A Stratocaster IS the most versatile guitar...

xscaramanga

ICBM said:

jonnyscaramanga said:

I do think if I could only own one guitar it would have to be a Strat. If there's anything you want to do but can't on a Strat, it's either not set up properly or you don't know what you're doing (or it's a song that absolutely must have 24 frets).

Or it doesn't have the right pickups. There's only so much you can do with EQ.

Nah, I said anything you can't do, not any sound that you can't nail 100%. You can get a credible jazz, stoner rock, or metal sound from a vintage Strat if you play it right and have the right amp/pedals available, even if it wouldn't be the first choice of instrument. I really don't buy that there's any genre that can't be done well on an SSS Strat.

ICBM

jonnyscaramanga said:

Nah, I said anything you can't do, not any sound that you can't nail 100%. You can get a credible jazz, stoner rock, or metal sound from a vintage Strat if you play it right and have the right amp/pedals available, even if it wouldn't be the first choice of instrument. I really don't buy that there's any genre that can't be done well on an SSS Strat.

You can’t even get close to a proper high-gain humbucker tone out of a normal Strat bridge pickup. If you think you can then you have a very different idea of what a high-gain humbucker tone is than I do...

Voxman

ICBM said:

jonnyscaramanga said:

Nah, I said anything you can't do, not any sound that you can't nail 100%. You can get a credible jazz, stoner rock, or metal sound from a vintage Strat if you play it right and have the right amp/pedals available, even if it wouldn't be the first choice of instrument. I really don't buy that there's any genre that can't be done well on an SSS Strat.

You can’t even get close to a proper high-gain humbucker tone out of a normal Strat bridge pickup. If you think you can then you have a very different idea of what a high-gain humbucker tone is than I do...

True, but once you go past a certain level of distortion, it can be very difficult to tell guitars apart - even a Strat and a Les Paul!  

soma1975

And yet Strats have been used in heavy rock since day one. They can certainly cover the ground sonically. 

ThePrettyDamned

It can't be the most versatile, it doesn't have enough notes available.

A 9 string fan-fret has better intonation and more notes available, which means more music can be played across all styles, and thus, a 9 string fan-fret is more versatile than a strat. 

slacker

ICBM said:

jonnyscaramanga said:

Nah, I said anything you can't do, not any sound that you can't nail 100%. You can get a credible jazz, stoner rock, or metal sound from a vintage Strat if you play it right and have the right amp/pedals available, even if it wouldn't be the first choice of instrument. I really don't buy that there's any genre that can't be done well on an SSS Strat.

You can’t even get close to a proper high-gain humbucker tone out of a normal Strat bridge pickup. If you think you can then you have a very different idea of what a high-gain humbucker tone is than I do...

In an ideal world I would take a selection of guitars and use the most suitable. However i generally get to take one guitar maybe two. If the application was mostly high gain humbucker sounds i would take a Les Paul.if it were mostly songs suited to a strat I'd fake high gain with a fuzz.

BTW I've wisdomed your post.