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Wow. Apparently 15 years and 17,000 posts makes you a newbie.  

Looks like the software team that runs this place is doing their usual bang up job. And the site was only down for a weekend to make that happen.  

Great. 

 

Worthy upgrade 

Looks great.  Congrats!

Put 3 guitarists in a room and ask these questions and you'll get 4 different opinions.  

It's so personal.   I myself find strats to be the most comfortable.  

18 hours ago, kenact said:

There doesn't seem to be a lot of activity any more.

You can say that again. 

 

Seriously. Say that again. We could use the traffic.  

5 hours ago, DaveAronow said:

Lol. This forum still actually exists?

If you include "still here" as me looking at what's new every couple years or so since the forum took a big dump all over itself,  then I guess I'm still here.

 

Ok. Its been nice. See yall in a couple of years.

See ya dave. It's been real.

Looks great.

HSS Strat 

Meh.

Fancy name for a white guitar.

Love a double bound tele.

Looking forward to it.

4 hours ago, Brindleleaf said:

I just realized that 'strings floating around' sounds really bad...but it's not...makes me play LIGHTLY...which is interesting.

They strings only need to sit in the slot about half way. They look ok from the pic. Don't want to go too low or you'll have more problems.

Check the nut action.  Hold the strings down just in front of the second fret. The strings should just clear the first fret.

11 hours ago, r_clockberg said:

Thanks guys! 

So if not naphtha, then what? I thought I'd use a Q-tip and try and dilute some of the paint around the cracks. Attaching some pics to show the gnarlyness. Being a 1984(?) set neck guitar, I think such cracks are to be expected so I'm not TOO anal about repairing them, but pointers are appreciated!

 

That finish looks like a polyester or polyurethane finish.  No solvent, including naphtha, will get that stuff to reflow and close cracks.  If it was nitro you'd have a prayer of fixing cracks and gaps because it reflows easily with sovent, or application of more finish. But, that doesn't look like nitro. 

I wouldn't worry about it anyway.  It looks to be in great shape other wise. 

If you can't find original electronics one of these may do.

https://www.guitarfetish.com/Active-Preamps_c_51.html

Congrats!

 

Fwiw, naptha won't fix cracks in the finish.

Still here.

Good to have you back.

5 hours ago, Mike Michael Mikerson said:

I named mine after songs Beth (by kiss) and Kevin (from my perfect cousin by the undertones) 

 

kevin: he was my first guitar and I hold him dearly to my heart he is red and has tons of stickers from my favourite bands covering him 

Beth: she... well her paint job changes a lot but right now she has a whole bunch of purple and yellow designs and it looks really cool it’s just not finished 

 

they are both shaped like strats 

Pictures, or they are both hello kitty strats named Steve.

Its all preference.  If you dig into it you'll see lots of different hand positions, slide shapes, and slides on different fingers.  Some like it on their first finger, some middle etc.  I suck at slide, but, I personally like it on my ring finger.

10 hours ago, Demonseed2516 said:

I have a galveston monkey grip  steve vie copy white with gold floyd rose fine tuning bridge locking nut. Exact replica of the steve vie Ibanez copy anyone know anything about these 

Start your own thread and post pics and model number if you want any meaningful responses.

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Same here. It looks naked without them, and sorta like an awkward LP copy.

No, that's about right. The depth of the slots for the wound strings should be half the width of the string. The depth of the slots for the plain strings should be about the width of the string.

This years freshman class has the all-time high % of guys at 30%.

 

:eek:Sounds like you picked the right school!

practice more.

They're both great. I much prefer the studios with the glossy finishes and hotter pickups. They're still available new, but they cost about $400 too much, and good used ones are common as dirt.

 

The "standard" studio's are a great buy used. I see them every now and then in the 600 range.

Hmm, my winered Studio is definitely not flat top

 

He's probably thinking of the faded studios which are an entirely different animal.

 

Anyway, what's wrong with them you ask? Trolls don't like them.