Author Topic: Strat (Read 10784 times)

LiamH · « **on:** August 15, 2006, 08:13:37 PM »

My girlfriend has bought me a Fender American Strat (alder body and maple neck). A very nice thing for her to do. It is being delivered next week. It has the delta tone system and the pickups are 3 x SC (alnico V's). It looks like a lovely guitar and is probably too nice for me as I have only been playing a year. My only slight worry is that it might sound a bit thin. I love SRV and Jimi H, but most tones that grab my ears come from humbuckers. I suppose my ideal tone is Billy Gibbons's. Will I be looking to change pickups? I am not a great believer in the "fingers are everything:" school of thought - since I got a mule my playing has come on leaps and bounds.

hunter · « **Reply #1 on:** August 15, 2006, 10:00:11 PM »

You're a lucky man with such a loving woman !

38thBeatle · « **Reply #2 on:** August 15, 2006, 10:10:02 PM »

Wait until you get the guitar-play it to death and then decide. Strats can kick it out quite well. What a woman eh?

LiamH · « **Reply #3 on:** August 16, 2006, 08:48:57 AM »

Oh cr@p I feel fuilty now. I better get her one hell of a birthday present.

Elliot · « **Reply #4 on:** August 16, 2006, 08:52:12 AM »

If you have a mule in another guitar you wanna keep the single coils - that way you have both styles - if you need beef get some Irish Tours and wack em.

Anyway strats can do anything - they just need the player to tell them what to do :D

deg0ey · « **Reply #5 on:** August 16, 2006, 10:26:53 AM »

I would agree with Mr 38th...When I got my strat, after a lot of playing, I decided the bridge pickup was a bit too feeble for my liking (maybe better singles would've solved the problem...) so, while thinking of that, I elected to go for a bridge humbucker - just to give me that extra power in the bridge position.

The other thing I did was put in a push/pull to wire the neck and middle pickups in series - and this also gives a closer approximation to a neck humbucker tone :drink:

_tom_ · « **Reply #6 on:** August 16, 2006, 10:30:12 AM »

Quote from: deg0ey

The other thing I did was put in a push/pull to wire the neck and middle pickups in series - and this also gives a closer approximation to a neck humbucker tone :drink:

Do you have a schematic or something for that? Sounds interesting..

deg0ey · « **Reply #7 on:** August 16, 2006, 10:32:37 AM »

Quote from: _tom_

Quote from: deg0ey
The other thing I did was put in a push/pull to wire the neck and middle pickups in series - and this also gives a closer approximation to a neck humbucker tone :drink:

Do you have a schematic or something for that? Sounds interesting..

As I have nothing better to do, I'll draw you one up - It'll be hand drawn and scanned as I don't know how to do one on the PC, but I promise to use a ruler :drink:

_tom_ · « **Reply #8 on:** August 16, 2006, 10:37:25 AM »

haha ok cool cheers! If it makes any difference my strat doesnt have the 2nd tone knob, just one volume and one tone for me :)

deg0ey · « **Reply #9 on:** August 16, 2006, 10:40:16 AM »

Quote from: _tom_

haha ok cool cheers! If it makes any difference my strat doesnt have the 2nd tone knob, just one volume and one tone for me :)

That's fine - where do you want the tone? Bridge, Neck or Middle?

Also - Shoot me a PM as we're stealing this dude's thread :drink:

Jp. · « **Reply #10 on:** August 16, 2006, 12:51:10 PM »

slowhands might be the go if your looking to counteract a thin tone. I'll probably be going for them for my ash body strat.

Alder is usually pretty good for an alround sound so I woulndt be to worried.

If you want more grunt get some irish tours but otherwise.... wait and see.

I've been on this forum for a year and only just got my first set.

blue · « **Reply #11 on:** August 16, 2006, 01:05:53 PM »

Quote from: LiamH

Oh cr@p I feel fuilty now. I better get her one hell of a birthday present.

sorry, couldn't ignore "fuilty", what a wonderful new word!

"i feel so fuilty for your clap of the malice..."

sorry, hijack over

_tom_ · « **Reply #12 on:** August 16, 2006, 01:07:20 PM »

Quote from: blue

Quote from: LiamH
Oh cr@p I feel fuilty now. I better get her one hell of a birthday present.

sorry, couldn't ignore "fuilty", what a wonderful new word!

"i feel so fuilty for your clap of the malice..."

sorry, hijack over

HAHAHAH hilarious, I thought people had forgot about the clap of the malice!

LiamH · « **Reply #13 on:** August 16, 2006, 02:08:39 PM »

he he fuilty - perhaps it's feudian slip of farking guilty !!!

Searcher · « **Reply #14 on:** August 16, 2006, 05:29:55 PM »

You could check the routing when you get your Strat (maybe not right away while thegirlfriend is watching). A lot of them have space for a bridge humbucker. You'd just need to get a new pickguard and tone pot.