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Post by budg on Aug 24, 2020 18:07:22 GMT -5
So my office threw me a little send off for my retirement and I got a very generous gift card for guitar center. With the amount I was able to buy a Player Strat in surf pearl . I have been wanting one with a maple board and this is my first mexi Strat. I must say I am impressed. After I set up the guitar with 10s it plays great . I’ll do some minor tweaking as I go, but I am really impressed and think these guitars are really good. I’ll give a mini review after spending more time with it. Here a link to my pic imgur.com/gallery/y0YaAsY |
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Post by Leftee on Aug 24, 2020 19:17:36 GMT -5
Congrats!
Man, that is a great color!!!
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twangmeister
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Age: 72 and fading fast.....
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Post by twangmeister on Aug 24, 2020 21:47:38 GMT -5
I have a Player's Strat in sunburst ash and love it.
Congrats!
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Post by LTB on Aug 25, 2020 5:03:16 GMT -5
Nice color!
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Post by tiller2 on Aug 25, 2020 10:14:15 GMT -5
Sweet guitar, reminds me of my maple-necked Tele in Surf Green. Play it in good health!
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Post by budg on Aug 25, 2020 15:03:34 GMT -5
So I’ve had time to tweak this guitar and dial it in some more. I lowered the action ,lowered the relief to about .008 and adjusted the pickups. The fretwork was surprisingly good. No high frets and the intonation was spot on. The fretboard isn’t rolled , which isn’t a huge deal , but some might find it annoying.
The finish is superb and the color is gorgeous . Nice contrast with the maple neck and the mint pick guard ties it all in. The neck is satin on the back with a gloss fretboard. Standard tuners that keep it in tune quite well. The pick ups are decent and to my ears have a more modern tone to them. Less sparkle and quack than I’m used to ,but definitely stratty sounding. I may change them out at some point, but for now they are fine. Controls work as designed.
The weight of the guitar is just a shade under 8 lbs , which is very comfy. I plugged it into a drri and got some very nice tones. Definitely a bit thicker sounding than my 50 ri strats.
All in all I really like this guitar and am surprised how much the MIM line has stepped up in recent years. Count me very happy.
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Post by LM on Aug 25, 2020 15:55:17 GMT -5
Score! I agree great color!
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Aug 25, 2020 16:40:12 GMT -5
As sexy as a Strat gets. Have you tried lowering the middle pickup to get it to quack some more?
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Post by budg on Aug 25, 2020 17:37:45 GMT -5
As sexy as a Strat gets. Have you tried lowering the middle pickup to get it to quack some more? Thanks. No I haven’t tried that yet , but that’s a great idea. I’ll try that out . |
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Post by guildx700 on Aug 25, 2020 20:24:43 GMT -5
Nice color you don;t see very often.
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Post by budg on Aug 26, 2020 13:50:20 GMT -5
Did some tweaking today and ended up raising the neck pickup quite a bit. Big difference . I always hated the American Standard Modern C , but love this one. It must have to do with the nut width than the shape .
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Post by TBird on Aug 27, 2020 6:52:16 GMT -5
+1 for the color. Very retro cool!
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Aug 27, 2020 7:18:16 GMT -5
SHWEET!
I have Player Strat pickups in a custom build, and these are some of the nicest-sounding Strat pickups I have in my arsenal...which includes some Custom Shop stuff. I am blown away by how really good they sound and respond.
You got'cherself a really nice Strat there.
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Post by Leftee on Aug 27, 2020 7:34:53 GMT -5
I’ve got a hard tail body built up and waiting for a neck. It has a set of these pickups as well. I need to get off my duff and get-r-dun.
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Post by Mikeyguitar on Aug 27, 2020 8:37:03 GMT -5
Nice looking guitar! Enjoy!
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Post by budg on Aug 27, 2020 12:06:24 GMT -5
These pickups are alot nicer than the ceramics they put on the old Mexican Standard and I like them alot better than the MIM Classic series too. Think 57/62s with more grit .
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Post by Leftee on Aug 27, 2020 12:07:41 GMT -5
These pickups are alot nicer than the ceramics they put on the old Mexican Standard and I like them alot better than the MIM Classic series too. Think 57/62s with more grit . I never could co-exist with the old MIM pickups. |
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Post by budg on Aug 27, 2020 12:12:31 GMT -5
Nope , me either. Those ceramic pickups were nasty .
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Post by Leftee on Aug 27, 2020 12:37:51 GMT -5
Preach it, brother!!!!
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Post by LTB on Aug 29, 2020 21:43:00 GMT -5
Nope , me either. Those ceramic pickups were nasty . Most ceramic pickups are gritty sounding to me. Only one I ever liked was the Reverend P-90’s |
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Post by De ville on Sept 2, 2020 20:40:27 GMT -5
I like it. Congrats!
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