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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | If you had the oportunity to buy a 1718 or a 85 collectors, both in good shape, which would you choose? |
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Location: Jet City | Not being a SSB fan, I'd go for the 1718 |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by Damon67:
Not being a SSB fan, I'd go for the 1718 +1 |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | +2! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | 1718. I stay away from the shallow bowls. |
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Location: SoCal | +5 |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Ummm, I see a trend...  |
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Location: the BIG Metropolis of TR | .....Buy em both!.......... |
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Location: SoCal | Unless it's to be a stage guitar, 1718 hands down... |
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Location: South of most, North of few | uh...never mind. |
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Location: Slightly northwest of Trader Jim | Thanks guy's, I think I'll get the 1718. ;) |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Depends on your needs/preferences.
Tough call.
As I have a 1537 I don't think the 1718 would stand a chance.
As I have a 84C I don't think the 85C would stand a chance.
So...
Option #1 - buy both and sell the one(s) you don't like
Option #2 - buy neither, get a 1537 or 84C
Option #3 - buy the 1718 and then wonder what the 85C would have been like
Option #4 - buy the 85C and then wonder what the 1718 would have been like
As you can see the only sensible option is #1.
Hope that helps! |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Originally posted by Damon67:
Not being a SSB fan, I'd go for the 1718 Being a SSB fan, I'd go for the 85 collectors. |
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Location: ms | SSB. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | What color is the 1718?
Buy it anyway! :p |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | buy the strat. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Gary, since you already have a BEAUTIFUL, PRISTINE, 1537 that you bought from one of the sites PREMIER MEMBERS, why would you want a 1718?
(p.s. buy the strat) |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Art, you still have the 1718 for sale? Gary's a sucker for a black guitar. |
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Location: Jet City | Strats suck |
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Location: Upper Left USA | and Tele's are smelly? I do like the Tele.
There are just too many Stratacopies for me to get excited. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I'm not a strat fan either ... but the best strat like guitar I've every played was an Ibanez RGA 121. Man, that guitar was great. I think they still make them. |
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Location: Michigan | If you could afford it, Dweezl's option #1
But then I do like SSB's myself.
I like strats,not many "Electric Blues" fans here
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Location: Cincinnati | Strats suck What do you think about T-60's? :D |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | There is just something about the feel of a Strat that works for me. Upgrade the components and set it up to your liking, and it can be a marvelous tool. Leo got it right when he rolled these out, and his emphasis was in the area of electronics and production techniques, not looks and feel. Over 50 years of continuous production with no major changes speaks volumes about the design and appeal. Hey, isn't the Legend now over 40? |
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opinions, please,,,
