@ Lee - the country is "the Netherlands" (Nederlands, in Dutch) _because_ it is "the low lands", so yes, it's the same as "nether regions", meaning "down there", just not the same down there!
I wish google would do something about this, but they won't... when you report a comment, there isn't even an option to report a scam lol it's rediculous
I own the very strat in this video (exact serial number) and have a funny story to share... I visited the Guitar Gallery at Andertons a couple of weeks back on a trip to London from Portugal. My girlfriend was at a wine tasting in the city so I jumped on a train to Guildford to play some guitars without her knowing. Sneaky I know ;) Anyways, after 4 hours of guitar roulette with amazing service... the Lake Placid Strat fell into my lap and immediately got the "oh shit - this is the one feeling". The problem was my train back to London was leaving in 5 minutes so I didn't really have time to put it through it's paces, so I rushed a deposit through with Paul and told him I'd collect it in a couple of weeks. I then ran down Guilford High Street only to barely make my train. As I sat there with adrenaline pumping through my veins, I decided to come clean to my girlfriend and tell her I'd just put a deposit down on a £4.5k guitar and I had no idea how I would get it back to Portugal. Her reaction was like it always is with my guitar purchases.... "You're an idiot. Why do you need another one!" I tried to explain, but as always it fell on death ears. She then asked how much it is, so I sent her the link to it on the Andertons website (rookie error), to which she replied... "Why have you spent all this money on a beaten up guitar. It's not even new!". Again... I tried to explain but my efforts were futile. Anyways, fast forward to last weekend and I'd decided to fly back to the UK to collect the guitar instead of it being posted directly to Portugal due to the rather suspect Portuguese customs office (I'm not saying they're corrupt or anything.. but they're definitely corrupt). And this is where the story get's interesting... After spending the whole 3 hour flight dreaming up ways that the ground staff had destroyed my guitar, we landed and I saw the beaten up Fender cardboard box appear on the luggage belt. I picked it up... ran to the airport exit excited to play it... and then it happened... Just inches away from freedom a customs officer blocked my path and told me to come with them. "Ahhhh shiiiiiit" I thought. They're gonna charge me tax on this for 20%+. How am I going to explain another £1,000 to my girlfriend??? But then the greatest thing happened... The customs officer opened the box, took one look at the guitar and said in broken English: "This is old. No tax on old. You can go" I agreed, put the guitar back in its case, and ran towards the taxi rank. Smiling to myself I pulled out my phone and messaged my girlfriend explaining that my "old" beat up guitar had actually just saved me £1,000. Who said relic'd guitars are a waste of money 'ey? Anyhow - thank you so much to Andertons for helping me find my dream guitar. I literally couldn't be happier and the story makes it so much better. P.S. I wanted to share this story as soon as it happened yesterday but had no where to do it. And now I tune into RU-vid and find my guitar on the channel. What a strange sequence of events.
Dope to see you here Sasha - about time, you're a beast! And kudos to Anderton's for keeping an eye for talented guitar players out there and bringing them in for colabs
Beautiful guitars. Les Paul for me, please. All my life - from becoming interested in guitar - I wanted a Les Paul. It took a divorce and selling my house but I got one eventually in 1998. A plain old sunburst Standard but it's a beauty. Then again, I also love Strats, and my old Strat seems to get most of the action.
What a great episode! Got the GAS juices flowing, and made me play along with my collection to do a little comparison alongside Lee & Sasha. I think the factor not considered in the video is the impact of the amp used. I played a Fender Twin which made me lean toward the Tele and Strat over the LP and PRS. Totally subjective. Note #2 - The B&G reminded me of a Gibson Blueshawk in it's body shape (Without the Varitone), but sounded far superior. 100% in that's one to consider when the standard model itches are well scratched.
Glad Ronnie Earl was mentioned! One of the most under appreciated guitarists with great tone. He‘s got a fantastic sense of delicate touch and harmonics, monster chops, and great jazz blues sensibilities.
I bought a Wood library PRS lefty ,and something wasn't quite right .So , we put "Wolfetone Dr. Vintage pickups in it , and it sang out beautifully !! It even felt better.! It doesn't hang on the wall , she gigs!
lol nice, a lot of times I hear people say they are so careful with their high end PRS guitars, and treat them more like art than an actual guitar lol so its nice to hear you play it how it was meant to be!
Wolfetone are my fave humbuckers. I have the Dr.Vintage set in my Les Paul Standard, a Marshallhead in the bridge of My 594Sc, and legend in the bridge of my hss strat. All are phenomenal.
For a Strat, the pickups mounted on the plastic pickguard, and the floating bridge makes alot of the tone for sure. Just as the on metal mounted pickup of a Tele. There the bridgepickup can become floating when the screws are very tight on the body.
I can't believe that Lee went with the Les Paul for his "one and only" choice. I always thought that you are a Strat-o-holic since you owned so many and it always seemed that you prefered them in the videos since the beginning of the channel. I am really suprised, I would have bet my house that you say "I go for the iconic strat sound" (Clapton, Hendrix, Mayer).
Good les paul with a nice set of PAF’s can pretty much sound like a tele, so if you’re going to shell out cash for a custom shop, Gibsons probably offer more bang for the buck
Visually, the B&G is IMO, the most striking. It's simply a gorgeous instrument. It's also sonically very different to the rest. I'm whole heartedly a strat guy, which always felt home to me, but given a choice, I'd pick the B&G for my second one
Sasha is an awesome human being !!!! And a killer guitar player . Love Anderton, love Max guitar shop and Sasha channel too. He plays and tries awesome guitars and boutique pedals . 🙏
I agree with Sasha's comment about vintage guitars, used to sell them. The vintage ones in really good shape were mostly dogs, they were in good shape still because they weren't good mostly so they werent played. Then there was the lawyer/doctor ones too, sometimes they could be good.
