@@treeman47 LOL Packman. That's what my Dad was called when my parents got divorced.

This comment made my day! Thank you. 🤣

​@@maysamgoudarzi5771 😭

That USB port let's you charge your phone according to your playing dynamics

😂😂😂

I live and die by Japan, my Japanese Ibanez from 91 is my match made in heaven

I was the same way with Telecasters. I avoided them right up to the day that I discovered the old electrified baseball bat can do ANYTHING and do it extremely well.

I mostly play blackened and death metal. Only play custom modified fenders 😊

@@Axeman1980 japans ibanez rule

I don't get why a lot of people think that stratocasters aren't fit for metal. I find it almost obvious that they can do it since Ritchie Blackmore, the Iron Maiden guitarrists' and Yngwie Malmsteen use it.

I used to dislike Telecasters untill I played one. It just felt like the perfect simple guitar. Nothing unnecessary, but with a brilliant tone.

I have two Teles and wish I hadn't bothered. Not my sort of geetar.

I have a replaced rib because of my tele.

I have an offset tele myself and its an excellent guitar, I love it and its cheerful seafoam green

Well, except for one thing . . . two really. 1.The pickup selector switch is too close to the volume knob. I sometimes roll the volume when I reach to change pickups. 2. Speaking of the pickup selector switch, that little plastic cover on the switch always falls off. I've lost so many I can't even count all two of them. There is it, that what's wrong with the four telecasters I own and play way too much for such terrible guitars.

Nowadays you can have any guitar shape with any pickup you want anyway. You like the les paul sound but don't like the shape ? there's a telecaster with humbuckers and les paul wiring style on the market.

I just got it because Costco had a great deal and it would be my first electric guitar

@@azyxte84 as long as you enjoy playing with it you know that's what matters. Just give it a good set up

It’s the same way with the Tele, I started with a Tele as my first 6 string and was playing everything from Green Day to Slipknot, mostly Slipknot, a friend I learned bass from set my guitar up and I dropped the tuning and went for it. 😂Dude didn’t think it could make those sounds, and he was actually a professional player!

Me too!

I have many guitars and strat volume placement is in perfect spot for volume swells compared to other guitars

i have mine taken off lol. just got the metal piece under the volume cap sticking out and that half an inch difference pretty much fixed all my issues of the odd volume pot placement. a bigger issue with strats imo is the dumb pickup switch spot lol. every time i play on neck pickup i gotta be really careful to not hit it since i got big hands and play with an open hand

@@idk9637I hear ya! I stopped playing my Strat for a couple years cuz I just couldn’t get used to the damn volume knob. Ended up just taking it off, no problems anymore 😅

Put a rubber washer under the knob so that it takes more effort to turn.

To the people saying negative things about the placement of the knob or switch, you guys need some inspiring on (how to use it to your advantage) I'm not even trying to put anyone down...I'm just sayin'

Truly a timeless design.

I had a love hate relationship with a 1982 Cherryburst LP Standard for forty years, recently gave it to my nephew, he was going to get it eventually anyway. It is now on stage again... PRS McCarty Soapbar to the front!

I've been playing my black 1974 LP Custom for 25 years and never have tuning problems, apart from new strings and/or outdoor gigs in the full sun.

I think the same way. I love LP and SG.

I’m 52 years old and have been playing since I was a child. I’ve owned everything from a ‘72 strat to a White Falcon but just bought my first LP last year. It really is a rock ‘n’ roll machine. I find myself reaching for it more often than not.

And a hell of a versatile instrument. Love Jazzmasters.

Ditto for a Strat, which is why Teles are so beautiful. They just work, and the tuning is rock solid.

@@Aeronaut1975 No vibrato is a bummer, though.

Original one does not *require* a shim. It just helps. No more required than a Shaller or mustang bridge. I prefer ripping it out of all my Jaguars and putting in a tune-o-matic and a shim anyway. It works fine stock if you use the right strings and don’t beat your guitar like most of us do

Best to ditch the stock bridge with vintage style Jaguars and Jazzmasters as it's still troublesome even with a shim, setup etc. Get a Mastery bridge, lot of problems solved - better replacement than a Mustang (which the StayTrem is based on) or Tuneomatic, I think, as I've tried a bunch and have had the Mastery on my Jag for about 15 years now.

My fingers always hits the volume knob, turning it down. I glued it with superglue on full volume so that it can't bother me anymore.

i use to think that but keep playing you'll find the hand placement as you become more adjusted `

I find the switches mounted on the upper sides of Gibsons and Gretsches way worse. Tele switches are perfect, with Strats maybe a bit worse because of the angle

My problem with strats is the tremelo, it just knocks is out of tune too easily.

agree

Gotta tread carefully tho with what happened to Charles On his channel tho. I am shocked at what went down but also kinda not.

what happened?

@@ShatterScript Don issued a copyright strike against him because of his Hotel California video

definitely NOT hotel california - because if it was then the Eagles has-beens and their lawyers would block the video.

@Gergő Rétvári oh damn that sucks :s

I’ve gotten sounds/tones out of a Jazzmaster that I haven’t been able to replicate with any other guitar I’ve owned.

Novidade é sempre o máximo. Isto passa.

May he fly like an Eagle

Shhhhh.... Don't let them know

Lets hope Don's Minions don't come to steal his guitar!

I was just gonna comment this. Funny to see it already mentioned. I won't even listen to that band anymore lol

An absolute shitload for back then

Potentially a years wage.

​@@TalonfromtheRCif we use inflation data, but just guessing that it was purchased in 1901, that would be equivalent to $10,700. That's a LOT of $$$!

@@walkingTANK Some of them still bring 5 figures at auctions....

Yes, that's what I thought this video was going to be for some reason...I guess I can't read words 😕

Oh it’s comin

@@MusicisWin woo hoo!

Still waiting on that video lol

@@MusicisWinwhen? 😂

Everyone has their own unique set of mods for the strat. I wire my strats differently as I have no real use for the middle pickup and like my tone control on the bridge pickup. I also have really aggressive humbucker sized P90s in another strat, which I have tuned to C#/drop B, and I play a lot of metal on it. Strats are the best modding platform of any guitar in my opinion.

😂

It is!

What took you so long? Ive had many, but i have a vintage partscaster i built that is just divine and i would put up against the finest custom shops fender has ever produced. I think i just got lucky.

Glad I wasn't the only one to hear it. lol

I now want one of those darn harp guitars having heard it played so brilliantly (song was... familiar? Nah... I shall not name it).

​@@martin-1965 i thought about it buuuut nevermind 😂

@@martin-1965 I think it was Hotel Rwanda?

@@beachcomber4141 Suella lovely face, such a lovely place...

​@@martin-1965 Jamie Dupuis does well with it.

The accidental switch to the bridge PU on HSS models can be pretty jarring.

@jholmes45 People who have this issue haven't played strats enough to get used to them. I've been playing strats almost exclusively since I was 16, and I never have that issue. The strat was designed with the help of a guitar player and ergonomics and versatility were the main priorities. The volume knob and pickup selector both can be manipulated without missing a note while playing. Not a bug but a feature. Watch David Gilmore playing Shine on You Crazy Diamond from Pulse. He is absolutely one with the instrument, constantly changing pickup settings and riding the volume control, and the transitions are seamless. If you accidentally hit these controls, I would argue you need to work on your technique, because it's probably too aggressive and uncontrolled. In the immortal words of BB King to Billy Gibbons, (regarding ridiculously heavy strings, mind) "why are ya workin so hard?" Let the amplifier do the work, no need to beat on the guitar. Try some lighter strings, it will force you to develop a light touch, because otherwise everything will be out of tune. Personally I couldn't do light strings, I was too heavy handed. But I got into low tunings, and one day I didn't have any ultra heavy strings for playing in drop B on hand, so I threw on some 10s and set the guitar up for drop b/C# standard. I've never looked back since, and feel so much more freedom now, because playing is easier, the instrument is more responsive to my picking dynamics, and bends and vibrato are effortless. Oh the tone is smoother. Now 10s in standard tuning are painful to use, and feel like elevator cables.

Why’d you only have it a month and a half?

@@Axeman1980 I still have it, I was saying that's how long I've had it so far.

Ive been meaning to play one of em and see how those pickups sound. Looks cool and unique

One of the first guitars I bought was this mid 90's Epiphone LP Special II. Many guitars later, I came back to it, fixed it the hell up, replaced all the wiring, knobs, switch, and poppied in some Seymour Duncans... the thing rips, and it plays better than I ever imagined a $115 guitar would.

Whats the best guitar you own? Answer: the one you play the most... it doesn't matter if it is expensive or not.. the guitar you go to more often inevitably plays better.. it probably gets the more attention in terms of set up and care.. and the fact that it plays alot .. makes it play better and better... prove me wrong!!

Lol same. I still play my $60 first guitar gifted to me.

My first “electric guitar” was an acoustic with a pickup slapped on

Better off hiring the orcs to keep your Les Paul g string in tune. They could work shifts!

It really does sound amazing.

I have some very expensive strats and I also have a bullet I bought for 79.00 about 15 years ago . I have done so many mods to that guitar with all spare parts I always have laying around . it still plays great . Neck never needs adjustment . Will probably need fret job real soon ,but don't think it's worth cost

​@@riviecc Dunno I got a fully kitted out ca 2010 Bullet and it sucks. Tone is great but sustain is aweful and the neck doesn't feel good. I wanna get an Affinity and put all the expensive hardware in that. Tried one once and it was night and day. Felt so close to a Fender, while mine feels exactly like a below 100€ guitar. I even scalopped the neck and polished the frets and all that but it's such a baseball bat neck with bare wood that you can't really slide around on easily. And it doesn't intonate perfectly either despite the new tremolo that cost as much as the guitar. I think you need a bare minimum of a decent guitar to mod or you will spend more money in the end than just getting a slightly better guitar and replace less. I think Affinity is a real sweet spot but the new Bullets are MUCH better than the old ones. Mine may also be a bad example.

Picked up a new affinity for $210. Replacing bridge with a Fender American, loaded pickguard with Custom 69, nut and tuners with Fender locking. But yea the neck needs a bit of rounding and just 1 fret leveled, but it feels real good. Had a 76 Strat and this one feels right to me

@@stevejoyce3151 I went the heretic way and got a Harley Benton Telecaster instead. 158€ and fantastic. The neck is D profile so not true Telecaster style but I enjoy that. Was gonna trash the pickups but they're the only ones that I even feel like playing since I put boutique PAFs in my Flying V... Man I never was a huge Telecaster fan, I didn't like the look. I tried a Fender once and I was surprised how much I liked it. So I think I'm done with Strats now... they just don't do it for me anymore. Telecaster or something with PAFs preferably a V or Les Paul if I can sit down, standing up I don't like Les Pauls that much anymore either. To weak. I'm honestly so in love with the thing, I'm trying to convince myself not to buy a second one as backup and to have a bit of variety. The same manufacturer of my beloved PAFs makes some rad Tele pickups and I like to have one tuned down for SRV stuff.... TE62DB Lake Placid Blue.... yumm yumm. I'll probably still get an Affinity Strat to put my Strat hardware in but that's mostly for peace of mind. I really can't see myself playing Strats anymore. Doesn't have the brightness on the bridge and it not quite as warm on the neck. If you live somewhere that they ship for free try one of those. I polished the frets and reset action, truss rod and intonation to fit my thin gauge strings but it came set up perfectly for 10s. But I like 9s for E flat and 8s for standard E. The tuners are aweful... pots are okay. But the guitar, neck and pickups... just wow. Not sure I still want a Squire. If cheap HB and if I strike it rich a player series or made in US. The classic vibes are supposed to be great but for 500+ bucks I can find a used player series so yeah...

Have not played that one but I have a 1980 S65D with a dimarzio dual humbuck and coil splitter switch with a 24 fret set neck it was my first electric and I still love playing it. My ex-wife kicked a hole in the pickguard right at the volume knob , one of these days I will have a new one made for it.✌👍

I've come to accept that there are no good guitars without costly modding. They all have pointless flaws either due to heritage nostalgia or just horrible taste. I like metal elements but they're usually ugly. For some reason they tend to come with poplar burl, so it looks like a coffee table in a ski lodge. Quilt maple is tacky. Abalone is tacky. Charvel DK would be perfect if it had steel frets. An Ibanez RG would be perfect if it weren't ugly as sin. A Schecter would be perfect if wasn't sponge painted and called Demonrayper 666.

The title of this video was to satisfy the KZfaq algorithm which prefers catchy numbers ("top 10"). It's a pros/cons video like you said, but it has to be clickbaity to get the interactions (edit: this isn't bad, just how it works). I don't even know how I ended up on this video.. I was just watching old reviews of my bass while I cleaned it.

“Inspired by”, it WAS.

Yeah do that on all the unwound strings and also lube the nut. A pencil will do, paint the slot and get some graphite in there, as well as widening the slot at the back. So it's not such harsh angle to the side. With the string wound upwards you reduce one angle, wider slot reduces the other angle and lube reduces friction. Often the string catches on the nut. So you think it's tunes but it's just stuck and then you do one bend and it comes loose. Reducing the angles and lubricant reduces the chance if it catching.

Why don't you just use a single pickup on a guitar with multiple pickups?

@@plusmin09 EVH, Phil x, and Jared James nichols would disagree. There’s more sustain and “growl”. There’s a reason Eddie took the neck pick up out. They’re incredibly versatile too if you know how to use your knobs

@@tippysdad6937 How does that make a difference electronically?

@@plusmin09no interference and magnetic pull from the other pickup

@@mohamedtlass3842 ok interesting. Thanks for responding

@@RealMusiciswin831 just said "Relax... We're open to receive..."

Bro, don't even mention that song here. Are you trying to get this video blocked? Lol😅

Keep the Les Paul just get somebody to put in a new nut, making sure they angle the slots aimed towards the corresponding tuning peg.

I think it’s the 73 vintage II reissue (lake placid blue). It’s killer.

@@cmadelaide56 Yes they are great guitars it's a shame some 70s Strat's get such a bad rap.

Hope you feel better

@Redorbluepill Thank you my man, that means a lot especially with the state of internet comment sections these days. Hope you have a good rest of the week (:

I know what you mean. The neck shape on the Epi SG is super comfortable, but it's so unbalanced. The mahogany neck is too soft as well, you can actually hear the guitar pulling itself out of tune if you lean it forwards or back.

That's a common issue but a wider strap with a frictional surface such the under side of leather fixes that.

I had one of those Hofners. Mine had the body binding down the middle of the side of the body and some kind of vinyl or whatever shrunk on finish in lieu of lacquer or paint. I traded it for some Kluson tuners and '69 Gibson mini-humbuckers.

Yep the toggle switch is in a dumb spot. Always gets knocked. And the input jack sucks too. As for only one volume on 3 pickups SMH

Hows the epiphone LP holding on? Been thinking about getting one

I love the way it looks tho

​@@graesf7448 Samesies. Even my metal guitar is a tele

@@graesf7448 I’ve come around to it, it’s another iconic guitar look

15 yeas ago you couldn't give a tele away.

There’s no other guitar that compares to a Tele. Period.

There's an episode of him buying that blue strat. It's his most expensive guitar.

@@adamwalcott_official Thanks. I found the video and watched it. Very nice '72 Strat!

I had a similar problem with a four stringed guitar that I inherited. It's supposedly a Le Maurien model made by some guitar company named Stradivarius. Man, this is the smallest guitar you've ever seen. I think they were trying to copy a Gibson ES-335 with those funny shaped looking "f's" on the front. I had to take it apart just to put a humbucker and a tremolo on it but it still sucks at metal. Next I'm going to replace these ridiculous wooden tuning pegs.

@@MrLBDude Ahhh... That's odd bro. My friend had one like that too...came with a really long pick that had horse hair on it...wierd...

@@craigdanj yeah!! Mine too! That’s wild. I am starting to wonder if there’s another way to play this hairy picks.

I was never much a fan of Telecasters until I realised that so many of my favourite songs and artists used Telecasters. Now I have a classic looking Blackguard Tele and I love it. I'm with Rory Gallagher on Stratocasters however - they belong in a ditch!