Members PancakeBunny Posted August 4, 2010 Members Share Posted August 4, 2010 What do you folks think of these? Someone is offering to trade me their Jeff Beck Signature Strat for my Gibson SG Classic and it seems like a deal too good to be true. I have to imagine there's either something wrong with it or that it's not a made in USA model or something. It's a year 2000 JB Strat. What do you folks think of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snowcow Posted August 4, 2010 Members Share Posted August 4, 2010 I absolutely love them! Is it purple, with a humbucker in the bridge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T-Pot Posted August 4, 2010 Members Share Posted August 4, 2010 I have one of the newer ones with the Hot Noiseless pups. Excellent guitar! Although I'm no big fan of most noiseless pickups, these definitely rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members o.versteer Posted August 4, 2010 Members Share Posted August 4, 2010 I'm not an expert on either guitar, but it sounds like a pretty good trade to me. Always wanted to check out a JB Strat. Is it Surf Green? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Josh S Posted August 4, 2010 Members Share Posted August 4, 2010 Great guitars. Assuming you like strats and you like big necks, that's a deal. Earlier ones have absolutely huge necks, which is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snowcow Posted August 4, 2010 Members Share Posted August 4, 2010 Great guitars. Assuming you like strats and you like big necks, that's a deal. Earlier ones have absolutely huge necks, which is great! They certainly do Love those chunky necks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted August 4, 2010 Moderators Share Posted August 4, 2010 What do you folks think of these? Someone is offering to trade me their Jeff Beck Signature Strat for my Gibson SG Classic and it seems like a deal too good to be true. I have to imagine there's either something wrong with it or that it's not a made in USA model or something.It's a year 2000 JB Strat. What do you folks think of these? As this is a 2000, it should be the MkI, which is a Strat Plus to all intents and purposes. It should have Lace pickups, possibly a Dually at the bridge, in 1995 they changed the Wilko locking nut to an LSR and it'll have the fat neck and no contoured heel and TBX tone circuit. Depending on condition and case and candy etc it sounds a decent deal I think they did em in purple, black, green and white Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonPhillips Posted August 4, 2010 Members Share Posted August 4, 2010 I'm not wild about roller nuts in general - they do wear eventually and are a bitch to replace. Give me bone or a graphtech all day long. Rest of the Strat is decent though, but you'll need to be au fait with a big neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonPhillips Posted August 4, 2010 Members Share Posted August 4, 2010 Mind you, any Strat is a quantum leap over an SG, so I'd bite his arm off for the trade... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted August 4, 2010 Moderators Share Posted August 4, 2010 I'm not wild about roller nuts in general - they do wear eventually and are a bitch to replace. Yup, fully agree, although I can see why JB would favour one. The LSR are good at popping bits off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted August 4, 2010 Members Share Posted August 4, 2010 I own a 2006 Custom Shop JB, and it's my main working solidbody. Love it loads. The Mk 1 had the SERIOUSLY big neck favoured by Mr B himself -- his personal instruments still feature that neck, albeit with the body and electronics of the Mk II -- and the current editions are slimmer than that, with the regular MIA production version skinnier than the CS. The Mk 1s were excellent guitars and fairly collectable now -- they're certainly worth more than a standard SG Classic -- and well worth having, just as long as you can deal with that MASSIVE neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted August 4, 2010 Moderators Share Posted August 4, 2010 The Mk 1s were excellent guitars and fairly collectable now -- they're certainly worth more than a standard SG Classic -- and well worth having, just as long as you can deal with that MASSIVE neck. Just to iterate the actual neck. Dimensionally it is almost the same as any early 50s Fender, but the profile is a full U as opposed to the soft V or boat shape on say a Blackguard Tele. I believe Mr Beck may have been looking for the early 50s LP experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted August 4, 2010 Members Share Posted August 4, 2010 I believe Mr Beck may have been looking for the early 50s LP experience Kee-rect! Ironically, Clapton's sig Strat was designed to give him the feel of a Strat but with the sound of a Les Paul (hence the active 25db midboost), whereas Beck wanted his to give him the sound of a Strat allied to the neck feel of his favourite Les Paul -- ie the 'oxblood' which had started life as a '54 goldtop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C-4 Posted August 4, 2010 Members Share Posted August 4, 2010 I absolutely love them! Is it purple, with a humbucker in the bridge? The Jeff Beck Strat has been my personal favorite Fender Strat. I've had 9 of them over time, including a Master Built one. The Midnight Purple one, as pictured above, is my favorite version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nickeroo Posted August 4, 2010 Members Share Posted August 4, 2010 Not a fan at all of the ones with noiseless pickups, but they are great otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PancakeBunny Posted August 4, 2010 Author Members Share Posted August 4, 2010 This had its original pups replaced with Fralin '54s. I prefer a Strat but the reason this SG is on the block to begin with is because I can't bond with the giant neck. Monetarily it seems like a decent trade. Apart from that I may just have the same problem with it as I do with this one. The other two options are an '08 American Standard Strat and an '09 American Standard Tele that belonged to a Fender employee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jeffbeckguitar Posted November 23, 2013 Members Share Posted November 23, 2013 nice as hellI want to pick one of those up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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