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What doe's everyone think of the maple cap Strat neck versus the later skunk strip one piece maple necks in sound transfer and overall volume,tonality.I still love the sound of a good build maple cap,ala Hendrix.Are the '68,'69 Strats poyurethane paint on the bodies?When did nitro finish in '66?
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yngwie308

Good question, I always thought that the maple cap looked much nicer then the one piece maple. The Hendrix Monterey Strat had that Maple Cap and it was a damn fine looking guitar, never got to play one before they quit making them

All the info about specs on different years should be here:

http://www.provide.net/~cfh/fender.html

I love that site, full of really cool photos and info. The cap necks take off a bit of the high end that the one piece necks have, since there's a large layer of glue quite close to the frets, and glue dampens the high end frequencies somewhat. That's probably why Mark said after his #1 LP had a headstock repair, if anything, it sounded a little darker.

Yeah, that is the main difference I would say. Also those cap maple or rosewood boards dont take to many refret jobs as the one piece or slab type boards.

Was the black Strat that Jimi loved so much and ended up with Monika Danneman,until she sold it,a maple cap neck.I think so?
By the way,where is that guitar?
This is part of the BOG tone that people may think are Super Bass amps,the maple cap cutting some of the highs.This belongs in the Hendrix thread,I know.This occured to me after reading Bainzy's post,the earlier Hendrix tone,with the one- piece necks,albeit mostly rosewood fingerboards,is quite a bit more trebley.
I find BOG tone to be not muddy in comparision,but definitely more bassy!
Interesting!
yngwie308

I am pretty sure that '68 is when they replaced the finish with polyester

On another note, I have played both maple capped and solid maple strat necks....every guitar sounds different, yadda, yadda -- but I prefer the vintage look of the stringer....just preference I guess.

yngwie308 wrote:Was the black Strat that Jimi loved so much and ended up with Monika Danneman,until she sold it,a maple cap neck.I think so?
By the way,where is that guitar?
yngwie308

Maple cap, I

Thanks MacGaden,I actually have read that page before saved in my gazillion favorites,on another disc.
Not for sale,I bet that Paul Allen of Microsoft has it,or someone and they aren't disclosing it,hopefully not buried with Monika, !
I always thought Hendrix had his trems against the body by the tone it had.
Thanks
yngwie308

If this has no 'issues',seems fairly priced,I wouldn't scallop it,but would convert it to 4 bolt neck mounting,with the malmsteen machine screw/brass insert routine,for 3-4 bolt conversions.I can remember the time when I couldn't stand large headstock/polyester Strats,only 'vintage',but I have mellowed in old age!
http://cgi.ebay.com/1972-Blonde-See-Thr ... dZViewItem
yngwie308

I wonder if Monika ever let Uli play that strat ? I also agree that Jimi probably favored that particular black strat.