I Found The Perfect Guitar...But it Costs $3,999 

Subscribe to this man's newsletter! Really professionally pieces with lots of great and fun nuance without losing the joy of music by overcomplicating music theory/ obscure concepts. As someone still in the early stages of studying music your videos and newsletter feel really educative and it has the perfect lengths. Keep it up Andre everything you're doing you can really feel the love and passion. Too many people out there making it feel like look at my greater understanding of everything but you're keeping it real. Don't change and glad to be here at these stages and see when you make it big time!

When the pickiest guitar player alive calls an instrument ‘perfect’ you know its the real deal

I love that you’re breaking down modern designed guitars. So many people just rehash the same stuff over and over. You dive into what works for you and what doesn’t & everything in between.

You know a video's a winner when you watch it more than once even though it's ostensibly about a guitar that's probably always going to cost more than I'd spend. I appreciate your existential approach to the instrument, "what should an electric guitar be?" instead of being permanently anchored to the same 70 year old concepts we find throughout most of guitar lore.

Was really looking forward to this one after your spontaneous phone recording. While I think the Larada looks like an advanced space (which I totally love), this one looks more functional while still looking beautiful. I expect these things to be sold out and sold for even more second hand.

Very happy for your joy in finding that Abasi! Congrats, Dr Fludd. It has the most beautiful fretboard I’ve ever seen too. And gotta say, love that red Strat…really cool you still have it.

Another excellent video - thank you so much.

Another great video. Thanks Dr Fludd

That Abasi guitar is absolutely gorgeous. I don’t think I’m in the market for it but maybe someday. Also, I’m left handed and I don’t think that one is being made for lefty’s at least not yet. I’m jealous of your guitars Andre! And your hair.

Asymmetrical necks are my absolute favorite. My Evh Wolfgang Ed Sig Ivory changed my life forever. An Abasi is now on my radar more than ever because of you

Very happy to see your channel is over the 15K mark! I've been intrigued by Abasi guitars since they came out, seems like a very well thought out guitar. Thanks for your videos!

Happy friday man. You and that guitar look great together. * The Abasi me6

as always...thank you for your insights.

Andre 'that being said...' Fludd ! Always a blast watching your videos, thank you !

Great video. Love the reference to the Strat copy :-)

Another great video, Andre

I’m really enjoying your channel man, thank you and keep it up!

Desaturated color grading for the "cold light of day" commentary is great. :)

I get so much out of your videos Andre! Really enjoy the reviews and tuition/coaching. Cheers!

The pawn shop strat comparison 😄.Thank-you for not using that as clickbait!

You are fantastic. Thank you.

Hey man, I found your Gibson vintage video and thought it was spot on. Your reviews are so thorough and well thought out. Subscribed to you now. Also, side note your hair is cool af. 😎

I am glad that you've found finally your Abasi Concepts guitar

13:15 Tosin abasí actually did that bevel thing because he enjoyed how it looked on an iPhone! Interesting design

Great review and you speak to how finding the guitar that fits you in particular makes the overall enjoyment so much better! BTW, it's a "Set-In neck" and not "neck-through", although that's being overly technical and there's no practical reason why it would matter either way.

great video

You did it again, Doc….now I gotta wait for another 6 to show up! Lol I really would love to see a 6 with humbuckers, and I love Nocaster necks at 1” from start to finish…. Keep on doing what you do and thanks again!

Cool! Happy you found a new guitar that feeds your needs. All the Abasi single coil guitars have Greg Koch's sets, if if i'm not mistaken. I'd sell the Kline and the Vigier because i prefer the looks and the overall concept of the Strandberg. Although signature guitars tend to increase in value, so...

You keep amping up my desire for the sTele, I would take all the pros you listed and take the playability of a tele, the bridge and the compound radius out of the cons , also using a very light touch and light strings I rarely ever change the adjustment of the truss rod on my tele so that wouldn't be a con either, probably the only thing I would want is the 4way tele wiring with series parallel position , I'd love to see a deep dive video on that guitar

I think the emi might be my ideal guitar. Would love one with a humbucker bridge and p90 neck config.

Nice video and analysis man! I think you should keep the Strandberg*, if scale length and time of playing the instrument are important facts, that's the one that must stay. MY non-asked reasons:The Vigier has an extremely short scale length and the Klein sTele doesn't have a floating bridge (with the understanding that's a must for you)

consider doing a review of the SD Hyperswitch at some point. love your vids man.

Cool guitar, cool review! Will you be reviewing the Kaizen? Looking forward to your review. I played one recently and I liked it a lot, although the lower horn sometimes got in my way. The multi scale aspect made bending really easy.

I have to say, though the Strat is obviously an aging design at this point, you have to appreciate its ideas. Aside from the leg cut, almost every ergonomic guitar, not taking account technological advancements and small adjustments to the dimensions, just follows the body shape that Leo figured out way back. It's interesting that the pickup configuration (ignoring the 5-way selector) is still popular and hasn't really changed.

