Fender Stratocaster - Test and demo of EMG DG20 and Fender CS69 /Seymour Duncan SSL-5 (4K)
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Күн бұрынA comparison between two Fender Stratocaster.
The red Stratocaster is fitted with David Gilmour´s EMG DG-20 signature pickups, and the black Stratocaster is fitted with Fender Custom Shop `69 (neck/middle position), and Seymour Duncan SSL-5 in the bridge.
It is also fitted with a micro switch to combine neck and bridge pickups together.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
01:26 EMG DG-20 Clean
02:24 EMG DG-20 Overdrive
04:10 EMG DG-20 Overdrive+Rotary
05:22 Fender CS69 Clean
06:26 CS69 + SSL-5 Overdrive
08:10 The Echoes part
Further modifications done to the black Stratocaster:
-Callaham bridge assembly w/shortened tremolo arm
-Fender no-load potentiometer
-Fender Stratocaster 7.25" Soft V-shape maple neck
-Three layer black-on-black pick guard from North West Guitars
Effects:
-B.K Butler Tube Driver
-Keeley compressor
-Electro Harmonics Bigg Muff
Line 6 Helix effects:
-HiWatt (WhoWatt) amp
-Cali 400 pre-amp
-Hiwatt and Marshall (Green back) cabinets
-T.C Electronics 2290 and Space Echo delay
-Rotary speaker (2nd solo Red Strat)
-Auto swell (lap steel)
Synthesizers/Keys:
-Kurzweil K2000 V3
-Arturia Mini moog and Modular
-GG Audio Blue Hammond B3 organ (Leslie 122)
-Logic Pro Studio strings
Recorded with Logic Pro and filmed with Fujifilm XT-4 camera
@VolkerThebrathGuitar Жыл бұрын
I came for the pickups, but I stayed for the music. Great composition and playing!
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
Thank you sir and likewise!
@billpancake 2 жыл бұрын
Wow! This is the most underrated video dude. I mean the effort you've gone to is staggering. Great job!
@janharald2105 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@davgilmore6858 Жыл бұрын
The" black strat " and the" red strat" are really 2 greats and beautiful guitars. I January, I made the red, and I hope in January 2024 I will make the black. Oh, yes, I'm a big big Pink Floyd's fan. 🤘❤️
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
Make sure to upload a video of them both👍
@DeeTee79 6 ай бұрын
Did you make a video of the red build?
@AshirovEldar Жыл бұрын
I've came here to see the difference between pickups, but forgot about the initial target at all) Great video man, so great work done!)
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@thebreakfastmenu 2 жыл бұрын
Came for the guitar comparison, stayed for the Echoes cover.
@janharald2105 2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you got some out of it
@Danielcamron73 5 ай бұрын
FYI, it sounds similar to the Gdańsk version
@billpancake 2 жыл бұрын
I mean it's even filmed fantastically. Seriously well done 👏
@chaos4316 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the preset on custom tone. I had fun playing along with you, and correcting my screw ups.
@jovangosen Жыл бұрын
Best Video to decide for active Pickups! Thks so much!
@bryangarcia662 Жыл бұрын
This is a FANTASTIC comparison! Phenomenal work. My set-up is somewhat a mix of the two, I use the David Allen Echoes set (discontinued, based off of the CS69+SSL-5 combo, but with more clarity) with an EMG SPC control installed. I get the traditional pickup construction and mid-range character of the CS69+SSL-5 set, with a built-in gain boost and presence control ala EMG. It works beautifully and makes it very versatile. Oh, and of course I also have the neck pickup mini switch. 😎 Cheers!
@serjaly 2 жыл бұрын
Great tone, great playing!
@rob379yt6 Жыл бұрын
Gran trabajo amigo!!! Las emg en el solo de time suenan fantásticas!!! Tengo una stratocaster MIM y gracias a tu video voy a cambiar las pastillas. Enhorabuena
@timbennett6644 Жыл бұрын
Glorious playing. Loved the Echoes.
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@vincent85160 2 ай бұрын
Wouaw, une très belle démo! J’adore!
