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The Clapton Strat has a decent amount of stuff designed for his
guitar. But the reason I can figure EC's is cheaper while EJ's is more
exspensive is because more people want a Clapton strat.
It would be really cool to see the staggered tuners to see what those
are about.
I am not a big fan of zero radius instruments. My 'Ukulele, which I
love, has a zero radius and it makes it much hard to play than a
guitar. The smaller frets hurt that as well. I really need a radius
because I have messed up my fretting hand several times playing baseball.
--- In , Michael S Springer
<springerms@j...> wrote:
> Yeah, the price on the EJ Strat seems high,
> when compared with the Clapton and SRV Strats,
> <but> if you've read the shtick in the 2005 Frontlines about
> them, it makes sense:
>
> 1. The pickups are a unique design to Eric Johnson's specs.
> Most guys just specify a pre-existing pickup- not EJ!
>
> 2. The radius on the neck is way unusual for vintage style
> Fender necks, meaning they are not just pulling a neck from
> a different model, and slapping a different decal, or even different
> frets onnit. That's a major variation, not a minor tweak.
>
> 3. There are a <lot> of other odd little tweaks in the guitar that
> <have> to require more time, if not money to do.
> Oh yeah- It has staggered <vintage> style tuners...
> I've never heard of those before- has anybody?
> That means specially machined parts!
> The staggered tuners I've heard of are normal enclosed tuners
> on the American Strats.
>
> Anyway, when you consider all that, maybe it's not such a high price
> after all.
>
> I also understand the objection to the flat radius,
> but flatter radii are common on shredder guitars,
> and as shredders get older, they may follow the general
> trend of aging players becoming interested in more vintage
> flavored gear, but still want a flatter neck radius.
> In that case, the EJ Strat is the only game in town.
>
> And regarding the comment about Marty Tippens-
> there is already one Custom Shop signature model
> dedicated to a surf guitarist, the Dick Dale Strat.
> So surf guitar has <some> representation in the Fender catalog!
> Ya can't have <everything>! ;^)
>
> Michael