This channel is absolutely incredible for us gear nerds that like niche topics talked about in a lot of detail. Channels like this or Phillip McKnight are incredible, although even Phillip doesn't go into as much detail as you do. Or at least, not about the same things anyway. You would never get this level of in depth review from someone like Andertons. Thank you Andre!

Watching this while noodling on my brand new acquired ergonomic nightmare of a Danelectro 59 Nos+.

I fell for the Emi-6 at NAMM-22, and you snagged the latte one out from under me. ;) I got the black one, and it is a nice guitar!

Wow u read my mind with the strat cut. Abasi looks awesome. 😮 As a chiropractor I'm living this.❤

Cool guitar, but I wish Abasi would offer it with a more traditional radius, say 12". The very flat radius is a deal breaker for many.

Hey Andre, great video! Do you happen to know the weight on this and maybe even the Larada? I feel like it's a very important thing in the ergonomics of the instrument but I haven't seen anyone talk about it, and it's not specified on the website either :(

Dude...I've seen some Hightowers but Stoll there is wearing it like a necklace. Crazy.

“I can’t pretend to know what any of that means.” love it, should be my motto. you’re the best Dr F.

So, I'm 5 1/2 minutes into the vid and it seems like this is about your personal preferences and the very expensive guitars you can afford. It hasn't made me feel like watching any more of it, but I'm glad you found one that's right for you. Finding an instrument that feels right and allows you to express yourself is always the 'holy grail'!

1month update and thoughts with comparison to kaizen please. Thank you so much for the video !!

That's a Half Abasi half ESP Horizon III. Excelente review Dr. Fludd!

What a journey!!

Seems like a great guitar, might have to get one when the bolt-on comes out. Curious to see if the pickups can handle high gain well

Thanks for the very detailed review. Way outside my price range, but i will say i like the double cut design way more than the Larada, but I also would prefer humbuckers over single coil. Though tbh, without knowing much about them, are the fluence "single coils" ACTUALLY single coils? I have a pair of the fluence modern humbuckers in my Agile 8-string and they are the best pups I've ever used, and I'm assuming it's similar technology but in a different form-factor.

EMI 6 looks intriguing but I'm not into flat fretboards. How is the roll on the fingerboard edges? One of my favorite guitars is a 1999 Teal Strat Deluxe like yours - love that neck! As you age you will find it even more important to have a good/comfortable playing position. Good stuff, Doc.

The red-strat proves great minds think alike! Just seems that some minds have a few more tools at their disposal!

The fishman pickups are not single coils even though they look like single coils. They are stacked humbuckers. A humbucker is just 2 single coils with the wire on the coils wrapped in opposite directions and a magnet with the coils side by side. with these fishman pick ups they just stacked the coils instead of putting them side by side with the metal poles being magnetized instead of using a bar magnet.

Another consideration regarding the Satin/gloss finish on the cutaway: Satin finishes can sometimes become glossy with a lot of contact with skin or fabric. It's entirely possible that the finish was made that way to keep the look consistent after repeated use, since that forearm contour is one of the most touched areas of the entire guitar. I'm not saying you're wrong about your theory or that mine is more or less correct, you'd have to ask Tosin Abasi or the company.

They really seem to have things rolling at Abasi Concepts now! Their new shapes and guitars look and play great!

Very surprised to see the Shawn Lane Vigier! I hope to one day own one.

I have nothing really to add, I just love your videos.

Love your videos Andre, and I agree with 100% of everything your said regarding the EMI 6. I just recently received mine and it exceeded my already high expectations. You said you liked the Larada's aesthetic design better than the EMI but the feel wasn't up to par. Have you tried a Larada 6 Master Series? The Master Series Larada's are similar to the EMI and Abasi Concept's attention to perfection but also with the same price point.

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Hey Andre, after snooping around your channel, I just say I really enjoy your content! Feels great to hear somebody geek out about guitars. Regarding your Gibson Video, BTW I hate Gibson, have you thought of trying a flying V or any V shape guitar? For me it is the perfect shape. With a strap and positioning it on the right leg for your (I'm a lefty, so it's my left leg), it feels like the most ergonomic guitar ever for me. If you have not tried it out yet, give it a shot! Take care!

Would like to know your opinion vs the Parker Fly

The push pull is nice, but hard to switch to pull position quickly. I prefer it in the up position for a hotter tone. Love the no-noise fluence.

I definitely think the Larada looks better(the Ēmi still looks BEAUTIFUL though), but I do have the same method of using the thumb over the neck just as you do, so I would definitely go with the Ēmi. Great stuff Andre!

I'm sure you can get a bridge humbucker on this one because well, borrowing the pickguard from the strat means that switching out electronics is quite a bit more accessible (Unless is actually not hollowed out underneat the pick guard tho) So maybe as part of the experiment, if Abasi Guitars or a third party sells pickguards for this model that can accomodate humbuckers you could try those and even compare them to the single coil space thin humbuckers I've seen around, just some ideas for future vids.

Congratulations man, my money was on like a billion dollars for you to find the perfect guitar. Appreciate you sharing man.

