NGD - another red Strat

[tjcurtin1]

Really wanted to try another Strat after selling my Squier CV a while back. There are so many great players who get terrific sounds with them, of course, but I wanted the warmer end as opposed to the very glassy, almost metallic sound that the single coils can have. Seemed to me that the MIM strats had more of that warmth (the ceramic pups, I imagine). I decided to keep an eye out for a beat-up MIM with a $200 price tag. Within 2 weeks, I saw this pristine 1999 in midnight wine on Craig's List for...$200! I love it - sounds great, comfortable to play.

https://i.imgur.com/zes9iABh.jpg

[marnold]

Awesome deal! I would have gotten it in a heartbeat. I really like the new MIMs that Fender just came out with too.

[tjcurtin1]

Yeah, I couldn't believe my luck when I saw the post - ran up to Boston the next day to get it before it was gone... I agree - the new MIM's look really nice - Alnico pups now instead of ceramic, tho I like the ceramics in this one.

[duhvoodooman]

Sweet deal! :thumbsup

[Jipes]

Great Deal wish you a tons of good times ! I start to feel the itch of GAS for a Vox AC C1

[stingx]

I start to feel the itch of GAS for a Vox AC C1

GAS is an itch you can't quite scratch...

[tjcurtin1]

Great Deal wish you a tons of good times ! I start to feel the itch of GAS for a Vox AC C1

Joyo makes a pedal for that, too...;)

https://i.imgur.com/8NAxLNE.jpg

[Jipes]

:thumbsup

[tjcurtin1]

GAS is an itch you can't quite scratch...

Well, you can scratch it and it seems gone... for a while..... seems it's an itch that you can't get rid of... "GAS never sleeps" as one member here used to say!

[Tig]

That is a steal! HNGD! :dude

[Robert]

Congrats on a new axe! Hope it brings you sweet tones!


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[tjcurtin1]

Thanks, Robert - it plays so nicely, and sounds great with the Joyo pedal - as do all of my guitars and the amp! First pedal I've found that really does so much to shape the sound in ways that fit my taste. Playing with the 'voice' pot and the 'gain' just gives a wealth of tonal variation.

I really like the neck on this strat, very sleek and comfortable, satin finish which I like better than the gloss. The body resonates nicely so it feels lively unplugged. As I noted, it has a warm-ish strat tone, which I like.There is an internal vibration with B and B flat notes anywhere on the neck that you can hear/feel unplugged, which seems to be connected to the middle pickup (if I press on it the vibration stops) - I'll take off the pickguard at some point to see if there is something loose in there. All in all, it feels like a gift that fell in my lap!

[piebaldpython]

Kirk Lorange's Red Strat Blues........played on a Red Strat.........duh!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh3orNb2n5s

[tjcurtin1]

Wow, what an interesting player - unusual tone and phrasing creating an awesome and unique sound. Thanks, Pie, for that link!