Sorry, Paul I don't agree. I have a solid counterargument. Strat is the only guitar that I got. I can't afford another guitar.

@PaulDavids

3 жыл бұрын

If I had to pick one, a Strat it's very high on the list...

@omaryousef7616

3 жыл бұрын

Best guitar that you can have is the guitar that you can play!

@noahhudelson2447

3 жыл бұрын

Paul Davids so hypothetically if I were to buy my first electric should I go strat or tele?

@PaulDavids

3 жыл бұрын

I would say as a first guitar it actually doesn't matter that much. It's after a few years of playing you truly get to appreciate what each model has to offer and the benefits of both...

@9dinjees

3 жыл бұрын

I love a Strat. I love my Tele. I love my Tele. It's the controls for me.

I heard Greg Koch say : after the atomic bomb drops, two things survive : cockroaches and telecasters...and the telecasters will be in tune.

@LoadPast

3 жыл бұрын

Its funny, everyone says this, but I havent found my tele stays in tune better than my other guitars

@fhqwhgads1670

3 жыл бұрын

and tuning a cockroach is a real bitch. That's why I prefer Teles, really....

@EvanJTao

3 жыл бұрын

That and the shure sm57

@dominiquelaksmana

3 жыл бұрын

@@fhqwhgads1670 damn man i choked a broadbean reading your comment! 🤣🤣🤣

@user-jz9uz9tj8p

3 жыл бұрын

Does the guy know a country called japan?

Pro tip for the volume knob: Try placing a rubber sealing ring (you can find them on some beer bottles) under the knob. The friction will prevent the it from moving unintentionally and it makes for really smooth and precise adjusting.

@captd

2 жыл бұрын

Also trim the pickup selector switch down to a nub.

@australianunderground9297

2 жыл бұрын

The first time I changed pickups and pots myself I accidentally wired the volume knob backwards. I decided to leave it though since it solved my problem of accidentally hitting the volume switch and turning the volume down.

@jsullivan2112

2 жыл бұрын

O-rings are the best! They work for knobs on pedals too in case you hit one with your foot. (Got that from Paul Gilbert).

@pharmerdavid1432

2 жыл бұрын

You can also buy high-friction knobs. The brass knobs on my Slick "SL'51" telecaster take considerable torque to turn them, almost too much, but they do feel good and solid. It's a great telecaster for the money ($250-ish), pickups sound good too, I like it more than two American Standard Telecasters I had in the 1990's, beautiful though they were. The volume knob on stratocasters needs (imo) to be moved down to neck tone knob, and the bottom tone knob used for all three pickups. Doing that, along with a shorter switch that takes more force to change it, will solve the problems Paul mentioned. Then put a Telecaster bridge and pickup in place of the bridge strat pickup and wang-bar bridge, and you have a "Stratotele" (trademarked?) with the best of both models. Telecasters look crude and ugly compared to stratocasters, BUT they are great musical instruments too!!

@paradise_valley

2 жыл бұрын

@@pharmerdavid1432 I agree, teles definitely look more comfortable to play, but you just don’t look as cool as you do playing on the strat. I dunno why man.

As a bassist, what I'm getting from this is that strats are to jazz basses as teles are to precision basses. More versatility and controls, more room to mess up. One's a pair of really nice looking skinny jeans that doesn't fit that great while the other is a old pair of levis that fits right every time.

@mcflee2032

2 жыл бұрын

Well said

@roachdoggjr155

2 жыл бұрын

more room to mess up on a jazz? how so?

@sholland42

Жыл бұрын

@@roachdoggjr155 , you can get sounds out of a jazz which are not great for rock, too muddy. Actually when using a jazz in rock you dial in the p bass sound.

@roachdoggjr155

Жыл бұрын

@@sholland42 *can dial in the p bass sound its not necessary

@robertlennox3607

Жыл бұрын

I play guitar and bass - I prefer a P Bass too, great sound.

This should become a series about every brand and model of guitar! I'd love to see your honest opinions about guitars that are amazing!

@oskarliedtke6440

3 жыл бұрын

You mean something where the youtuber gives his honest unfiltered opinion on famous guitar models or even songs? That would be so innovative maybe he should name it HUFO Edit: I might have gotten a bit too sarcastic but you get my point. Have a nice day :)

@mohamedaherrisse3844

3 жыл бұрын

@@oskarliedtke6440 😂😂 it would be awesome tho ... if Paul started a serie like sammy's!!

@RC32Smiths01

3 жыл бұрын

@@mohamedaherrisse3844 They should collaborate on that haha.

@holdenwinton8840

3 жыл бұрын

Yes please

@brunomonasterio1584

3 жыл бұрын

Nice idea! There is a KZreadr here in Chile who made some videos like that. "5 five thing I don't like about my Gibson SG" for example, or the same with the LP. Paul definetley need to do that

Number one problem with strats is it doesn’t automatically turn me into Jimi Hendrix :(

@elektrolyte

3 жыл бұрын

biggest problem for me too....

@Threeleggedyoyo

3 жыл бұрын

Have you tried stringing it backwards?

@weslleyoliveira9751

3 жыл бұрын

Are you left-handed? If yes, you got take a right-handed guitar and turn it upside down. If no, you got take a left-handed guitar and turn it upside down. This is the first step.

@szrnkabela

3 жыл бұрын

Nor Mark Speer... 😪 well with floating Tremolo, no wonder he's looking at his Polytune clip ever so often

@arschzwirn1780

3 жыл бұрын

Omg it’s not only my strat then!?! You saying it’s me? 😱 Btw there is the JH strat that is a left handed one set up as a right handed. So the opposite of what he did ☺️. I love it.

Played strat for 20 plus years, was good enough for me. Only thing I just don’t like is the action feels high. I just got a telecaster to change it up a bit and realised I bought the wrong guitar 20 years ago. The Tele is just ace. The simplicity and how easy you can spec it up to your liking. I love the strat but the Tele will be in my hands for the coming 20 years.

@pobgill

2 жыл бұрын

Never picked up a guitar that plays and sounds as good as a tele (imo).....

@Testostenori

2 жыл бұрын

I took mine to a luthier, who lowered the action by filing the nut slots.

@MrVersipellis

2 жыл бұрын

Action is a setup/hardware issue, not a Tele issue

@stupidmthfkher1136

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrVersipellis Yeah i don't know why he's so upset for that lol?🤣 really saying you picked the wrong guitar because the set up wasn't suited well for you.

