The Stratocaster Appreciation thread

[Whitestrat]

heres my strat. pic intensive ahaha.

suhr custom classic
2 piece alder w/ 3/16" flame maple
maple neck w/ indian rosewood
medium SS frets
1.687 nut
10-14" radius
60s c vintage standard .810-.930"
sperzel locking tuners
3 x v60lp w/ SSC system
gotoh 1088 trem
bengal burst

nice!!! how does it play? oh... compound radius ah??? nevermind...

 

[penta-tonic]

plays like a wet dream. oops i mean dream. somehow i totally got converted on the 'start with low output if u want smooth amazing tone' ever since using this guitar even though im always on high gain dist. last time i used to get high output pickups so i know what killed the tone and dynamics.

 

[Whitestrat]

somehow i totally got converted on the 'start with low output if u want smooth amazing tone' ever since using this guitar even though im always on high gain dist. last time i used to get high output pickups so i know what killed the tone and dynamics.

Yeah... I know what you mean. Tho I'd prefer a medium output hum in the bridge... But the dynamics are the important thing here...

 

[penta-tonic]

yeah i guess i still lose out on the chug cos single coils dont exactly get loads of chug tightness like a humbucker does.

 

[Ripper]

yeah i guess i still lose out on the chug cos single coils dont exactly get loads of chug tightness like a humbucker does.

But you got all the bell and the whistles brudder! Nice Suhr there!!

 

[KennethC]

that's a sweet bengal burst penta-tonic! I've gotta own a strat with SS frets one day. Somehow, even my latest acquisition(s) don't have SS frets, tho I want them. They make bending/playing easy(ier)...

 

[DjThugs]

heres my strat. pic intensive ahaha.

suhr custom classic
2 piece alder w/ 3/16" flame maple
maple neck w/ indian rosewood
medium SS frets
1.687 nut
10-14" radius
60s c vintage standard .810-.930"
sperzel locking tuners
3 x v60lp w/ SSC system
gotoh 1088 trem
bengal burst

So Booootifoollll.....yum yum..lovely strat!

 

[Midnight]

omg its a suhr. now u dont see that everyday man. way to go. Oh yea bro i think we got the same grey clock there. hahaha no joke.

 

[ChanMin]

nice one jireh...

never really got to see the flame on your suhr... its an eye opener!!

 

[penta-tonic]

thanks chan. i thought u tried my guitar back then? was the main reason y i bought it besides having all the specs i wanted cos generally strats dont come with such tops. most likely ull find them on prs and the like.

midnight: hahahaha. that aint my clock. me being a lazy bugger i put up a pic of it while it was still at the dealers in florida. i wish i could have such a nice wood wall as well. or a wall stand or hangar thingy but it sits in my case when im not playing it.

 

[HarrisonYeo]

my new 57 strat ordered thru brendon!
igorne the childish bedsheets .. sry for the quality taken using handphone..

 

[Whitestrat]

my new 57 strat ordered thru brendon!
igorne the childish bedsheets .. sry for the quality taken using handphone..

Surf Green!!! VERY NICE!!!! Congrats! If you do change the pickups, KEEP the 57/62s that came with this, cos' if you don't it'll affect the resalve values... AND, there's a spring inside the bridge under that silver sticker which has a habit of getting lost. Careful when you remove the arm...:mrgreen:

 

[HarrisonYeo]

lol i dont mind to change the pickups , i was pretty surprise by the harmonics which came out of the pickups can do nice EVH harmonics .
lol wad springs is there under the bridge? i haven opened up the pickguard yet , thou fender did a pretty bad job at the backplate area where the screws are .

lol y? will the arm break? i've been doing crazy stuff on the trem yet it stays in tune pretty kickass well .

 

[Whitestrat]

lol i dont mind to change the pickups , i was pretty surprise by the harmonics which came out of the pickups can do nice EVH harmonics .
lol wad springs is there under the bridge? i haven opened up the pickguard yet , thou fender did a pretty bad job at the backplate area where the screws are .

lol y? will the arm break? i've been doing crazy stuff on the trem yet it stays in tune pretty kickass well .

Remember when the guitar came, and there was a round silver sticker covering the hole where the arm goes in? There's a spring in there... SMALL spring.

And yes, the arm CAN snap. or bend.

P.S. Harmonics are usually BETTER on single coils...

 

[HarrisonYeo]

a small black spring?

 

[penta-tonic]

damn that is a really nice looking strat. love the single ply pickguard too. is this a custom shop piece?

 

[HarrisonYeo]

nah it's isnt the custom shop piece . it's the 57 reissue model.

 

[KennethC]

nice classic looking '57 there harrison... is it a lightweight piece to boot?

 

[KennethC]

Incoming..

Since fellow softies seem to be in the spirit of posting new strats, or at least new pictures of their strats, I thought I'd chip in a 'lil too. Here's my incoming Goldmember(I luhv... Goold....):

Will post more pics when I get it, can't wait! I got this to fulfill my modern-looking/sounding strat with vintage feel/vibe needs. I love strats.

 

[bluesmonkey]

nice strat harrison, and kenneth show us the neck haha!