You are doing it right man. A channel fueled by your passion for music and guitars. No hate no begging just quality content. This is a great channel. Thx
Been here since day one.....and I’m not going anywhere...always supporting you brother !....I’ve been making time to play, again but at a snails pace due to kids and job responsibilities....but it’s a start, I feel the motivation slowly coming back....🙏🏻👌🏻👍🏻✌🏻
Interesting video. For me it was a '63. Back in the 80's, when I was buying a lot of strats, whenever I found a neck I really liked, it always seemed to be a '63. Every now and then I would find a '64 that felt about the same, but those '63's were remarkably consistent.
I could watch this over and over again! Your passion for classic Strats and Telecasters brings me back to your channel over and over again. I have been a Fender fanatic for 40-plus years. But, I never owned one until about 4 years ago. I now own a 2011 American Standard Strat, and two reissue Telecasters. They are my treasures! Awesome jam, too!
The common misconception is that Leo went from the slab to the veneer rosewood fingerboard to save money. But whenever Leo himself or George Fullerton were asked about this the reason was not financial. It was structural. The rosewood has a heavier density and Leo was concerned about twists developing once the rosewood was glued to the maple and he felt the heavier slab interfered with how well the truss rod would function. There were also more man hours involved in creating the veneered fingerboards so it didn't save him money. This is not my opinion. This is how Leo and George Fullerton tell the story.
@@outsiderdf Actually, Leo did not revert back to slab for 'The Real Ones' era of G&L. Once BBE took ownership of G&L in '92 they changed the neck design and their rosewood/maple necks had a thicker veneer which somewhat resembles a slab fingerboard. In this video, Dale Hyatt points out what XLBiker mentions re potential twists developing -ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FUxtK-utV8Y.html (8:44 time mark)
I will try the tip about adjusting my pickup heights by what sounds good, starting with the factory measurement but then explore by ear, too. Besides the great tales of vintage guitars, the best part of this video was the 3 minute jam session! I'd like to see another living room jam video with you two again.
Loved it! Two beautiful guitars! I'd do anything to have one with that "sound".. and a nice little "thang" jam at the end.. awesome job guys and my hat's off to both of your playing. It's just what I love, the Stevie sound!
Been playing for 46 years. I still say it’s the player, not the guitar. I have new Strats that sound better than my old Strats. You could put Stevie Ray on a Teisco, and he’d have made that bitch sound like $100k guitar.
Nah man, they were all about the shekels. Happy coincidence Leo was a genius who could take advice from players at a time when there were so many briliant ones to consult.
AnticommentWarrior It’s funny to think that these super expensive vintage guitars were at one point, just a run-of-the-mill production guitars… It seems that a custom shop today would be much better built
VERY COOL video boys, thanks alot for taking the time to do this!! Learn't alot and it's pretty cool you two know each other, I was already subscribed to both your channels before I knew that. PEACE!
Matt, It's ironic that both Gibson Les Pauls and Fender Strats that were produced in 1959, are the "Holy Grail." I was born in 1959 and lived ten minutes away from the original Fender Factory. I've been to the Corona Factory as well, because I lived there too. But what is truly a trip, is that my grandfather, as it was told by my mother, took guitar lessons from Les Paul in Los Angeles. I talked with Les Paul after a show, with his trio, at the Iridium Club in Manhattan 1999. And he did verify that he was in L.A. during that time, but he said he had lots of students and he couldn't recall. What a great guy.
Here's another for you Matt: while you got the black wang bar tip, he's got the black switch tip!...and the jam got me play bass & drums in my head! lol
Great Chemistry with you two. I hope you guys make it a regular collaboration. I saw Claptons Crossroads on the Dallas Calendar for September on Sonny Landreths site, might be another great road trip on 9-20 & 21 !
My grandfather has a Olympic white 62 strat with a veneer board and I kid you not there is maple showing through the rosewood from almost 60 years of play. The board is literally 2 or 3 centimeters thick so that’s probably why. Great vids to bro✌🏻
If I had a nickel for everytime I saw two beautiful 59' strats I'd be.... poor. Awesome video and playing as usual. I'm jealous of the guitars and skills. Keep bluesin🎸
I have a 66 j bass that I got in the same condition. It was spray painted sparkle blue even the hardware on the headstock was spray painted. I got it restored, everything is original except pickups and pick guard.