@FrankFurther

Жыл бұрын

Action has absolutely nothing to do with the kind of guitar. What you have is a bad set up

I would add more: 6. Bad access to high frets (not as bad as on Les Paul, but still bad). 7. Screws sticking out of the saddles that make palm muting uncomfortable (there are 3rd party solutions, but why Fender can't fix it from the box is beyond me, since they already adopted 2-point tremolo unit, which is not historic, but superior to 5-point one). 8. Bridge pickup is barely usable (unless it is humbucker) 9. 3-pot layout is sort of stupid. Go either master volume - master tone or full Les Paul layout with individual pots for pickups. But classic Strat wiring makes no sense for me. Even more so because bridge pickup need tone knob the most - and it is one that doesn't have it! 10. It is too thin and flat. It could be personal preference, but for me thick arch top guitars are more comfortable, I don't have to bend my hand while playing. 11. You can't get that sweet neck tone on any other guitar. You just can't. So you have to deal with all drawbacks of Strat to have that.

@gjkoyr

2 жыл бұрын

which guitar is the best for high access to high frets?

@ThorneyedWT

2 жыл бұрын

@@gjkoyr SG or neck-thru superstrats.

@ThorneyedWT

2 жыл бұрын

@@gjkoyr oh and I forgot Yamaha Revstar. It is like seriously improved SG (at least geometry-wise).

@thomasdavenport508

2 жыл бұрын

@@gjkoyr Gibson '59 Flying V

@KYCDK

2 жыл бұрын

i find it easy to reach higher frets

It's not a matter of which to buy, it's a matter of which to buy "first".

@nammar6435

3 жыл бұрын

I bought a Yamaha I really like it why do many people not use them?

@jackconnor6172

3 жыл бұрын

@@nammar6435 Don't they have a bit different shape from regular strat ?

@nammar6435

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackconnor6172 ye they do Im talking in general but I'm a begginer so maybe that's why

@UmVtCg

3 жыл бұрын

It's not, just get 'em both at the same time. I know I did, but that's because I started playing as an adult having a job. My first guitar was a Gibson Les Paul

@SpeedyBangBong

3 жыл бұрын

@@nammar6435 I bought upgraded Pacifica 112v, wonderful quality and tone, 2nd hand for a silly price - highly recommended.

The best guitar is air guitar, because it dont have cons, you can play any music do you want, any tone, you can imagine the body of guitar.

@BlueRivers

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah but air guitars don’t get the girls! Lol

@laa0fa502

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlueRivers do real guitars?? What have I been doing wrong

@Keeki549

3 жыл бұрын

You gotta rap nowadays to get a girl lmao

@matthewacosta6430

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@starhyena7443

3 жыл бұрын

@@BlueRivers if it gets the men, it's just as much of a win tbh

To overcome Strat tuning problems, when fitting new strings I used to: 1. Give them a few really good pulls (not enough to break them, obvs) and repeat until they stay in key when you tug them. 2. Mistreat the whammy bar a few times up and down (dive bombs etc) to iron out slippage 3. Retune and repeat as necessary until the beast stays in tune. Probably three, maybe four times. Job done. Helpful hint - when you do have to make tuning adjustments on the hoof, keep adjustments as small as possible and always finish with an upward adjustment to mitigate sticky nut syndrome. Nobody likes sticky nut syndrome.

@davidwaitman1610

Жыл бұрын

Sticky Nut Syndrome Sucks. Greasy Nut Syndrome, much better.

@voxac30withstrat

Жыл бұрын

Yep

I got my first electric guitar in 1982, a Peavey T-30, with a Statocaster style body, 3 single coil pickups, 5-way switch, and I've been a Strat guy ever since. My main guitar is a Mexican Strat, but I also have a Squire Heavy Metal Strat with an HSS configuration as well as a Hohner SG Lion HSS with a quilted maple cap. Up to this point I've been playing hard rock, heavy metal and some blues. But this coming year, my 2023 New Year's resolution is to focus on new genres with clean, tone and plenty of "jangle". I'm getting into Surf, Rockabilly, and Johnny Marr styled song-writing. With the new guitar goals, I plan to reward myself with a Fender Vintera '60s Jaguar Modified HH. It has the tonal flexibility to tap and blend in infinitely varying degrees of single coil or humbucking sounds to get the classic Jaguar jangle or push it into high-gain mode. Following Johnny Marr's example, I plan to string it with an Ernie Ball Power Slinky 11-48 set, and leave the overdrive / distortion off the pedal board, instead opting to expand my modulation effects, lush spring reverb, tremolo, Boss CE-2W chorus, and maybe a Memory Man delay.

5 things I like about Paul Davids: - Honesty - B E A R D - Soothing Voice - Musical Style and thinking kinda outside of my bubble - Very knowledgeable

@BlackMoonFall

3 жыл бұрын

also massive golden retriever energy

@matthewacosta6430

3 жыл бұрын

Agree

@DR-nh6oo

3 жыл бұрын

Andy T. Always ready to play!

@matthewmjb6860

3 жыл бұрын

I love how Paul is to the point while being gentle, trying not to hurt anyone.

@jack63bentt

2 жыл бұрын

Lol Amen. -6 HE CAN REALLY PLAY most EVERY STYLE without any judgment. And he has zero in common with "Mus is Wn" deuschbg. LOL... right? hte that guys vids - - -evrywhere. Uggh.

I started off like, nah the strat is perfect. "thing one: flicking the selector" Me: yeah okay you might have a point

@juandavidcortes6503

3 жыл бұрын

Totally! Same here! Haha

@BumblingFool912

3 жыл бұрын

I think those little imperfections - while bothersome, make up the guitar :3 I have a Jazzmaster and my circuit selector can be like this sometimes; But I still love the sound either way - even if I might switch between them by accident!

@themreyeballs

3 жыл бұрын

exactly my thoughts watching this

@Cineluvideos

3 жыл бұрын

Same hahahahahaha

@MehYam2112

3 жыл бұрын

This really seems like a design detail they could have improved at some point

There is no one perfect guitar....just the one that is perfect for you.

@barrypfoley

3 жыл бұрын

1000%

@nealixd.3011

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, cool how some of the best players, just kept playing the same guitar or model for years, or decades. Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues put a lot of mlles on his Gibson ES-335, for sure.

@gibsonguitarplayer

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it would be a Les Paul

@tvnorminstudio3080

2 жыл бұрын

Recently bought a Fender Telecaster. Love it and it’s my new favorite guitar. It’s up there above my Hagstrom III and SG.

I was waiting for you to talk about how close the volume control is to the strings; you didn't let me down! John Suhr worked in the Fender Custom Shop for a couple of years before starting his own company and I think he learned as much about what not to do as what to do. He moved that volume knob away from the danger zone; one of several reasons why the only Strat I now own is a Suhr.

