Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted August 27, 2009 Moderators Share Posted August 27, 2009 In no order EssentiaHendrixHank MarvinBuddy Holly:facepalm:Ritchie BlackmoreDave GilmourRory GallagherDick DaleRobin TrowerYngwie Malmesbury Hmmm, not sureMark KnopflerJeff BeckJohn Frusciante (good recent proponent tho)Buddy Guy Nah, not at allSRVClapton Over to you lot:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Jeff Beck does more with the Strat than anyone I've ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted August 27, 2009 Author Moderators Share Posted August 27, 2009 Jeff Beck does more with the Strat than anyone I've ever seen That's not really waht I'm looking for JB does the same with a Tele as well, but you don't lisetn to JB and instantly spot Strat City, and he's sent the design up a long alley with his own guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members freeridstylee Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Clapton sounded a lot better through a LP or SG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Nice list. I gotta say, though, that cliche or not, SRV's sound is clearly strat based and his tone highlights a facet of the strat sound - that ballsy-overdriven-strat-w/-heavy-gauge-strings twang - that seems to me to be uniquely championed by him. Not the only practitioner, true, but the most recognizable of the lot, I think.essential to the Strat? imo - yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Yngwie for shredder cred. Dave Murray for metal cred. Buddy Guy? Mark Knopfler, I'm not so sure either. He played Pensas for Dire Straits stuff mostly right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 32-20-Blues Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Dick Dale Damn right!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bizze Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 EssentiaHendrixSRVClaptonBuddy Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Special J Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Clapton sounded a lot better through a LP or SG. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bro Blue Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Robin Trower and a Strat were made for each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoredGuitarist7 Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 EssentialDavid GilmourJimi HendrixSRVEric Clapton... Not because he sounded amazing with it, but Blackie/Black and White Strats are almost synonomous with Eric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blingdogg Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 I'd have to add SRV to essentia.Robin Trower and a Strat were made for each other.Definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted August 27, 2009 Author Moderators Share Posted August 27, 2009 Eric Clapton... Not because he sounded amazing with it, but Blackie/Black and White Strats are almost synonomous with Eric. Clapton is actually the opposite, he couldn't do without his Strat for identity, the Strat is quite happy without him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted August 27, 2009 Author Moderators Share Posted August 27, 2009 Yngwie for shredder cred. Hmm, I'm no fan of the tubby lad, but Yngwie gettin all Neo Classical on a Tele just wouldn't work, and the Strat seems to lend itself to grandiosity, so OK, feel the fookin fury:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bluesidae Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Agreed. Agreed, but I liked his 335 sounds best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoredGuitarist7 Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Also, I don't think Dick Dale and a strat were necessarily made for eachother. At the time of his breakthrough song (well, his only good song imo) Misirlou, there wasn't much available in the surf genre as far as guitars were concerned that were built well... Most guitars can cop that deep, heavy tremolo with a large reverb tank like that anyways. At least, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Edward Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 It'd be interesting to ask non-musicians, or at least non-guitar players, ho they most associate with that design - I think that would give us a much truer picture of its iconic nature and with whom it is most widely associated. That being thed case, SRV would fall off the map - at least, I don't know the position in the US, but here in the UK typically only guitar players who read guitar magazines have heard of him at all. I should think that the players that most folks in general over here would associate with the Strat sould be Hank Marvin, Clapton, and maybe Hendrix..... also Buddy Holly, but it seems to me Hank is better known here by some ways nowadays. Despite the sig moels, Beck I more readily associate with the Esquier / Tele design.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Toshiro Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Iron Maiden will always = Killer Strats for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Arkus Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 I'd have to add SRV to essentia. This. I don't think I've ever seen a pic of SRV without a strat in hand... Well ok a pic of him playing anything other than a strat. Album cover pics and such there's a couple with him and a random guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cold Gin Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Hmmm, not sureMark KnopflerJeff BeckJohn Frusciante (good recent proponent tho)Buddy GuyNah, not at allSRVClapton Over to you lot:thu: Fixed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Also, I don't think Dick Dale and a strat were necessarily made for eachother. At the time of his breakthrough song (well, his only good song imo) Misirlou, there wasn't much available in the surf genre as far as guitars were concerned that were built well... Most guitars can cop that deep, heavy tremolo with a large reverb tank like that anyways. At least, imo. Misirlou came out in 62 the same year as Fender Jaguars and years after Jazzmaster 2 guitars other than strats popular for surf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Staredge Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Interestingly enough, the offsets are considered to be THE guitar for surf. Strat guys are a (vocal) minority. (not including the Yamaha SGV/Mosrite crowds) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Staredge Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 (well, his only good song imo) Misirlou, Heathen!! :poke:Dick has some pretty good stuff out there.....you just don't hear him very often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Carroll Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Buddy Guy got Clapton to realize that the strat isn't just for country. What about Leo Fender? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted August 27, 2009 Members Share Posted August 27, 2009 Interestingly enough, the offsets are considered to be THE guitar for surf. Strat guys are a (vocal) minority. (not including the Yamaha SGV/Mosrite crowds) Not really. There was a poll over at surfguitar101 forum and the strat won handily. I was kind of surprised myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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