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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2021 20:00:27 GMT -5
No thread about this? I'd like to try. I have some strats I'm playing less just so I don't waste fret life lol. Both the Strat and Tele with floyd rose look interesting. Maybe they could have went with more colors? Not enthused about the noiseless pickups and the fact that the floyd locking nut doesn't have screws through the neck however
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Feb 5, 2021 22:04:08 GMT -5
It's about time they started offering them!
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Post by insanecooker on Feb 6, 2021 6:37:39 GMT -5
What model is that?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2021 9:57:09 GMT -5
It's the Luxe models...weird name lol. These 2 have floyds StratTele |
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Feb 6, 2021 10:46:35 GMT -5
Pricey. Seems to be an accumulated list of anti vintage specifications designed to draw in non-traditionalists. Not that its a bad thing, probably smart from a marketing perspective. The biggest turn off for me is the Floyd, which I've never had a use for. Surprised that at that price range it isn't a lacquer finish, but then again that's the traditionalist in me talking.
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Post by insanecooker on Feb 6, 2021 10:47:10 GMT -5
That Tele is a weird thing - and kinda alluring in its own right.
However, as mentioned elsewhere, I'm now covered as far as stunt guitars go. :-P
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Post by Leftee on Feb 6, 2021 11:20:35 GMT -5
I’ve been shopping Tele-shaped stunt guitars. Schecter makes one (lefty).
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2021 11:55:04 GMT -5
what's interesting about the Tele is not just the belly cut and the softened heel, which they've been doing, but the back scoop for the upper frets.
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Post by insanecooker on Feb 6, 2021 12:02:10 GMT -5
I’ve been shopping Tele-shaped stunt guitars I like the look of the Charvel "super teles", but don't know their availability in lefty. |
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Post by Leftee on Feb 6, 2021 12:05:11 GMT -5
I’ve been shopping Tele-shaped stunt guitars I like the look of the Charvel "super teles", but don't know their availability in lefty. They were a couple years ago. I don’t think they’re around now. They just released all the new lefty Charvels and they’re all super-Strats. Even a pick one!😃 |
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Post by reverendrob on Feb 6, 2021 21:51:13 GMT -5
They had me at "Includes premium molded hardshell case."
Yea, premium plastic, yay!
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Post by Mfitz804 on Feb 9, 2021 16:55:25 GMT -5
They had me at "Includes premium molded hardshell case." Yea, premium plastic, yay! Its better than the gig bags they used to include that were basically a sheet of nylon fabric with minimal to no padding. The deluxe gig bags, however, were excellent. |
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Post by matryx81 on Feb 9, 2021 17:47:34 GMT -5
Anyone know right off hand if these are available on any of the current basses?
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Post by reverendrob on Feb 10, 2021 14:53:46 GMT -5
They had me at "Includes premium molded hardshell case." Yea, premium plastic, yay! Its better than the gig bags they used to include that were basically a sheet of nylon fabric with minimal to no padding. The deluxe gig bags, however, were excellent. Agree 100% with you there. The basic be-atch nylons were...on par with what you'd get from Ebay for $5 or less, but I'm still using a couple of the Deluxes to this day! |
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Post by Lefty Rev on Feb 10, 2021 15:00:07 GMT -5
Nice to see Fender offering a RIGHT-HANDED guitar in any color you want ... as long as it's BLACK! (The Tele version.)
We lefties had to put up with that for years, from various companies.
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Post by bluzcat on Feb 11, 2021 8:50:01 GMT -5
Nice to see Fender offering a RIGHT-HANDED guitar in any color you want ... as long as it's BLACK! (The Tele version.) We lefties had to put up with that for years, from various companies. When I was a kid I started out playing lefty, even had a lefty Hondo special ordered. When I was looking to move up to a nicer guitar a guitar store employee encourage me to switch since I hadn’t been playing long and he said lefty guitars were harder to get, more expensive, etc. My dad had done the same thing when he was a kid in the 60s. Sometimes I regret changing to right handed but seeing what you guys have gone through just to get good guitars I almost feel like I made the right choice. |
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Post by Leftee on Feb 11, 2021 8:57:49 GMT -5
It’s a lot easier in the Innerwebs age, for sure.
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Post by funkykikuchiyo on Feb 11, 2021 9:41:11 GMT -5
It is kinda funny because in my experience the shred guys are the ones who have the least need for stainless. They play more evenly across the neck and have a lighter touch. The people who need it are the ones who bash away and frequently hit the same boxes and chord shapes over and over. And bass players, especially if they use stainless strings, all the more so if they're slappers.
I'd be curious how they're doing it in a factory setting. Dressing and polishing frets, in factory time, takes an eternity and stainless doesn't lend itself well to short cuts. This is a big reason why your friendly local tech can do a fret dress in a brand new guitar and make instant improvements even though the guitar is brand new. Regardless, even if you have to get them dressed within the first year or two, it'll be great for some people.
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Post by Mike the marksman on Feb 11, 2021 13:49:16 GMT -5
I think the main draw to stainless frets for shredders is how smooth they are. I don't think nickel frets keep a mirror polish as long as stainless frets do.
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Post by matryx81 on Feb 11, 2021 18:42:04 GMT -5
And bass players, especially if they use stainless strings As a bassist, I like the idea of stainless frets but the price scares me (at least at first. G&L wants 2 shiny pennies for theirs). That said, if I ever have to do a refret it will be stainless steel. This may happen with a 1980 Jazz that I have. |
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Post by reverendrob on Feb 12, 2021 16:55:45 GMT -5
I've used stainless strings for pushing thirty years, including on my basses.
I must have the lightest touch in existence.
The vaunted "chews up frets" hasn't happened.
Yea, you can see wear patterns (mine aren't normal cowboy chord runs) but everything's AOK, even on stuff I"ve had over 20 years.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Feb 12, 2021 18:50:24 GMT -5
Surprised that at that price range it isn't a lacquer finish. The high price of this modern stunt guitar doesn't presuppose the use of nitro, because shredders generally don't give a rat's patootie about so-called "vintage correct" or that heavily gigged look. They just happily make musical cole slaw! |
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Post by Leftee on Feb 12, 2021 20:11:42 GMT -5
I don’t recall ever seeing a stunt guitar finished in lacquer.
It also doesn’t do well with VO5. Specifically the pink cans.
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Post by Auf Kiltre on Feb 12, 2021 20:25:47 GMT -5
What is this "stunt" guitar bidness? Is it a guitar "reimagined"?
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Post by Leftee on Feb 12, 2021 20:44:02 GMT -5
You know...
Double-locking trem. Pointy headstock
Just add hair spray and spandex.
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Post by Leftee on Feb 12, 2021 20:50:57 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2021 22:47:27 GMT -5
I think a floyd rose can be played with finesse and restraint. Just having it on the guitar doesn't make me think stunt guitar. I think 15" radius, thin neck, recessed floyd, 24 frets, maybe 7 strings, scalloped higher frets...that there is stunt level  lol |
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Post by walshb 🦒 on Feb 13, 2021 6:30:45 GMT -5
I recently ordered new frets for my '95 Strat, and a few tools, to do my first refret. I decided not to go with stainless, mainly because they're harder to work with. I also couldn't find any that were the correct radius for my Strat.
If I ever have to replace them again, at least I'll have the tools to do it with.
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lol
