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Infinite vibes!
I have just recently added this pedal to my rig. I was very tempted to go for the much smaller easier to use holy grail reverb but decided to go all out and get the cathedral. The main reason I went for this over the holy grail? The infinite reverb switch is nuts! Great for starting and ending sets with and when dialling up the feedback and pre delay it can make a massive echoey loop which is awesome. This pedal also includes the famous holy grail reverb along with some other great options such as reverse and classic plate reverb. This is my new favourite pedal and is going to be used a hell of a lot live.
Mexican Strat (Olympic White)
My 2007 strat has an unglazed fret board which makes it incredibly smooth and quick to play. The neck pickup sounds so good its unreal and I love using this guitar for creating reverby goodness!
Alder :)
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Nice! I remember you used to have to buy a classic or signature series mexi strat to get alder. In the 90s even the sunburst mexi standards were poplar. My buddy had one, a nice single piece of poplar with unusually attractive grain for the species, but no matter what he did it was just all wrong. Poplar sounds weird to me. You can just hear a poplar strat. Something is off in the mids. Especially through a Marshall. But now I'm nerding out about budget guitar wood. I'll stop.
Haha, very interesting to know! I've been really impressed by how good it sounds for a mexican strat. Still fancy bagging an american standard in the future though.
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I have never kept an American strat. They have sucked my entire life. the 2 pin bridge is a bad design. 6 screws is not ideal, but 2 pins is total bunk the way that fender implemented them. I really like Mexi strats. If yours has the kluson-style tuners and they aren't working out for you, tonepros makes sealed, self-lubricated Grover-style tuners that look just like Klusons and drop right in with no drilling needed. Otherwise I recommend Schaler minis or Sperzels. I never really had a problem with the Kluson type though.
Going to have a look into them tuners now, thanks man appreciate the advise! Definitely planning on modding my strat so things like that will come in handy when choosing parts.
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There's always room to personalize even the fanciest guitars, right? Being a guitar guy is like being into muscle cars or choppers.
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you should get a vintage tort or gold anodized pickguard for an olympic white strat...
check out my gear porn section to see how sexy my white strat looks with the old school tort...
Great easy to use tuner
I have this pedal in a almost blinding chrome finish, love how it looks and its never let me down in the two years I've owned it!
Prefer the display compared to the boss or poly tuners.