Stainless steel frets are what most boutique guitar makers are using now for their guitars priced in the $3000.00 range. Stainless will way outlast nickel.
Matthew Scott Hey I hope you saw my comment yesterday I left about Gibson sending an email and they show the vintage 1950’s tuners in three different styles to chose from. Hopefully they will have the exact ones you need for your Les Paul Junior. Take care. 🎸👍✌️😎
All nickel steel frets are in fact stainless, it's just the harder grades they call SS are more difficult to hand-work. PRS uses its own grade which is fairly hard, harder than typical industry accepted and they have a very low refret rate.
@@j_freed no it's not, stainless steel is stainless steel. and you have several ss guitars around the 600-1200 range already. look at some chapmans or ibanez az, i own a az and its by far the best thing i have ever played, even with the bigger neck
Awesome jamming you guys did. First thing I thought of was Stevie Ray Vaughan love the fenders you guys were talking about and the sound of them was a great video
I just gave both of ya a follow. I am really liking the videos and the great tones on the channels. I bought a couple Jesse D pedals especially The Duellist. What an incredible pedal. I think it's like a secret weapon or something. Keep the discussion coming and the tones and great playing.
Ur friend playing reminds me Albert King. Nice vid, would like to sound more cool stories about vintage Fenders. How about video " how to spot vintage fake" or smth like that
'59 on right appears to have a replacement pickguard based on color and also extra screw hole on lower cut away. Just a note :) Also, refretted four times? Wow. You must play constantly!
I was able to pick up a 67 jazzmaster that had been desecrated with neon orange spray paint years ago for stupid cheap. The candy apple red was still under there and after about a month I got all that crap off. Swapped the bridge for a mastery through the original in the case and re fretted it. Unfortunately over the years it got to the point my awesome player grade vintage guitar went up in value to the point I could no longer gig it. Was a lot more enjoyable when it was a 1500 dollar guitar that I had no issue with refretting or swapping stuff. Had to sell it when it got to the point my guitar was worth over twice as much as my truck. Look for vintage guitars with some problems or you’ll need a 2nd mortgage to buy one.
picked up that tip a couple of months ago that if you have to drive the claw screws in too deep, you need to add another spring, IDK why Fender ships most new Strats with only three springs, or why they attach the springs at angles, you guys know your Strats !
Cool! To each their own. I own a 54' a 58' and a 62 Slab! I prefer the Slab! This model does not have treble of a maple neck. To my ear, it is more balanced. Yes. maple necks produce a bell tone , utilizing the mid and bridge PU's. IE Derek and the Domioes. But to me this is the best of the Strats.PS. The first fender guitar that I owned was a Mustang in 1967 along with a Super Reverb. When you are fifteen years of age you do not know anything!
I played a 59 not too long ago. It was fine. I'm perfectly happy with my 2002 mim 60s reissue. I can use the trem like a maniac and it stays perfectly tuned. It's just a brilliant guitar. Same with my 60s mim Fiesta red jaguar. I would put those 2 guitars up against any strats or jags.
Cool vid. My vintage strat is a true Frankenstrat or partscaster. 63 refin body (but not routed), 64 guard and original electronics, and a 65 refin neck. Repro tuners and bridge. With a good set up it’s a great affordable player with the right feel, sound, and vibe.
XpErIEnCeD_ViRgIn _ Yeah. They are key to the guitar. Although the neck plays very well too. But I had a 63’ jazzmaster whose neck was the best ever. Almost wanted to put it on the strat...
Great video, all of us trying to get low actions, and this guys setting them high... you know whats funny? the guy with the headband has a black switch cap, and a white tremolo tip, and the other dude, white switch, black tremolo, maybe you guys should swtich tremolo arms!
THIS VID IS SICK...................Oh man....Leo Fender is a god damn genius. That "Twang"'...has the same feeling like when a big block v8 hits the brown note...SUBLIME
I don't know if it applies that much to guitar, but in the bass world the string technologies, amps and effects make both vintage and modern instruments sound modern.
Awesome playing. His sounds louder than yours but I think yours sounds right. Can't put it into "Guitar words" but it was great to see two guitars so similar brought back from garage paint jobs, etc...
Kenneth Aboud 1959, they added more screw holes too, 8 to 11 and some '59s even have 10 hole guards, some 1-ply have 11 holes and some 3-ply have 8, it was a crazy changeover year for Fender
