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I put the 57/62 pick ups in my strat and am extremely pleased. They
absolutly live up to the hype. As for the set up: stock strat parts,
medium high action, a little relief on the neck, 11 - 46 gauge
strings, bridge flat against the body, 5 springs. Works great like
this, stays in tune even with intense trem abuse. Strats are great
but they are high maintenance guitars, damn near impossible to set up
correctly, and a constant strugle to play, but it's worth the fight.
It's my understanding that the LSR roller nut only accepts .009 gauge
strings, which really sucks for surf ( or in general as far as I'm
concerned ). Most tuning problems occur from an improperly cut nut;
the slots are cut hastily and bind the strings preventing them from
returning to pitch, if you hear a creaking sound, this is definately
the cause. Dan Erlewine has great advice for setting up a strat
properly in his "Guitar Players Repair Guide". The Stratocaster is
an amazing bit of 20th century design ( especialy considering Leo
Fender didn't even play guitar! ) a classic example of form following
function - there's not one single unecessary item on the strat, every
line, curve, and contour is there for a specific reason. And the
sound...!!!!
--- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Brian Neal" <bneal@z...> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tammibrad@a... [mailto:tammibrad@a...]
> >
> > Of current Fender strat line-up, which model / pu's are most
> > representative
> > of 'classic' surf sound, or is it not that critical?? Better off
> > with a Jag
> > or Jazzmaster? I've been looking at the American Vintage 60s
> > strat....
>
> IMHO, just get the Strat that you like and can afford and you will
be good
> to go.
>
> Personally, I have a Strat with 3 Texas Special pickups and I think
it
> sounds great. It started life as a "Lone Star Strat": 2 Texas
specials plus
> a Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates Plus humbucker in the bridge
position. Once I
> got into Surf music, I decided I didn't like the humbucker too much
anymore
> so I replaced it with a 3rd Texas Special. Its a modern strat so it
has the
> updated bridge saddles, 2 post bridge, etc. I don't think Fender
makes them
> anymore per se, but they have updated versions made from their newer
> American series line. In other words they still do make a Strat
with 3 Texas
> specials and they still make a Lone Star type model but I don't
think it is
> called Lone Star anymore.
>
> As for being better off with a Jag or JM, no I don't think so.
These are
> complimentary things.. I have an American Vintage Jaguar too and
love it to
> death. I plan on getting a Jazzmaster of some sort some day
too....and a
> Mosrite, and a handful of Dano's, and a....well you get the idea.
Don't get
> me started on an amp wish list.
>
> I think Ivan P. has a Strat with all Texas Specials pickups too.
>
> Good luck
>
> BN
