Hands down the coolest signature model Stratocaster ever. Just the way it looks was a major contribution to me picking up a guitar for the first time. That invader pickup sounds so good. Especially paired with the Mesa Dual Recitifier.
blink-182 may not the most innovative band, but they were huge, and as a guitarist, Tom's guitar history has always fascinated me. Great video, thoroughly enjoyed it!
@@DylanKarbo I'll admit I don't have a huge wealth of knowledge when it comes to bands that innovated for the genre, but I always did consider blink to be pretty innovative *personally*. I know I said they might not have been, but that's mostly due to what a lot of people say, because blink-182 is looked down upon in this weird light due to their success. I think Tom brought some great riffs and melodies to the table with Mark providing some good contrast through vocals, lyrics, and bass, all tied together by Travis' stellar drumming. I hate when people say Travis would have been betwr off ditching blink, but like no- they're his friends.
@@ryebread117_ I agree. Blink basically gave Travis his career, to ditch them would be so out of character and stupid. They’re his friends, as you said.
Hi bois, i've got some suggestions for more strats: david gilmour's "black strat" mick mars's strats (he owns a lot of them) kirk hammet's strats jim root's strats dodi battaglia's signature strat (forza italia) steve vai's strat (which he used with Frank Zappa) jake e. Lee strats eric clapton's strats that's all i can think of, i love each and every one who works on these videos
There's alot of production put into this jesus. Your videos keep getting better and better, keep it up. Recommend Caleb Followill (King's Of Leon) Es 325
Great video! Something I heard a while back is that the Invader humbuckers he used are actually NECK Invader Humbuckers put in the bridge position. People who bought the Tom Delonge Fender strats opened them up and checked the humbuckers. Which they claim were neck versions and not bridge versions. Anyway, I never owned one, so I can't check. Great calling Tom a Flat Earth Denier. XD
I have two and both are proper bridge pickups. I have heard that rumour too, but that’s only a few cases out of thousands sold. The cheaper Squire ones may have suffered from decreased quality control and a few bridge ones likely snuck through, but these cases were obviously rare.
The Squire was a made in Korea not Mexico.. Only ever had the stock single coils. It was used on all blink recordings from Flyswatter to Cheshire Cat, using position 4 on the pickup selector switch, blending the middle and neck pickups.
i was getting a little worried that no one else spotted this glaring and slightly embarassing glitch in the film. im not a nit-picker and i totally dig the post but not only are Squier Strats made in the far east but theyre also made by Squier and as far as im aware have never been made in a Fender workshop, i mean that would make them 'Fender', wouldn't it? i may sound like one of those whingey armchair expert types here but dude! its the first guitar fact in an informative fil, about guitars! mmmm....
I like your videos... I personally have always been a fan of every era of Tom's guitars. From his Les Pauls to even now his es333 that also use single PUPs. Tom is an awesome guitarist and such an amazing songwriter. Ive always been a fan of the punk rock guitarist mentality who creates such amazing songs and riffs with straight forward guitar setups. Ive always been a fan of Tom and even other guitarists like Billy Joe Armstrong who've always used a straight forward one humbucker guitar going straight into the guitar head. All the other pick ups on blue are dumby PUPS. Even punk rock greats like Johnny Ramone used that approach to his guitar playing. Less is more... and when you got a barebones setup and nothing else distracting you, it proves that the talent comes straight from the guitarist playing while creating some memorable iconic songs. Even guitarists like EVH used that punk rock mentality approach to his playing as well.. guitar with one humbucker.
@@mdkotler blue has a HSS configuration but the single coil PUPS are dummy pickups and Frankstrat has always been a single humbucker pickup w dumby pickup. No idea what you're talking about.
The white sticker Stratocaster is 1993 American standard, which some made in 93 were sold in 1994 with that 40th anniversary enamel. You can tell by the N3 serial number, which stands for "Ninety 93". That body was a 100% made of Alder. Only the anniversary reissues were ash. They were 50's reissues so they included maple V shaped necks, ash bodies, vintage voiced single coils with a one-ply pickguard.
@@justinkrann7406 That review also pointed out something that Slash fans and internet forum users had known all along: The Slash Appetite Les Paul is actually a replica of a replica- because the instrument Slash rocked on the iconic album wasn’t actually a Gibson. The “original,” as Slash calls it in the videos, was made by California luthier Kris Derrig.
This was a really bad ass video I wish you could’ve done like a duel combination video with his Les Paul because there’s a guy on RU-vid who does covers who owns the Black Les Paul Tom recorded Dude Ranch with
You mean littleredguitars2? That guy is an absolute G, and one of the best Blink gurus on the Internet. Love his content. Sadly though he no longer has Tom's Dude Ranch Les Paul, since he sold it :(
the black/wine red billabong sticker les pauls didn't show up (live) until late 97... it is doubtful they were used in the recording of Dude Ranch...likely he used the sticker strat thing...then again, who really knows, none of us were there...\
The Edge of U2 had the fs-1 in his black 70's Strat aswell, back in the day. I think their in his 'artist' or signature model aswell. I believe he had it in the bridge position.
13:10 I believe that baritone strat is the guitar you can hear on adams song for the Tom Mark and Travis Show album. Theres few videos of that show in 1999 online, but if you skip to adams song on the video or even just before where more light hits the body of the guitar, it is indeed an orange strat with a maple board and a funny small headstock. He may have used it after that I cant see online, but I know in 2001 or 2002 Tom then used his least favourite yellow strat for adams song. If anyone wants to fact check this please do, Im going by what I have seen and could well be wrong.
Fun fact. The Seymour Duncan invader pickup in Tom’s signature strat are neck pickups in the bridge position. The capacitors and pot used gave him the tone that you hear with less definition. This is the grungy tone that you hear. Moreover, the intro to Stay together for the kids was recorded on single coils. Verse and chorus using the invader.
