Are you a Strat or LP kind 'a guy?

[Ro3b]

I used to be a strat guy. Then I was an acoustic guy. Now my most-often-played guitar is a modded Squier strat with one humbucker. I think I'd come down more on the LP side of the fence, although I've started gassing for a tele lately.

I work my knob a lot. Um, my volume knob, I mean.

[elavd]

My answer is clearly shown on this picture of my collection:

[tot_Ou_tard]

I'm think that I'm a semihollow or hollow kind'a guy. But I want a filtertron or a P90 in there.

So put me down for strat, but send me a G&L USA ASAT with P90s

Actually, I'll probably avoid strats, LP, & teles for as long as I can.

I'm not too inclined to have what everyone else has.

I'll probably change my mind tomorrow.

[Spudman***]

I'm think that I'm a semihollow or hollow kind'a guy. But I want a filtertron or a P90 in there.

So put me down for strat, but send me a G&L USA ASAT with P90s

Actually, I'll probably avoid strats, LP, & teles for as long as I can.

I'm not too inclined to have what everyone else has.

I'll probably change my mind tomorrow.

Are you sure about that?

[tot_Ou_tard]

Are you sure about that?

I'm not too sure about anything.

Send me your strats & LPs & I'm sure I'll become more certain.

[sunvalleylaw]

My answer is clearly shown on this picture of my collection:

Nice looking rack of guitars there elavd! It would be fun to come to your house and see just how different those strats sound from one another, and then play around with the tele and the '51! Then, go back to the strats. I can just feel myself goofing around with "Wish you were here" on your black one.

[Leonidas]

...Just chiming in...

If I had to choose I would definitely say I am a LP guy. But I haven't played many strats. When I got into electric guitar, I gravitated immediately toward the LP, being a huge allman brothers fan. Always loved that heavier, fatter blues sound that duane, dickey, and haynes get. Although lately I've been drooling over a good strat. Especially since seeing/hearing robert's deluxe players model.

As for knobs, I am constantly turnin them to get the sounds I want. And I almost always use the volume to clean up my sound and get a clean tone, then crank it up to get a full drive.

[duhvoodooman***]

My answer is clearly shown on this picture of my collection:

Yep! I see that '51 has a humbucker in it, so you must be an LP guy!

Yes, nice line up indeed! A little slice of single-coil heaven there!

To respond to Leonidas: IMO, any player seriously interested in classic rock guitars should own a Strat and an LP. Consider the proportion of rock guitar classics that have been performed on one or the other of those venerable tone machines!

[elavd]

I can just feel myself goofing around with "Wish you were here" on your black one.

Thanks sunvalleylaw

My black strat has been modded since then, and now looks closer to the Gilmour's blackie strat. Take a look:

Yep! I see that '51 has a humbucker in it, so you must be an LP guy!

I've also modded my Squier 51 (because I didn't like the humbucker at all) and put a Dream 90 on it...

Now, it looks like that:

(I have a thread here, with clips, photos etc... )

[sunvalleylaw]

Sweet! The mods on both look great! I'll have to go listen to how that Dream 90 sounds.

[Leonidas]

Dang, them mods look good. I think thats the coolest '51 I've seen!

[elavd]

Dang, them mods look good. I think thats the coolest '51 I've seen!

Thanks Leonidas...

[tot_Ou_tard]

Dang, them mods look good. I think thats the coolest '51 I've seen!

It sure is. Have you seen these?

http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=2070

[Plank_Spanker]

I own two LP's and three Strats, so it's safe to say that I love 'em both.

[pes_laul]

I personaly a les paul guy but then again i own a epiphone because i cant afford a gibson at the time (im 13)

[duhvoodooman***]

Well, you'll find plenty of us here who own Epiphones, not so much because we can't afford a Gibson but because we're unwilling to pay the Gibson price when the Epi's are so darned good and so much cheaper!

[Plank_Spanker]

Well, you'll find plenty of us here who own Epiphones, not so much because we can't afford a Gibson but because we're unwilling to pay the Gibson price when the Epi's are so darned good and so much cheaper!

And this is one of the few boards on the web open minded enough to admit that. Some of the newer Epi's I've played have been amazing - twice so when you factor in the price.

[sunvalleylaw]

I wanted to return to this discussion and expand it a little. I am curious about what fretters think the two guitars (and teles, etc. for that matter) do or have inherently that make them their favorite.

I remember Tone saying somewhere that having a Strat complements having an LP and helps to make one a better player. Not owning an LP, I just don't know yet.

A guy I have watched and played with that favors a shechter LP type definately was not a single coil guy, but when he tried my guitar, he got into it, and mentioned it made him approach his playing differently. I didn't have the chance to ask him why and haven't had the chance to see him since.

I would suspect it would have something to do with action and fretboard radius and scale, but I don't know how those interplay, or what the practical effect is of a difference in any one of those three areas.

Comments on the above? Also, now that you have declared your allegience, what is it about your axe that shapes how you approach playing?

To me the answer is not one axe is somehow "better", but that they have attributes and characteristics that draw out different things. I would like to understand that better.

[Tone2TheBone]

I would like to expand on your expansion Steve. Super Swede and I were discussing the virtues of the Telecaster just this morning. As far as comparing a Les Paul to a Fender guitar Swede and I agreed that it's the Tele that comes close as far as being heavy, solid and loud. Almost comparable to a Les Paul in it's own unique way...relatively speaking...yet having the distinct Fender sound. It's the best of both worlds IMO and so maybe Pagey and Jeff were really onto something back then.