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SuperSwede
June 12th, 2008, 02:59 AM
As you "old members know, every now and then I do this crazy "lets dump all my gear and get new stuff" ritual.

Ah well, evidence one is here for your amusement.

(cell phone camera)

http://www.box.net/shared/yqxqzm4g0o

http://www.box.net/shared/x4zkpl340s

http://www.box.net/shared/opslfaq04c

Katastrophe
June 12th, 2008, 06:58 AM
Welcome to Strat heaven, man! That's a beautiful guitar.

Got any more info on her?

sunvalleylaw
June 12th, 2008, 06:59 AM
Wow! That might be dubbed a Flower King strat! I love it! The neck is gorgeous too. So what did you dump?

Robert
June 12th, 2008, 07:23 AM
Congrats! Tell us more about that blondie you are now necking with!

Bloozcat
June 12th, 2008, 07:26 AM
Faarrr out man.....http://www.clipartof.com/images/emoticons/xsmall2/259_hippie.gif

marnold
June 12th, 2008, 08:12 AM
I bet you could play a mean "Incense and Peppermints" on that.

Spudman
June 12th, 2008, 08:15 AM
Purdy baby. Like far out.:DR

Those are hard to find for a reasonable price. I trust it was a good score.

duhvoodooman
June 12th, 2008, 09:46 AM
I bet you could play a mean "Incense and Peppermints" on that.
OK, trivia time! Who played lead guitar on that tune, and what band is he better known for? NO GOOGLING ALLOWED!! :nono:

Bloozcat
June 12th, 2008, 09:59 AM
Ooh, Ooh, I know this one...

That would be none other than Ed King, better known for his great Strat work with Lynyrd Skynyrd....:bravo:

duhvoodooman
June 12th, 2008, 10:12 AM
Ooh, Ooh, I know this one...

That would be none other than Ed King, better known for his great Strat work with Lynyrd Skynyrd....
Give that man a CEE-GAR!! Absolutely correct. It always seemed to me that there was pretty much of a transoceanic-sized musical gap between the guitar work on Incense & Peppermints on one hand and Skynyrd classics like Sweet Home Alabama or Saturday Night Special on the other....

Bloozcat
June 12th, 2008, 10:19 AM
Give that man a CEE-GAR!! Absolutely correct. It always seemed to me that there was pretty much of a transoceanic-sized musical gap between the guitar work on Incense & Peppermints on one hand and Skynyrd classics like Sweet Home Alabama or Saturday Night Special on the other....

I think he was only 17 or 18 when he played with Strawberry Alarmclock. He certainly got really good over the next ten years or so...:AOK:

SuperSwede
June 12th, 2008, 11:51 AM
Well, its Japanese and I havent seen one of these in years.. I think its from the limited reissue series 93-94.
Its basically the same guitar as the pink paisley strat but with a even stranger 3d flower pattern (from what I hear all these guitars are slightly different).

One piece maple neck with vintage tuners, the specs seems to be the same as the MIJ ´57 reissues.
Not the lightest strat that i´ve played, but not extremely heavy either.

Its not new but its almost in Mint condition...

The pickups really does that vintage strat sound well, but it doesnt seem to handle distorsion too good.

tot_Ou_tard
June 13th, 2008, 06:20 AM
I didn't see any guitar, but nice shirt! :D

just strum
June 13th, 2008, 10:38 PM
I didn't see any guitar, but nice shirt! :D

I miss that daily dosage - It took me a second before I realized what you were saying. I think it was because I use to have a shirt like that.

SuperSwede
June 14th, 2008, 02:11 AM
I miss that daily dosage - It took me a second before I realized what you were saying. I think it was because I use to have a shirt like that.

Be glad, I´m still not sure what Tot means... in most of his post ;)

tot_Ou_tard
June 14th, 2008, 06:58 AM
Be glad, I´m still not sure what Tot means... in most of his post ;)
That makes three of us ;).

SuperSwede
June 14th, 2008, 02:58 PM
That makes three of us ;).

Ah well never mind.. lets have some Hippie Hippie Shake instead.. you cannot miss the point of this video.

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Tone2TheBone
June 16th, 2008, 01:14 PM
So...where is that killer clip you did??? You gotta post that here man.

