Members venusshore Posted March 26, 2011 Members Share Posted March 26, 2011 Just played one in Bestbuy and immediately love the tone. I got MIM Fender Strat Deluxe myself, but definitely will try to get a RW. I also tried MIA standard strat and not that like the way it sounds , (compare to MIM deluxe strat), but now I think I found the right one!May be MIA strat sounds a bit harsh to me. Any one knows the difference between 50's and 60's? I haven't try a 60's one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted March 26, 2011 Members Share Posted March 26, 2011 Not sure on the Road Worns, but on the regular MIM '50s and '60's RI's, besides the fretboard wood difference, the neck back profile is different, soft V on the '50's, C on the '60's. Otherwise they are pretty much the same electronics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members venusshore Posted March 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 I like V shape better. One thing I am not sure is on my MIM strat the middle pickup sounds much louder than neck pickup. However, on road worm the neck pickup sounds much louder than middle pickup. Is this factory setting? Do you think if I change the pickup on MIM deluxe strat to texas pickup (on Road Worms) will make it sounds like road worms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CoqBelliqueux Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Road Worn, Road WORN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 I played one, loved it. Same w/the roadworn 50's tele - fantastic playing and sounding guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tkachuk07 Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 50's has a V neck & will be a little brighter with the maple fretboard.60's has C neck & is a little warmer with rosewood fretboard.[video=youtube;16D0EehxPMs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16D0EehxPMs&feature=related [video=youtube;lwa6-u79cD4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwa6-u79cD4&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Do you think if I change the pickup on MIM deluxe strat to texas pickup (on Road Worms) will make it sounds like road worms? Not sure what the Deluxe has on it stock. The Tex-Mex used on the Roadworn is a nice PU; IHMO, the Tex-Mex vastly superior to the US-made Texas Special it's supposed to be the equivalent of. The Texas Special is overwound to be very fat, middy and rock-oriented, it loses a lot of that classic Strat shimmer, where the Tex-Mex is very much a classic Stratocaster tone that is just a little hotter than vintage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members venusshore Posted March 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 That's great video, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 I like the RW's as well but refrained from buying one after reading threads about them at the TDPRI. There were a lot of reports of neck problems, supposedly due to the lack of finish on the neck. It scared me away, but I would still like to get one one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wyatt Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 I like the RW's as well but refrained from buying one after reading threads about them at the TDPRI. There were a lot of reports of neck problems, supposedly due to the lack of finish on the neck. It scared me away, but I would still like to get one one day. is that just because of the lack of finish on the fretboard? Road Worns have poly satin finishes of the necks (only the bodies are nitro). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members venusshore Posted March 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Yup the feel is the most important one. Road Worms feels great with V neck... Ultimately I wound like to get a EJ strat. However, haven't got any opportunity to try EJ one yet. I don't care that much about the look though. Tone is more important for me. One thing I am not sure about RW is when I play broken chords, my deluxe strat sounds better(brighter?). I think this is a pickup issue? (I compared them in same position:middle+neck PU, same tone control, same volume) For the PU height, I tried to raise up neck one but it doesn't make big difference. I may need to raise it more and lower the middle pickup. The Tex-Mex PU just sounds much "comfortable" than MIA/MIM strat. Less shimmer-that's right! I do too. It's a little beefier and more ergonomic. My best advice, it goes in this order,...1.) Feel. The most important thing is, pick the neck that feels best. The more comfortable you find the neck and fretbaord, the more you'll reach over and pick the guitar up. 2.) Looks. After comfort, take aesthetics into account; which look you prefer, will you be happy with a Maple or Rosewood look? You need to be happy with the guitar for the long haul, and looks do matter.3.) Tone. This is a trick, this doesn't matter at all for necks. Moot. Not a factor. Totally over-hyped. The who one is warmer and one is brighter than the other may not be hogwash, but the difference is totally inconsequential. They are far more similar than they are different.That's a matter of PU height. The PU's on those models should all be the same, but the closer you get to the middle of the strong, the more powerful the output (wider arc of string vibration). Usually you compensate by making the bridge PU highest and the neck PU lowest. In "calibrated sets," usually available from third-party PU makers, the bridge PU is wound more, then the middle Pu then the neck pickup is wound the least. Though often the middle and neck Pu's are the same and the bridge is overwound.Your middle PU is set too high. I could say your neck Pu is set too low, but the chances of that are astronomical in my experience. 