Members Hard Truth Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Radio Pools Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 I have one. I dunno if I got lucky, but it's the best feeling guitar I've ever played. Nothing about it feels cheap, and it sounds rad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SrMeowMeow Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 I played one at the music store I work at. I loved it. We sold it quickly. Excellent tone and felt very solidly built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wartoxin Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 I have (GFS) chrome covered pickups in a strat parts guitar in 2 positions, they sound real good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 I played a couple at GC and was very surprised....I think these are sleepers. Trem was a bit stiff, but pups sounded good through a classic 30. Other than a CV Tele or a used find, hard to beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 I have one. Nicest playing strat I have owned. Made my american sreies feel like a dead turd. I changed the pickup springs to rubber tube, it stoped the pickups from rattling on the guard. I also dropped a high mass MIM trem in it. Necks are a little wider at the nut that CV strats. Just a great little guitaar. Pickups sound like low output vintage strat pickups smooth no icepicky here, not thin dano or jangly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 I don't know but that looks sweet as hell. If I dropped a Wilkinson bridge on it, I would probably even leave the pickups stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 I've drooled over those (on the web) already a couple times. Just when I thought it was out of my mind, they pull me back in. I'd like to have one kicking around fo sho. Great looking guitars and now, I'm hearing from owners that they sound good too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 I don't know but that looks sweet as hell.If I dropped a Wilkinson bridge on it, I would probably even leave the pickups stock. Pickups are great. If you just play rythm and sing there very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Blackface Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 These new squiers they're coming out with these days are pretty impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chumer Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 Yep, I own a Squire Vintage Modified Surf Stratocaster (Sonic Blue). It's a great Strat and I am not much of a long scale guy. It stays in tune well and has great fit and finish. Plus the pickups have that lovely lower output twang. However they are perhaps just a tiny bit subdued in the upper frequency ranges but that does make them easy to manage and easy to EQ. Sadly it does not quack as much as my MIJ Fender '68 reissue in switch positions 2 and 4. My MIJ Fender '68 reissue came with lower output older-style staggered pole piece pickups that are brasher sounding that my Squire Vintage Modified Surf Stratocaster's lipstick tube pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 ^^^ OT Post, but I'm currently in the process of picking up an Ultra III, just like in your pic. I could resist no longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chumer Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 I love my Ultra II. I know that some consider the Epiphone Alnico Classic humbucker pickups to be muddy and bland but I think they sound great as long as you want a lower output humbucker with a balanced warm tone. The NanoMAG pickup is a real hoot but only if you give it its own full range acoustic guitar amp or PA. The body shape is superior to a conventional Les Paul and the chambering makes it much more playable longer term due to deceased weight. The Ultra III has some very interesting updates compared to my Ultra II, and I would buy the Ultra III in a heartbeat if I did not already own the Ultra II! Please let me know what you think of it when you get it (or maybe you better not or I might be too tempted to sell mine and buy a III). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 I really want to try one. The only concern for me is that the neck might be too skinny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 Please let me know what you think of it when you get it (or maybe you better not or I might be too tempted to sell mine and buy a III). Will do. I thought possibly you had gotten a II. I remember when they were blowing them out at the end of the model run and I was sooo tempted to get the II myself at that time. I think the most interesting update is the ProBucker pickups (Epi's take on the BB 2 & 4). I have a suspicion I might be able to live with those. I'm a big Burstbucker fan, but really the II and III combo are my least favorite. I prefer the BB Pros but my fave is the BB 1 & 2. I'll be tempted to move the neck p'up to the bridge and buy a new BB 1 for the neck, but I'm hoping I'll just leave it as is. But indeed, I'm mostly buying it for the nanomag feature and the heavy chambered build. Thankx. Sorry for hijacking. Now back to your regularly scheduled channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted August 11, 2012 Members Share Posted August 11, 2012 I really want to try one. The only concern for me is that the neck might be too skinny. In my pic the white strat beside the VM has a warmoth 59 roundback with 1 11/16th nut. I really like that neck but have no problem with the neck on my VM. The neck is not as skinny as the CV necks and the nut on mine is 22.5mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hard Truth Posted August 31, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 31, 2012 I just got my surf stratocaster.. It looks very nice in surf green. The bridge hardware feels/looks a bit cheap but functions OK. I like it, but I wouldn't say its nicer than my Fenders. The pickups are very bright and could use more low end. I'll try adjusting the pickup heights for that. It has a very retroish sound that really stands out. I think it may be better for blues than surf/twang. Mine came with extra light strings which I don't like at all. It may sound different with more substantial strings. Its not as versatile as a good strat or tele, it can't passably get jazz or heavy rock tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hard Truth Posted October 3, 2012 Author Members Share Posted October 3, 2012 An update after a month of using it. One of the pickup screws and a couple of the height adjustment screws on the bridge saddles have come loose just from using the guitar at home. I will probably change out the saddles and the vibrato plate behind them. It plays well, looks cool and sounds good, but I would not describe it as versatile. This guitar can get you several cool tones, all of which sound attractively retro. Even with the pickup heights adjusted it does not have much low end. If you cut the treble you just get midrange. That is fine for many styles, but this is not the guitar for warm jazz tones or thick, full-bodied distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kulardenu Posted October 3, 2012 Members Share Posted October 3, 2012 Pickups sound like low output vintage strat pickups smooth no icepicky here, not thin dano or jangly. Crap! Was hoping they were jangly! GAS has passed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elessar [Sly] Posted October 3, 2012 Members Share Posted October 3, 2012 These new squiers they're coming out with these days are pretty impressive. There certainly is some good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted October 3, 2012 Members Share Posted October 3, 2012 There certainly is some good stuff. Small things like conductive paint and star ground in body cavity. All done very nice and clean. Felt spacers under strap buttons. Cream neck dots not just white. Fret work is easily as nice as my warmoth neck. Has the same string spacing at the nut also. I droped an MIM high mass bridge in mine and I have a switchcraft jack here if this one go's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor Morbius Posted October 3, 2012 Members Share Posted October 3, 2012 I'm pretty sure lipstick pickups weren't used in guitars during the first wave of surf. Perhaps in one of Duane Eddy's baritones, but other than that the pickups were pretty standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bubdude Posted August 21, 2013 Members Share Posted August 21, 2013 The look is so dirt track cool, lip stick tube pick ups, cool color, but what with creme of toilet seat pick guard?Pick pick pick pick ok enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bubdude Posted August 23, 2013 Members Share Posted August 23, 2013 Have they been discontinued ? Am I the only person that needs dramamine when viewing the pick guard? bleeeeech! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bucksstudent Posted August 23, 2013 Members Share Posted August 23, 2013 Bubdude, I know that you're a new member, and we all appreciate your enthusiasm, but do you realize that this thread is from 2012? I like the look of the guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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