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Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:04 am

Here's my 3 Fenders which are all highly modified to get them dialed in to where I like them. Fender's need work for my tastes but once you get the work done they can be sweet guitars.

wolfgang161272 · Post by **wolfgang161272** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:39 pm

Nice guitars. But I'm not a big fender fan

But they are really great to play

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 5:00 pm

Mmmmmmm scallops!

Post by **Genebaby** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 6:34 pm

I don't have any Fender's myself. The closest I have is a Charvel with three singles and a pick guard.

It's kind of why I bought it, to have something Fenderish.

Shred4hire · Post by **Shred4hire** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:41 pm

strats and teles rawk

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:40 pm

shramiac wrote:Mmmmmmm scallops!

Yes, thosescallops are cool. I believe that Uncle Kev has a video of himself jamming on that scalloped beauty. Kev?

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:21 am

poserboy71 wrote:
shramiac wrote:Mmmmmmm scallops!
Yes, thosescallops are cool. I believe that Uncle Kev has a video of himself jamming on that scalloped beauty. Kev?

The Yellow and Black are both scalloped. It's kind of cool to have. I wouldn't want every neck scallopped ala Yngwie but it's cool to have a few for a change of pace.

Rick, yes the Yellow one.

ankh · Post by **ankh** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:32 am

fender japan,mid 80's, khaler trem, ssl5 and custom bridge pu
[img][img]http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/1668/p1010162c.th.jpg[/img][/img]

Casio MIDI mg 510, built by fuji gen gakki in the 80's, two sd ssl5 and a great, revolutionary shadow que 5 bridge pu
[img][img]http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/8162/p1010160h.th.jpg[/img][/img]

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:02 pm

Ankh, what can you share about your Red Casio Strat? It looks like you could modify the signal to a virtual tone cornocopia? How do you like that guitar?

Kev

ankh · Post by **ankh** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 6:42 pm

The red casio strat it's really like a stratocaster, it was made by the same factory tha made the first series of squiers from the first 80's, the roland guitar that looked like a strat, the ibanez stratocaster knockoffs, the guitar itself is very well built, even the trem feels nice.I've switched the pu for better ones, also with the shadow hb i can reproiduce faithfully the sound of ten different pickups( it has an onboard eq and preamp).

The MIDI part has thre switches:
one for selecting guitar, MIDI or both.
One for selecting normal, octave up/octave down
One for selecting noraml, chromatic or program change function.

My own is the 510 model , it doesn't have the inbuilt sounds like the 380.
Since it uses a magnetic pickup and not a piezo, and also since it is from the 80's it doesn't track well very fast passages, but it is very nice for layering and also normal passages.You can modify some parameters of the individual string volumes and response.It has a normal guitar ooutput, a MIDI output, a plug for a 9 volt adapter and the battery holder for a 9 volt battery.

here you can find more info about it:
http://jpsongs.com/troubadortech/casmgtr.htm
I hope i've explained it well, Sorry for any mistakes or for being boring..

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:49 pm

Cool!
Gracias Ankh!

ankh · Post by **ankh** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:50 pm

you welcome!

tazz888 · Post by **tazz888** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 2:36 pm

First post here guys.... Here is my current Fender stable.

1993 Strat Plus w/ EMG's. Going back to single coils soon.

2010 American Std.

2010 Road Worn 50's

Post by **Genebaby** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:53 pm

Welcome, you have some nice Strats there.

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:25 am

Wooooooooh, EMG's on a Strat!
Why do you want t take them out if you have 2 other Strats that are equiped to deliver the standard strat sound?

Nice guitars Tazz

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 5:50 am

Welcome tazz888,
Leave those guitars alone. The one with the EMG's reminds me of Vito Bratta. He started with ESP's with EMG pickups, then Steinberger guitars, then actually played Fenders equipped with that pickup configuration towards the tail end of White Lion.

tazz888 · Post by **tazz888** » Mon Mar 07, 2011 2:42 pm

Slayer wrote:Wooooooooh, EMG's on a Strat!
Why do you want t take them out if you have 2 other Strats that are equiped to deliver the standard strat sound?

Nice guitars Tazz

Thanks for the warm welcome guys!!!

I want to put the Plus back to original with the Blue, Gold, Red lace sensors it came with. I have the entire pickguard packed away and ready to go back on.

I have a bunch of other geets that can fill in for it.... Charvel USA San Dimas Tele w/JB/59's, ESP Eclipse 2 w/ emg's, ESP Viper w/ blackouts, 05 Les Paul Std and 3 Dean ML's.

If I do decide to keep the emg's in it I will change the pickguard. The pearloid just makes it look way to much like Kirk Hammet's.

doublev · Post by **doublev** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:42 am

I got a collection of Fender Coronado II both guitar and basses in the Wildwood finish. I picked them up in the early 90s for less than $200 each. Pretty sick guitars.. they actually pumped the dye into the living trees as they were growing, then cut them down and the wood was stained. Maybe not the most eco guitar ever made. lol

I love the sound, even though the pick ups are weird. I put in some Gemini P90s and a CC pick up to give them a better dynamic (also a PAF too), but I put back the original pick ups for now as I don't play.

Thats the only Fenders I have or had.

doublev · Post by **doublev** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:48 am

ohh. i just forgot. had a malmsteen strat in 1990 but swapped it for 2 Ritz Guitars (stupid move maybe).

doublev · Post by **doublev** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:57 am

oh, shit.. i have a jazzmaster as well tucked away in storage in New Orleans.

doublev · Post by **doublev** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:43 am

Anyone played a FENDER PERFORMER. They blow any other Fender I played away both bass and guitar.

