that's a sweet rendish of Mr. Sandman. Man I'd like to have those tabs ... anybody have that chart handy ... or do I need to just rip it from the dude's hands?
@samman7016 күн бұрын
When I got my one it had some really bad fretting out and I got it worked on and it only fixed a little so idk what to do
@simonsmith26426 күн бұрын
I just received my 61 and have spent some time with it, and heres my opinion. The frets are WAY too small, supposed to be the same vintage tall as my 73 and 72 tele, and it absolutely is not, its like banjo frets.. And they are sharp, and the fretboard isnt rolled well at all. In my opinion the guitar is great the neck suuuuuucks! It feels flat radius with a wide nut, it does not feel like 1.65 or 7.25. I have other AVRIs and side by side, the frets are not vintage tall like the others. The nut feels like 1-11/16 wide the radius feels like 12”. No seriously compared it to my Gibsons, and I have many, and this feels like an SG slim taper. I am sending it back ASAP. Sweetwaterwants to make it a pain in the ass, but they will take this piece of junk that hurts to play back, and exchange it or refund me. It was a floor model demo so it was played, I got it for 1500 and change. To make it playable, it needs frets yanked, fretboard blocked, edges rolled, and refretted with actual 6105 vintage tall frets, or bigger, to get a rounder radius feel this neck sucks and I recommend not buying it. Unless you play one first and just love it.
@fredfloyd346 күн бұрын
If you are a good player ...any guitar will do.That is a beautiful guitar...I like the U necks on the strat.C necks...kinda hard to play...
@donmunson48026 күн бұрын
I have the 2007 model in black. But it's not going anywhere. Just an incredible player.
@bobpedone616812 күн бұрын
Looks like the High E is still hanging off that V-II Really pisses me off I have a 5K Custom shop strat with the same issue....I guess that really is period correct!
@NickHandleyCreative12 күн бұрын
@@bobpedone6168 this particular issue didn’t bother me. Could have just gotten bumped or loose screw or something. That said, I too have had issues 2 custom shop strats that I bought. This bothered me
@tonisalic630013 күн бұрын
Great video. If the wood is not aged, you will get fret sprouting...from shrinkage. Hopefully the one I ordered has a mature neck. Production-custom, unfortunately they have to be cost effective. The pick up cavity is not shielded, so needs to be insulated. Hey, they figured if you want the original 60 sec humm...there you go!
@NisseHesedingMusic15 күн бұрын
I got the 62‘ Vintage Reissue in Sherwood Green from 2000 and I absolutely love that color! 😍
@michaelbuckner984618 күн бұрын
Keep the one you can’t return
@ronwest21718 күн бұрын
For $2300 those things that you dismiss are a "real biggie"!
@alainmalo379122 күн бұрын
Manque une encore , la Squier 50s vibe !!
@JackFossett23 күн бұрын
Great playing and comparison!
@NickHandleyCreative22 күн бұрын
@@JackFossett ahh man, thank you!
@bernbsy25 күн бұрын
They go for around $2500 - $3000US. For that price they should be immaculate. The gap and the high E string off the neck is unacceptable for the price. I got a 2000 American Series Strat for a third of the price and it was perfect. No quality control issues at all.
@llllkkkk84447 күн бұрын
You can get this for 2100 right now. The American Professional is going for 1800 and the Ultra is going for 2k. The prices on all of their products goes up every year.
@thetinman335328 күн бұрын
Made it easy on myself and found a used avii 51. Love it! It is an ash body however which I like. Not sure what the avi is. Also I thought my avii was pure nitro finish…am I wrong?
@sesa298428 күн бұрын
I have a 57 magnatone, and thats honestly what you need. Its small, way lighter than either and super nice sounding. Its a rebrand “Harmophone super 130,” I got it for 350 around the turn of the century, but they’re still much more affordable than the real magnatones. It has ruined all other amps for me, but I’m hoping to one day get my hands on one of the new Magnatones to see if they REALLY made a Magnatone. It is nice to have a brand new amp though for gigging and traveling etc. so iI’m really hoping they do. And that a few thousand dollars will fall out of the sky…and rent.
