John English White HS - Friday # 179

All white Masterbuilt Stratocaster with matching headstock.

Mirror mirror on the wall. Who's the fairest of them all? Ever wonder why Snow White was a brunette, and Cinderella was a blonde?

Anyway...

Yeah, the headstock face is white to match the all white body, pickguard and VERY light maple neck. This 2006 NOS Masterbuilt by the late John English is described as in unplayed mint condition, with case, all candy and COA. Perhaps the fairest maiden in the kingdom.

This is currently listed at eBay. The seller includes plenty of good, clear photos & details.

John English builds always seem to have special appeal, so we keep an eye out for them.

Item ID# 180539337528

Seller: caribbean-coral - 100% rated. Location NY, USA


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New Earvana Nut for Floyd Rose!

Earvana now makes a compensated nut which will directly replace a standard Floyd locking nut.

Some of you have been hoping and waiting for this to come around, as you cringe at the thought of some Feiten licensed skateboard repair clown going medieval on your favorite dive bomber.

Well, cringe no more!

For a fraction of the cost and no surgery required, an Earvana compensated nut will get you well intonated. I have these on my Strat & Tele, and totally recommend Earvana nuts. So, check 'em out!!!

www.earvana.com

Pimp Your Strat!

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Scott Henderson Plays Guitar Too Well...

This is how it's done.

An early 2008 gig at the Free Blues Club in Poland where Scott just tears it up!

Check out at 2:00 where he's picking behind the bridge pickup. Also notice the whammy pull ups starting at 8:50, including the real high one at 9:07! No Floyd & no locking nut folks. Ten minutes of Strat torture and still in tune!

Another Scott Henderson tone secret is a maximum 4 foot cable length from instrument to pedal board. That's it! Notice how close he stays to the Marshall in this clip. So, to reiterate-- no locking trem system and no stage gymnastics. Just kickass guitar playing!!!

Oh yeah, and the man can step out of the box! CLICK HERE for a quick vid lesson by Scott about fifths.

What more can I say... Enjoy!

www.scotthenderson.net
www.suhrguitars.com (Henderson Artist Page)

Suhr Guitars for Sale
(see Buy it Now! listings)

BIG DOGS SHIRTS:

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Guitar Tone Through the G.A.S.

Gear Acquisition Syndrome vs Finding YOUR Tone

Say we all sit down and make clay elephants. If my clay elephant doesn't look as cool as yours, should I blame the clay?

How much "new" clay do I need to keep making new elephants until I've made one as cool as yours?

(photo: Chris Duarte)













Duarte finding his tone... Got Band-Aids?

“People throw away what they could have by insisting on perfection, which they cannot have, and looking for it where they will never find it” Edith Schaeffer

"When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target." Geoffrey F. Fisher

"The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is." Oscar Wilde

Then on the other hand, find boutique gear dealers at:

www.guitargearstores.com

Stratoblogster Labs

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Urban Legends of Guitar Tone

Has anyone else bought into the "Canned Creamed Corn in the Combo Cabinet" method of improving tone?

As part of my Spring cleanup here at the Stratoblogster compound (late Spring cleanup), I've decided to pull the cans from my cabs. I just can't tell the difference!

Either TGP or TDPRI had some discussion thread about this. Anyway, when it didn't help the first time, I went back and was told it has to be Del Monte brand creamed corn otherwise it won't work. But after switching to Del Monte, I still can't tell a difference, so I'm done with the creamed corn! It's BS!

It wasn't any different than the pickled pig's feet on the tuners thing or wrapping the pickups in bacon.

So don't do any of those things!

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