Fender... why do you like them?

[Dakine]

I bet ya wood ;)

SG is here Monday with NEW Burnt Chrome Warpigs, but when will it leave again? ;)

[sambo]

:lol:  :lol: STOP!... you evil man...

well actually i am selling the ****** now for sure..... so... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

as well as my old zoom and something else that i cant remember...

[Dakine]

can ya hear it? off in the distance, Custom SG dulcet tones echoing along the road, sambo sambo sambo sambo!    :lol:

[sambo]

:x  

 :lol:

[FELINEGUITARS]

I kind of agree with what Bob Johnson said , but from a repairman's point of view.

Vintage style Fenders = pain in the arse

Truss rod adjuster at body end - neck needs to come off to adjust

Scratchplate mounted elecs - great in the factory but once again the whole guitr has to come apart to change , repair or do anything

Fret buzz from where the heel area of the neck gets a bit swollen and creates a ski jump/ducktail effect on the fingerboard and chokes out strings

7.25" radius and cylindrical fingerboard makes it hard to get low action and be able to bend the high E

[dave_mc]

Ah yes - All guitars have these short comings, but the arguement is that although Strat's are very varied - the reality is that they aren't, however, they are easy to mod and are therefore often modded to suit other styles.

If this means they're varied then ok - but in reality no individual strat is as varied as the stratocaster collection as a collective.

Maybe I'm tired (did a lot of driving today), but I have no idea what you just said at all,  :lol:

:drink:

EDIT: actually, I think I got it. But the first time I read it I was like  :?

i still don't understand, care to translate?

I think he meant that strats weren't terribly versatile stock, it was the ease with which they were moddable that made them so versatile.

and nowadays, again, it's not necessarily any individual strat which is super-versatile, it's the large range of models which Fender offers which again makes them seem extremely versatile.

I think that's what he said.  :lol:

+1 to that Dave... and your wierd nuts ( :lol: )

hehe, :drink:

[dave_mc]

:well actually i am selling the ****** now for sure..... so... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 :?

[sambo]

lol Gibson...

[dave_mc]

^ ah, i just didn't get it because it was censored, I see why now! :lol:

why, i thought you liked it?

[sambo]

^ ah, i just didn't get it because it was censored, I see why now! :lol:

why, i thought you liked it?

precisely... lol..

well yer so did i....  but after tweaking with the Jackson, amp, EQ e.t.c.... there is nothing i prefer about the gibson over the jackson.... or at least nothing that justifies keeping it....

it has made me realise what i want though- humbucker LP style guitar of some description... Gordon Smith, Yamaha AES---, Tokai, Signature e.t.c....

[sambo]

woops this thread is about fenders...  :oops:  :oops:  :oops:  :oops:  :oops:

[Philly Q]

lol Gibson...

First James sells his soul to Seymour Duncan, now you're getting shot of your beloved Melody Maker....  

What next?  Dave Mc deciding he doesn't like Floyds anymore?  TO putting tone controls on all his guitars?  Crazy Joe deciding to buy a guitar and still wanting the same one a week later?   :?    Me writing a short sentence?

Must be the full moon...

[sambo]

:lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

well in my defence... im not betraying the stripped-down les paul club... i still want something like that.... but just.... not this one...  :lol:

[dave_mc]

^ ah, i just didn't get it because it was censored, I see why now! :lol:

why, i thought you liked it?

precisely... lol..

well yer so did i....  but after tweaking with the Jackson, amp, EQ e.t.c.... there is nothing i prefer about the gibson over the jackson.... or at least nothing that justifies keeping it....

it has made me realise what i want though- humbucker LP style guitar of some description... Gordon Smith, Yamaha AES---, Tokai, Signature e.t.c....

yup, that's a cool idea. I always thought that for most of the tones you were after, humbuckers were probably a better idea than p90's...

and sorry about the semi-hijack! :lol:

First James sells his soul to Seymour Duncan, now you're getting shot of your beloved Melody Maker....  

What next?  Dave Mc deciding he doesn't like Floyds anymore?  TO putting tone controls on all his guitars?  Crazy Joe deciding to buy a guitar and still wanting the same one a week later?   :?    Me writing a short sentence?

Must be the full moon...

you know, I was playing my (hardtail) eggle over the last few days, and actually decided to drop down to drop d (yup, i'm a rebel!). it took me precisely 7 seconds. man, that's so much easier than with a floyd.

But then you can't do the floydy tricks as easily.

Um... lucky for me the tremel-no came out, eh?


oh, and to stay on topic: I like Fenders.

[noodleplugerine]

Ah yes - All guitars have these short comings, but the arguement is that although Strat's are very varied - the reality is that they aren't, however, they are easy to mod and are therefore often modded to suit other styles.

If this means they're varied then ok - but in reality no individual strat is as varied as the stratocaster collection as a collective.

Maybe I'm tired (did a lot of driving today), but I have no idea what you just said at all,  :lol:

:drink:

EDIT: actually, I think I got it. But the first time I read it I was like  :?

i still don't understand, care to translate?

I think he meant that strats weren't terribly versatile stock, it was the ease with which they were moddable that made them so versatile.

and nowadays, again, it's not necessarily any individual strat which is super-versatile, it's the large range of models which Fender offers which again makes them seem extremely versatile.

I think that's what he said.  :lol:

+1 to that Dave... and your wierd nuts ( :lol: )

hehe, :drink:

You win the prize.

Even I had to try hard to decypher what I MYSELF wrote.