[Comments] Latest Comments from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-us Copyright 1998-2013 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/american_stratocaster_plus_deluxe/index.html webmaster@ultimate-guitar.com Fri, 09 Nov 2012 05:54:27 -0500 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:40:14 -0500 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/img/logo_rss.gif http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ 144 44 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/american_stratocaster_plus_deluxe/index.html#u_1 Btw, de-tuning doesn't come from the locking tuners, they are OK. But they are not a substitute for a double locking tremolo: the tuners keep the pitch, but the saddles give up if you push the strings hard (bending, vibrato techniques and so on). And there's nothing you can do about it.
POSTED: 02/06/2012 05:00am]]> Comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:00:29 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/american_stratocaster_plus_deluxe/index.html#u_2
So I didn't find the review helpful, sorry.
POSTED: 02/06/2012 08:37am]]> Comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:37:16 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/american_stratocaster_plus_deluxe/index.html#u_3 rv_phoenix wrote:

The guitar's just great. But I wonder (no offence) how can you play Steve Vai's stuff on it, given Steve's extensive use of a double locking tremolo, which is absent on this guitar.
Btw, de-tuning doesn't come from the locking tuners, they are OK. But they are not a substitute for a double locking tremolo: the tuners keep the pitch, but the saddles give up if you push the strings hard (bending, vibrato techniques and so on). And there's nothing you can do about it.you don't need a double locking trem, you just need to set your guitar up right.
POSTED: 02/06/2012 10:05am]]> Comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:05:50 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/american_stratocaster_plus_deluxe/index.html#u_4 POSTED: 02/06/2012 10:23am]]> Comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:23:59 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/american_stratocaster_plus_deluxe/index.html#u_5 POSTED: 02/06/2012 12:12pm]]> Comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:12:08 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/american_stratocaster_plus_deluxe/index.html#u_6 rv_phoenix wrote:

The guitar's just great. But I wonder (no offence) how can you play Steve Vai's stuff on it, given Steve's extensive use of a double locking tremolo, which is absent on this guitar.

I dabble in Vai territory occasionally, and even though I've got guitars with double locking systems, I don't do the whole whammy shit he does. I do something else in it's stead. I feel that it's pointless to play Vai note-for-note - the guy is clearly all about the guitar being a tool for expressing oneself, so I think it's more in the spirit to instead do your own interperations on his compositions.
POSTED: 02/06/2012 12:29pm]]> Comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:29:38 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/american_stratocaster_plus_deluxe/index.html#u_7 POSTED: 02/06/2012 03:15pm]]> Comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:15:18 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/american_stratocaster_plus_deluxe/index.html#u_8 rob904 wrote:

you don't need a double locking trem, you just need to set your guitar up right.

No kidding? Did you ever played a 5 minutes of Steve Vai on a guitar without a double locking? What has the setting to do with physics (balls at the end of the strings givin up, saddles giving up inevitably)?
POSTED: 02/07/2012 03:34am]]> Comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:34:20 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/fender/american_stratocaster_plus_deluxe/index.html#u_9 The^Unforgiven wrote:

I dabble in Vai territory occasionally, and even though I've got guitars with double locking systems, I don't do the whole whammy shit he does. I do something else in it's stead. I feel that it's pointless to play Vai note-for-note - the guy is clearly all about the guitar being a tool for expressing oneself, so I think it's more in the spirit to instead do your own interperations on his compositions.

Well, my friend, using the tremolo is not a fancy thing someone might just give up. It's what players call an expression tool . Not doing all the bendings, vibratos and tremolos which Steve Vai is using extensively means not playing Steve Vai. And also a misunderstanding of Vai's way of playing the guitar.
Btw, I'm not a fan. I've just tried to tread on his territory and the first thing I've noticed was my locking tuners and my excellent Wilkinson tremolo bridge were not enough, although they were perfectly setup. And despite the fact I can normally play a whole gig, covering Deep Purple or Pink Floyd stuff, without de-tuning the guitar.
POSTED: 02/07/2012 03:40am]]> Comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:40:14 -0500