@deandee8082Ай бұрын
those cases are horrible, chynese specials, they pay maybe $15 a case and charge you $250 for them, the things fenner does anymore is worth never supporting ever again .. they are JUNK cases .. they wanted more for them than you get a good GnG for .. no chit a year ago.. so I bought 2 GnG and sent back the garbage chynese cases... just garbage, then to try and sneak them in like they are quality? a guy would think for $250 its a GnG without the badge, nope, chynese junk
@hardkornofficialАй бұрын
Orange 🤘🏻
@mikelundquist4596Ай бұрын
I've had a lot of guitars... red ones sound better.
@BadChizzleАй бұрын
Who wouldn’t Love it?! Just sayin… 😮
@anthonycotto9251Ай бұрын
Gave it a like just for the intro jam
@lambo831Ай бұрын
"Wasn't as thick as I was expecting..." Thats what she said! haha
@johnsmith-ug5tpАй бұрын
I had a couple MIM strats and teles with the high e string on the edge of the fret and loosening the neck plate screws and moving the neck didn't helped it enough. I recently bought the American Performer Strat Arctic white with RW board and it was 100% perfect out of the box with a perfectly set up floating trem. I am going to buy the American Vint II in the near future and if there is any wrong with it other than a truss rod adjustment due to the weather and minor set up tweaks it will be return for another one.
@learningguitar7948Ай бұрын
Thanks for this! I'm going to do a custom Strat build with a 24.75" scale length rosewood neck, and have been going crazy trying to pick the color I want, since I want this to be my forever strat lol. I've kind of changed my taste over the past few months after looking at so many. I'm down to either sonic blue or fiesta red with a mint pickguard. Runner up was transparent butterscotch blonde with a black pickguard.
@NickHandleyCreativeАй бұрын
@@learningguitar7948 man, that’s a tough one. The sonic blue strat that I have a the ‘thin skin’ so it’s a little whiter than others I’ve seen. Hard to beat a fiesta red though. Good luck!!
@ivan_emegeАй бұрын
With my Stapleton Princeton I use the Boss FRV-1 '63 Fender Reverb. Perfect solution. I dig reverb effect, but I prefer the lack of it in tube amps, it complicates the electrical design. You have the Surfy Reverb tank too, a revision of the old ‘63 Fender brown tank.
@NickHandleyCreativeАй бұрын
@@ivan_emege interesting perspective. It used to kind of bother me to have to deal with the extra cables and knobs of a reverb pedal, but I’ve gotten over that, and now I kind of like the flexibility of being able to use different kinds of reverbs.
@ivan_emegeАй бұрын
@@NickHandleyCreative recently I found an original reissue NOS Fender 6G15 Reverb unit, in matching brown/wheat. I’m thinking to purchase it and get the real thing
@NickHandleyCreativeАй бұрын
@@ivan_emege doesn’t get any better than that!
@clovergrass9439Ай бұрын
Great review...its hilarous that the signature aspect/name plate was a minor criticism. I totally agree. Its in the works to get one.
@NickHandleyCreativeАй бұрын
@@clovergrass9439 glad I’m not the only one. Nothing against the artist, I just think it kind dulls the coolness of this classic amp to make it a signature model for a modern musician. At least Chris Stapleton is a humble enough guy to not force his name on the front.
@Csal43Ай бұрын
Very helpful. You have a lot of strats!
@NickHandleyCreativeАй бұрын
@@Csal43 thank you! I do indeed have a decent amount of strats. I look at them like a savings account I get to play with until I’m ready to cash them in.
@JonHuntleyАй бұрын
The 51 has more warmth more depth
@Pegasus4213Ай бұрын
The vintage 61 two just has some magic the 60s doesn't have. My trouble is I hate red guitars! 🙂 Nice demo!
@NickHandleyCreativeАй бұрын
@@Pegasus4213 I generally have the same sentiment toward red guitars. The fiesta red, though, just has something cool about it. I honestly don’t even see red when I look at it.
