Whats the facination with Strats?

[dizzydog]

I just dont get it. Went out and bought one last year, real nice one non Mexico.

 

Just so boring. No Floyd, same ole Pickguard as they used in the 60s, No bucker.

 

What gives? Is it the name or what?

 

i guess the big question is, can this be played on a LP or nice JAckson?

 

 

I think so. Just not by me

[jconway]

 

 

 

I never liked Strats before either but once I found the right one I was in love.

 

No floyd and no bucker helped too.

[metallica_00]

Because I don't like humbuckers and Floyd roses very much

[adlo76]

Maybe it's an age/maturation thing for some people.

Strats are classic, not old school....they're familiar, not outdated....They're kind of like the right woman...eventually (if you're aware enough to notice), all the things you thought you wanted in one kind of chick go out the door, and you realize the value of a good woman and suddenly it all makes sense and you feel that sense of appreciation that you just can't find anywhere else.

 

 

Geezus. I'm going to make myself barf:blah:

[jjpistols]

 

Geezus. I'm going to make myself barf:blah:

 

 

 

 

you're not alone -- you made us all sick right there

[MojoFilter]

You'll understand one day. Everybody does with Strats.

 

It's kind of like trying to explain to an eight year old boy how he's going to want to spend a LOT of time with the cute little six-year old girl who lives next to him in a few years, instead of trying to gross her out all the time. Sure, he doesn't understand at eight years old...but you'd better believe he understands it at 14!

 

Some things, you only understand when you get there. This is one.

[Reuben]

Its just another tone option. I happen to love a nice sounding strat even though my main guitars are a Les Paul and 335. Hell I like nice sounding guitars regardless of who makes em.

[steve_man]

I just dont get it. Went out and bought one last year, real nice one non Mexico. Just so boring. No Floyd, same ole Pickguard as they used in the 60s, No bucker. What gives? Is it the name or what? i guess the big question is, can this be played on a LP or nice JAckson? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyqgjCKm9nQ&mode=related&search= I think so. Just not by me

 

For one...I hate Floyds.....

 

For two...they have a sound that nothing else quite matches, IMO.

 

For three...they just look fantastic

 

For four...the just "fit" better than LPs and other stuff, at least for me. I like the neck on my strat much better than my LP, and the body fit me well, plus I actually like the controls a lot.

 

I could go on, but that's the main reasons.

[airbrushguitars]

I've been dipping a lot into Blues lately, I own a WildKat and a Fender American Strat... Even though the WildKat gives me that feedback of the hollow body and the warmer P90 tones for Blues, Jazz and Samba... I just adore playing them on the Strat. It just feels so much more comfortable... almost like being 'inside' the guitar body. It's so inviting, almost sensual. Am I digressing? Oopps..

 

I've always loved all the guitars I've owned and parted with.. Now my Strat I can't fathom parting with it. It's as if it were an extension of me.

[59humbucker]

A guitar doesn't need a floyd and humbuckers to be valid. Different tools for different jobs. I have both in my Ibanez and its great, my strat is more traditional and is equally great.

 

If you want to bash out some satch, don't pick up a single coil strat. If you want to play some shimerring blues, its just the thing

[DaleH]

I think Gilmour could play that on a guitar besides that strat. Given his other equipment and the only thing different being the guitar.

Probably be hard to tell if you only heard the audio.

[Minnie The Moocher]

I think Gilmour could play that on a guitar besides that strat. Given his other equipment and the only thing different being the guitar. Probably be hard to tell if you only heard the audio.

 

Best exemple is the solo on "another brick...", played with a Gibson LP with P90's. Ask most people who don't know it, they "hear" a strat .

But we're talking about a guitar player who's use of many effects (with very good taste) is well-known so it's a little bit OT.

[-todgemistro-]

I still think the Another Brick solo sounds like a strat even though I know its not

 

To the OP, I hope this is a troll thread.

[Volitan]

I don't like the tone. To much "chuck" and "wood" sound. I prefer the "metallic" "brittle" "Glass" tone of a tele. The only thing I like about strats is the trem. I hope to design a Tele with a strat trem one day.

[csm]

 

I don't like the tone. To much "chuck" and "wood" sound. I prefer the "metallic" "brittle" "Glass" tone of a tele. The only thing I like about strats is the trem. I hope to design a Tele with a strat trem one day.

