American Ultra Stratocaster | American Ultra Series | Fender 

Why did you have to use the noiseless pickups? I'm sure this is gonna be a $2000 guitar, and the noiseless pickups are garbage compared to the V mods on the professional. Why not the fat 50's?

@@fragtagninja1633 it lacks a boost +pure bypass+neck pickup+bridge pickups as single coils = perfect with sparkle, gold leaf so, now= not perfect !!

I'm okay with the pickups as I hate hum live. I was wondering why did Fender use such lame pickup configurations when using the S1 switch. I thought there would have been series configurations for fatter tones from the pickups. The vibrato arm didn't get much of a workout. How well does it stay in tune? Both guitars sound good, they would handle stage work easily.

Fragtagninja the noiseless pickups sounded fine in the video, how are they rubbish? Would you rather the noise or to use the Illitch series humcancelling coil In the pickguard? I don't think it is too much to ask in 2020 for a Fender that doesn't hum or go out of tune. Maybe there ought to be a Customshop model that uses single coil pickups and the Illitch plate Suhr guitars used that set up so it can't be too bad.

Pablo your kids might eat it or something, be careful

Yes. I just ordered an Ultra Srtat HSS in Texas Tea finish. Best wishes to you

@@kennethchou4384 huh

@@KyleWilliamsMusic1 i have no memory of that comment

Retired guy by the lake here and a complete guitar noob looking for a new rainy/snowy day passtime and something to expand and grow with now that I have a little extra cash and lots of days off... Want to keep my brain sharp and fingers/hands nimble after decades of Infantry, heavy equipment and crane operation and industrial work. Have never so much as plugged a cable into a guitar or amp, don't know a chord, haven't yet experienced sore fingertips. My very first guitar - a new Strat Ultra HSS in blue with the rosewood fretboard is arriving at the Post Office tomorrow from Fender. I don't have a single other guitar accessory or amp yet. Nada. Sounds like I'm gonna be in good company. I hear there's a "new guitar smell"? Lots to look forward to in the coming years... I wrote this as encouragement for younger guys to Tithe to the Lord so He can bless the other 90%, then save at least a quarter of the remainder each payday. My dad told me, "It's fun to have money when you're young, but it's even better to have it when you're old." Pay God first, yourself second, and then everyone else.

Good one, but subtitles definitely helps most people around this globe who can't speak English as fluently as you.

I bet you have a lot of problems, lot of argument with people surrounding you strangers and even your family. At certain point in life you should think about it and a way to see thing more differently....you know just to grow and attract better thing in your life. Just an advice.

@@journaldublues9485 dude. Subtitles for guitars....

@@nwg02 he took it to heart lmao, just a shitty joke

Lol! So annoying

2025: m u r i c a

2030 Fender Stratocaster China Standard, and HSS versión too.

When you are the biggest guitar manufacturer and own your business....you get to name them whatever you like.

2035: captain americas super murican fretster strat

2020: the fender impossible Stratocaster series

2049 - Fender iPhone Stratocaster Standard +

Never heard him until now. He's amazing. Who does he play with?

@@robertfoster8025 He was with Zappa plays Zappa and Dr Johns for a while. He has got an amazing album called ally's that's worth checking out, and He is also the house guitarist for the baked potato.

Agreed, if i buy this guitar i only wish it would make me play as well!

@@futureisscary246 I really didn't want one until I heard him play it.

Go to the website currently zero

@@chronicinsomnia We get redirected to the AU version of the fender site which is sometimes not quite up to date like the main US site. I didn't see any on ours :-(

@@intheblues hey Shane. Love your channel. Didn't realize that that was you when I replied

No lefty Ultra versions in the UK either Shane. At least the Elite range had one left-handed Strat.

Love your vids

G.S.X., your ignorance and selfishness shining through with a comment like that. You are correct in that the world is a majority of right handers. But there are 1.35 billion left handers on earth too, and some of us like to play guitar as well. Guitars are built mostly by machines so it is not as difficult or expensive to build left handed guitars just a matter of programming the computer to cut lefty bodies and necks. All guitar manufacturers should include left handed guitars in every production run, at least 10%. Companies such as Martin and Taylor have no problem building left handed guitars. Maybe if guitar manufacturers stopped mindlessly cranking out millions of guitars per year, 99.9% of which are right handed, the industry would not continue to see major builders filing bankruptcy or worse closing their doors forever. Who knows, maybe left handers the world over can save the guitar industry as a whole. There is no question that the left handed community the world over has been under served since the beginnings of guitar manufacturing and its present. Perhaps figuring out how to provide left handed guitarists with a much greater variety of guitars in the most economical way for the buyer and a modest profit for the builder can save this industry. Because the present model of building is unsustainable.

feel you bro ,i gave up and put together all my strats ,buying all the parts and making my own strat

You aren’t special because you’re left handed

Could you string the strings the other way around

There's no lefthanded version?? What am I doing here??

For a while I thought it was Michael Landau, looks similar and plays very well

They will sell more than any of the Strat copies being made.

Obviously. And quite frankly for no reason which is sad! But, to each his own.

It’s the craft manship and the tone and pickups stop acting like you’re smart

The problem with these is they're extremely similar to the Elite series, but with no neck wheel truss rod adjustment. And they cost a hefty chunk more

Alex and most likely if you need your truss rod adjusted that won’t be your problem but the guy you paid to adjust it. Smh stop complaining about stupid stuff that doesn’t matter.

I ordered them from Sweetwater. Ultimately, I did receive the amp from them but Sweetwater said they probably would not receive the guitar until at least December.Fender notified me that they had one in Ultraburst in stock and ready to ship. So, I bought that one. Beautiful guitar, I love the neck color and the gold frets. It plays and sounds excellent. I could not be happier with my choice.