@charliewesley94Ай бұрын
The action might be a bit higher due to the 7.25 radius
@MRROBBIEWATTSАй бұрын
Wow!...Ace Video man! - :)
@onlyguitarsАй бұрын
This is from personal experience, but I've had 3 USA fenders with nitro, 2 with the maple fretboard and yeah, my experience was that is was a sticky neck. (2 AO and one parallel universe) The one with rosewood didnt bother me, but the ample ones yeah, feeling the stickiness on the tip of my fingers made it an unpleasent experience for me. The Urethane fenders with maple, like the standards or professionals didnt feel sticky on the fretboard. I hd the AO 50's tele before, was great though, but sold it. Recently grabbed a Vineras 50's Modified Tele (that is like the same as the Baja Tele), and damn! all those little things I didnt like of the AO, this are covered. 1- The Vintera 50's modified has a satin neck on the back and is uretahne on the fretboard, dont feel any stickiness at all and enjoy it is satin. 2- The frets are medium jumbo, and are not as small as the stock of the AO, that felt really tiny. 3- The neck is a thick soft V that is very nice to the hand. I loved the U shape of the AO, but this one I might like it even more. 4- Love that the neck is tinted yellow. the AO in particular was very white and is just cosmetic, but prefer it tinted. 5- the pickups. the AO are very good, very classic tele. But for my taste, the CS pickups on this one, the broadcaster on the bridge and twisted on the neck I like them better. the bridge has that extar bit of power that I missed, and the neck has that stratty character that I really like. QC, thought the switches or etails on the MIM wouldnt be as good, but the knobs, tuners, toggle switch, bridge, all look same quality as USA. The fretboard edges are not as rolled as the AO, they do more work in those I can see, but suprised on how nice this MIM is. Just sharing my point of view. Great video!!! Love the series youve made on the AVII
@saintbrandoАй бұрын
I finally saw the blue in Sonic Blue when it was beside the Sea Foam Green.
@mannydecastro8604Ай бұрын
I just purchased one and the exception of it being slightly heavy. I find it to be perfect.
@f100strato22 ай бұрын
Nick, you looked more at home and sounded better/smoother on the Original 60's. I get it you chose the vintage if you like the 7.25 neck. Everyone should have one 7.25 Strat.
@NickHandleyCreativeАй бұрын
Now that it’s a year later, I really wish I had kept both guitars. That pink AO was really quite amazing.
@jamesromanski85082 ай бұрын
Buy lots of flowers, and keep them both.
@NickHandleyCreativeАй бұрын
Haha I think I’ve exhausted that tactic many times over 😆
@sweezyjackson49352 ай бұрын
Nope its a bad guitar. You should send it to me.
@kuma1088jpmx2 ай бұрын
I'm considering buying the American Vintage II Terecaster '51 model, so your video was very helpful. Thank you very much.
@NickHandleyCreative2 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful. Can’t go wrong either way and now that the AVii line has been out for a while there’s probably some amazing used deals to be found
@shellsea95202 ай бұрын
Hay Mate , I am like yer keep them both ,they both hv GR8 sounds , but I definitely liked the sound of the Vintage i more ❤ WISH I could play as good as u blind folded 🥰😁💥💫 SUBSCRIBED
@NickHandleyCreative2 ай бұрын
Right on, thanks man! Yeah I’m with you. The AVI spoke to me a little more. Not mention it was also about $500 less expensive :)
@JamesLovesRocks3292 ай бұрын
I personally like the 7.25” radius fingerboard
@stevec98892 ай бұрын
What time frame of the 51s manufacturer are the concerning years for the quality control?
@powbobs2 ай бұрын
Fenders have had a poly base coat since the mid-sixties.
@godzoo182 ай бұрын
51' warmer, thicker, less metallic, more organic and way more character.
Thank you! I tend to swing toward the Princeton as well. The louder it gets it just gets sweeter and sweeter. I can’t entirely say the same about the magnatone. I suspect it would be a different story if the magnatone used 6v6 tubes instead of el84’s.
@ReValveiT_012 ай бұрын
0:32 Is that a chunk out of the 'F' in the decal?
@NickHandleyCreative2 ай бұрын
Yep. The decal on this specific guitar is pretty thin. More has rubbed off since the time I made this video
@tommyabernathy98802 ай бұрын
Sweet axe!
@jsauce3112 ай бұрын
Nice vid. Got a great deal on a Stapleton arriving today. Can't wait to take for a spin
@NickHandleyCreative2 ай бұрын
The slowest moving day until the postman arrives 😉. Congratulations. It’s a very sweet amp
@petermarkovic88372 ай бұрын
I'm glad you said that the guitar "has some MoJo" I agree, I love mine. I also have a Fender AO 50s which is a great guitar also. I think the former has the edge on the 5o's tho, but not by much.
@michaelposch2 ай бұрын
My Varsity Reverb had some hiss, when the reverb was turned on. Gave it to the service man. since then it´s absolutely quite. Love it!
@NickHandleyCreative2 ай бұрын
That’s interesting. Next time the magnatone is up in the rotation I’ll turn the reverb down to see if that quiets the hiss. I just figured it was an amp that’s meant to be played loud.
@PageandPlant4Life2 ай бұрын
For the price, I wouldn't wanna be taking it to get serviced right off the rip. A great sounding amp can be a money pit if it needs taken in all the time
@NickHandleyCreative2 ай бұрын
True. In my case I think the hiss is just the sound of an amp that wants to be turned up to gig volume. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the amp. Hope not at least
@analogemma2 ай бұрын
You know I've been eyeing one of those Magnatones for a bit; such great tasteful playing to back it as well. Just got my hands on a 1965 Princeton Reverb, closest I'll get to a brownface lol. Hoping to do a video on it compared to my little Silvertone 1400
@NickHandleyCreative2 ай бұрын
The magnatones are sweet but crazy loud. If the starlighter had built in reverb and a 12” speaker I’d be all over it! Congrats on your ‘65 princeton. I have the reissue of that amp. It’s awesome!
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that's a sweet rendish of Mr. Sandman. Man I'd like to have those tabs ... anybody have that chart handy ... or do I need to just rip it from the dude's hands?
When I got my one it had some really bad fretting out and I got it worked on and it only fixed a little so idk what to do
I just received my 61 and have spent some time with it, and heres my opinion. The frets are WAY too small, supposed to be the same vintage tall as my 73 and 72 tele, and it absolutely is not, its like banjo frets.. And they are sharp, and the fretboard isnt rolled well at all. In my opinion the guitar is great the neck suuuuuucks! It feels flat radius with a wide nut, it does not feel like 1.65 or 7.25. I have other AVRIs and side by side, the frets are not vintage tall like the others. The nut feels like 1-11/16 wide the radius feels like 12”. No seriously compared it to my Gibsons, and I have many, and this feels like an SG slim taper. I am sending it back ASAP. Sweetwaterwants to make it a pain in the ass, but they will take this piece of junk that hurts to play back, and exchange it or refund me. It was a floor model demo so it was played, I got it for 1500 and change. To make it playable, it needs frets yanked, fretboard blocked, edges rolled, and refretted with actual 6105 vintage tall frets, or bigger, to get a rounder radius feel this neck sucks and I recommend not buying it. Unless you play one first and just love it.
If you are a good player ...any guitar will do.That is a beautiful guitar...I like the U necks on the strat.C necks...kinda hard to play...
I have the 2007 model in black. But it's not going anywhere. Just an incredible player.
Looks like the High E is still hanging off that V-II Really pisses me off I have a 5K Custom shop strat with the same issue....I guess that really is period correct!
@@bobpedone6168 this particular issue didn’t bother me. Could have just gotten bumped or loose screw or something. That said, I too have had issues 2 custom shop strats that I bought. This bothered me
Great video. If the wood is not aged, you will get fret sprouting...from shrinkage. Hopefully the one I ordered has a mature neck. Production-custom, unfortunately they have to be cost effective. The pick up cavity is not shielded, so needs to be insulated. Hey, they figured if you want the original 60 sec humm...there you go!
I got the 62‘ Vintage Reissue in Sherwood Green from 2000 and I absolutely love that color! 😍
Keep the one you can’t return
For $2300 those things that you dismiss are a "real biggie"!
Manque une encore , la Squier 50s vibe !!
Great playing and comparison!
@@JackFossett ahh man, thank you!
They go for around $2500 - $3000US. For that price they should be immaculate. The gap and the high E string off the neck is unacceptable for the price. I got a 2000 American Series Strat for a third of the price and it was perfect. No quality control issues at all.
You can get this for 2100 right now. The American Professional is going for 1800 and the Ultra is going for 2k. The prices on all of their products goes up every year.
Made it easy on myself and found a used avii 51. Love it! It is an ash body however which I like. Not sure what the avi is. Also I thought my avii was pure nitro finish…am I wrong?
