Sorry folks, the ONLY guitar worth considering

[Taverner]

Any questions?

[wtmusic]

1. Can't we make that thing go away

j/k :D

the classic Strat. Often imitated, never duplicated.

[DS1]

2. I have a question

What about this?

1971-Gibson-SG-Special

[Taverner]

4. It's not a strat

Just isn't....

[DS1]

5. I know, but there's different guitars for different jobs

There's Ibanez for sharp sounds, Fender/Gibson for bluesy (I loved my explorer, but not enough to get rid of it for an Ibanez RG770), there's ESP with EMGs for crunch, etc, etc

[Taverner]

6. I dunno

I've had a Les Paul and an SG over time, but I can pretty much get any sound I want out of my Strat....

[DS1]

9. I have a B.C. Rich original NJ series Warlock

with EMGs that has a sound so good my guitar teacher wanted to buy it off me on the spot. :D :headbang: :loveya: :headbang: :D

[LastKnight]

8. yours? if so... are you selling?

i probably cant afford anyway... but DAYMN.

-LK

[Taverner]

11. Not mine, but I have one just like it

I'ts SCHWEET!!!

[LastKnight]

13. you sayin now that the strat is the only one worth considering...

but... then you call the 71 SG schweet... thats a flipflop if ive ever seen one heh. kidding...

-LK

[DS1]

18. if you were asking me, then no, it's not mine, but

I've always favoured Gibsons over Fenders. In my opinion, Fenders make too many cheap low end guitars to be truly favourable. Like Porsche v Ferarri, if that makes any sense. Porsche have the Boxster v Ferrari's Modena on the low end. Or if you will, Cannondale v Duratec or Bianchi..

[Manix]

33. ...a classic!!

[jpgray]

3. I like the Telecaster better

But then I also like cheap, crappy guitars.

[LastKnight]

7. mah babies...

well... the pic of the strat kinda sucks... but the sucking ends at the picture, the best one i could find was at elderly... the wood grain didnt pixilze right in this pic.

wouldnt trade the gibson for anythin though... put p-100s in that thing instead of the p-90s... its mine! you touch-a, you die!

oh yea, i put noiseless in the strat too... very nice.


-LK

[Ellen Forradalom]

10. The only guitar worth considering

is a 'ukulele.

[Gothic Sponge]

12. I own 3 fenders. One Strat and two Teles.

However, i would never buy anything from Fender again. They are big on exporting american jobs.

[LastKnight]

15. yea, i guess we will all have to 'settle' for the US PRS's for now heh.

well, that wouldnt be so bad, i played a few of em, and maybe its just cause everyone talks em up so much, but i wasnt too impressed, i mean, they weretn bad, but i wasnt blown away. then again, i was only playing what i could afford, so... i didnt get up above the CE 22 and similar models.

-LK

[Bertha Venation]

14. Worth considering for what -- hatchet practice? Cat toys from the strings?

;)

signed,

an acoustic player

[Ellen Forradalom]

16. An acoustic player

i.e. someone who hasn't discovered her inner 'ukulele player yet :-)

[Bertha Venation]

17. heh -- i dig the uke

have played violin, guitar, uke, banjo

my next conquest is mandolin

before or after I get my Jim Croce Martin, I don't know. (we need a drooling smiley)

[Gothic Sponge]

19. I mostly play acoustic too

[Bertha Venation]

20. Electrics just feel so strange to me.

They're small, heavy, and solid, and that's just strange. I like holding a light, lively instrument . . . it's like holding someone I love.

[PVnRT]

21. Wrong

n/t

[Maestro]

22. How about this?

It only has four strings though but damn nice guitar!

[rppper]

24. yeeessssssss.....in sunburst red though........

i will never forgive myself for selling my old ric 4003...never never never...D'OH!!!!!!

