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  1. Originally posted by thechicken:[..]

    You will surely need a lot of money to get a 50s-70s strat. As far as basses go, I have always heard that the 70s instruments are pretty inconsistent in quality, meaning that it is likely that you pay a lot for a bad instrument. Watch out for that. Poor neck placement, heavy instruments with bad sounds,etc...


    Very true it will be a lot of money. Although, it will give me good reason to open my "savings" account
  2. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:[..]

    You're right it is more stylish and hip looking, which is probably why it's not appealing to me. I like the super classic look of the 335 body.

    Where are you going to find one though? I've seen only one or two on ebay. and they've always gone for a shitload of money. I'm going down to New York this summer, and I'm DEFINITELY hitting up that street with all of the vintage guitar shops. I'm going to see if I can get my hands on a 50's-70's strat


    Hope you have a shitload of money! Because if you are looking for a vintage 1950's - 1970's STRAT it will cost you far more than a mid-to-late 1970's Fender STARCASTER.

    Well... unless you are talking about a 1950's to 1970's Fender reissue Strat. Which in that case you can find in your local guitar barn (Sam Ash, Guitar Center) or online (Musician's Friend, etc) for cheaper than most of the independent guitar shops that don't buy in bulk and thus can't offer for lower prices.

    QUALITY of late 1960's to early 1980's Fender Strats (and other Fender guitars) was marginal at best. "But The Edge uses 1970's era Stratocasters!" Yes, but that is as they were diamonds in the rough when he bought them. The gems amongst the mere stones. And some of which he's owned since far before they were considered "vintage" or "collectible".
  3. Originally posted by anstratdubh1979:[..]

    Hope you have a shitload of money! Because if you are looking for a vintage 1950's - 1970's STRAT it will cost you far more than a mid-to-late 1970's Fender STARCASTER.

    Well... unless you are talking about a 1950's to 1970's Fender reissue Strat. Which in that case you can find in your local guitar barn (Sam Ash, Guitar Center) or online (Musician's Friend, etc) for cheaper than most of the independent guitar shops that don't buy in bulk and thus can't offer for lower prices.

    QUALITY of late 1960's to early 1980's Fender Strats (and other Fender guitars) was marginal at best. "But The Edge uses 1970's era Stratocasters!" Yes, but that is as they were diamonds in the rough when he bought them. The gems amongst the mere stones. And some of which he's owned since far before they were considered "vintage" or "collectible".


    A local guitar shop just sold a 79 strat for 1500 bucks, and it was in great condition. Tried it myself in fact, and I planned to buy it, but the previous time I was in there it was gone
  4. So far as Strats go, I'm pretty happy with my Ridgewood copy no, it's not a Fender, but it makes the same noise and, more to the point, a noise I like and I think that's the most important thing, i.e. playing something 'cause you like playing it

    Speaking of playing things, I tried out my friend's Gibson BFG the other night. My god, that is lush as tones go. Wouldn't mind bagging one myself if I had a cool £700 lying around, although I can't say I'm keen on the finish - I've only seen one sort of finish for such a guitar, wondered if anyone knows of alternative models or whether they're one of a kind?
  5. Originally posted by WojBhoy:So far as Strats go, I'm pretty happy with my Ridgewood copy no, it's not a Fender, but it makes the same noise and, more to the point, a noise I like and I think that's the most important thing, i.e. playing something 'cause you like playing it

    Speaking of playing things, I tried out my friend's Gibson BFG the other night. My god, that is lush as tones go. Wouldn't mind bagging one myself if I had a cool £700 lying around, although I can't say I'm keen on the finish - I've only seen one sort of finish for such a guitar, wondered if anyone knows of alternative models or whether they're one of a kind?


    BFG... is that the one with the P-90 pickup in the neck position?
  8. That was so rude yet so incredibly hilarious, Alex.... xD
  10. Been awhile on here since I've read such a crude yet hilarious post laughed that hard
  12. Back on topic, I have a question having to do with restringing.

    A long time ago, my first guitar teacher had a guitar on which, on the headstock where the strings were wound, he had the small colored notches on the bottom of the strings poking out through the holes. (I'm trying to find a picture of this on Google Images, and I'm having a very hard time...basically, the following part of the string was sticking about an inch out of the peg)



    However, I don't believe the guitar was strung backwards. I asked him how he did it, and he told me "Just string your guitar, and save the bottoms of your old strings. All you have to do is wind those through too." But I tried this, and the holes on all 3 of the guitars I own aren't big enough for 2 strings, even if you double up the smallest/largest (eg: bottom of the 6th string gets wound in the 1st string's hole)

    Does anyone have any experience with trying this? I thought it looked sort of cool, and figured I would try it out sometime.
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