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  1. It's not too difficult to assemble a Strat from parts. Anyone who's seen it once can do it. Soldering diagrams can be downloaded anywhere. The most difficult thing is the setup. Oh, and the selection of parts, of course. Generally speaking: Most light ash, alder and basswood bodies resonate better than heavy ones. Lighter means drier - moist wood doesn't resonate well.

    I was very lucky with the body I bought. Beautiful coloured light northern ash for a reasonable price. Sounds and looks great. The Highway 1 necks have great playability so I finally went for one of those. I prefer 2- point trems to 6-point, so I went for a modern Wilkinson (WVPSB) with steel block. Black pickguard, aged white plastic parts. This guitar's a keeper.

    If you're scared about damaging something - go and buy a Chinese Strat off Ebay for 50 Euro, deassemble and reassemble it, and you know as much about guitar building as I do.

    Alex
  4. Originally posted by Alex:It's not too difficult to assemble a Strat from parts. Anyone who's seen it once can do it. Soldering diagrams can be downloaded anywhere. The most difficult thing is the setup. Oh, and the selection of parts, of course. Generally speaking: Most light ash, alder and basswood bodies resonate better than heavy ones. Lighter means drier - moist wood doesn't resonate well.

    I was very lucky with the body I bought. Beautiful coloured light northern ash for a reasonable price. Sounds and looks great. The Highway 1 necks have great playability so I finally went for one of those. I prefer 2- point trems to 6-point, so I went for a modern Wilkinson (WVPSB) with steel block. Black pickguard, aged white plastic parts. This guitar's a keeper.

    If you're scared about damaging something - go and buy a Chinese Strat off Ebay for 50 Euro, deassemble and reassemble it, and you know as much about guitar building as I do.

    Alex


    The hard thing, here at least, is to find the parts...to put the thing together is quite simple.
  5. Not sure the best place for this question, so I'll ask it here.

    During the Joshua Tree tour, right before Bullet, was "The Star Spangled Banner" played over the PA, or did Edge play it live?


  6. Yes. I guess it's easier to find guitar parts in Germany than in Brazil. I heard that even a lot of Ebayers don't send there.

    Alex
  7. Originally posted by haytrain:Not sure the best place for this question, so I'll ask it here.

    During the Joshua Tree tour, right before Bullet, was "The Star Spangled Banner" played over the PA, or did Edge play it live?

    Pretty sure you'll find that's the PA - because sometimes (if I remember correctly), Edge would pluck the bass string whilst the SSB was playing over the top...
  8. Originally posted by haytrain:Not sure the best place for this question, so I'll ask it here.

    During the Joshua Tree tour, right before Bullet, was "The Star Spangled Banner" played over the PA, or did Edge play it live?


    Honestly, I don't know. At the show I was at it happened after an intermission and we were to busy watching the fireworks and the flag lighting up. There was kind of a "Hey look! They're back!" moment when the drums started up and drew our attention back to the stage. I'm pretty sure it was recorded. I think on the R&H credits it gives credit to Hendrix for the arrangement.
  9. Originally posted by haytrain:Not sure the best place for this question, so I'll ask it here.

    During the Joshua Tree tour, right before Bullet, was "The Star Spangled Banner" played over the PA, or did Edge play it live?

    I think the Rattle and Hum CD reads in the credits: Performed by Jimi Hendrix.

    I'm sure it's a playback.

    Alex
  10. Haha. How can you even ask that? That's unmistakeably Hendrix' version. No doubt about it. First of all, Edge did NOT play like that. He still doesn't play like that. His sound didn't sound anything like that, you're right I think he did pluck the bass string during it sometimes.

    It was definitely the version from Woodstock. No doubt about it.
  11. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:Haha. How can you even ask that? That's unmistakeably Hendrix' version. No doubt about it. First of all, Edge did NOT play like that. He still doesn't play like that. His sound didn't sound anything like that, you're right I think he did pluck the bass string during it sometimes.

    It was definitely the version from Woodstock. No doubt about it.


    Yep. That there was a recording of Hendrix's Woodstock version of "Star Spangled Banner".
  12. ANYWAY. I say we start a subject of songs we're trying to learn. Like songs we're in the middle of trying to learn. For example, right now I'm trying to learn the song In Your Atmosphere by John Mayer. I can play the acoustic part no problem, and I can sing it, but it's one of those songs that's hard to play and sing at the same time. I'll just keep practicing.

    BTW. I don't think I'm going to change my strat pickups. I love the sound of them. Just put some new strings on there and realized how dead the old ones were and that's why I didn't like the sound of them. But yea. Amazing tone if you're going for the JT strat sounds. I think I might try and find a Big Dipper neck pickup (Mayers signature strat pickups are called Big Dippers) for my strat. I want the neck to sound like Mayers, so I think I'll pick one of those up.

    Explorer just left New York!!! Should be here this week. (I live in Ottawa)
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