Excellent choices

I thought the same thing.. a similar sound to Landau, i like it a lot

the HSS one? how'd you like it?

That's an impressive guitar resume CSD! Thanks for the kind words on the Ultra! 😍🎸

Yeah I don't understand how the most iconic and popular guitar brand doesn't use stainless steel frets.

*when. Manifest and put that in the world 💯

My signature guitar would be a black body HSS Stratocaster with a white pick guard and a matching black headstock

@@Yumemaru. probably because they're in the money making business. If the frets wear down, they get to sell new necks, and there are tonnes of people who go for only the official parts.

@@jimmigordon5498 You, I like you! Thanks! 👍🏻

The elite series never had compoud radius necks or sculpted heels. I believe some of them had the s 1 system built in, but I don't think all of them did. These are definitely an upgrade, but the base strat model isn't much to write home about. The new HSS strat, Jazzmaster, the Jazz bass, and the Tele are all pretty significantly upgraded

@@MojoStrummer I have an American Elite that I bought in 2017. It definitly has a compund radius fretboard and a sculpted heel. And the neck goes from a c shape to a d shape on the back. It also has the version 4 of the noiseless pickups.

MojoStrummer I own an Elite Tele. Has the compound radius, S1 and sculpted heel. You don’t have to take my word for it, with a little research you will find this to be true. These Ultra guitars are no different.

Own two warmoth strat type guitars. Nothing like them.

I wouldn't even worry about it. You've got a killer guitar. I have a '92 Plus and I'll never part with it. Would love to pick up an old Ultra Plus one of these days.

@@albertmadariaga4746 Thanks, i also own a 96 jeff beck signature strat, i will never part with either of them.

Fender American Special Telecaster with a Maple Neck & Texas Special pickups ... nice

Then buy a Vintera, Original Series or Custom Shop.

whats nitro finish ?

Because if you really need that twangy/bright single coil sound on the bridge, the splitted humbuckers generally get you close but don´t match perfectly the type of output of a real single coil. It is a pretty common situation found on superstrats, for example. It normally sounds "similar" to a single coil, but not "identical". There are some cases of pick ups that get really get close, though. But Yes, I do agree with your general reasoning. In a Strat I definitely prefer the versatility of a HSS configuration (eventually with the possibility of splitting humbuckers) and if I really, REALLY want a typical classic extremely bright sounding single coil pick up on the bridge I would probably put the Strat down and better think of Telecaster type of guitar, or something like that. In any case I would not go for the SSS version.

The HSS strats have much hotter outputs on all of the pickups including the single coils giving a significantly different sound than on the traditional strats. It's a big significance when going for the single coil tone.

🔥🎸🙌

Jamie gives lessons!

That sounds cool. Call him, Fender Corporation.

That does sound pretty cool

Call him, Fender Corporation

That sounds cool. Call him, Fender corporation.

Hi Fender Corporation, how are you?!

Look for a 2018 model, 600.00 is what my HSS was, and it's pickups sound much better than the Ultra. Sure it's an MIM, but it's a great instrument and you're right, the HSS is very versatile.

My fav one is the texas tea color

agreed, show the natural wood in more beautiful ways. even a clear coat varnish would be amazing. covering it up with blue or red paint etc. is a crime.

I second this!

There is

Root strat only lol

He played a clean tone right after the intro.

@@weschilton But used pedals to mask it's real sound. the Pups are garbage

Until they start using SS frets, they have nothing on Suhr

There is no comparison between a Fender Strat and a silver sky boring copy !!!

@@billybob728 Don't know that anyone can tell (hear) the difference in SS frets. It's not the frets or pups or tuners etc. that make a guitar. It's always the player. BTW there have been thousands of hit records and multi-millions of records sold by people playing guitars that didn't and don't have SS frets.

@@mitcharney1 Alright, first off SS frets have very little to no difference at all in tonality to nickel, and I never said that they did. The point of them is that they don't wear and they don't feel as rough when you bend a string. They are literally an improvement in every way, and the only reason most companies don't use them is because stainless steel is much more difficult to work with because of how hard it is. In regards to your comment about all the hit records, that point is irrelevant because SS frets do not make you a better guitar player, they just make for a better instrument. Creativity has nothing to do with functionality.

@@billybob728 stainless steel frets kill strings though, and idk about others but my local lutheir charges more to work them

What's the matter with it? It doesn't sound "ill" to me. Sounds pretty good.

$200

@@ctown6592 2 fiddy

@@ORDER4STU three hunned

If that's the case, it's value has probably gone up to like... fiddy fai hunned or something.

Ryan McCarthy 🤣

Stevie Vay Raughn?

Yashvardhan Gaur Stevie Vay Raughan and Trouble Double

I believe that's what he's telling you at 7:40 Press the button in the middle of the volume knob and it splits the humbucker using the super new fangled 'double tap' coil tapping technology.

@@Swampster70 Thanks mate!

Phillip Francis The Elite has this heel.

you forgot Quadraphonic my man! ;)

Call up jackson

@@sicjink I mean, I could do that, but I think if they are aiming for like "High-performance" versions of their guitars, floyd option should be offered. :)

Lovro Knezevic i think fenders more rock and “grunge” jackson more into the floyd rose shit

Lovro Knezevic Floyd Rose, OMG...are u serious?

@@sicjink well, there ARE fenders with floyd already (player series), but as I said, they are losing out on a big portion of potential customers here. High performance guitars should at least have the option of floyd (charvel for example has hardtail, floyd and regular two point trem options, and yes, I know fender owns charvel :)

Proud owner of the very guitar you describe, as well as a jeff beck signature strat with similar specs

No it's because fender had to stop using that wood due to it being endangered