References to the Stratocaster in films etc. plus anti-Strat people

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  • kitfoo
    kitfoo Posts: 125
    I think Julia Stiles in "10 Things I Hate About You" is pining over a strat and eventually gets one in the end. (so to speak)
  • Hebejebe
    Hebejebe Posts: 108
    who's_pearljam? wrote:
    The other one I loved was the one that Hendrix burned up in Miami. A guitar tech gave the mess to Frank Zappa and he restored it with a new neck and pickups and used it in the 70's.

    http://farm1.static.flickr.com/229/491839308_aadc491047.jpg?v=0

    Thanks for posting that. I always thought it was the Monterey guitar that Zappa had, but I was wrong :D
  • Riot_Rain
    Riot_Rain Posts: 348
    StickmanJam wrote:
    as far as references go, in the Will Ferrell movie Stranger Than Fiction (which is a good flick for anyone interested), his character finally buys a guitar after years of having the urge to learn. He buys a sea foam green stratocaster, and is even referenced in the ending of the movie by the narrator as being one of the the treats of life.

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    Will definitely be able to use this in my project. Have found movie stills and the script as well :D
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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    I there are several friends of mine who are musicians, who refuse to own or play a Strat...

    These guys are all big Fender fans, love the Jazzmaster and Jaguar, Tele's and so on.

    The reason they hate the Strat, or at least refuse to use one, is that they are SOOOO iconic. The Strat is the default electric guitar, the one that everyone thinks of when you ask someone to picture an electric guitar in their head. The Strat is the electric guitar that non-musicians know.

    I am a Strat owner, but I have to admit, I'd rather build a custom Tele to do the same job, so I didn't have that body outline. It's just the little bit of anti-conformist in me.

    BTW, Billie Joe Armstrong used a Strat for almost all of Dookie and the subsequent tour... he owes his original popularity in some small part to a Strat, so we can't ignore him. Rivers Cuomo had a similar Strat for the earliest Weezer days, and it's a crowd favorite.


    yeah but by the time you get to the arm rib and tummy cut double cut away custom body and all.... why not just get a strat? :D

    We all have our favorites. I loath some of them. I almost think the Sunburst Les Paul is more iconic in some circles and for good reason

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  • westsidepie
    westsidepie Posts: 627
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    yeah but by the time you get to the arm rib and tummy cut double cut away custom body and all.... why not just get a strat? :D

    We all have our favorites. I loath some of them. I almost think the Sunburst Les Paul is more iconic in some circles and for good reason

    Sigh, I need the Beauty of the Burst book for my coffee table.

    The same can be said of the the Goldtop Les Paul. I love the Goldtops.
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  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    I almost think the Sunburst Les Paul is more iconic in some circles and for good reason.


    That's true... but if you asked a non-musician to picture an electric guitar in their head, and then showed them a Tele, Strat, and a Les Paul (the three most iconic electric guitars), I'd bet that most would say the Strat was what they were thinking of.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • Riot_Rain
    Riot_Rain Posts: 348
    mccreadyisgod wrote:
    That's true... but if you asked a non-musician to picture an electric guitar in their head, and then showed them a Tele, Strat, and a Les Paul (the three most iconic electric guitars), I'd bet that most would say the Strat was what they were thinking of.

    That's exactly what my project is about, the Strat as a cultural artefact :D

    I also have to look at dominant, negotiated and oppositional 'readings' of the Strat, which is where things get really interesting (people who hate the strat, cultural phenomena like evasion and resistance and things like the Hello Kitty Squier :) ).

    Right, better get back to my analysis ;)
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