I have a 57 magnatone, and thats honestly what you need. Its small, way lighter than either and super nice sounding. Its a rebrand “Harmophone super 130,” I got it for 350 around the turn of the century, but they’re still much more affordable than the real magnatones. It has ruined all other amps for me, but I’m hoping to one day get my hands on one of the new Magnatones to see if they REALLY made a Magnatone. It is nice to have a brand new amp though for gigging and traveling etc. so iI’m really hoping they do. And that a few thousand dollars will fall out of the sky…and rent.
those cases are horrible, chynese specials, they pay maybe $15 a case and charge you $250 for them, the things fenner does anymore is worth never supporting ever again .. they are JUNK cases .. they wanted more for them than you get a good GnG for .. no chit a year ago.. so I bought 2 GnG and sent back the garbage chynese cases... just garbage, then to try and sneak them in like they are quality? a guy would think for $250 its a GnG without the badge, nope, chynese junk
Orange 🤘🏻
I've had a lot of guitars... red ones sound better.
Who wouldn’t Love it?! Just sayin… 😮
Gave it a like just for the intro jam
"Wasn't as thick as I was expecting..." Thats what she said! haha
I had a couple MIM strats and teles with the high e string on the edge of the fret and loosening the neck plate screws and moving the neck didn't helped it enough. I recently bought the American Performer Strat Arctic white with RW board and it was 100% perfect out of the box with a perfectly set up floating trem. I am going to buy the American Vint II in the near future and if there is any wrong with it other than a truss rod adjustment due to the weather and minor set up tweaks it will be return for another one.
Thanks for this! I'm going to do a custom Strat build with a 24.75" scale length rosewood neck, and have been going crazy trying to pick the color I want, since I want this to be my forever strat lol. I've kind of changed my taste over the past few months after looking at so many. I'm down to either sonic blue or fiesta red with a mint pickguard. Runner up was transparent butterscotch blonde with a black pickguard.
@@learningguitar7948 man, that’s a tough one. The sonic blue strat that I have a the ‘thin skin’ so it’s a little whiter than others I’ve seen. Hard to beat a fiesta red though. Good luck!!
With my Stapleton Princeton I use the Boss FRV-1 '63 Fender Reverb. Perfect solution. I dig reverb effect, but I prefer the lack of it in tube amps, it complicates the electrical design. You have the Surfy Reverb tank too, a revision of the old ‘63 Fender brown tank.
@@ivan_emege interesting perspective. It used to kind of bother me to have to deal with the extra cables and knobs of a reverb pedal, but I’ve gotten over that, and now I kind of like the flexibility of being able to use different kinds of reverbs.
@@NickHandleyCreative recently I found an original reissue NOS Fender 6G15 Reverb unit, in matching brown/wheat. I’m thinking to purchase it and get the real thing
@@ivan_emege doesn’t get any better than that!
Great review...its hilarous that the signature aspect/name plate was a minor criticism. I totally agree. Its in the works to get one.
@@clovergrass9439 glad I’m not the only one. Nothing against the artist, I just think it kind dulls the coolness of this classic amp to make it a signature model for a modern musician. At least Chris Stapleton is a humble enough guy to not force his name on the front.
Very helpful. You have a lot of strats!
@@Csal43 thank you! I do indeed have a decent amount of strats. I look at them like a savings account I get to play with until I’m ready to cash them in.
The 51 has more warmth more depth
The vintage 61 two just has some magic the 60s doesn't have. My trouble is I hate red guitars! 🙂 Nice demo!
@@Pegasus4213 I generally have the same sentiment toward red guitars. The fiesta red, though, just has something cool about it. I honestly don’t even see red when I look at it.
The action might be a bit higher due to the 7.25 radius
Wow!...Ace Video man! - :)
This is from personal experience, but I've had 3 USA fenders with nitro, 2 with the maple fretboard and yeah, my experience was that is was a sticky neck. (2 AO and one parallel universe) The one with rosewood didnt bother me, but the ample ones yeah, feeling the stickiness on the tip of my fingers made it an unpleasent experience for me. The Urethane fenders with maple, like the standards or professionals didnt feel sticky on the fretboard. I hd the AO 50's tele before, was great though, but sold it. Recently grabbed a Vineras 50's Modified Tele (that is like the same as the Baja Tele), and damn! all those little things I didnt like of the AO, this are covered. 1- The Vintera 50's modified has a satin neck on the back and is uretahne on the fretboard, dont feel any stickiness at all and enjoy it is satin. 2- The frets are medium jumbo, and are not as small as the stock of the AO, that felt really tiny. 3- The neck is a thick soft V that is very nice to the hand. I loved the U shape of the AO, but this one I might like it even more. 4- Love that the neck is tinted yellow. the AO in particular was very white and is just cosmetic, but prefer it tinted. 5- the pickups. the AO are very good, very classic tele. But for my taste, the CS pickups on this one, the broadcaster on the bridge and twisted on the neck I like them better. the bridge has that extar bit of power that I missed, and the neck has that stratty character that I really like. QC, thought the switches or etails on the MIM wouldnt be as good, but the knobs, tuners, toggle switch, bridge, all look same quality as USA. The fretboard edges are not as rolled as the AO, they do more work in those I can see, but suprised on how nice this MIM is. Just sharing my point of view. Great video!!! Love the series youve made on the AVII
I finally saw the blue in Sonic Blue when it was beside the Sea Foam Green.
I just purchased one and the exception of it being slightly heavy. I find it to be perfect.
Nick, you looked more at home and sounded better/smoother on the Original 60's. I get it you chose the vintage if you like the 7.25 neck. Everyone should have one 7.25 Strat.
Now that it’s a year later, I really wish I had kept both guitars. That pink AO was really quite amazing.
Buy lots of flowers, and keep them both.
Haha I think I’ve exhausted that tactic many times over 😆
Nope its a bad guitar. You should send it to me.
I'm considering buying the American Vintage II Terecaster '51 model, so your video was very helpful. Thank you very much.
Glad it was helpful. Can’t go wrong either way and now that the AVii line has been out for a while there’s probably some amazing used deals to be found
Hay Mate , I am like yer keep them both ,they both hv GR8 sounds , but I definitely liked the sound of the Vintage i more ❤ WISH I could play as good as u blind folded 🥰😁💥💫 SUBSCRIBED
Right on, thanks man! Yeah I’m with you. The AVI spoke to me a little more. Not mention it was also about $500 less expensive :)
I personally like the 7.25” radius fingerboard
What time frame of the 51s manufacturer are the concerning years for the quality control?
Fenders have had a poly base coat since the mid-sixties.
51' warmer, thicker, less metallic, more organic and way more character.
The ‘52 color is superior
Nice video. Tasty playing. Princeton for me. Beautiful tones & character.
Thank you! I tend to swing toward the Princeton as well. The louder it gets it just gets sweeter and sweeter. I can’t entirely say the same about the magnatone. I suspect it would be a different story if the magnatone used 6v6 tubes instead of el84’s.
0:32 Is that a chunk out of the 'F' in the decal?
Yep. The decal on this specific guitar is pretty thin. More has rubbed off since the time I made this video
Sweet axe!
Nice vid. Got a great deal on a Stapleton arriving today. Can't wait to take for a spin
The slowest moving day until the postman arrives 😉. Congratulations. It’s a very sweet amp
I'm glad you said that the guitar "has some MoJo" I agree, I love mine. I also have a Fender AO 50s which is a great guitar also. I think the former has the edge on the 5o's tho, but not by much.
My Varsity Reverb had some hiss, when the reverb was turned on. Gave it to the service man. since then it´s absolutely quite. Love it!
That’s interesting. Next time the magnatone is up in the rotation I’ll turn the reverb down to see if that quiets the hiss. I just figured it was an amp that’s meant to be played loud.
For the price, I wouldn't wanna be taking it to get serviced right off the rip. A great sounding amp can be a money pit if it needs taken in all the time
True. In my case I think the hiss is just the sound of an amp that wants to be turned up to gig volume. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the amp. Hope not at least
You know I've been eyeing one of those Magnatones for a bit; such great tasteful playing to back it as well. Just got my hands on a 1965 Princeton Reverb, closest I'll get to a brownface lol. Hoping to do a video on it compared to my little Silvertone 1400
The magnatones are sweet but crazy loud. If the starlighter had built in reverb and a 12” speaker I’d be all over it! Congrats on your ‘65 princeton. I have the reissue of that amp. It’s awesome!