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The reason the neck pickup doesn't have a coil split is because the Magna'Tron neck model has amazingly low inductance, around 1.2H. That's well under 50% of a vintage Strat pickup, and around 30% of a vintage low wind PAF. Splitting it would be uselessly thin and low output. The bridge model has a 2.9H inductance, which is around a vintage Strat pickup, and splitting it would bring it down to a little more than the neck model, so it's a reasonable pickup to split, though of course as you can hear, it's crazy bright when split.
He doesn't give himself enough credit . From when I started watching and he was filming in another manor to now I've noticed a definite improvement. Maybe he's getting more confident. But either way better.
@@clarkbabin9799I disagree he’s been the same for the past 3/4 years. Plays same standard licks and bad guitar tone. His finger positions and picking are beginner to intermediate
@@Benvyious that's on you if you haven't noticed in 3 ( 3/4 is in fact your statement.) quarters of a year. I've been watching him several years and have noticed the changes. And I'm not talking about transition from one note or octave.
Glad to get a mention here as it was a very fun project having become a master builder after completing the launch of the Robben Ford signature models. Plus seeing how long the model has stayed in production and spawned into other variations like the dinky body and what not. Dare to be different.
Reasons to play a Stratocaster: 1. Three pickups 2. Classic single coil Strat sound 3. Classic Start out-of-phase electronics configuration 4. Fender tremolo. This one is 0 for 4.
My favourite guitar (that I own) is a Fender that's way more Gibson-like than that Strat. The Telecaster FMT HH is, in my humble opinion, the best guitar that Fender's ever made: thin and light, its mahogany body (with flame maple cap -NOT veneer) is resonant, its Seymour Duncan pickups are splitable and its set neck has a lovely, sculpted heel. Add to that the 15.75" fretboard radius, and you've got a very unusual Fender guitar, indeed.
I picked on up about a year ago. I've been playing strats, teles, and acoustics (usually Guilds) for 30+ years. Decided I wanted to branch out my sound options and picked up my first Gibson LP a few years back. After 3 decades of playing straight-neck guitars, just couldn't get used to the angled neck on an LP. Specifically, it's the string height off the body I can't stand. So I got rid of the LP and picked up a Tele 72 Thinline Reissue. Cool on its own, but didn't have the LP sound. Then last year I ran across the Tele FMT HH, and snapped it up immediately. It's the absolute perfect LP substitution for the Fender player. Beautiful, sounds great and feels great. A surprisingly good price too, for everything you're getting... Picked up mine new and on sale for $949. The one negative is Fender doesn't even throw in a gig bag, and a guitar like this really deserves a hard case.
The TV Jones pickups are reproductions of Gretsch Filtertrons from the last '50s-early '60s. They were invented by Ray Butts (who also invented the tape echo effect) about the same time Seth Lover was developing humbuckers for Gibson
I have been using a showmaster for the past couple of decades. Guitarists and audience alike proclaim it one of the most beautiful guitars they've ever seen.
Got my first Gibson, a Les Pau Standard, how “perfect” should i expect it to be, like the binding, fretboard inlays, etc, idk if I should expect absolute perfection and send it back till I get a “perfect” one
Depends whether you want to act like a Gibson buyer or a general guitar buyer. Gibson buyers seem to accept QC issues on $3k guitars. General guitar buyers reject that, because every other company charging $3k for their instruments is capable of selling you a perfect one.
@@desert_fisherman na, I have a Vela, aside from the bridge pick up maybe. The Vela is a cool guitar. It’s really barebones, nothing fancy about it. A really good work horse. It’s like top loaded telecaster, mixed with a Gretsch. Mine has a PRS 59/09 in the bridge. So it’s more twang than a regular Vela’s Starla pickup. Which is kinda like a darker filtertron but the single coil on the neck is pure Gretsch 57 duo jet. This strat screams custom 24 or CE 24 to me. The TV Jones are a cool spec on the strat.
My early 2000's Squier Deluxe Double Fat Tele has a carved top and set neck. To me that's a bit LP territory except the scale length. plays like a dream. This Masterbuilt Strat is gorgeous.
