Can I get a Woohoo? Keyword Strat Humbucker Floyd Rose ;]

Guildedagain

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Just bought a Strat with a Humbucker and a Floyd Rose, Mmmmmm Squeals, and growls and divebombs all night long ;]

Been playing with the young buck from neck door, he just turned 16, the luthier neighbor's kid.

His birthday is also our wedding anniversary.

His mom and dad are both music whizzes, she teaches and he should.

And he doesn't want to know anything from Dad.

But he's got a Tele I just cleaned and restrung for his Bday, and he's great on the guitar, if not a little wild.

16 and he's 6 ' 3", huge mits and barely knows what to do with them, but he makes up riffs on the spot - his dream is to meld 80's hits with Grunge - and plays the same riff over and over like a looper, I love this kid.

We jammed for the 1st time a couple weeks ago with his 13yr brother on the drums - 1st time on the drums - stopped at 10pm, the whole valley heard it, figured on some fallout, but everybody that heard it was blown away, neighbor up a side canyon asked me "who was singing?". Really made my day. No vocals, just my guitar gently weeping.

The best jam partner I've ever had, I can play lead, just flows out, endlessly.

Enough about my Rock n' Roll fantasy ;]

This had me re-examining all my guitars, realizing that I need something - beyond Excalibur, my singing true relic 1974 Olympic White Strat - but something a little meaner and tougher, with a humbucker, and a Floyd.

This all equals GAS.

So I look around, and there she is, the prettiest girl in town. No crazy graphics or pointy bits, just a guitar with a humbucker and a Floyd. Not just a guitar, it's a Statocaster, to me, it's like God designed it, it's very special, a feeling [sonically] echoed by many.

Is anybody out there?*

;]

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* A Pink Floyd/David Gilmour reference.
 
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Wohoooo to you! Looks like a lot of fun. Cool story with the neighbours kids, always a pleasure when one can pass on our passion for music to the next generation! All is not lost.
 

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Great guitar! I like everything about it. Congrats!!
 

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You’ll be “down the lizard’s throat”ing in no time!

A well-tuned (as in mechanically) super Strat is a thing of joy to play.
 
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