Author Topic: New guitar day - Fender Stratocaster Plus (Read 4014 times)

Roobubba · « **Reply #15 on:** June 13, 2008, 05:42:14 PM »

Quote from: Jonny

I do like that scratchplate.

Heck I LOVE that guitar.:D

EDIT: And the fireplace too.

That fireplace is damned nice, gives me an idea of what to do in my lounge!! :)

Other than the pickguard, it looks good! 'Grats on the purchase.

Roo

dave_mc · « **Reply #16 on:** June 13, 2008, 05:47:33 PM »

very nice :)

Pete24v · « **Reply #17 on:** June 13, 2008, 07:38:01 PM »

i have an '89 Strat Plus, it has a slightly larger Nut, but still a roller nut. It keeps in better tune than some of my Floyd equipped guitars! I did ditch the pickups for some Kinnmans in the late 90's.. about time for another change me thinks.

Whats a good BKP single coil? for the tones of John Mayer, Eric Johnson, SRV etc?

FELINEGUITARS · « **Reply #18 on:** June 13, 2008, 07:43:25 PM »

Quote from: sambo

Quote from: Philly Q

Just to be pedantic :oops: , I think the tuners are satin-finished Schallers, not Sperzels.

Had to laugh at that... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Yup - Philly is right about the schallers

Interestingly we keep an Earvana nut in stock that is a direct drop in replacement for an LSR roller nut.

shobet · « **Reply #19 on:** June 14, 2008, 12:20:05 AM »

I can't decide if I like the guitar on not...

Scotty477 · « **Reply #20 on:** June 15, 2008, 03:34:01 AM »

Just a quick update on this guitar.

I gave it a decent workout for around an hour this afternoon, through my practise amp - a Vox AD30VT on the AC30TB setting.

I have to say that the guitar plays and sounds wonderful. The neck pup is amazingly responsive when playing solos and the best word to describe the overall tone that the guitar gives out with this pup is 'vintage' - which is what I was looking for. The middle pup is ok and I would use that for basic chords.

The only thing that detracts from the guitar is the bridge pup. It's very sharp and I can't see me using it much.

Another pleasing aspect was the tuning (again) - it didn't need tuned at all during the hour that I was playing it.

As much as I like the neck and middle pups initially, I'll probably be looking at BKP's for this guitar. I'm pretty sure that it's the overall build quality that is contributing to my enjoyment of playing it and I know from experience just how much difference BKP's can make to an already good guitar.

I'd like to keep the vintage feel if I can and have a bridge pup that I can use for a slightly hotter tone.

I'm open to suggestions here for replacement BKP's.