Posts Tagged ‘seymour duncan’

A Tale of Two Stratocasters, Pt. 2

// April 19th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Guitar

Welcome to part two of my comparison of two very different stratocasters. As I mentioned in part 1, I was able to borrow a Fender American Standard Stratocaster from a friend of mine for the and thought it would be fun to do a comparison between this high-end Fender guitar and it’s twin from the other side of the tracks; my Squier.
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A Tale of Two Stratocasters, Pt. 1

// April 18th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Guitar

There is a hierarchy, or ladder, in the world of stratocaster guitars and my Squier may not be at the very bottom of that ladder, but it surely wont get hurt if it falls off. Somewhere near the top of that hierarchy is the Fender American Standard and while there are plenty of better strats than the AmStd, it’s high enough up that ladder to get a nose bleed.

This past weekend, I was able to get my hands on a friend’s Fender American Standard for the whole weekend to play with and I figured this would be a good opportunity to highlight the differences between the these two strats.
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To Invest or Diversify?

// April 15th, 2009 // No Comments » // Guitar

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I’ve been toying with the idea of upgrading a number of things on my ‘96 Squier for the last couple of months now and I’ve come up with an elaborate plan/schedule to turn that Squier into a high-end customer strat. Before I get in to the heart of my predicament, allow me to lay out the facts as they exist today.

  • I don’t think I will ever drop $900+ on a single guitar in one fell swoop.
  • I can probably afford to spend $1,000 over a five year period.
  • I have very limited space to work with.

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Madali S-812 Deluxe

// November 24th, 2008 // No Comments » // Guitar

Once upon a time, this web site had a regular feature for PC builders. In that feature, I would create a “JustDandyPC” guide for a given month and year with all the latest and greatest PC hardware that someone could use to create their own kick-ass gaming PC. Well, now I’m resurrecting the feature, but for guitars. For the inaugural issue, I give you the “Madali S-812 Deluxe”; a strat type guitar to rival anything coming off the production line at Fender. (Assuming you put it together right.)
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Found My New Pickups

// November 5th, 2008 // 1 Comment » // Guitar

One of the things on my list of things to do to my strat is replace the bridge pickup with a humbucker in a single-coil format. I immediately headed over to the Seymour Duncan web site and started reading and listening to everything I could on the various pickups. While pouring through the forums, I came across something called the “Everything Axe Single Coil Set”. This set features three different humbucker style pickups in a smaller single-coil form factor.
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