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Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: Drew on November 08, 2004, 09:56:33 pm
Im gettin. What color?

(http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/51/511002.jpg)
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: Corsair on November 08, 2004, 10:10:58 pm
bottom one, closest to camera.
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: Rictor on November 08, 2004, 10:32:19 pm
yeah, its classic.
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: Stealth on November 08, 2004, 10:46:18 pm
my friend has the bottom one, i've played it quite often.  i have the black one.
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: Drew on November 08, 2004, 10:48:00 pm
i kinda like the black and red
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Post by: Joey_21 on November 08, 2004, 11:25:28 pm
Indeed... I'd love to be able to play the black and red one!
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: Night Hammer on November 08, 2004, 11:29:44 pm
i like the blue one, im no musician though, my talents lie in athletics
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: pyro-manic on November 09, 2004, 09:51:13 am
Bleh, Strats... I'm a Gibson man myself, but hey - at least it's got a humbucker! I'd go for the black, and get a mirror/silver scratchplate. The white ones are nasty.
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: kasperl on November 09, 2004, 11:04:35 am
I've got an acoustic bass guitar, not that I can do anymore then the most basic on it.

I'd go for red&black.
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: Roanoke on November 09, 2004, 12:34:55 pm
I didn't know you could get an acoustic base myself.

Drew, the bottom one is the best, but second bottom is quite nice.

I've got a basic (beginners) Yamaha jobby but I never really got going.
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: Flipside on November 09, 2004, 12:43:54 pm
I have a black one, and I'd recommend the same. You can then make friends with a tatooist and let her loose with an airbrush on the guitar, the results are usually quite interesting ;)

My personal favourite is a L'Arivee, there weren't all that many made, and I've got an early one. They are basically Gibson copies, but it plays like a dream.

Acoustic Basses are usually double bases. If anyone ever wants to buy a cheap Electric Bass, I thoroughly recommend the Aria Pro-2, it's a cheap little bass with a heck of a lot of balls ;)
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: Stealth on November 09, 2004, 01:11:28 pm
Ah, another Gibson fan.  You'd be suprised how many people I speak to today think Washburns are better in quality than Gibsons.  I mean sure, to an extent how you define how "good" a guitar is is how you personally like the touch, etc. but you can't compete with Gibson.

however, with the price tags they have, chances are I won't be personally owning a Gibson for a long, long time.
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: kasperl on November 09, 2004, 01:29:40 pm
Acoustic bass guitar<>double bass
Double bass is a violin like thingy, but then an awfull lot bigger. doublesized Chello.
Acoustic bass guitar== Acoustic guitar, but missing 2 strings and tuned an octave lower. It wasn't easy to find one of these in a reasonable priceclass, but I lucked out bigtime with one that has a good sound, but was only 180 euro's. (200USD, I think.) We put some decent quality strings on it and she plays great. The strings are a bit heavy to push in right, though. There isn't an electric element, but there is an internal mic and a jack out for playing in a band.

I'm not all that much of a fan of electric guitars. I generally prefer acoustics and slower music. Mind, most of the stuff I listen to contains electric guitars, but it doesn't seem to beat an acoustic for solo playing or for slower music.
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: vyper on November 09, 2004, 01:33:05 pm
Bottom one. Classic look, always a winner. :)
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Post by: Martinus on November 09, 2004, 01:54:51 pm
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Originally posted by Stealth
but you can't compete with Gibson.

[color=66ff00]PRS would beg to differ. ;)

BTW the bottom colour scheme is commonly known as sunburst, the red tinted version is called cherryburst.
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Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: vyper on November 09, 2004, 01:57:04 pm
Beg being the operative word. :p
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Post by: Martinus on November 09, 2004, 02:21:21 pm
[color=66ff00]PRS is just about the pinnacle of mainstream electric guitar design. If it's the sound that you're talking about you can't really win that one as it's entirely subjective.

PRS has improved the entire design of the production guitar.
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Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: ionia23 on November 09, 2004, 02:23:40 pm
Normally I'd kick for the silver one, but that's pretty much Eric Clapton's signature color.

Go for the sunburst, and an excellent choice in a guitar I might add.  Way to go!
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: Drew on November 09, 2004, 08:43:31 pm
I talked to a few people who know guitars, and they say this one is good for the price. Its got a variety of tones, they say. I like playing classic rock; like The Who and stuff, but i tend to bust out the Nirvana alot. Dunno, is this one suited well for that?
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: Stealth on November 09, 2004, 08:56:58 pm
you can't compete with Gibson.  it's been around, and all the best guitarists in the world all swear by it ;)
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Post by: Drew on November 09, 2004, 09:02:27 pm
except its $2k tag


really stealth, i was talking about the strat :P
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Post by: Grey Wolf on November 09, 2004, 09:04:16 pm
I have a fairly nice acoustic guitar, but I have no real information on types of electric.  The one in front does look the best though....
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Post by: ionia23 on November 09, 2004, 09:12:27 pm
For all around 'workhorse' guitars, fender and gibson have it cornered.
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: Stealth on November 10, 2004, 12:18:03 am
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Originally posted by Drew
except its $2k tag


really stealth, i was talking about the strat :P


oh i'm sorry, i wasn't directing my post at you, i was directing it at Maeg ;) :D my bad :p
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: Martinus on November 11, 2004, 02:06:18 pm
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Originally posted by Stealth
you can't compete with Gibson.  it's been around, and all the best guitarists in the world all swear by it ;)

[color=66ff00]How do you quantify 'best'?

Most proficient, most musically interesting or some other ideal?
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Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: Shark on November 11, 2004, 02:13:23 pm
(http://www.bcrich.com/images/hi_res/SE_OnyxPickGuard_Warlock.jpg) That's what I would like to have.
Title: Fender Standard Fat Strat
Post by: kasperl on November 11, 2004, 02:27:52 pm
Ick, that thing looks ugly......

And it's got 2 strings too much, but that's just me.......