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i've come across a Jeff Beck sig. strat yesterday, from 91' (that means she's 13 years old, i'll save you the calculation). she sounded great the wood has dried nicely, and its got some really cool hardware features, like spertzel locking tuners, a roller nut (could some one explain to me exactly the benefits of that?), H-S-S Lace pickups with a split for the humbucker and a booster i only heard of when i looked up details on the guitar at home.

anyone got some experience with this instrument? is it worth the money?


Originally Posted by DiminisheD-7thi've come across a Jeff Beck sig. strat yesterday, from 91' (that means she's 13 years old, i'll save you the calculation).

i think you need to cut back on guitar playing and go back to school, it's '05 and that'd make her 14 years old in sheer numbers unless shes LATE '91

that aside, i'd also like to know the benefits of a roller nut.as for, if it's worth, you have to give us a price man, hard to judge it, if we dont have a number to compare it to

The Jeff Beck Strats are killer guitars. The LSR rollernut is basically a ball-bearing based device to allow the string flow smoothly through the nut. Some folks don't like the LSR and say that it has an effect on tone. I've never noticed it in the handfull of Jeff Beck Strats I've played.

Fender changed the necks in the mid-90's to a smaller size. The earlier ones were more vintage and I preferred them.

Great axes....one is on my quot;must havequot; list before I die.

The LSR Nut DOES change the tone a bit...it also has an effect on sustain, as fr it being good or bad, you just have to decide for yourself...also, if it's a 1991 model, it will not hve the ball bering type LSR nut, it will have the much larger roller but which does the same thing but is prone to getting full of quot;gunkquot; which can ge a problem. As for the neck the neck shape did not chenge until the very late 90's or maybe even 2000. The Early JB Sig Strats have the largest production Strat neck ever, the early ones (Like that one) will also have a swimming pool route, the body is alder, the neck is maple. 2 lace single in the neck and middle and a lace dually in the bridge with a coil tap, they also have the AS Style 2 point tremolo with the new style saddles, all in all they are cool guitsra, I am a fan of the necks, but would more than likely swap the pickups out for something else, and I pefer the older style tremolo but Jeff switched to the newer style because of his playing style.

Its a great guitar. Many people did not like the size of the original neck. I for one did, I thought the big neck was great. If you are not planning on using the whammy a lot you can replace the roller nut with a conventional nut. I actually have all my Strats set up with graphite nuts and saddles. It would be an easy fix for the guitar. If you do use the Whammy a lot the roller nut works real well and I don't think it affects tone much if at all. It should have the Gold Lace sensors in it..... They are nice PUPs I play to Clapton Strats that have the Lace sensore in them. I think they sound real good.

you can't just add a quot;normalquot; nut to a JB Strat, or any Strat with a roller nut...to put the roller nut on you have to remove a little bit of the fingerboard, so you have to get a conversion kit, and to be honest I have not seen one for sale in a while.

Earvana makes replacement nuts for LSR nuts.

Others summed it up, but one thing is for sure....you're used to thinner necks, so making the switch between your current guitars and that JB Bat neck may be an issue.

I have a feeling you may like the Am Std and Deluxe necks better.

I hated those huge necks, but the LSR helped keep it in tune for all of the Beck-isms that can be done with the bar.
I think Fender's contract with LSR ended, and they basically took them off every guitar, and spread the word that the traditional nut sound better- It does sound different. but not better. It helps keep the guitar in tune- all early 90s expensive Fenders had them.
It is kinda silly to spend $ on an esoteric strat then change the things that make it that way to begin with.

I had one for about 2 weeks. I liked the frets, the nut and the tuners, but I really didn't vibe with the overall sound of it (plugged in or unplugged). I got offered a rediculous amount of money for it, and I sold it, which gave me enough funds to purchase my '77, which I adore.

If you can get used to the neck, the Laces, and do a lot of whammy work but don't like Floyds, I think you'll be happy with it (try to get one that sounds great unplugged).

If you'd rather have a smaller, more conventional neck, don't like Lace Sensors, and either don'tuse the bar or preffer Floyds to AM STD trems, I'd look for another guitar.

thanks for all your help guys
you rule!