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Originally Posted by JohnnyCrash
I hope this doesn't start a war...
I love Telecasters, and just about any Gibson model... I want to make sure I'm covering all of my bases tonally for the studio, so from time to time I have bought a Strat, only to sell it after being very disatisfied (gone through 4 or 5).
The music by guys who played Teles or Gibsons I enjoy, while those who play strats, even the great players, I never have enjoyed (OK except Jimi). I even dislike SRV's *tone* (I know it's almost blasphemy)... Clapton's tone of the Bluesbreakers album was awesome (Les Paul), but on the Layla sessions it was terrible (to me, again, no wars here).
Duck-clucky tones and whimpy "springy" sounds seem to be the Strat's only forte - something I do not like, want, or need.
Personal taste notwithstanding... there HAS TO BE SOME EXAMPLES OF A GREAT CLASSIC STRAT SOUND I HAVE MISSED. The guitar is legendary and a best-seller...
It may simply be an issue of taste, but I'm sure some of you guys could sway me... perhaps a *specific model* (I may have been buying the wrong Strats over the years).
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You might give David Gilmour a listen; particularly his live stuff off of Delicate Sound of Thunder...a Strat with EMG pickups...wonderful clean and overdriven tones...hardly wimpy and great playing. I never tire of listening to him. My new Tele is a delight! I do love my Strat as well...even more after installing Lace Sensor pups, a blender pot and running a TBX as a master tone control....all the quack I could wish for and singing overdrive as well. Strats can be easily modded to sing as well as any Gibson out there.
