We found a ONE OWNER, FIRST YEAR 1954 Fender Stratocaster! 

You guys are really doing some special stuff with these videos. Not just focused on an instrument, you’re transcending that and showing the real connection people have. Thanks!

In my dreams, this is what I envision as how heaven is. CARS, GUITARS, PLANTS and paradise.

Double bonus points for that stinger at the end! 🤣

I live in Japan and I was moved by this video! I feel great that guitars exist in life itself in the USA, including the owner's car and his wife's flowers. My last dream is to visit your shop someday and buy a guitar.

Love that y’all made this video, not just buying his guitar but keeping his fathers legacy alive. Really cool stuff!

I love how this video lets us get to know the owners a bit….please keep doing this

This is the best content and editing. Keep making great video not only about the guitars but the stories of them and the people that owned them. Great way to honor them. You’re doing it right

Jeff Beck would absolutely love this guy

That 54’ Stratocaster was simply amazing. I’m sure it was bittersweet parting with it, regardless of the offer, because of it’s connection to his beloved father. May it end up in a buyer’s hands, that cherishes it as much as his father once did.✨🎁

This is awesome. Piece of history

How can anyone not love a Fender Strat? They've been around since the dawn of rock and roll

Wow! I cannot believe this video! I saw the story title and had to tune in- one owner 54 Strat? Yes, I need to see this. So I tune in, start watching, then you arrive at the seller’s house - and it says his name is Jeff Faris. Wait, what? Is that Jeff Faris from Yakima Wa.? So I start paying closer attention and then his wife says her name is Brenda, and that’s it! I went to high school with Jeff, his sister was in my class he was a grade or two above me. Never saw Jeff after high school until years later. My sister in law Shelly was a para pro for the Selah school district and taught Jeff and Brenda’s special needs grandson, and as a thank you to her, they let her and my brother Roy use their mountain cabin. Spent many a beautiful weekend there. Super nice people. What a one in a million video to stumble across! So what did it sell for?

I dig the story behind it. You could tell me it was a 88 model and the love his dad had for the guitar was miles in value. Way more to me than the first run recipe which hasn't changed much. Great video.

3 minutes in and I wish this was my grandpa 😂 41 willy's coupe like dammit man sweet! Hot Rods and Get-Fittles 🤙🤘🤘🤘

50’s colors were taken from those cars…fiesta red,surf green,lake placid blue metallic….awesome family …and a treasure of a guitar.🎸

What an iconic sound. You should have come home with both, the car and the guitar. 👍🎸😎✌️

Hey Mikey - Right on man! Sounding great and what a treat playing that '54!

The closeups at the end with all the cracks is so beautiful, I'm so glad he kept the original guard

Excellent production ..I dig the human connection and story behind the person who owns it ..Good Stuff for the soul

What a great guitar and story! Nice tribute the the family.

I remember the Oleanders but completely forgot about the Geraniums my parents had in the back yard way back in 50's and 60's.😍 Also the Matador Red and White '56 Chevy Biscayne I once had parked next to them. Blast from the past. Fender transitional CBS 1966 four colour sunburst (Black, Red, Yellow, Clear) Fender Strat with same case, sadly stolen, but good to see these vintage guitars still showing up in great condition.🤩

Two of my passions colliding in one video. What an experience you guys had there. Very jealous of it. I'm glad you guys documented it for the rest of us here.

Such a great story. Love, Love, Love the color of that Bel-Air, my ‘62 Strat RI is the same color.

Another super cool video Trevor! And to think this amazing guitar was right in our own backyard so to speak, how cool is that. I heard the gentleman say it had "TG" on the neck butt which as we know is Tadeo Gomez, this is the real deal and what a great time enjoyed with this wonderful couple on Whidbey. Great job Trevor!

This is amazing. What an honor to own something this historic and precious.

That’s amazing story and guitar. Can’t help but smile. 😊

Fun adventure and sick guitar! Nice to see these amazing instruments actually in the care of people who care, even if the guy didn't play the guitar he had a lot of respect for what it meant and its history

“Are You Ready?” Big smiles from New Zealand man! So sweet, came for the guitar but the sound from that engine melted me

Just another Awesome Episode, but then I've yet to see a bad Episode with a Vintage Stratocaster at Emerald. Quite simply these dudes don't miss.

That's something special. Wow!

Phenomenal job documenting this folks! Great story! Great people!

I lived in Coupeville, which is surrounded by sea water and always misty and wet. Amazing this guitar didn't rust - mine did! And it was only on the island for a few years. Pretty cool to have both an iconic mid-50s car and perhaps the most iconic electric guitar on the planet. Lucky guy!

So cool! Bravo to this video, and everyone's time put into producing it!! And love the transition @13:17 between the Chevy Bel Air and the 54 Strat! Beautiful guitar and car! Well done, much appreciated!

Exceptional.

Such lovely people. And those cars and Guitars. What a great road trip

Wonderful video. Love his car collection. The guitar has an amazing story as well.

Love the stinger at the end, lol! Beautiful guitar and video.

I love these sort of videos you guys put together !!!

I love and play guitars but that Cadillac was out of this world. Amazing.

Wow, great episode! Loved getting to hear about them and the backstory. When he floored the Bel Air! 😳😎

Great video thanks. I miss Seattle area and the ferries. Beautiful place.

I bet Joe Bonamassa will have this in his arsenal because of the story and how Joe honors the owners legacy.