Robby Kreiger, who’s played a Gibson SG for 50 years lol

@JohnDoe9764

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I thought

@markv.5962

3 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDoe9764 yeah, me too

@gretschbasher

3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha ha SG stands for Shitty Guitar

@32Barco7

3 жыл бұрын

@@gretschbasher lol nice

@liambarker6741

3 жыл бұрын

Dudes, I like SGs. SGs and telecasters are way better than strats. I know I'll get hate for this, but I genuinely do not like Les Paul's. They're really uncomfortable

This reminds me of how Slash said "“As far as I'm concerned and Gibson probably wouldn't want me to say it, the Strat is, hands down, probably one of the best, most versatile guitars there is.” and people were boggled. As a LP player that came from a high-end 59RI to a Mexi-Strat, there was a ALOT to get used to especially all the things you mentioned. Unfortunately, the only solution I've arrived at is to buy them all.

@unitoftemp

3 жыл бұрын

He did have some strat copies during the making of AFD before getting the LP

@simontemplar3359

3 жыл бұрын

I have to agree with this line of reasoning!

@disturbedcarrot

3 жыл бұрын

He played a black strat alot in the early days before GnR

I agree with everything--the love and the hate. One more thing that bugs me is the middle pickup. That's RIGHT where I like to pick 90% of the time. What do strat whammy legends like David Gilmour do to keep their instruments in tune despite using the bar every 5 seconds? Rolling bridges and string trees? Graphite spray?

@jokermaan1

2 жыл бұрын

And Jeff Beck too! I think his guitars have a locking nut and modded, friction reduced bridge.

@legchyloyanishevskyyvolod3005

2 жыл бұрын

Jeff beck has modern 2 point trem locking nut and locking tuners, but gilmour has classic strat-non locking tuners, non locking nut, 6 point trem, so Gilmour is wizard.

@jackiedaytona9625

2 жыл бұрын

I have 5 springs in my Strat and mine barely ever goes out of tune. I guess I just have a one in a million guitar lol

@wojtekmetal

2 жыл бұрын

2 springs, floating bridge and 0 tuning issues. Locked tuners help, but if springs are well set, there are no issues with tuning on Strat. Much better than Gibson design, despite lack of tremolo (G string always out of tune)

@101Volts

2 жыл бұрын

Well, you _could_ try shimming the neck. You might need a 2-point tailpiece if that's going to have any hope of working, though, depending on how high you want it.

Both brilliant guitars... stood the test of time and design. Wonderful sounds for all styles. No complaints... cheers Leo and Co.

Davids: "Where's my guitar?" Random other guitarist: *Laughs in humbucker*

@Dartheomus

3 жыл бұрын

Random Strat Guy: *"Laughs at mud-bucker."* You can make a single coil sound like a HB any day of the week. Just roll off the tone knob. It's a lot harder to go the other direction and not introduce a lot of high frequency noise! =]

@RandyKeelingJr

3 жыл бұрын

If only they made HSS Strats (looks lovingly at the one sitting on my rack). :-)

@UninstalledGamer

3 жыл бұрын

@@RandyKeelingJr They do actually

@GuitarholicFLY

3 жыл бұрын

@@UninstalledGamer I think you missed the joke here

@geroffmilan3328

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dartheomus or just buy a decent guitar with a full-bodied tone...? 🤔 😜

'Wait a second, I really don't agree.' That is not how you argue on the internet. Attack them personally, be as petty and offensive as possible! ...jk

@michaelquintana157

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@forester057

3 жыл бұрын

Why win an argument when you can insult a person’s family tree and look so cool for your fellow Cheeto stained keyboard wizards?

@TheDennzio

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha

For everyone agreeing with these points: try a Yamaha Pacifica. Looks, feel and tone of the strat but without most of the design problems of the Fender. (humbucker in the bridge, just one tone + master volume, volume knob out of the way, blade switch in a better position, sleeker body).

@memeparalysis3406

2 жыл бұрын

As a pacifica owner, I agree

@1171karl

2 жыл бұрын

Many years ago now I bought an oddity, an Oakland XS 100. It was everything I wanted, Strat shaped, thru neck, and 2 humbuckers with none of the issues dicussed here... I still prefer my Tele though

@jsullivan2112

2 жыл бұрын

Pacificas don’t sound like Strats.

@TripsView

2 жыл бұрын

@@jsullivan2112 they don’t lmao at all

@dmnddst

Жыл бұрын

i had a strat as my first guitar, now i have the pacifica 612 and its like all the advantages you get with a strat (twang, comfortable shape, classic look) without all the disadvantages (tuning issues, since it has a wilkinson locking bridge and grover locking tuners) also its HSS setup so its very versatile, and all 3 pickups are seymour duncans. playing open chords also sounds so much better since it comes with graphtech tusq nut since i got the pacifica, i almost never touch my les paul anymore lol, but im looking forward to trying a tele in the future

Thing3.: Squier fixed this with the Contemporary Strat: It has one volume + one tone pot and the volume pot is positioned a bit lower compared to the regular Strat. Thing4.: Many player blames the 6 point tremolo for tuning stability issues but my experience is that in most cases it is the string tree which does not let the string slip back to it's original location. Swap the nut and the string tree to graphtechs and you have a much more stable instrument.

The last point is EXACTLY what I discovered when I bought my Tele. I was a strat guy from the beginning, but - I hate to admit it - the tele freed me from strat cliches and led me to discover my voice. That’s why I use it more now. With a strat you play stratty, but the tele is more like a neutral pallet. It makes you focus on the way you play and the notes you choose. But that’s just me

@gabrieln3613

3 жыл бұрын

You are in pretty good company with Danny Gatton, Robben Ford (for a period), Roy Buchanan. I am harmonica player but, those are some of who I listen to.

@GuitarFeels

3 жыл бұрын

Gabriel N Great taste mate ;)

@gabrieln3613

3 жыл бұрын

@@GuitarFeels of course amplifiers make a difference! I like the early BB King tone when he was playing out of fender tweed amps and I think a 335? I plug into either one or two 1959 Bassman amps depending on the gig! Any guitar sounds good plugged into one of those with the original Jensen speakers 😊

@GuitarFeels

3 жыл бұрын

Gabriel N totally agree! I’m amazed when sometimes I see 3000$ pedalboards plugged into entry level amps! To me amp/guitar combination is key and must sound great by itself. These days I’m finding myself gravitating more towards Vox amps: good amount of mids and sparkle, never get lost in the mix... love Bassman, great choice 😉

@gabrieln3613

3 жыл бұрын

@@GuitarFeels between Bassman is just a great harmonica amp. Also the narrow panel pro and deluxe, for bigger amps the concerts are good too. Yes on the pedals, I plugged straight in or at possibly most just a little delay pedal. Look at people like Buddy Guy, They just plugged straight in the amp and all the tone comes out of their hands. It's actually kind of the same with harmonica, your tone develops internally over time and years. I listened to quite a bit of Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix also, any guitar players that are good tone shapers 😊

Since you did one on the Strat, you should probably do one on the guitars like the Tele and Les Paul

@benkockert982

3 жыл бұрын

@@matej2268 thank you very much !

