My 1959 Stratocaster gets a FACELIFT 

I’m only a few seconds in this video and it’s already amazing 🤘🏻

Absolutely Kick Ass! You are inspiring me to do my own fret job!! Its about the only thing I havent done yet. Also Ive been listening to your song Mirrors a Ton!!! The live one. Dude YOU NEED TO RECORD!!!!

I think you should put that neck on the red strat and sell the thick 64 neck

Mixing parts is how the greats found their sound and got just what they wanted

Cheered me up when I got the notification for your video, as it always does. I knew I would enjoy it and I certainly did 🤠. Your close ups are very nice indeed and full of good detail. I very much enjoyed your comments too. Great work Matthew, thanks for sharing 🤠🎸 PEACE

That's awesome you your own refret man. That's the one thing I haven't attempted. Looks and sounds great.

Killer playing Matt. Sounds great.

That whole intro was ridiculous. Also the 58 is a great addition to the background. :)

Followed your reverb page today. Excited to watch what comes through. You’re an inspiration man 🤘🏻

Put the 62 neck on the 58 red body and sell the 64 neck 👌

Keep mixing and matching to get what you like - and as I have said before, you have a cool playing style ...

Keep your focus on your music. Social media is great and needed but make sure your focus is on writing, touring and recording and then vlogging. Love your channel.

Old guy here long time subscriber. I have been playing since 1983. Your speed and vibrato have improved in the last year especially the last 6 months. Keep it coming man

you're a brave person to have done that operation on your own!

Love your videos Matt. Sounds/looks great and Kudos to you for tackling a re-fret on a vintage neck.

The frets are called narrow tall Mathew lad, they make stretching easier ..

This is a channel about guitar gear and stuff but damn your hair is beautiful!

You can make any guitar come to life, but there’s something about that 59. Even on an iPhone speaker, tones seem very rich. Great play’n my friend

Just wanted let u know was just telling my friends about u I’ve never heard anyone one with a closer SRV tone then u and also never heard anyone else play this style more tastefully then u keep picking Man U got a bright future

Your freaking awesome brotha

Mark every fret with a black marker and run a big file down them slowly to level frets then crown them with crown file then emery cloth the frets and the wood for a good long time on the couch watching tv. Then set up guitar for string height. Lighting fast neck

Hell yeah Matt! Sounds killer! Rewired my Silvertone Strat copy yesterday, it had all sorts of weird stuff going on. New pots, proper standard wiring , and a quick setup made it have tons more tone.

Lt. Dan rockin’ it!

Finally the tone is more spot on vintage wild! Fantastic neck!

The thought of working on a classic guitar from 1959 by myself makes me shudder. Matt has balls of steel! Personally, I would have left the 'newer' neck on the guitar..just out of fear...and taken the original neck to a pro. But then again, all techs have are faced with doing their first 'big' job at some point in their career. I give him respect for doing the work himself.

man, seriuosly, best guitar playing on youtube, i really admire you, congratulations from italy

Your technique is just flawless man, i always pick up my guitar and keep rewinding your videos to try and recreate what your doing..thanks for such informative stuff Brother...your awesome

2:35, beautiful quarter sawn maple

6105s rock i love the feel playing massive finger slides and pick scrapes....theyre just feel right frets.....nice ax

Awesome. Glad to see the neck reunited with the '59, and hear your impressions of the 6105 frets. I'm going to be re-fretting my maple Strat neck, and considering going with either medium jumbos, or 6105 frets, just to get some more room to work, basically. The original frets on it have been leveled and crowned once, and I don't think there is enough left to do another, without leaving the frets lower than I like.

Dude it may not seem or feel like it sometimes , but you are there !

Massive fan of your playing man, it truly is something else to hear! Wanted to throw this out there, I am a web developer in the UK and noticed you said about sorting out a website etc... And just wanted to say if you did want some advice or help sorting that out I'd be happy to help 😊 keep rockin' man!

Can't wait for you to release your authoral songs.

You’ve got me hypnotized dude. Forewarning, I’ll be asking a good chunk of questions here. I guess to save you some trouble from me, so you have a AMA video about your gear? Not like what guitars and amps you have, but like all your pedals, and what strings you use, gauge and brand? I’ve got to be able to get close to your Vintage tone, I have too. Lol Oh! And you know what would be AWESOME, if you could state before or after your wonderful awesome noodling in your videos is what amp you’re using, the settings on the amp, and if you’re using any pedals you used, for that noodling session. Thanks dude!

Great video!

it looks and sounds great Matt , much thanks kind sir

Yeah this guitar could do probably anything beautifully. Keep the old strat content coming please!

Nothing to say today but commenting to help you out dude.

Didnt know you had a reverb page.. Will check it out.

I totally agree with you ,i used to put 6100 jumbo but now i use jescar 51100 and jescar 55090 ,and very important they are stainless steel ,so i don't have to worry about refrets for a long time👍🏻

Damn Matthew. Playing with some fire and attitude.

The guitar is a musical instrument....not a noise instrument.

Love your playing man. Peace!

Looks great. Sounds great as usual....

I would really love to buy a really old Strat but I can’t find any at an affordable price. I was wondering do you know anywhere I can get some vintage gear at a reasonable price. I love your content btw

always enjoy your video's Matt...

With the narrow tall Frets. It keeps the vintage look.

Great videos Mathew always love your posts!!!

