That's less than 10 more than I've ever played...Hot_Grits wrote:I'm no pre-cbs fender expert. Played less than ten of them.
But I can tell you this: I've never met a vintage-style fender that wouldn't have benefitted from a refret with larger wire and a flattening of the neck radius.
I think those two things can go an awful long way toward reducing Fender-incapability among the Gibson/Gretsch native.
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Intriguing...not even a 62 reissue Custom Shop could do it.
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Nice guitar...no mojo.
I have owned many Gibson with limited mojo also...
The common element throughout is me...either I am extremely fussy or incompetent. I'd like to think a combination of the worst elements of each.
I have owned many Gibson with limited mojo also...
The common element throughout is me...either I am extremely fussy or incompetent. I'd like to think a combination of the worst elements of each.
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Yeah it sure was pretty, I played it at a tronfest and felt bewildered why I liked my partsocaster better. Kind of like a new pair of boots that don't fit right. Thought maybe it needed years of torture to make it good.
My 62 Jap reissue has a personality that is still in it's infancy, will grow in time and playing. Visually everything about it looks so right. There's something that strats do when the open strings ring on when releasing from doing other riffage.
I've heard the sound bloom as the surface finish grew thinner and thinner on the partsocaster.
My 62 Jap reissue has a personality that is still in it's infancy, will grow in time and playing. Visually everything about it looks so right. There's something that strats do when the open strings ring on when releasing from doing other riffage.
I've heard the sound bloom as the surface finish grew thinner and thinner on the partsocaster.
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Yeah that's the only thing that turns me off Vintage style Fenders. I'd love to get one of these Thin Skin AVRI's they do with the 9.5 radius and 6105 frets though.Hot_Grits wrote: I've never met a vintage-style fender that wouldn't have benefitted from a refret with larger wire and a flattening of the neck radius.
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I guess all of the above is why there isn't just one generic model of guitar in the world. When thinking about what is THE ONE, the answer is always "it depends" (like any good consultant would respond to any question).
I dropped into Jackson's Rare Guitars in Sydney a few months ago (holy smokes is that place over-priced!) and tried a series of Strats, including a 57, 62, and some Custom Shop models. I played them all through the same Bad Cat (30 watt I recall). I really, really REALLY wanted to lust after the 57. To me it was meh, didn't like the tone. I preferred the slightly hotter, crisper sound of a particular Custom Shop re-issue (can't recall the one now, as it was all a futile exercise in what I can't afford).
I do have/have had a number of strats, and the 2nd best sounding is my '83 2-pot job, which defies explanation. My absolute best-sounding strat isn't a strat - it's an Asher Ultra-Tone.
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I dropped into Jackson's Rare Guitars in Sydney a few months ago (holy smokes is that place over-priced!) and tried a series of Strats, including a 57, 62, and some Custom Shop models. I played them all through the same Bad Cat (30 watt I recall). I really, really REALLY wanted to lust after the 57. To me it was meh, didn't like the tone. I preferred the slightly hotter, crisper sound of a particular Custom Shop re-issue (can't recall the one now, as it was all a futile exercise in what I can't afford).
I do have/have had a number of strats, and the 2nd best sounding is my '83 2-pot job, which defies explanation. My absolute best-sounding strat isn't a strat - it's an Asher Ultra-Tone.
p.s. Jackson's wanted AUD$75,000 for the 57. Might as well been One Beellion Dollahs. J
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Philistines! HTFU! It would then become a plank. You may as well cut 3/4" off the scale length while you're at it*UNIQUE* wrote:I hear ya.Hot_Grits wrote:I'm no pre-cbs fender expert. Played less than ten of them.
But I can tell you this: I've never met a vintage-style fender that wouldn't have benefitted from a refret with larger wire and a flattening of the neck radius.
I think those two things can go an awful long way toward reducing Fender-incapability among the Gibson/Gretsch native.
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Actually, one reason I enjoy my '92 MIM Strat is for the vintage frets. So plonking jumbos in there would totally ruin the feel of the guitar for me.
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Well good for you, cub scout.Rog wrote:Actually, one reason I enjoy my '92 MIM Strat is for the vintage frets. So plonking jumbos in there would totally ruin the feel of the guitar for me.
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Yeah but most of the time those guys are still looking for 'the one', which may or may not exist. I'm starting to believe it's a myth. Or maybe 'the one' exists but it's just out of my price range.*UNIQUE* wrote: Guys often talk about "the one" re Strats...
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Don't forget - I have both. My MIA is a '98 and has med jumbo frets, so I know that feel too. I feel that changing out vintage frets in the guitar Grant is talking about would be a mistake, just because someone else prefers jumbos.Hot_Grits wrote:Well good for you, cub scout.Rog wrote:Actually, one reason I enjoy my '92 MIM Strat is for the vintage frets. So plonking jumbos in there would totally ruin the feel of the guitar for me.
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He could get the vintage, pull the neck, sell it on ebay and put a decent 9.5" radius med jumbo US neck on, upgrade the pots and pickups and refinish the scratched up body.Rog wrote:Don't forget - I have both. My MIA is a '98 and has med jumbo frets, so I know that feel too. I feel that changing out vintage frets in the guitar Grant is talking about would be a mistake, just because someone else prefers jumbos.Hot_Grits wrote:Well good for you, cub scout.Rog wrote:Actually, one reason I enjoy my '92 MIM Strat is for the vintage frets. So plonking jumbos in there would totally ruin the feel of the guitar for me.
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Now we're talkin'...
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...while you're at it, put a Humbucker in the bridge and get it routed for a Floyd Rose.Vorbis wrote: He could get the vintage, pull the neck, sell it on ebay and put a decent 9.5" radius med jumbo US neck on, upgrade the pots and pickups and refinish the scratched up body.
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