@ikaros110

3 жыл бұрын

@@matej2268 and I actually fell for that xD

@DarkwoodDub

3 жыл бұрын

@@matej2268 damn you... baha

@jerrysheldon3172

3 жыл бұрын

@@matej2268 well played

@teodelnorte

3 жыл бұрын

You got me!😆😆🙌🏻

Those volume swells immediately reminded me of Keaggy..nice job my friend..you are a great teacher..love this channel. Keep it up..

Totally agree about the cut through the mix issue. The volume used for sound check never worked when the audience came. I also checked my volume pot often to make sure it was fully open but most of the times it was

@joeltunnah

4 ай бұрын

Get an EQ pedal?

There are no bad guitars; there are, however, bad guitar players: I'm one.

@benjapizarro981

3 жыл бұрын

Lmaoo

@user-vv1do1wg1j

3 жыл бұрын

@BigBrain Time or those guys who brag about how good they are and then you ask them to play and they play smoke on the water on one string muting every note after ringing it immediately and getting a buzzing sound on every fret change.

@TheUnknownReject

3 жыл бұрын

This hits too close to home lol

@VenomExtremeEF

3 жыл бұрын

oof

@tramlad2

3 жыл бұрын

Me too, and i have Strats Teles Les Pauls and lots of others, just love buying guitars and diddling around on them

Paul’s next video to trigger his subs “8 things I hate about guitar”

@omarsaletovicprins9632

3 жыл бұрын

“Im gonna turn this into a bass channel”

@18wtfomg18

3 жыл бұрын

episode 3 is "top 10 things i hate about music"

@Luzuuu

3 жыл бұрын

"5 things I hate about KZread"

@elektrolyte

3 жыл бұрын

and THAT is exactly why we love this place

The pickup selector was pretty well placed on the Danelectro Danoblaster, which is an early 2000s mashup of a Stratocaster and a Mosrite Ventures. It's far more Stratocaster than Mosrite, but the selector switch... Fantastic place for it.

Very nicely done, a treat to watch as ever. I own a few Strats, a Tele, a Les Paul, other stuff...each has a different voice. Your point: they inspire different playing (or similar playing) is absolutely true. Thanks!

Unlike acoustic guitars, electric guitars dont "sound better" the more expensive they are. Sound is completely subjective. There's gonna be an electrric guitar for YOU, but it doesnt always have to be expensive.

@AznStylezBeatbox

3 жыл бұрын

@fouccodefire he asked about the sound of strats. i answered with the subjectivity of guitar sounds.

@AznStylezBeatbox

3 жыл бұрын

@fouccodefire i wasnt replying to that. i was replying to his statement about sound is subjective in the end of the video. did you not watch the whole thing?

@rodmcewen9959

3 жыл бұрын

In my experience, anything under £300 ain't worth it. Poor sustain, very tinny sounds. Granted, when you go above the £2k mark, it's not really the sound you're buying it for, you're paying that additional for customisation and finish.

@shadowx2750

3 жыл бұрын

@fouccodefire dont try to be a smartass youre really not being smart

@trumpetperson11

3 жыл бұрын

I think this is a valid point, but only if you look past beginner models. It definitely is worth it to go past the $300-400 mark usually, since this is where the craftmanship starts getting better, and you start to have diminishing returns. Once you get past this its more of a placebo, since you think the guitar will sound better, you play it more confidently. If you really are set on improving your sound you would probably want to look towards upgrading amps and pedals. But that isn't as fun as getting a new guitar :/

What I love about the Strat. EVERYTHING.

@leeanucha

3 жыл бұрын

love is blind as they say

@hamishkay3010

3 жыл бұрын

I'm saving up for a Fender American Ultra Stratocaster

@vincentdalai6807

3 жыл бұрын

@@hamishkay3010 worth the wait, American Professional II looks like a solid one too. Jesus loves u bro

@hamishkay3010

3 жыл бұрын

@@vincentdalai6807 thank you respect bro

@moimeme7839

3 жыл бұрын

Smith Js sienna burst, rosewood fretboard and black pickguard and backplate👍🤔

Love your videos. I agree with you about the switch. However I think the volume knob is in the perfect spot! My pinky finger is always on it and I am often tweaking it.

You are so right, especially the switch thing. Since 40 years, students come to my lesson with pickup switch in the bridge position.

Your guitar is your tool to make music, i don't care if someone find strats be the best or not i just love the way i can have different tones 3 single coils, 2 tone knobs, over 10 different tone variations, plus a lot of confortable and playable, and is way more fun to dive the tone with the whammy bar, i just love it. i dont know if strat is the best guitar in the world i just know is the best guitar for me.

The end of the video sounded like you're in an abusive relationship with your strat

All very valid points. The volume knob on my strat doesn't bother me much but man the amount of times I've hit that pickup selector ugh

So glad I’m not the only one. Especially the control layout.

What I hate about my Strat; only one thing.......having to change the strings! Trying to thread the strings from the back of the guitar is like trying to thread the eye of a needle, gggggggr!

@christophertodd1980

3 жыл бұрын

Take the tremolo backplate off, far easier . Haven’t had mine on a Strat for at least 20 years.

@GuitarLessonsBobbyCrispy

3 жыл бұрын

@@christophertodd1980 Ah ok thanks.

@yaboidustin2447

3 жыл бұрын

I don't have any strings to change and I have a dean vendetta so an "Offbrand" Strat

@alexanderkollenda6189

3 жыл бұрын

The Backplate is the first i throw away after buying 😂

@drak4105

3 жыл бұрын

You have this same problem for tele too. At least for my tele.

"I have no idea what you're talking about" - My dad who doesn't play guitar but wanted to have a comment

@silvermediastudio

3 жыл бұрын

Dass noice innit

@minder4u1

3 жыл бұрын

@@silvermediastudio BEARMINGUM

@rzeka

3 жыл бұрын

Is he the guy that writes those amazon reviews that are like "I don't know I don't have the product"?

@Stephenguitar93

3 жыл бұрын

@@rzeka lol yeah, family tradition.

@silvermediastudio

3 жыл бұрын

@@rzeka the worst is the people who answer questions as if it was directed at them only, and are clueless on how the product question section works. "I haven't tried it in the cold I live in Florida." ....wtf are you even responding??

Paul I thought we talked about this, we never hate on a strat because that would be disrespecting the dead. A tree had to die before it could exist. The wood had to be worked into the proper shape and merged with metal and plastic to achieve its final form. Its abilities are legendary just like you.

@gingerbeer914

2 жыл бұрын

As a matter of fact two or three trees, depending on what fretboard you bought.

@gerdpfeil

2 жыл бұрын

@@gingerbeer914 Plus a cow (pr a pig, goat..whatever had bad luck that day) for a proper bone nut.

