Members hahavishnu Posted December 22, 2012 Members Share Posted December 22, 2012 what would you consider major (well minor really) faults with the established big 3 of guitars,the strat,tele and LP for me the tele jack socket ALWAYS falls apart. the space between the PUP selector and knobs is a joke...of course these can easily be fixed. the strat i don't get on with for a variety of reasons.never owned one and the LP? fret 22 is a Mother to reach.other than that it'll do for me i don't mind the headstock concerns, but you GOTTA treat a LP with care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aristotle Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 Strats have a terrible bridge pickup, mediocre bridge tremolo system (jazzmaster is better), too many tone knobs relative to volume controls, and too large of a pickgaurd. The telecaster input cup is wack but easily fixed. Nothing else wrong with it. Nothing wrong with the LP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aristotle Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 Strats have a terrible bridge pickup, mediocre bridge tremolo system (jazzmaster is better), too many tone knobs relative to volume controls, and too large of a pickgaurd. The telecaster input cup is wack but easily fixed. Nothing else wrong with it. Nothing wrong with the LP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ispunk Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 LP pickup selector gets in the way and knocked around when I play. That's why I only have a LPJr now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ispunk Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 LP pickup selector gets in the way and knocked around when I play. That's why I only have a LPJr now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 LPs strats and teles are not nearly SG-y enough for my taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y0UNGBL00D Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 LPs strats and teles are not nearly SG-y enough for my taste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 LP's are perfect in my book, for what they are. if your tiny little hands can't reach that 22nd fret you should probably be playing the violin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 LP's are perfect in my book, for what they are. if your tiny little hands can't reach that 22nd fret you should probably be playing the violin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Folky_Grunge Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 Strat - Stupid wiring layout (no tone for bridge pickup, limited switching), flawed tremolo system, everything mounted to pickguard, pointless (to me) middle pickup, I also don't really like the body contours Tele - No inherent problems as far as I'm concerned Les Paul - Individual volume and tone knobs can make adjustments complicated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Folky_Grunge Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 Strat - Stupid wiring layout (no tone for bridge pickup, limited switching), flawed tremolo system, everything mounted to pickguard, pointless (to me) middle pickup, I also don't really like the body contours Tele - No inherent problems as far as I'm concerned Les Paul - Individual volume and tone knobs can make adjustments complicated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 How about this idea? The fault is not in the guitars. The limitation is in the players who don't know when to use the right tools for the right purposes, or have such a limited range of purposes so as not to need the tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 How about this idea? The fault is not in the guitars. The limitation is in the players who don't know when to use the right tools for the right purposes, or have such a limited range of purposes so as not to need the tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CicadaSilence Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 Strat: Individual neck and middle tone controls (and no bridge tone) don't make sense. Make it a master volume and master tone, and replace the bridge pickup with a Tele bridge pickup. Best guitar ever. Tele: Most of them don't have 22 frets. This is dumb. Otherwise, Teles are perfect. Les Paul: 24.75" scale length and string spacing is icky. Pickup selector goes where? Oh right; right where I can punch every time I get excited and play my guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CicadaSilence Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 Strat: Individual neck and middle tone controls (and no bridge tone) don't make sense. Make it a master volume and master tone, and replace the bridge pickup with a Tele bridge pickup. Best guitar ever. Tele: Most of them don't have 22 frets. This is dumb. Otherwise, Teles are perfect. Les Paul: 24.75" scale length and string spacing is icky. Pickup selector goes where? Oh right; right where I can punch every time I get excited and play my guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChrisFFTA Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 Originally Posted by Fender&EHX4ever How about this idea? The fault is not in the guitars. The limitation is in the players who don't know when to use the right tools for the right purposes, or have such a limited range of purposes so as not to need the tools. This. I have never picked up a guitar and thought "this knob is too close" or "the tonality of that pickup would be exponentially better with a different cap"... Until i started reading guitar forums... Then i found out so many things have sooooo many problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChrisFFTA Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 Originally Posted by Fender&EHX4ever How about this idea? The fault is not in the guitars. The limitation is in the players who don't know when to use the right tools for the right purposes, or have such a limited range of purposes so as not to need the tools. This. I have never picked up a guitar and thought "this knob is too close" or "the tonality of that pickup would be exponentially better with a different cap"... Until i started reading guitar forums... Then i found out so many things have sooooo many problems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CicadaSilence Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 Originally Posted by ChrisFFTA This. I have never picked up a guitar and thought "this knob is too close" or "the tonality of that pickup would be exponentially better with a different cap"... Until i started reading guitar forums... Then i found out so many things have sooooo many problems! Ever drive a piece of {censored} car? You're saying the car can't be sub-par or clumsily designed, it must be a lack of operator driving skills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CicadaSilence Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 Originally Posted by ChrisFFTA This. I have never picked up a guitar and thought "this knob is too close" or "the tonality of that pickup would be exponentially better with a different cap"... Until i started reading guitar forums... Then i found out so many things have sooooo many problems! Ever drive a piece of {censored} car? You're saying the car can't be sub-par or clumsily designed, it must be a lack of operator driving skills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jw10 Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 I agree with the strat bridge. Disagree with the statement about the les Paul knobs being too much Can't believe nobody said about the tiny fender necks. Whole reason I don't like strats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jw10 Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 I agree with the strat bridge. Disagree with the statement about the les Paul knobs being too much Can't believe nobody said about the tiny fender necks. Whole reason I don't like strats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members openwater Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 They all aren't Jazzmasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members openwater Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 They all aren't Jazzmasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 ive never had a problem with my tele jack. i dunno, i just think the strat feature set is half assed in some respects. the tremolo, the two tone knobs and the volume knob that gets in the way. other than that its great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 ive never had a problem with my tele jack. i dunno, i just think the strat feature set is half assed in some respects. the tremolo, the two tone knobs and the volume knob that gets in the way. other than that its great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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