Fender's straight-up shot at doing a Gibson LP is the "Fender Custom Telecaster FMT HH". Literally a tele for Fender players who want a Fender feel, but a Gibson sound. Mahogany neck and body with a set neck. Thick genuine flame maple carved top. Dual Seymore Duncan Pickups (a 59 and a Pearly Gates). Doesn't necessarily sound like any particular LP, but 100% sounds like it is an LP of some type.
Its just the PRS/superstrat carve. I see what you're going for comparing these to a Les Paul, but they really compare to a PRS Custom 22. Get that mindset and everything will make perfect sense.
I love my hardtail mod shop HSS Stratocaster. They definitely have a different clean tone. I don’t think, with high gain, it makes too much difference, but with low gain or clean- the hardtail just feels a little thicker.
MSN I was in love with the blue Strat until I saw the string tree. At Custom Shop prices I'm ordering locking tuners and an angled headstock. Great video🎸👍
Why make the design worse? The strat has the fretboard sitting higher than the headstock so no need for an angled headstock, I agree for the locking tuners though
This reminds me of a Charvel Wildcard model with a DK24 body. Fit and finish looks excellent! I liked the tones you got with it. Ive had CS Strats, including an American Deluxe w/flamed maple top and alder body, and I cant ever get a tone I like. This could remedy that, but, I'm not feeling $7800 worth of remedy, lol.
Oddly enough, I have plans to build a carved top Strat using a 90's neck I bought and a Warmoth body, but I want a trem bridge and standard 3-knob controls. That is sort of the problem with a guitar like this - it was built to specifically to one person's vision, that if your vision doesn't match, then the high price is hard to justify...
Hey trogly you should review an epiphone wilshire pro or phant-o-matic I have a 2010 pelham blue epiphone wilshire pro with a vintage pearloid pickguard "Chibson" style burstbuckers zebra & a babzic bridge/tailpiece I would let you review mine if you want to review it it's probably 1 of my favorite out of the guitars I have
Nice looking guitar., but 8K is ridiculous - most I would ever consider paying would be half of that amount. I find it a bit sterile sounding and lacking warmth. Regardless, I really enjoy your channel and always look forward to what you come up with next. Keep em coming!
Sir, Where are the "First Fret Neck Depth" T-shirts? They are not in your store. It shows one when you measure the First Fret as a ad for your store.....but they are not in the store???
If that coil split system wasn't as disappointing as so many others I'm somebody writes myself with, I would almost be tempted to get one of these. Who would imagine having a chambered Stratocaster. If that guy hadn't gone out on his own, I would almost have wanted him and Fender to manufacture another rendition of this with three pickups and all access.
Serious question (i am kinda new to the gear head community): What makes a strat a strat? I mean - this one has only two pu and a 3 switch toggle. The body is unique and we have no pickguard. So - is it only Fender who say: you shall be named strat or is there something i am missing out?😅 is the body shape enough?
Ok, I can't complain, I'm a Strat guy that "accepts" Gibson as a worthy adversary... But for some reason that bridge pickup just rubbed me the wrong way. Single coil was fine, but as a humbucker, it sucked... Did I hear this wrong? But oh, the blue, so beautiful...
I do wonder how far away from traditional construction a guitar can get and still be considered a Strat (or Les Paul). Of course, the manufacturers can call it anything they like.
To me it looks like PRS or PRG that it was, but not really a Strat... May be they used some partscaster, like the neck on a first carving body. It looks more like a Pacifica. Namastè.
There's only so much you can change a strat before it's no longer a real strat (and, IMO, it's not very much at all). This is a lovely guitar. But it seems more like an Ibanez superstrat than a genuine strat.
@@tinystar3010you're taking your neck off for what reason??? Yearly neck resets? By "Work", I meant factory work other than Fenders usual, screwing a neck to a body and dipping it in polyurethane. Like a carved top, bound neck or body, set neck, etc... hell, even for their awful spray painted trash heaps theyre charging 7k
@@guyincognito1423 The "Custom Telecaster FMT HH" is carved flame maple, set neck, bound body and neck, rear routed... basically just a Fender version of the LP and is usually on sale for just under a grand. So Fender certainly does do "work" for far under 7k. Most people just aren't looking for these things on lower-priced Fenders.
