Still Love my JV Strat

[stingx]

More than three years have passed and this guitar still gets lots of attention from me. I haven't had any issues and even though I live in a part of the US that gets humid, I haven't had to adjust it very much. It's rock solid. I have been entertaining buying another pickguard loaded with noiseless singles just to see if I would like it. The other thought was to replace the singles in the guard I have now with DiMarzio Virtual Vintage pups like I have in my Lonestar. They sound great and are dead silent. Any JV owners swap out the originals and if so with what?

[birv2]

I too love mine. In fact, the more I play it, the more I love it!

I bought it used, and the previous owner had swapped out the original pickups and put in custom shop Fat 50's. I liked them at first, but after a while they sounded too clean to me. So I swapped them out and put in a set of Mighty Mite Tex-Mex pickups, figuring they should sound like the originals. Since I've never had Fender T-M pickups, I don't know how close they are. They are definitely hotter and louder than the Fat 50's. So far, I'm digging them A LOT.

Everything about the guitar feels right -- I love the string spacing, the maple neck, the medium jumbo frets, and the neck is absolutely amazing. It plays like a dream, and every guitarist who picks it up has a hard time putting it down!

Thank you, Jimmie Vaughan, for an affordable GREAT guitar!

Bob

[just strum]

More than three years have passed and this guitar still gets lots of attention from me.

This one would be on my "not for sale" list.

[tot_Ou_tard]

More than three years have passed and this guitar still gets lots of attention from me.

It's great when a reasonably priced guitar gets so much praise.

[SuperSwede]

Pete, that guitar is such a beauty!
I´ve played a couple of JV´s and they all felt and sounded just right.
The stock pickups sounds pretty damn good too imho.

[Justaguyin_nc]

Still love my JV... couldn't think of changing a thing on it...
I really dig the stock pups..

I have often thought of getting a black one and changing to CS 69's and making a gilmourish type blackie out of it...

I just love the neck on these guitars sooo much..


Just feels right...

[sumitomo]

That's great.When the neck fits your hand,man it's hard to put the axe down.I'll have to try one cause the neck on my 90's strat plus just does not do it for me and I can always change necks.Sumi

[TS808]

I had a MIM strat and had put in some Vintage Noiseless pups and thought it sounded fantastic. The clarity even on high gain settings was amazing. I'd recommend giving them a serious try.

[dan P]

Very nice strat, had two...more into my own versions though, actually bought CS69's and threw them into the second..still didn't do it for me, so on we go.....still a very good players strat....tex-mex pups are great..!

[stingx]

Was thinking of auditioning these:

http://store.guitarfetish.com/nepvinopiset.html

[F_BSurfer]

If something were to happen to my hwy 1 the JV is the way I would go as I do not like the new hwy's and every JV has been exceptional.If you go with the Neovin's can't wait to hear what you think have not seen any reviews yet .

[ShortBuSX]

Im thinking of wiring my MIM standard like the JV cause I loath that bridge pup without a tone knob...but how do yall like the middle pup sans tone knob?
Ever wish it had a tone knob???

[stingx]

Im thinking of wiring my MIM standard like the JV cause I loath that bridge pup without a tone knob...but how do yall like the middle pup sans tone knob?
Ever wish it had a tone knob???

Nah!

I am mostly on the neck pup or I will double it up with the middle. I like how the JV is wired and prefer all my Strats that way now.

[dan P]

I like mine wide open middle pup too, so I just moved the pot to the bridge...

[F_BSurfer]

Stingx I came across a video demo of the NeoVIn power rock set I posted it on a different thread they sound really good here is the link in case you haven't seen it
http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?p=91371#post91371

[stingx]

Stingx I came across a video demo of the NeoVIn power rock set I posted it on a different thread they sound really good here is the link in case you haven't seen it
http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?p=91371#post91371

Thanks That's Frets99 from HCGF. Cool video but it isn't the same as auditioning them live. Too much coloration to the sound in those videos.

[birv2]

Im thinking of wiring my MIM standard like the JV cause I loath that bridge pup without a tone knob...but how do yall like the middle pup sans tone knob?
Ever wish it had a tone knob???

I LOVE the middle pickup wide open. Not sure how to describe the sound, but it's kind of jazzy in a Gibson sort of way, to my ears. btw, that's how Robin Trower always plays his Strat, supposedly.

Bob

[ZMAN]

Birv2: have you heard any of Robin Trower's blues stuff. Really well done.
He also uses large strings and tunes down a whole step.

[birv2]

Birv2: have you heard any of Robin Trower's blues stuff. Really well done.
He also uses large strings and tunes down a whole step.

I've heard pretty much everything except his blues stuff: Procol Harum, BLT, his own trio, etc. I'll have to check it out. I'm a huge blues fan, but also love the Trower style as well.

Bob