Cool! Is that fiesta as salmon-y as it appears in the pictures?
And no, I'm not speaking in riddles. It's what I'm calling the new partscaster I recently built. Circumstances forced me into this! Really!! Just consider:
- I had a nice maple Squier CV neck lying around looking lonely after I swapped it out for a rosewood neck on my Humcaster.
- The STRATosphere was running a 15% off sale on bodies, and I found a really nice looking Squier CV '50's body in Fiesta Red, a color I've always loved but never owned. It even came with all the body hardware! Such a deal!!
- Poking around on Reverb.com, what did I chance upon but a loaded pickguard from a Squier Vintage Modified "Surfcaster" with Duncan-designed lipstick pickups. I'd been wanting to try a set of lipsticks in a Strat for a while. It was even pearloid, just how I like my p/g's! It was FATE!!
So with the stars thus aligned, I made the purchases and built my "Lipstick Fiesta." Here's the finished article:
These Strats practically build themselves--so easy to put one together! I love the looks, it plays like a dream, and what these low DC resistance lipstick pickups lack in power they make up for in jangle. Kinda fills out the treble end of my collection of Strats, which is now up to five. I love it when a plan comes together!!
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Cool! Is that fiesta as salmon-y as it appears in the pictures?
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
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I love the sound of lipstick pups, the ones which were on my Danelectro U56 were really great !
Guitars:
1978 Fender Telecaster Thinline Custom USA, New Nash TL-72 Thinline Telecaster, 1965 Harmony Meteor, H71, 1986 Fender Telecaster Esquire MIJ, New Martin J-41 Special, 1933 National Duolian, 1941, New Eastwood Mandocaster 12 strings
Amps:
Tweed Vibrolux Custom Denis Manlay, 1976 Fender Deluxe Reverb Silverface
The photos are pretty accurate on the color. The full guitar shot is very close to the true color; the body close-up looks a little lighter and more orange, probably due to the proximity of the camera flash. The finish quality on the guitar is really quite exceptional for an inexpensive instrument.
Fender's Fiesta Red is really more of an orange-red than a true red, and many photos I've seen of vintage Strats in this color have faded to a dark salmon pink shade.
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Awesome! She's a beauty.
How does it sound?
It looks amazing, well done! I came close to buying a Danelectro with lipstick pups. Never did though.
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Amps & Cabs - "Kap'n Kerrang-aroo" BYOC 18W TMB kit amp head; Mojave Coyote head; Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Lacquered Tweed Ltd. Ed.; Allen Sweet Spot kit amp; BYOC Tweed Royal kit amp; Epiphone Valve Jr. combo + mods; Drive 2x12 cab / Celestion G12M Greenback + G12H30; AB Custom Audio 1x12 cab / Celestion Alnico Blue
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I think that a strat looks cool with lipsticks on. I have to say that overall I like the sound of the lipsticks in my Danelectro pawn shop U3 git better than those in my Squire CV 50. It can't quack like the strat, but there are some great colors in the various sounds you get from those pups (and maybe the hollow body). Surprisingly, I noticed recently that one of SRV's strats was fitted with a Dano lipstick (bridge, if I remember correctly). Nice quarter-swan neck, btw!
"GAS never sleeps" - Gil Janus
"Now you got to pay your dues. Get that axe and play the blues." - Spudman
Gear: Epiphone Sheraton II, Epiphone Wildkat, Epiphone Emperor Joe Pass, Fender MIM Strat, Tacoma DR-14, Johnson JR-200 resonator; Fender Super Champ XD amp
Actually all three of the pickups were lipstick!
Axen: Jackson DK2M, Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster, Reverend Warhawk 390, Taylor 914ce, ESP LTD Surveyor-414
Amphen: Jet City JCA22H and JCA12S cab, Carvin X-60 combo, Acoustic B20
Effecten: "Thesis 96" Overdrive/Boost (aka DVM OD2), Hardwire DL-8 Digital Delay/Looper, DigiTech Polara Reverb, DigiTech EX-7 Expression Factory and CF-7 Chorus Factory, Danelectro CF-1 Cool Cat Fuzz
"I wish Imagine Dragons would be stuck in an Arcade Fire for an entire Vampire Weekend."--Brian Posehn
DVM's Ever-Expanding Gear List:
Guitars - W-A-A-A-Y-Y too many to list. Check 'em all out HERE
Amps & Cabs - "Kap'n Kerrang-aroo" BYOC 18W TMB kit amp head; Mojave Coyote head; Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Lacquered Tweed Ltd. Ed.; Allen Sweet Spot kit amp; BYOC Tweed Royal kit amp; Epiphone Valve Jr. combo + mods; Drive 2x12 cab / Celestion G12M Greenback + G12H30; AB Custom Audio 1x12 cab / Celestion Alnico Blue
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The Fiesta looks great Voodoo. I opted for the Surf Green. It's a different sound for sure. Very classic-vintage. I think they work better when you can turn the amph up a bit. I'm not sure because I haven't been in that situation yet, but it just seems like how they would shine as pickups and as a guitar.
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"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
Pretty sweet Strat.
So they actually make that Squier as a stock item?
"GAS never sleeps" - Gil Janus
"Now you got to pay your dues. Get that axe and play the blues." - Spudman
Gear: Epiphone Sheraton II, Epiphone Wildkat, Epiphone Emperor Joe Pass, Fender MIM Strat, Tacoma DR-14, Johnson JR-200 resonator; Fender Super Champ XD amp
Yes, the one Spuds has is a Squier Vintage Modified Surf Stratocaster: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/StratVMRSG
The loaded pickguard on mine came from that model. The body and the neck are from two different Squier Classic Vibe '50s Strats: https://reverb.com/item/303655-brand...ter-fiesta-red
DVM's Ever-Expanding Gear List:
Guitars - W-A-A-A-Y-Y too many to list. Check 'em all out HERE
Amps & Cabs - "Kap'n Kerrang-aroo" BYOC 18W TMB kit amp head; Mojave Coyote head; Fender Hot Rod Deluxe Lacquered Tweed Ltd. Ed.; Allen Sweet Spot kit amp; BYOC Tweed Royal kit amp; Epiphone Valve Jr. combo + mods; Drive 2x12 cab / Celestion G12M Greenback + G12H30; AB Custom Audio 1x12 cab / Celestion Alnico Blue
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