When I watched this in '94 I realised the strat had a middle pickup....Thanks Keith!....Use it all the time now!

Mark Knopfler Is The Best Guitarist Ever!!!

@nonethodasco2846

3 жыл бұрын

I agree ❤🎸

@Blacksmith1959

Жыл бұрын

Nah. Frank Zappa is or was

@KennethHogsten

Жыл бұрын

​@@nonethodasco2846 Hollies 7

@aural_supremacy

9 ай бұрын

One of the most intelligent comments I have heard about guitar players and their skills is either Eric Johnson or Stevie Ray Vaughan I don’t remember who said that saying so an so is a better guitar player is like saying red is better than blue as a colour, no such thing as the best guitar player in the world or ever.

@aural_supremacy

9 ай бұрын

@@Blacksmith1959you can’t be serious, so you are a Zappa fan that’s your thing but even a good guitarist, um no, if he was he would not have needed Steve Vai, and I don’t like him either, technically brilliant but musically lame, Zappa’s guitar playing sounds like some howling dying animal and I am a musician if you like that sound nothing wrong with that.

Got to love Chris Rea, what a talented and humble man.

With this nationwide lockdown someone should show this on TV now! Its very interesting!

I remember watching this in 94 and thinking Keith looked like a gnarly old rocker, he looks like a kid compared to now!

@jackmaple6679

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly the same here lol👊👊

@Blackkey034

6 күн бұрын

Old ducker lol

I recorded this on VHS back in 1994 (15 years old) and watched it so much I wore the tape out. I love this documentary but Dweezil at 40:35 still blows my brain 😎

@jackmaple6679

4 жыл бұрын

Exact same here and yeah dweezil...ahh

@greenysguitars

3 жыл бұрын

I did the same thing, watched this thing about a hundred times as a kid

Ive finally realized, its the Stratocaster for life. I have a 1972 American Stratocaster that sounds incredible and a recently acquired Fender blues Jr. Wow! The blues jr is such a fun amp.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

8 ай бұрын

Blues Jr IV with 3-band, reverb, and be sure to get the remote Fat switch!

Leo really was a genius. He along with his team , changed music forever and created the greatest guitar design ever .

I was here-2023, Excellent 🎸 documentary! As for the 🎸 Players! Definitely, some of the best of the "BEST" My "REALITY" All are "UNIQUE" with a "SPECIAL"🎁...😉...🎸...🎶🎵🎶... Thanks-Folks...🎶-🪕...👀...🤓..

I watch this all the time. Thank you for uploading ❤️✌️

All these guys, the ones who are still with us looked so damn young in this film... getting old sucks ass, my friends...sucks it.

The guitar intro defines what the Stratocaster is all about. Pure, melodic, aggressive and beauty. True and unique that all lovers of the fine instrument admire.

@danielminhinnett603

Жыл бұрын

That's my Dad, thank you!

to the editor that gave us the entire 'Cosmic Debris' solo, good job!!

It's amazing to think that thing's started off in a tiny place with three girls on the 'assembly line.' These early 50s bolt together Telecasters were conceived as a working musician's instrument, something that now changes hands for between 15/20 thousand dollars; a friend said to me, 'Leo was a big electronics fan. He'd be able to power the neighbourhood's lights now with all the spinning he does in his grave.'

What's with Clapton on that weird couch elevator? LOL

The irony is that if the Knopfler sultans solo is from the 92 tour, then it's not a starts as he played sultans in 92 on a Pensa.

Happy to see Nils Lofgren. Underrated

Excellent documentary with loads of good music and quotes. I've been playing guitar for over 20 years now and I can't play anything like these people. They have a tonne of soul and really feel that rootsy kinda music.

mark knopfler was only in this for a few seconds

That lick by dweezil zappa towards the end!

@guitarfoundry

6 жыл бұрын

yes...minor pentatonic box position one and two, then mindless minor scale sequencing up and down through the shapes to return back to box position one again...i've taught that shot to the easily impressed for 30 years.

i don't know whether to die for knopfler but sure to living up with it my life

Also worth adding to what Richards said, Strats seem to get more beautiful as they age.

The Stratocaster fits your body when playing on stage. That is important for me. The tones sound natural.

outstanding, I'm buying one

The most versatile guitar ever made and to think Leo got in right first time is a mind Blower 🤯

I would say it is probably one of the most recognized design of guitar known around the world.

I build my own guitars now I still love the telecaster the strat is great but I always go back to my telecasters.

they way they talk of the revolutionary fender guitar, is how I felt seeing the hammond organ for the first time.

kieth Richards great turn of phrase ,made me giggle

Keith up on a roof high as a kite with his Strat rock and roll.

@furbymetal83

4 жыл бұрын

I ve read your comment right before the Keith part, and I thought "bah, this guy is so judgemental, its probably keith just doing his rocker persona", but then I watched it and was like .. yup. high as giraffe balls

@jackmaple6679

4 жыл бұрын

Nicolas Luis lol👊

This is brilliant and wasn't a Fender PR thing. It was shown on ITV TV as a documentary about the brand. I've got it on video somewhere! I've been trying to find it for years.

I got a book about this over 15 years ago.it included all these guys words.it was like reading a play

@BoyleJr

4 жыл бұрын

@@jackmaple6679 Yeah i would have too.the bookshop in our mall was closing down anf got that great book for 3 euro

@russellparratt9859

2 жыл бұрын

I've got that book. It was going cheap, perhaps for some glaring editorial errors? It's good to catch up with this documentary, but I'm happier with the book.

Gotta love Keith 27:34 ... But what the heck is going on with that wall behind Clapton ?

@noahh4682

3 жыл бұрын

My thought exactly. It’s pretty cool though.

I’m surprised Yngwie wasn’t featured on this documentary considering he was one of the first to have a signature Strat in the company, along with the fact that his sound is hugely impacted by the Strat

@freddykabulaschnitza2475

4 жыл бұрын

Yngwie is pure tecnishin, very good tecnishin, but his music from finger to gitah never touch soul, even i try but not happen. Listen to men called marco nofloper, his sound puts me in the heven, his finger scuptere from god.

@sellmeyoursoul6601

4 жыл бұрын

and Ritchie too

@freddykabulaschnitza2475

4 жыл бұрын

@@sellmeyoursoul6601 you mean a richie masodirio from Roma? Him my cousin but not that get gitirist

@agriff4795

2 жыл бұрын

Eric Clapton was the first artist to have a signature Stratocaster, Yngwie was the second, but same year, 1988.

Love that intro clip..

My Les Paul gave me an achy back once after playing it for a long time on stage :) never changed guitars the whole time :) that guy stuck on me :) loved playing it and still do! but saying that, I was not in the best of health at the time

beautiful sounds but they sound best clean in the likes of hank Marvin and mark knopflers hands

@danielnichols5632

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@Ironworthstriking

3 жыл бұрын

I think SRV had the best Strat tone ever.

Jimi was the ultimate! Strat-man that took it all the way.

@barrycowen627

3 жыл бұрын

S R V , stood on his shoulders.

@elpablosky6300

2 жыл бұрын

Blackmore and Yngwie too.

cool vdo and legendary guitar for sure! Thoughts for Mister RORY GALLAGHER who died 20 years ago, and for his 61 Strat that sounded like no other! Rory on!

It's so damn sad, that Leo felt he had to sell out to CBS. I have several Fender Guitars, Strats, a Tele and even a P Bass, I also own a 1964 Pre CBS Strat. To me, it is priceless. Most Fender Guitars do, in fact, possess magic. Somehow, it's built in them, like Leo's Soul.

@TheSavagederek

9 ай бұрын

I read that Leo was diagnosed with cancer so decided to sell the company . After CBS bought him out , he was informed that the original diagnosis was in fact wrong , and it was a stomach virus he had , but by that time it was too late .

@Blackkey034

6 күн бұрын

BabaNoley

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I was disappointed Stevie Ray Vaughan was not featured more as I believe he was one of the greatest exponents of the Strat.....But a fine video,none the less.

@turricaned

9 жыл бұрын

micky rooney I think he'd have been happy to do it had he not been dead for four years by the time this documentary was made... :(

@rhythmace1

9 жыл бұрын

turricaned Ummm... archive footage?!

@danjo7398

9 жыл бұрын

micky rooney whats funny is 3.13 wasn't even a strat hahaha

@LASR71

9 жыл бұрын

Daniel Brennan Ha ha, absolutely, clueless twats didn´t even made good research. That was a Hamilton in the "Couldn´t stand the weather" video.

@danjo7398

8 жыл бұрын

Sorry but it wasn't a strat

nice picking mate, I'll see you around

Still say the tele is a better guitar, it just sounds better and stays in tune!

i hope they release someday a documentary about all fender guitars

I remember watching this documentary when it was first broadcast in Britain back in the early 90's I believe. I expected to see the likes of Clapton, Marvin, Hendrix, Richards etc discussing the Stratocaster. I recall the thrill - which I got again while watching this after 20 something years - of seeing my own personal guitar hero included within this documentary - Nils Lofgren. If you don't know his work, take the time to check him out. There's a reason he's included here.

Some of the best bits have been snipped sadly… the Hendrix at Woodstock section changed my life.

Interesting bit about the Strat ! And Clapton's room he's sitting is F#%t Up for sure . LOL

Was waiting for the lightning fast pentatonic lick after the amazing cleans.......and it was Hank! I thought it was EJ!

Strats are great, I love 'em and I've played plenty. But a tele is called getting it right first time.

@jackmaple6679

4 жыл бұрын

I think I agree..

@LeviBulger

4 жыл бұрын

The Stratocaster was literally made because the telecaster didn't balance well and was uncomfortable to a lot of session players.

And do not over look Master Eric Johnson.

Anyone else noticed how remarkably similar Mark Knopfler's style is to that of JJ Cale?

@attiylanen

5 жыл бұрын

Yes. I believe MK was influenced by JJ Cale and also by Chet Atkins. Singing style from Bob Dylan. Everybody gets influences from somebody, and the music evolves.

@jamesmathai1138

4 жыл бұрын

The first time I heard JJ Cale I thought he was MK. Until he started singing of course.

@fannyingabout

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah a blend of JJ Cale and Chet Atkins

@ralphtouch8962

3 жыл бұрын

Naturally

@lessehead

10 ай бұрын

Yes, JJ was a big influence of his. Listen to MK’s song Don’t You Get It. Sounds just like JJ!

Carson, and Fullerton got honorable mention that's kool. It's also funny that r & r started out as guitars for the old singing cowboys. Too funny!

Q buen guitarrista q es el mejor del mundp ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Thank you for the upload. Can you please state from which sultans of swing version is the opening intro from? Many thanks.

funny how this documentary sort of disses Hendrix as if he only smashed and burned guitars and didnt do anything else...

@mapp4751

9 жыл бұрын

ramiro martinez HI thanks for mentioning that,i liked the documentary but i was outraged that they disrespected Jimi like that! he did a hell of alot and was a Strat devotee!

@paulbcote

5 жыл бұрын

If only Jimi had been around to explain his perspective on it!

@JerryRiceBall

5 жыл бұрын

ramiro fauno martinez Its an english documentary and jimi outshined all of the english guitarists at the time... i sense some bitterness on the part of the creators of this documentary.

@danielnichols5632

3 жыл бұрын

Lol the old blokes are really bummed about Hendrix smashing stuff

Wow one little mention of SRV, one of the greatest guitarists ever. Smh.

Gilmour is right! I am known to call out who’s playing on a record if it’s a strat player :) people would say ‘how do you know?’etc. do you know the song? Not always! I just know the players style

40:37 Not sure I'd play any electric guitar with one foot in the water . . .

Good

Tele always gets the job done. And if it doesn't, it's not the Tele, it's you.

@MrShadowofthewind

8 жыл бұрын

It's all in the fingers, not the guitar, the guitar is just a tool.

@MrShadowofthewind

7 жыл бұрын

***** I know what you mean, but there have been many guitar players using the ''wrong'' guitar for the job, and because of that created a very unique sound that surprised everyone, so in that sense there is no ''wrong'', especially these days where you can swap out anything.

@MrShadowofthewind

7 жыл бұрын

***** Can't vibrato on Les pauls or other guitars with fixed bridges ? Gary Moore, Tony Iommi and many others disagree ! :p Like i said, i get what your saying, but if it might ever happen that your forced to use another guitar you'll most likely still sound as you, because the magic happens with your fingers, the guitar only enhances this.

@MrShadowofthewind

7 жыл бұрын

***** en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato Gary Moore and Tony Iommi are famed for they're vibrato, and both mainly use/used guitars with fixed bridges, unless you mean vibrato in a untraditional way ? Again, i totally understand what you mean, but we seem to disagree on one specific thing, my opinion is that the fingers mainly dictate someone's sound, and yours is that the guitar does, i understand that different guitars will give different sounds, one is low with a growl, the other high thin sounding, but with any player with their own voice you will still recongnize their sound on different guitars, because of their way of playing, wich is in the fingers.

@MrShadowofthewind

7 жыл бұрын

***** There you go, now everything makes sense, personally i stay far away from tremolo's.

Kieth richards is such a bad ass!

Great documentary but incorrect title, still enjoyed it tho :-)

Immediately opens with sultan of swing 3rd solo. That's how it's done

Dweezil playing the Hendrix Strat while sitting on a diving board over a pool?!!

@MisterTee

4 жыл бұрын

If it survived being torched if would be able to survive a dunking.

Alright, it´s not the most important thing in this world. BUT it drives me CRAZY when anyone, and be it Mark Knopfler, tells you Hendrix didn´t actually play with his teeth. Well. ANYONE with a bit of patience can learn how to pluck the strings with their teeth. I, being a gigantic Jimi fan, did it with my first band at 15. And HE didn´t fool his audience. I know the sound.

@twezzo99

8 жыл бұрын

No. As far as I found out, it´s really easy to pluck with your teeth, and impossible to do it with your tongue.

@lucaswood7602

7 жыл бұрын

my dentist advises otherwise, I'll just use my fingers instead thank you

@classicartfoundation639

7 жыл бұрын

twezzo99 yep you're right, i'm very surprised Knopfler would actually come to that conclusion.

Geordies galore!

Zappa playing his electric with his feet in the pool.........maybe not the best idea.

@Tricknologyinc

7 жыл бұрын

Guitar's grounded. Pool's grounded. What's your problem?

@kenshirk6993

7 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't be concerned about the guitar as much as I would be about the amp. If it was to fall in--there could be some issues....grounded or not. GFI protected would be important

@bbking0064

5 жыл бұрын

Zap the Zappa you reckon.....

Ironic, Hendrix played Keith Richards 1965 Stratocaster when Jimi arrived in London England in 1966. That 1965 Olympic white Stratocaster was gifted to Jimi by Keith Richards girlfriend Linda Keith...Keith Richards only found out later that his white Stratocaster was MIA...Keith and Linda's relationship soured soon there after..

2:13 I love this sound by Keith! What type of amp is he playing?? Who knows?

i have this it's 53 mins long and much easier to watch

that's Richie Sambora at 44:15...KILLER LICKS

In response to Aidan Smyth. Check out if you can Nils's album called " Cry Tough" one of his earliest but rough and gritty. I believe it came out in 1976/77 I think you will like it. MFM

Keith was wrong, he wasn't Leonardo, he was Clarence Leonidas Fender

Funny, a Gibson Les Paul recently sold for 2 million. One that is and was used by several musicians. Not one signed by a few artists and not one sold for "charity" The Gibson I had in mind was used on 3 separate number one songs that topped the UK hit parade...………..

Who's the guy hiding behind Jimmie Vaughan at around 20:02? You know, back by the giant Gibson sign...

What the bloody hell is happening to Clapton's wall???

25:44 lick

Wicked! xXx

Whats with the revolving wall in Clapton's interview

@paulbcote

5 жыл бұрын

Seems like he and the camera are in a big freight elevator that is always going down.

hehe, why is Clapton going up and down on the lift ?

it also has alot to do with the specific guitar you get. don't think because you spend 10 -20 gs on a vintage strat that it's gonna be a player. even the new custom shops can end up not being players. advice i got from a wise seasoned player was look for the guitars with wear from being played because you know it was well suited and was loved and if you see a vintage instrument in mint condition often times its in mint condition for a reason.

I would love to get this on dvd , is this for sale ?

What's with Clapton going up and down in a lift??

@Billbill80s

9 жыл бұрын

zodiacbluesbaby He's high, then he's low again. I took it to be a nifty little symbolism of his lifelong substance abuse battle/s.

@LASR71

9 жыл бұрын

zodiacbluesbaby Maybe some pretentious "oh I am so nineties and I look so cool and trendy going up and down" stupid idea from the director of the documentary. Remember clapton with his stupid Armani suits and fucking Hugh Grant long hair? That was also "so nineties". I´d rather have him today dressing as Jay Leno in denim shirt and jeans, lol

@zodiacbluesbaby

9 жыл бұрын

RL R I thought his merchant banker look was more from the 80s.... he started dressing down a bit after Unplugged.

@LASR71

9 жыл бұрын

zodiacbluesbaby Oh, I wasn´t aware of that. I don´t know why I had the idea this was a 90´s look, but I see you know what I was talking about. Cheers sir!

@Billbill80s

9 жыл бұрын

zodiacbluesbaby Not exactly true. He did still pull out the door to door salesman outfit now and then through the 90s.

I loathe Strats but Roy Rogers at 44:35 is so good

Mark was playing Schecter guitars for years, in the Alchemy tour video I think there are no Fender guitars that were used. Am I right? Telegraph road is played with a Schecter guitar. and i think i am right to say that "once upon a time " is played with a Schecter too.

@amarkintime1

9 жыл бұрын

Yes! We have a great resource for all Mk Guitars per period on Ingo's site. ds.mk-guitar.com/songlist.htm

@stevemorse108

9 жыл бұрын

Yes I remember him playing a Schecter guitar...in fact I even bought one.

@williamharvey9702

8 жыл бұрын

and Suhr ,and Gibson , and ...

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Also pretty anti Hendrix. But I value dweezil zappss opinion

What's the name of the song Tony Joe White is playing in (25:15)?? Please tell me if you know!

@chrisjohnson4165

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know, but Tony Joe White had something very special.

Does anyone knows who play the guitar solo at the end of the program? And from what song.

@danielminhinnett603

Жыл бұрын

It's my Dad, Ray Minhinnett from one of his songs.

@terjesolhaug2071

Жыл бұрын

@@danielminhinnett603 Ok. Do you know what song?

22:47 nice company work shirtless LOL

Saying that the strat "made" clapton and hendrix is a joke. The man makes the guitar not the other way around.

@stephenelmes7970

3 жыл бұрын

Jesus....Clapton was made on Gibson solid body guitars.. and he never sounded the same again when he went to Fender..

Counting on keith richard said "you know"

A couple things I got from this vidio: 1 Listen to your customer. 2. Don't smash, burn or hang a guitar on a wall to collect dust. Put electricity and your mojo into it. When you pass the next guy/girl will build on your mojo.

permite tenerlo en mi canal! ? pregunto para saber, por eso de los derechos de autor....ya me pasó...que lo eliminan y me dejan sin video

Just for kicks, checkout the big wolf spider crawling down the wall...to the side of E.C.'s right shoulder at 28:17.

🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

What's Keith doing dancing on that roof? He's mainly a Tele man anyway! Funny how Clapton plays the blues but is sitting in a sterile penthouse dressed in white Armani or something! Chris Rea in a junkyard "it's paid many gas bills"!!! Ho! Ho! Ho!

@dennisschell5543

6 жыл бұрын

Keith is lucky he didn't fall off...

@digthemusicman483

6 жыл бұрын

Dennis Schell not that it would have done anything 😂

@popogejo7245

2 жыл бұрын

Teley my @ss, Keef could probably play a goat if you could get the damn thing in tune.

Does anubody know what Mister Hank Marvin was playing @ 45:28 ?

@squimbynurox

2 жыл бұрын

It’s called ‘Road Train’ - off his ‘Into the Light’ album from 1992

On 1984 Harrison pick a CBS stratocaster for jamming with Deep Purple ( Ritchie Blackmore guitar ) . Keith Richards he play more tele than Stratocaster and Gilmour play Tele and Strat .