5 Reasons To NOT Buy A Strat!

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[landonbailey]

Good timing, I just wasn't not headed to the store to not buy a Strat!

[EricBlackmonGuitar]

Too late. I'm DOOMED! I have 12 of them.

[gabrielmumbray]

"I'm gonna drag them through the mud" as he proceeds to have an absolutely killer strat rock tone 🤣🤣

[richardbirch]

By the way, if anyone finds that they keep knocking the volume knob and accidentally keep lowering the volume, there is a very simple but very effective fix that can be used on any Strat, including vintage, that is totally reversible. Pull the volume knob off, cut a small circle of soft foam, use a screw-driver to make a central hole, slip it over the volume spine, push the Volume knob back down - and you're good to go. The foam adds just enough resistance to stop the volume knob moving accidentally, but still allows smooth movement.

[be]

My problem with the strat is that it's too easy (for me) to knock the pickup selector switch and accidentally change from the beautiful neck pickup to any other random pickup configuration.

[thejeffersonlee]

I am a Tele player. I resented Strats, even loathed them, until I appreciated that there are certain tones that you can only get from an SSS Strat (S-type). 2 and 4 are where the Strat earns its place at the table. And it does so as a Swiss Army Knife of tones. 90% of the sound you're looking for can be achieved on a Strat. It does not cover the HH or Tele twang bridge tone. It's light, glassy, and ready for whatever amp or pedal you throw at it. The Strat has its place in your tone arsenal. Take this coming from a die-hard Tele player who has a penchant for Gibson Explorers.

[MikeyGeeez]

For me, the volume control was the surprise annoyance… I sometimes struggle to get a nice palm mute without holding my hand in an unnatural position. When I switch over to the Les Paul, holding my right hand in its most natural position on the bridge is probably the first thing I appreciate!
Though I love my strat, so I just put up with it!

[carpocraftguitarscarpentry]

I just started learning to build guitars and I have found the fretboard radius to be one of the most confounding aspects of building. And it's not as well thought about as other aspects. I just finished building my first bass guitar yesterday and I actually uploaded a video about it, and noticed a fretboard was curved a little too much.

Let me tell any aspiring guitar Builders out there, make sure the fretboard is consistent because getting frets to fit properly is very frustrating if you don't plan properly. I know a lot of people just buy guitar necks and then build bodies, but I wanted to do it from the ground up..

Come take a look at my work and criticize the hell out of me! 😀
I need it

[Sean_Plays_Guitar]

A good "Bend Face" is the cornerstone of every great guitarist. It's a must-have.

[kevinmorris]

They are what they are. That's why you buy more than one type of guitar. Each has their own sounds and feel. They're all great at something. The trouble comes from wishing one instrument would do everything. Nope. Just keep a few. Solves everything.

[GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy]

I've owned my black Stratocaster for 36 years, and over time the pick ups have turned yellow and sometimes there is no sound coming out on certain pick ups ( a toggle switch issue ). Other than that, I love my strat!

[heavyjoechipman]

I love strats, tele's, mustangs, jaguar's, les pauls, V's, explorer's, sg's, and on and on! I love them all. Its all the differences and diversities that make them all special. Thats what makes them all loveable. This was a great video. God bless you RB🙏💜☺👍

[donaldpniaczek]

A Stratocaster is the most versatile widely used electric guitar in the world. You can basically play anything on them, metal, rock, country, jazz just by changing the pick ups. They stay in tune even when using the a matter of fact most copies are copied after them. Just saying why on earth would you not buy one... They also sit well with no nose diving

[Krustenkaese]

Just gonna pretend this video doesn't exist.

[grahamnunn]

The standard Strat bridge can be set up to feel great, hold tuning and stay that way. It takes time though. I have leant a lot in 40 years of playing them but it still takes me time. A lot of things are fiddly on a Strat but you adapt. I definitely use a wider vibrato on a Strat than I do on my Les Paul: the tone is there but it is a (rather wonderful) fight!

[dgoettel]

I'm a Gibson Guy and I just bought my first Fender American Strat. I am blown away at the silky fret board and neck feeling. Feels great. The position of the pickup selector is strange and makes me have to play closer to the neck than I am used to but honestly pretty impressed. I own a Les Paul T, SG, EB3 Bass, Hummingbird, J50, B25 12 string, WM 45...Happy to welcome the Fender Start.

[stratwrassler]

My stock, MIM Strat is my favorite, "straty" strat. It just happened to have a great sounding bridge pick up with byte and cuts through, not thin, cuts through with just the right mid range, and not overly thin treble. My other strat has a humbucker in the bridge position cuz' its stock pu didn't quite cut it.

I discovered it works great for heavy rock or even metal-ish riffs and simple lines (not shreddy stuff), and yes, I know that's heresy to the humbucker loving metal guys.

Trem was meant to be floated, doesn't feel or sound the same to me when locked down.

[fivewattworld]

The Strandbergs are 20” and they’re great. Holdsworth used a 24” I believe.

[jamesfetherston]

Love Strats, but one thing I really love about them is making them custom. It’s an easy guitar to work on by design. You don’t even need to go with Fender, you can build your own with your preferred specs with companies like Warmoth. Any neck profile you like, any fretboard radius, wood choice or fret size or material.

[furvel]

Excellent video, thank you for helping to leave more Strats for the rest of us!