Haven't played a Strat for years. Really enjoying it!
And... it looks the absolute bomb...
Great Strat!
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MattH
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Great Strat!
Borrowed a Strat from a mate. A road worn Mexican.
Haven't played a Strat for years. Really enjoying it!
And... it looks the absolute bomb...
Haven't played a Strat for years. Really enjoying it!
And... it looks the absolute bomb...
All the gear... absolutely no idea...
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Mini Forklift
Re: Great Strat!
I love my Mexican Strat. It's a '91 and sounds amazing.
I'm assuming there's a fault with the pickup wiring somewhere, because when I move the pickup selector into the middle position I get a nice bit of additional gain ~ really quite handy. It's like having an extra channel available to what my amp has
I'm assuming there's a fault with the pickup wiring somewhere, because when I move the pickup selector into the middle position I get a nice bit of additional gain ~ really quite handy. It's like having an extra channel available to what my amp has
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Re: Great Strat!
Someone may have wired the middle position as neck and bridge in series, which will give you a gain and volume boost, kinda like you have a humbucker.Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:I love my Mexican Strat. It's a '91 and sounds amazing.
I'm assuming there's a fault with the pickup wiring somewhere, because when I move the pickup selector into the middle position I get a nice bit of additional gain ~ really quite handy. It's like having an extra channel available to what my amp has
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Mini Forklift
Re: Great Strat!
Ahhh quite possibly then, thanks for the heads up. I put a 'stutter-switch' in to fill up the hole left from the bottom tone pot. When I got the Strat back the bridge pickup doesn't work (which is fine because I never use that anyway), so that's now became a useful kill-switch in its own right.handlefras wrote:Someone may have wired the middle position as neck and bridge in series, which will give you a gain and volume boost, kinda like you have a humbucker.
Guessing when he did the mod he's wired something back up wrong, which for me was a lucky accident. Sounds better than before
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Mini Forklift
Re: Great Strat!
One thing I thought looked odd ~ and someone may chip in with the answer... just wondered why there is no fingerboard wear at the 12th fret ?!MattH wrote:Borrowed a Strat from a mate. A road worn Mexican.
Haven't played a Strat for years. Really enjoying it!
And... it looks the absolute bomb...
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MattH
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Re: Great Strat!
Is that a new neck?Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:I love my Mexican Strat. It's a '91 and sounds amazing.
I'm assuming there's a fault with the pickup wiring somewhere, because when I move the pickup selector into the middle position I get a nice bit of additional gain ~ really quite handy. It's like having an extra channel available to what my amp has
All the gear... absolutely no idea...
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Re: Great Strat!
Never played in E?Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote: One thing I thought looked odd ~ and someone may chip in with the answer... just wondered why there is no fingerboard wear at the 12th fret ?!
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Re: Re: Great Strat!
The roadworn series are fantastic strats. I love mine.MattH wrote:Borrowed a Strat from a mate. A road worn Mexican.
Haven't played a Strat for years. Really enjoying it!
And... it looks the absolute bomb...
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Agreed, played loads, they are awesome guitars.AiRdAd wrote:The roadworn series are fantastic strats. I love mine.MattH wrote:Borrowed a Strat from a mate. A road worn Mexican.
Haven't played a Strat for years. Really enjoying it!
And... it looks the absolute bomb...
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MattH
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Re: Great Strat!
Played a full dress rehearsal last night with it. Normally I have to fuck about with tone to get things right when I try a different guitar, but this slotted in beautifully. Gigging it tonight. Will report back, but I'm tempted to try and find a good one of my own if I can't convince Sam to sell it!
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You should try my one matt, it's got upgraded pickups. Doing the pickups is a big step forward again.MattH wrote:Played a full dress rehearsal last night with it. Normally I have to fuck about with tone to get things right when I try a different guitar, but this slotted in beautifully. Gigging it tonight. Will report back, but I'm tempted to try and find a good one of my own if I can't convince Sam to sell it!