Fender Strat Vs G&L Legacy Shootout - Salutations America! 

My philosophy when choosing between two guitars has always been: When in doubt, get both.

G&L- Glorious and Legendary

Rob! Thanks for the history lesson. Very responsible and quality video. Thanks from Santa Barbara California. Keep em' coming!

I'm loving that "roomy" sound you guys have got in this video. It sounds true to whats coming out of that amp in that room and is not purely a studio sound.

Chappers, thank you so much for telling the story of Dale! I as well feel like his rightful position in the history of the guitar was in jeopardy of being forgotten and he should be celebrated. At the vintage shop I work at, my boss was friends with Dale and when he passed he bought all of his estate stuff so we have all of his papers, designs, even his book of dealers from Fender and G&L and I love to get it out and show people the inner workings of the best guitar companies in the world!

I love learning about different kinds of guitars, so this video is much appreciated!

In my opinion this is the BEST tone chapters has ever had in a video, absolutely superb sir

I came expecting the shred, but was pleasantly surprised with the blues!

adolf... (big pause) ... oh snap ... rickenbacker OH ok

That jam at the end,.... Dang that was good!!!!

This was great! A little rough around the edges, but if you look at the real early Chappers and the Captain stuff, they were still exploring how they wanted to approach the format a bit more themselves. I think this is going to be a kickass series, Rob!

I was there! That was such a fun day having a Q&A session with Dave and Rob and getting to meet them!

Nice video. Enjoying the new show. That orange flake looks awesome.

im keen on the fender, i gotta shoot for this sound on my songs for sure. thanks for this, heaps of info.

Rob , great history lesson man !!!!

I love that you guys have a partnership with a shop in minnesota! I love driving down to visit this shop! Also I am a huge fan of the g&l line up not to discount fender, but I would buy a g&l tele if I had to make the choice again as I have a fender tele now.

That bass set up is incredible.

Can't believe Dave's a bass player and hasn't played a G&L. L-2000 is the best bass Leo Fender ever made.

Mr Rob you've done it again! First Captain now Uncle Riff! Lord of name branding! Also Mr Rob would like to hear your opinion and you give a demo of the G&L Comanche.

I got a G&L asat deluxe. It's great for everything from Blues/Rock to Death Metal. Fantastic!

It was a treat seeing you both at the Grand Opening. Iconic guitars, but I enjoy my ML1 lefty far too much.

That G&L sounds fabulous...want one now

Seriously underrated company, and they have a great guitarist in their stable (jerry Cantrell). Whenever I've had the chance to try one I've never been disappointed. Great video and it was rad to see them get some spotlight!

Really enjoyed this. 😁

Iv started binge watching your videos again

I own both a Indonesia G&L and Mexican Fender between the two the G&L is so much smoother to play. The fretboard radius on the G&L is a little flatter than a standard fender neck so you really bend hard and play fast. Also the stock pickups in the G&L are great, G&L is so underrated they make great guitars.

1:39 I was like "Oh no wheres Rob going with this". lol Good thing he was talking about Rickenbacker XD

Cracking vid lads. Kudos to Dave for the bass amp geetar mastery. One can only feel for Bea and Ben as they sit back in Blighty, jealous of your budding U.S. Bromance!! ,!

About time you commented on G&L!

I hung out with Dale Hyatt.... when I was a just-post-teen-guitar-teacher teaching teens. Dale taught me...he taught me why G&L was the best guitar company of the late 80s( beginning of the 90s...) Everything that they had learned was all being put to use, and they were building for quality over style. Mr. Fender was in his office (!!!) but Dale told me he could not come out and meet me and my student that day. We geeked out that we *almost met Leo Fender!! Dale was generous with his time and happy to hang out with young people who seemed to "get it" and wanted to learn more. If you want to really compare the LEO design, you want to use an S-500 over a "Legacy" which was created years after Leo passed. The latest you want to go with a Fender strat to retain Leo's "latest" ideas for Fender would be about 75 when he was still a consultant whose ideas were still being built into the new instruments. So... compare a 1975 Stratocaster to a 1992 S-500 and you can actually answer "which one is better?" - I toured with a G&L L-2000 bass and a G&L SC-2 guitar in the 90s... and they both loved the road, never messed up... and despite having to use batteries, the bass sounded great in every size room with various bass cabinet set ups... the guitar cut through like a smoothed out Tele, especially clear and bright when set to "both." Two of my clients used S-500s and I was jealous of one of them because I had sold my American Strat and was playing a Japanese with after market pickups. His sounded more "Stratty" than mine. G&L guitars are worrisome to Fender. They know that they are on their tail, biting their heels and don't like it. Too bad, Fender. :) (*P.S. Leo Fender could not come out of his office that day because he was shaking really badly from the palsy associated with Parkinson's and some strokes... he was thinking and creating but... it's no fun to meet kids when you are all shaky... I get it. )

