hey Strat lovers...

[kevinhifi]

^^^ That thing looks backwards

I've never seen a Dillon, in person or online. I really like the color.

[the_carl]

Has anyone played a Dillion guitar? The wilkinson tremolo attracts me, but buying site unseen kinda scares me. Oh, and it costs $450. Same as a MIM

You could also get a Squier Classic Vibe and upgrade the trem. Some of those are really pretty.

[GardenoftheDead]

1994 MIJ Foto Flame Strat with EMG SA pickups and a 1962 Reissue neck.

[rfurtkamp]

My uberboring Oly White '98 MIM Squier, from the first run of the Fender Mexico plant after the fire.



Nothing wrong with it, it plays well, it sounds like a Strat (albeit a hot one if I don't roll back the volume knob to 8 on some amps), but it sees little love these days thanks to the Jaguar and Jazzmaster and Mustang.

It's lonely but it's served me well and I have a tendency to cycle through stuff in the collection every so often.

Bought it new after playing every Strat in evey price range under 2k in '98 in a 300 mile radius I could find.

[madmax1012]

1994 MIJ Foto Flame Strat with EMG SA pickups and a 1962 Reissue neck.

I usually despise EMG's but I have to ask, how are the single coils? I've never actually played them, and I highly doubt you're playing the metalz on that guitar

[rfurtkamp]

Not sure which EMG set that is, but I've used the single coils before on various guitars. My first Mustang had one in the neck to replace a failed original pickup - they can be very similar in tone to regular singles just typically hotter and higher output.

[dubkitty]

Bought it new after playing every Strat in evey price range under 2k in '98 in a 300 mile radius I could find.

funny how that works sometimes. i have a $145 Epiphone acoustic dreadnought i bought in 1975. nothing exceptional at all, laminated spruce top with mahogany back/sides. it was the first one i tested before i played every--and i mean EVERY--acoustic guitar i could find for under $500 in the greater Chicagoland area and wound coming back to that one. it's a one in a million guitar that mikes up better than Martins and Taylors; back in the 70s a guy offered to trade me a new Ovation straight up when Ovations were new and cost $750-850 new, the price of a decent used Martin at the time. it's been played to Willie Nelson-hood, but i still have it and mean to get it renovated so it's playable again.

[rfurtkamp]

Yea, sometimes you find a good one, and at that particular point in Fender history, all the MIM necks and body blanks were cut in the USA and shipped south for final assembly/finishing - so in essence, the difference between the MIM and MIA stuff at the time is whether or not you want poly or nitro finish (and I don't particularly like nitro, the sticky gets old) , hardware used (cheaper tuners, pots, etc. - which sometimes isn't even necessarily true as I've seen MIM Squiers with top-shelf hardware out of the box, pieces of wood that have the potential to be in the body (again, varies) and time spent on fit and finish.

[GardenoftheDead]

Not sure which EMG set that is, but I've used the single coils before on various guitars. My first Mustang had one in the neck to replace a failed original pickup - they can be very similar in tone to regular singles just typically hotter and higher output.

It's the set David Gilmour rocked on the Red Strat. http://www.emgpickups.com/products/index/81

I usually despise EMG's but I have to ask, how are the single coils? I've never actually played them, and I highly doubt you're playing the metalz on that guitar

I was shocked the day I walked out of the store with an EMG equipped guitar myself. Oh, and don't assume, this is my Drop B guitar after all (usually it just plays the post-rocks).

But hear it for yourself. I'm pretty sure I screwed up and this only comes out of one speaker, but it'll give you an idea.
[soundcloud]http://soundcloud.com/steven-broka/strat-test[/soundcloud]

[madmax1012]

I'm surprised at how decent those sound. Not nearly as sterile as I expected.

[dubkitty]

that's what i said when i discovered that Jonny Greenwood's Tele is one of the 80s dealies with the Lace Sensors. it's always good to remember that inherent qualities aren't necessarily dominant.

[Helter]

I recently played one of the $500 blacktop strats and it was beautiful and sounded great. Might pick one up eventually.

[Zounds Perspex]

I got a Squier Classic Vibe 50's strat in Fiesta Red recently. Pretty great guit for the money. First guit with a maple fretboard in forever. I'll post a pic soon.

[Moustache_Bash]

I got a Squier Classic Vibe 50's strat in Fiesta Red recently. Pretty great guit for the money. First guit with a maple fretboard in forever. I'll post a pic soon.

Are the necks on those like MIMs as far as thickness and radus?

[rfurtkamp]

Every CV I've played has a thin neck, and is in the "makes my forearm cramp up" like many Teles I've tried to enjoy over the years.

It's one of the reasons the Mascis was amazing, the neck was spec'd for a wider nut width etc that made it playable and enjoyable for me.

Radius is 9.5" on pretty much everything but the dead on reissues these days.

I wish the CVs would follow the Mascis lead, I wish they would - MII and MIC stuff is generally unplayable for me and I'm afraid of how the necks on the forthcoming offsets will be because of it.