Bang for buck strat

[AndyR]

It might sound daft, but I don't think I'll get along with a guitar that I really doesn't like the look of even if it's a good player.

Not daft at all, looks count for a lot!

(Anyone who says they don't care what their guitars look like is a liar)

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I've told many music shops that they ought to have a full length mirror (or any mirror) like a clothes shop does. Some give me a funny look, some get it immediately. But I've never found one with a mirror in :lol:

Angel Music has a mirror in it!

"Does it pass the mirror test?" is a very common question here.....

I fear that often the guitar will pass that test but the player may feel that they themselves don't (having a bad hair day etc)

AH... yes.. makes sense...

(I can feel/hear Philly revving up for some sort of comment even as I type...)

Alas, I'm the sort chap who looks at himself in passing shop windows and sees nothing wrong with that at all... (and feels no fear/pain even when it is a bad hair day - and there's been many recently! :lol:)

[Philly Q]

I fear that often the guitar will pass that test but the player may feel that they themselves don't (having a bad hair day etc)

AH... yes.. makes sense...

(I can feel/hear Philly revving up for some sort of comment even as I type...)

Alas, I'm the sort chap who looks at himself in passing shop windows and sees nothing wrong with that at all... (and feels no fear/pain even when it is a bad hair day - and there's been many recently! :lol:)

I don't know about "bad hair days", but I certainly never have "good reflection days".... 

"Wow, cool guitar............................... Quasimodo!"  :|

So no, no mirrors in guitar shops for me.  I'm happy for the guitar to look good on its own.  You can't make a silk purse.... etc.

[MrBump]

The best VALUE strat might be the one that you assemble yourself...

I assembled my Tele for about 500 quid, and it's the best sounding tele I've ever played.

Self build doesn't mean paying Warmoth prices - there are other suppliers of decent necks and bodies.  I used Axes R Us, and a couple of years on my tele is getting better and better.

Mark.

[jpfamps]

It might sound daft, but I don't think I'll get along with a guitar that I really doesn't like the look of even if it's a good player.

Not daft at all, looks count for a lot!

(Anyone who says they don't care what their guitars look like is a liar)

+1



I've told many music shops that they ought to have a full length mirror (or any mirror) like a clothes shop does. Some give me a funny look, some get it immediately. But I've never found one with a mirror in :lol:

Angel Music has a mirror in it!

"Does it pass the mirror test?" is a very common question here.....

I fear that often the guitar will pass that test but the player may feel that they themselves don't (having a bad hair day etc)

Very true!