Members Floyd Rosenbomb Posted November 2, 2012 Members Share Posted November 2, 2012 I think it comes down to the style that one plays. Many, many, players have no idea how to play with overdrive or distortion and have zero insight into what a Strat does in that context. It is different strokes for different folks of course, but to arrogantly dismiss Strats as a suck guitar is simply foolishness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3 Headed Moses Posted November 2, 2012 Members Share Posted November 2, 2012 Originally Posted by Reality Check I laughed so hard I almost vomited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members photon9 Posted November 2, 2012 Members Share Posted November 2, 2012 It took me over a year to find a strat I loved. I thought maybe strats just weren't for me until I found the one I own. Now it's my #2, right behind my Ric! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members sammyreynolds01 Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 Originally Posted by koiwoi The reissues look nice. Too bad he's been playing a strat the 90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Funkwire Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 I'm a Les Paul guy.However.I would NEVER be without a Strat in my collection.The Fender Stratocaster is one of the best designed objects ever. Not just guitar...best designed thing ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bumhucker Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 I like strats for rhythm and Les Pauls for leads. Les Pauls just play like butter above the 12th fret, whereas strats seem to be a bit more fatiguing IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 Yeah, I've long felt that if I could only have one electric guitar, it would have to be a Strat. About 15 years ago when I was buying a fancy version of a PRS CE22, I said the same thing and the sales dude said he used to feel the same way regarding the versatility of a strat until he became acquainted with the PRS and their rotary switching. Well, I bought that guitar, and it does sound great, but I'm still more drawn to a strat. It's such a different instrument compared to like a Les Paul. You have to be comfy with moving up the pickups for tones that you might get out of the bridge of a humboogie guitars, but with 5 p'up settings, right amps and settings and pedals, there's not much you can't do with a strat. Or at least, not much that I need to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members *BLEEP* Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 I laughed so hard I almost vomited! Forget the laughter, go straight to the vomit..... Strat vomit... Psychedelic Strat vomit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 In reality my main guitar "goes both ways". HHH splittable to SSS, with switching that allows neck + bridge. I can go from a Strat sound to a LP-ish sound in a single song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cats-o-caster Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=3d5uFEyzOxo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dcooper830 Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 I have'nt read this thread at all... but I just wanna say I'm a Les Paul fanatic for the most part.. but I LOVE Strats!! I'm a little picky they have to be sss maple necked... but through a well dialed in amp they are pure Heaven! I don't care what anybody says. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 Every one of these guys would sound fine on any other guitar. You can glorify the Strat all you want but the only thing I see in these videos are good guitarists who could sound great on any decent instrument, and the only inspiration I get is to practice hard to get to their level. Strats still suck in my book.Geez I agree again. Not my favorite guitar. The setup is fine for some tones but I hate their shape. And I much prefer hardtails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 they can sound good in the right hands. But, I prefer the more honest, forthright tone of a Telecaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tone Deaf Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 I can understand someone not bonding with Strats and preferring something different. However, it's borderline ridiculous to argue that the Strat hasn't become the defacto standard when it comes to the electric guitar. I don't believe there is any other guitar that, in its stock form, appears as widespread in as many different genres of music as you find Strats. I don't believe there is any other guitar that has been copied as pervasively as the Strat has been copied. I believe that the Strat shape/appearance is generally what comes to mind when you ask most folks to describe/envision an electric guitar. And no other guitar sounds like a Strat, unless of course it's been so heavily modified, that it essentially is a Strat (ex: in my mind, a Tele shaped guitar with a fulcrum tremolo and SSS pickup configuration is more Strat than it is Tele). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 I can understand someone not bonding with Strats and preferring something different. However, it's borderline ridiculous to argue that the Strat hasn't become the defacto standard when it comes to the electric guitar. I don't believe there is any other guitar that, in its stock form, appears as widespread in as many different genres of music as you find Strats. I don't believe there is any other guitar that has been copied as pervasively as the Strat has been copied. I believe that the Strat shape/appearance is generally what comes to mind when you ask most folks to describe/envision an electric guitar. And no other guitar sounds like a Strat, unless of course it's been so heavily modified, that it essentially is a Strat (ex: in my mind, a Tele shaped guitar with a fulcrum tremolo and SSS pickup configuration is more Strat than it is Tele).you can say exactly the same thing about a Tele and a LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 you can say exactly the same thing about a Tele and a LP. No, no you cant. The Strat is hands down the most popular, most copied electric guitar design in history. Something like 50% of all guitars sold every year for decades now are Strat-based. Considering Fender sells 10+ times as many guitars as Gibson every year (Fender USA's annual revenue is more than five times that of Gibson), I would say it's safe to say Fender Strats probably out-sell Gibson LP's and Fender Tele's put together, I bet maybe even two-fold as many. Add to that the clones, and it stacks up pretty heavy in favor of the Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 you can say exactly the same thing about a Tele and a LP. For the most part but if you asked a "regular joe" who wasn't in the music business to draw a guitar, I bet 9 times out of 10 it would be a strat shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tone Deaf Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 you can say exactly the same thing about a Tele and a LP. I disagree. Teles and Les Pauls are not used as widespread throughout genres as Strats are. And neither have been copied as extensively as Strats. Go into any Walmart, or any store that sells cheap guitars. You'll find Strat copies, not Tele copies. Go into any pawn shop. You're most likely going to find more Strats and Strat copies than either of the other two. My argument isn't about which is best, that's always going to come down to personal taste. It's simply that the Strat has permeated the music world and pop culture as the defacto standard electric guitar moreso than any other electric guitar, including Teles and Les Pauls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaveGrima Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 It took me over a year to find a strat I loved. I thought maybe strats just weren't for me until I found the one I own. Now it's my #2, right behind my Ric! I have a similar story although it took me longer than that to really love a Strat. I always loved they way they sounded in the hands of the big Strat heroes, Gilmour, Hendrix, etc., but I could never get mine to sound good. I really just didnt think I was a Strat person, but I kept going back to them trying to capture that great sound I loved on all those records. I findly found one that I love. Its just a 2007 USA Standard with Lollar pickups that I repainted. It fits like a glove and I cannot get a bad sound out of this guitar, no matter where the knobs and switch are. I tihnk some people just have to find the right one. I used to hate Strats too until I got a good one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Folky_Grunge Posted November 3, 2012 Members Share Posted November 3, 2012 I can understand someone not bonding with Strats and preferring something different. However, it's borderline ridiculous to argue that the Strat hasn't become the defacto standard when it comes to the electric guitar. I don't believe there is any other guitar that, in its stock form, appears as widespread in as many different genres of music as you find Strats. I don't believe there is any other guitar that has been copied as pervasively as the Strat has been copied. I believe that the Strat shape/appearance is generally what comes to mind when you ask most folks to describe/envision an electric guitar. And no other guitar sounds like a Strat, unless of course it's been so heavily modified, that it essentially is a Strat (ex: in my mind, a Tele shaped guitar with a fulcrum tremolo and SSS pickup configuration is more Strat than it is Tele). I agree, but so what? Just because they're popular doesn't make them the best. Every time I play a Strat, I end up thinking something would be better. I just don't really like how they feel, and they sound way too generic to me. I don't like them, and not everyone should. That's how subjectivity works. Saying that they're the best guitar ever is just wrong, especially if you're arguing that because they're popular or because famous players use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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