I, for one, think these guitars look absolutely atrocious, BUT I am so happy for you that you found your unicorn! There's nothing like picking up a guitar and it just feeling right...

Beautiful guitar. But SO expensive!! I think I'll wait for the "SE" version. 😋

I am a luthier in Nashville and I'm currently working out my designs before offering anything for sale. It must be right. Your focus on playability is why I watch your videos. As a builder who's main focus is playability as opposed to fancy features and wacky paint jobs, your videos are good source of intelligence. Thanks, Dr..Flood!

omg, somebody call the Strat police! Actually, I once had the idea to carve out a guitar body to allow for bowing (i.e. to use a cello bow), but I've never committed to this idea...

More verification that I want the Fishman Fluence set to replace the Dimarzio Area T noiseless set in my Tele.

Whatever gets someone to pick up the guitar is what’s important. Comfort is not my priority but in the end its all subjective

Thank you, Dr. Fludd, for another stellar review. That guitar "floats my boat!" Now, I have to decide if it is worth a second mortgage. I think it is, but I must convince my wife, as well!

Wow i love how it looks

can we get a kaizen review? would love to hear your take on it

Hi Andre! Now that you have your dream guitar, are you interested in selling your neck thru strandberg?

What's the weight of it? Best feature about Strandberg is the lightweight body and neck.

I wanna play one of these. I don't want to pay those prices though

How do you come up with video scripts? Looking to make my own channel but its hard to speak as concisely as you

Your insight is always very valuable and interesting indeed. I wish Aristide would make your signature model headless model. I think THAT guitar would be THE ONE for me. I travel a lot and my guitar is constantly exposed to rough environments extreme atmospheric conditions.

Hey, just wanted to let you know both the Jackson Juggernaut models and prs mark holdcomb signature have 20 in fretboard radiuses which is completely flat. I own the Holcomb and I absolutely love it

My mans face when he said "expensive guitars" and all the prices popped up and the screen froze for a moment. true pain in that face i feeeel for you brother

great video man! One question I was asking myself though, you have some really expensive guitars, but every one has some issues you don't seem to like. Why didn't you let someone built a custom guitar with the exact specs you prefer ? And if you ever were to get a custom shop guitar, which company would you choose? take care bro

Abasi is such a bad ass guitar designer. He’s gonna be the next Leo Fender👏👏👏

I can see that this was 10 mo ago... but I thought I would comment anyway. First, I think fishman makes about the best sound hole PU for acoustic guitar and I use them over piezo pickups for stage work (in studio use a mic) They change the size of the sound hole and therefore the resonance of the body to a frequency that happens to work really well with a D tuning. The Fluence pickups are new to me and I have not tried them. I am always leery of having a battery in my guitar to worry about but my bass has active PU and it has not been a problem and I will not use phantom power on stage as any slight dirt on the plug gives pops when one moves around. So batteries it is. They do sound nice and having a lower impedance output direct from the pu will always mean less noise. The cons with active pu are A) the trick of changing the frequency response of the pickup with the volume control will no longer work because the volume control is now isolated from the coil. I suspect the extra solder pad and a dual pot could take care of that. B) with active pu you are all in, you can't mix and match with passive pu for sure and probably not other manufacture's active pu either. Considering that almost all guitarists use at least some pedals anyway, the lower impedance into the amp probably doesn't matter, one has to trust Fishman has got that right in their preamp. Yeah, I am a bit of a tech...

I notice you are using a strap, and the guitar is not resting on your right leg. In your Larada review you said you couldn’t find a comfortable position and it wasn’t really an ergonomic design. Is this model more ergonomic than the Larada (aside from the neck access due to the double cut)?

I don't necessarily agree with your opinions on guitars, we're just not looking for the same things, but I still enjoy your videos because of your approach to reviews. You do a great job of explaining why you like or dislike certain things, so regardless of what you think I have a pretty good idea what I think.

I demand a review on that slaughtered strat

I must hate ergonomics because my 2005 Les Paul Custom is my most favorite guitar I've ever played.

Hmm. I agree with all the things you said about the Larada. My question is how you managed to get the EMI? So difficult to get in the mix before they sell out.

This is not a neck-through construction, the EMI has a set neck joint.

Not that you need more tones, but i love neck and bridge strat tonws. Would be cool to add a second push pull to add the bridge to the neck position

What a journey

💯🤘🎸

Surely the Klein would be on the chopping block, given that there's no whammy bar? (And having to remove the neck to adjust the truss rod is a HUGE drawback, IMO...)

Did you get the emi6 at the drop? These seem to go in seconds after the drop due to scalpers using bots

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder... That Klein! 😆

hi where can I found this tool for practising with a normal strat guitar?

Question, how different is a flat radius compared to a 20" radius?

is this a USA made model? or is a 4gs for an import guitar?

At 17:10. Who is the guitarist you mentioned?

Thank God I know how broke I am or I would buy one of these.

beautiful guitar. I trust Tosin's judgement. Guy is a guitar genius.