Vintage guitars have "Golden" tone? Yes or No?

[Cederick]

The strat shape just screams ELECTRIC GUITAR instantly.
There are plenty of other iconic designs for sure but the strat is just phenomanelly nice!

And it can also be redesigned and still retain that classic vibe, even with more "modern" interpretations!
This is my perfect vision of a strat...

Hardtail, 24 frets, 3-piece neck through with graphite reinforcements, 100% black/white!

And that is actually "my guitar"... but I have never played it, or even hold it!
I custom ordered it from a luthier but noticed on photo a fret or two were misplaced.
He admitted his mistake, and the guitar never left his shop.

However, I've seen photos from his Facebook page that he has now removed the fretboard, so I hope he will restore it with a better fretboard... and I might finally get it at last  :headbanging: :headbanging: :headbanging: :headbanging: :headbanging:

 

[Sovereign_13]

Actually, I would like to own one (or two or three), BUT with upgraded steering, brakes, & suspension. Maybe even some engine mods. That's basically what my Warmoth Strat is. An upgraded version of a vintage design. It has the style without the headaches.

Saw an episode of one of those "custom shop cars" type shows (can't remember which one, there are so many these days) where they took a 2005 GTO, shortened the frame, and slid a '68 or '69 Camaro body over it.  Best of both worlds -  sexy 60s pony car curves, modern powerplant, suspension, brakes, and amenities.  Personally I've always been a fan of the Gen 1 Mercury Cougars.

That's a sweet Strat-style, Cederick.  Very clean.  Is that a set-neck?  Through-neck?  I notice there's no neckplate.

 

[Cagey]

I lived with a couple iterations of that modern goat - what a wonderful machine! The '04 was just magical, then the '05 had the LS2 engine, which took magic to a whole new level. Lotta fun. No turbo/supercharger trickery, just old-school brute-force mega-torque cubic inches with all the modern fine-tuning technology could bring to bear along with the same attention to detail in the steering/suspension. Oddly enough, while you could bark the tires, the rubber they put on those things hooked up so well that it didn't just sit there and burn like the old ones did. When you punched the gas, it launched you down the road. Never felt G forces in the old goats like I did in those. Too much fun.

 

[TBurst Std]

Amen. My 1st 2 cars were a 67 GTO and a 68 Olds HO.  I did more work on the suspension and tires before I touched the engines.  If tires squeal, that's power lost.

 

[rgand]

I had a '50 Ford that never squealed the tires when I got on it. Of course, it couldn't spin them in loose gravel, either.  :icon_biggrin:

 

[Cederick]

That's a sweet Strat-style, Cederick.  Very clean.  Is that a set-neck?  Through-neck?  I notice there's no neckplate.

Its in my description neckthrough, 3-piece maple neck with graphite reinforcements... I can imagine its ridicolously stable!

 

[Sovereign_13]

Ah sorry, must've missed that.

 

[Tonar8352]

Yes, I would take a vintage guitar over any new instrument.

 

[Strat Avenger]

Yes, I would take a vintage guitar over any new instrument.

Then why do you build Warmoths? You could just play some POS vintage guitar.

 

[mayfly]

Yes, I would take a vintage guitar over any new instrument.

Then why do you build Warmoths? You could just play some POS vintage guitar.

Careful there son...

 

[amigarobbo]

Indeed.

While I'm here, have this I stole from the Lollar pickups blog http://www.lollarguitars.com/blog/2017/06/continued-tone-chasin-the-skinny-on-capacitors-and-potentiometers-or-caps-and-pots-part-2/#more-2465

 

[Cagey]

Mmm... calcified unicorn hair...​

 

[Logrinn]

Mmm... calcified unicorn hair...​

As long as it's not from the common white unicorn, but from the more better sounding - and more rare - black unicorn.  :icon_jokercolor:

 

[Cagey]

Well, yeah. That goes without saying. White unicorns - phbbbt - who cares? People eat white unicorns and make paintbrushes out of their hair, glue out of their hides, and aphrodisiacs out of their kidney stones, fer crissakes. But, black unicorns? Now you're talkin'.

 

[Sovereign_13]

*puts on hipster glasses*

I prefer my unicorns to be free-range, antibiotic-free, humanely-raised black-white hybrids.  Everyone knows that killing a frightened unicorn completely wrecks the tone their calcified hair will give, and hybrids are healthier than the inbred pure-breed stock most farms use.

*takes off hipster glasses*

Did I do it right?

 

[Cagey]

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<locks door>

 

[bagman67]

*puts on hipster glasses*

I prefer my unicorns to be free-range, antibiotic-free, humanely-raised black-white hybrids.  Everyone knows that killing a frightened unicorn completely wrecks the tone their calcified hair will give, and hybrids are healthier than the inbred pure-breed stock most farms use.

*takes off hipster glasses*

Did I do it right?

You forgot "Locally sourced."  What a philistine.

 

[Sovereign_13]

*puts on hipster glasses*

I prefer my unicorns to be free-range, antibiotic-free, humanely-raised black-white hybrids.  Everyone knows that killing a frightened unicorn completely wrecks the tone their calcified hair will give, and hybrids are healthier than the inbred pure-breed stock most farms use.

*takes off hipster glasses*

Did I do it right?

You forgot "Locally sourced."  What a philistine.

I use non-locally-sourced unicorn products, but only ironically.  Obviously.  :toothy12:

 

[rgand]

The hair from black unicorns is darker sounding than the hair from the white ones. It's particularly good for basses.

 

[bagman67]

Everyone knows that tail hair gives a better dirty sound than mane hair.