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dezb1 · Last edited by dezb1 on Tue Nov 10, 2015 8:55 am; edited 1 time in total

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

Fakir Mustache · . Joined: 25 Sep 2013 Posts: 3335

Hendrix and Clapper too

actually Jimi didn't play a white one that often, just at Woodstock he did.
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dezb1 · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 7:05 pm Post subject:

Claptout is the reason I usually end up selling my strats the stigma of EC ends up overwhelming me...

paul_ · . Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 9129

Strats, Jags and Jazzmasters were all meant to be sunburst, which is why they all originally were unless you spent extra money.
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dezb1 · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 7:52 pm Post subject:

Jags and jazzmasters should be sunburst but not a strat... Just doesn't suit it.

jcyphe · . Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 16542

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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vojtasTS29 · . Joined: 03 Aug 2015 Posts: 313 Location: Prague

I normally think that strats are the ugliest guitars to be ever made(after the sg and most "modern" designs), but this http://www.music-city.cz/fender-custom-shop-david-gilmour-signature-stratocaster-nos-maple-fingerboard-black-29943.html all fucking black with the yellowed maple neck and cream pickups and knobs. The most fucking beautiful ever thing ever Very Happy

dezb1 · Posted: Sun Nov 08, 2015 11:53 pm Post subject:

You don't like the SG? Are you mad?

BobArsecake · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 12:04 am Post subject:

Black's a boring colour for a guitar, unless it's a Ric, but then that's Jetglo.

dezb1 · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 2:01 am Post subject:

BobArsecake · 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.

robroe · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 2:24 am Post subject:

Ike invented this shit on SBL

1961 SB FUCKING L, WITH A ROSEWOOD FRETBOARD A YEAR BEFORE ANY OTHER LOSERS COULD BUY ONE IN THE STORE

ultratwin · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 3:51 am Post subject:

I love the look of the Gilmour black-n-maple, and large headstock early 70s is nice too.

Also: Moollon fuzzes in full effect...

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dezb1 · Posted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 8:30 am Post subject:

Well all my talk of black Strat's have been leading to one conclusion... Ordered a new project:

sunshiner · 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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Progrockabuse · . Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 4643 Location: Derbyshire

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.
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dezb1 · Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2015 8:52 am Post subject:

George · . Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 20329 Location: UK

black strat with white pickguard is the most ubiquitous config i can think of but it can still look cool

Noisy Cat · . Joined: 25 Aug 2011 Posts: 595 Location: East London

Fakir Mustache · . Joined: 25 Sep 2013 Posts: 3335

very true, but strat is also the choice of noobs who can't play, myself included when I started out.
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