[ilovenicepeople]

26. A sort of DITTO

i will never forgive myself for selling my old Rick 4001(a month older than me to be exact)and my original Music man Stingray bass,ohyeh also my Jaco'ed 73 jazz bass.Right now I will have to settle for my pRS(pseudo reed smith)Dillion guitar (fat neck,JUMBO frets)I can close my eyes and pretend it's an SG.:hi:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

23. It is the best all round rock and blues guitar, it's true

I still have one for my occasional "Spanish Castle Magic" moods, even though I now play mostly acoustics. It's hard to play fingerstyle jazz and bossa novas on a Strat. I recommend a phenomenal German hand-made guitar by the Lakewood company, with unbelievable tone and playability. At a price of about $2 grand, it's made with more precision and better woods than many instruments costing twice the price.

[LifeDuringWartime]

25. strats are overrated

now that i think about it, guitars are overrated!






mmm

[guitar man]

27. My babies

The "strat" on the left is a 1987 St. Blues by Strings and Things workshop in Memphis, loaded with EMG SA pickups. Pretty much like a strat except with a thicker body and binding. That ax and the Marshall next to it form an extreme blues/rock tonal attack.

The 12 string acoustic is a Hofner, I believe from the mid 70's.




edit to add stage shot.

[NashVegas]

28. Mine is Going to eBay in the Near Future

Be on the look-out. '60s reissue circa 1995-96. Japanese. Pristine. Shell pink :D

[asthmaticeog]

29. I have one of those & a Telecaster...

...and this little beaut from 1971:


I wouldn't go so far as to say the Strat was the only one worth considering, though it has been my main live instrument since 1997. The Les Paul RULES in the studio, where the Fenders can often be too thin sounding to suit me.

[midnight armadillo]

30. Strats. zzzzz....

They're the only guitar worth considering if you want to sound like every other guitarist out there. Perhaps you could be truly original and run it through a Marshall :P

There are so many high-end makers like Sadowsky that make guitars superior to Fender. Guitarists are too conservative.

Try a Klein guitar:

[XNASA]

31. Snoozecaster

Too ubiquitous for my tastes.

And besides (and I know you're really gonna hate this, but to each his own) the three most overrated guitarists, IMHO, are all associated with Strats.

That would be Clapton, Vaughn and yep, Hendrix.

It's probably the 'only' guitar I would never choose to own. I want a Tele with humbuckers next.

[Ellen Forradalom]

32. You gotta admit though, that Jonathan Richman wrote a fine little ditty

about the Fender Stratocaster.

[Bake]

35. OK, now you must pay for that comment ...

Most blasphemous thing I've heard all day! YOu are hereby sentenced to three days of nonstop Eddie Van Halen licks.

Bake

[RetroLounge]

34. Sure, if you have no taste and wanna sound like

a cat with it's tail in the garbage disposal... :)

Now here is what a REAL guitar looks like.



Mine is a 1979 with silver instead of gold hardware. Best playing guitar I've ever had, and I've had lots, including strats, teles, ricks et.al.

RL

[Bake]

36. Nothing wrong with a schweeeeet Les Paul

But Gibbies are waaaaaaay overpriced. Goes for their acoustics too. In fact, almost anything with Gibson on the headstock is gonna be overpriced.

Bake

[johnnie]

37. Had one

I kept hitting the volume knob on it and it drove me crazy. I went back to my Tele, I always do.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

38. I have a 1989 American Standard w/ rosewood figerboard..........

that I tweaked from the POS board I got from the factory into a sweet axe. However, I would like to have another axe (preferably with some humbuckers and a rosewood top - no Gibs,too $$$)just so I can have another sound at my disposal. Mind you, this is coming from a living-room rockstar.

[ilovenicepeople]

39. Congratulations on the living room stardom

I'm still in the bedroom,how many years should I wait before tackling the Big time gigs in the living room?:nopity: :hi:

[CrownPrinceBandar]

40. I say do it now..................

why wait? The couch and easy chair are just DYING for entertainment. Also, I think the credenza is a groupie. ROWR!