Fender Strat Q...

Mykoal · Post by **Mykoal** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 9:41 pm

About to purchase my first electric guitar. And decided to spend around 400 on a fender strat. I was wondering what you guys prefer for the neck. People on the net say the maple is smoother and the rosewood is "smokier." anyone have their own opinoins. Any strat guitar you guys prefer in the 400 range.

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 9:59 pm

*biting tounge abotu fender........*

get maple...

*bites tounge off and leaves thread*

gumbomadness · Post by **gumbomadness** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 10:35 pm

maple... its prettier/smoother/faster/shinier...

gumbomadness · Post by **gumbomadness** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 10:36 pm

btw... if your gonna get the 400 dollar strat, swap out the pickups (with fancy ones) whenever and it will be awesome.

thejoe · Post by **thejoe** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 12:01 am

a standard strat is about 350 dollars, which is a good buy

and i have a maple neck on my telecaster, but ive never played the rosewood on an electric myself

just play them both if you can

gumbomadness · Post by **gumbomadness** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 12:33 am

telecasters hooray!

jeffro · Post by **jeffro** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 10:14 am

Maple neck, rosewood fretboard!

kcw · Post by **kcw** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 11:39 am

Dont buy a strat. They are pieces of crap unless you get them custom made which isnt in your price range. If you want to go Fender get a Telecaster. They are pretty good guitars.

gumbomadness · Post by **gumbomadness** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 11:46 am

play them both man. if you like the tele.. if you like the strat.. get that. Just play both.

kcw · Post by **kcw** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:11 pm

If your a new guitarist you wont be able to tell the difference until after you have learned and you would realize that you made a mistake in buying it. But if you already play then play them both.

jeffro · Post by **jeffro** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:40 pm

kcw wrote:If your a new guitarist you wont be able to tell the difference until after you have learned and you would realize that you made a mistake in buying it. But if you already play then play them both.

I absolutely love my Strat, and I don't understand why so many people hate them. Care to enlighten me KCW?

gumbomadness · Post by **gumbomadness** » Fri Dec 24, 2004 7:00 pm

strats are great. ... its just my poo luck that my hand me down guitar is a tele. Not that i dont like teles... i do... but strats have more power.

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 12:53 am

kcw wrote:Dont buy a strat. They are pieces of crap unless you get them custom made which isnt in your price range. If you want to go Fender get a Telecaster. They are pretty good guitars.

Stevie Ray Vaugn's No. 1 strat was just a beater from a guitarstore that he loved, and he did not supe it up at all. It's one of the most famous strats out there. How could regular non tweaked strats be horrible is SRV owned several. George Harrison owned a few that he didn't tweak.

Listen, strats are good and bad. I would get a 500-600 dollar strat for quality. Cheaper strats are crap, but when you get around 600 or higher, then you got a good guitar.

I own a Les Paul, and the one and only reason why I don't have a strat is because I don't like how thin the body is. That's it, otherwise I would get one.

@ the fender haters lol

i am sam2 · Post by **i am sam2** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 1:35 pm

i applaud you for having a reason to dislike a fender and naming it unlike most people who are just like "fenders are crap dont buy one"

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Sat Dec 25, 2004 1:56 pm

ive elaborated my dislike for fender many a time here, this is not the time nor the place to do it again.