I Bought My First Kiesel 

Dad of Three I just checked out a brand new classic vibe Tele. The neck was amazing. Nothing in that price point came close. Not Ibanez, not Washburn, not even the MIM Charvel. This thing was nice.

You are missing absolutely nothing. Squires are good, inexpensive guitars. They are not built with the professional in mind. A lot of bang for the buck for a budget minded player. I have owned several classic vibe squiers. Including the coveted original pine bodied Tele that was made at the Harmony plant in India. Good guitars, but not as good as the Charvel MIM guitars.

Luey Sixty-six the frets were so much better on the vibe. I like the way it feels. I play a 72 MIM Tele it has a thick poly as well. Guess I just prefer that.

Ha! Sittin' here watching Phil play all these expensive guitars with my brand new CV Tele (not Cort!) in my lap. Plays like a dream, has good pickups and a pine body. My second one. Unbelievable value.

I have to agree , I have the classic vibe 50s tele , its heavy , well made , and the neck is fantastic for the price , although I do steel wool the back of the neck on all my fenders , I don't like the sticky poly on any guitar , makes a big difference , its string through body , brass saddles , and the pickups sound great , dare I ruffle some purists feathers when I say it's almost as good as a fender 50s reissue , I've played both , the classic vibe was a surprise I wasn't expecting.

Oehhhhh yes please I second this!

Yea Phil, been a while since you did one.

I came here to make the same comment. Great guitars.

bass countour/cutoff knob should be standard on all passive circuits... theirs arent as steep as G&L's (different cap value) but work really well, their korina line was especially resonant iirc!

Same. So you're the reason I'm waiting so long :)

To bad they dont roll the fretboard on any models. To sharp I sold mine

I ordered mine on jan 31st! I know your pain bro im so excited, it's gonna be my first headless, Vader 6

Oh yes I just pushed the button myself+

Call my guys😁

@@j.d.leslie8458 RAAAAAAD!!!!

love mine too, such a killer guitar.

Kiesel would demolish a Fender for sure, but I'd be interested in a head to head against Suhr.

@@SoupKitchen91 - but keisel guitar has no head

@@danielmann5427 that was a beautiful reply

I'm a Strat guy too...so, just gimme a Strat lol 😉

@@danielmann5427 But he's suggesting a Delos which is a Strat copy with a headstock.

Yeah. I just ordered a Type-X. The free options saved me at least $700.

Jason Hetzler damn, you must’ve went with every option available to hit $700!

The V6 are the ones that look interesting from vintage

Aldahir Lopez The Blug models have a dummy coil in the bridge pickup which is very cool. this one is an HSS but is at a great price: reverb.com/item/21321143-vintage-v6-electric-guitar-black-finish?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2Nj8x7aH5gIV7x6tBh0bvQ7pEAQYBCABEgKIy_D_BwE&merchant_id=101083369&pla=1&

I think that's why, if I ever get a headless, it'll probably be a Strandberg.

Black Snowman Ha, I just typed the same thing! I have an Osiris guitar and Zeus bass and I’ll be ordering a Type X tonight.

I want to get one of those so bad. Wish they would do those left handed.

For me, the Vola was the best sounding, that bridge pickup is great

I love spatula thats why i have Vader hahaH

Could be good for Flippin burgers.

Spatula? Is that an Italian guitar maker? haw haw haw

Great, now I'm gonna be hungry when I play my spatulas.

Yeah I'd love to see a review of one of the antique varnish LP-style guitars from Eastman

Eastman's are so good. I'd like to see his thoughts on them as well.

I own two SB59s -- a nitro and an antique varnish. I love them.

I've got one of their Warren Ellis tenor guitars, shockingly flawless for the price, though it's funny they needed three pieces of alder to make that tiny Mustang body, lol.

@@rickc2102 I think that's an Eastwood rather than an Eastman. I get confused myself sometimes! I think Phil has also covered an Eastwood (a Surfcaster) in a previous video

Did he say which Duncan’s are in it?

The Leo Fender comment comes from your G&L video.

I agree. The James Valentine model is really something too. I have a hh albert lee with hums and totally love it.

Radius is going to be that of a personal preference and what yours used to. Guys that are classically trained are going to prefer larger radius number. It's really easy to tell just by watching the player play. Classically trained the thumb is perfectly in the center of the neck all the time. The thumb never wraps over the top. Classical guitar fret boards are super high radius number if not flat. So anyway that's what you get used to. 4 years of college being yelled at daily on your form as well as the notes you play. Plus in classical you play a lot of open strings while fingering others very oddly. This is hard to do on smaller radius. Your fingers need to come straight in while fretting. Also there are a lot of players that don't or rarely wrap thumbs just the position of the hand the player is more comfortable. Now if you wrap your thumb you usually want that smaller radius typical to Fenders. While I had a custom shop fender for a long time I had a 16 inch radius on it for me that was the most perfect fender I ever played. However 12" is as low as I can go. Below that the neck feels weird to me. Les Paul which are typically 12" are ok to play but not preference. However I own several Taylor accoustic which are also 12" and I find them extremely comfortable to play. So there is some other magic with Taylor's that make them feel right but don't know what it is. Most manufacturers do a 12 or 14 as that's right in the middle of a lower radius vs the high radius. Oh and there are exceptions to that rule that may have to do with finger length as well. That I can't tell you about. An example.of this is Steve Vai as his guitar are 16-17 inch radius where he always wraps thumb. But he has insane long skinny fingers.

For a person with smaller hands, the main consideration is the neck profile (thinner is easier) and nut width (e.g. standard Strat width is 41mm).