Man, it is a great video content wise, but the camera shacking makes me sick. Next time, it would be great if the camera man uses a tripod or something like a DJI Pocket 2 to keep it stable. You can also fix a bit of the shacking on post production with Premiere Pro.
That retro style guitar with the P90's. Wow what a beautiful rootsy sound! I want one, oh and the custom shop 59 les paul! Damn!! I wannit! The strat is sublime, the 2 prs guitar are so beautiful and sound awesome. I really need to win the lottery to feed my G.A.S....awesome show as always
22:16 "you have to really work to get a sound out of [a Strat]" respectfullly, I 100% disagree! To me, they are some of the smoothest, easiest playing best guitars ever 🎶☺🎸🎵
I recently bought a PRS 245 single-cut - i.e. their take on the Les Paul formula (mahogany neck and body, rosewood fretboard, flame maple top). It's incredibly good, and has literally the HOTTEST pickups I've ever come across. Plug that into a cranked Plexi = total lead tone heaven! 🙂
'"I think there are more rubbish old guitars than new." Great statement. I have a 1952 Goldtop and 1955 Junior. Both are GREAT guitars. I mean LIFETIME guitars. That being said. I owned a 1954 Junior that was just dead sounding. I have and have owned many R9's and R8's. Two of my favorite current guitars are a 1985 Greco Triple pickup Custom and wait for it......a Jay Macius Jazzmaster! I sold Gibson, Fender, and PRS. I became a cork sniffer once I started buying reissues and vintage pieces. I have changed my mind considerably with the quality of newer cost efficient guitars that are heads and shoulders above what was available for me in the late 1970's early 80's. I am biased as I am a Les Paul player but I think the Murphy sounded best!
21:11 indeed, thanks Leo! I love Strats so much... I really think he nailed the design right out of the gate, which is apparent since Strats of today are not much different than they were in 1954
Plugs in the 594, plays an amazing tune on the bridge pick up. Sounds like perfection. Lee is clearly taken by it. Then emotions take over, he deflects and gives 100% credit to the pedal. Classic.
I did a mod on a cheap LTD te h/s. I put a Seymour Duncan 59 in the neck and a hot rails in the bridge. All were 4 conductor PUs, then put in push/pull knobs. Most versatile guitar ever………lol.
I'm hoping one day.... One day that Andertons do a pedal cam so we can see what pedals engaged and whole pedalboards. Of course, everyone agrees that your audience enjoys guitar pedals. PLEASE DO IT ALREADY
Ok seriously when your guess played that Gibson Les Paul Standard that was amazing that Gibson blows away everything in that stage WOW period Respect !
Gary Clark plays stank foot, snot nose blues- my favorite kind. LOL- I will never forget this phrase, I was playing a party once and this really drunk guy named Burt asked us to play some "Stank foot, snot nose blues". What do you do? We played Stink Foot by Zappa- he loved it.
Capt. We all know you're a fender guy, he slammed on the les paul.! Sounded better than the strat. Plus he bragged about getting the Tele sound, then switched into humbucker mode. Love the vids!
All beauties...but the tone of the Les Paul is head and shoulders above the rest for my tastes. The Strat is pretty special too...it's close, but I will always go back to those warm PAFs.
I really love, where Andertons are going with thr fresh new presenter. Sasha is on fire, Digital John is doing awesome job, Dave&Cici has very good dynamics between them, etc ... New golden days, after Bea, Matt, Ariel, Mick, Rob are not there anymore (not that often).
I can't agree more with the Captain at the beginning, its pretty disappointing that we ended up with such a basic selection. If we as an audience voted for our favorite spice, it'd be flour, lol
"Are They Any Good?" is certainly a subjective description. Back in my young and single days, I owned several Gibsons and USA Fenders, they were great guitars, Les Pauls, Explorers, Flying Vs, Stratocasters and so on. We need to remember is that what is 'great' to me, might not be 'great' to someone else and vice versa. To me, it's tone and playability that matter most, followed by condition and appearance. If I don't want to play it or look at it, it's not worth as much to me as it might be to someone else. All guitars are a very individual instrument and to illustrate that point, I'll say I don't like Gibson SGs, I never have and probably never will so they aren't 'worth" my attention like say, a Gibson Les Paul or a PRS Custom 24 might be. I think we need to remember that no guitar is as good as it can be until it ends up in the hands of the player that falls in love with it and plays it to it's fullest potential. It bears repeating the saying; "The guitar picks the player as much as the player picks the guitar."
There is something about a les paul that can crank your motivation and actually make you rise to the occasion to be a better player because the guitar sounds so good you don't want to let it down. If it's got that mojo that 1 out of a hundred of the same model has then there is nothing else like it.
I would love to see an expensive shredder guitars corner in that room where you can have USA Jackson & Charvels, ESP, Suhr, Ibanez J custom, Schecter usa etc...
Lee Andersons playing gets tastier and tastier, all the time. I think in a way, he missed his calling. Although as Managing Director and RU-vid personality he has changed the way a top tier music retailer engages the public and sells musical instruments, forever.