Good strangler at the end, Tadeo would be proud. Thanks for this wonderful guitar story.

Awesome video ! Thanks a lot .

great video & history. Classic cars & guitars. A mans dream. The bonus is Trevor being a Sebastion Vettel doppelganger !! Thanks guys 👍👍

Thanks 😎 for sharing.... Awesome Sir..

You guys nail it with these style of videos. Keep it up!

Just happen to find this video on youtube and the guitar and the cars shown in this video are beautiful. 👏🤟

Well done video. Thank you for sharing.

What a nice couple, what a nice guitar! ...and cars!

Hey guys, this is such a lovely video. Human connection is so important. This was so cool.

Nice job ECG! Awesome video❤

He played the guitar. What a concept!

@13:00, Such a car guy, I’d bet he even knows the specs to the Rod and Cap bolts used in this build. Love it.

Great video! Really enjoyed the ride.

Great Story and Strat !

Awesome. What a find.

My main hobbies are cars and guitars so I greatly appreciated this video. Awesome job.

Thanks the sound made my day. 20 years Plus audio engineering.

Wow, Jeff and Brenda are living the dream.

Not only a beautiful guitar, but beautiful people.

beautiful playing - really cool finger unique finger style dynamics

Cool...thanks for sharing.

And the stack of model cars at 2:52 to add even more interest to this great video!

Living on Whidbey Island for the last 27 years knowing this guitar was just minuets away is so awesome. Once in a lifetime guitar find.

Preserving history and tradition is important, even when the current generation is hell bent on destroying it. Nice work.

I Love the Americana Feel That you have given the video! WooF!!

What a sweet find! I have a 67 that I have had since 75. I painted it white during my Clapton phase. It is now a true road worn finish. I swapped the 3 position switch for a 5 but other than that, it's all there. It and my 72 Goldtop will go to my kids.

Awesome vid guys!

Quality video man. nice content. superb videography. Luvin it. Makes some more like this please.

I love the passion I can listen to somebody talk about ants all day if their hearts really in it and they really care I happen to be lucky enough to love old cars and love instruments and music so this one hit home for me thanks for the video guys

Nice car and one of the nicest 1954 Stratocaster guitar,s Ive seen.

Too cool! My Dad had a 1958 silver Chevy Nomad station wagon. It had a red interior..

I loved my '54! Mine was 0517. This video star WAS early! Take an old car and put a new suspension system and engine in it ... wooh! Aren't germaniums used in old distortion petals? This is a fabulous video.Great edit there when that '57 blew by ... Wish I had the dough to bring this to my house ... mine went out the back window of my brother's '61 station wagon in July of 1965 when we forgot to put up the back glass due to exhaustion ... such is life ... Thanks for putting this one up for us!

Great I'm into plants now. Thanks Brenda 💐

Fascinating that dad was a shred head and son was a motor head independent of each other. What a couple of legends! Maybe you guys could link up and open a museum called guitars and cars. Would be a great place to visit. Keep up the good work!

Wow! Just wow!

What a beauty. Wow. bucket list stuff just to hold these things.

THAT CONDITION IS BLOODY IMMACULATE. WHAT A GEM

Oh Man… 50’s cars and guitars, it just doesn’t get much better than that!

I’m gonna swing by just to check out the calendar 😮

Wow! That glassy 54 tone. Wonderful!

Beautiful! Also love the way you tell a story in your videos, well done! I wonder if his dad got the replacement pickguard from Joe's Island Music in Langley. My friends Rob & Rachel used to run that music store. It was a wonderful shop. Rob used to restore vintage cars, too!

Hell yes, his cars were badass. C2 Vette and a '57 Chev? He's winning. I like C2 Vettes, and inherited my dad's '66.

Man, that's a gorgeous '57 Bel Air.. 🤤🤤

Nice guitar, nice car, but when he accelerated, even I sitting at home in London, UK watching this, felt my stomach was left behind!

I watched this to see a vintage Strat and I am half way through and all I have seen is cars and plants

I was out that week on the ferries too. I need to check out that car shop to sell my ‘66 LeMans. I had a beautiful time as well, hard to believe I was so close to that original owner, 1st year Strat!

My sister used to live in Oak Harbor. I visited her out there and it's a wonderful little town.

Their is a 54 strat at one of my local music stores. It is all original and has a hard tail bridge. The pick guard and pickup covers are made of ceramic. This thing is in excellent condition. I wish there was a way to add a picture.

Awesome!!!

Very very beutiful 1954 fender stratocaster vintage 2 tone sunburst..i very love this guitar..

What a Strat! Goes to show ya what handmade is. And what mass production takes from it. Love my CNC Strats.

Jeff & Brenda Faris seem like such wonderful people! I grew up up in Yakima and bought instruments and sheet music at Talcott's. What a memory bender!!

Awesome! 😎

forgot I was here for a guitar video, I was really wrapped up in learning about the life of those washington folk

I think most of our life has completed , with this video

The feeling the driver gets when he floored the pedal is equal to the feeling you get when you play an E chord at full blast through a Marshall stack(or an 80w Twin) a primeval sensation that only a few get to experience.BTW are we going to get to hear the Fender before it gets sold?

Bouncing off what the son said [15:00]...l am a die-hard Strat player, and my 2 favorite designs from the 50's are the Fender Strat and the '57 Chevy. No lie!

So cool- Just WOW! 🏆🏁