Saturday, November 9, 2024

35 thoughts on “This is really the best Strat sound

  • This is why Rhett is not a "Strat Guy"! The Secret Weapons are Position 2 and 4, because no other guitar makes that sound!

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  • If the 2 and 4 positions were good enough for SRV, Jimi, Frusciante, this guys opinion is moo! Anyway, for a guy with a guitar channel, this guy yups more than he plays. What a poser!

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  • He's got a bass string out of tune. Regardless, the neck position is the king of the Strat.

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  • Position 4 on the strat is the best possible clean tone(subjective). I can never get enough of it.

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  • So many talking down on strats various switch positions. If you can't make it sound good, it's not the strat, it's you. Not liking them is one thing, but so many comments show what they actually mean. I get choices made based on what you play though, and absolutely dig it. Just, I like all the positions, and find I am uncomfortable with being "stuck" or "restricted" on what's used, and, my strat does reflect this in its setup. I feel humbuckers on a strat are a waste of cnc time.

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  • could not disagree more, first third and fifth are achievable on other guitars with single coils/p90s. The 2nd and 4th belong solely to the strat, you need a guitar with that pickup configuration to get those sounds, no other way around it.

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  • I keep saying it, it’s time to Nashville one of your Teles! If you don’t use 2 and 4 you could even get away with just a 4-way switch and *only * add a Strat middle position to your normal Tele lineup.

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  • With the amount of people talking about the 2nd and 4th position being “what makes a strat a strat”, it honestly seems like y’all would be real sad playing Stratocasters from… oh, I dunno, the first 20 years of production. Y’know, the ones that people all covet? Lol. No disrespect to the 2 & 4 lovers, your opinion is valid, people were trying to get those sounds with the original 3-way switches. Still, in all, that wasn’t what Leo designed. That middle pickup, however, Leo definitely designed. That middle pickup changed the guitar world forever.

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  • Reth, don't confuse people. ???????? You actually are Gibson & Tele guy (2 pickup) ????????…And I bought a Strat solely for the 2nd and 4th position… I use mostly Tele and LP Ltd

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  • Of course not, your tone lacks of personality and strats are tough to play! Sorry

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  • I really liked Mark Knopfler's tone growing up but since I got my first strat I'm souring on the sound. It worked really well for him and the noise cancelling is good for higher gain but for clean and cleanish sounds, middle pickup rules. Tele buries them all though.

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  • 2 and 4 you never play?!?! That legitimately is the sound of a Strat. I’m leaving the chat now.

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  • 2 and 4 are the reason I play a strat. 5 and 3 rolled back a bit. Unless it's my deluxe with a hb on the bridge then it's 1 and 3 often.

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