Strats - anyone else not like them?

[FELINEGUITARS]

I like thinny girls... as I'm fat and have a big tendency to put on weight, my attention go for thinny girls, this seems to be the reverse for very skinny guys (liking girls not that thinny)

I like small but curvy girls with big bottoms.  Which is the same body type as myself.  Well, sort of.

Anyway, beggars can't be choosers....

I tend to favour busty girls too!

[Philly Q]

Is that a Feline ukelele?  Hard to tell, it's in the shade...

[Ian Price]

Is that a Feline ukelele?  Hard to tell, it's in the shade...

 :lol:

Back on subject - tried a custom shop strat out yesterday and was so impressed that I very nearly bought it. I really should wait until I have some more cash but it felt like 'the one'. Anyone else ever have those feelings?

I'm caught in two minds at the moment - sell my '57 US reissue (how much would this roughly go for with BKPs? - a few marks and dents but nothing major) or wait until I have enough cash to buy the cs strat. I am assuming that the CS strat is not a limited edition (although can't find any others in this colour).

Link of the strat I tried (not sure what has happened with the outlining of the pics though!):

http://guitarvillage.co.uk/product-detail.asp?id=7218&catid=70&manid=33&quantity=1&product=Fender+Stratocaster+%28USA%29+60+Relic+%2C+2+Tone+Sunburst+%2F+Rosewood%2C+New%2C+Inc%2E+Tolex+Case

[Twinfan]

That's not a limited run matey, regular 60 reissue Time machine by the look of it:

http://www.fender.com/customshop/instruments/search.php?partno=0150900805

[Ian Price]

Cheers Dave! I can always rely on you although I guess I should have looked at the Fender website first!

Still undecided.

[Twinfan]

Can't be the one then, otherwise you'd HAVE to have it!  :lol:

[PPPMAT]

Strats Hmmm - never got on with them myself either I think they sound great clean though  :P

[telemonster]

I'm not that keen, to be honest. i find that knob near the bridge REALLY gets in the way! i just find the whole playing experience really 'awkward'!

and I'll happily admit some of the most amazing music has been played/recorded on strats-they're just not for me....

[gwEm]

since pimping my MIM strat i've been becoming more and more keen as time went on.

i still go with my original point that cheap strat copies give strats a bad name. i'm totally convinced now that a well setup, high quality strat is a beautiful thing. i still have problems with the start look - they look good, but everyones playing them!

[Frank666]

Not a fan of the volume knob position, keeps getting in the way

[badgermark]

I just got a new strat- a vintage modfied squier. Its nice... I take back whatever i said about strats, this isn't brittle or piercing at all, a very balanced sound over all pickups.

[hendrixfan]

i use a strat for my 2nd guitar,their cool,hendrix,played 1 thats good enough endorsement for me :)

[Matt77]

After years of hating them and being vocal about my dislike, I played one I liked recently. Now I want one with a baseball bat neck like the Jeff Beck models.
I have been made to eat my own words

[WezV]

phils bravewood strat made me really want one

[Philly Q]

I've been very much into Fenders recently.  I just swapped around the necks on all my Teles as an experiment - you can't do that with Gibsons! (although I did put them all back where they came from a few days later  :roll: ).

I was going to sell my US Std hardtail Strat, but now I've decided to keep it and get a maple neck instead of the rosewood-board one.  And I'll make it HSS.  Strats are so easy to modify!  :D