Am I Finished With Stratocasters?!
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- A totally unplanned video chatting about my mini crisis right now feeling like ive just 'grown apart' from the Fender Strat. I never ever thought id say this about the guitar that started it all, the guitar that people I still idolise played.... Is this a normal thing... who else has had this on their own guitar journey.. and what did you do?
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incredible 'before the beginning' intro wow! i feel you, i go in and out of saying strats and jags are my favourite, but i always end up back with a strat haha
Thanks dude. Frusciante fans are most welcome here haha
41 and been playing since I was about 13, always had a strat in the collection, not always played it but always ended up coming back around to it.
I'm now 68 and have been playing since I was 15. I have always played Strats and love the way they look, feel and sound. I spent years looking for the ideal bridge pickup and have used mini humbuckers and full HSS configurations to try to find the perfect blend. It took me many years to appreciate how good the middle pickup can sound.
Now I use specific guitars for different things and use PRS twin humbucker guitars for heavier songs.
You should be guided by what inspires you to play.
Ive never yet looked for a 'do it all' type config - although I appreciate the reason a lot of people do. But even outside of guitars ive always been a more 1 tool for 1 job type of person haha
I got a bit fed up with Strats until I discovered the middle pickup on it's own. For some reason I had always avoided it but man is it powerful
I have to say ive definitely avoided it for some strange reason 😅
I think like any other instrument, a Stratocaster is a way of expressing what is inside of you. I have owned and played Stratocasters since the 1970s, and since added a few other electric guitars to my family. At times I've put the Stratocaster away because I felt it was somewhat limiting or maybe I felt I was just getting a bit stale in my playing excitement, and moved on to another instrument I have. But after a short time I found I missed the looks, feel and sound of the Stratocaster and went back to it as my main beloved guitar again. I think taking a break from an instrument is pretty normal and healthy, actually.
Guitars are tools. Use the right tool for the right job. As far as strats go, the more I play other type guitars, the more I love my strats. Cheers!
Thats what i was always like, until recently apparently 😅
I went through this on & off. I’m a lot older than you & trust me the Strat will return. I’ve had loads of different guitars, but always came back to the Strat. As recently as 3 months ago I had 3 LP’s, a Tele, an Epi Sheraton, & 3 Resonators. I’ve sold the lot, bar one resonator. Don’t ask me how many Strats I have 🙄Your heroes are my heroes. One day you’ll put the old glove back on, & it’ll be so comfy, you’ll wonder what this video was about.
Im sure i will and thats why i haven’t parted with this strat haha.
@@Paul-D I have 4 Strats & a Resonator. 1982 AVRI ‘57, 2012 AVRI ‘62, 2022 AV ‘61, & 2021 American Professional 2, & Icarus Duolian Reso, that it. At 72, I’ve had hundreds of guitars. But with electrics, nothing feels right unless it’s a Strat. Leo & Co got it right with them. All other Strat-a-likes are just variations. These days especially with gadgets available you can make one sound like any other.
i've always used strats or les pauls and now i just like strats, i like the lightweight, thin shape, versatility, easy of working on them like wiring, its my preference.
Been playing over 38 years and I'd say it's just a lengthy phase. There was a period where all I loved were single coils and had tons of strats. Then I got bored and start swapping in humbuckers and eventually got rid of all single coils for buckers in my guitars. After some years though my tone just felt boring and sounded the same all the time. I picked up a strat I was given as a gift, I didn't play because it had single coils in it.. but all of a sudden I was in love with singles coil again. I pulled just about all the humbuckers our my strats and put back the singles and was happy. But, I learned to just branch out and have a variety of guitars with different pickups. Maybe try this, get a guitar with P-90s as you might find them close to humbuckers but with that single coil sound and find a medium. I got Teles, Pauls, Strats even a 335 too, I got some loaded with a bucker in the neck and tele bridge pup on a strat, a strat with 2 P-90s. Just enjoy your buckers at the moment and don't get too worried about it. Have fun keep playing what you like, just keep the strat.. you'll dig it again! Cheers happy playing!
Awesome stuff - cheers!
I wouldn't worry about it. Play whatever you have a hankering for that day. You'll rediscover ones you haven't played for a while eventually.
