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strat a various · July 3rd, 2009, 05:23 PM

Johnny, your one of the handful of thoughtful, sincere, and fairly knowledgeable posters here. This zombie thread deserves a final answer.
Look at YouTube clips of Hendrix playing Strats, Flying V, SG, Les Paul. I saw him play those guitars back in the day. I hope they're on YouTube. You'll see that he sounds about the same on all those different guitars. It's really not the guitar, it's the player.
If a Strat doesn't feel comfortable to you, or you struggle with the pickups, controls, tremolo ... it won't work for you. If you dig the feel and fall into the tone naturally, you'll find your sound.

July 3rd, 2009, 05:23 PM	#207 (permalink)
strat a various Tele-Afflicted Join Date: May 2008 Location: the high desert Age: 51 Posts: 1,083	Johnny, your one of the handful of thoughtful, sincere, and fairly knowledgeable posters here. This zombie thread deserves a final answer. Look at YouTube clips of Hendrix playing Strats, Flying V, SG, Les Paul. I saw him play those guitars back in the day. I hope they're on YouTube. You'll see that he sounds about the same on all those different guitars. It's really not the guitar, it's the player. If a Strat doesn't feel comfortable to you, or you struggle with the pickups, controls, tremolo ... it won't work for you. If you dig the feel and fall into the tone naturally, you'll find your sound.