SRV Tone Challenge... (on a budget) 

The classic vibe range is pound for pound the best guitar out there

Not only does that Squire look amazing it sounds amazing. Great work 👍🏻

There was nothing like setting in a vehicle in the winter in the 80's listening to SRV just wailing. Great sounds, no doubt !

Squier has gotten so good it's nuts. I played a 40th anniversary one in the guitar store, and it was killer.

Man, love to see an affordable guitar come so hard with TONE. And TONE is in the hands, ultimately. Great playing, bruv.

Sounds like you nailed the SRV tone to me. Way to go!

I bet Stevie could make it sound like Stevie lol. Smart of them to send you one

Classic Vibes are great guitars.. with a proper setup you can't go wrong imo.. I have learnt so many songs on my gilmour inspired vibe strat..love it.. please do a video on pickup swap on that strat..😊

Awesome playing great Sounding Squire ❤ 🎸

Freakin Awesome! LOVE IT!

I can tell this is gonna be a collectors item..im buying one!!!

I had a Vintage MIJ strat and got a classic vibe years ago. Sold one of the two. Still love my classic vibe 🤟

Something I've learnt from playing strats over the last 10 years or so is it really doesn't matter how much a strat costs. The key is that the neck feels good to you and inspires you to play. From there, you can pretty much dial in ANY tone with a few pedals (in particular an EQ and Overdrive of some sort), a half decent amp or something like Amplitube. IMO, expensive guitars are nice to have and something to strive for. Great playing by the way. I nearly pulled the trigger on one of these FSRs before I remembered I already have a Squier Classic Vibe 60s 😂

You did a great job, just great!

Please do a blind A/B test of the squire vs vintage Strat, I'd love to see us try and guess which is which!

Got one of these for last Xmas. Love it!

That sounds really good. I’d really a comparison with your 60’s Strat against the FSR

Great sounds and playing 👍. Apart from the high gloss everywhere I want one 😂

I always love your videos. Have you heard of any production Fender strats that come with stainless steel frets? I wonder if they will sound different having them. Keep the videos coming. Thank you for the enjoyment!!

Nice soloing over the outro dude!

Hey beautiful tone man! What amp and pedals were you using? I also got one of these recently. It's absolutely incredible! A keeper for sure and going to be my main gigging guitar this year on the festival circuit. Will be upgrading the pickups, bridge and putting on locking tuners for preference though. Maybe a bone but too 😅

Killer tone -- can you tell us about the rest of the signal chain please? what pedal and amp?

Your playing and technique is exceptional. You could plug a tennis racquet in to an amp and play it and still make it sound awesome.

Incredible playing 🫡

That is Amazing!!

I've got a CV60 strat and it stands toe to to with any Fender player strat double its price. I love mine, and the sunbusrt finish is amazing.

Yeah a strat comparison video sounds cool!

The classic vibe strats a really good guitars. I had a silver series back in 90s that was a awesome guitar

Bro that last jam is fucking next level, amazing playing dude.

I KNEW you would come back to this strat twang sound ! 😁😁 Nice sound and playing. This axe cost a less more than a vintage one, does 'nt it ? Bonjour from France

Nice playing and a great looking guitar! A good player can compensate a lot of course. Sounds a little bit thin though, a tendency many cheap guitars have. But I guess it's O.K. for the money. I would personally try to lower the pickups to get more sustain, less output and in combination with more master volume at the tube amp, more SRV sound.

Jesus. That sounds great.

The video is fantastic in my opinion have a wonderful day

You are right about whether the SRV Strat is worth the money. I have a partscaster that has an SRV body and hardware with Texas Specials and a Japanese ‘62 reissue neck. It’s pretty good. The gold hardware stays gold for about 3 months before it fades though- a complete waste of time. This Squier looks pretty good, except for the right hand trem though-ha ha!

Both guitar and guitarist sound incredible

I modded my kids Chinese Classic Vibe like this 4 years ago. That's when they had rosewood fretboards. I even put the SRV stickers on it. I put some SME custom 60's Strat pickups in it. That was a killer guitar!

