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Good afternoon, @Hydra19, and ... ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

i've been obsessed with strats recently, and it's funny because 10 years ago I had a bunch of Mosrites and swore I'd never have a Strat. Now I have so many of them, I'm always selling them off. Maybe it's because i had a stratocaster growing up, so it does feel comfortable tp play. What I like about them is there is so much scope to set it up to your own personal playing experience, from the tremolo springs, to the screws on the 6-point bridge and action. relief and strings, as well as pickups. I find my own comfort space is with the tremolo slightly blocked, I don't use it much and want the gutiar to stay in tune. But of course I tinker and try all kinds of things. I found a video of Hendrix where he definitely has his tremolo floating, so I set one up like that, and then tuned it down to D standard, now that Strat plays amazing and sounds so much bluesier and better. I love Stratocaster, but I think I love Telecasters even more. Anyway, I always wanted a green strat, and finally I found a green body, now I'm waiting for the right neck to come along. Over the last 5 years, I probably had 10 strats that I sold, mostly japanese - Navigator, Crews Maniac, Seymour Duncan, Tokai....All good./ Now I'm trying to cut down to one or two really nice Strats! Favorite colors are metallic green and 3TS

I had a block that was non-magnetic so it wasn't steel. not sure what it was but it sounded good, only after researching did i find out it didn't have a steel block and I added one. I did notice a bit of a brigther sound, but nothing drastic and it didn't change the voice of the guitar too much but it was an improvent to my ears

Greeting everyone, glad I found this place! I'm a guitarist who's started playing bass as well around 3 years ago and I really enjoy both instruments. I do my own setups, repairs and part exchanges so am often selling parts off to buy new ones! I'm looking forward to sharing knowledge and tips about guitars, setups, pickups and pedals!

I got this from Japan brand new but have since moved home and have bigger bills so am selling a few of my guitars. This one is brand new from Japan, comes all original and stock. I do have the back cover as well as the fender gigbag it came in. Here is the guitar ad from Andertons - https://www.andertons.co.uk/fender-mij-stratocaster-in-black-paisley/ Specification Body Alder Neck Maple Neck Shape 1969 "U" Fingerboard Maple Scale Length 25.5" Fingerboard Radius 7.25" Frets 21 Vintage Nut Material Bone Nut Width 1.650" Pickups Vintage-Style Single-Coil Strat Set Controls Master Volume, Tone 1, Tone 2, 5-Position Blade Bridge 6-Saddle Vintage-Style Synchronized Tremolo Tuners Fender Vintage "F" Stamped

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Anyone interested in a little stocking filler for the guitarist in your life, before I list this elsewhere?

Good evening, @ToFret.com, and ... ... Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

New to the chat. Not sure how to use all of this. From CZ. Be nice.

How's the volume unplugged? If my understanding of the effect of the resonator cone is correct, it should be rather louder than an unplugged solid body?

It depends a lot on the chords in the composition - and, to be honest, how big a role the slide guitar is playing. But my first instinct would be to tune your guitar to open G minor (DGDGBbD), then pop a capo on the 3rd fret. If the piece uses a lot of major chords (particularly the major IV), you might be better off using G major tuning, and fretting behind the slide when you need minor chords.

Very nice. All the best with it.

soooo - I don't know - and Godin don't have a wiring diagram for the earlier ones of these with two switches - and say "Both are mid range filters which cut half the dB level at 600 Hz." but the circuit is a fair bit simpler than the one they used on the one switch version. It seems to go between series and parallel - but in parallel it has a capacitor on one of the coils.... So it goes from a kinda humbucker type sound to a thinner kinda single coil type sound.

Coil taps or coil splitters for each pup?

Looks like a nice bit of kit. Hope you have fun learning on it!

Hello guitar players! Just wondering...which area of guitar playing is giving you the most problems? Or which area of guitar playing do you most want to master? Let us know in the comments below!

Left to right A1 A2 A3 AC0 B1 B2 B3 1) A1 + B1 2) A1 + B1 + A2 + B2 3) A2 + B2 4) A2 + B2 + A3 + B3 5) A3 + B3 Could always use continuity beep test

That’s a very fine guitar, good choice.

Having issues with photo uploading, am in touch with support. Photos from my Reverb advert are here: https://reverb.com/uk/item/93012871-g-l-clf-research-s-500-mocha G&L ceasing operations? Time to buy their top-end Strat while you can. Bought a couple of years ago and only had some light use at home (I only play bass when gigging) The finish and tone is superb; the extra pickup selection options can get towards Tele territory. It’s in great condition and I’m happy to do a video run through on a call. It comes with the original whammy bar, gig bag and paperwork. The ONLY other one I can find online is in France at €2199 so this represents a good discount for an instrument they easily rivals high-end Fender gear. Unless G&L get bought out, these will not be made again. I’ve feedback on Basschat so please do refer to that if you’re unsure about buying remotely. Thank you!

Coming from the light side (basschat) and after having a friend of a friend show me how to get the most from my hx stomp, the other week I picked up an electric to try and learn… it’s from 1990 weighs less than 3kg and has switches on both knobs that makes it sound different- learning needs to happen !

MARSHALL BB-2 Not to be confused with the original Bluesbreaker pedal, which was essentially a preamp-in-a-box - this is a dedicated, dual-mode overdrive pedal. "Boost" mode is a transparent-sounding clean boost, designed to push the front end of your amp harder, while "Blues" mode gives a much more shaped (and saturated!) tone, reminiscent of the original Bluesbreaker amps being dimed. I bought this pedal back in something like 2010. It was my main distortion effect for a while, and did a handful of gigs with me, but as I've experimented with new effects and different amps, I find myself using it less and less. I still have the original box and user's manual, which are a little worn in places (see pictures); the pedal itself is in excellent condition. Only one thing: the controls originally had black position indicators painted on them, which have mostly rubbed off over the years. Up to you whether you leave them as is, or paint some new ones on! Price includes postage to mainland UK. If you'd like it sent to a different country, drop me a PM. Open to sensible offers!