Strats are soulless and sterile

[MikeyTheCat]

Not really, but... everybody now sounds the same on them.

Some of my favorite guitar players used Strats on some of my favorite solos and they sound fantastic. I tried to get into the Strat sound but the closest I came was an Ibanez with really hot Thick single coils that were more akin to P90s that Strat.

All these guys have a great Strat sound but don’t thankfully come close to Hendrix/SRV/Clapton tones should be banned given that those guys own them.

And of course there is Jeff Beck and Dick Dale and others who made Strats sound great.

But every damn time I’m in the music store and some guy plugs in a Strat it is Hendrix or SRV. Are those just the easiest tones to get from a Strat or just what Strat players know?

 

[Freddy G]

Not really, but... everybody now sounds the same on them.

Some of my favorite guitar players used Strats on some of my favorite solos and they sound fantastic. I tried to get into the Strat sound but the closest I came was an Ibanez with really hot Thick single coils that were more akin to P90s that Strat.

All these guys have a great Strat sound but don’t thankfully come close to Hendrix/SRV/Clapton tones should be banned given that those guys own them.

And of course there is Jeff Beck and Dick Dale and others who made Strats sound great.

But every damn time I’m in the music store and some guy plugs in a Strat it is Hendrix or SRV. Are those just the easiest tones to get from a Strat or just what Strat players know?

look at the bright side....they could be plugging in and copping Buddy Holly.....
or Jimmy Vaughan

 

[MikeyTheCat]

look at the bright side....they could be plugging in and copping Buddy Holly.....
or Jimmy Vaughan

I’d go for either.

 

[Lungo]

I put on a new hoodie the other day and took it off right away. Damn thing felt dull and sterile! Nothing like my 12 year old worn down Dutch Harbor hoodie.

 

[PeteK]

I believe this was played on a strat. Always loved his tone on it

 

[MikeyTheCat]

More great Strat sounds.

Keith Scott always sounds great.

 

[Tim Fezziwig]

Orange Strat+Zappa tee-KILLED Philly that night-soul-less? Heck no-too much soul.

 

[MikeyTheCat]

Total Strat glass.

 

[CB91710]

Pretty sure Geraldo used a Tele....

 

[MikeyTheCat]

Great Blackmore Strat tones and the ones I tried to chase.

 

[MikeyTheCat]

Pretty sure Geraldo used a Tele....

Nope, he said a Strat for the solos on that album and the BC for his rhythm parts.

 

[MikeyTheCat]

Like Hendrix but with a bad attitude.

Just so aggressive.
I’m guessing a lot of players haven’t been exposed to these other tones?

 

[MikeyTheCat]

Not sure if Ty counts but it is a Strat.

 

[Chango Malo]

strats all sound sterile?
Nah bro. Only the CNC made strats sound sterile.
The hand made strats are organic and magic.

 

[Olds442]

every strat i've bolted together sounds sterile.

lifeless garbage i tells ya.


those two aka, my keepers.

 

[Kamen_Kaiju]

I always thought his early tone was exceptional. Great vibrato and sustain. Distorted but retains complete clarity

 

[NotScott]

"Sterile"? Like Hendrix? Don't think so.....

 

[ReWind James]

Every few weeks I pick up a Strat, plug into a Twin or Super with the reverb turned up, play an E minor and wiggle the bar.

That give me my Strat playing fix for a few more weeks. Love listening to guys like Jimi and Stevie play them. Surf music and pretty clean sounds are amazing. ....but I can't play like that and they don't feel right to me.

 

[NotScott]

 

[MikeyTheCat]

Dick

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