I love that sound , man

i said "holy shit" loudly when i saw how high your action is :D amazing how fast you can play with that, i have to deal with buzz but im fine with it.

love that dakota red on the couch

Great video, Matt! Thanks for sharing man!✌

Early, and I haven't even watched the whole video, but nice playing Cx

You the man, Matt

Your b roll keeps getting better and better

The extra fret grabs those notes makes you play better :)

It never ceases to amaze me how many great guitar players don't use their pinky. I had to wear a splint on my left had pinky for 12 weeks last summer (ripped my extensor tendon off the end joint) and it took another couple of months after that before I could use it to play. It was HORRIBLE. I eventually found ways to compensate for most things but many things were much harder. It was also mentally exhausting - I had to concentrate all the time to combat motor memory habits that were as natural as breathing to me.

Sounding good, Mathew... cheers

Awesome guitar, awesome playing

just awsome guitarist not a emotionless technical robot.,.

Top man👍

damn! sweet job on the frets.

Jesus that guitar sounds sick!

I love your videos! TONE

I know this wouldn't interest you due to wanting to maintain vintage appearance, but I have started putting Jescar Evo Gold fw55090 on all mine now. Always used 6105 but I started to want to maintain that 'new guitar' perfect setup longer. I hate the way with nickel silver its great for a few months, then slowly gets more and more awkward. That whole slow degradation thing annoys me, especially when you are using taller frets and want to play aggressively but without a death grip. The Evo wire is 2/3rds as hard as stainless, but isn't nearly as hard on the tools. So far, I have had zero wear on my longest running axe (approx 2 years daily playing). Huge difference for me! It definitely helped me improve my playing!

Somebody call the fire department Matthews on fire

Sounds great Matthew! It looks like an ebony fretboard. Keep bringin' it brother! ✌💀👽👍🎸🎶🎵

this fellah has been down to the X roads and picked up SRV mantle.

I like following you're channel, great guitars and sound, and i like how you play :)

hi domi from france.I've done the same with my 1959 telecaster, 6105 jescar pfffffff it make it just stunning my friend!!!!!!!

You got it right, bro!

3rd comment! Rocking- and strengthening my opinion that 6105 will be the way to go on my 64 when the time comes

Nice job with the refret. Bold call doing that yourself on vintage neck. Wow. Glad you're enjoying the 6105 fretwire. I've never liked jumbo frets at all. Personally, I feel like they get in the way (obviously they didn't get in your way). I think 6105 is the def the way to go. And I think they look better, if that matters at all to you.

The crackling is a bad ground. Probably a cold solder joint somewhere. I’d try a new cord first

Another great video... by the way how do you set your pickups and are they set up the same on the other Strats as well?

So who's the one guy who didnt like this video, smh, awesome content Matthew

Thanks for another great video. Not sure if I have the guts to pull off my guitar neck and re-fret it. You get incredible tone out of your guitars!

"I remember reading about Yngwie doing a comparison test with all of his strats changing the necks and bodies and comparing the sound.In the end he said "It's the necks that change the sound not the bodies">........................

Love your videos man. Never been much of a Strat guy myself but looking at your vintage ones makes me want one too! I just have an $100 Danelectro and a Rickenbacker 360. Honestly play the cheap Dano much more often than the Rick. It just feels better.

Wooh, great intro tones. Smoking!! Was that a tubescreamer + Super Reverb?

You have the sexiest guitar collection of all the guitar youtubers, I swear. The new frets look great, btw.

That amp!!! That’s what I want to know more about??? Which one are you playing?

WOW Matt !!!! Intro was FIRE !!! what Relief are you working with on your main Strats? I think you once said you do around 1/8 for action...how about the necks though? Maybe a "Set-up video" ?

This guitar has great character.

Pressed like after 15 seconds. All RU-vid videos (regardless of subject matter) should start with a guitar solo!

Lookin Fine ,america love!😊

When will you do a follow up with your Mary Kaye? Been waiting to see it all back together

The truth is that the neck is the main resonating part of strat guitar...the best neck is one that you like the most...;)

amazing

Dude. Loving your videos and playing. Does your over driven tone come just the amp cranked??

2:32 the way the back of a old neck looks whee it joins the headstock is unmistakeable, newer guitars are never hand shaped and if just looks different like if was popped out of a machine.

Man I've really gotta find a Strat that I love, I absolutely love the tone but I've never been able to find one that I've just bonded with, i may have to go the parts caster route, I just know if I ever find that special one it'll always be with me. I've currently got a 91 MIJ neck that a ball bat, a great sounding customshop AY wound grey bottom neck pup, still need a good bridge pup and a decent body to house it all. Thanks Matt, for years I've been a Jr or Tele guy, now the wife will be super pleased that I've caught Strat fever!! Just kidding man, love all your vids.

Hi Matthew, how are you? Amazing content you have! I was wondering... have ever happened to you to find a stripped neck hole? how do you overcome that? I've fixed that with glue and thot picks but... is that a big deal? would you pass a strat if it has that problem? or would you keep it and fix it?

I see Christine on the couch next to you....shes getting jealous lol

Good, the '62 neck has a 7.25" radius i saw ,yeah it's a good idea the your, i prefer a 9.5" radius in any case

My 64 Jag has that same exact crazy flame neck and so nicely warn! I got it from some professional Polka playing dude... The body burst too... OMG! It’s like I’m looking at Holy Grail Mojo as if it were a 64 Strat!!! But it’s not... it’s a vintage affordable Jag... Same pickups as vintage 64 Strat??? I don’t know? Does anyone know?

I wonder how SRV would sound with that amazing 59 machine. Best sounding strat since his.

Love your playing dude ! You never have issues with neighbours playing loud ? haha, peace

Great playing as usual. What r u using for overdrive ??

hey Matthew, it'd be great if you could do some covers or interpretations of blues songs you like from time to time :)