2 out of 3 guitars I pick up have the pickups set too high by their owners. The 3rd is set right. No one ever has them set too low. people crank up their pickups because they want maximum output, but they don't understand the it comes at a huge compromise in tonal range and balance.Not sure what the Deluxe has on it stock.The Tex-Mex used on the Roadworn is a nice PU; IHMO, the Tex-Mex vastly superior to the US-made Texas Special it's supposed to be the equivalent of. The Texas Special is overwound to be very fat, middy and rock-oriented, it loses a lot of that classic Strat shimmer, where the Tex-Mex is very much a classic Stratocaster tone that is just a little hotter than vintage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members venusshore Posted March 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 I like the RW's as well but refrained from buying one after reading threads about them at the TDPRI. There were a lot of reports of neck problems, supposedly due to the lack of finish on the neck. It scared me away, but I would still like to get one one day. what kind of neck problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 I got a Roadworn 50's: it's a great guitar with a nice feeling neck. It isn't replacing my #1 Strat (modded Am Dlx) but it's a great backup and handy for cleaner vintagey tones. Not the biggest fan of the Tex-Mex pickups, but the one I got had Dawgtown 50's in them, which I like a lot better. I haven't had any problems with the neck so far (knock on rosewood). They get a bad rap for the relicing but they're actually one of Fender's better values. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members venusshore Posted March 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Yup - better values - that's the point. What's mod have you done to your AM Dlx? I got a Roadworn 50's: it's a great guitar with a nice feeling neck. It isn't replacing my #1 Strat (modded Am Dlx) but it's a great backup and handy for cleaner vintagey tones. Not the biggest fan of the Tex-Mex pickups, but the one I got had Dawgtown 50's in them, which I like a lot better. I haven't had any problems with the neck so far (knock on rosewood).They get a bad rap for the relicing but they're actually one of Fender's better values. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Yup - better values - that's the point. What's mod have you done to your AM Dlx? I slapped a Warmoth SRV neck on it (maple w. pau ferro board) and added a mini-switch to get all 7 possible pickup combinations. The previous owner had already dropped in a set of Kinman Woodstock+ pickups; it had been in the store for about half an hour when I found it. Needless to say, a few people were annoyed that I had gotten to it first and dropped the deposit on it before they could buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snappy Hat Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Wait you got a Best Buy where you can actually play the guitars? Mine has a few like 4 in boxes and they arent anything but way low end Maestros and Squiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 what kind of neck problems? I cant remember the specifics, but it was enough to scare me off. It think it was warping, twisting, and fret ends pulling up. You can check it out over there, there were multiple threads about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members venusshore Posted March 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 I slapped a Warmoth SRV neck on it (maple w. pau ferro board) and added a mini-switch to get all 7 possible pickup combinations. The previous owner had already dropped in a set of Kinman Woodstock+ pickups; it had been in the store for about half an hour when I found it. Needless to say, a few people were annoyed that I had gotten to it first and dropped the deposit on it before they could buy it. You luckly man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members venusshore Posted March 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 Wait you got a Best Buy where you can actually play the guitars? Mine has a few like 4 in boxes and they arent anything but way low end Maestros and Squiers. Bestbuy here have a room for acoustic...a room for electric....a room for drummer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted March 27, 2011 Members Share Posted March 27, 2011 You luckly man! Yeah, I have seriously good guitar karma these days. It's great for my collection . . . lousy for my wallet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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