Start 2008 off with a warbly Strat arpeggio!
KeithHandy posted in Instruments, Producing, Tools on January 2nd, 2008
Been a while since I plugged the Stratocaster in (I’ve pretty much been using the Les Paul exclusively ever since I got it a couple years back).
Oh, and look, it’s only got five strings on it. Not exactly a financial priority lately. Hey, kids, it’s also been a while since Cap’n Keith has uploaded an audio clip.
This particular frankenguitar (nothing against Strats in general) prefers not to be in tune (you can tune it, but it takes some coaxing, second-guessing, and reverse psychology), so it’s less than ideal for anything other than quirky parts like this… but kind of fun to listen back to anyway. If you have headphones on, you can hear the Strat bouncing back and forth between your ears — that’s because it’s two separate tracks, me playing only every other string in the arpeggio. And because I’m only playing half as many notes at a time, I overdo the vibrato and bendy shit. Think Adrian Belew on downers.
Enjoy!
January 2nd, 2008 at 8:12 pm
My guitar is a _frankenguitar_ now? 8(
What else did you remove besides its head??!
January 2nd, 2008 at 9:26 pm
All I did was the neck swap that you already knew about. As a result it actually has a 22nd fret it didn’t have before (that extra half-inch of the neck extends over the front of the body like a little ledge).
Eventually I would like to get some really good and/or unusual pickups for it, like if there’s such a thing as Strat humbuckers. Or, something that sounds like crap but glows in the dark.
And of course a whammy bar that actually fits the hole.
I’ve said it to you before, but now I’ll milk it for public laughs: the old headstock said “Lyon” on it in big letters. As in, “I could tell you it’s a Fender… but I’d be Lyon!”