Dave ! Love the Darkglass stuff . ....and yes I,too, play guitar and bass and my guitars sound great thru my bass amps .

I like that that Chappers looking to camera while Dave talks some recording wizardry

Man! Rob sounds amazing here. Love his playing on that Legacy (which also looks and sounds amazing.)

Been waiting for this video from you guys! I love my Legacy and s500. Theyre incredible guitars and you have even more tonal options than a fender with the split and the passive bass system.

hahah your Maltese needs some improving Rob! Glad to hear you reference my tiny island though!

So glad your in Minnesota! Thats where I live

Loving the baked bean sparkle 😄

I have owned four or five G&Ls over the years, and play a G&L ASAT Special in my main rig. They make a great solid guitar. The MFD pickups are tricky, however, as their character is much different than other pickups. Pretty glassy depending on your tone settings.

G&L honors Leo's legacy better than Music Man or Fender. He wanted guitars to be affordable, not status symbols.

Rob!!!!! Your tone and playing was great! You should remember that amp setting for when you play a strat because it was awesome

Chapman Ml3 pro traditional vs. Fender Telecaster! I would love to see that. Also, I just bought the ml3 myself from Uncle Riff, absolutely amazing piece of axe, cheers, Rob!

interesting that we're taking the Anderton's shoot out video style and applying it to US... Would be interested to see how this translates as much of the success of the original was based on the chemistry between Rob and Lee.

Love the intro!!:)

My favorite thing about my G&Ls is the cost to performance ratio. I think I payed $1200 (in 2013) for my Legacy Special USA, and the quality is absurdly good. It's a one-piece body with a see-through orange finish and beautiful wood grain underneath. You can tell when you hold the instrument that somebody payed serious attention to it while putting it together.

I love my G&L Asat...feels sturdier than any Fender I've tried and they nailed the neck profil for me. But...my romantic side would like a Fender headstock sometime!

great to hear dave play the guitar, think i've only ever heard him play on 2 videos in the past

Leo Fender.... An American with Greek heritage... Was the king of the most legendary guitars and amplifiers. Still to this day, he has not been serpassed.

Good one!! Thank you!

Great video! Would love to see Rob take an S-500 for a spin, really love the sound of the MFDs and keen to hear his thoughts on it.

That orange reverend looks quite the treat back there on the wall

I love the finish on the orange one

G&L is grossly underrated. FCS quality at production-line prices. Some say... the original 80's product lineup with 3-bolt neck-join created skepticism due to Fender's failure with the 3-bolt in the '70's. Even though those early G&L guitars are rock-solid to this day, the company eventually switched to 4-bolt to quiet the skeptics and hopefully boost sales. This early stumble may be why they're not more popular today. Just pick one up and you'll know why they're hidden gems.

Sitting here with a beer looking for something to watch .....boom chappers and Dave..cheers boys

just ordered your ghost fret pro dusk from riff city in minesota. im in houston in a hurricane nonstop raining situation so it may take a while to get here to pasadena, texas. i hope it plays and sounds as good as it does in your hands as it does when its in my hands. im sure it will. i really like the look and sound of your guitars. cheers brutha

Both of these sound fantastic.

I'd love to see you do a G&L Legacy vs S-500 vs Comanche video.

Great to see some G&L love... any thoughts on the MFD pickups in a lot of G&L's? vs. typical strat and tele pickups?

Do they wait for the shop to shut so they can record? Nice video, liking the new stuff.

Amazing sound of Daves amp...love it.

Those were some amazing tones Dave & Chappers! That amp seems to sound stonking too. I'm telling myself I can't afford another damn guitar!

Gr8 vid guys. Welcome to the US Chappers! Would luv 2 c u demo a G&L Comanche as well. Ps. Sounded gr8!

The G&L is impressing: i wasn’t expecting to like that more than the fender.

