Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 6:45 pm Post subject: Strat's are meant to be black...
Or so my musical taste would have me believe:
Will Sergeant
Ed O'Brien
Teh Kurtz
The Edge
Bob Mould
Dave Gilmore
Nick Zinner
Stephen Malkmus
This is a relatively pointless thread but it explains why every Strat I've ever owned has been black, a colour choice I would avoid in almost any other model of guitar... Apart form an Ibanez Iceman
Last edited by dezb1 on Tue Nov 10, 2015 8:55 am; edited 1 time in total
The look of a 50's sunburst Strat with a maple neck is fantastic, reminds me of Buddy Guy and Buddy Holly. But I do like the late 60's/70's bigger headstock Strat in black or white.
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Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 2:08 am Post subject:
I'm a white Strat guy. Whenever I think of a black Strat it looks tacky, with dull paint, and a bright white scratch plate that's waiting to go grey. Eventually the whole thing looks ready for going to, or as if it's just been picked up from a Cash Converters.
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 3:14 am Post subject:
1. Strat is one of the classiest and beautiful guitars ever made. Plus it is the most comfortable, compact and ergonomic guitar
2. Strat is the choice of those who CAN play and who play boring music. For this reason for the rest strat is not beautiful
3. Black is a dull color that is good for collecting fingerprints. Black guitars tend to be invisible or vague onstage
4. Sunburst is a great color for strat ( les paul, les paul junior, ES, melody maker, 50's duo sonic, jaguar, firebird, telecaster)
5. My strat is surf green. I can't play the guitar. I'm not crazy about it, but it is the most comfortable guitar that I've owned/played _________________
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Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 8:44 am Post subject:
i'm slightly biased towards sunburst these days. i used to hate sunburst guitars in general, but kinda my thing now. especially if they've faded a little bit over time. i'd love a maple necked black strat for the faux-gilmour moments in life. _________________ fingers or pick?
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2. Strat is the choice of those who CAN play and who play boring music. For this reason for the rest strat is not beautiful.
I think this is the main problem with the Strat, Clapton, Mayer and all the other gurning blooz dudes have left a dirty mark on the Strat that many (including me) can't get past, even though I could write a substantially long list of good (from my perspective) musicians how use them.
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