Got My White Deluxe

[ZMAN]

Hey guys I like to think of myself as a pretty good judge of good guitars.
When my Scottish side comes into play and I see exeptional value for your dollar I just can't keep quiet. I am more than glad to pass anything I feel is a bargain. And of course I hope you guys doe the same. I know I shouldn't do this but check out this pic of the new Classic Vibe.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...ar-?sku=519338
check out the close up shot.
I can't wait.

[just strum]

Hey guys I like to think of myself as a pretty good judge of good guitars.
When my Scottish side comes into play and I see exeptional value for your dollar I just can't keep quiet. I am more than glad to pass anything I feel is a bargain. And of course I hope you guys doe the same. I know I shouldn't do this but check out this pic of the new Classic Vibe.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...ar-?sku=519338
check out the close up shot.
I can't wait.

Fortunately I'm not a sunburst fan or I would start a petition to have you banned.

[Duff]

I have a really nice pearl white metallic Squire Deluxe as most of you know and it has the duncan design pups.

I was wondering what the ** the 'nameless' headstock ** is. I haven't encountered this detail as I can recall, but my memory is not what it once was. My headstock says Squire Stratocaster and Fender in small print directly under Squire. What a neat guitar.

What a nice guitar. I'm not the great guitarist that many of you are and have only been taking guitar seriously since I retired, lessons and such, and I am getting 1000 time better 1000 times faster by taking lessons as I have heard as advice before. It's true. Quality lessons taken seriously and practiced will take you places you would not have gotten to on your own for a long time, if ever. So I guess "lessons" are a mind altering experience. And they're legal.

I want to record some of my playing onto clips using my Acid software. I think I'm good enough to share some of my soul and music, even though it isn't fabulous but some might find it interesting, simple, complex, undisciplined, etc. I have been a drummer for approx. twenty years and learned from a very excellent drummer that now plays an old set of Rogers drums with a 26 inch bass. This dude has been playing since he was 11 and is 58 and plays every day. Interesting fact he shared with me a couple days ago: Fender made the old Rogers drums. I didn't know that. Anyway, my sense of timing really helps me with guitar. Half the time I don't even tap my foot because I intuitively know where I am with my time, even though I get out of time sometimes anyway, just like on the drums.

Any way I want to post some clips. I'll use my Deluxe and also my used Squire trans satin crimson mahogany body HH strat w duncan designed buckers. This thing is neat and flawless. I can't find any scratches no matter how small and w no pickguard, no belt buckle mars, no fret dirt on the maple fingerboard, even plastic on the tuners, IC05*** serial number. I think I got a new guitar for 130 dollars. I put in a trem bar and it is super sensitive. Used a teflon dental floss around the threads to remove the looseness of it so it is really sensitive with no slop.

These Squires are way better than I ever thought they would be. Reminds me of that Buffalo Springfield lyric: "There's something happening here.
What it is ain't exactly clear ... We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down". Something is going on. Those Squires are getting way better and I don't think it is widely known or appreciated; it's not like Epiphone is to Gibson, yet, but it is definitely going that way. These Squires are super nice. I played that new rails one and it was really neat. I bought a new Squire II P90's, really nice, reverse noisless in middle switch position.

I'm really enthusiastic about it and congratulate you on your Squire Deluxe. Didn't you get a Squire II as well?

Duffy

[Ironbird]

Congrats....that has Jimi written all over it ! enjoy er !

[ZMAN]

I guess I better lay low for awhile. No more "hey little girl want some case candy" . You guys are on to me.
Ok how about this one. It looks very similar to something I have mentioned.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...Amp?sku=515900

[just strum]

I guess I better lay low for awhile. No more "hey little girl want some case candy" . You guys are on to me.
Ok how about this one. It looks very similar to something I have mentioned.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/produ...Amp?sku=515900

Apparently your definition of laying low differs from ours.

[sunvalleylaw]

Looks great! Congrats!

[scgmhawk]

I love the look of that White Deluxe! I'm still gassing for it but haven't pulled the trigger yet!

[stingx]

That's HOT!

[just strum]

Can anyone define what exactly are "Duncan Designed™ Single-Coil Pickups". Are they Seymour Duncan pick-ups or some sort of name play on the make?

[tot_Ou_tard]

Can anyone define what exactly are "Duncan Designed™ Single-Coil Pickups". Are they Seymour Duncan pick-ups or some sort of name play on the make?

Duncan Designed pups show up on a lot of inexpensive guitars.

I think that they are designed by those at Duncan to be similar but not-quite-as-good as Seymour Duncan's regular pups.

[just strum]

Well, since I know nothing about pups, I doubt I will be making any immediate changes to the Deluxe. Since I have the other one coming (should arrive this week), I will do my experimental surgery on it. I don't want to catch the tinkering bug too.

[duhvoodooman***]

As I understand it, the "Designed by Duncan" p'ups are, well, designed by Duncan but not manufactured by/for them. They're made somewhere in Asia, probably China, for the guitar OEM, per Duncan design specs. And ol' Seymour gets a cut, I'm sure. Performance? I've read mixed reviews....

[just strum]

As I understand it, the "Designed by Duncan" p'ups are, well, designed by Duncan but not manufactured by/for them. They're made somewhere in Asia, probably China, for the guitar OEM, per Duncan design spec. And ol' Seymour gets a cut, I'm sure. Performance? I've read mixed reviews....

Well, first I will see (hear) how I like them and then I will see (hear) of some others I might want to consider. What sounds nice to one person, doesn't necessarily sound good to another.

[just strum]

I just received the tracking number, but arrival date won't be noted until later tonight.

waiting for tracking info on the other, but knowing the "prize" is on its way is comforting.

[ZMAN]

Hey JS. Those duncan Design pickups are really quite good. I have quite a few Fender Strats and I am really impressed with the single coils on my Deluxes. They are every bit as noiseless as my SCNs in my 50th Ann Deluxe Strat. They are very responsive and a lot better than the Standard Alnicos in my Standard Squiers. I have a set of Tex Mex and a set of vintage noiseless in two of my other strats and I would say that the DD are very good quality. I also have a set of the DD 59, and the DD JB hummbuckers in my esprit and they are amazing. So I would not expect you to want to change these any time soon.

[just strum]

Hey JS. Those duncan Design pickups are really quite good. I have quite a few Fender Strats and I am really impressed with the single coils on my Deluxes. They are every bit as noiseless as my SCNs in my 50th Ann Deluxe Strat. They are very responsive and a lot better than the Standard Alnicos in my Standard Squiers. I have a set of Tex Mex and a set of vintage noiseless in two of my other strats and I would say that the DD are very good quality. I also have a set of the DD 59, and the DD JB hummbuckers in my esprit and they are amazing. So I would not expect you to want to change these any time soon.

That's great to hear because my soldering skills would probably make Marnold look like a craftsman.

[Katastrophe]

+1 to Zman on this one, Strum. I played on a Deluxe with the Duncan Designed single coils recently, and found them to sound much better than my ceramic pups that I have on my MIM.

If you like the traditional Strat sound, I think you'll like these pups. If not, GFS pups are cheap and get great reviews!

[Spudman***]

Wow Strum, she looks sweet! Two guits in one week? Spud better pick up a few more guitars or you'll be giving him a run for his money.

It does look sweet. Congratulations Strum.


ps. There is no way he'll catch up.