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MGR/The Fonzie « Fender Tom Delonge Stratocaster »
Published on 01/04/03 at 15:00I bought this at Guitar Center for $379.99, it was on sale from $500 I believe.
The Seymour Duncan Invader pickup is great if you play alot of distorted music. There's no buzzing or anything either, very good electronics.
I'm a fan of the Stratocaster body shape. The contour feels very comfortable when sitting or standing and playing.
The neck is comfortable too. Not too round, just right for me.
Well first off, there's only one pickup, so you get one kind of sound and your stuck with it.
It sounds kind of flat too when not played through distortion
The action on the strings is kind of high, it makes doing barre chords more difficult, it's not a huge problem though.
It may be my particular guitar, but the bridge is aligned slightly to the left, so its easy for the low e to slip off the neck. It's not a big problem anymore as I've gotten used to it, and really it just made me better and holding the chords correctly.
Oher than that everything is made great. I'd say its a very good made guitar.
Bottom line, well I'd say just get a standard strat and put the Seymour Duncan in the bridge position, that way you'll have more options in the way of sound. But if you're set on having tom delonge's guitar, it's not a bad guitar by any means, just make sure that you're going to want to have the same sound all the time.
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The Seymour Duncan Invader pickup is great if you play alot of distorted music. There's no buzzing or anything either, very good electronics.
I'm a fan of the Stratocaster body shape. The contour feels very comfortable when sitting or standing and playing.
The neck is comfortable too. Not too round, just right for me.
Well first off, there's only one pickup, so you get one kind of sound and your stuck with it.
It sounds kind of flat too when not played through distortion
The action on the strings is kind of high, it makes doing barre chords more difficult, it's not a huge problem though.
It may be my particular guitar, but the bridge is aligned slightly to the left, so its easy for the low e to slip off the neck. It's not a big problem anymore as I've gotten used to it, and really it just made me better and holding the chords correctly.
Oher than that everything is made great. I'd say its a very good made guitar.
Bottom line, well I'd say just get a standard strat and put the Seymour Duncan in the bridge position, that way you'll have more options in the way of sound. But if you're set on having tom delonge's guitar, it's not a bad guitar by any means, just make sure that you're going to want to have the same sound all the time.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com