What To Look At When Buying A USED Strat.

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@chaddavis523 3 года назад

This is the "buddy" Rick calls down to the pawn shop that "knows everything there is to know about fender guitars."

@RC32Smiths01 5 лет назад

Dang, I really hope this goes into being a series! Would love to see work on how inspect used Teles or PRSs next if possible!

@PhillipMcKnight 5 лет назад

I really like doing them and working on refining it.

@RC32Smiths01 5 лет назад

@@PhillipMcKnight Ahh That is awesome to hear! It entices and encourages me to get into the gear aspect of guitars!

@RC32Smiths01 5 лет назад

@FlamQ Dbltap Ahh I hear ya haha. Don't want to get Guitar Acquisition Syndrome anytime soon!

@Shaun.Stephens 4 года назад

@@PhillipMcKnight I'd love to see one of these on used Telecasters (having just bought one, lol). It has the skunk-stripe issue that you mention in this video and I missed it before I handed over my cash. It wasn't until I got home that I discovered it. :-/

@PhillipBlanton 3 года назад

@@RC32Smiths01 It's my favorite affliction

@gvtshorts2024 5 лет назад

Imagine the look on the second hand guitar salesman's face when I ask to inspect the strat and perform that whole number on it. I love these type of videos btw

@rubydragon4563 5 лет назад

Please make one of these for telecasters. I’m in the market for one and I would love to be able to buy one used with confidence.

@Shaun.Stephens 4 года назад

Yes please! (Though I think a lot of what's in this video applies to Telecasters as well as Strats.)

@luschu5487 3 года назад

Great video. These are not just good for examining pre-owned guitars. They are a good guide for giving one's own guitar a physical.

@timmunro7313 3 года назад

I don’t comment very often. Been playing over 40 years. Still in a working band. I very much appreciate your “straight to the point” information. Good job! By the way, owning 4 Strats is not too many :)

@frankiec2765 5 лет назад

As an owner of 5 strats ( 3 USA, 2 Mexican) i was going to skip this vid butdecided to watch it. You were correct on all points and it was a good video.Good job Phil !

@grayaj23 3 года назад

Fender's own video about truss rods on vintage shows it without removing the strings or neck. They loosen the strings, then unscrew the bolts so that they have a bit of play, then gently tilt the neck up which gives access to the adjustment screw. Then tilt it back flat, tighten the bolts and dial back in the strings.

@robertramer6461 5 лет назад

ARMY Green! Thank you for your time! And your service! ;))

@kirkscobey3031 5 лет назад

Robert Ramer yep I love that color too!!🤗🤗

@robertramer6461 5 лет назад

If I had seen that color or knew someone who would nitro mine that color, I would be all in!

@milliesdad8322 5 лет назад

I was told my truck color is Taliban Tan. Being a Veteran, I wasn't offended. 😎

@laurentiustratan7488 5 лет назад

Your videos are as relaxing as they are informative. This channel is a truly unique gem, thank you a lot!

@PhishyBongwaters 5 лет назад

This one answered a few questions about my road worn strat. The blank neck plate has bothered me for years. The screwed in tuning machines with no fender stamp bothered me but I found through other research that these are indeed what's supposed to be on that reissue.

@zaz4667 5 лет назад

This video is guitar encyclopedia at its best! Phil is the best! Thanks for sharing!

@jimmydodsworth4851 2 года назад

Very informative! Covered some items I’ve never heard of before. Also, I really like how Phillip is impartial (unbiased) and explains how some issues might not be an issue or can easily be corrected.

@anthonystark5412 5 лет назад

You are 100% the best source of information when it comes to assessing, evaluating and judging gear. It's a bonus that you're engaging and provide entertaining content, as well as being a great guitarist. You're doing a great job, Phillip. Thank you. Thanks for the PDF. It's almost certain to see some use.

