JustRooster

https://soundcloud.com/justrooster/stormcrow-demo
https://soundcloud.com/justrooster/demo-for-aaron


Both of those are old recordings with a Strat and a low gain amp.

"I play metal fine on my strat."

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W4RP1G

freaking awesome, man. Reminds me of Queens of the Stone Age, which is one of my favorite bands.

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romeozdistress

sounds more like hard rock to me.

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brenthinds

I am very aware that iron maiden uses strats but about not playing in drop c with the fender standard strat, daron malakian does. The link below is him playing sugar in drop c with a fender strat with stock pickups.

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Since the "Strats are fine for metal" argument is now being torn to shreds and as one of the people who said I play metal fine on a Strat, I would just like it noted for the record that I did point out that I only really play old school heavy metal in standard tuning on it and couldn't offer any credible advice beyond that.

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Thanks for the feedback, dudes. That song Stormcrow was one that I recorded with a Strat like 4 years back specifically to prove the point that Strats can handle metal.

To the question of "can Strats handle metal?" Obviously they can. However, I don't think that's the question a lot of us should be asking, really. Dave hit it on the head perfectly earlier.

If you play mostly other stuff and dabble in Metal, then certainly a Strat will suit you greatly. If you're main focus is metal, however, you would probably be better set with another more oriented guitar. A BMW M3 is a good all around sports car, but if you're only interested in Drag Racing, you might want to get a beefier sports car. The M3 will drag well with skill and tweaking, but it won't be as easy to do as with some American Muscle.

Of course, there are TONS of drag racing arguments to be had, but I'm just illustrating a point. If you're playing 95% metal, yeah, a Strat will work, but something else would be more conducive to your style. If you're playing a bit of everything and some metal, then a Strat might be your best bet.




My biggest pet peeve with these arguments is this. No, an HSS Strat is NOT MORE versatile. It's just versatile in different styles. It doesn't add more tones, just different ones. I hate when people say the HSS is MORE than an SSS.

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ihartfood

i think metal is a very general term.

rooster your recordings are pretty cool but that's not really the sub genre of metal that TS is in to.

"strats can handle metal"
what does this mean? it sure can't mean that you'll nail a metallica tone with a MiM strat

if you were playing stoner metal, or sabbath or something a strat might work.

whatever. it's very general.

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Clay-man

I really don't get what's with the brickwall of nay-saying, as if it's totally non subjective.
It depends on if their tone compliments their playing correctly. I can't say that it's going to cover the general perfect metal tone for modern stuff, but that could be said about any guitar if it simply doesn't give what you're looking for.

I'm not standing by strats or anything, I'm just saying that saying they're "shit for metal" is ignorant.

Like people said, Iron Maiden have used strats and I think that tone is just fine, so what's the big deal?

romeozdistress

how do you know if its stock or not? those could easily be active pickups. plus he is obviously playing through a hi gain amp.

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Mephaphil

I don't think this is the point. We're not talking about amps, we're asking if the guitar is viable for metal. The pickups can be changed but the neck radius, amount of frets, etc can't be changed, the very things that make a guitar good for shredding and tapping over another.

Yngwie Malmsteen seems to have done absolutely fine.

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Boonnoo666

To be fair the Squier Strat I have is actually alright for Metal. (I play 80s classic/thrash Metal) But yeah. As others have stated, it depends on what feel you want. And tone isn't terrible, it's just not the best.

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yep



no worries, your original post was absolutely fine, if you ask me



(nice clips by the way)

regarding the HSS versus SSS thing- it really depends on what you mean by versatility. If you need both humbucker and single coil tones, it's more versatile (and i'd argue that that's probably what most people mean by versatility- but not necessarily so); if you need more stratty tones, then SSS is.

I agree, in other words.



(a) that's precisely my point, that it *is* subjective. But if people who mainly play a certain genre are all (or mostly all) saying the same thing, maybe their opinion is right. That's what I'm saying. I wouldn't listen to a non-cricketer's opinion as to what the best cricket bat is, for example. that'd be crazy. It's still fairly subjective, I imagine, but "subjective" doesn't mean that everyone's opinion is equally valid, either.

(b) I'm saying that saying that a (vintage spec! that distinction is important) strat is absolutely fine for metal is ignorant, too. there's a big difference between "will do at a pinch" and "is good at".

(c) iron maiden doesn't use vintage spec strats. Not normally, anyway, and not on most of their classic records, far as i'm aware.

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malmsteen's a total badass, though. the rest of us (or me, anyway, i don't like to speak for others or put words in their mouth) can use all the help we can get

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LP1951

A HSS coil tap SS is much more versatile than a standard Strat.

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Mephaphil

Rooster, that's some awesome stuff you've got there.

More Kyuss than Queens in my opinion, but I love both so it's all good!

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monwobobbo

hmmm.... well lets see just ask jeff beck what can be done with a non locking fender trem and get back to me. trem use isn't all about dive bombs ya know. a well setup fender style trem will stay in tune. ok i admit that if you want to go all apeshit crazy with it then probably not but otherwise they do work. van halen and hendrix both managed to write the book on trem use without a floyd.

dave i play 70s and 80s metal and hard rock as well and my strats work fine for most of it. my Ultra 212 has anb active eq for the distortion channels and you'd be amazed at what kind of sounds can come out of strat using this. of course to each his own.

LP1951

^That really doesn't answer the question. The point is that there are SuperStrats that will do everything that a standard Strat can do and do metal much better.

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Mephaphil

Because a Strat is iconic, more so than any Super Strat. As cool as they are, they don't have the Hendrix, Clapton, Gilmour, Malmsteen, Beck, Eric Johnson factor.

Plus the tone, man. The tone.

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W4RP1G

It's impossible to play metal on a Strat. I tried it once, cost me a visit to the ER and 7 stitches. Never again...

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