The Strat Thread

[Dez]

I don't see a thread dedicated to the (imo) greatest guitar design. Here's my 2018 Elite Stratocaster with a Seymour Duncan Pegasus in the bridge. It's got a 9.5"-14" compound radius fretboard, a C-D shaped neck profile, and a lot of mojo:

 

[DrewJD82]

The more I play my Strats, the less I want other guitars.

Hopefully this year I can get around to the Mars/Holmes partscaster; a CBS-era headstock, maple-neck Strat that’s beat to shit w/ a Floyd.

 

[Dez]

The more I play my Strats, the less I want other guitars.

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Hopefully this year I can get around to the Mars/Holmes partscaster; a CBS-era headstock, maple-neck Strat that’s beat to shit w/ a Floyd.

I kind of wanna buy another pick guard and load it up with single coils

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

Ah, this thread comes at just the right time. All you Strat lovers out there, can you recommend a good, affordable Strat unter 1000 EUR?

 

[Dez]

Ah, this thread comes at just the right time. All you Strat lovers out there, can you recommend a good, affordable Strat unter 1000 EUR?

I've extensively played two MIM Strats and my American Elite and honestly the MIM Strats were ALSO excellent - If I were in your price range and I was buying new I'd be eyeing the Player II series https://www.thomannmusic.com/fender_player_ii_strat_hss_mn_acb.htm

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

I've extensively played two MIM Strats and my American Elite and honestly the MIM Strats were ALSO excellent - If I were in your price range and I was buying new I'd be eyeing the Player II series https://www.thomannmusic.com/fender_player_ii_strat_hss_mn_acb.htm

Yes, I've got my eye on the Player II Modified series. The specs would be right up my alley, but I don't like the colour options.

I'm also considering trying a Henry's again, but I'm put off by the woods they use. When I buy a Strat, I want alder and maple, not okoume or paulownia.

I already own a MIJ Fender Modern Strat with two humbuckers and a mahogany body (fuckin‘ awesome guitar, BTW), but now I want a more classic SSS Strat as well.

 

[Dez]

I'm also considering trying a Henry's again, but I'm put off by the woods they use. When I buy a Strat, I want alder and maple, not okoume or paulownia.

I want to buy an ash body to replace the one I've got to be honest. The best part of it is the neck I love that Strats are so modular

 

[Progressive_disclosure]

Here’s my strat, a somewhat crazy MIJ model that celebrates the Japanese video game Final Fantasy XIV. Love the 12th fret inlay which is one of the games iconic illustrations of a ”meteor”. It holds a lot of different sentimental values for me. Also cool that you can play the same guitar in-game when playing the Bard job…

I think it cost almost double of what a more standard MIJ strat costs today. Two parts of the body is also bonded plastic that is see-through. They represent Light and Darkness, a recurring theme in the FF games.

I think the V-mod pickups run rather hot for being SC’s but they sound alright to me. They also added a ”limit break” push-push pot on the middle/bridge tone to put them in series. Never really found that sound very useful though.

 

[Dez]

Here’s my strat, a somewhat crazy MIJ model that celebrates the Japanese video game Final Fantasy XIV. Love the 12th fret inlay which is one of the games iconic illustrations of a ”meteor”. It holds a lot of different sentimental values for me. Also cool that you can play the same guitar in-game when playing the Bard job…

I think it cost almost double of what a more standard MIJ strat costs today. Two parts of the body is also bonded plastic that is see-through. They represent Light and Darkness, a recurring theme in the FF games.

I think the V-mod pickups run rather hot for being SC’s but they sound alright to me. They also added a ”limit break” push-push pot on the middle/bridge tone to put them in series. Never really found that sound very useful though.

I grew up playing all the Final Fantasy games, I stopped at XI. I had that PS2 with the network card add on lmao

 

[Progressive_disclosure]

I grew up playing all the Final Fantasy games, I stopped at XI. I had that PS2 with the network card add on lmao

The composer for the music for XIV is a fucking monster. All the older games is Nobuo Uematsu but Masayoshi Soken is no slouch. He pulled double duty writing the music both the best expansion of FFXIV and also FXVI at the same time, WHILE getting cancer treatment and being in the hospital.

He also spec’ed the strat model with Fender Japan and plays the prototype of them while playing rock renditions of the in-game music live, which is cool.

I don’t really enjoy the narrow-tall frets on the guitar though. Feels off somehow.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Flight of the Bumblebee

 

[JiveTurkey]

Also; @DrewJD82 looking like he's having some fun in that last pic

 

[Sleezy E]

Also; @DrewJD82 looking like he's having some fun in that last pic

Boomer bends

 

[DrewJD82]

Yes, I've got my eye on the Player II Modified series. The specs would be right up my alley, but I don't like the colour options.

I'm also considering trying a Henry's again, but I'm put off by the woods they use. When I buy a Strat, I want alder and maple, not okoume or paulownia.

I already own a MIJ Fender Modern Strat with two humbuckers and a mahogany body (fuckin‘ awesome guitar, BTW), but now I want a more classic SSS Strat as well.

Man, those Players really are pretty damn good for their prices, especially considering they’re popping up used for $450-$500 regularly. If I weren’t so picky about dumb shit like wanting nitro over poly I’d have a few of them now and might end up with a Player Tele unless I can find something else that gets me going.

I can’t reason spending more than $1500 for an off-the-shelf Strat unless it’s got the EXACT specs I want, otherwise there’s partscasters that can be made for less.

 

[DrewJD82]

Also; @DrewJD82 looking like he's having some fun in that last pic

That was peak Cheerios period.

Not that things are any different now, I just found something that has me looking like that for 4 hours at a time!

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

 

[CBHScott]

Man, those Players really are pretty damn good for their prices, especially considering they’re popping up used for $450-$500 regularly. If I weren’t so picky about dumb shit like wanting nitro over poly I’d have a few of them now and might end up with a Player Tele unless I can find something else that gets me going.

I can’t reason spending more than $1500 for an off-the-shelf Strat unless it’s got the EXACT specs I want, otherwise there’s partscasters that can be made for less.

I would be all over a Player/Player II, but the thinner Modern C neck profile is a deal breaker. I would prefer something Vintera.

I DID, however, trade up for a Kotzen Strat, which has the beefy neck. Haven't been able to touch it much recently, but THAT'S THE Strat I was seeking. The only issue that I have grown to tolerate is that white/blonde "burst" finish (shoulda held out for a red one, but whatever). One of these days I may put up a pic of mine, but it's this one here:

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...ster-electric-guitar-transparent-white-burst#

 

[Sleezy E]

I technically only own 1 Stratocaster™

Left to Right...
1. Plus Top Mexi Strat, all stock
2. Guitar mill body, Warmoth lp scale boat neck, EJ pickup set
3. GFS body, warmoth stainless fret reverse cbs, noise canceling p90's
4. StewMac kit w/ Fluence pickups
5. teh shitocaster

 

[FuzzyAce]

 

[SillyOctpuss]

Fender deluxe players strat body, USACG 63 profile neck, wudtone trem and Mojo pickups. This is the first strat I've ever really bonded with, the USACG neck profile is sooo comfortable and has a 7.25 - 9.5 radius.