SuperSwede
June 16th, 2008, 02:11 PM
Shhh... for your ears only! ;)

http://ccevideo.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/loose-lips-sink-ships-1_270x377.jpg

Ah well, here it is... Strat into GR3 (some kind of AC30 patch).
All pickup positions, from bridge to neck.

http://www.box.net/shared/tjpu91dcsg

Katastrophe
June 16th, 2008, 02:27 PM
Great Stratty tones there, Swede! Nice and chimey... :AOK: :D

Tone2TheBone
June 16th, 2008, 03:04 PM
Shhh... for your ears only! ;)

http://ccevideo.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/loose-lips-sink-ships-1_270x377.jpg

Ah well, here it is... Strat into GR3 (some kind of AC30 patch).
All pickup positions, from bridge to neck.

http://www.box.net/shared/tjpu91dcsg

haha I love those old war posters. :bravo:

Justaguyin_nc
June 16th, 2008, 03:11 PM
:bravo:
Looks great... Sounds Great!!

Sooooo.. what all did you dump.. what all did you keep? :poke:

sunvalleylaw
June 16th, 2008, 03:18 PM
Nice tones SS!

Algonquin
June 16th, 2008, 03:43 PM
Man I love the sounds from position 2 and 4 :AOK:

helliott
June 16th, 2008, 04:00 PM
Lovely Strat tones there, Swede. What's your favourite? I'm pretty much a 4 and 5 kinda guy.

marnold
June 16th, 2008, 06:12 PM
Very nice SS. The definitive Strat tone.

warren0728
June 16th, 2008, 06:16 PM
sounds pretty good ss (for being played on a girlie flower guitar) :D :poke:

ww

just strum
June 16th, 2008, 06:23 PM
sounds pretty good ss (for being played on a girlie flower guitar) :D :poke:

ww

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/auroraohio/Smiley/nutkick.gif

SuperSwede
June 17th, 2008, 08:03 AM
Lovely Strat tones there, Swede. What's your favourite? I'm pretty much a 4 and 5 kinda guy.

The middle pickup sounds really good on its own, but I also tend to use the 4 & 5 a lot..

SuperSwede
June 17th, 2008, 08:04 AM
sounds pretty good ss (for being played on a girlie flower guitar) :D :poke:

ww

Didnt you have a baby blue tele? ;)

warren0728
June 17th, 2008, 08:39 AM
Didnt you have a baby blue tele? ;)
agave blue.....no flowers! :D :poke: (of course i don't sound nearly as good playing mine as you do playing yours!) :beer:

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_35477d45593d642.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=195)

ww

Spudman
June 17th, 2008, 09:40 AM
Sounds killer SS. That is a great score you got there...plus a free bouquet thrown in.

SuperSwede
June 17th, 2008, 11:37 AM
agave blue.....no flowers! :D :poke: (of course i don't sound nearly as good playing mine as you do playing yours!) :beer:

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_35477d45593d642.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=195)

ww

Lol... well my number 1 (a.k.a "The Rose Garden Strat") and your bab..agave tele could meet each other, have a baby.. perhaps a tiny Hello Kitty strat? :D

warren0728
June 17th, 2008, 11:48 AM
Lol... well my number 1 (a.k.a "The Rose Garden Strat") and your bab..agave tele could meet each other, have a baby.. perhaps a tiny Hello Kitty strat? :D
if it's a girl...and of course it would be...."agave rose" has a nice ring to it! :beer:

ww

sunvalleylaw
June 17th, 2008, 01:16 PM
Real men can wear flowers and not feel threatened regarding their masculinity. I think it rocks! Just don't wear a plaid shirt behind it. ;)

warren0728
June 17th, 2008, 01:42 PM
Real men can wear flowers and not feel threatened regarding their masculinity. I think it rocks! Just don't wear a plaid shirt behind it. ;)
i'm a plaid shorts kinda guy... |_/\_|

ww

SuperSwede
June 18th, 2008, 09:39 AM
i'm a plaid shorts kinda guy... |_/\_|

ww

i'm a plaid skirt kinda guy...

warren0728
June 18th, 2008, 09:49 AM
i'm a plaid skirt kinda guy...
that explains the guitar! :eek: :poke:

ww :D

sunvalleylaw
June 18th, 2008, 10:43 AM
How about a manly utilikilt?

