progrmr
August 21st, 2011, 01:15 PM
I was returning my jacked up Digitech screamin' blues pedal this morning - AFTER watching Robert's latest blues rhythm video. I was playing along on my Austin LP but I noticed that the LP just doesn't sound right doing blues like that. I needed some Strat quack!
I hit the cheapies at the store - found a Squier Affinity HSS that had GREAT quack..but the line was too long and I didn't feel like waiting so I bailed. Now this is on the east side of town and I live on the west. While driving back I was kicking myself knowing that I had a quack machine and didn't buy it. So I stopped at the used gear store on the west side of town (lol!) ready to pick out a strat and buy it. I get in there and there are literally a hundred HSS/SSS strats of varying names to try.
I tried at least 20 different strats...not one had the signature Strat quack! WTH I thought...how is this? I kept trying (even going to a more expensive MIM strat SSS) and finally I found a Squier Affinity (again!) SSS that had quack. I bought it and left. Got it home, rocked it through my new valve junior combo and I am now in quack heaven.
All's well that ends well...but I figured every SSS would be able too quack but I'm telling you I found 1 strat in 20+ that had it.
I find myself wondering just what makes a strat quack..??
I hit the cheapies at the store - found a Squier Affinity HSS that had GREAT quack..but the line was too long and I didn't feel like waiting so I bailed. Now this is on the east side of town and I live on the west. While driving back I was kicking myself knowing that I had a quack machine and didn't buy it. So I stopped at the used gear store on the west side of town (lol!) ready to pick out a strat and buy it. I get in there and there are literally a hundred HSS/SSS strats of varying names to try.
I tried at least 20 different strats...not one had the signature Strat quack! WTH I thought...how is this? I kept trying (even going to a more expensive MIM strat SSS) and finally I found a Squier Affinity (again!) SSS that had quack. I bought it and left. Got it home, rocked it through my new valve junior combo and I am now in quack heaven.
All's well that ends well...but I figured every SSS would be able too quack but I'm telling you I found 1 strat in 20+ that had it.
I find myself wondering just what makes a strat quack..??