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chipl · August 30th, 2007, 12:05 PM

I know what you mean, Johnny. I had a 75 Strat, boat anchor weight, that had a glassy, plinky plinky, thin sound. I didn't know any better in 75 but over time, got frustrated with its thin, quacky sound.

A while back I swapped out the original pups for some Harmonic Designs and the guitar was transformed, with a thicker, richer, more ringing sound. I also got a 62 RI Strat off a TDPRI-er years ago, with Fralins and that too had
a lot more tonal possibilities than my original 75.

I know Jeff Beck created a lot of his signature Blow by Blow and Wired sounds with a Les Paul, but when I heard him last year, he was playing that
signature Strat and his tone was anything but thin and quacky.

I also loved Lowell George's Strat slide sound. He got a chunkier, darker tone out of his Strats but his slide technique mighta had something to do with that.

Then again, I sometimes paraphrase the line by American humorist Will Rogers who said he never met a man he didn't like. I'm the Will Rogers of guitars...never met one I didn't like.

August 30th, 2007, 12:05 PM	#135 (permalink)
chipl Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 809	Jeff Beck? I know what you mean, Johnny. I had a 75 Strat, boat anchor weight, that had a glassy, plinky plinky, thin sound. I didn't know any better in 75 but over time, got frustrated with its thin, quacky sound. A while back I swapped out the original pups for some Harmonic Designs and the guitar was transformed, with a thicker, richer, more ringing sound. I also got a 62 RI Strat off a TDPRI-er years ago, with Fralins and that too had a lot more tonal possibilities than my original 75. I know Jeff Beck created a lot of his signature Blow by Blow and Wired sounds with a Les Paul, but when I heard him last year, he was playing that signature Strat and his tone was anything but thin and quacky. I also loved Lowell George's Strat slide sound. He got a chunkier, darker tone out of his Strats but his slide technique mighta had something to do with that. Then again, I sometimes paraphrase the line by American humorist Will Rogers who said he never met a man he didn't like. I'm the Will Rogers of guitars...never met one I didn't like.