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The Stratocaster Turns 70

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Re: The Stratocaster Turns 70

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Post by changexd »

tzs wrote: post #2

...and ever since generations of electric guitarists have been confused over tremolo and vibrato, because Leo Fender mixed them up. One the the Stratocaster's major innovations was a bridge system that allowed for large string bends without messing up intonation. For unknown reasons he called this a tremolo system, even though the effect produced using it is vibrato (varying pitch) rather than tremolo (varying volume…

wow thanks for the explanation, I always thought they are the same thing but presented differently and never tried to look it up.

Re: The Stratocaster Turns 70

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Post by shermanyo »

bagful wrote: post #7
josefritzishere wrote: post #3

I dig this, but If you had asked me what the greatest electric guitar design was I would have actualy answered Telecaster.

Too bad about the headstock, but a Telecaster doesn’t look right with any other shape either.

I know it's subjective style-wise, but I feel exactly the same.

Re: The Stratocaster Turns 70

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Post by hayley-patton »

tzs wrote: post #2

...and ever since generations of electric guitarists have been confused over tremolo and vibrato, because Leo Fender mixed them up. One the the Stratocaster's major innovations was a bridge system that allowed for large string bends without messing up intonation. For unknown reasons he called this a tremolo system, even though the effect produced using it is vibrato (varying pitch) rather than tremolo (varying volume…

The Uni-Vibe (though not a Fender product) is a phaser trying to imitate a rotary speaker, for which the slow and fast settings are often called chorale and tremolo. Go figure.

Re: The Stratocaster Turns 70

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Post by d1sxeyes »

bagful wrote: post #7
josefritzishere wrote: post #3

I dig this, but If you had asked me what the greatest electric guitar design was I would have actualy answered Telecaster.

Too bad about the headstock, but a Telecaster doesn’t look right with any other shape either.

Yeah, it looks ridiculously slender given how bulky the guitar overall is. The strat headstock looks wrong, but I quite like the look of a jazzmaster headstock on a tele (https://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=123565)

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Post by fuzzfactor »

jcims wrote: post #8

Just want to start a little sub thread on favorite guitar YouTube channels. For me it’s Chris Buck, hands-down, his Friday Fretwork series is phenomenal for the history of guitars, amplifiers and rock and roll. He’s also a fantastic guitarist that puts little intermissions in each of his videos with incredible playing. https://youtube.com/@chrisbuckguitar

https://www.siccasguitars.com/videos/ is the portal to their youtube offerings.

You would have to dig deep to find any renditions of rock music, but it would be worth it.

Even if you never got that far.

Re: The Stratocaster Turns 70

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Post by v9v »

hayley-patton wrote: post #13
tzs wrote: post #2

...and ever since generations of electric guitarists have been confused over tremolo and vibrato, because Leo Fender mixed them up. One the the Stratocaster's major innovations was a bridge system that allowed for large string bends without messing up intonation. For unknown reasons he called this a tremolo system, even though the effect produced using it is vibrato (varying pitch) rather than tremolo (varying volume…

The Uni-Vibe (though not a Fender product) is a phaser trying to imitate a rotary speaker, for which the slow and fast settings are often called chorale and tremolo. Go figure.

The same labels can be found on Leslie rotary speakers: https://www.hammondtoday.com/img_4719-2/

Re: The Stratocaster Turns 70

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Post by tzs »

jcims wrote: post #8

Just want to start a little sub thread on favorite guitar YouTube channels. For me it’s Chris Buck, hands-down, his Friday Fretwork series is phenomenal for the history of guitars, amplifiers and rock and roll. He’s also a fantastic guitarist that puts little intermissions in each of his videos with incredible playing. https://youtube.com/@chrisbuckguitar

I like Brandon Acker [1] for classical guitar. He also does a lot of material on earlier plucked string instruments like lutes.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/@brandonacker

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