@dev-ii9bd Жыл бұрын
Holy Fingers! Strings bless you bro. Keep ROCKING MAN🤘
@jonathanbartlett6100 Жыл бұрын
Your amazing . What an amazing sound and well done on echos . Man i wish i could sound like that
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much indeed. Yes you can
@koenstrobbe8101 Жыл бұрын
I actually prefer the EMGs. Nice Video.
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@chickimac1 Ай бұрын
I put a DG20 in my David Gilmour copy strat and sound awesome
@3DProphet 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! My favorite part is at 2:24, it sound so good!
@janharald2105 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@AlexanderGhezzo Жыл бұрын
Super video, toller sound und gut gespielt!
@user-nu7xx7pc1d Жыл бұрын
great video and playing!! greetings from Chile.
@lycosa2000 4 ай бұрын
Great video, great playing, really well done.
@janharald2105 4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Stratamania 2 жыл бұрын
Great video and playing. Well done.
@janharald2105 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir
@ThePeyton301 Жыл бұрын
Very nice. Glad to have found this video.
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear
@brianhayes6752 Жыл бұрын
Wow, nice job! Thank you.
@williamdeweese2546 Жыл бұрын
At 8:40 is when I knew that was the sound I was looking for
@bobbyblue2632 Жыл бұрын
Great job! Well done 👍
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@finnmacdiarmid3250 Жыл бұрын
What an arrangement
@83mefi Жыл бұрын
Awesome playing love it❤
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
Thank you❤️
@carolmiro2870 5 ай бұрын
Great job your tones are very good indeed
@janharald2105 5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@NoobOnATele Жыл бұрын
Vill video! Og enda bedre spilt herregud. For en opplevelse
@vinceschutzenhofer9128 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant. Gave me goosbumps
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@ninjesus4079 2 жыл бұрын
why so little views? great video, exactly what I was looking for as I was hesitating between the EMG and cs 69
@rollingstockco8223 2 жыл бұрын
What did you choose? I personally like the EMG pickups.
@ninjesus4079 2 жыл бұрын
@@rollingstockco8223 I went for the cs 69 :)
@Luxdg 2 жыл бұрын
amazing job, bravissimo.
@janharald2105 2 жыл бұрын
Grazie mille
@unodeldim3610 7 ай бұрын
Nicely done. Nowadays pretty much any pickup can sound great with a few amp knob adjustemts and pedals. the thing that made me switch to the SA pickups is that I keep running more and more into heavily wired stages where there is a lot of interference which causes more noise on the passive pups that I find acceptable. The active EMG pickups tolerance for different settings and stacked tones is priceless... and yeah there is a bit of a difference in tone but honestly it is completely meaningless once you are in a band mix. That is all I got
@mikaleriksen2366 Ай бұрын
Well done mr💯
@janharald2105 27 күн бұрын
Takk😊
@guitarheroguy5 Жыл бұрын
I already asked you, what ducking delay are using?! 😂🤣 Great video, I hope you enjoyed my joke, almost as much as I enjoyed hearing all the effort you put in this video. Bravo! Cheers!
@jishubiswas1177 4 ай бұрын
Gilmour stuff loved it❤❤
@aschilds Жыл бұрын
Great video!! I have a set of DG20's in a Stratocaster and love them to pieces. I was skeptical about active pickups but after lowering them closer to the body and tweaking the SPC and EXG controls it's actually become my go-to guitar as it always sounds amazing under any condition I've thrown at it. Battery lasts a really long time too, very happy investment on my end. Would recommend!
@entrenuves Жыл бұрын
Thats awesome, would you mind sharing your SPC EXG tweaks?
@aschilds Жыл бұрын
@@entrenuves Sure! These are broad settings, I tend to tinker with the settings based on amp, pedals, clean, etc. I keep my volume at 7 or 8. SPC is set at 3 if playing through dirt, 5 if I'm playing clean and the EXG I leave around 5 to start and then tweak as needed. Lowering the pickups (instead of keeping them pressed close to the strings) results in a much more mellow, dare I say "vintage", tone which makes it play nicer with all the effects I can stack when playing. They don't need to be flat against the body but the more space you put between the pups and the strings the more warm and less sterile the tone. If anything I'd say take ten minutes with a screwdriver and try it out, if you don't dig it it's an easy adjustment to make. P.S. - what DAW are you using when recording tracks?
