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  1. 10-03-2002, 03:04 PM #1
    JoeP
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    Strat Questions...

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  2. 10-03-2002, 03:56 PM #2
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    Like JoeP I'd like input on the same question, and also a twist on his question. I currently have a 84 Walnut Strat Elite. I have been considering selling it and replacing it with exactly what Joe is after. If have very briefly checked out a new American Series, 62 RI and Route 1 (meaning a few minutes each in a WalMars).

    Therein lies my dilema (can't be spelled right)...Of the guitars I have tried none seem to feel as good as the Elite. What are my chances of getting the tone I'm after with a pickup replacement when mated with the walnut body and neck, ebony fingerboard, and Elite trem. Every thing I read here suggests that body wood and trem bridge meterial are a big piece of the vintage sound.

    Is finding the right feeling new Strat a matter of checking out a bunch of them. It seems like quality was only so-so on each of the variants that I mentioned above.
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  3. 10-04-2002, 05:41 AM #3
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    The only real chunky neck'd Strats that I can find are the SRV and the older Jeff Beck models.

    My guitar teacher has a '91 Jeff Beck. I love the neck on his guitar. Thick and hand filling, yet extremely comfortable to play. The SRV is close.

    Anyone know of any other models that would fill the bill?

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  4. 10-04-2002, 07:17 AM #4
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    What kind of budget are you on? Can you swing Custom Shop prices? Other than that, I don't believe any of the current 'over the counter' Fender Strats feature a chunky neck. Of course, what's not chunky to me might be a baseball bat to you [I've got big hands]. As for vintage tone in a pickup, I understand the recently redesigned '57/'62 p'ups get you as close to the real thing as you can get.
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  5. 10-08-2002, 10:07 AM #5
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    Vintage sound

    The AV 57 RI had a beefy V neck and with the stock 57/62 pups sounds very vintage to me about 1200 US new


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    I have a JV and a 50's classic and I really like them both after pickup swaps for about 600us + 200 for pups( Fralins) and 100 for a Bridge/ Block swap + 900 for a killer vintage tone. The necks are not as large as the Jeff Beck but I belive they are the next largest in the Fender line

    Try many guitars. Some just don't have it. I don't know why but that s the way it goes


    Almost all the Old strat were either ash or alder bodies.
    I belive but don't hold me to it
    50's cap values were .1
    60's cap values were .05

    I think that the modern cap values are .22

    Electronics play a part in the plugged in tone
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