Just my reply on the title of the video "just for now maybe 😊 "
perfect haha
Im sort of going through that phase now thinking of getting a martin acoustic.
But i have a Sheraton which i play for my electric and i was also thinking about getting a strat style guitar for individual note definition because i randomly wanted clarity.
Not sure what im going to do but i find i feel this way when i jave more then two guitars and one gets neglected because you play one more and then you don't look at the old guitar with the same perspective snd it changes how you connect with the sound.
I also think because your 335 is sentimental and a good guitar it also plays a big role in you picking it up
Yeh thats probably true, i do have to force myself to play something other then that 😅
I’ve played for 24 years, if your goal is to improve as a player don’t switch guitars around, just keep challenging yourself and keep improving. But one thing is a strat is a blues instrument, if you’re playing more rock type stuff something else might suit that style.
Thats a good point, obviously i do want to become a much better player and this whole RUclips thing probably makes up 10% of the time i sit and play - but sometimes i do question wether its the playing or the gear/GAS that im more focused on 😅
It'll just be a phase, you'll start playing it again sometime 🙂
Hello Pauly yep , this is what happens when you play for a longer time , i have been playing for more then 40 years and yes you go through fases , so just keep you're strat ( do not buy and sell according to the fases you will go through ) , and i am pretty sure one day you will be in loves with tele's : ) , i have seen them come and go : lp's , strats .tele's , ES 330 /335 , acoustics ( and lost a lot off money that way : ) and now that i am 60 years old and just play at home i have gone back the basics : 1 electric ( strat ) and 1 acoustic and i am never gonna spend one more dime on guitargear , period !
Did you settle on the strat because after all that time its what you prefer on electric? If your in a more “gibson” or “gretsch” kind of mood musically do you miss not having other guitars now?
@@Paul-D Pauly , yes i did , of all the types of solid or semi solid guitars i have chosen for the strat , because in the end no other guitar sounds like an strat , so you could say i have come "full circle " with that aspect of gear craziness : ) Do i miss the lp sound or tele sound ? , yeah sometimes , but not enough to go shopping again .
For me, it’s the tele. I mess around with pedals and have a jag I love but when it comes to writing and just being connected to my instrument, it’s always the tele. It is my first American fender I ever had and it’s very special to me. It’s the first time I ever spent over a grand on pretty much anything (I was young when I got it) and I just spend so much time with it. I must’ve played it at the store every time I went and regardless of whether I’m on the Jag or playing acoustic or another guitar I have around, the tele is still the workhorse. There’s something primitive about it that I love. You can get so much tone from a block of wood with a neck attached to it 😂
Awesome to hear how much you get on with your tele mate - thats what its all about isnt it. Finding those connections. As it happens ive been looking for ‘my’ tele for quite some time. Havent quite got there yet!
@@Paul-D I can’t remember what mine is called but I know it was the entry level American that would’ve been equivalent or maybe right below where the American pro two sits now in the lineup. I don’t know which telly would be right for you since there are so many and truth be told, even with the telecaster that I have that I love so much, I plan on getting a tele deluxe just to have another weapon in the arsenal lol. I also can tell you that I have heard a lot of rave reviews for the Danish Pete telecaster and that even people who opt just to get the pick ups rather than the full on guitar have told me that they’re very happy. I may order some and try them in my prized telecaster - that is how convinced I am that they are the type of sound that I want to go for now!
My favourite tele ive had on here to date is the jason isbell.
But ive tried some newer ones and they all had one thing in common - weight and plenty of it.
I do the same thing with guitars and amps too. Thanks! At first, I thought you had borrowed Dave Simpson's 1962.
Haha, I have played his 62 before though.
Hey man. I hear you on this and I reckon it's really common. I played a strat for a very long time and it's what I tend to use for live shows with pop music. Past few years I have moved over to playing Les Paul and SG (that nice one I got from you). I also have kinda moved to using a pick after years of no pick. I think it's a good think to change with how you feel and where your playing is at. As musicians we should always be led by our ear and how we feel - play what you love.
Well said!
I swapped my old strat for a great old Tele and now I rarely touch my strat . But they are useful to have lying around.
