The Coolest Strat thread?

alund said:
Interesting term "buttery tension". Some time ago when I got tired of all my gear, I sold most and kept the important stuff to me and have been on a rampage ever since, getting more shit. Not what I intended: BUT, I have since found that there are certain guitars that give that "buttery tension" a real meaning. Then there are some that the strings feel like piano wire when bending. "Mommy, my fingers hurt!" Good adjective for something I could not describe myself.
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Yeah, this gets mixed replies, but I honestly believe neck relief is the biggest card holder when it comes to string tension. Guitar is too tough to play? Turn the truss rod an 1/8th of the way counterclockwise and the strings will loosen up a bit. My only “proof” is how it feels after doing it, as well as watching the floating trem on my Strat raise/lower when adjusting the truss rod. A couple weeks ago I added some relief to the Gilmour Strat, tuned it up and the bridge was decked, where it was floating 1/8” before I put the relief in it. That was enough for me to confirm that adding relief reduces string tension, or else the bridge would have been exactly where it was before I added the relief.
 
I think I definitely have one of the weirdest lol

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Honestly, I can't find anything 'cool' about the typical Strat. And my first electric was a brand new '74 Hardtail Strat. The moment I played a Gibson-style Guitar, there was no going back. In '79, I bought a brand-new Dean E'Lite at old Don Weir's Music in san Francisco.
I have been thinking of doing Warmoth/Musikraft Gibson-scale Strat with three P90's style pickups. Could be nice to have so somewhat 'Fender-ish' sounds.
But typical s/s/s Strat? Been there, done that. Don't want the t-shirt.
 
There's so many awesome strats in this thread. Mine is a Carvin Bolt. Ebony board with stainless steel frets and a swamp ash body with quilted maple top. The Wilkinson trem works well enough and I added Sperzel locking tuners. Swapped the pickups to some 90s Fender American standards. For the money I find the Carvin hard to beat.
 

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