Totally agree with this feeling of adoration for the Strat... but having to admit Telecaster is my most palyed guitar, so simple, so efficient, and can be very subtle also. And that tone issue with the band, I had exactly the same experience. Loved to play with the Strat neck pick up when I was on my own, but with the band I played with, I couldn't hear the Strat anymore, so in the end always position between middle and bridge (which I love), just one sound out of the theorical Strat wideness! Thanks for this subbtle analysis !!!

Well , I have been playing Strats and Teles for over 50 years . I still own 2 Teles , 2 Strats , and 2 Jazz Basses .I love Strats , but the tele can sound like almost any guitar in any style . Of course , the Strat has it's own sound , which is beautiful, and I love , but if I could only own one guitar , it would be a Tele . You were right on with your video . Both my Strats have the whammy disabled , because it is more of a problem , than the added effect is worth . You still need a 335 , and a Les Paul , and that is the truth . For the same reason you need a Dreadnaught and a parlor guitar . And nothing replaces a nylon string classical .So , that is why most guitar players own so many guitars . God Bless any genius who can do it all with only one guitar . I cannot , I love all my guitars , and play them every day ( I am 72 years old ) . I gigged from the time I was a teenager , until I retired from my day job ( Gotta have one of those to have any financial stability ). Oh , and everybody needs an archtop Jazz box . I have an Epiphone Joe Pass model , which takes care of anything I need in that department ! Thanks for so many great videos . Love your podcasts !

@dimitrisaivaliotis5616

3 жыл бұрын

Hello One question please Joe Pass is a hollow body ? Can hollow body's quitars sound full volume with no feedback?

@gangnamstylegrandpa6352

3 жыл бұрын

@@dimitrisaivaliotis5616 , that depends on your amp . The Joe Pass is more of a Jazz guitar for me . I play clean without a lot of volume . I will tell you this . If I would use it like my Telecaster on stage , it would feedback for sure ! Hollow body guitars are not designed for that kind of application . Some guys use them , but sometimes they fill the body with something to absorb the vibrations . I think it would be better to mic your amp to get the volume . I almost always played in Bars , and when you are playing loud with people dancing a hollow body guitar will feedback . That is why you will see most guys playing solid bodies or semis in that situation !

@dimitrisaivaliotis5616

3 жыл бұрын

@@gangnamstylegrandpa6352 All right 👍 I'm semi begginer It was very kind of you

@gangnamstylegrandpa6352

3 жыл бұрын

@@dimitrisaivaliotis5616 , you are very welcome . I am 72 years old now , and am retired , but if I can ever help you out let me know . Keep on playing , learn everything you can , and remember that everybody has something valuable to learn . The best experience you can get is to play with more experienced people , and gig as much as you can . Experience is the best teacher !

@mario9775

3 жыл бұрын

Yes sirr

I was waiting for "Hum" on that list. Maybe It is just me..

@sharko3211

3 жыл бұрын

Nope I got the same thing, or maybe not. I get a buzzing sound that normally tops for a second when I cover the higher strings but it still comes back.

@BedtimeStoriesTheBand

3 жыл бұрын

@@sharko3211 probably from the pickups

@Metalkasu48

3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't Paul have one of the new pro series Strats with the noiseless pick-ups now?

@lukesmusic317

3 жыл бұрын

Teles are just as bad for hum, so it's kind of irrelevant in a strat vs tele discussion, but both have noise/hum issues (at least if you have only single coils)

@PaoloC.

3 жыл бұрын

unless you have a very cheap strat or a faulty pickup, or a problem in your power outlets, noise should not be a problem.

The number one annoyance at the strat for me is the placement of the volume knob. I'm super tempted to move it. I love the floating trem though, it's the only reason I bought one and with a small setup, it works amazingly well

I went out and bought a telecaster and it was cool to play but I couldn’t fully bond with it! I kept going back to my Strat! It was much lighter , easier for me to play and I love the Strat tones way better

6:28 Unless you're SRV...

@raviflores4713

3 жыл бұрын

Or Frusciante

About the tuningstability: Take a serious look at the nut. Friction means tuning trouble. If the string has friction because of the narrow slots it will never return to "point zero". Locking tuners defenitly help but that's only half the problem. It's all about friction! And the bridge can easily been set up floating. Again: friction! Use the outer 2 (of 6) screws as pivot points. The inner 4 adjusted a fraction higher so they only function as stability points.

@stratcat688

3 жыл бұрын

So true. All those points. My Strat never goes out of tune. Unless I break a string of course.

@gingerbeer914

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely right! Welding torch tip cleaners are often sold as nut files. A cheap solution to widen the slots a bit and keep them round on the inside. + what I just wrote: "The fact that your guitars stays in tune despite the frequent tremolo 'abuse' has nothing to do with the tremolo itself. It means that your nut slot resistance is either ZERO % (graphite lubricated) or A HUNDRED % (nut-lock or lock-nut). Anything between 0% and 100% sucks, because a part of the strings (mostly the [round]wound ones) won't slide back in place. If you have a classic bone or white plastic nut, it is wise to "lubricate" the nut slots with a graphite pencil each time you replace your strings. It is also possible to replace the nut with a GraphTech String Saver nut, but if you want to keep the original nut, the pencil trick mostly works fine."

@eaglewindrider7700

3 жыл бұрын

I have both Strat & Tele love em both 👍🔥🎸🦅

All totally true Paul. I think there are silicon friction washers that you can put under the volume pots to give them more friction.

Totally agree with this. Specially the accidental flick on the switch and awkwardness when palm muting.

People argue which is better and I just sit here with my jazzmaster :D

@cameronmoore7675

3 жыл бұрын

I just got a Jazzmaster last week. Holy moly, it has changed my world. I don't think I can go back to anything else!

@annalipiarz3884

3 жыл бұрын

Cameron Moore 100% agree with you. JM are just pure perfection for my ear. Congrats on your purchase! What model did you get?

@cameronmoore7675

3 жыл бұрын

@@annalipiarz3884 Thank you! It's a brand spankin' new 2017 American Professional lefty JM in mystic seafoam finish. My only other electric is a cheap offbrand strat from the early 2000's, so this is a _huge_ step up! The pickups sound amazing in every position, and _good God_ the tremolo is better than I could've ever imagined. I don't know why more guitars don't go for a similar configuration. The melty vibrato tones I can get out of this thing are out of this world!

@annalipiarz3884

3 жыл бұрын

Cameron Moore wow that’s amazing! Great choose of quality equipment, no wonder you like it so much. Well Fender knew exactly what to do to crate magnificent work horse - pickups and tremolo go so damn well in every genre of music especially in clean channel with proper reverb and delay! Enjoy your amazing guitar :)

@cameronmoore7675

3 жыл бұрын

@@annalipiarz3884 Thanks so much! I definitely will. Time to turn the reverb up and melt away into those velvety vibratos. :-)

Just play a “left handed” start upside down; all problems solved

@swingset1969

3 жыл бұрын

Just change to a pickguard with a different layout. Much easier, and better ergos.

