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Get rid of the "&t" off the end :)
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Molly wrote:Here's one that sounds nice too (well, I like it when the reverb kicks in).

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUEINMJ6xko&t[/youtube]

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KentNZ wrote:
Molly wrote:Here's one that sounds nice too (well, I like it when the reverb kicks in).

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUEINMJ6xko&t[/youtube]

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And then a minute later. Man, some great tones in there.

Perhaps I should finish watching before commenting. :)
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Molly wrote:Here's one that sounds nice too (well, I like it when the reverb kicks in).



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I can never make it past the 30 second mark with these kind of things. There is nothing to chat with a strat, get one and play it :)
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Worth watching til the end, dang, thats some polishing!

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Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.

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I had a strat moment.

It was an awesome strat but damn, you really are tethered to some super over-done sounds.
I put fralin Hot vintages in it and it smoked! I also put two 36th Anni's wired up like a PRS and that was an incredible tone.

Then I decided I wasn't gay after all, and sold it.
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Did you sell the fralins?
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AiRdAd wrote:Did you sell the fralins?
They went with the guitar, I'm afraid
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It's all about the quack.
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TmcB wrote:I had a strat moment.

It was an awesome strat but damn, you really are tethered to some super over-done sounds.
It's a tone I've never really appreciated until now, so it's all kinda new and exciting for me :)
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Don't let me turd on your parade, I just went through a similar process.

The upside is that if you're wanting to nail specific tones from artists that are renowned for using strats, you'll get there with ease and be chuffed – if you want John Frusciante, SRV, Knopfler tones, they're all in there. The downside is that trying to get away from them is hard.

Also, as a guy that uses way too many double stops I got annoyed with the floating trem, even though mine had one of those tremsetter things. I like floating bridges and trem use too so it was hard. I really liked the tones I got out of it when it was set up with 2x humbuckers as well.

In the end, however I had it set up, I always wanted the opposite – if I had mine blocked I'd want floating trem, if it had humbuckers I'd want singles and vice versa. When I had it blocked and humbuckered I'd ask myself why I wasn't playing my SG then go play that. If I had it single coiled and getting annoyed at double stops ruining my trem, or accidentally knocked into the hateful in-between settings, I'd look at my Tele and go play that.

In the end I figured out that a PRS with all the awesome switching combos was what I wanted along side my Tele and P90'd SG

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There's not much cliche about operating on that searing bridge pickup though, 90% of what I do is there. Tone control wired into the bridge is a good thing, chip the edge off a little.
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calling card wrote:There's not much cliche about operating on that searing bridge pickup though, 90% of what I do is there. Tone control wired into the bridge is a good thing, chip the edge off a little.
Absolutely, and that's where I lived. Don't get me wrong, Strats are great but I think you have to be a better player than I to take advantage of all they offer.
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