Now do the amp on a budget please, that's the hardest part to me in the tone quest. Cheers

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It sounds good for sure,but i can clearly hear it missing alot of that warmth,glassy and crispy tone. Nothing that cant be fix! CTS pots and MF Number one pickups or Mojotone REN martinez,Rebel Relic SRV or Pure Vintage 59. The electronics and pots would def had to go to. If it was me..

Fantastic playing and great demo, as an adult learner looking for his first strat, this video was very helpful. I didn't hear any 60 cycle hum what noise gate did you use if any?

Classic Vibe Strats are the tools for the job. Really pointless in buying the high end SRV USA Fenders unless you can justify the outlay. Well played!😉😎

Uh oh its gonna be Bad Monkey part 2 😝🤣...brautiful video man!...these guitars are steals and if people could get passed "squier" on the headstock, they would be fully appreciated for what they are!

I own the CV 50's Strat. Translucent blonde (Mary Kay vibes). I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. The middle tone knob controls both middle and bridge. It is very bright at 10. But I use it in 7 and it sounds GREAT. (If position 4 sounds like Yellow ledbetter and position 2 like Sweet home Alabama... you have a good strat. And USING THE TONE KNOBS, a CV Strat does the job)

Beast Mode Activated at 6mins 30 seconds.... As if the rest of your playing wasn't good enough ye just had to melt our faces....magic! Could listen to that all day, really want one of those guitars. What else are you plugged into? Cheer's 😃😃😃

It sounds good but definitely sounds thinner than your other stuff does I noticed it right away. See this is the thing once you get your certain sound with your pedal and amp then a lot of strats will sound the same and will only be small differences like sustain and differences in bass and highs but for the most part they will all sound the same.

Which amp and pedals are used for this demo?

The regular CV60s have veneer on both sides of the body (the reason I don't own one), but yours doesn't have it. Is that the difference in the FSR variant? Also, how's the body routed, is it SSS? If it's not SSS routed, I wouldn't put even the 10s on it, because it might just break the wood at the bridge. What's the amp used in the video?

I am thinking about makeover of my 2015 Squier Classic Vibe 3tone sunburst. I have fender loaded player series guard on it. I imagine with it and it's rosewood neck is not too far from this FSR. I need a black guard and gold hardware. Maybe locking tuners. I love mine just want to swap the tortoise

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how did you set your amp ?? i not sure if you talked about it thanks

Do you know if the middle pickup is RWRP or not (like the vintage)?

What are the specs in comparison to srv? How are the tone knobs assigned? Keep it up! Loving your vids and shorts!

What amp did you use? Thanks

Your playing ability has just a little to do withat SRV tone. Way to go man.

I'd like to hear the comparison! Thanks

Outrageous what you can get for peanuts these days! Kind of makes me wish I was 15 all over again getting my first rig. Teenage me would have loved one of these. SRV made me hang my guitar on the wall for a month, at a time when I'd practice regularly 8 hours a day. Sometimes I'd get so lost I'd play until sunrise. He was something seriously special. They nailed this. It sounds so right in context. Hey, I've got some magic beans, wanna trade? 😝🤣😎👌✌️👀😅🤘

But how much set up finishing do you need to do?

We need a side by side comparison with the SRV

It sounds really tight

What model squire is that though?

Sounds great. No brainer for that sort of money.

I think the squier bridge pickup is a tad thin.....not terrible, but I think it's better in position 4/5 there. But overall for the price, it's a good buy

What is the amp in this?

Yes please

It's in the fingers & talent of the player. Jack Pearson uses Squier guitars almost exclusively. But he's a world class player.

I was able to do it for less than $200 guitar and all. (Includes a wah) sound almost identical.

You should use this into a Fender Champion 40 amp.... (No pedal) Tin Pan Alley is in there Sultans Road to hell all in that amp... Add a rangemaster ( or Texas. twang) and you've got Hendrix, Twlrower and Rory

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How do you get your tone in your videos

6:31 - actually sounds quite alike John Mayer's "Machine gun" jam.

To be fair, a vibroverb would make a bullet strat sound like SRV

Can you show us your amp settings in a video? Thanks

I haven't seen a squier classic vibe 60's Stratocaster in a long time

Doesn't say in what kind of amp or else it's plugged. Hum ?