Post by **Genebaby** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:14 am

Never even seen one of those Dino. 24 frets too hey?

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:24 am

Never played one ,but that's the kind of sugar papa likes !!!

doublev · Post by **doublev** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:46 am

They have all the strat sound but way better. Such a great forgotten guitar . The bass is even better. Ed Roman loves them too. They were selling for 300 bucks 3 years ago. Still very cheap.

doublev · Post by **doublev** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:48 am

I think they only lasted about a year.. a big flop.

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 3:03 pm

Saweeet Dino!

No Locking nut? How well does it stay in tune?

shramiac · Post by **shramiac** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 4:23 pm

It might have had a behind the nut lock on it Kev? There are a couple of holes next to the truss rod opening. I don't recall fenders having a cover at the end of their truss rod! Just the bullet! Apart from the ulgy headstock and STUPID pickups, this could have sold more! Is this the only 24 fret Fender other than "The STRAT"??

doublev · Post by **doublev** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 5:34 pm

The locking nuts are as normal on a strat but the one in this picture has had them removed. The pickups are too close together for me but they do sound awesome. The bass looks less strange and ed Roman declared it the best bolt on bass ever made. It does blow away those other fender basses in my opinion.

doublev · Post by **doublev** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:12 am

this guy shows the pick ups off

[youtube][/youtube]

They are true single coils and then flick the switch and they are humbuckers.

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:36 am

I wonder if those pickups sound like the Strat Elite pickups???

n3p · Post by **n3p** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:25 am

NGD (again?!!)

As some of you may know, I just got back from NY (and had a great time - good shopping, and good pizza!

)

Was sooo close to buying a Charvel So-Cal in white (Japanese), but it was the same price as in the UK so settled for this one in the end. Bought it from Rudy's Music on W 48th st. Sam Ash opposite = very pushy!

2011 Olympic White USA Standard strat, loving it so far! Risked it going through "nothing to declare" and sneaked off home free

Nick

Post by **Genebaby** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 7:12 am

Ah, Nick. I saw that you had a new post in this thread and guessed that the Fender Strat shopping had gone well!

Congrats on the new guitar. You did well getting it back for free!

n3p · Post by **n3p** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:11 am

Vic,

I'm sure you're very disappointed that I didn't get a Charvel from the land of Charvels, but you know I only visited the music stores on 48th, and ALL charvels there were Japanese! Fear not though, I tried the white So-Cal like I said (looked a lot like Jake E Lees strat/charvel thingy), and I'm probably going to buy it in the next couple of months (guitars...a bad addiction)

The Strat cost $1000 minus tax, and seeming as I didn't declare it I, that equates to around £640. US Strats here start at £975

Nick

Post by **Genebaby** » Fri Dec 23, 2011 7:27 pm

You did good Nick! Get that Charvel when the time is right.

n3p · Post by **n3p** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:06 am

Not much Fender love here eh! Just picked up an HSS strat. Needs a little tlc but plays great.

Post by **Genebaby** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 9:19 am

Nice Nick!

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 11:46 am

I love them and collect them I just don't like synchronized tremolos

Post by **Genebaby** » Sun Jul 01, 2012 2:20 pm

Yes, Floyds all the way for trems!

doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:46 am

Kev missed that scalloped one. Really great.

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:56 am

Thank you Dino

Both the yellow and the black are both scallopped

doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:10 am

Looking back at this old post, I feel like I sounded like an ass saying the performer was way better than a strat. Didn't mean to sound like this. I love strats more just thought performer was more advanced.

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 1:31 pm

I've never seen a performer outside of a picture but I am interested in this rare Fender. Thanks for exposing it to us because I had never heard of it before you brought it up.

K

ankh · Post by **ankh** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:01 pm

talking about unusal Fender- don't get me started

- the Fender katana looked good and had nice specs,it was perfect for rock and metal

[youtube][/youtube]

doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 4:34 pm

I saw a n.o.s. katana about 6 years ago. Very strange guitar but I like it.

Shred4hire · Post by **Shred4hire** » Tue Jul 03, 2012 7:25 am

i had a performer it was cool.

metatron · Post by **metatron** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:44 am

Wow, that Fender Katana is kinda cool. Nice for a collector. Could have seen Ace play one of those.

doublev2 · Post by **doublev2** » Tue Aug 28, 2012 8:52 pm

yeah. it was Fender's attempt to get into the 80s along with the Performer. They were supposed to be made in the States but Fender had not set up their us workshop so it was japanese made. I think they are great guitars though. Are old friend Ed Roman loved them.

FREDDYB3 · Post by **FREDDYB3** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 3:34 am

Okay, it not actually a Fender, but here is some pics of my latest edition..
A year or so ago, I purchased an old Kramer Striker 300st basically for the original non-fine tuning Floyd
that was on it. Then I decided to rebuild the guitar as a project. Here are a few pics of what it was originally and what it has become.

The original Kramer as it was:

What it became:

Side by side pics:

And 1 more:

poserboy71 · Post by **poserboy71** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 4:41 am

Scalloped maple ?

Slayer · Post by **Slayer** » Wed Dec 26, 2012 7:55 am

Frederik also did the paint himself which I think looks superb Red with Gold hardware.

Clean Fred!