Gosh… 5 years ago?! It’s crazy how quickly the time has gone.

So did I get this right? You ordered a G&L from their Custom Shop? Man, that are some damn fine looking guitars and also basses they make there!

Tasty playing Dave.

Rob... I'm a Fender guy! I own 4 of them. Love the playability of a Strat, just wish they would offer more finishes (kinda like the G&L). You guys sound awesome!

Nice guitars! Nice playing too.

I really love the recent changes to the video editing. The Q&A Session itself was fantastic in person but THIS VIDEO, MAN! It's tremendous!

Cool you are covering G&L. I was looking for a affordable classic S-Style guitar for a long time ... A ton of Squier CV's, Mexico Fenders I played at small and big stores just weren't the thing. And the first G&L Legacy Tribute I played at a local guitar store was so different, I instantly bought it. I think it are especially the pickups. The G&L sound a lot meatier and feels great to play. TRY THEM!

Great video! Just wondering why ya'll decided to compare the Legacy to the Elite strat and not the professional? I feel like either the S-500 vs. the Elite or the Pro vs. the Legacy would be good matches. Thanks for the always great vids!!

I wanna see studio moth as a regular now.

I am a huge fan of G&L, I love my Legacy, made in Fullerton!!

DAVE

My parents got me a G&L for highschool graduation. Great guitar. Instead of two tone nobs it has a bass and a treble nob. Useful for getting great tones.

In almost 26 minutes, G&L's PTB tone circuit (e.g. the bottom tone knob is a bass-cut knob, which G&L had before Reverend) was not mentioned-not even when prompted at 21:27.

I feel g&l really catches fenders sound in its own unique non fendery way truly an amazing guitar

Please, please review the Reverend Bayonet RAHC that's hanging on the wall there - there's not a single video of it out there

pretty sure that's the new hope location. really nice store with a good selection for such a small store.

Rob, great to hear you speak Maltese in this video. I am of Maltese heritage, how did you learn?

Rob did you call the series Salutations America or not? Just not sure from the video. Also your jams were bloody brilliant in this video and yourself and Dave have a surprisingly nice blues touch!

I have both. Love both. But prefer G&L. More bass/sustain for me

I liked the video and I enjoy all this stuff. I have a question, in case it's probably me, but does Rob forget to listen to the rythmn player when he's riffing?

you forgot to mention the single tone control(fender) vs the treble and bass rolloff. (G&L)

Rob next time you're @ Winter NAMM request a tour. G&L is only 2KM's from the convention centre on Fender Avenue in Fullerton

Love the G&L. Enhanced Fenders kind of took off where Fender left off. great basses also L2000 Is incredible

I have a Legacy and love the tone controls and articulation.

I don't like what Fender have done with that truss rod adjuster. That looks ugly as hell.

Hey Chappers :) I got really important question, will the ml-2 classic model be continued or maybe renamed? I'd reeeeally love to see once again ml-2 in gold top :) you told in one video, you'll keep "holding the torch" when it comes to goldtop guitars ;) and ML-2 looked soooo sweet in G-Top ;) Please answer, best regards \m/ .

Welcome to the US !! Cheers to ya! So is Dorje no longer a thing?

Amazing how much better the G&L pickups sound VS the fender noiseless. The fender sounded much more hissy.

I have a G&L legacy and boy let me tell you… it’s an amazing guitar sounds great the neck feels great it also stays in tune very well. I can get a shit load of sounds on it. From hard rock with a lot of overdrive to a super clean blues tone. Overall I highly suggest it if your budget isn’t high enough for a fender

Really need to try the MFD pickups instead....

I used to own a white 'Legacy' G&L (Strat) and it was the most 'Stratty' sound I have come across, damn I miss that guitar

Nicevreview. That G&L os a beast.

I love the way the G&L pickups break up.

3 G&L guitars just arrived at the local pawn shop, all used to belong to the one player, who is known to me. He knows his guitars. I might check them out, quite reasonably priced and in good shape.

Uncle Riff... Genius nickname :)

I have a solidbody G&L Bluesboy that's absolutely amazing

id love to see you play through that VOX. its what i use on most of my clips / songs. i think im getting a useable tone...

Dave had it right, Chappers is made of alder! Those G&L's are pretty darn hard to beat but the floating bridge does take getting used to. The two felt washers make the bridge feel and sound a bit different than that other guitar.