Try misting whiskey into a hot room full of smoke and sweat...

Comparison, please!

I don’t know if I would really call $500 being a budget guitar. That’s a really expensive Squier. So, you know it’s gonna sound great. You can even get the less expensive ones to sound great. But I’ll go back and watch the video.😝🤘🏻🇺🇸🎸

What amp is it plugged into? Cheaper guitars into cheap or average amps sound not great. Plug a cheap guitar into an amazing amp and it’ll sound good

I’ve owned a number of classic vibes best budget strat you can get I sold them all off and kept my CAR 60s first year run of the classic vibe it’s awesome only complaint Is the neck. Just a little too thin for me. I personally think when they were made in china they were better than the Indonesian made ones now.

However, the specs looks exactly like the CV60, from which it is derived, so I suppose every CV60 should have a very similar tone (in your hand and with that amplifier). I can assure you that these pickups are Alnico V cheap pickups (I own a CV70), made with plastic bobin (not good), AWG43 copper wire (good) and AlnicoV rod (good). And here is the funny fact: most people that tries CV Squier guitars says they have very good pickups, but what would they say if they would know that are classical chinese cheap pickups?

I moved away from the squier CVs when they stopped using rosewood and made the necks skinnier. Still great guitars like but no longer for me. 2008 - 2014/15 are the “golden era” for these if anyone feels similarly lol

hey mister Pedal Pawn, thanks for making me spend money on another guitar that i technically dont need. xoxo

Of course a comparison between the real deal and the squier would be nice to watch 😊

The squire stuff is great but the problem is the weight. Some get close to 10 lbs.

Nice playing...and no offense to you (because people like what they like) but I disagree with you about the Fender Squire. Also, the way your rig is set up with the deluxe reverb and the THD hot plate (and of course the other two pedals I can't make out on your amp which are obviously contributing to the great tone) you could get wonderful tones out of a cheap $70.00 Indio guitar (well maybe not an Indio LOL). I have played guitar and sang in front of audiences in every kind of venue for over 34 years and I have personally played at least 30 squires over the years and though this one is super pretty it is still very cheaply made with a Nyatoh body (which is often referred to as eastern mahogany and is an inexpensive tone-wood with a relatively bland tonal characteristic compared to ash, alder or real mahogany. Also, the neck is your typical C neck which is NOTHING special and not even close to the shape of an S.R.V. neck. The pick ups and the electronics are fair at best with cheap 5 way switching and inexpensive pots and cheap wiring in the pick-guard. The bridge has a zinc block and cheap bridge plate and saddles. The tuners are o.k. However, the best thing about this strat is the paint job, the bone nut and the overall slick look of it. Is it worth $500.00...NO...maybe $250.00! IMHO, your better off making your own parts-caster or buying a FireFly strat for $169.99 plus shipping and handling or even buying a Harley Benton ST-62MN SB Vintage series strat for $125.00 plus shipping and handling. Ther are a lot of really decent guitars out there today for a lot less. As for me, I like to build my own strat style guitars and put whatever pups, hardware and paint I want in them. Just my 2 cents worth. Peace.

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So... you are dead on brother in my opinion..the squiers are just amazing at any price really and will be my next strat purchase...my question is..with the advanced tech in the gear these days and the outstanding quality of effects, modelers etc..along with complete reamping is there any need for an expensive guitar anymore other than maybe neck feel etc other than for brand worship and pure asthetic? To each his own I suppose..just makes you wonder...there's usually a clear stark difference between a 159 dollar guitar and a 4000 dollar guitar...but how stark is it between a 4k guitar and say a $750-1k range these days? It's hard to find where all that extra expense is hiding sometimes..❤️🎸🎶🤘😁

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These squire cv guitars have proven the fact that you don't need to spend a shitload of money on a good guitar for so many years now already .

u play excellent but the guitar is very thin and bright!!! nothing like Stevie

There is no way a guitar sound bad with that amp hahahah

It's the amp you are using. It is just a strat.

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Any strat plugged to a vibroverb will sound SRV.

On budget? 🤷‍♂️ nothing about all the other gear that you used for sound like that… so its not so budget anymore.. right? 🤷‍♂️

You don't know what low budget means, buddy.

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