Jeff beck ox blood les paul

[Diamondjimi]

Just what I thought...

Yeah, Gibson Pwns Fender!

[ELVIS]

Thee's nothing like a well made Stratocaster...

And they still make a few nice new models that play and sound great...

[GAR]

Im in guitlust for that goldburst... droolin, E! I'm droolin..

[jhale667]

They show that you can spend far less than $8k for a sweeeeet Les Paul.

Well played.

That goldburst IS bad-ass. Some of those other ones from the Cloud 9 page and linked Wildwood pages' Chambered ones are nice, too...around the $6K range, still a bit steep...too bad, still want a LP someday...

[GAR]

I like how one can cross international borders with cocaine in the chambered guitars as carryon luggage.

Sometimes you can even stow the guitar upfront in the pilot's cabin.. so I've heard. I wouldn't really know.. just sayin'..

[GAR]

Thee's nothing like a well made Stratocaster...

Well that's quite true, and you've really got a point there. However there's also nothing quite like a wellmade neckjoint guitar like a Gibson either, when it's done right.

They're two very distinct tones.

You can throw a pickup in a Strat to sound like a Gibson somewhat, but one thing the Gibsons and other glued-in necks can't do is that acoustical pickguard-cavity effect where the resonant body transfers vibration to the pickups in such a way as to detect certain string/finger nuances.

That's only done with acoustic, semi-acoustics or large chambered body styles like the Strat, its probably got the highest acoustical feedback ratio (if there is such a term) to electrical output characterisic of any guitar.

The larger the pickguard-mounted pickups style guitar, the grater this effect. But I must say my 83 flying V had this effect to a grate degree, the pickguard was huge!

[sadaist]

I like how one can cross international borders with cocaine in the chambered guitars as carryon luggage.

Sometimes you can even stow the guitar upfront in the pilot's cabin.. so I've heard. I wouldn't really know.. just sayin'..

Check this Squire Strat out. Looks normal right? Scroll down to 2nd pic.





"What on earth would make this Stratocaster clone worth well over a million dollars? As you can see in the pic above, the electric guitar was stuffed with lots of cocaine, that's what. We former musicians are well aware that the gigsters always have the best blow, but this guitar player went overboard when he decided to fly from Costa Rica to Rome with his drastically modified Squier ax in tow. Too bad The Man noticed a bit of telltale powdery residue poking out of a conspicuous spot on this git-box. We have another pic of the guitar before it was dismantled, looking perfectly innocent."

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/musical-instruments/guitar-captured-with-enough-coke-stashed-aboard-to-take-us-all-to-electric-ladyland-315457.php

[Diamondjimi]

Yowza ,Yowza, Yowza!!!

[Diamondjimi]

Thee's nothing like a well made Stratocaster...

And they still make a few nice new models that play and sound great...

True. I own a '62 Re-issue Japanese Fender Strat that I'd put up against any USA Strat. Like Gibsons , each one is very different.
This Jap fucker I have sustains for days. I wouldn't trade it for any other Strat.
Story goes... a buddy of mine bought it new in the early 90's . Left it stock ,played it for a few years then only leave it lying around the studio for a few more. I found myself glued to this guitar every time I stopped by to hang out. It was light , sustained like nothing I'd played before and had a warm full tone. After pestering him to sell it he finally caved. Went to the ATM , grabbed $400. and the rest is history...

[sadaist]

Strat bodies to me are like VW Bugs...no matter what color or design you slap on them, they still look cool. Very clean lines, smooth & silky. Les Paul is 2nd on my list, but they have a finer line between beautiful & ugly. No middle ground there really. I HATE all the thorny beast "look how metal I am" guitars....

[jhale667]

My sides...

Yowza ,Yowza, Yowza!!!

And for once I agree with Sadaist...lol You can't really go wrong with a decent Strat or Les Paul.