Lemmo just keeps getting better every time.

@GeorgeVaaeth-kc9wc

2 күн бұрын

Bingo !!😉

I've watched a lot of these and this is some special playing

Yo man! You woke up Jimi! He's smilin'. That Strat sounds great. You made it scream with some serious rockin' schtick. THANKS!

Find a "the s. g." from '79. They were also made of walnut. I still have mine.

...someone been diggin on Hendrix. 👏

I have to add my congratulations. That was. Truly unbelievable.

This has been my dream guitar since I saw it in the Fender catalog in 1982. Absolutely gorgeous.

At the time companies like Schecter had brass parts,and Fender jumped on the bandwagon too in the late 70,s,had a redesigned bridge with a large brass tonebar,hotter x-1 bridge pup,and came in 3 colors,and return to smaller preCBS style headstock,nice ax

They ALWAYS sound good when Lemmo plays em

These came out in 1980 just before the Yamaha guys came in in 1981 and then did the Elite series. The bass counterpart to 'The Strat was the 'Precision Bass Special' which was active. No doubt Freddie Tavares had a hand in designing these- he was there until 1985

That brown is as beautiful as the sound of the Strat thanks Lemmo that’s a great presentation 👍🏻🎸🎸🎸❤️☮️🤩

That tee is awesome Lemmo! The Strat is pretty special as well.

You continue to blow me away with your playing Michael. Keep it up, I love this channel because of you, Norm and the rest of the amazing guests who stop by and play.

Tommy Shaw used one (“The Strat”) on the “Kilroy was here” tour in the early 80’s. Can be seen in the concert film for that tour.

Love "The Strat"!!!!!!!! awesome looking

Played that one like you’ve owned it for a decade. Very nice.

Yeah, Jen said it, M.L. is unbelievable! Legend at Norms!🎸

Love the finish on that Strat!!

WoW Michael, your becoming a LEGEND yourself :) Loved that inprov :) Beautiful Guitar!!!!!!

Beautiful guitar, killer playing!!

It's a shame Fender discontinued these, if ever there was a time to reintroduce The Strat..... My gosh, what winner. 😎❤

The Spirit of Hendrix is in your playing.

That's a Beautiful Stratocaster ♥️👍👍🤠

It's beautiful and it sounds killer

Beautiful guitar with ML playing to match.

Bravo, Lemmo! What a great performance! I always love to hear a solo guitarist playing with loops, and you did it so well. Sorry I live in another part of the country, would love to hear you live. Keep putting out these great videos.

Beautiful guitar, amazing performance, and great presentation! You guys are keeping it alive.

That is one funky sounding Strat and some very tasty licks as well! Rock on! ✌️

Great walnut Fender strat. Love 💞 💕 😘 this piece of a gear. Sounds so good 👍🏾.

1980s fender is always good stuff sounds great man

That was some incredible playing. Great demo Michael!

Ive been using up oxygen for over a half century now, and I remember back in the early 1970s many said post 1964 Strats were better and the 1970s strats were shit. Then in the 1980s said 80s strats were called shit compared the the 1970s and older ones. Again the 90s were shit compares to 1980s and older ones and so on all the way until nowadays. And it will very likely continue on until the last strat is made.

Makes that guitar sing and dance!

Simply beautiful playing (guitar as well) the new t-shirt reminds me of the old Angry Samoans , Back from Samoa album cover. Thanks as always

OMG ... gonna order, ASAP!!

She’s a killer strat, gunpowder, gelatine, dynamite with a laser beam…..ah, forget it.🎶🎸👍

Once again Mike, sounds awesome !!👍

Beautiful guitar and it sounds like a Strat.

Nice Michael 🎶🎶🎸

Well done for the groove.Awesome man.

Fantastic playing

That was like a front row seat at a Strat concert. Fantastic Michael and awesome audio Jen. ❤️

That sounds dope

That is a special instrument. Michael should insure his hands.

SOLD ! sounds just like Jimi 😎✌

Gorgeous guitar

hey Mike.i could listen to you jammin for hours.great flow dude.cheers

I gotta get one of those Lemmo shirts. Love the guitar too, 70s and 80s Fenders can be pretty cool.

I really wish they'd go into more detail on the guitar itself.

Putting on a clinic bro! That was Awesome!

Oooooh! I’m from the early 80’s too…….that strat is in better condition than I am though 🤣

Nice job!

so impressing

Awesome

Wow, that's a beautiful guitar, wish I could play it.

One of the most phenomenal guitar stores in America. If you want to know how much it weighs, you can't afford it.

Awesome playing!! Give him that guitar!!

Excellent playing, best sounding Fender in a while, that guitars got real character & I agree a very warm tone. Someone’s gonna get lucky with this one, a real players axe, I’m jealous ! ! ;-)

I know this guitar . Those flat poles are rare and Great . My 75/76 Best Pickups Ever . Also the fat frets were squared off with the Big Head Stock 🤟

Still looking for one of these "strat",... h.m.,,,,,great unit to own,

Fender lost money on every "The Strat" guitar. Heavey gold plating on solid brass. Cool guitars. Came in custom colors too with matching headstocks.

@f3uibeghardt522

2 күн бұрын

I watched that Trogly video, too.

