Strats:)

Psean

VellaJ

Haha! Never thought of that, but so true.... Very reassuring, having something stay constant... ?

arjunmenon

Nice one!

Did you mean her majesty, Vella?

aubs1

Arjun Menon wrote Nice one!
Did you mean her majesty, Vella?

Hahahahaha....... of course, Arjun!! ?

Chabenda

Thanks Psean - I love it!

Psean

Cool. Thought it needed sharing?
I'm usually all for progress but when something's done so well from the start, why mess with it? Of course mods are cool but the basic strat look and layout's one of the special ones that doesn't need changing. There are a few others too...

strataxe

If something's perfect , beautiful, and sound like heaven... why change it. Add Gibson LP, ESP as well.

DonovanB

strataxe wrote If something's perfect , beautiful, and sound like heaven... why change it. Add Gibson LP, ESP as well.

Not so sure about ESP there.

The Gibson Les Paul design has been changed over the years too, chambering and all that.

What "unseen" changes have been made to the stratocaster over the years? Bridge? String trees?

Psean

I think it's more of the basic concept that needs to stay in these cases. All those other additions and mods just build on the base that's been there all along. After changes to the bridge, adding trees and a 5-way switch and humbuckers instead of P-90s - they're still clearly recognisable as strats and LPs (just don't mention that robot nonsense that's turned up in recent years)

Tokai-SA

Some may say, 'Teles'. ?

Bob-Dubery

strataxe wrote If something's perfect , beautiful, and sound like heaven... why change it. Add Gibson LP, ESP as well.

Because at the time you don't know that it's perfect and needs no changes. In fact all the now classic guitars evolved constantly in real time. The Stratocaster was changing constantly year to year. Different woods, different neck constructions, pickups got hotter etc.

Back in '59 they didn't know those strats they were making were going to be classics. Come '60 they thought they could change it a bit. Same with the 50s sunburst LPs that so many folks love. Gibson didn't think they had a classic guitar on their hands. In fact they stopped making them.

deefstes

Psean wrote I think it's more of the basic concept that needs to stay in these cases. All those other additions and mods just build on the base that's been there all along. After changes to the bridge, adding trees and a 5-way switch and humbuckers instead of P-90s - they're still clearly recognisable as strats and LPs (just don't mention that robot nonsense that's turned up in recent years)

To play devil's advocate, the same can be said for some of the other things in the picture as well. All of those cars are still clearly recognisable as cars (except perhaps for the last one). All of those hats are clearly recognisable as hats.
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Psean

Tokai SA wrote Some may say, 'Teles'. ?

Psean

deefstes wrote
Psean wrote I think it's more of the basic concept that needs to stay in these cases. All those other additions and mods just build on the base that's been there all along. After changes to the bridge, adding trees and a 5-way switch and humbuckers instead of P-90s - they're still clearly recognisable as strats and LPs (just don't mention that robot nonsense that's turned up in recent years)
To play devil's advocate, the same can be said for some of the other things in the picture as well. All of those cars are still clearly recognisable as cars (except perhaps for the last one). All of those hats are clearly recognisable as hats.
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Hahah, deeftes, trust you to throw that one in ?
Anyway I think this thread should be left to die now; it's become semi-serious >☹ Anyone got something funny for this friday?

Dig the "Friday frivol" pic BTW?

singemonkey

'80s strat:

Bob-Dubery

singemonkey wrote '80s strat:

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An abomination! The unholy offspring of an unnatural union!

Nitebob

Limited edition Blue bull strat... ?