#1 five position switch
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 11:12 am
I've been salivating over (the concept of) a new guitar.
My Japanese Start (with the sort of floyd rose whammy bar thing totally yuk; I've always hated it even if it does the job admirably well) is long in the tooth and not without its problems.
anyway ... the pickup switch has been dodgy for years and I finally got round to buying a new one from ebay, fitted it and have been stunned about how incredibly different (and much better) the Strat sounds. One can talk about more, unreliable resistance with a switch that doesn't work properly but the whole tone and the output is much boosted. Is this how it is supposed to sound?
So now I'm thinking I have to take this strat from the land of the rising sun down to the local shop and compare it directly with that beautiful American standard Strat they are offering for only £999.99p. How much better does it have to be before I buy the beautiful eye candy and retire the ancient but unexpectaedly revitalised Jap jobbie !?
My Japanese Start (with the sort of floyd rose whammy bar thing totally yuk; I've always hated it even if it does the job admirably well) is long in the tooth and not without its problems.
anyway ... the pickup switch has been dodgy for years and I finally got round to buying a new one from ebay, fitted it and have been stunned about how incredibly different (and much better) the Strat sounds. One can talk about more, unreliable resistance with a switch that doesn't work properly but the whole tone and the output is much boosted. Is this how it is supposed to sound?
So now I'm thinking I have to take this strat from the land of the rising sun down to the local shop and compare it directly with that beautiful American standard Strat they are offering for only £999.99p. How much better does it have to be before I buy the beautiful eye candy and retire the ancient but unexpectaedly revitalised Jap jobbie !?