@mattmanley7118 5 лет назад

Glad you posted this I'm going to look at a used 2012 American standard Strat tomorrow if everything checks out it will be my first American fender. I think the American standard strats are a lot better than the new professional strats. Thanks Phil

@exhoost_fume4646 3 года назад

I bought a squier standard strat with a flame maple top and a flame neck for $150. The only scratches or any fault I could find on it were a few scratches on the metal neck plate and some uneven yellowing on the pickguard due to a sticker. It looked unplayed and felt unplayed, no fret wear, no scratches on the pickguard, it looked like it was just a display piece. Most beautiful guitar I've ever played and it sounded almost exactly the same as the Fender american strat I play at school during lunchbreaks with my band.

@godtoHrD 5 лет назад

i recently bought a MIM Strat. My first Strat. I wanted to know more about them. This helped a lot! Thanks!

@justinpatrick9938 5 лет назад

I thought I knew what to look for in a used Strat but I learned a ton today. Thanks for the video. I would love to see a PRS version of it.

@glenshort5123 2 года назад

Love Love the Olive Green Strat. Thanks for the valuable info you have shared and the time to do it. Bravo.

@Skibble5150 4 года назад

If it buzzes through an amp, it's a Strat. :)

@lonerider92 4 года назад

That's single coils all together tho.

@echoguitarist 3 года назад

If the bridge pickup sounds like absolute crap then it's a Strat.

@riogrande163 2 года назад

@@echoguitarist Was never a strat guy, but i always found it funny how people hate the bridge pickup on a strat, I've always hated the neck pickup sound.

@dragoncove5308 Год назад

Nuh uh soundless EDIT soundless single coil suck

@lukerandle7406 5 лет назад

Another video about inspecting PRS and PRS SE guitars would be interesting.

@nikojnemavakvo 5 лет назад

Thanks, now i know how to make the perfect copy of strat :D

@PhillipMcKnight 5 лет назад

Use your powers for good not evil.

@girouxlp 5 лет назад

Don't stop making those, this needs to be a series! Thanks for great content. I'm wearing my new kyg shirt for the first time today!

@40fit38 5 лет назад

Ive been a casual fan of your channel for some time, but wow this video REALLY opened my eyes to your knowledge. Thank you Phil!

@benbirdsinging3275 2 года назад

Nice video, thanks! For information: The Fender Highway one stratocasters have a chrome neck plate with no logo on it. Although they are American guitars. At least these guitars until 2005

@simontemplar3359 5 лет назад

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. That's a huge gift, and it is so appreciated. These videos help to de-mystify a lot of things and I think the more the average player knows, the better a relationship they can have with the tool of their craft. Understanding the instrument is critically important and yet still foreign ground for a lot of players. Thank you for sharing these!

@trevorhoward2254 5 лет назад

Free PDF, Nice one, Phil, thanks.

@eliotlaver3414 4 года назад

Hey. don’t see the PDF where is it???

@kennethwhite7858 4 года назад

@@eliotlaver3414 Beats me I could not see it as well!

@b.rodclark7349 5 лет назад

My MIM '95 Special has a swimming pool routing, my CIC '00 Squier Affinity lefty has a semi-split routing where the bridge/middle is whole separated from the humbucker portion and my CII '02 Squier Bullet hardtail's swimming pool routing looks like a semi-hollow center block...their necks are excellent!

@ipuya 3 года назад

That Daphne blue strat with the rosewood neck!! 😍😍😍😍

@douglaschristine8387 3 года назад

Thanks Philip, you are one smart cookie when it comes to guitars. I'm fairly new to playing and all this information is something that every player should know whether your dealing with used guitars or not. Your knowledge is a godsend.

@Nonexistanthuman 5 лет назад

I'd like to see an Ibanez one in the future if possible could even talk about their gio guitars too. Thanks for sharing the knowledge :)))

@drivinsouth651 5 лет назад

I have an Ibanez Gio; it is almost as good as my American made 1994 40th Anniversary Fender strat and stays in tune about as well, too. I bought it for my niece for about $120.00 new and I bought it back from her when she decided the guitar was not her bag. I bought the strat used for $750.00. I love The Japanese price and quality, in cars too. Great video & videos; thanks for posting, McKnight!

@drivinsouth651 5 лет назад

@@lueysixty-six7300 She needed the money and I`m the cool uncle.