@entrenuves Жыл бұрын
@@aschilds Awesome! Can’t wait to try out the settings when I get home! Thank you so much🤘🏼
@lorenmorgan1931 Жыл бұрын
I love them, but I have found that unless I'm playing Gilmour like tones, they just sound very off with anything else to me. I was scatually wondering if raising mine would increase the dynamics, but I might just lower them and see, maybe it's the heat that's too much. Anyways, my mod to them is running eq, in front boosting the 100hz, the 800s, then run a 20:1 upwards expansion. With that they start to sing and are very quiet.
@begnyloru5286 Жыл бұрын
Suoni Fantastici, complimenti. La configurazione ibrida e l'utilizzo di compressore e Tube Driver in formato analogico restituiscono naturalezza al suono. A mio parere il suono dei pickup passivi è comunque più dinamico e da strato-stile. I Pickup Emg hanno un suono più compresso e preciso. Ottimo lavoro.
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
Grazie mille!
@colinparks619 Жыл бұрын
Emg Dg have that more bell chime type tone
@majd.z 2 жыл бұрын
Very original, enjoyed it from beginning to end! 👍🏻👍🏻
@janharald2105 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you😊
@wbehrens62 3 ай бұрын
OUT EFF'N STANDING....came for the pickup demo and got lost in the music....Oh and I did notice the Gilmore Academy Shirt :) very nice. As far as the pick-ups go...I notice the biggest difference in the Echo's piece and while I love the DG20's for the later stuff...nothing beats the 69's on the early stuff...They both sound great but I guess I have a bias.
@krshively31 Жыл бұрын
any chance you could do a more specific breakdown of the Helix effects and amps? sounds absolutely amazing to my ears!
@hoosierdaddy2308 Жыл бұрын
Very cool.. I have a white strat with three EMG SA's but not SPC or EXC controls, and I might change out the bridge for an EMG 85.. I play mostly rock and blues or metal I guess you could say.. Mostly 70's and 80's rock. . I saw Pink Floyd as a teenager in 1977 on the Animals tour I think it was called? Pings on a wing, etc.. Great show.. It was killer and I remember it cost 12 bucks and i thought that was outrageous at the time, because it was like around 7 or 8 bucks most of the time for a show, but it was well worth it after seeing them.. Great tones man.. Love that tube driver. I have to have a flatter radius fretboard though. I can't deal with that 7.5 inch radius, but too each his own.. Great tones, and nice axes sir! I'm building the strat now with a Warmoth maple neck with maple fretboard.. White japanese strat body and standard US trem, etc.. Old 6 point US vintage trem, etc.. Putting on a nut tonight.. Great tones.. Thanks for this!
@pigxstix Жыл бұрын
85 in the bridge is great, especially in a strat (as opposed to the 81) it's fatter with big low mids and has more of a fuller rock sound. The shine of the SPC control is it fattens up a single coils like the SA into humbucker territory so it works great with an S/S/S guitar. I don't think you'd need it for a humbucker like the 85. I never found a use for the EXP, it basically scoops the mids, technically it boosts highs and lows, but achieves the same effect of a scooped mid sound.
@pputra914 Жыл бұрын
Highly recommend switching the mid pickup to EMG SA-X. Much better quack in between positions.
@pigxstix Жыл бұрын
I prefer the tone of the passives, but the punch and sustain of the EMG.
@lidialiliouteyral3018 6 ай бұрын
Buenísimo tienes un 10 y meritoi
@ctld5266 Жыл бұрын
sound nice. i dont understand why they put a perloid for the white. I would have prefered to have the choice...
@Mohammad10195 Жыл бұрын
May i ask, where have you placed the SSL-5 on the black guitar? have u replaced it with any of the cs69 or how the pick ups order looks right now? Thanks in advanced, You are UNDERRATED!!!
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for kind words! I have fitted CS69 in neck and middle, and SSL-5 at the bridge position. You can find all information regarding equipment, spesification, modification etc in the description below the video by the way.
@annecarling4782 2 жыл бұрын
Dette var vakkert! Knallbra.
@Queensryche1 Жыл бұрын
Dude, you fuckin rock!
