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it works for Chris Crocco.
Honestly, if you can get a sound you like from a tele, getting one from a strat shouldn't be that difficult. They're different, but not all that far removed.
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05-11-2020 03:56 AM
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I've had my strat for close to 20 years and find it to be more tonally versatile than most guitars, I get whatever sound I need out of it. Comfiest guitar ever made.
Jazz tone? Check this guy...
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo
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I have a stock '89 American Standard strat (9.5" neck radius, pups are a little higher output and more mid-rangey than most of the "reissue" style pups). I play jazz with it. It sounds different from my hollow body and my semi-hollow, which sound different from each other. It sounds different from Teles. The differences can be made to be pretty subtle, depending on your setup and how you play, but the differences will always be there to some extent. Isn't that the point of there being different kinds of guitars?
But I do think that strats are somewhat less foolproof than the others. I can plug my semi-hollow into pretty much any amp, and without touching any knobs, a jazz tone will be more or less there (though it can be improved with knob tweaking). OTOH, my strat generally requires more attention for getting the mids dialed in and the highs tamed, and sometimes I can't make it work to my satisfaction (e.g., through a Roland JC). There's also a characteristic strat nick pickup resonant frequency (or something like that) that can never be completely dialed out, so if you like that, a strat is great. If you don't, it's not. Ergonomically, my strat is my favorite guitar. And it's got a whammy bar.
John
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Forum member and instructor Pete Sklaroff on a strat: (02:25 is the most jazzy tone on this imo, go there)
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Originally Posted by Tal_175
Yes, and the low noise level allows his soft touch to be better heard.
DougLast edited by Doug B; 05-11-2020 at 04:59 PM.
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Originally Posted by fep
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fake but fun
cheers
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Originally Posted by cosmic gumbo
Great playing too.
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Rumour has it that Django and Jimi were going to form a group and call it Band of Gypsies! <groan!>
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Originally Posted by neatomic
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I still have it in the back of my head to build a strat project with a Duncan Minibucker in the bridge and neck, and no middle, with a hardtail bridge for playing jazz. Alder body, RW board. Trouble is I have so many guitars. Maybe when this Covid thing they have going ends I'll sell a guitar or two and do it.
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Lace Alumitones are very quiet and full-range balanced also:
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The suit doesn't make the man
I used t to play a strat and it sounded great I had 13 flats on it I think it has more to do with your response time and the response time you want
To me strats have a higher top speed but can't corner to well
I felt like I had to hold a note longer to get a nice snappy tone because to my ears strats take longer to swell and archtops to me instantly play the note but decay really fast
There's a vid of Joe Pass playing a jazzmaster I've never played one but tone wise it sounds the same I think
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If you have a good deal on a good Strat do try it. You might be positively surprised and you might even like playing so much that you find your own new signature sound in there by experimenting a bit with picking technique and pickup\amp settings. If it doesn't work you can relatively easily sell a Strat again.
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IME what makes the tele special is that even with the fewer controls the expression can go from soft ear caressing to glass cutting. Expression of a Strat I find narrower but more refined. Both are inspiring to play - but different. A big bonus for the strat is the ergonometry.
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Originally Posted by xiv_R_A_I_D_E_R_
John
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Originally Posted by teeps
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"Strat instead of tele?"
I play both. I take periods where i play more strat and other periods where I play more tele (but my main guitar is a 175).
A tele is probably better than a strat to play in a more "old school" jazz guitar style (Wes, Grant Green. etc)
While a strat is a good option for a more modern jazz guitar style (a tele is great for that too, but a strat does it in its own way).
Also you don't need to pay so much for a great strat/tele. MIM and upper range Squier are really good instruments and you can do several upgrades (like pickups) relatively easily.Last edited by orri; 05-18-2020 at 08:35 AM.
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Originally Posted by John A.
jaguar has short scale..24"...has very snappy attack...has similar to tele or strat bridge pup tone
jazzmaster on the other hand was leo's true attempt at a jazz guitar...the jazzmaster name was no accident...jazzmaster pickups are based on p90's but with (leo twist) real magnet polepieces like strats and tele pups...probably one of my fave pups of all time...warm, clean. lush, thick...beautiful...the jm neck pup also has two separate sets of controls...with different pots and caps...so you can go from neck pup to completely different neck pup sound at the flick of a switch...my fave fender in general, but great for jazz tones...& beyond
cheers
ps- jp with jm
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Originally Posted by orri
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Originally Posted by neatomic
John
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Well, if it's old school you're looking for, go no further than a Gibson ES-150 and matching amp! Teles are downright modern by comparison. Is a Strat new school? I am not qualified to answer, I think. But my Strat sounds just as good for jazz as my Tele, I think.
here's a video I was looking for earlier in the thread:
and a couple more:
An interview with Henry Robinett
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