1973Marshall
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Frankly this could go for my Tele too.
I love my Fenders, esp my Strat. Part of it's charm is the bell-like tone and brightness, but darn if the vintage frets combined with tens don't make it a lot more effort. This despite having a low action.
There's no way a vintage Strat should play like a Les Paul or Super Strat, but I wouldn't mind some kind of change to make it a little easier. For months now I have considered a refret to larger frets because I've loved this feature on some guitars, but I fear drastically changing the tone. Also, most guitars with larger frets have flatter radius so that could be tainting my decision.
The thought of switching to 9's came to mind, but that's concerning as far as tone too. I have CS69 pickups and they are pretty bright. To me that's part of the bell tone, so higher wind pickups aren't really a consideration. I've had a Duncan SSL-5 and I felt it was amazing but ruined that magical 2nd position bridge/middle tone.
Any suggestions?
I love my Fenders, esp my Strat. Part of it's charm is the bell-like tone and brightness, but darn if the vintage frets combined with tens don't make it a lot more effort. This despite having a low action.
There's no way a vintage Strat should play like a Les Paul or Super Strat, but I wouldn't mind some kind of change to make it a little easier. For months now I have considered a refret to larger frets because I've loved this feature on some guitars, but I fear drastically changing the tone. Also, most guitars with larger frets have flatter radius so that could be tainting my decision.
The thought of switching to 9's came to mind, but that's concerning as far as tone too. I have CS69 pickups and they are pretty bright. To me that's part of the bell tone, so higher wind pickups aren't really a consideration. I've had a Duncan SSL-5 and I felt it was amazing but ruined that magical 2nd position bridge/middle tone.
Any suggestions?