My new opinion on Strats

[scott757]

My friend has a MIJ strat that's he's been letting me borrow for the past few weeks. I love it. I hate that I love it. But I love it. When he asks for it back I will be sad because I will have to wait to buy my own.

[VaughnC]

IMO and experience, it's all in finding the right one as Strats, even with the exact same specs, can sound and play VERY different. I'm a 40+ year Strat-o-holic of the highest order but I don't care for 95% of the one's I try out...but, in that last 5%, I find lots of goosebumps to be had ;).

[eyeball987]

IMO and experience, it's all in finding the right one as Strats, even with the exact same specs, can sound and play VERY different. I'm a 40+ year Strat-o-holic of the highest order but I don't care for 95% of the one's I try out...but, in that last 5%, I find lots of goosebumps to be had ;).

I will agree with that. I have bought and sold a few but the only one that I really liked was a MIM that I dropped Dimarzio VV's in and had refretted. I haven't played one that I liked since.

[somedude]

The thing I love about Strats is that all those pedals that sound like garbage with humbuckers really come alive when fed single coils.

[mojoslide]

There are definitely special ones, but I also think that Strats really need a personalized setup to work right for an individual player. I find that spending time tweaking can make most Strats pretty damn good axes in general. Sound is of course an important factor too and each individual instrument will vary. But a proper setup is so important.