 

 

Good luck with that! Much of the tonal difference you point out is specifically due to the trem, and to the bridges of the respective guitars. The Tele's bridge PU is bolted to a YUGE slab of metal over which the strings pass before they're anchored at the back of a solid body. The springs of the Strat trem necessitate the removal of a major chunk of wood from the body behind the PUs and, even if the trem is screwed down and blocked off, the springs add a slight but significant natural reverb to the sound. These different construction methods create different sounds, which is why both guitars are so distinctive despite their family resemblence.

 

With his expensive and shortlived Ltd Edition signature Strat, Jerry Donahue attempted to get around this with a specially-wound Strat bridge PU mounted a little further from the bridge than standard: all part of his project to create a Strat which turned into a Tele when you hit the bridge PU. (This was intended to match his sig Tele -- now reincarnated as the Peavey Omniac -- which tried, very successfully, to turn into a Strat when you flipped to the neck PU.)

 

Maybe you should audition the VG Strat, roll the modelling dial to the 'Tele' setting and see if it takes you where you want to go.

[Faber]

The beauty of a strat is only revealed in a band context - They just blend in perfectly in any kind of setting.

[GRANKOR]

 

You'll understand one day. Everybody does with Strats. It's kind of like trying to explain to an eight year old boy how he's going to want to spend a LOT of time with the cute little six-year old girl who lives next to him in a few years, instead of trying to gross her out all the time. Sure, he doesn't understand at eight years old...but you'd better believe he understands it at 14! Some things, you only understand when you get there. This is one.

 

 

when I was 14 I didn't want to hang out with 12 year old girls, it was the older ones

[Volitan]

 

Good luck with that! Much of the tonal difference you point out is specifically due to the trem, and to the bridges of the respective guitars. The Tele's bridge PU is bolted to a YUGE slab of metal over which the strings pass before they're anchored at the back of a solid body. The springs of the Strat trem necessitate the removal of a major chunk of wood from the body behind the PUs and, even if the trem is screwed down and blocked off, the springs add a slight but significant natural reverb to the sound. These different construction methods create different sounds, which is why both guitars are so distinctive despite their family resemblence. With his expensive and shortlived Ltd Edition signature Strat, Jerry Donahue attempted to get around this with a specially-wound Strat bridge PU mounted a little further from the bridge than standard: all part of his project to create a Strat which turned into a Tele when you hit the bridge PU. (This was intended to match his sig Tele -- now reincarnated as the Peavey Omniac -- which tried, very successfully, to turn into a Strat when you flipped to the neck PU.) Maybe you should audition the VG Strat, roll the modelling dial to the 'Tele' setting and see if it takes you where you want to go.

 

 

I've already gone through it in my head and realized this. So I just decided to throw a 'bucker in there (the p-90 sounding DiMarzio Bluesbucker) and a strat trem with Esquire-style wiring. Different, yes. I could easily try to copy EVH and make it a Strat, but I'm not really comfortable with any shape other than a Tele. I did a Kisekae mock-up but the color scheme is a little unorthidox, and most people here would probably puke.

[Ballfuzz]

What is it with Strats?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXYjEMTQRm0

[Ballfuzz]

Also, a couple years ago, I could see what the fascination was with strats. The sound, the feel etc.

 

I bought one but then I realized that I just didn't play that style of music (blues) despite how much I liked it. So I figured I'd wait a few years for when I get into that sorta stuff and then I'll get another.

[Alchemist]

You can get strats with humbuckers and a floyd rose....

 

either way, I like "strats", I just dont like a fenders

[uncle psychosis]

There are only a handful of strats where I've looked at them and though "ooh, thats pretty, I want one" but every one I've actually played has felt and sounded awesome...

 

Sam

[lndianScout]

strat / tele best sound and comfort money can buy...

 

depending on your musical tastes anyway.

 

for me they are

[-todgemistro-]

More to the point, whats the fascination with Floyd roses/other floating trems? I've never played a floyded guitar that I liked, the bridge is too sensitive and you cant even do unison bends in tune.

[BootRoots]

So you're not a strat guy. no biggie. The are comfy as hell and one of the most versatile guitars created but if you don't dig it, you don't dig it.

 

FYI: They have made strats with buckers and floyds.