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Published on 07/01/12 at 10:21So I've waited 14 years to give my opinion that's how I am someone who "refines" his views lol
This is a 1996 black Strat Mex with a rosewood fingerboard and 21 frets: y'en like that of thousands. At the time the body was made of poplar and quality manufacturing have been rather disappointing in those years, they say ...
I decided to write this review for those who wonder how an average strat deemed crossed time ...
Observation: it is entirely original. The frets of the time was described as medium jumbos. Unless they are finer than any medium jumbos that I've seen since ...
UTILIZATION
It is a good strat. Same body shape, even round (access to acute, radius ...) as much. A standard profile neck rather thin and very playable: The comfort of a standard Strat.
The only thing I find unfortunate about the Strat is the radius too rounded for my taste. It makes the game faster in the high (from 15) more tedious.
I paid for the guitar strings very close to the button (without bzz) and dropped the microphone, the sound came out warmer, rounder.
SOUNDS
I bought it at the time because I really wanted a Strat in reference to my guitar heroes (Hendrix, Clapton, Hendrix, and Hendrix lol).
At the time I did not care a lot for it to come from Mexico or Timbuktu ...
New, it rang with a high enough level out, slamming cold and Pluto. The magnets are ceramic pickups, this is very different from American Standard Alnico of the time (and today for that matter). The sound has more presence, more cold, more powerful but also in saturation.
Today, I can not say that it was enhanced (it means nothing), they changed the sound seems warmer and more compressed, but the output level always seems more important than standard Alnico. Saturation is relatively powerful for a single. These are microphones correct.
I play a Fender superfield at home, but I try just about anything from other people and it provides perfectly its role of strat. This is typed.
Already empty it resonates very well, which surprises her world.
People tell me I'm lucky to have fallen "on a good number" but I do not believe it. In my opinion they are all alike ...
I like the three microphones, although the acute could yell louder. The latter on a tube amp and distortion to big win is not garish. Cons by a transistor amp (I had a Marshall 8240), it lacks bass. It's clean.
OVERALL OPINION
I play for 14 years, almost every day. She made the road and even aircraft. She has lived (this is not the strat sleeping in his box hidden under the bed). Brief. The following opinion is not that of a collector but for one player.
The maple neck is now yellow / orange / pink (it's my eyes that say so), and became shiny satin varnish to keep playing. It is always right, I had to edit by changing its curvature of pulling strings ... normal.
The varnish of the body is big guy, I do not get to come to the end despite my neglect, it holds well. It is striped across, does not shine everywhere, it chips more or less deep, but it STILL stuck (!) Timber.
The frets, worn, were replaced by real medium jumbos.
Electronics are always original, the switch is fully operational despite my determination, and its potos.
The pickguard is scratched, it has not turned yellow or greenish, it's just ... dirty.
Hardware is oxidized, the MECAS take the shock and the vibrato (which I added springs) ...
The only stuff I had to catch up on this guitar is the nut (bone) that exceeded the "bottom" of the handle, I just sanded for arraser, and two bridges that I sanded because they hurt me farted finished my string (low E and D).
Important to note: the poplar is very correct in sound, BUT it is not in time for the hardware. This wood is no longer possible to screw anything in the same place after a while, which is annoying for fastening straps, but not irremediable. The wood is too soft.
This is a very good guitar, with small defects. The sound is perfectly typed Strat, crystalline and slamming. It's just different from his other strats. I played a few U.S.: vacuum it sounds like, what changes is the little details in the finishing, the original pickups, plus a box on the handle, the "briefcase" and the logo of the handle ... this is for everyone to see if the price difference is justified. (Note: the buttons Rosewood U.S. are often more "beautiful"-darker and more united with less veining. I have not heard any noise difference flagrant vacuum, ear on the upper body, it seems rather aesthetic ...).
This is a 1996 black Strat Mex with a rosewood fingerboard and 21 frets: y'en like that of thousands. At the time the body was made of poplar and quality manufacturing have been rather disappointing in those years, they say ...
I decided to write this review for those who wonder how an average strat deemed crossed time ...
Observation: it is entirely original. The frets of the time was described as medium jumbos. Unless they are finer than any medium jumbos that I've seen since ...
UTILIZATION
It is a good strat. Same body shape, even round (access to acute, radius ...) as much. A standard profile neck rather thin and very playable: The comfort of a standard Strat.
The only thing I find unfortunate about the Strat is the radius too rounded for my taste. It makes the game faster in the high (from 15) more tedious.
I paid for the guitar strings very close to the button (without bzz) and dropped the microphone, the sound came out warmer, rounder.
SOUNDS
I bought it at the time because I really wanted a Strat in reference to my guitar heroes (Hendrix, Clapton, Hendrix, and Hendrix lol).
At the time I did not care a lot for it to come from Mexico or Timbuktu ...
New, it rang with a high enough level out, slamming cold and Pluto. The magnets are ceramic pickups, this is very different from American Standard Alnico of the time (and today for that matter). The sound has more presence, more cold, more powerful but also in saturation.
Today, I can not say that it was enhanced (it means nothing), they changed the sound seems warmer and more compressed, but the output level always seems more important than standard Alnico. Saturation is relatively powerful for a single. These are microphones correct.
I play a Fender superfield at home, but I try just about anything from other people and it provides perfectly its role of strat. This is typed.
Already empty it resonates very well, which surprises her world.
People tell me I'm lucky to have fallen "on a good number" but I do not believe it. In my opinion they are all alike ...
I like the three microphones, although the acute could yell louder. The latter on a tube amp and distortion to big win is not garish. Cons by a transistor amp (I had a Marshall 8240), it lacks bass. It's clean.
OVERALL OPINION
I play for 14 years, almost every day. She made the road and even aircraft. She has lived (this is not the strat sleeping in his box hidden under the bed). Brief. The following opinion is not that of a collector but for one player.
The maple neck is now yellow / orange / pink (it's my eyes that say so), and became shiny satin varnish to keep playing. It is always right, I had to edit by changing its curvature of pulling strings ... normal.
The varnish of the body is big guy, I do not get to come to the end despite my neglect, it holds well. It is striped across, does not shine everywhere, it chips more or less deep, but it STILL stuck (!) Timber.
The frets, worn, were replaced by real medium jumbos.
Electronics are always original, the switch is fully operational despite my determination, and its potos.
The pickguard is scratched, it has not turned yellow or greenish, it's just ... dirty.
Hardware is oxidized, the MECAS take the shock and the vibrato (which I added springs) ...
The only stuff I had to catch up on this guitar is the nut (bone) that exceeded the "bottom" of the handle, I just sanded for arraser, and two bridges that I sanded because they hurt me farted finished my string (low E and D).
Important to note: the poplar is very correct in sound, BUT it is not in time for the hardware. This wood is no longer possible to screw anything in the same place after a while, which is annoying for fastening straps, but not irremediable. The wood is too soft.
This is a very good guitar, with small defects. The sound is perfectly typed Strat, crystalline and slamming. It's just different from his other strats. I played a few U.S.: vacuum it sounds like, what changes is the little details in the finishing, the original pickups, plus a box on the handle, the "briefcase" and the logo of the handle ... this is for everyone to see if the price difference is justified. (Note: the buttons Rosewood U.S. are often more "beautiful"-darker and more united with less veining. I have not heard any noise difference flagrant vacuum, ear on the upper body, it seems rather aesthetic ...).