Members Grantus Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 I've owned one at one point, but I just don't like Strats. What can I say? I don't own and LP or a Tele either, although I'd buy a Tele if I was in the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LesPaulSpecial1981 Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 its all about what feels right.. For example, when I was in the market for an LP, I had a vintage collector come to my house with 3 LPs; a 1976 Standard LP (factory rare), a 1981 Standard LP in Oxblood, and a 1989 LP lite. What did I buy??? None. I ended up buying a half modded, abused, workhorse 1976 Gibson LP Custom from a shop down the road, because it felt better than any of them. Gotta find one you love first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I was The Funk Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 I feel exactly the same way about les pauls. They look fantastic. Classy as hell. They sound balls out. But I just don't like playing them at all. I get the urge to check one out and I'm always like.....nah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Undertaker4 Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 I started playing strats because everyone I knew had either Kramers or Ibanezes, and I wanted something different. Now that they're back in popularity (i.e. everyone I know is now older), I play my strats less and less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ccasey Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 see...that really does nothing for me. Wow. That does a LOT for me. I want that guitar!!! Of course, I'm a strat guy already ... Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blingdogg Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 I feel exactly the same way about les pauls. They look fantastic. Classy as hell. They sound balls out. But I just don't like playing them at all. I get the urge to check one out and I'm always like.....nah. me too. That's why I don't have one. Strats on the other hand...yummy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 Strats are OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cold Gin Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 Why is that? i want to like them. i really do. i love Jimi and Gilmore. love guitarists who play them but have never really wanted one. Why is this?? Anybody else ever felt this way? hmmm........................................... :idea: I got it! you dont like strats... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C-4 Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 Playing any guitar, no matter what type it may be, is usually an acquired taste, or one bought because of a need to use that specific guitar for work. Don't sweat it. I played a lot of Strats before realizing that my favorite was the older style Jeff Beck Strats. However, I have gone through that phase with other styles of guitars as well. It's just one of life's mysteries! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cold Gin Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 hell yeah. i havent touched my 2 other strats since picking up my so-cal. truth. The so-cal is essentially a strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Guitar Heel Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 I played Strats exclusively for at least my first decade of playing, and I've had more consistent GAS for Strats than anything else since I've been playing. But as of the last couple years, I've lost almost all interest in them, sold most of them, and play the 2 I have left very sparingly. It's weird. This is the first time that I don't have any Strat GAS, and I'm not sure what to make of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members algernon7 Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 Back before I knew anything about guitars, i definitely gas'd over a red Squier... Then I bought an Epiphone and it was all humbuckers from there on out. I recently bought a Tele after being horrified by them for years. Since the red Squier, the only strat I've gas'd over is the David Gilmore sig... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Harvester1199 Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 i played and owned strats and after owning les pauls, schecters and esp's i cant stand fender strats or any fender for that matter, but maybe thats just me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Artslinger Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 Who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pak066 Posted August 4, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 Back before I knew anything about guitars, i definitely gas'd over a red Squier... Then I bought an Epiphone and it was all humbuckers from there on out. I recently bought a Tele after being horrified by them for years. Since the red Squier, the only strat I've gas'd over is the David Gilmore sig... i would like one of these just coz i love pink floyd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 i love Vs and SGs. idk. Maybe you're just a Gibson kinda guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pak066 Posted August 4, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 Maybe you're just a Gibson kinda guy? ya. i have come to realize that. or just not a fender guy. but i have accepted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Les Paul Lover Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 I have the same problem Pak. I love loads of music with strat, and keep getting the urge of having one. I try loads and am invariably disappointed. Some of them are OK, pretty good instruments in their own right, but I don't like the thinness high strings and over janglyness of the lower strings. I guess I'll keep trying more of them, but not sure I'll get to like one enough to buy it & play it enough to justify the purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oaksong Posted August 4, 2009 Members Share Posted August 4, 2009 I hate single coils. Clean they are OK, but with some juice... 'buckers please! I used to be more of a strat guy, still love my Jackson. But the original strat... as much as I think they are gorgeous I haven't found one that I would buy over an SG, or a Jackson/charvel, or an RG. I think strats are the prettiest out of all of those too! Yet... eh. Now, I remember thinking some of the fender showmaster series... those were pretty awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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