the first HSS 7 string on the market.
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I put together a Warmoth Strat last year, my first Strat after playing for over 50 years. Right way, the volume knob placement pretty much bummed me out. I decided to buy another pickguard, without the control holes in it, and move everything slightly further away. Still haven’t done it, (and have gotten more used to minding the volume location), but still plan on it. Without changing the routing any, I think you could get at least 3/8 inch more space between the bridge and the volume control, which would be quite an improvement. By going with smaller pots (say Bournes conductive polymer style) you could gain about an inch and have better pots too.
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Well, at last an update to the story. The Strat has been sold for a good price to a good guy. The replacement I found locally at Guitar Showcase. Getting to know one another, but the ergonomics are great!
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