Fancy bumping into guru Paul Danial while trying Wampler pedals @ Standard Value last evening. No, he didn't turn up with his Les Paul Studio, he was there to collect his Strat...
...seen here still with the former trio of pickups. Paul got it equipped with a set of TESLA VR-1 single coils. In summary, the VR-1 sounds very vintage in clean mode but once in overdriven phase, it's as contemporary as can be.Some discussions with Paul:
About his Strat
- bought in 1994
- stock parts less the pickups/ frets
- I played the guitar for a while (because I don't click with the .010 string set on board); the neck was very worn in, devoid of whatever overcoat that used to be there
- it was well set up by Mike so it was shredtastic to say the least & it's a blues-rock tool through & through
- Paul likes the Plexi Drive & Plextortion particularly
- with his TESLA equipped Strat yesterday, he likes how the pickups sound thick with the above-mentioned pedals
- Samad suffered a heart attack which led to his demise
- having been through a heart attack himself, he accounted how his muscles were virtually wasted & had to undergo therapy to recover. He did some weight training to strengthen his fretting arm as well. From then on, every note 'is more meaningful'... We should be grateful of our abilities, we simply don't know when we would be stripped of them.
- playing with Douglas Oliviero
- the above-mentioned Strat was tuned down to suit Mr. Oliviero's sonic range...
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