@one-pu2rw 4 года назад

@@drivinsouth651 RX Series??

@drivinsouth651 4 года назад

@@one-pu2rw Ibanez GIO Electric Guitar Candy Apple Red basswood body, maple neck with rosewood fretboard, HSS,

@audiophileman7047 3 месяца назад

Your tips are excellent, Phillip. Thank you for making this video! 👍👍👍

@enoch5656 2 года назад

Wow! Thanks for this video! I know it's one of your older ones, but I am a new sub and supporter. Been haunting craigslist and pawnshops in the Bay Area for a used Strat or Tele, and this is awesome info. Have a multimeter, just need a set of fallen wrenches to bring with me and a pocket flashlight. Thanks again for this awesome info, Phil!

@brucelee2309 4 года назад

Great video Phil! Really useful! Just picked up a 2006 made in Mexico strat for £360 all original seemed like a good deal. Plays great and sounds amazing! Only thing was has a small finish crack near the neck pocket and a little paint chip on the heal but overall in good condition for 14 years old.

@tonyhoodlass1846 2 года назад

Mine has that too

@daggergblue Год назад

I am still in love with that green Strat.

@rijosigns 5 лет назад

i grew up as a kramer ibanez guy...but as i got older and could play better i fell i love with a tele cause i would use it not pluged in sitting on the couch watching x-files back in the early 90's and gigged it and loved it for it's sound.so please do a tele inspect ty and hi from canada cheers long time fans we are here in alberta

@petebrown3715 5 лет назад

Awesome video Phil. Thanks for this knowledge.

@clairegarlow6100 4 года назад

Thanks for the tips that was a lot of fun. Im not a strat expert I was checking all the things you said on this strat I got off of a friend that he bought at a garage sale for $10 off of someone. I got the strat in a trade for drums( 3 tama rock star tom toms plus the bass drum and the mount for the bass i got for free and my friend offered me this strat, and a wanna be hofner beatle bass It turned out great what a deal I finally got. I put a new maple neck on it too. I never had any kind of strart. Its not my #1 love on electrics. Love my old u.s.a.tele 69 first and my( 72 sg the pods are 8/72) but I bought it in 74. and my fathers 67 gibson es125tc, but yes as the years went by I fell in love with the strart also. I just was so used to the tele that I picked up at a young age..and fell in love with it. from the feel to the looks to the sound..

@pranavkamath4329 5 лет назад

I was in a lecture when I got the notification, and I had a strong desire to just leave and watch the vid

@bipbipletucha 5 лет назад

Haha

@jonnyrochester1141 Год назад

For a vintage style neck, I would recommend using a flat screwdriver for adjustment over a Phillips. It is an X, but it's not really a Phillips screw, and a good sized flat screwdriver will cause less damage there and have better torque.

@davidfrantz3473 5 лет назад

WOW is this perfect timing. FedEx delivered a used Strat to me a couple hours ago.

@drkmbadgley 5 лет назад

On a double fulcrum bridge, the posts for a Squire are a couple of millimeters different than an American made Fender, so the American bridge will not fit on the Squire.

@lexdemonica 5 лет назад

Going on Safari today. Perfect timing

@jonathanrupolo4726 Год назад

Thank you! This is a great video, very informative. Definitely worth saving, I would love to see more

@geeeemn5010 Год назад

Great video! Thanks for all these great tips about used strats!

@jjdillon2007 5 лет назад

I have an American Deluxe Tele (2014, with a maple board) that had a bad case of fret sprout, that I had to correct. So it's not just MIMs that have that problem. That being said, I've seen and played some new MIM Teles and Strats, that I could grate lettuce to make tacos.

@TarshishedCactus 5 лет назад

I have a daphne blue rosewood neck strat too and I love it.

@eliotlaver3414 4 года назад

Hey thanks for the video! I don’t see that PDF sheet you were talking about was it removed?

@bluesplanet2290 2 года назад

It´s the first one after clicking the "show more"-button.

@davidaylsworth8964 5 лет назад

Very helpful and timely video as I am currently shopping for a Strat. Thanks for the primer.