@joshuaadams6426 Жыл бұрын
That was sick dude. I’m looking into upgrading my strat right now. It’s got a 7.25 radius and I’m not loving how much I have to work I have to do on it to get more than a full step bend in the upper registers. Any opinions out there?
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! It’s easier to bend on a 9.5, and especially on the B string in upper register where you ending up shoveling you fingers underneath the lower strings. It is also easier to set up than 7.25. In spite of this I still prefer 7.25 over 9.5. It feels more natural to play on and it «sits» better in my hand. I should also mention that my first electric guitar, the one I learned to play on had a 7.25 radius neck… It all comes down to personal preferences. Invest some of your time to set up string action and neck relief that fits you and your style of playing. Play it for some hours, and if you still not loving it I am pretty sure that I have a 9.5 in rosewood lying around which you can swap it with.
@joshuaadams6426 Жыл бұрын
@@janharald2105 yeah I’ve got it the best I can, but I think I’m gonna get a new neck. Did a little sampling at a shop yesterday. My jm has a 9.5 and my sg has a 12. I’m trying to decide on these two radii. Fender sells some roasted maple necks I’m looking into, I know I could go warmoth but I’m being extra and want that fender logo. lol
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
I’d go for Fender stock any day👍 Happy holidays!
@salsisha 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic tone, congratulations. Can you please share the preset from Helix ? Can you please also share the setting from the Tube Driver ?
@janharald2105 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yes of course. Tube driver settings can be seen at 0:50
@janharald2105 2 жыл бұрын
Hi! If you search for janharald79 at Line6 CustomTone you will find the presets for the the Helix.
@Smurfman256 Жыл бұрын
How'd you manage to get your hands on a maple Strat neck with both a 7.25" fretboard radius and a C-shaped back profile?
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
You are absolutely right, it is a soft V.
@PaluGianni 28 күн бұрын
Hello, I was just looking for a video on these comparisons, fantastic nice comparison, I want to ask you what strings you use, I see that the bending are done effortlessly.Please )excuse for my english goggle translator)
@janharald2105 27 күн бұрын
Hi Palu and thank you for you kind comment! I use GHS boomers 10-48 on both strat’s.
@PaluGianni 26 күн бұрын
@@janharald2105 thank you
@kilian7447 Жыл бұрын
Amazaing video!! could you please uploade the backing track you made for the minut 02:45 i'd be so appriciated. Nothings sounds as good as this
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I just have to finish an ongoing project, than I will see what I can do
@kilian7447 Жыл бұрын
@@janharald2105 Thank you very much. I ll be waiting for your amzing backing track! thankss
@key_session Жыл бұрын
An essential component, which makes the difference!.. I can't copy the link.. it's removed immediately! Search reverb for this title: Fender American'57 Tremolo ARM for Gilmour RED STRAT
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
I do have the short tremolo arm on the black guitar, on the red is just shortened. I may buy one from you some day. Nice guitar by the way, and beautiful playing!
@key_session Жыл бұрын
@@janharald2105 ciao!! Really? sorry I didn't recognize you.., the one for Black Strats is an excellent tremolo arm, how long ago did you get it?; how do you like this model? i will appreciate your opinion. Instead there is this New tremolo Bar model RED Strat is completely different from the other (very accurate and faithful reproduction of the original), another style and different performances.., much softer, easier to use and good for solos. For the rhythm and the Rotary and tremolo effects instead I prefer the version for blackstrat;
@key_session 10 ай бұрын
@@janharald2105I'm bringing together a few people who have the KZfaq channel dedicated to Gilmour, I would like you to participate too, a shared video. Can we talk about it?, Ciao!
@chadhudson2046 Жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Richard Wright.
@deepaksundaram9864 Жыл бұрын
Bending with ease. !!
@maciejbasa7872 2 жыл бұрын
what the title of the song
@janharald2105 2 жыл бұрын
Still to be named, except from 5:22 and outwards wich is a song called Echoes by Pink Floyd.
@edwin3934 2 жыл бұрын
Name it "Dim Melody"
@cfnaround1585 Жыл бұрын
I was looking at your thumbnail photo. Do you raise your g sting a bit higher and b sting a little lower to compensate for the staggering on the pickups?
@janharald2105 Жыл бұрын
I adjust action of the strings to match the curvature of the neck, and set pickup hight according to manufacturer recommendation and by ear.
