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Another Hardtail Strat....
Evidently the Fender folks heard my wish for more hardtail Strats...https://shop.fender.com/en-US/electr...140923338.html
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Make one with the traditional 3-PU layout/RW board in Candy Apple Red and I'm in...
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The translucent red looks fine to me, Pau Ferro fretboard isn't too different from slightly pale rosewood, and I might actually like the (apparently) P90 style pickups. P90s just look strange in my eyes, whatever guitar they are mounted on.
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There was also this "limited edition" that seemed to be available in the US for about a month early this year. There are still some available in the UK. I already have a Robert Cray hardtail strat, slightly modified, that I'm incredibly happy with, but this one sure looked sweet.
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...le-fingerboard As for the Noventa, I LOVE P90s but neither a strat or tele is my favorite platform for them. I prefer a Les Paul or SG and I have an Epiphone SG with P90s that I freaking love, but only play about 10% of the time because I'm just a strat guy and that's what I generally reach for.. I had a tele with P90s for a while - it was OK, but for some reason I like a Gibson type guitar with P90s more. They seem to growl better somehow... -Ray
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The Noventa series looks interesting to me but I have yet to play a Fender P90 guitar that moved me. I agree that Gibson seems to have the P90 thing figured out quite well.
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It is probably over 30 years since I last thought that the SG shape was appealing
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Hardtail strat shape with 2 P90s...... nice combination. I'll need to listen to tjhse pickups a few times before deciding, but I may well jump......
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RP, I remember the hardtail Strat thread. What was that, a year or three ago?
I'd be up for a hardtail. I actually blocked the trem on on of my strats (my MIM pawn shop find). |
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Seems Fender doesn't want the average customer adjusting the truss rod on this model...
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I've been trying to figure out why Fender typically offers hard-tail Strats with some mitigating factor that makes me not want to buy it. I've just fallen back on Gibson for hard-tails.
Bob
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