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Re: hey Strat lovers...
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:58 pm
by Moustache_Bash
rfurtkamp wrote:Every CV I've played has a thin neck, and is in the "makes my forearm cramp up" like many Teles I've tried to enjoy over the years.
It's one of the reasons the Mascis was amazing, the neck was spec'd for a wider nut width etc that made it playable and enjoyable for me.
Radius is 9.5" on pretty much everything but the dead on reissues these days.
I wish the CVs would follow the Mascis lead, I wish they would - MII and MIC stuff is generally unplayable for me and I'm afraid of how the necks on the forthcoming offsets will be because of it.
Damn. I'm with you, it's hard for me to dig on slimmer necks. Even the MIM ones are borderline too narrow for me.
Re: hey Strat lovers...
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:24 pm
by rfurtkamp
Yea, MIM Strats are generally on the acceptably thin side for me, I think what it is is the nut width on the imports is a common cost cutting area - if you can use a neck blank that's a couple mm thinner and get away with it....
It's not about scale (I play my Jag and Mustang without issue and I'm 6'8" with huge fingers, a Strat looks like a toy on me) but the simple too thin in all the wrong places.
Re: hey Strat lovers...
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:16 pm
by Zounds Perspex
fretboard radius is 9.5", yes, and I'd say the neck is thicker than the Classic Vibe Tele I have for sure. not too too bad.
Re: hey Strat lovers...
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 11:01 pm
by Moustache_Bash
Zounds Perspex wrote:fretboard radius is 9.5", yes, and I'd say the neck is thicker than the Classic Vibe Tele I have for sure. not too too bad.
Yeah, I had a CV Tele for a quick bit but the neck was too icky for me.
Carl Verheyen always makes me want a Strat. Lil' bit on setting trems for those haven't seen it already:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy-F7iSIopA[/youtube]
Re: hey Strat lovers...
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:49 pm
by Zounds Perspex
new Strat on the way for me!
Danocaster DoubleCut by
Zounds Perspex, on Flickr
Re: hey Strat lovers...
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:43 pm
by skullservant
I want a P90 strat again. For no reason, really
Re: hey Strat lovers...
Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 5:44 pm
by kevinhifi
Moustache_Bash wrote:Zounds Perspex wrote:fretboard radius is 9.5", yes, and I'd say the neck is thicker than the Classic Vibe Tele I have for sure. not too too bad.
Yeah, I had a CV Tele for a quick bit but the neck was too icky for me.
Carl Verheyen always makes me want a Strat. Lil' bit on setting trems for those haven't seen it already:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy-F7iSIopA[/youtube]
I set up my Strat the Carl way, and it does indeed stay in tune and work wonderfully. It's nice to be able to bend up a full step on the B string so easily. Don't get me wrong. It's still a Strat and needs to be tuned a few times during a set. But it doesn't get too far out.
Re: hey Strat lovers...
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2012 6:34 pm
by madmax1012
holy fuck that burgundy mist.
Re: hey Strat lovers...
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:20 am
by GardenoftheDead
Re: hey Strat lovers...
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:17 am
by Zounds Perspex
madmax1012 wrote:holy fuck that burgundy mist.
just saw this...yeah, dude, it's pretty. ol' Danocaster paints a mean guit.
Re: hey Strat lovers...
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:20 am
by skullservant
GardenoftheDead wrote:http://www.fender.com/products/pawnshop/models.php?prodNo=0143402
Oh man my pants.
I think this would look even more rad with a pickguard. Black or tortoise or even white would make it look complete
Re: hey Strat lovers...
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 6:42 pm
by dubkitty
if it just didn't have that incongruous f-hole i'd hug it and love it and call it "George."
Re: hey Strat lovers...
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:57 pm
by Zounds Perspex
Pink guitars demand rosewood fretboards. Kinda dig those cupcake knobs, though.