@jimobrien84 3 года назад

The more of your videos I watch the more I appreciate my luthier. Mike at Players Guitar in the south suburbs of chicago. To anyone in the area the guy does awesome work at crazy low prices

@minervameza2686 3 года назад

You are the best, Phil. Thank you for this great info!

@tolkienboutstuff446 3 года назад

That green strat is breathtaking!

@bluesplanet2290 2 года назад

I love your channel! Best hidden hint ever was to buy more amps, so we finally have a place for my daughter´s stuffed animals! 😉

@michaelthomas4156 2 года назад

Thanks!!! If needing a "real" unbiased opinion based on real data, Phil is "The Man".

@dp9550 3 года назад

Also the position of the truss rod hole on an American strat with a rosewood fret board the walnut plug will be into the fret board a little bit not totally in the maple as are most if not all aftermarket necks. also the side fret markers will be in-between the fret board and neck, Squier's can have this as well ..I have only seen Fender do this.

@lechindianer 5 лет назад

A video on ES-335 would be nice!

@andrewransom6489 5 лет назад

Super helpful - thanks! I agree, would love to see a video on a Tele.

@alfredorojasv3447 4 года назад

That Nick Johnston signature look alike Strat is one beautiful thing...damnn

@hezz74 5 лет назад

Great informative vid as usual Phil...I would just like to add; I've got 2011 American special(totally awesome) and it's got a non logo neck plate.

@yugenmoira5572 4 года назад

So no one is gonna talk about the giraffe on the amp? 😂 I love it

@JohnOhkumaThiel 4 года назад

Everything I learned about DIYing my guitar, pretty much the only reason I play a Stratocaster, is because of you. I think it would be very interesting, after the pandemic, for you to check out my guitar after I go home to SoCal. I bought it used, in Japan, constantly working on it. I think it will be interesting to see how well I and others do with a low end Stratocaster per your instructions.

@avgjoegat8126 5 лет назад

Thanks Phil very helpful indeed

@p1st0ls44 5 лет назад

thanks so much. been eyeing some fender strats at a guitar shop near my house. decent prices too but i want the right one.

@talrajuan 5 лет назад

i'd love to see a guitar collection video! love the channel

@hudsondonnell444 10 месяцев назад

Back in the late nineties I had a Fender Custom Shop N.O.S. 57 reissue Strat. I went to a music shop one day while looking around for guitars and was offered real 59 and 65 models that were in pieces and missing some electronics. I wish I had bought both of them because they would have still been a bargain when looking at today's prices.

@Delzona 5 лет назад

Please do a video on the TELECASTER!!

@demantoid418 5 лет назад

Thanks Phill

@johngeddes7894 3 года назад

Really sincere dude. Great videos!

@brandonanderson2066 4 года назад

Nice vid. Those all rosewood necks call my name.

@asdf9890 5 лет назад

This is awesome info...I just hope pawn shops don't mind me pulling off knobs and whipping out my micrometer and multimeter now. Thanks Phil!

@davidpomella6786 4 года назад

Excellent summary Dr. Phil

@rodpolice 4 года назад

This is why I would rather buy a new one. It’s good to know all this but nothing beats the peace of mind of getting a brand new instrument with warranty and all. Great vid, tho! Would love to see more. I subbed!

@SMAAAASHTV 2 года назад

I tried a Fender American Professional Strat at a Guitar Center a few years ago that had terrible fret sprout. Was very disappointed, as I live in California about 30 minutes away from where the guitars are built, so there would have been no excuse for that kind of shrinkage.

@fnersch3367 3 года назад

Am building a kit so all this info is of great use. Thanks.

@milehigh8382 3 года назад

OMG people I just bought a EART brand guitar, amazing!!!! Polished stainless steel frets awesome wood and build , after playing this explorer 1 I sold my Les paul, buying an expensive amp!

@peterumbriana1272 5 лет назад

Thanks for the info Phil, i have a left handed 1984 strat the neck is marked that year, checking to see if the date is marked on the body, also i will now check the to see volume and tone controls to see if they have the big pots and pin in the center. Good tips.