I do really want to find a great tele 😅
Last year took a punt on a cheap Chinese Squier made about 200 years ago after being strat-less for over thirty years. I am so pleased with how it feels, sounds and performs that it's been a regular for studio work. I don't think I could do without one now. Hang on to yours and maybe go back to it from time to time for something specific. My Eastmans (SB55dc/v and T386) and a Bailey Bandsman generally do all the donkey work live and studio but there's till stuff they can't do that a Strat can.
Ill keep this one for sure - even if my Eastmans are responsible for me not being so into it right now haha
Men collect stuff. It can become a burden so if your gut is saying get rid do it. A 335 is apparently all you ever need, but they also say that about Telecasters.
I do reallllly like my friends Isbell tele 😅
Just bought an Am Pro2 in Miami blue…John Squire rocks a Strat now and makes it sound like a 59 Les Paul!
Love my strat... love my vintage v100 too...
All depends on my mood which one i choose.
HB tele is pretty decent also:-)
It does. Ive gone back to this strat a few times since and i think i just need to find ‘the one’ like i have with my 335 copy haha
@Paul-D yeah probably...
There's so many great guitar tones that only each guitar can fully produce. I used to have a lonestar strat with a humbucker in the bridge position... it didn't sound like an SG or Les Paul though..
You’ve been playing long enough now to recognise that it’s horses for courses. The Strat, Tele, 335, Les Paul etc all have their place. It all comes down to what style of music you are into at the moment. Yes you will go off and on to each guitar depending on what you are into currently just enjoy your musical journey best advice advise I can give you.
My guitar preferences change over time, sometimes I'll drift away from one model, but later it becomes my favorite again, so I'd caution against selling all your strats. I never liked strats in the beginning, then a few years ago it become one of my favorite models. Take it from this old geezer, your preferences may change over time..?
Ill definitely keep this one, just feels weird that the guitar i started out on isnt my favourite atm haha
I’ve loved les Paul’s, I’ve loved teles, my favourite at the moment is an SG. I’ve never been able to bond with a strat. Maybe I’ve just not found the right one??
There's always another one out there in the ether somewhere right haha
@@Paul-D the search is half the fun!
I love Strats and Les Paul's equally....they make me play differently but I would find it hard to choose between them. The one caveat with a Les Paul is the weight. Finding one that isn't a boat anchor can be a challenge.
For sure thats one of main reasons i like the eastmans so much, light without weight relief haha.
Eyeing up a Maybach right now thats 7.4lb 😅
@@Paul-D Forgot to say...fuzz pedals esp fuzz faces sound much better with a single coil guitar IMHO, esp a Strat, and they have an almost acoustic quality. Strats can go from Apache to Voodoo chile and sultans of Swing along the way. Humbuckers are great at what they do but I don't think they give quite the range.
yeh I agree with you there, although give me a Strat and a good fuzz and I am doing nothing else then fail at trying to be Hendrix haha
@@Paul-D Lol...yes. I play a Strat and fail at being Hendrix and I play a Les Paul and fail at being Mick Ronson! Hey ho.....
For me I have 4 guitars, I have a Player HSS Strat & Sheraton 335, Seagull S6 Solid Spruce Dreadnought Acoustic, & a PRS SE Silver Sky. I deem them exceptional for the intermediate value. I just merely had to own around 7 guitars buy & sell before I knew what I love and don't. Though I just enjoy the Sheraton 335 the most if I had to keep just one. It has a great clean that sounds fantastic, even if it isn't a stratocaster replica in tone. It has a vintage sound and I guess more versatility since it's got the humbuckers & coil splits. The body and size is so comfortable to play too. I do like Les Paul Classics but you just sort of weigh up your favourites. I'm even thinking that having more than 3 guitars is too many and you get overwhelmed with which to play or wither your effectively playing all what you have. I swear I remember I watched a video where Tom DeLonge said something about that less magnets or less pick up's give a cleaner tone, I think some people have questioned if a SSS is cleaner in some way with the configuration. So I maybe wish my Player was a SSS though.
Least you got the SSS covered with the silver sky se though.
