Let’s see those Super Strats!

Here are a couple of favorites: a pair of Ibanez 540 SQM's from 1997. They're solid, comfortable, and very light. And there's something about those Wizard necks that just feels right.


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Ibanez's Lo Pro Edge is a killer bridge. The one on the right has been in its case for a year, and it's still in tune.


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The red one is a work in progress. I cobbled parts form a Double Edge into the Lo Pro Edge to make an ersatz Lo Pro Double Edge. It gots piezo! :)



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here's one of my warmoth builds. 7/8 size, chambered, with roasted maple neck and ebony fingerboard. dimarzio pickups and piezo system with a gotoh trem. jumbo stainless frets and locking tuners. gibson scale length. it's done literally hundreds of gigs and is lightweight and totally rock solid.

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This is actually the guitar I've owned the longest. Bought it new in 1989 and still have it.

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My Warmoth: Roasted flame maple neck with the Wizard profile, roasted swamp ash body with flame maple top and white binding, Fishman Fluence Classic humbuckers with a three-way mini toggle for the three voices, EverTune bridge... It is a very versatile instrument that fulfills all my personal wants as a guitar player.
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I always thought it was a Strat with at least one humbucker.
As a superstrat fondler for many years, I'd say a humbucker in the bridge and something else (floyd, different switching, fancy maple top etc) would definitely classify a strat as a superstrat. Just a standard vintage spec strat with a humbucker in the bridge is touch and go IMHO.

Not sure I would call 24 frets or pointy contours necessary for a guitar being a superstrat. Part of me almost want to say that a superstrat can't have more than 22 frets and not stray to far off from the strat shape. 24 frets and pointy is a shredder to me, not a superstrat. It's all pretty subjective though.
I've always thought of something in the vein of Eddie's Frankenstrat as the original super strat.

I think it's all close enough for Rock n Roll though!
I guess this counts then? Though I don't consider it a superstrat, really. More just...weird.

 
How do you like that pickup set? I’ve came close to buying that same set.
It’s different. I’ll say that. Not a “clucky” Strat sound. Lot more mids than any Strat I usually gravitate towards. The sustainer system is cool. The whole guitar is excellent and Fender Mexico did a good job with the setup.
 
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