A Conversation for Talking Point: What Do You Want For Christmas?
A 1957 Stratocaster
tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!) Started conversation Nov 16, 2003
Yep, that should do it.
Two tone sunburst and a V neck set up with 11's please
Thanks in advance.
A 1957 Stratocaster
Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday Posted Nov 16, 2003
11s???
no widdlywiddly solos for you them 
A 1957 Stratocaster
tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!) Posted Nov 16, 2003
Nope, soulful blueswailing only! Besides it's harder to break 11's and no one else wants to play your guitar at jam sessions.
Oh, and they sound better too!
A 1957 Stratocaster
Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday Posted Nov 16, 2003
I agree!! Grandad uses 10s for live work & 8s for recording we go through string winders like nobodie's business!!! What's made you go for a Strat? & what are you going to play it through?
A 1957 Stratocaster
skank monkey (upbeats only. shouting by special request) [night-who-ver?]isn't it annoying when somebody's name is longer than t Posted Nov 17, 2003
Mmmmmm.... '57 strat
Fine choice.
i would tend more towards a one of those big fat Rickenbacker semi's from the late '60's that makes you sound like Teenage Fanclub. Or, the all time top guitar on my wish list, a cherry-red Gibson SG a la Led Zep. It'd do me no good now though, i live on the third floor and there' s no way you'd get a Marshall stack up the stairs. 
And what's the point of looking like a true rock star if you can't make people's ears bleed?
When i'm rich, my house will have no furniture except a comfy chair, a big telly, and guitars as far as the eye can see.
I also go for 11s. Okay, so if you haven't played for a while your fingers might bleed slightly, but before i shifted over from 9s (flimsy), i went through about a pack every time i played a gig/went to a practice/looked at my guitar funny. Curse my clumsy fists of ham.
A 1957 Stratocaster
tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!) Posted Nov 17, 2003
A strat because you can tell it's a strat, and who's playing it without reading the liner notes. Les Pauls, SG's, 335's et al are great and I love them but they just aint me.
As to what I'd play it thru...long list coming 1954 tweed champ, same year tweed twin, '59 bassman, '65 twin reverb, quad reverb, Marshall bluesbreaker, JMP master volume series 2, basically any tone machine, crank up the master volume, overload the power amp (never the pre-amp) and wail
A 1957 Stratocaster
KaitCC Posted Nov 18, 2003
haha, my brother has that. but my brother has 2 broken wrists right now so the guitar is mine!!!! a fine deal, as temporary as it may be. a gretsch white falcon and a gibson es-335 will be mine- when the pigs fly.
A 1957 Stratocaster
tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!) Posted Nov 18, 2003
My jealousy knows no bounds, as long as it is a real '57 not the re-issue! someone told me my 92 looked like a vintage 50's model because the neck is so worn, so at least I can fake it
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A 1957 Stratocaster
- 1: tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!) (Nov 16, 2003)
- 2: Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday (Nov 16, 2003)
- 3: tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!) (Nov 16, 2003)
- 4: Granny Weatherwax - ACE - Hells Belle, Mother-in-Law from the Pit - Haunting near you on Saturday (Nov 16, 2003)
- 5: skank monkey (upbeats only. shouting by special request) [night-who-ver?]isn't it annoying when somebody's name is longer than t (Nov 17, 2003)
- 6: tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!) (Nov 17, 2003)
- 7: KaitCC (Nov 18, 2003)
- 8: tonemonkey(Steve Cooper, of BLiM fame (?!) contact me!) (Nov 18, 2003)
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