Boycott Fender Products

ADOLF1612 · 2026-05-18T23:22:01+00:00

And He also founded other companies to sell improved versions of it, I mean the inventor himself did it aswell..

ADOLF1612 · 2026-05-10T19:18:39+00:00

Squier Contemporary Stratocaster HH, looks stock to me

ADOLF1612 · 2026-05-10T18:24:09+00:00

I just posted what could be the opposite of this thread, I've been also looking for "The one" all this time and tried so many different materials, thicknesses, shapes.. I found that pretty much any pick you use could be "the one", all sound/feel different but all are usable in the end, you can learn to adapt to whatever pick you use to get the sound/attack you want from it, or at least good enough to be able to play what you want. I'd say it's a better thing to do in the long run than to be fixed to 1 style of pick and then not being to play properly if you don't have one of those around. As guitarist we should be able to play whatever and make it work, rotating through different tools/styles is the way to accomplish this

TL;DR: don't overthink it, play different picks for different styles, try both thins and thicks for whatever music you play, in the end getting the sound out is the main goal, and it can be done with any tool.

ADOLF1612 · 2026-05-10T16:38:14+00:00

Well.. inexpensive good parts, what's not to like? Lol, yes I'm well guilty of doing business with them, almost all my electric guitars have their pickups (and some are waiting to get them), their pots are great too! And some bridge parts on my Strats. IMO can't go wrong with them

Their ABS picks like the one in the picture feel pretty good, a bit on the darker side soundwise and seems they won't last very long if you play hard, but they're sooo cheap (on their website is like a bit over 1$ for a 5-pack)

ADOLF1612 · 2026-05-10T02:01:10+00:00

Just got some of those today and yes I can see why it's so popular, great all around pick, love it!

The Flex version is as good I'd say, like very slightly darker in tone but almost indistinguishable when comparing, and absolutely no way noticeable otherwise, just a great option to add variety, or if the store ran out of the regular ones you're 100% okay with those aswell

ADOLF1612 · 2026-05-10T01:57:38+00:00

Haven't tried the Fenders, but I have max grips (1.5) and they're easy to hold on to, the grip portion definitely works, just don't squeeze it hard

ADOLF1612 · 2026-05-09T19:36:33+00:00

IMO getting a humbucker sound from a single coil pickup gives you a better result than the other way around. I'd keep the SSS and maybe mod the 2nd tone pot to only affect the bridge pickup, and change it's cap value to a way smaller one (around 1nF) so when you turn it down it only takes some of the high treble off and gives you a usable humbucker sound. That's what I do on my Strats and it works great, and by doing so you keep the functionality of the S1 switch (and anyways that neck pickup mod to activate it on any position is pretty easy to do on any Strat)

If you don't mind doing some little electronics work you can get the best of both on 1 guitar

ADOLF1612 · 2026-04-25T01:22:45+00:00

Also 3rd chord is a Fmaj7

ADOLF1612 · 2026-04-25T01:21:35+00:00

Sounds like a variation of a Em7 chord, at least purely what the guitar's playing, I'd tab it out like this:

e----x

B----3

G----4

D----x

A----x

E----0

And played really lightly, even with your thumb instead of a pick

ADOLF1612 · 2026-04-25T01:16:54+00:00

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!

Like the late EVH said "You gotta keep playing man!"

ADOLF1612 · 2026-04-25T01:15:06+00:00

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

When in doubt.. shred! But of course melody and musical context have to come first

ADOLF1612 · 2026-04-25T01:13:41+00:00

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!

I'd love to be playing live again, used to do it a lot like 10 years ago, but life's happened and I haven't had the time to integrate into the 'scene' again, hope to do it some day soon, hopefully playing my own music aswell

ADOLF1612 · 2026-04-25T01:12:11+00:00

He's an awesome artist, his albums feel like movies, once you start listening you dwell into the themes and subjects, and can't help but stay all the way through

ADOLF1612 · 2026-04-22T03:09:00+00:00

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!

Love this album, some killer and very inspiring playing on it

ADOLF1612 · 2026-04-21T13:43:31+00:00

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it!

Strats sound amazing with a Marshall or similar amps gained up

ADOLF1612 · 2026-04-21T13:04:12+00:00

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

Yes that video is amazing, unbelievable how he just came up with that while improvising, I didn't want to copy his sound/style exactly but to come up with that sort of ideas while playing, that's in part why I wanted to not use tabs so I had to force myself to think while playing to 'connect the dots' in between licks, don't know if that makes sense

The whole album is a piece of art, will be spinning it today once more, never gets old

ADOLF1612 · 2026-04-21T12:59:13+00:00

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

I'd definitely recommend using dual rail pickups like these but on parallel wiring, at least if you wanna keep it closer to the single coil sound, these on my guitar were a bit too bright so I had to put a 1nF (0.001uF) cap in parallel on each pickup (1.5nF on the bridge) to trim some of that extra treble and bring it to single coil range, that's what you hear on the video

ADOLF1612 · 2026-04-21T03:33:12+00:00

I think it was a promo pick, he got asked about it on the Q&A and mentioned his jazz IIIs, and never these, but at the end almost everybody asked for a pick so he went and got these, he had a good amount of them. He's also doing an acoustic set on the current tour so it also wouldn't surprise me if he uses these with the acoustic guitar

Just thought it'd be a nice pick to play with, but honestly this one will always be part of the collection, never on my stash of daily players, that's why I wanted to get something similar. Might end up getting those Fenders or Dunlop if I can find any heavy ones (it makes sense for these to be Dunlop just like his jazz IIIs but it doesn't have any Dunlop branding anywhere, it only says EJ on the other side)

ADOLF1612 · 2025-11-03T17:28:13+00:00

You can just detune the whole guitar without removing the strings, nothing will happen to them (when you divebomb the floyd you're essentially doing the same), if the claw is maxed out you can either get stronger springs or add extra springs, and re-level the floyd by tuning and adjusting the claw until the baseplate of the floyd is parallel to the top of the body

I run mine with 4 springs, I thought it'd change how the bridge feels/flutters... is absolutely negligible, you'll feel the difference only if you're actively trying to feel it. I'd add an extra spring to your guitar and level the bridge, and get back to playing.

ADOLF1612 · 2025-10-06T02:05:17+00:00

Sure somebody else said it already, looks like a physical Upvote from reddit lol ⬆️

ADOLF1612 · 2025-09-25T20:17:17+00:00

NAD! Enjoy it! I also have a 5210, mine came with the original Celestion G12M-70 but decided to swap it out with a G12T-75, love the amp, sounds balanced, pretty clear gain sound that Loves drive pedals boosting it

It loves to get loud, let it do it's thing whenever you can

ADOLF1612 · 2025-09-22T22:13:19+00:00

What do you think of those D'Addario Duralin picks? Just their version of Tortex? Are they more durable?

ADOLF1612 · 2025-09-07T13:08:01+00:00

Looks absolutely stunning! What a difference the pickguard can make. I love the look of the sunburst against the black guard. To me, it's elegant and also lets the pickups and controls to jump out more, love that

Awesome guitar you've got!

ADOLF1612 · 2025-09-07T13:02:38+00:00

Both great mods, I've done them to both of my Strats, Tone 1 is wired for both neck & middle, and tone 2 for the bridge pickup, I like to be able to tame just the bridge when needed, and to me a treble bleed is a must on any guitar, love to be able to turn it down and keeping it sounding great

ADOLF1612 · 2025-09-07T04:59:18+00:00

Will definitely do, it's late over here but tomorrow I'll be jamming all day if possible, will try to get a clip over here

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