You gotta check this vid! LOL! :D :rotflmao:

http://www.utilikilts.com/?page_id=10

Check out rock your freedom too, Scroll down to round 1:second place on the menu on the right, classic!





Extra pockets and hangers for picks, tuners, slides, beers and such. :rockon:

Spudman
June 18th, 2008, 11:40 AM
Utilikilts - who woulda thunk?


Dear fashion gods,

I'm Irish not Scottish so would I need one even though I don't have a floral print guitar?

sincerely,

Ethnically skirting the issues

warren0728
June 18th, 2008, 01:21 PM
Ethnically skirting the issues
now that's funny...i don't care who you are! :bravo: :beer: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

SuperSwede
June 19th, 2008, 08:50 AM
Lol...

Speaking of men wearing skirts..

http://www.utopia-asia.com/unews/article_2004_06_21_204318.htm

SuperSwede
June 19th, 2008, 01:27 PM
I tried some new sounds with my flower strat and Guitar Rig 3...

Nothing really serious (and a lot of sour tones..) but here it is anyway.
I still have a hard time dialing in a good lead tone due to the vintage 50´s style pickups. The plexi semi-dirty sound turned out quite good though...

Unfortunately my strings is all black and worn out (crappy fender strings!!!) the tone will probably improve with new and better ones...

http://www.box.net/shared/n5ma2jvwo4

I found the backing track here, but I think that its been featured on the fret before: http://www.freshbt.com/backing_track/download/Jamtrack_80s_Rock_Ballad.htm

warren0728
June 19th, 2008, 01:32 PM
i like a lot...emotional playing there ss! :bravo: :beer:

ww

Spudman
June 19th, 2008, 02:41 PM
Sounds very...um, Strat-like. I think your tone quest should be concluded.

sunvalleylaw
June 19th, 2008, 03:04 PM
I liked that playing and tone, SS. Nice and strat-like and yet sounds just like you. Which is a good thing. :)

Katastrophe
June 19th, 2008, 03:16 PM
Great job, Swede! Sounds fantastic.:bravo: :master:

tot_Ou_tard
June 19th, 2008, 08:31 PM
The middle pickup sounds really good on its own, but I also tend to use the 4 & 5 a lot..
Super Sweet Super Swede!

I always forget is the 5 the neck or the bridge?

sunvalleylaw
June 19th, 2008, 10:47 PM
Not that anyone asked, but I tend to like necking most of the time.

SuperSwede
June 20th, 2008, 07:19 AM
Thanks for listening! :)

Tot, 5 is the neck (at least in my book) :P

oldguy
June 22nd, 2008, 11:07 AM
Very nice guitar, SS. Good for you for finding one in such sweet condition. :AOK:
Great playing also (as usual). Congrats, and thanks for taking the time to share with all of us here. :bravo: :bravo: :beer:

ted s
June 22nd, 2008, 12:36 PM
Sweet (I hate saying sweet !?) playing there SS, that was great !
I got a Gary Moore vibe off that.

SuperSwede
June 23rd, 2008, 03:01 AM
Friends, I suspect that the floral pattern would be a smashing success in Nashville.

They probably would chase me out of town playing if I played like this though, but when I played around with this Hellecaster style backing track I just HAD to record something.


http://www.box.net/shared/oqauy2xogk

I think that the "Rose Garden Strat" twangs really nicely on this one.

sunvalleylaw
June 23rd, 2008, 07:11 AM
Nice! Somehow, that playing seems to go with Spud's big Secret Weapon BBQ. Pass the sauce!

SuperSwede
June 23rd, 2008, 09:17 AM
Nice! Somehow, that playing seems to go with Spud's big Secret Weapon BBQ. Pass the sauce!

Yummy!

I bet that the original Spudsauce is both hot and tasty :)

Care to share the recipe Spud?

Katastrophe
June 23rd, 2008, 03:09 PM
Wow, Swede! Seriously nice country style goin' on there... Keep it up, and you'll be the first person in Sweden in a cowboy hat and boots.:D :master: