Fender Ritchie Blackmore Stratocaster SOUND TEST
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All instruments performed by Neo (guitars, bass, organs, drum programming). Main riff is inspired by Kill the King from Rainbow.
Mixed and mastered by Dark Majesty : / @darkmajestymindmirror (merci poto !!!)
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PROS :
- A very great high class mexican construction, USA level.
- Soft scalloping for those who fear to try.
- Insanely hot Seymour Duncan pickups.
- Interesting middle switch position, involving bridge and neck pickups for great unusual sounds for a Strat.
- Great tuning stability when setup well.
- Thin frets, not at all like Malmsteen's.
CONS :
- Not what you expect of a Strat : insane output and no 2 and 4 switch positions. Those who search for a more traditional Strat, just search another axe.
- Only in gig bag, too bad for the price.
- Nothing like old school 70's Blackmore sounds, will feel great in Metal but better take a standard Strat for old Purple sounds.
FRANCAIS
POINTS POSITIFS :
- Superbe construction mexicaine, du niveau de l'US.
- Scallopage de touche plutôt light, sympa pour ceux qui hésitent à tenter le coup.
- Micros Seymour Duncan mortels.
- Position centrale très intéressante avec les deux micros chevalet et manche ensemble, pas commun sur une Strat.
- Très bonne tenue d'accord au vibrato une fois bien réglée.
- Frettes fines, pas comme sur les Malmsteen.
POINTS NEGATIFS :
- Ce n'est pas ce qu'on attend d'une Strat traditionnelle, pas de positions intermédiaires funky et niveau de sortie trop énorme pour ceux qui cherchent une Strat "normale".
- Seulement une housse, dommage pour le prix.
- Une guitare très moderne qui sera moins à l'aise qu'une Strat standard pour ceux qui cherchent les sons Blackmore des années 70. Elle correspond plutôt à sa période moderne mais les micros sont trop puissants pour avoir un son proche du Made in Japan de 72.
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Finally a video which shows the scallops in the fretboard, and also that the Blackmore guitar has a nonsymmetrical and progressive scallop. meaning that on the lower strings Low "E" "A" & "D" there is no scalloping so you can play power chords easily, and on the upper stings "G" "B' "E" the fretboard is scalloped so you can control those strings better. As you move up the fretboard the level of scalloping increases.
Fender and Seymour Duncan: simply, the best and long-lived alliance ever
@faustoorieta
3 жыл бұрын
Dimarzios sound better immo
Great tones out of your guitar. I would expect nothing less from a guitar with Mr. Blackmore’s name on it.
Read the pros and cons in the description box ! Lisez les points positifs et négatifs dans la description !
@danicaggese
8 жыл бұрын
+NeoGeofanatic are the mics noisless? Sounds really great! no nois
Excellent demonstration with some damn good riffs.
thanks for the review Nounou, I've just ordered one and i'm so excited to play it :D
Very good solo!!! Plenty of techniques making it has real DP climate and sound. I think Blackmore would hear this solo with respect and would be happy being motivation for new generation of guitarists like You! Happy new Year 2018!
Great playing, and it makes me wanna buy a Richie-Strat, thanks!
I love watching this dude play!
amazing demo and playing of course
@Neogeofanatic
7 жыл бұрын
Panos Arvanitis ΟFFICIAL KZread Channel Hey bro Panos thanks so much !!!!
Good job my man. Keep up the good work.
Great demo, tnx for clean sounds
Finally English description! Thumbs up :)
Thank you for playing the guitar at 2:58 like Blackmore.
You play very good friend, out of the incredible replica of that tremendous guitar
@giannisvar4414
3 жыл бұрын
What do you mean replica
Very nice job on this sir !! =)
That player is rocking the guitar it sounds sweet that will be my next guitar once i finish paying off my les paul and chapman baritone.
" Not what you expect of a Strat : insane output and no 2 and 4 switch positions. Those who search for a more traditional Strat, just search another axe." If you know Ritchie Blackmore... you that you buy a guitar that has an inactive Middle PU... So no CON for me. "- Nothing like old school 70's Blackmore sounds, will feel great in Metal but better take a standard Strat for old Purple sounds." Don't know which equipment you use but... A Purple sound (MK II / MK III) is defenetly possible. Also no CON for me. It's just a matter of the setting. If you do not want as much output ... screw down the Pickups and you'll have it... Great playing and great video by the way.
great video! I'm thinking of buying this model ..the RB signature.. NEVER played with scalloped neck before, sounds awesome..those pickups..great tone.
@davidhyslop3376
7 жыл бұрын
because the neck is part scalloped you cant really tell you might want to look in side at the electrics as mine has the rbt control and there is no sign of caps been removed or ever fitted
Very good guitar . Thank to share this video , you are amazing guitarist
@Neogeofanatic
8 жыл бұрын
+Marios O'Connor thanks for watching ! ;)
@mariosmesinezis457
8 жыл бұрын
☺
Oh, high praise good sir!
Great Video
davvero bravo, congratulation
Super test !! Que donne un réglage sur un canal crunch, avec le volume (guitare) à 5 par exemple? Ça sonne? Ou elle est faite pour envoyer principalement? Existe -t-elle en version US?
awesome!
Awesome
ca va trop vite pour moi là ^^ jai reussi a lire "box" et "xd" mais c'est tout super vidéo nono ;)
Cool man.
dès les premières notes, j'ai la chair de poule !! j'aime beaucoup le son ; tu joues sur quel ampli ? quel niveau de saturation ?
I just got the Ritchie Blackmore guitar from Sweetwater. They installed a Graph Tech Tusq XL nut and set the action to fender spec. The neck only frets out under the most extreme bends. and it plays pretty well, but I'm thinking the action could be lower. I'm wondering if it could be setup with lower lower action without fretting out. How is your guitar setup?
IL EST LA !!!!! ! ton album est arrive Nono !!! inutile de te dire que au moment ou j écris ces mots il tourne depuis 2 heures sur l ordi.... GROSSE IMPRESSION !!!!! je reviendrais plus tard pour t en parler si tu veux bien..... merci a plus...
@Neogeofanatic
8 жыл бұрын
Ha oui avec plaisir bonne écoute !!
What guitar do you prefere? This one or Jimi Hendrix stratocaster? Thanks
good test
I took the vibrato off mine because i think its hard to keep in tune when using vibrato :-/ any tips of adjustment?
Where I can download the first song?
Where did you buy that Ritchie blackmore guitar???
regarding quality, which is better? this guitar or the mexican Jimi hendrix?
Would you recomend it? Is it a good buy?
Great playing, what amp did you use?
I have the same thing. Every time I was made happy!
What camea are you recording with? Thx..
Salut Néo, tu joue sur quel ampli pour faire cette vidéo ?
tu joues avec quoi comme ampli ?
Nono qui joue du Rainbow!! je suis comblé :D une cover serait envisageable? :3
Ritchie would never have played these quarter pound pickups! :D Nice playing btw.
@Xporttek777
4 жыл бұрын
He has done so since the 80s, it's just that he doesn't achieve his tone with that much gain nor overdrive
I'm taken aback.
You can get a DP sound out of it. Just turn the gain down ... Blackers doesn't play with much gain at all. That is what makes him so unique - trying shredding clean at insane (Marshall Major ) volumes - it's difficult isn't it:)
@uv77mc85
4 жыл бұрын
Blackmores an oddity. Ive a had a few of these guitars and they aint easy to play. Low gain, high action (if you wanna bend without choking) and extreme noise from the high output single coils. I dont know how he does it.
@rickleblanc8900
4 жыл бұрын
@@uv77mc85 the action can always be lowered and a good set-up and intonation job always helps. As far as the noise goes, check out Fender Noiseless pickups as well as Seymour Duncan or Dimarzio models. Noise- free performance just a few choices away !
@uv77mc85
4 жыл бұрын
@@rickleblanc8900 the problem is the 7.25 radius. If you want to do big bends without choking you have to have the action quite high. I have owned 3 blackmore strats and currently have one with clapton electronics. Great sounding guitar but i would rather a flatter radius.
@faustoorieta
4 жыл бұрын
@@uv77mc85 Don't forget the scalloped neck, that helps a lot.
@HerobrineGbriel
3 жыл бұрын
His tone was actually pretty fat tho, just listen to the isolated tracks Wasn't that high gain as this one is but wasn't that clean as well
what pick ups does it have?
Wicked!
Sounds good. No middle pickup makes it sounds almost like a tele but still diferent.
1:30 is that from a purple or rainbow song? If it is which one? love your playing
it's fucking amazing!!!!!! +NeoGeofanatic
How many guitars do u have ???
like how he subtly played licks from Iron Maidens Aces High on the first blackmore part
What amp did you use, it sounds great 👍🏻
Great
Une guitare qu'elle a l'air bien a jouer ! XD ( Avec plaisir poto ;) )
@Neogeofanatic
8 жыл бұрын
+DarkMajesty Official une guitare qu'elle est bien XDDD
master player
Backtrack?? Download
Thank God I am stoned cause I love this part of this video man 1:43
radius neck?
0:54 Child in time solo (Made in Japan)
The only problem that I see with the guitar is it needs jumbo frets. If you look at Blackmore guitar that he plays they're not these little skinny frets. I didn't realize that till after I purchased one mine was made in Japan though
Fan of Blackmore, Love this guitar's look and recently I've been considering if I should buy this or not... Watched many related vids but your video actually helps. Especially in 'Pros and Cons' section 😅 I think I should only watch its pictures on the screen.😅😅😅
new camera?
One thing I am not sure about, why the dummy centre pickup?
@Mrbadluck65
3 ай бұрын
It's there, connected to both neck and bridge pickups, but with removed magnets, so the coil just works as a "dummy coil" with reversed polarity for noise reduction.
Just a question from a very novice, why in the middle no pickup installed? Can we modify install an additional pickup? What may be the best pickup for the middle?
@gregorglasbruch6917
2 жыл бұрын
Richie Blackmore does not use the middle pickup at all. However, there is a regular routing under the pickguard for a middle pickup, so installation is possible without any woodwork. I did it without further issues. You need to change wiring of the switch and the tone controls accordingly, If you intend to do this as well then let me propose to build in other pickups. The Seymour Duncan quarterpounders are powerful, but they are no humbuckers, so you are facing a lot of hum, which annoys Richie Blackmore as well. He never used these pickups. These are built in for cost reasons I guess. I replaced those by DiMarzio Humbuckers in Single coil format, which sound great without hum.
sounds great i have the same
It's a SIGNATURE strat, it ain't gonna be normal.
I've played and owned Mexican Stratocasters. All had awful fret work. How is the fret work on this model? When I say awful, I'm referring to the final polishing and feel of the frets. To me, why spend $$$ then have to pay a tech to clean up the cheese grater fret ends. Nice video. Thanks
Donc si je veux le son de blackmore des années 70-80 il faut pas prendre sa gratte signature???
@Neogeofanatic
8 жыл бұрын
la guitare ne reste pas la même dans la carrière d'un musicien et quand on lui propose de faire un modèle signature il ne se base pas forcément sur le matos qu'il utilisait à une certaine époque.
In my opinion Deep Purple are the best hard rock band ever existed. Their live exibitions are the best! Led zeppelin? Yhea, they're awesome but Purple are better in live, even if Zeppelin made the story of rock....
@JOSETOSCA1
7 жыл бұрын
Antonio Fusillo Hard rock? Rock, Heavy, Hard, blues , metal, neoclasico etc. They are the Rock creators.
@AndyNyle
7 жыл бұрын
Antonio Fusillo so very much agree with u all. what they did in California jam Is the closest u could come to Hendrix in your own right. No one has been able to come so close
@andyreasoner5289
6 жыл бұрын
My opinion is similar. For me these 2 bands were icons of hard/heavy rock and I did treat them in some sense "competitive" - there were LZ & DP on the top, then plenty empty space and then rest of bands, except rather solo guitarists like Jeff Beck or Santana etc.
@spotsthecat7913
6 жыл бұрын
can't agree more. Ritchie-Lord-Paice Trio were brilliant
@ssolo8
6 жыл бұрын
I'm with you Pal!!
Très bon ton descriptif positif/négatif Nono ! J'y retrouve la même chose que je lui reproche. En fait le scallopage "Blackmore" me fait un peu penser à celui que j'ai fais sur mon Ibanez. (d'ailleurs je vais lui faire sauter la touche cet été pour mettre une touche érable, avec deux renfort en carbon de chaque côté du truss pour la stabilité, frettes INOX et re-scalloper tout ça ! :) )
@Neogeofanatic
8 жыл бұрын
+Simon Borro merci !!! ^^ jme demande comment tu fais pour faire sauter une touche j'oserai pas Oo
@SimonBorro
8 жыл бұрын
NeoGeofanatic Avec du savoir faire quand même ! de l'eau, un fer à repasser, un couteau et hop ! ;) mais vu que c'est ma "red alert" à moi, j'ai quand même la trouille !
Is the middle position hum cancelling?
@josefeld7164
7 жыл бұрын
Alex Hollins is this a joke ? xD
I've never played in a scaloped scale guitar. It's difficult?
@antibritish_anarchsim1547
2 жыл бұрын
If you have heavy fingers like me it is
Great sound test what amp and effects are you using. I just received mine today I have been trying it on my three amps
@uv77mc85
4 жыл бұрын
whats it like? ive had 3 and two were great but one was meh. I have a modded one now with lace sensors and a clapton pre amp. Hard guitars to play as you have to have high action to stop it fretting out if you do big bends.
@cc22079
4 жыл бұрын
What's what like you lost me the guitar? At first I was meh, but as I started to play it more it really developed a crunchiness to the sound. Originally I had 10 gauge strings on it but they were rough and the neck felt very ddry. I took the new 10 gauge off applied some guitar honey to the fretboard and put some 9 on it plays better. But both E strings you have to watch you dont bend them off the fretboard
Man that’s some bad-ass sweep picking on that solo…. whole thing is bangin’! In your opinion does this Strat have as strong an output as one with humbuckers? Seriously thinking about getting this one. Thanks
@Neogeofanatic
8 ай бұрын
Thanks, well yes kinda because the pups are SSL4 which are the strongest single coils Seymour can sell
Hi. Those Seymour duncan mics sounds like the original Fender ones?
@Mrbadluck65
3 ай бұрын
Nope. Much higher output. But Ritchie didn't use high gain amps. He used the 200 w Marshall Major heads, modded to put out nearly 300 watts, but for gain, Ritchie used the quarter pounders or the 500T's and ran the guitar into an Aiwa reel to reel tape recorder as a preamp-booster.
How much does it cost this customed version? I'm in love😵😵
@jerryyeaaah15
4 жыл бұрын
quite affordable
The solo at 1;32 is very The Prisoner like
T'es au top Nono sérieux je kiff ton style de jeu ça me parle vraiment quand tu joues.... J'ai une strat mexicaine 60th anniversary special édition (delamortquitue ++ mcfly onthe mix) et j'ai les texmex dessus mais je suis pas fan du son... Je cherche un son hard 80's genre steel panther, est ce que si je met un hotrail à la place je me rapprocherais plus de ce style de son ? Continues tes vidéo tu m'a remotivé à jouer de la guitare :)
@SimonBorro
8 жыл бұрын
+Sebastien Brus Un hotrail en bridge alors, le SH4 de Duncan en version réduite quoi ! comme Sacthel de Steel Panther ! Après on ne peut pas faire sonner une strato comme une Kramer style Pacer comme lui... Mais très proche quand même, les deux grattes ayant beaucoup de point communs ! ATTENTION ! : Un double format simple n'aura jamais le vrai son d'un double, pour la simple bonne raison que la "captation" de vibrations des cordes sur la version "simple" est moins large, mais on peut s'y approcher à 80% facile, une légère correction sur les aigue et les basses de l'EQ de ton amplis et hop, SATCHEL POWER ! ;)
@LaGuidoline
8 жыл бұрын
+Simon Borro Merci pour ta réponse, effectivement je me doute bien que j'aurais jamais le même son que ces gars là déjà parce que j'ai pas le même matos mais c'est surtout histoire de casser le côté pur strat et ne pas être obligé de racheter une deuxième guitare ( même si on en a jamais trop) avec un humbucker ... Il faut aussi que je me prenne un multi effet mais les moyens sont limités quand même ...
@SimonBorro
8 жыл бұрын
Sebastien Brus La meilleur des solution pour moi est de carrément voir si la défonce dans le corps le permet (ce qui est bon dans 90% des cas) prendre une plaque avec défonce ou agrandir la tienne pour y mettre un vraie double ! Avec la possibilité de le splitter, dans ces cas là on garde la bobine externe (la plus proche du cordier) pour vraiment retrouver un son strat simple ! Ces bases de son de : "humbucker sur strat" viennent en majorité de tonton Eddie qui avait tout simplement des strato avec du double en position bridge après tout !
@LaGuidoline
8 жыл бұрын
+Simon Borro Pour une raison de couts ca sera juste un changement de micros ...
