The strat

[MrE]

I've always liked the necks on Mex strats, to be honest i think for 800 its definitely worth the money.

Hey man, dont the neck profiles of the std mex strats follow those on the std US ones?

 

[guitarnub]

well actually its more like, "everyone has a strat, i have to have one too"
;_;

...my first electric guitar is an SG, which is a set neck and then there was an LP copy from some crappy brand(which i have sold) and lastly my explorer, which is also a set neck.....So every time i tried the strat, the neck kinda feels a lil on the chunky side to me. Its probably because i've played set neck guitars all my life.

But other than that, i dunno, if im looking for a thick, heavy distortion sound, should i even be looking at a strat?? Would it be worth it to rip the stock pickups out and fix in 2 humbuckers in its place to get that sound? Or maybe i dont need a strat in the first place if i were to rip the stock PU's out?

pls help me!!

(i saw the mex strat at davis, $800)

 

[man_kidal]

Davis changes the guitars so often that i cant keep track... The mex strat what color? Green?

 

[guitarnub]

if i recall correctly, kind of like sunburst, with the black coffee colour on the outside

 

[man_kidal]

oohh, nice .... If you got the money right, dont hesistate, once that guitar is gone dont expect any coming soon.

 

[guitarnub]

but then im again im in a dilemma (read a few posts above)
should i or should i not?

 

[man_kidal]

If you want heavy you should try go to the place at Bras basah(not swee lee) .... The guy selling a damn good PRS without ori neck for 500+ ..... I played before, so nice .... Comfortable eventhough i played strat, nice heavy sound ...

 

[guitarnub]

2 humbuckers?

 

[pooo]

Actually there's no real need to install full sized humbuckers in place of the single coils since pickup companies like Dimarzio and Seymour Duncan have got single coil sized humbucker replacements. Quite a reasonable selection of them around too. Another alternative is to install that EMG afterburner or strat presence control to beef up the sound as well as add more gain. You could go pretty heavy with set ups like these :wink:

 

[teleholic]

yeah..part of the heaviness comes from the mahogany body. Even if the body is routed for single coils, install some single coil sized hums and you can't go wrong..there's a guitar that might suit you..the S or SZ series ibanez's..slim mahogany body fast action neck and humbuckers and single coils for versatility..

 

[guitarnub]

i was thinking EMG's 81/85 :\

 

[man_kidal]

Good combo man, just hear Zakk freaking Wylde's sound.

 

[dhalif]

yo guitarnub.. i guess i would get the japanese one .. over a mex.. cheaper too i think.. i got a mint japanese fender strat at 500 .. and i heard some shops selling at like 600-ish or 700ish..

 

[guitarnub]

i'll keep that in mind, but i've decided to buy a b-bender equipped guitar now though lol. Im fickle minded D:

 

[ChanMin]

LIFF where you bought the jap strat for $500????

 

[fibredrive]

yo guitarnub.. i guess i would get the japanese one .. over a mex.. cheaper too i think.. i got a mint japanese fender strat at 500 .. and i heard some shops selling at like 600-ish or 700ish..

Mex or Jap?? 500ish is dirt cheap. is it spelled Fender or Phender? kekekek...jokin la...but where u buy from??

 

[ChanMin]

BTW abit off topic ah... but i went to swee lee to try the 50 anniversary strat ...and i must say..its damn shiok man... $2.6k doesnt seem so expensive after all. but the neck pickup abit no balls eh...

wah... but its a VERY VERY nice strat... *Drooool*

 

[rottenramone]

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I've seen a mint MIA fender strat going for $600 at Wee Lee before. Seafoam green with maple board. Snapped up the very next day.

 

[man_kidal]

Where you all get these good fender deals ah! Walau cannot take it siah I always see all so ex ..... Wanna get a good Jap strat ....