Yeah :) and what amazed me is how the Silver Sky Bridge is amazing even if it's not a humbucker. It's most since the Player is Maple and the Silver Sky is Rosewood, but since their both different pick ups. I also think both necks are different but I like rotating between them.@@Paul-D
I find that I play one guitar for ages, get into that set everything up to suit that one guitar , then go over to something with single coils
and don't usually like it for a while,but then when I get into it for a bit I love it again,spoilt for choice that's the trouble.
Yeh i get what your saying - its just a weird one right?!
I was a strat man. The problem I find with strats is. I always end up sounding like, Hendrix, SRV, John F. I find it harder to write with Strats and be more inventive. Everything sounds the same. I had a shot of my mates Fender player tele and it totally changed my sound and writting. I went back to my strat and become bored very easily. So going to buy myself a tele now.
I totally see what you mean, when i play the 335 in particular i spend alot more time just playing and finding new chord progressions using the looper, on the strat its straight back to frusciante, hendrix…. Which isnt a bad thing theres always room for improvement…. But still.
I'm thinking about a 335 type myself as never had one. Any recommendations on a budget of £600
A used sire H7 would be really tough to beat. I did a vid on it and compared it briefly to my eastman and whilst the eastman was better…. Wasnt buy alot given it costs 3x more.
I'm sort of in the 'every home should have one' camp 🤣 I've played a 1968 LP Custom since the '70s and felt intimidated by Strats (Clapton, Hendrix et al) but in 1980 I demonstrated the GR 300 / 303 Guitar Synth for Roland NZ and they gave me one so I chose the Japanese Made Maple Neck Strat model and it was my main guitar in the studio thru the '80s. Still love both, have picked up a few guitars along the way - the P90 + Humbucker Duesenberg Starplayer is lovely, Lollar P90s in my Casino a whole new world and right now I am eyeing the Eastman SB59/v and Fender Am Pro II Strats . . . SSS or HSS ?, that is the question! My advice, hang onto it 👍
Awesome, i imagine the ‘68 custom sets a pretty high bar! And the sound of that guitar must be engraved into your soul by now haha.
The SB59v is a wonderful guitar - the varnish aged ones have been disappearing out of stock at a rapid level here since the true tone only ones came out later last year!
Ever looked at the tom Buckovac duesenberg? Theres one on discount sale at peach guitars here that ive noticed.
Ill definitely hang onto the strat for sure, to be honest ive modded it that much its probably not worth much to anyone else!
I always found single coils were best played with clean settings... if I wanted to crank up some sustain, I could always rely on humbuckers... however, the best sounding strat type guitar I ever played... was a Matsumoku... which I paid £25 quid for... 😉
Bargain!! Hope you kept it haha
Since I got my RevStar RSS20 (Humbucker version) I am playing my Strats less and less and less..and that includes my Clapton Strat. I get the sounds in my head ( from all three voices) out so I can just play and not always being on tone quest ....I have noticed that I am becoming a better player because I can hear myself better in the mix and I have the power to squash as needed 🤣
Glad its not just me 😅
@@Paul-D - They are all tools....so I ain't selling nutin 😂
But I find it easier to find "passable Strat sounds" on the Revstar and can't get good HB sounds from a Strat. So I put it in pos 2 and pretend I am Eric Clapton sitting in 🤣🤣 that doesn't last long
Did you get the fret job done on this? What pups did you put in? I couldn't find the follow up video. Do you still have the guitar? I absolutely love MIJ guitars.
Ah this isnt the same guitar as the jap one. The guy who owned that ended up selling it before doing any more work on it.
@@Paul-D Thanks! That makes sense.
Never really liked playing any strat I have tried. Tele on the other hand has been a lot of fun, but I always seem to end back on the T59 or T64. There should be a warning on the box for how much time you will lose once you own one...
100% agree. Especially the T64 which i just cant quite seem to own 😅
@@Paul-D The seller must be driving a hard bargain!! Again, good luck with it.
One does not just finish with Stratocasters 😂
😅😅😅 thats what i thought
Funny I’m done with everything else except the strat lol
were just at opposite ends of the same journey haha well pass in the middle some point in the future!
As long as your not coming down with a bug and have inflammation. Just do you!
Well, funny you say that 😳
You’ve lost your mind.
That is a fact.
😂