mrmojorising Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 I have a mint Fender Strat VG (black/maple) with Lollar Dirty Blonde set (blonde in neck & middle, special in the bridge), a tremol-no professionally installed (to be able to lock and unlock the tremolo - done from back of guitar w/o having to remove tremolo cover!), and Fender locking tuners installed. Set up perfectly with Snake Oil Vintage 11's.This is the best strat I have ever played, but try as I might I can just never bond with any Strat or Tele. They just aren't me. While I had reached this conclusion before, I thought the Strat VG, with all its additional features (Roland synthesizer) might be different. While I found the ability to, at flip of a switch, switch between a stock alder strat and all kinds of open tunings-Drop D, Baritone and 12 string modes, and also flip between maple strat, tele, LP, and acoustic modeling EXTREMELY cool, in the end it still felt like a strat (Duh!) and hence I just could not bond with it.These cost $1700 new. Lollars were $240, tremol-no $100, and locking tuners $50, so I have almost $2100 into this.If you are a strat kind of guy, you will go ga ga over this guitar.Let me know if you have a trade to offer up. NO STRATS OR TELES! I like LP's, SG's, Gretsch, McNaught, Hamer, etc. Might also consider amps on trade.Would sell outright for $1700 shipped (very nice case, all paperwork, etc)
silentman Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 I wanna try one of these. I'm not a strat guy either, but I'm interested in checking this out.
mrmojorising Posted October 4, 2007 Author Posted October 4, 2007 Silentman,Of all the strats I have tried, this is the only one I came close to bonding with. The modeling is really quite good, especially the Tele and acoustic. And being able to flip a switch and be in Open G for the Stones "Happy" or drop D for Zep's "Moby Dick" is very cool indeed.I really wish someone was doing somthing similar to this in a LP style, or something that I could bond with.Yeah, there are a lot of modeling guitars out there but few where you can flip a switch and have a hi-end conventional guitar.Another nice thing about the Strat VG is that the controls are incredibly simple and intuitive. You can definitely switch on the fly in a gigging situation, and there is nada complicated about it at all. Just two non-conventional knobs...one for alt tunings, one for different guitar models.Carl
KH Guitar Freak Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Sorry, but I'll have to say the Variax is miles ahead of the VG strat's modelling...Anyway, good luck with the sales...
mrmojorising Posted October 5, 2007 Author Posted October 5, 2007 Well, I actually own a Variax too and I think you are wrong.And in any case, a Variax DOES NOT revert to a stock guitar, ever, quite unlike the strat VG.Ever try to palm mute on a Variax...you can't. Period.You can on the Strat VG, even when its in modeling mode.Sorry, but I'll have to say the Variax is miles ahead of the VG strat's modelling...Anyway, good luck with the sales...
KH Guitar Freak Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 I own a Variax 700 in sunburst...And I've played a Variax, I'll rather have the Variax myself, I'm disappointed with the modelling on the VG, especially the fact that people would rather buy a VG cause it "looks" more like an electric guitar...And I don't really use it for heavy palm muting work, so it's fine...In fact, using different strings would reduce the plinkness...
mrmojorising Posted October 5, 2007 Author Posted October 5, 2007 I own a Variax 700 in sunburst...And I don't really use it for heavy palm muting work, so it's fine...In fact, using different strings would reduce the plinkness...Well, my view is that your picking hand technique for muting, deadening, etc is essential for all styles for accomplished players and for this reason the Variax electric has some real issues in my mind (I only have a Variax acoustic now).When I want no "plinkiness" in the Strat VG I just turn the modeller off, so it becomes a normal strat.Over and out.
KH Guitar Freak Posted October 6, 2007 Posted October 6, 2007 I own a Variax 700 in sunburst...And I don't really use it for heavy palm muting work, so it's fine...In fact, using different strings would reduce the plinkness...Well, my view is that your picking hand technique for muting, deadening, etc is essential for all styles for accomplished players and for this reason the Variax electric has some real issues in my mind (I only have a Variax acoustic now).When I want no "plinkiness" in the Strat VG I just turn the modeller off, so it becomes a normal strat.Over and out.You bring up a really good point...But you could always make a custom guitar that houses magnetic pups on top of the Variax electronics I guess...Anyway, congrats for the sale, how much did it go for if you don't mind???
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