Texsunburst59
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Ever since I found my '90 Fender Strat Plus in a pawnshop a few weeks ago, I decided I want to hunt down some more Plus's if I could find them for a good price.
Well last weekend I stopped by a second hand guitar shop where I frequent, and they just happened to just get in a few of these older Plus Strats.
It turned out that 2 of them were built in '90 which is the same year my son was born and the other was a '95.
I tried them all out a really liked the 90's a lot because of the Gold Lace Sensor pickup and the had really good necks.
The '95 is a little different with the Blue/Silver/Red pickups and this one has the Fender Floyd Rose bridge. It was good in a totally different way.
I took all 3 up to the counter and asked for package cash money deal.
They weren't pawnshop deals, but were cheaper than any E-bay,Reverb or most that are posted on CL.
I found out the secret to these guitars is how close you get the pickups to the strings. If you have them too low they can sound lifeless and sterile.
I've heard this complaint and it was valid because all 3 guitars had the pickups too low. Once I adjusted them, they were a totally different animal.
I'm really happy with all the tones I'm able to get out of these guitars. I like that they offer something different than all my other strats.
Anyway here they are:
'90 Black (E9), '90 Ebony Frost (N9), '95 Sunburst:
Well last weekend I stopped by a second hand guitar shop where I frequent, and they just happened to just get in a few of these older Plus Strats.
It turned out that 2 of them were built in '90 which is the same year my son was born and the other was a '95.
I tried them all out a really liked the 90's a lot because of the Gold Lace Sensor pickup and the had really good necks.
The '95 is a little different with the Blue/Silver/Red pickups and this one has the Fender Floyd Rose bridge. It was good in a totally different way.
I took all 3 up to the counter and asked for package cash money deal.
They weren't pawnshop deals, but were cheaper than any E-bay,Reverb or most that are posted on CL.
I found out the secret to these guitars is how close you get the pickups to the strings. If you have them too low they can sound lifeless and sterile.
I've heard this complaint and it was valid because all 3 guitars had the pickups too low. Once I adjusted them, they were a totally different animal.
I'm really happy with all the tones I'm able to get out of these guitars. I like that they offer something different than all my other strats.
Anyway here they are:
'90 Black (E9), '90 Ebony Frost (N9), '95 Sunburst: