strat shock

[indysmith]

I picked up a strat once and to my suprise, quite liked it...
Long story short, I spent months and hundreds of £ building one, and I've only played it 2 or 3 times. I just don't have a use for that sound  :?

[Elliot]

I'm the opposite - don't get on with humbuckers  - even on my Mule/MQ Esprit I find myself going for the MQ.  In fact the bucker is only used for Beano era impressions, not for mucking around - 9/10 I just go for the Strat.

[blue]

i'm actually thinking about getting a pink hello kitty strat just to play about with. i would change the scratch plate to a black tom delonge style one.

EDIT: however, i just brought some other guitar stuff and should probably save my money

i got one of those, spur of the moment novelty value thing! the thinking was "stick a warpig in it and it'll be hilarious playing crushing metal with it!"

when i got it the setup was utterly awful, but after a few tweaks it turns out to have a fantastic neck! and a great, snappy acoutic tone.  the neck is actually lightly flamed maple, which was a bit of a surprise.  anyway, i'm wanting to put a VHII in it now because i love the guitar.  the necks too narrow for finger picking and such, but apart from that it's now one of my absolute favourite guitars.

so, a pink £100 strat with a little girl's cartoon character on it is now my preferred axe over a Gibson Les Paul and a hand built Eggle! go figure  :roll:

[Ratrod]

I'll never be able to bond with Strats. They don't feel right to me.

Now if you like a Fender tone with single coils and want to be a grown up, try a Telecaster.

[Simon D]

^ Hehe, yeah, got one of those too. Love the sound. Thinking about selling it though, not getting on with the maple fretboard, sadly.

[_tom_]

I picked up a strat once and to my suprise, quite liked it...
Long story short, I spent months and hundreds of £ building one, and I've only played it 2 or 3 times. I just don't have a use for that sound  :?

Same here, I loved how it looked but the feel and sound didnt work for me.

I really want to know if I'd be happy with p90s - the idea is great, fatness of a humbucker with the grit and clarity of singlecoils. I guess I need to try some out, I've never even played a p90 guitar :\

[Prawnik]

well, we had a jam session last night, and picked up a friends strat... i must say i quite liked it, which is unusual for me.

* does this mean i'm getting older, wiser and more mature?

Yes, I am afraid so.  It's nothing but Joni Mitchell, Phil Collins, Billy Joel, Sting, and Air Supply (for when you really want to get funkkee) from here on out.