A Strat is born...

[Nitro Express]

You pretty much gravitate to what you like naturally. I had a wonderful, great sounding Les Paul Custom and it's a guitar I still wish I had but it would not be my main guitar. I'm a Strat guy. If I play a Gibson it's an SG. If I'm in a big music store and get to play around all day, I will end up with a Strat.

I think the Strat for me is like a comfortable pair of blue jeans that get better the more they wear and break in. You don't have to worry about breaking the headstock off and you leave them laying around. They are versatile and comfortable.

[Nitro Express]

A V has never appealed to me because of the awkwardness of playing sitting down. That said I try to force myself to practice standing up most of the time these days as it really makes a huge difference.

Actually playing sitting down will make you lazy. If you are in a band practice like you are on stage. You actually play different standing up than you do sitting down.

[Nitro Express]

I used to shop at a mom and pop music store that was a Heritage dealer. Great guitars. I think they are nicer than the Gibsons and they are made in the old Gibson plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan by former Gibson employees.

[Nitro Express]

i had a 1960 flametop reissue for a while... there's just something about them i don't like.

there's nothing about strats i don't like.

Big 70's headstock with a bullet truss rod. 9" radius with a nice thick U shaped neck. What kind of Strat do you like? I played a 50's reissue with the V shaped neck. Man. It felt totally foreign.

[ashstralia]

absolute all time faves are 62 re-issues. the 70's ones were a bit meh, and i saw some crap ones in the early to mid nineties. since about 98 on they seem pretty good again.

i've only played one proper old one; a 64 mint that a mate's dad owns. very very nice, but you're aware that you're holding something that's worth a LOT of money.

[Diamondjimi]

absolute all time faves are 62 re-issues.

I have a Fender '62 reissue Sunburst. I love it. Sustain for days. I totally lucked out with the Mojo this guitar has.
It takes an amazing amount of abuse sometimes and performs like a champ. A Strat can take 10 times the abuse a Les Paul can...

[jhale667]

A Strat is born...

The coolest thing about a Strat IMO is the bolt-on neck...way easier to swap parts (even on a rear-loaded one) overall and to tweak out to your liking... if you find after a few years you're not that into the neck on your Gibson...

Out of the two traditional Strats I built my favorite is the 1-piece Ash bodied one...1-piece bodies rule...

[ELVIS]

I swap bodies and necks quite a bit and the results are like totally new guitars with cool sounds to explore...

[Seshmeister]

But still that brain remains...

[ELVIS]

At least mine's not pickled...

[Nitro Express]

I have a Fender '62 reissue Sunburst. I love it. Sustain for days. I totally lucked out with the Mojo this guitar has.
It takes an amazing amount of abuse sometimes and performs like a champ. A Strat can take 10 times the abuse a Les Paul can...

My 72 Reissue sustains great. I haven't done a thing to it. It came perfect. Very low action too. I've had bolt on necks that sustain better than glued in ones. Fenders can be fabulous sounding guitars if you get a good one.

[ELVIS]

I have 62, 72 and 67 reissues...

I prefer the American Standard from any year over them...

Of course, mine are all lefty and always seem to be of better quality than the right handed Am. Standard...

[Hardrock69]

Sesh, V's are not that bad to play sitting down. What you do is let the upper wing rest on top of your right thigh, so the lower wing sort of goes underneath it.

But then, I have had a Gibson V as my main guitar since 1978 (minus 3 years in the mid-80s), so I worked that problem out long ago.

[ashstralia]

^^^ alright if you're 9 feet tall.

[ELVIS]

I've been gassing over these two Agiles from Rondo music...

$439.00



$425.00

I have six Agiles...

You cannot go wrong with them...

Way better than Epiphone and with a few upgrades, better than Gibson's basic store crap...