@SimonBorro
8 жыл бұрын
Sebastien Brus Oui je te disais juste pour moi ce qui serai le mieux, mais tu as raisons ! Il faut de toute façon découvrir, tenter, essayer, chacun en fonction de ses moyens ;)
i've had fender stratocaster with vintage tremolo bridges for decades. It is a myth that the tuning of the strings get detuned easily. From my experience detuning does not happen easily. It does happen but rarely. The trick to keeping in tune is: after stringing and tuning the strings, pull the strings with your fingers hard. Then re-tune. Repeat this process 10 times or more. Also , clean the nuts and the saddles each time re-string is taking place (oil the nuts and saddles if possible). Fender strat vintage tremolo bridge is simplest mechanism for all guitars which I dont see a need for the locking tremolo shit. Locking tremolo bridge system is just way to cumbersome when tuning/retuning/re-string.
@FerMetalHead1
7 ай бұрын
Great info but I kind of disagree. In my experience, vintage trems can hold tuning only when you dive them, because when you bend a string it goes out of tune until you dive the trem again. EVH was know for using a 6 point trem guitar and by diving it at times he could hold the guitar's tuning during live presentations. I personally prefer Floyd Rose bridges over vintage trems for the tuning stability and the ability to beat the heck out of it while still being perfectly in tune.
That's a good sound test however for the 'Ritchie Blackmore tone' check out Riccardo Bacchi video who seems to get frighteningly spot on to that sound.....
2:12 For a sec I thought you were gonna play seek and destroy.
I put three SD Hot Rails in my Richie Blackmore Stratocaster.
Great test. But to reach the Ritchie's tone it is better play with less gain. Almost clean.
C'est vrai qu'elle sonne bien mais j'avoue que je préfère la Malmsteen tout de même ;) Super démo de ta part Nono comme d'hab'
@Neogeofanatic
8 жыл бұрын
+Rascar Capax moi aussi !! :)
@rascarcapax534
8 жыл бұрын
+NeoGeofanatic J'en profite pour te dire un gros merci!! Grâce à toi je me suis lancé dans la guitare et je regrette pas du tout :D \m/ Continue de faire ce que que tu fais parce que t'es génial là dedans ;)
@Neogeofanatic
8 жыл бұрын
+Rascar Capax bah merci !!! :)
Ace of Spades album is by Stratocaster.
良いサウンドですね~。ただギターだけの音では無いのでアンプとかエフェクターのセッティング見たかったですね。 日本語でごめんね。
0:54 which song has this lick???
@dudemaister96
4 жыл бұрын
Blackmore uses that lick loads on the Live in Japan album
@Homie3794
4 жыл бұрын
Child in Time
Great playing, but as you stated Blackmore's tone is not really there. I think this has more to do with the gear you're using than with the guitar.
J'ai cette guitare étant fan inconditionnel du Man That Never Smiles, et c'est une merveille, même si sa "mexicanité" en fait une bête difficile à apprivoiser au vibrato
@Neogeofanatic
8 жыл бұрын
Ça n'a absolument rien à voir ! regarde moi je viole la tige et ça bronche pas. Il faut juste que tu comprenne d'une façon générale ce qui desaccorde une corde et que tu lubrifie les points de friction.
@TheCyho
8 жыл бұрын
+NeoGeofanatic C'est ce que j'ai demandé au gars de mon magasin de musique local, mais bon manifestement il l'a pas fait, dans ce cas je m'en irais remater ton astuce qur les vibratos :3 Merci bien mon beau Nono. (Tiens, Nono, comme dans Trust, je viens de faire le rapprochement)
better by far to knock together a personal Blackmore strat - not too difficult really. Then spend the rest of time trying to emulate Ritchie's brain and fingers
I ve tried that one out. amazing guitar, but I find the neck way too fat for my taste. it feels a lot like an old school les Paul neck from late 50s I guess
@robertritchie2860
3 жыл бұрын
Blackmore played a red 60s Gibson 335 so liked a slight thicker neck
Ebony fingerboard?
@Mrbadluck65
3 ай бұрын
Rosewood.
sei un dio
Saul Goodman sent me here
@saulgoodman1390
3 жыл бұрын
No I didn't!
@matty6878
3 жыл бұрын
@@saulgoodman1390 it'saaaaall good man!
@faustoorieta
3 жыл бұрын
lol wtf
Made in ?
@Mrbadluck65
3 ай бұрын
Japan.
Sound guitar Blackmore trbaik ada di lagu, Child N Time,
Almost kind of sounds like Diary of a Madman at the end.