@GenericUrbanism

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@bubbleround2057

3 жыл бұрын

My sentiment exactly :D

@dehasim

3 жыл бұрын

Or just buy a HSH or HSS super strat and change the pickups to Single coil xD

@Eve456B

3 жыл бұрын

YOU ARE A GENIUS

Thanks for the correct term for rolling the volume knob ‘swells’

A lot of players stick a Grolsch washer underneath the volume knob, just enough friction. For me the bad thing about Strats is that I never remember on which pickup the tone and volume control is working... 3 pickups but 2 tone controls always looked weird to me. (But I mainly play Tele and LP)

You need to drink some Grolsch beers with the “swing top” caps and place the rubber washer under your volume knob-it won’t move when you bump it anymore.

@josephpbrown

3 жыл бұрын

Or do it Cory Wong style and tape the switch into 4th position

@jamlemon

3 жыл бұрын

Also make great strap locks!

@gingerbeer914

3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I hadn't heard that one yet! And I'm DUTCH! I still have at least 10 old bottles of Grolsch (filled) in my garage because I got a terrible headache of the first two... I went straight back to my white and Belgian beers. But I will probably empty the bottles for the rubbers, throw the beer away and get my money back for the bottles and the box. Generally speaking I hate Pilsener beers... But I can always ask some buddies in the East of the country to save up the rubber rings for me. They don't mind, as long as they can drink the beer.

@enchantederic3792

3 жыл бұрын

Or just press the volume knob down further on the shaft ... to keep it from accidentally moving on you. Rep;ace it with a tough to turn CTS pot. I do agree very much on last statement. I guess you could use it as a challenge, however: Write a piece on a strat that doesn't sound like a strat.

Although the tuning stability is horrible, and I never use the whammy, I still let it float because it just sounds better that way.

@134SASAKI

3 жыл бұрын

If you have a floating setup, you can use the whammy bar to tune back. Otherwise, if the tuning is flat during bending, no way to tune back except tweaking the machine head. I recommend the GOTOH 510 tremolo unit (if possible, select the FST block.). They has improvements of the major friction points, such as tremolo block holes and bridge plate holes. Many people consider the friction and deflection of nuts and machine heads to be a problem in tuning stability, but the most important point to consider is the friction points of the unit itself.

@MaddesG1

3 жыл бұрын

The notes float morr

@rsvplivemusic2556

3 жыл бұрын

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@cabbycabby1770

3 жыл бұрын

Need to keep working on your set up. I float set up for intervals and do not lose tune.

@rodshop5897

3 жыл бұрын

To each their own, and I'm perfectly happy with my hard tail.

I use s-style for years with that diagonal switch style. Ibanez RG, Yamaha Pacifica, mainly. I even owned a Japanese Fender strat, 62 reissue. For me, the options paralysis what got me. I was more focus into "which pickup position?" or "picking closer to neck or closer to bridge to avoid hitting the middle pickup", rather than expressing myself over note choices. I slowly ditched all them and by 2019 I started doing shows and recording using 1 tele style. I mod it fit my need, with MFD G&L pickups, 330k pots, big stainless steel frets and flatter radius, but it's still that 3 way switch, 2 knobs, 2 single coil pickups, and 21 frets tele as it were made in the 50s.

another thing I would add: when I palm mute (close to the bridge) I end up picking right on top of the pickup, and I have to lower it quite a bit in order to avoid hitting it.. what I like about Les Pauls in contrast is they have a massive empty space in the middle to be able to pick without worrying about the pickups being in the way.

I played a Strat for years. Upgraded it, changed the look, played hundreds of gigs with it. Then played a telie ONE TIME and knew I wanted it. After I gone one my beautiful Strat just started collecting dust. I ended up selling it but instantly missing it when I seen it again in my local guitar store 20 miles from where I sold it.

@invdvr4034

3 жыл бұрын

Forget it. That's your ex. Now you have wifey 😁

@MatthaeusEbonah

3 жыл бұрын

@@invdvr4034 yeah but that ex was looking reeeeeal pretty 😭

@nathanadnitt

3 жыл бұрын

@@MatthaeusEbonah hell nah man I can't get along with my telecaster shame it was an 18th birthday gift I can't sell it lol I'll take my beaten up squier strat all day long lol

@gstouff

3 жыл бұрын

Same experience !!!

@tvnorminstudio3080

2 жыл бұрын

Learned how to play guitar on my dad’s Stratocaster and recently bought a Tele. Strats are cool but I really prefer Teles.

If it’s one person I didn’t expect to talk about Fenders, it’s the SG master Robby Krieger

@bubbleround2057

3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking that. I scanned the interview, feels like they took it out of context, as usual ;-), but it sparked some cool ideas :-). Recommend everyone reads the interview. I feel he was not judging anyone or any guitar. Enjoyed this video, even if we got baited into it a little :-).

A bit of foam fitted under the volume knob is reputed to help avoid accidental adjustments.

another good one, Paul!

It's good to see someone mentioning the annoying volume and switch positions. My first guitar was a strat and when I went out to buy my second guitar I had a list of "deal breakers" in my head based on what I did and didn't like about my strat. One of the most important "deal breakers" was that, no matter how much I liked the guitar, I would not buy another one that placed any knobs or switches anywhere near the positions where my strumming hand goes. I also wanted a fixed bridge because I ended up blocking the bridge on my strat because I never use it and find it annoying. Strats are great for people who want to use effects like volume swells and tremolo wobbles to spice up their playing, but for people who have a more "no frills" approach to playing, teles and Les Pauls seem to be much more user friendly option. Incidentally my second guitar was a gretsch pro jet (very similar to a Les Paul). I'm now thinking of getting a third guitar and leaning towards a Tele, although the contoured body of a strat seems like a total no brainer to me and I don't really get why they aren't a more popular design feature on teles.

For the knob, i guess that's why Cobain didn't often play a strat, there is something in the way (5:48)

@JethroBoDean

3 жыл бұрын

He would have sounded like a gut shot cat no matter what he played 😵

@Owen-ne6pe

3 жыл бұрын

He played strats all the time live and mostly destroyed them

@royfablooo2810

3 жыл бұрын

Well I just remove the knob Easy fix

@notapplicable328

3 жыл бұрын

Owen 4602 it’s a pun

@guerrero_4204

3 жыл бұрын

Not Applicable FINALLY ! Somebody finally get it

I own both. I prefer my Tele for its playability. I also agree 100% that there is something special about the Strat. I'll always have both. I pick the guitar up that suits my mood.

Thanks for video!

