Letting the feeling go

[NewKid]

I’m ready to pull the trigger on a Fender Player Series Strat in Capri Orange. Got a nice quote on a new one from Sweetwater yesterday.

Then this morning I remembered that I don’t like Strats and I already have three other electrics I like a lot more.

So do I let the feeling of buying another guitar or the feeling of not liking Strats go?

I know this is the wrong place to ask. But how do some of you get over this emotion? I can certainly rationalize both sides.

 

[LunarSlingShot]

I would let the feeling of buying another guitar go. I've done the same thing several times. A Strat becomes appealing to me and I buy it. I then realize that I don't like strats and end up going back to my teles. Before long enough time passes that I see a strat that is really killer to look at....I forget that I don't like strats and buy it. Then i end up getting rid of it again because I simply can't get along with strats over a tele. I've probably went through 4 or 5 strats, with each time remembering that they just aren't for me.

 

[Wytee]

Wait a few weeks and see if the feeling subsides. I have this happen all the time. Sometimes the feeling will fade away or sway in the direction of another option.

 

[tfarny]

I am also eyeing strats online and then I have to keep reminding myself that when I sold my in the spring strat after trying to turn it into basically a tele, I swore I would never get another one because I don't like them!

Except that I do. And that orange one is pretty cool...

 

[Boubou]

I am sure you can get a better colour, at least there is that

 

[24 track]

View attachment 634782 I’m ready to pull the trigger on a Fender Player Series Strat in Capri Orange. Got a nice quote on a new one from Sweetwater yesterday.

Then this morning I remembered that I don’t like Strats and I already have three other electrics I like a lot more.

So do I let the feeling of buying another guitar or the feeling of not liking Strats go?

I know this is the wrong place to ask. But how do some of you get over this emotion? I can certainly rationalize both sides.

take it from a guy who wants to own every left handed guitar ever made, some times you have to let it go , strats are beautiful guitars, I have 2 but ( here it comes) I never liked stock fender pickups , they work but i never liked the sound , so I ended up replacing pick guards till I found a system that worked for me........so if you've cooled down on the purchase there was a reason for it, save your coins and if something else pops up , check it out

 

[WingedWords]

Similar story to yours, NewKid. A couple of weeks ago I had huge GAS for an ES175 type jazz box. I spent a very happy few days looking at affordable alternatives on the web and was all set to go and try my #1 choice in a store about an hour away. Life got in the way for a few days and in the meantime I reassessed the 1956 ES125 I’ve had for some time and realised it does everything a jazz box would do for me, if it had a bit of work done on the nut, frets and bridge. Which I’m going to have done after a short holiday due next week. And it’s got more mojo than a newly built oriental box will ever have.

In a word - sleep on it for a few days. Maybe a week??

And having said that, earlier today I was browsing the bookmarks I made for reviews etc on the Eastman AR372 and thinking how pretty it looks.... Maybe I need to sleep on it a bit longer.

 

[ecoast]

Buy NOW and SAVE!!!

(sorry; no help here...)

 

[verb boten]

Sweetwater now carries Danelectro...that's all i got.

Every new guitar is a favorite for a while, you love some and cherish them, others become Case Queens until you unload them. The important thing here (IMO) is to learn over time what to avoid. I have 2 strats that are different, one's a hardtail, one maple board and one rosewood, different pickups, IOW everything i need in a strat and have no need for another so they are off the shopping list. Kinda sad really.

 

[superbadj]

Let it go, bro. If you're already saying you don't like strats, then the $$$ is just burning a hole in your pocket, and you know already that you won't be happy with it in the long run.

 

[stxrus]

ive tried but me and strats just don't jive.
Teles. SGs, LPs, Vs and almost anything else but a strat. I love the way they look and sound - when played by somebody else - so I just cant get gas for a strat at all

 

[TeleTex82]

Always been a Tele guy. Bought several strats over the past 10 years, ranging from Custom Shop to Squiers. Sold them all. Then I had MJT put one together for me with some Cavalier pups and it finally clicked. Turns out I'm a Tele AND Strat guy. Give it a shot. Could be the one.

 

[thunderbyrd]

Wait one week and see how you feel.

 

[BigDaddyLH]

Wait, you're about to pull the trigger on a Strat and you just remember you don't like Strats?

How did your wedding day go?

 

[brookdalebill]

One good Strat should “vaccinate” you from your negative feelings about Strats.
I have an great Fender EJ Strat.
It has noiseless Kinman 1969 pickups, and it plays beautifully.
It’s a perfect Strat, IMO.
I find it works really well with some bands that I work for.
Anyways, that Capri Orange looks cool.
Check it out, you can always horse-trade it away.
I very heartily recommend the EJ Strats, all of em’.

 

[Deeve]

@NewKid - nice strat - cool color.
But if the guitar is not a pre-war Martin, the deal will present itself again later if it turns out you must have this guitar.
Sweetwater's a nice store, but whatever they have, there'll be some more available.
If it'll help, I can mail you some candy.
Peace - Deeve

 

[schmee]

For me that "emotion to buy" goes away within a day of getting the item 9 times out of 10. I think you are on the right track, you don't NEED another guitar you wont play!
It's a bit like quitting smoking. Having quit 3 times for a year or so and restarting, I realized that I just have to get past the urge to stop and buy a pack until the convenience store is distant in the rear view mirror. You just need a minute to put it behind you and think about something else...

But then....
"oh wait!,... I'm getting old and I deserve it! You only live once!"

 

[nojazzhere]

View attachment 634782 I’m ready to pull the trigger on a Fender Player Series Strat in Capri Orange. Got a nice quote on a new one from Sweetwater yesterday.

Then this morning I remembered that I don’t like Strats and I already have three other electrics I like a lot more.

So do I let the feeling of buying another guitar or the feeling of not liking Strats go?

I know this is the wrong place to ask. But how do some of you get over this emotion? I can certainly rationalize both sides.

Since you asked for opinions......maybe I'm old, but I've come to realize I don't have to have a lot of guitars just 'cause they're there. Every time I pull out one of my other guitars, it makes me realize the only guitar I NEED is my three pickup Mongrelcaster Tele. I could afford a few others, but I can't rationalize or justify any more. I take my PRS SE One (with added neck p/up) on gigs as a back-up, but since I've been contemplating putting together a "replica" of my #1 for that purpose, I'm considering selling the PRS. Everything I hold onto (not to be morbid, but...) is just something else for my grandson to be burdened with when I'm gone.
I have a really nice MIJ Fender Squier Strat that NEVER gets played.....I need to sell it as well.
Good luck.

 

[Mike Eskimo]

I am sure you can get a better colour, at least there is that

Yeah - like darker orange.

I love me some orange. All different shades but especially deep orange. How about a deep orange Strat with a wide Rosewood fingerboard ? Yes please !

 

[schmee]

I'm going through this right now. I want to build a blonde Bassman Head. I had a bassman head a year ago. I sold it and got a Bandmaster Reverb head. Why? I dont know, it was a good deal needing work, has a tube rectifier instead. But I have a custom speaker cab that now is narrower than the BMR head and looks funky on stage. And I dont use reverb! Arghhh...
SO now I want to build a Blonde Bassman head.
Somebody stop me!