@jimir68

2 күн бұрын

Here’s a bit of interesting info. The first run of The Strat with serial numbers starting with E0 didn’t come with gold plated parts and had chrome tuners. Fender used up stuff they had left over from their Brassmaster series of aftermarket parts. If you see one with a S9 ( used for a short time in 81) or G0 serial number then the parts are gold plated, tuners will be gold as well. The Walnut The Strats serial numbers start with CC.

@Winterfell1066

2 күн бұрын

@@jimir68 Good to know. Thanks. I have a 1980 blonde with matching headstock. Great guitar.

Nice guitar, sounds really nice. Do you guys ever check to see if the electronics and pickups are stock?

Love the t shirt!

Well Done.

Gorgeous

Dude I was just looking at this guitar yesterday and here is it being demo'd.

It's a killer rare strat, forget the name, buy it

Dude, I filled out for one of your guitar giveaways a while back and I swear since I did that I get 40 to 60 spam calls every day. I’m not even exaggerating at all. Whoever you sell peoples info to is straight up making my life a living hell

There was a guy with a strat and black guard and gold trem and initials stickers on there, that is what this would be for me

Wonderful guitar - very Hendrix-isch ...

Should have played godzilla by blue oyster cult with that shirt on

@rustiecage

3 күн бұрын

I'm sure he could kill it using the Looper to grab the rhythm and adding the leads over it

@pouyan_m

2 күн бұрын

He has a song of his own called Godzilla

Didn’t these have a two-way rotary switch instead of the second tone knob that added in a bunch of series/parallel pickup options, including neck and bridge, or all three?

Manic depress O , Lemmo, awesome

I had the version that came after that one. Black Walnut Elite. A bit fifferent, but pretty.

Great playing! I use to own one of these, surprised that you mentioned the 5 way switch more than once but did not mention the rotary switch? It was the pretacessor to the S1 switch. Also wondering if anyone noticed that Fender messed up the headstock shape on these?

I know he played some Hendrix but are the other riffs originals? The riff with the treble pickup was killer.

I liked it

Not sure if Micheal meant black walnut finish or black walnut strat? But my friend has a late 70s walnut the Paul, I know Fender and Gibson had a special run of walnut guitars in the late 70s early 80s. Made a 68 mahogany thinline with a walnut top for a friend which was amazing. Kind of a mid range focused tone wood. Not too fat not too bright

@jochemjonker3362

2 күн бұрын

In the seventies,there were Strats in Walnut stained, this one is full Black Walnut,but has a kind of sunburst finish.

I have one EXACTLY like that.

This model was offficialy called "the Walnut Strat",which came a little later than the normal the Strat models,like the red,blue and white colored versions.Most of these models have a clear coat finish,but some are finished in a kind of sunburst (from clear coat to dark stained to the body outline). Most famous player of this guitar is Roland Orzibal of Tears for Fears,who use it live and videoclips,for the song Shout. Lemmo,great idea about your t shirt merchandise,but this green(plastic) colored t shirt,is the worst color,to sell t shirts. kzread.info/dash/bejne/i5lrqK2cYa23lZc.htmlsi=spK4_GaTELJ6QKJC kzread.info/dash/bejne/i5lrqK2cYa23lZc.htmlsi=spK4_GaTELJ6QKJC

1980 introduced in Metallic Red, with gold tone, was drop dead gorgeous.. guitar player had one in 1981, and beat the hell out it then…….Who knew?? They were $700 guitars then, and that was a TON of Money… But Hey, your grand parents paid $45,000 for their house also…. such is life!…

What is the fretboard made of?

The Strat has a 7 way switch which does stuff, would have been cool to hear that. Tuning was problematic, well dealt with on the fly. Lemmo is a real pro and a great guitarist.

Normally not a fan of gold hardware, but it looks so pretty against that body colour

I bet Lemmo and Jen are the coolest parents

@RoadKing-ky2bs

2 күн бұрын

Huh? Jen and Michael are a couple? I had never heard that before.

@kleatsmythe

2 күн бұрын

@@RoadKing-ky2bs I thought the baby she had was theirs... Could be wrong

@RoadKing-ky2bs

2 күн бұрын

@kleatsmythe no, not saying you are wrong. I am shocked to learn this if it is true. I only thought they were coworkers and I don't recall any announcement of him being a father. I knew she had a baby, I thought she was married or dating another guy. Well, who knows.

Is that in Agnesi tuning?. 😉

more of a demo of that amazing amp and effex board! but nice strat

Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears use to play one like this.

I love the comments of the woman behind the camera. She’s funny!

Lemmo I know that damn strat weighs a ton., you know that's a boat anchor ⚓️

A tonal sister to the ‘79 walnut Les Paul The Paul albeit w/ fancier appointments. Woman Tone.

Uber Git Playing brother you play that so well I think Norm should give you that guitar based on your white hot performance

Awesome T shirt Mike, can Jen design me one.

nice shirts mike..oh and my size is large

You would to own that guitar how much shiped to Canada

Not my taste on looks, but the sound is awesome!

Last bit sounded like Buckethead

Manic.

Very,very.............................................Green !!!!!!!

👍✌❤😎