Interesting piece. Tuning instability on a Strat, however, is mostly caused by improper string stretching in addition to the string sticking in the nut and/or string tree due to friction. This friction also causes the ticking noises you sometimes hear while tuning. It can be completely eliminated by lubricating the nut or, better yet, replacing it with a Tusq nut, also lubricating or replacing the metal string tree with a Tusq one, in addition to properly stretching in new strings all the way up to the tuning post. This combo in my experience solves literally all tuning stability issues with a Strat, even when using the whammy bar like a Floyd Rose one. There's quite a few informative videos on YT on properly achieving Strat tuning stability. Surprisingly, the Tusq nut/string tree are not often mentioned, which is weird, as they actually work superbly. Anyway, interesting video (again). Keep it up!

@400_billion_suns

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, that's been my experience too. The strat requires more attention to little details to get tuning stability with the trem, but it's absolutely capable of it with the right setup. One other thing to mention is the saddles not being level -- if any are tilted even a little bit, the string pushes them slightly off to the side as the trem is used, which causes tuning to shift.

@lone-wolf-1

3 жыл бұрын

Yess!👍🏼

My first guitar was a Squire strat for about 300-400 Euros. 20 years later it's still crazy how this thing stays in tune even though I "abuse" the tremolo...

@gingerbeer914

3 жыл бұрын

20 years ago there were no euros. The euro was introduced in 2002. The price of a Squier Stratocaster or Telecaster before the introduction of the euro was ± hfl. 495,- which is only ±€222.75 in today's currency. There were some special ones from Japan that were just as expensive as the MIJ Fender (the ones with the black headstock), but that was in the end of the 1980s, The fact that your guitars stays in tune despite the frequent tremolo 'abuse' has nothing to do with the tremolo itself. It means that your nut slot resistance is either ZERO % (graphite lubricated) or A HUNDRED % (nut-lock or lock-nut). Anything between 0% and 100% sucks, because a part of the strings (mostly the [round]wound ones) won't slide back in place. If you have a classic bone or white plastic nut, it is wise to "lubricate" the nut slots with a graphite pencil each time you replace your strings. It is also possible to replace the nut with a GraphTech String Saver nut, but if you want to keep the original nut, the pencil trick mostly works fine.

Good points!

When I wired up my dual humbucker partscaster, I put a cutoff button in place of the top volume nob and use 1 master volume and 1 master tone nob. Because of turning the volume down accidentally. Stays in tune good using the American fender professional series two posts tremolo. I lean towards strats over teles for the trem options.

I have never hit the 5 way switch by mistake.. maybe I dont rock out hard enough

@samringwald

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe you rock out EXACTLY the right amount.

@MrTacoGuy1000

3 жыл бұрын

I hit it sometimes, just switch it back real quick it’s not too big of an issue imo

@romaholcomb7768

3 жыл бұрын

I have more trouble with the volume knob, but it always goes louder not quiter

@deejay45647

3 жыл бұрын

@@wahkean wow ...u are a dick...I wasnt bragging at all I was just saying what I thought and threw in a lame joke, I dont think I'm a great player nor was I trying to imply that in any way.

@zacharia3257

3 жыл бұрын

Depends on your dynamics and where you pick (closer to bridge or neck etc.)

1 thing I like about the squier... It is cheap but it doesn't sound cheap!

@chilledpenguins8381

3 жыл бұрын

I play a squier that got custom rebuilt and its my absolute favorite. Dual humbuckers instead of the triple single coils, and the middle position on the three way switch is the sound from both the bridge and the neck. When I buy a real strat, i'm going to do the same thing to it.

@PaulDavids

3 жыл бұрын

My first guitar, a red Squier... Legendary.

@k2a1991

3 жыл бұрын

@@PaulDavids Didn't you hate the colour red? Love/hate relation i see. Ps. Succes verder met de hittegolf. Nog een paar dagen, als het goed is.

@fdecristobal

3 жыл бұрын

but it does feel cheap, except classic vibe s

@AngusMcMaiden89

3 жыл бұрын

My squire with Seymour Duncan hot rails is my number one guitar. It has a sweet spot right between the bridge and the middle pick up that just no other guitar’s sound can touch !

I moved the volume pot to the first tone pot position and put a kill button switch in its place, also switched round the direction of pickup selector and blocked off trem with a chunk of hardwood....

I'm so glad I’m not alone! Ironically, every problem you have with the Strat I also have with the Tele. That’s why I made my own custom Tele control plate with all the switches moved back and out of the way. Loving it!

Telecasters are my thing. 1: The controller layout is better. You are spot-on with Stratocaster controls being annoying. Telecaster controls are better. 2: NO TREMOLO. Seriously. I am all about hardtails. Yes, you can block a tremolo, but I prefer something I don't need to modify. 3: The Telecaster body shape is much more me.

@drfathertime

3 жыл бұрын

Also a tele can be used as a weapon to smack a fool around, then go back to playing no problem And Keith Richards agrees with me

@lawrenceredmacher4382

3 жыл бұрын

I hate tremolo systems just because they're incorrectly named

@Wolf_K

3 жыл бұрын

Guitar Nerd I don’t play either of these models anymore but yes, I absolutely agree.

@Wolf_K

3 жыл бұрын

Lawrence Redmacher Vibrato! ;)

@drothberg3

3 жыл бұрын

And be used to chop broccoli.

Sounds like you've made your mind up. Send the strats 2 me

Been playing a Strat since I was 20. Got my 1st Tele-style (Carvin) at 42. Got my CS NOS Nocaster when I was 50. Know what? I love them both.

Ow I get it! I have one of each and expected to prefer my strat but my first instinct is to reach for my tele. I’ve had it longer and thought it was just an emotional connection but this video showed me how it’s probably more.

To add one more annoying thing about the Strat, at least for me - the middle pickup. I keep hitting the poor thing by accident when picking so often.

@FezMan94

3 жыл бұрын

Same here, im fairly heavy handed when i play (not because i dont care if it breaks, i just like how it pushes my amp a luttle more). The middle one is always getting knocked around. Then there's Simon Neil of Biffy Clyro, he drops it down as low as possible and doesn't even use it or the neck pickup.

@henrique773

3 жыл бұрын

That is indeed very annoying

@davidharris794

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, that's a major reason why I sold my strat. Didn't want to lower the pickup enough to avoid hitting it or move to a HH type.

@kensolo6793

3 жыл бұрын

You can always put a higher output single coil in the middle position and then you can lower it quite a bit. By doing this you don't lose any tone and the pickup sits lower and out of the way of your picking/strumming. I actually do this with both the neck and middle pickups and it works great.

@blairmulhall9259

3 жыл бұрын

and no one likes it's tone lol

The thing I don't like about the strat is that the middle pickup usually doesn't sound that great by itself, but you need it to get those wonder 2nd and 4th position tones. It's like it's just there for the extra magnetic interference.

