WTB: Fender Strat or Tele - Page 2 - Sportbike Addicts

causef0rconcern · 10-08-2007, 07:07 PM

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It's an early nineties double cutaway/strat body..solid hardwood body (the sustain is amazing). The pickups are Seymour Duncan Hotrails with FULL COIL TAPS <3<3<3. Equating to...extremely warm humbucker tones, super awesome crunch...then flick of a switch and its a beautiful Tele twang or Strat single coil sound. I don't know the material of the neck 'cause I don't know too much about all that stuff, but the action is quite simply put - the most amazing thing in the world. You can smoothly a bend a note to the fucking moon and back without a hint of hesitation(and minutes of sustain). The action is...perfect. ESP licensed Floyd Rose tremolo that stays in tune like you wouldn't believe. I mean, full dive bombs recover to perfect tuning. The finish is one of those must-see-to-believes. Its a puff. I'm so impressed with the quality, fit/finish, and most importantly sound quality coming out of this guitar. ESP just made a believer out of me.

JCblitz - How is that Strat working for you dude?

RCM78 · 10-08-2007, 08:01 PM

Nice guitar. Looks like it has a flame maple top on the body, The body itself is most likely made of Alder. The neck is maple with a rosewood fretboard.

If you want to increase the warmth and sustain try blocking the floyd and unlocking the nut. This gives the strings a better connection to the body and headstock making the wood resonate more.

Believe it or not the floyd rose system kills alot of sustsain and lower resonant tones in guitars. I should know I have five guitars with Floyds. Three with Original Floyd Rose systems and two with licensed systems.

The difference between an original tremolo and licensed is the material the bridge is made of. Original's are made of hardened steel with brass blocks and hardened steel saddles. Licensed bridges are made of cast steel and cast saddles. Some have brass blocks but the newer ones are also cast steel. All licensed bridges are made by schaller and stamp whatever guitar manufacturer is using it onto the bridge.

The only other company that makes a hardened steel floyd style tremolo is Gotoh. They are used on Ernie ball music man guitars and Peavey Wolfgang guitars.

Smokes35 · 10-09-2007, 10:28 AM

Ibanez has the coolest replacement for the Floyd Rose in existance.

RCM78 · 10-09-2007, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Smokes35

Ibanez has the coolest replacement for the Floyd Rose in existance.

Ibanez does not make a replacement for the floyd rose. They do make a very good version of it though. You cant remove an orginal floyd rose system and install an Ibanez edge system without drilling and cutting the body.

Original Floyd Rose, Gotoh Floyd Rose, and Ibanex Edge Pro are all equal quality but are slightly different designs.

Smokes35 · 10-10-2007, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by RCM78

Ibanez does not make a replacement for the floyd rose. They do make a very good version of it though. You cant remove an orginal floyd rose system and install an Ibanez edge system without drilling and cutting the body.

Original Floyd Rose, Gotoh Floyd Rose, and Ibanex Edge Pro are all equal quality but are slightly different designs.

You know what i meant jerk face... The model that has the adjustment wheel thingy in the back with the quick lock switch thingy... its far more reliable and tunes more more reliably in my limited experience with it...