Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Stevepage on April 09, 2009, 06:38:12 PM
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any one have one of these? I've had GAS for one for ages, even before I bought my Strat about 8 years ago. Only ever come across one but the shop was asking way too much for it. What are they like? post pics if you can
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God! I've always loved them!!! Easily the coolest strats/teles ever as far as I'm concerned. A mate as the ultra with the ebony neck and red swirl finish, I want to find a mint NOS ultra :D
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Were they the ones with Wilkinson (or later LSR) nuts and Lace Sensors?
If I remember right the Plus had gold sensors, the Plus Deluxe had blue/silver/silver (later changed to red/silver/blue) and the Ultra had a red/red "Dually" humbucker at the bridge, plus a flame maple veneer on the body. And an ebony board, as Lew mentioned.
Or am I thinking of totally the wrong thing? :? :lol:
I had a 1989 Strat Plus Deluxe but had to sell it because I was totally skint when I bought my flat. I really liked it at the time, but I suspect I wouldn't get on with the neck shape now. It was a brilliant colour - Gunmetal Blue. :)
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Were they the ones with Wilkinson (or later LSR) nuts and Lace Sensors?
If I remember right the Plus had gold sensors, the Plus Deluxe had blue/silver/silver (later changed to red/silver/blue) and the Ultra had a red/red "Dually" humbucker at the bridge, plus a flame maple veneer on the body. And an ebony board, as Lew mentioned.
Or am I thinking of totally the wrong thing? :? :lol:
I had a 1989 Strat Plus Deluxe but had to sell it because I was totally skint when I bought my flat. I really liked it at the time, but I suspect I wouldn't get on with the neck shape now. It was a brilliant colour - Gunmetal Blue. :)
Yep spot on Phil.
I think the main attraction to them for me is the ebony fretboard and lace sensors.
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I liked the Lace Sensors, even though many people have spent the last 20 years slagging them off. I've never thought single-coil-sized pickups should have to sound like vintage Strat pickups. They should just sound good!
My Plus Deluxe had the blue/silver/silver combination, but I changed it to red/silver/blue, which wasn't as nice.
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My Plus Deluxe had the blue/silver/silver combination, but I changed it to red/silver/blue, which wasn't as nice.
For some reason this comment made me laugh out loud. I still can't stop chuckling about it. Sorry Philly - nothing sinister, it just tickled me a little. :)
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I don't get it, Ian, but glad you're tickled! :lol:
(I guess maybe that sentence did sound a bit Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, come to think of it!)
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The Teles are great too, bucker in the bridge and a cool trem or hardtail bridge-not the usual Tele bridge bollox.
http://www.tdpri.com/telephoto/data/517/Telecaster_Plus.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-3/122891/Teleplus1.jpg
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Yeah, I wanted one of those Tele Pluses, but they discontinued them just before I realised it. :(
That Jonny-whatever-his-name-is bloke from Radiohead still uses one, I think.
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I've seen pics of him with one before, I used to be quite the radio head fan!
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I have a strat plus, an '89 in green, and i love it. The trem stays in tune whatever you do to it, must be something to do with the locking tuners and LSR nut!. I kept the gold lace sensors for years, then added the Cornell Mid Boost to get some Clapton-esqe tones. I briefly had an early Jeff Beck strat which apart from the lamp post sized neck was identicle to the Strat Plus. I had the pickups changed, in fact all new electronics as i sold the sensors + mid boost all pre-wired to the plate. I went with Kinmans, still not sure about them! it was noise free but it lost that sparkle that it used to have.
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pics!! :D