@@liquid-jesus8193 There's been multiple confirmations of the neck pickup. The diagram for Fender shows this and there's been a few tear downs of Tom's auctioned guitars showing the neck invader.
@@stphngrnr They're actually all bridge invaders in Tom's custom shop stuff. There were indeed some neck invaders in Tom's Mexican signature model that was sold to the public, but when it comes to his actual US made custom shops, it was a bridge invader everytime. Check out littleredguitars2's video called "The truth about Tom Delonge's custom shop guitars". He managed to track down the guy who made them on Instagram, and asked him a load of questions about them. It's a great video and his channel in general is awesome for all thinks Blink and pop punk.
Also, you're right about Stay Together For The Kids. It's definitely single coils and even sounds like it may be a Telecaster. In Enema, Take Off and Untitled, Tom used Jerry Finn's guitars to record rather than his Strats. So there will be a mixed bag of all sorts on those records. I for one am convinced that both Stay Together and What's My Age Again were recorded with single coil Tele's (at least the intros were).
I reckon they just sneaked some neck Invaders in the cheaper ones to shift some from inventory. Invaders aren’t exactly popular in the neck and maybe the just wanted to hide a few???? The US ones are definitely all Bridge Invaders - they didn’t fuck with those bad boys.
a lot of people do that whole "i only need a volume nob" and i agree. i've never used my tone tobs. i don't really care for the tones, just fucking sound decent when plugged in and i'm good. lol
@@psychotropictraveler514 yes, i just don't play songs that really need a certain tone, and if i really want something else i'll buy a fucking pedal. lol
I just picked up a Stagg S301 which is a replica of the yellow Tom Delonge stratocaster. It has a seymour duncan style pickup lookswise but is unbranded. Do you have any info on that herhaps?
I am pretty late to this, however, the baritone strat with the telecaster headstock was the orange/pink looking guitar used on "The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!)" You can see it when they play adam's song.
ES-333. The difference being the 333 has a backplate to access the controls. And I think it was because his contract was up and strats are small on someone 6' 4"
Watch the doco The Pursuit of Tone. He says the gibson is much more a piece of art and the strat looks so small on him. The gibson is much bigger and suits him better he said.
It's for the reason mentioned above and the fact that Tom had backproblems, I guess the ES333 weighs down different on his back or whatever. I know he used the ES333 for Boxcarracer but his endorsment with Fender still made him use his Strats for the videos. I've seen pictures of him playing 2 different Strats and the red ES, during the BCR tour. Funny how the prices for his signature ES models skyrocketed, yet the Strats seem to be going for junkmoney. I'm never getting rid of my DeLonge Strat no matter how much they go for.
@@raymon8044 I guess that makes sense. The hollow body of the ES333 would be much lighter than a strat! Is the back problems also why he stopped playing so low?
at 4:14 you said that the body must be ash because it's a 40th anniversary, however that is certainly not the case with any anniversary strat. Anniversary strats commemorate the year the company actually started. They were not commemorating the 1954 strats, and in fact, all of their american standards, deluxes, MIM standards and the like have that emblem. And all of the afformentioned lines use an alder body with the exception of the sunburst american models that use ash. There's a separate line called a American Vintage reissue - which would have a 1 ply pickguard a maple fretboard and an ash body if it were a true 1954 Re-issue.
He had so many of these. Yes it might have been the old sea foam, but I promise you there were several old sea foams. Not to mention the daphne blues, the silver one, the metallic turquoise one, and so on. I saw blink growing up. He changed guitars every song so Doug could retune the guitar. Side stage would show prolly 10 strats and some being duplicate colors. Just like during the self titled gibson era he had endless amounts of that brown/cream guitar too, and then when angels happened he started doing a verity of color schemes. Tom can get whatever the fuck he wants and multiple back up’s
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZtkaSmrRMps.html this vid 28:38 he switches to a back up guitar, not sure if it's his but it kinda looks ike it cuz it's a different sticker covered strat and i can make out a billabong sticker. looks to me like its a yellow, possible faded olympic white. looking for info on it
Tom used a bunch of guitars on Enema, Tele's, old Les Pauls, old Jr's, a couple of his touring guitars. They recorded at a fancy studio and just used whatever was laying around... I believe Tom is playing a Les Paul in their cameo bit in the American Pie movie. There is a demo version of Dumpweed in the movie aswell.
You're right, I got so caught up in the details of the guitars and trying to get the video published I forgot. I'll add a note to the video description. Do you have a social media account you want me to mention?
@@SecretsofRock a friend of a friend owns the guitar, and loaned it to my buddy to showcase and end the "neck or bridge" invader argument. Had to open the hood so of course the strings needed to go. He ended up given them to me.
In the year 2022, If one desired to simulate (emulate or copy) DeLonge's guitar tone throughout blink 182's _Take Your Pants Off and Jacket_ (2001) record, what would s/he need to do in order to most accurately reproduce his sound? (If you should respond, if at all possible, please simplify/dumb down your articulation.) In any case, thank you for your video presentation, mate.
probably a stratocaster style guitar with a seymour duncan invader bridge pickup, played through one of those digital amp emulators you plug into your computer, simulating a mesa boogie dual rectifier...unless you got 3 grand lying around to spend on the physical amp itself... lolz
in case anyone watching this doesn't know, the original white strat has been restickered with exact replicas of the original stickers and is occasionally on display
Yeah this is a bad rumour. A few were found (probably due to factory mass production error) but he used the bridge one. I own two and they are bridge pickups
how? Matt has almost no say in the band, it’s all mark. Matt’s music always was and always will be more punk than anything blink has ever done and he is close to many punk legends.