@debarra38

3 жыл бұрын

Prince played strats later in his career but if you look, he always had the middle pickup taken out. I think it made it a nice compromise to the tele.

@jiimmyyy

3 жыл бұрын

That's not a con to the strat then. It's a necessary component for it to create some of its good sounds.

@chrisk5402

3 жыл бұрын

I'm the other way. I like the middle on its own and neck+middle is alright, don't care for the middle+bridge at all.

@sammyj.d6101

3 жыл бұрын

I can definitely relate to what Paul David was saying about pos 2 & 4. I think they might sound better in isolation than 3, but I think pos 3 is often under utilised in a full band setting.

@cass2771

3 жыл бұрын

@@sammyj.d6101 It's great getting different people's perspective. Middle pick up is my Go To position!

hmmm well if possible have both , but the essential for Tele's for me 2 incredible guitars most don't think of when the word Telecaster comes up. I have 13 Strats ... 3 Les Paul's and 2 Tele's. I would never let go of my Telecasters.. 1 is a Telecaster Custom made from the factory with P90's .. the other is a 72 Telecaster Deluxe .. with Humbuckers and the Strat headstock which is a total badass guitar... as is the Tele Custom. I have never been interested in a regular Tele but those 2 are must have for me .. if you don't have them .. they are worth getting. Thanks Paul always good seeing what you're up to ... tc

My American deluxe strat HSS with locking tuners and LSR roller nut is the best option. The Jeff Beck artist series are excellent as well, and you can be fairly hard on them and remain in tune! Also your videos are the easiest to watch and learn from, really enjoyable!!

Every guitars amazing in there own ways, but they all have there downsides, that’s why no one should disagree with this video

@omaryousef7616

3 жыл бұрын

110% Agreed. That's what makes being a guitarist so great....I mean how ELSE can I justify buying so many haha

@najmihakimkhairi1210

3 жыл бұрын

And everyone have different styles and preferences

Love the sound of a Strat, but I absolutely agree about the placement of the volume knob! It's so often in the way for me

Make sense Paul..new subscriber here..👌 Cheers from the Philippines 🇵🇭

I traded my favorite Stratocaster, a purple, 1998, with rosewood fretboard, for a Gibson Les Paul, Special w/single cutaway, bound fretboard, zebra pups, push/pull knobs for coil splitting, and a beautiful gloss finish over a brown stain. Freaking gorgeous guitar! Oh yeah, it also has the slim taper, 60s neck. Got a standard Gibson Les Paul case too, in brown. I loved my strat but that was the best trade I ever made!

I love when someone with knowledge and a lot of experience is giving the talk. Thanks Paul!

My problem with the Strat has always been the middle pickup. I try to move my hand, but naturally my hand gravitates back to where I feel comfortable, but I wind up hitting the middle pickup with my pick.

@normsky5504

3 жыл бұрын

Do what Robbie Robertson did, just remove it.

@JameseyFrey

3 жыл бұрын

I always drop the middle PU.

@telecaster-freechannel9405

2 жыл бұрын

Don't blame the guitar if you don't know how to strum properly.

Please do a video on how to play the guitar "swirls" during thing 3, looks really cool and sounds amazing

Mod the pick guard like Knopfler... 3 separate switches for your pickups and 2 pots..volume and tone..(or put a piece of felt under the vol. knob or buy some Nye potentiometer Dampening Grease if you like to open Pots) Put a base plate under the bridge pickup.. You can set your Tremolo up and perfectly stay intune, but everything needs to be right.. Polish your Nut/Saddle slots, Lubricate the saddles with a drop of 3 in 1 oil or something similar... Carl Verheyen is right about the balance between string and spring tension..Only he hints it in such a way, so he's not giving his secret away..

My first guitar was a Strat. When I bought a Tele I totally abandoned the Strat (which I am re-discovering now) for the tone, and the easiness of Tele. The thing that annoy me more in the Strat is the middle pickup which I hit sometimes. I really hate it. Of course I don't have that issue with a Tele.

@brianschwartz5673

3 жыл бұрын

ZoSo so why not just not use the middle pickup? Like the Tele has a middle pickup? You don't HAVE to use it

@thekramer1097

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianschwartz5673 In my case I use the middle pickup a lot so lowering it isn't that good of an idea. I would have to use a hotter pickup and then lower it but I'm too broke for that

@zoso9243

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianschwartz5673 If I can't use that pickup why don't use just the telecaster so? :)

It's honestly reassuring that I'm not the only one that hits the pickup switch when I play sometimes LMAO

@telecaster-freechannel9405

2 жыл бұрын

That's your fault. Not the guitar's fault. You are the one who has to get used to the guitar and strum properly.

@sportsnut198

2 жыл бұрын

@@telecaster-freechannel9405 Nah I just don't play a Strat. I've got an SG that feels like a natural extension of me, I'll stick with that :)

Well said Paul!! I do have a few guitars .. and I love them all! Each of them for their own characteristics!

I have a Kramer with single humbucker pickup and a Floyd rose. No tone knob. I also have a Strat and a Les Paul. Got to say simple is sometimes so much better. Not a lot of tone flexibility but it’s plug and play. Sometimes having a lot of options makes it less about the music and more about tweaking knobs. The only gripe is that I would prefer my Les Paul pickup in the Kramer.

A couple of things re playing a Strat live: Cutting through the mix in a big band: Totally amp dependent in my case. Makes all the difference. Set your guitar up properly: practically no tuning issues - even dive-bombs Volume pot being in the wrong place: Move the volume pot down to where the first tone pot sits normally. Run all pickups [except maybe the lead pickup] through this pot. One volume + one tone pot. Sorted. I've never hit the pickup switch while strumming - my strumming technique comes from playing a Les Paul for years so it shaped the way I strum in a way that removes this possibility. Lucky, I guess. Oh, and one other thing: I LOVE the Strat! ;-)

Watched an interview with Jeff Beck a few years ago on a tv show "Jeff Beck Talks Music". The interviewer Malcolm Gerrie asked Jeff about changing "his weapon of choice from the Les Paul (featured on all Jeff's early albums) to the Stratocaster". Jeff replied that the Strat gave him "Endless colour!" Jeff then proceeded to demonstrate exactly what he meant. Each man to his own...........

@calebstevens8269

3 жыл бұрын

What

@markmiwurdz202

3 жыл бұрын

@Caleb Stevens. .........choice.

What you were doing there with the "swells", I'd never thought about doing that. It's a really good sound.

I just got my first "real" Strat today. Mex, but still Fender. Absolutely adore the spacious fingerboard and relatively massive neck. And the chime...

@mytelecasterworld3336

2 жыл бұрын

i love strat too, also love jazzmaster.....but i've always dwelled in a telecaster dream......i wouldn't say better or worst, each one's got its vibe