Members honeyiscool Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Vintage Modified Surf Stratocaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members RaVenCAD Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Lipsticks on a Strat are always a beautiful thing.. Too bad about that headstock though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members notjonahbutnoah Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Gah! Why rosewood? Really guys? Man maple would be so much better and surfier. I do also hope the sales people at guitar center are gracious and direct the kids who want mega distortion away from this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Too bad about that headstock though.Was there a legitimate problem or are you talking about the 'S' word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Anyway that looks pretty badass. Is that sonic blue? Kinda reminds me of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Was there a legitimate problem or are you talking about the 'S' word? Yes, to both questions.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members honeyiscool Posted January 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Gah! Why rosewood? Really guys? Man maple would be so much better and surfier. I do also hope the sales people at guitar center are gracious and direct the kids who want mega distortion away from this thing.60s style neck, though. I consider 60s Strats to be largely rosewood affairs. I think maple neck is more country, rosewood is more surf. LARGELY SPEAKING OF COURSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cyprusg Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Rosewood > Maple...just saying. That guitar looks fantastic, I wonder how those pickups sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vcnyls Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 rosewood is more surf These guys agree with you: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 I wonder if it's actually rosewood? Is the wood sourced locally? Does China have rosewood trees? If Fender is shipping loads of wood into China for these guitars, they can't be making much on them once they hit American streets. Freight on all that is NOT cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members honeyiscool Posted January 9, 2012 Author Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Raven, are you seriously being that guy right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Regardless of several details, that guitar is pretty awesome. Doubtful I'll buy one, but I've been thinking off and on of converting one of my strats to lipsticks for about 4 or 5 years. This would be the likely candidate: Or this one: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Raven, are you seriously being that guy right now. It was a legitimate question about the woods used on Squiers. My daughter has a mini Squier and it has a "rosewood" fretboard that I'm FAR from convinced is real rosewood.. It's dry and pale, like many of the Squiers I've seen in GC. So I'd like to know exactly what kind of rosewood they use to make Squiers. Answer it if you can; move on if you can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matt Gnarly Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 It was a legitimate question about the woods used on Squiers. My daughter has a mini Squier and it has a "rosewood" fretboard that I'm FAR from convinced is real rosewood.. It's dry and pale, like many of the Squiers I've seen in GC. So I'd like to know exactly what kind of rosewood they use to make Squiers. Answer it if you can; move on if you can't. Maybe try contacting Fender/Squier. I imagine that it is real rosewood, rosewood can vary greatly in colour (and quality). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bsman Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Quibbling aside, I think it looks like a really cool guitar! 'Course, I'm partial to telecasters for surf tunes, so perhaps I'm an idiot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Meh. Itsastrat. EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Maybe try contacting Fender/Squier. I imagine that it is real rosewood, rosewood can vary greatly in colour (and quality). I was hoping that someone on this forum knew of someone that had already done just that. I know that "rosewood" and "mahogany" are very broad descriptions, so this probably is rosewood. But it's not like any rosewood I've seen before on more expensive guitars. Rosewood should be darker and more reddish in color, and it should feel waxy. This stuff is pale brown and dry as a bone. Just curious what it is. Not trying to disrupt yet another HCEG Squier worship thread. Carry on, oh lovers of the cheap.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 I don't know about what wood Squier uses any more than any other random internet dude, but my guess is on the lower end Squiers, they don't polish the rosewood fretboards to save on cost. I've had a number of fretboards from Squier, Allparts and Mighty Mite that shine up right nice with a bit of work with a Dremel on low and a polishing wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Matt Gnarly Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 I was hoping that someone on this forum knew of someone that had already done just that. I know that "rosewood" and "mahogany" are very broad descriptions, so this probably is rosewood. But it's not like any rosewood I've seen before on more expensive guitars. Rosewood should be darker and more reddish in color, and it should feel waxy. This stuff is pale brown and dry as a bone. Just curious what it is. Not trying to disrupt yet another HCEG Squier worship thread. Carry on, oh lovers of the cheap.. The Gibson Les Paul I just sold had a fairly pale rosewood fretboard in comparison to the pic up top and was also quite dry. I prefer ebony fretboards personally, but I'm not too picky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members groovmongrel Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 I would only buy it if the plastic tip on the whammy bar was made from freshly harvested organic soy beans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 I don't know about what wood Squier uses any more than any other random internet dude, but my guess is on the lower end Squiers, they don't polish the rosewood fretboards to save on cost. I've had a number of fretboards from Squier, Allparts and Mighty Mite that shine up right nice with a bit of work with a Dremel on low and a polishing wheel. Polished isn't the same as what I'm talking about. Real unfinished rosewood has an oily or waxy feel to it. What's on her guitar doesn't. I can see the color being different, because visually it's similar to what Ric uses on their guitars. But defeating that waxy feeling is something people have worked on for years. It's one of the reasons rosewood is almost always left unfinished. A finish isn't needed, and it's gets messed up by the oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Not trying to disrupt yet another HCEG Squier worship thread. Carry on, oh lovers of the cheap.. Too bad about your cereal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted January 9, 2012 Members Share Posted January 9, 2012 Polished isn't the same as what I'm talking about. Real unfinished rosewood has an oily or waxy feel to it. What's on her guitar doesn't. I can see the color being different, because visually it's similar to what Ric uses on their guitars. But defeating that waxy feeling is something people have worked on for years. It's one of the reasons rosewood is almost always left unfinished. A finish isn't needed, and it's gets messed up by the oil. I 100% understand where you're coming from but a neck direct from Warmoth has a nice, glossy rosewood fretboard. The one neck I've received each from Allparts and Mighty Mite, the rosewood was very dry feeling and zero glossy sheen. They both polished right up though. Same thing with gun scales/grips. I've bought many sets of rosewood (usually cocobolo) scales for 1911s and many times the flat diamond spots where the screws to through, the wood was visibly less glossy and oily looking than where all the checkering is. Regardless, I have no doubt that if you spend 5 minutes with a Dremel on your daughter's fretboard, it will look much better, regardless of what it's made of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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