@davgilmore6858 7 ай бұрын
Et, bien c'est compliqué de choisir entre les 2...Alors je m'étais déjà fait la "Red strat" (enfin à ma sauce avec une base d'américain deluxe) mais avec le même pickguard équipé avec les emg dg 20,et une trape spéciale pour la pile 9v, et là je viens de finir la Black strat (à ma sauce encore une fois, avec une base d'américain standard et un pickguard équipé avec les micros ssl5 cs 69's et fat 50's, et le petit switch pour mettre le micro manche avec le chevalet, et le milieu peut-être, enfin je viens juste de la finir, car elle est passée par la case luthier pour un refrettage inox, un changement de mécaniques et de vibrato, et une légère planimetrie de la touche avec changement des repères en plastique pour de l'abalone. Je viens juste de mettre les strap-locks, et de souder la prise Jack.) Donc je ne l'ai pas encore joué, mais ça ne saurait tarder. C'est vrai que ce ne sont pas 2 modèles qui sortent du custom Shop de Fender, mais moi ce que je recherche c'est un son approchant Gilmour, qui en passant est inimitable:)En plus elles sont vraiment très belles. En tout cas merci beaucoup pour la vidéo, et le petit backing track sur le Kurzweil. 👍😁🤘
@laurentlolo1346 4 ай бұрын
Bonjour, alors ça donne quoi la black strat ? J ai du mal à choisir sur soit la plaque emg ou version avec le switch Merci
@davgilmore6858 4 ай бұрын
@@laurentlolo1346 salut. Et bien ça sonne super, mais le soucis que je rencontre. c'est soit avec les mécaniques autobloquantes fender, soit avec le vibrato flottant fs 510 gotoh:J'ai un soucis de tenue d'accordage que je n'arrive pas à solutionner. Je vais donc l'emmener chez le luthier pour qu'il regarde ça. J'ai acheté un tremsetter de chez goldo pour faire un retour au point zéro du vibrato et on va commencer par là. Sinon je mettrais un vegatrem comme sur ma strat blanche(american élite qui marche super bien,et qui ne me pose pas de problème d'accordage. Les mécaniques fender, c'est pareil, les axes sont un peu longs et du coup je me retrouve avec un arbre après le sillet pour plaquer le ré et le sol. Donc la aussi peut-être un changement pour des mécaniques graph-tech ratio, ou hipshot ,. Alors niveau son par contre les 2 sont terribles et je ne saurais te conseiller. Peut-être les micros de la Black me plaisent un poil plus. Plus chauds, plus ronds, enfin le fat 50 et le cs69,. Mais le pickguard tout équipé neuf chez France guitare c'est 600 euros pour la Black, et le pickguard équipé emg c'est 330 euros chez thomann. Ça pique quand même.
@laurentlolo1346 3 ай бұрын
@@davgilmore6858 merci pour ton retour Oui plus de 600 €chez France guitare ça pique. Parcontre chez optim guitare 480€ et le demo sur KZfaq c est une tuerie. Monté sur squier. Je suis très hesitant... Mais je pense que c est plus polyvalent que la plaque emg
@davgilmore6858 3 ай бұрын
@@laurentlolo1346 Salut Lolo. Oui, 600 chez France Guitare ça pique, mais moi j'ai eu la chance de trouver le pickguard de chez France Guitare sur le bon coin pour 390 euros, en état neuf pour ainsi dire. Par contre pour la polyvalente ne te dirige pas sur le kit EMG. Tiens moi au courant quand tu auras fini ta belle Black strat. 🤘😜
@laurentlolo1346 3 ай бұрын
@@davgilmore6858 oui la chance ce sont des micros hepcat de mémoire. Chez optim guitare ce sont des Lola. C est équivalant Merci de tes retours en tout cas. Oui j ai déjà la base de la gratte, me manque les Micros, avec ce fameux switch, et tige courte vibrato. Ensuite je pense acheter la keeley dark side. 😉
@jenniferthompson9441 2 жыл бұрын
How the hell U goin'to compair to pick ups with a gap like that. We not here to watch U try and play
@simonbilleng2748 2 жыл бұрын
Speak for yourself
@Pete_Harris Жыл бұрын
Troll alert!
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