@biscuitranchproductions4946 4 года назад

That green Strat is fantastic!

@Rico-cm6ru 5 лет назад

I would love to see a telecaster inspection video!!!!!!

@ScottJamesHicks 5 лет назад

Send me that all-rosewood neck. I’ll verify it’s authenticity. 😂🤣

@TheRealxVincent 5 месяцев назад

I feel like, since rosewood is a softer wood, the neck won't hold shape nearly as well as something like flamed maple.

@zacgibb172 2 года назад

I just bought a used SX strat from a SHOP online and they posted it wrapped in bubble wrap, no box 😨🤢 thankfully it came fully intact and somehow with a really nice set up 😅

@GuitarTabsDaily 4 года назад

That’s a great strat Phil! Played one and loved it

@robertgallagher2226 3 года назад

I love that green strat!

@johnhowe4079 Год назад

The DOT inlays are one of the easiest ways for me to tell if the guitar was build on a Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

@trevorhartman8380 4 года назад

Phil every video you put out is amazing

@JohnOhkumaThiel 3 года назад

Before I finally bought a guitar there was this one in a thrift shop, an MIM Stratocaster from the 90s that I thought of buying but felt uneasy about because it was filthy, had mismatched pickups, the tuners didn’t look legit, nor did the neck plate. They had a $350 price tag on it. Over a year later, it’s still there! Well, now that I know quite a lot more about Stratocasters, it seems to me like someone dumped all their spare parts into it so that maybe only the neck, body, pick guard, and bridge are actually Fender, and the rest is garbage. So what I’m thinking is, go in there, see if it plays at all, and so long as the neck and body are OK, make an offer of $70 for it. What do you think?

@larryn1875 4 года назад

The main thing I look for is if the neck rises after the body; a truss rod adjustment won't correct that. Very informative video!

@vinlander8484 4 года назад

yes hump/swell of the board! I watched to see if this was going to get mentioned.

@VERBANDTREM 5 лет назад

This video will save people big money! Thanks and great info!

@letzrockitrite8469 5 лет назад

Thanks so much Phil for another vid chocked full of super valuable information.

@adamkempa5157 Год назад

Thank you ! Old Gibson guy - just bought my 1st strat.(USA Delux) My old Les Paul has P90's so i finally figured out I a single coil guy at heart. My Strat delux has the S1 switch on it, I Iike it - got more info on the S1?? Bought a Fender Aerodyne Tele with a P90 in the neck and "the switch in the right place and it felt like home". 9's on a 25.5 are easier on old paws than 10's on the 24.75ish(just saying) Keep Smiling

@hotwheel6663 2 года назад

Great video learned a lot watching this.

@mikeadams4605 5 лет назад

Good video Phil....Just FYI, one correction...the Vintage Style Fender Tuning machines do not have an F or any Fender marking on them. These are standard on a lot of Fender guitars

@Bloozestringer 5 лет назад

How about an Ibanez or Charvel with a Floyd style bridge and locking nut for another inspection video?

@j_music_8779 5 лет назад

Great video Phil!

@eyb0ss317 5 лет назад

Love the look of that green strat

@bilalnachabeh 4 года назад

Great Video! I usually start with the serial number, I check it on fender website then start comparing with the used instrument I'm looking to buy

@hish3098 3 года назад

I wish I saw this before I bought my used strat...

@superdigital 4 года назад

Great video.I think you could probably do most popular models. I'd love to see Jags/Jazzmasters. I love the channel.

@isaacjohnson. 5 лет назад

Excellent video Phil! Really appreciated this. Like everyone I watch used listings a lot, but with all the fakes, etc. out there, it is better to be informed. So thank you! great idea for a video.

@The-11 5 лет назад

Great info but you should add finish cracks in the neck pocket. Just in case someone only watches this videos and not the other one too. Tele next please.

@jim.missywyant.kennedy2334 5 лет назад

This is great info Phil, I always end up picking up Johnny Cash guitars. You know, someone snuck out a few parts from the factory over 6+ years in a lunch box and none of it lines up or works together! Plus the factory is in Shanghai so there's that too, Lol