So, I just went to check out some further demos of the Hiwatt... aaand of course everyone’s splattering out the metal tones with high output humbuckers.... Have I told you lately how much I appreciate you? Thanx for not just great lessons of great songs, but also my favourite kinds of tones. 👍

Your playing is so clean!!! Love the clean tones you provide... damn im jelly! Just woke up and you make me feel like practicing.

Great video Eric as always bro! So glad the Squire has come back strong. I feel the CV series is one of the best out there. Love my 2017 60’s CV Strat and recently upgraded the electronics as well as put a set of Fender 69’ Custom PIckups In her, now she just sings. Thx for all your hard work bro, we appreciate you!

This is awesome. What an amazing sound, and great visuals as well.

Great ramble. Loved it! And, as always, great musicianship. Was in True Tone Music in Santa Monica last summer and this guy was having his way with an older Japanese Strat and after I complimented his playing he said that Fender really nails the sweet spot for quality vs cost with their Japanese made guitars. So I bought a Japanese Tele w/ Bigsby (entirely inspired by yours) and I'd have to agree. I connect more with that Tele than my custom shop Tele, which I sold as a result. Thanks for another great video.

Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction - "Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and goodwill, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness...." Pretty sure he meant this channel. Thanks mate.

Fun video Eric. I had a 79 Fender Strat, sold it because it just didn't really do it for me, and then I bought a CV 50s Strat and I am loving it, sounds great and feels right on. Really enjoy your videos!

Enjoying these recent musings, Eric. That Strat already looks like home base as much as the Mustang. Stay safe buddy

Great episode. Love the excitement

Fun stuff Eric! I will have another strat sometime soon. Love that Squier.

Super cool Squire!I love it. I have a classic vibe squire that is super nice. Have the classic vibe tele..which is pretty amazing. Another cool video!

My guitar definitely kept me sane during lockdown......also gave me time to discover your (and others) channels. Inspiring techniques and great passion in these strange times. Whats not to like!!!!! Much appreciated from the uk.

Pulled the trigger on the J Mascis Jazzmaster. Absolutely love it! Thanks for the heads up on that one!

Eric, I appreciate how even handed you are when talking about gear. You don’t seem to have an “agenda”, you simply give your opinions. The Weber Mini Mass is absultely one of the best gear purchases I have ever made. I am literally always playing through one; the sound is reasonably transparent, and they are dead simple to use. They are so useful for live and studio and honestly I think they sound better than the really expensive active attenuators with cab sims and other stuff. I much prefer to record a real amp and speakers, while using an attenuator, vs using an IR or amp simulator. Your ramblings are awesome.

really like this video format!

That's a neat strat, thanks for sharing. My first guitar was a Squier Bullet in '89. It was later dismantled and the neck was joined to a jaguar shaped body that I made, my first homemade guitar ~'93. Sadly all that stuff is dust in the wind. I love the MIJ Fender stuff and it's still sort of affordable but going up.

Dude that intro jam was amazing!

An "Eric ramble" is still a good start to a Friday morning. And I'm off the hook for having to learn a new cool arrangement this week. Although teaching that Steely Dan arrangement would be "dope."

When they're great, Squire's are terrific guitars. They've really improved in quality over the years. The 'Classic Vibe' series etc. I purchased one of the J.Mascis Squire Jazzmasters (the one I'm playing in my profile pic), it's fantastic.

Awesome video Eric. Very loose and super stylistic & vibeeeeee.

I second your love of Weber Alnicos. I have one in a 63 Tuxedo Princeton and another in a silveface Champ and they sound fantastic. The before and after was unbelievable. As a proud Hoosier, I think Weber might be Kokomo, Indiana's finest export. : )

Liked getting that side shot of your guitar's action at 11:50. Nice to see a nice realistic spacing there unlike so many people who's guitar strings seem to be sitting almost on the frets.

Eric, I also have an '83 Squier Japan Strat, and an 84 SQ Tele...KILLER guitars. My JV 83 Fender Strat is even better, so saying the Japan made stuff of this era is so well made to me. Really cool to see another SQ enthusiast. These are getting more and more hard to come by, and expensive. Great video spotlighting one of my favorite eras of Fender and Fender Japan. Cheers.

Great vid. I love my MIJ 86 Strat. Mine came w/ Lace Sensor Gold pickups.

SNAP! Is it weird that I click on this from the safety of my couch cradling my '83 SQ squier strat, my 'black' strat (not black anymore). I got mine new in '84 as back up to my partsocaster. Mine is not in anything like pristine condition, but it's still going strong. I went with '68 clones made here in Australia by Mick Brierley for the pickups after trying..... everything... and finally the sound I knew was there came out. They are great guitars. Double SNAP on the J Mascis too. That neck!

I love your skills, sounds and your humble attitude. Live long and prosper 🖖

I know it's not just the pickups, I'm sure the amp and plug-ins are part of it, but Holy crap I want that sound on my strat. It sounds soooo good

Great video. Talking gear is always fun

As someone in New England the shout out to daddy’s really took me back. That place was like Disney world to me when I was young.

Greetings all way from the U.K. Eric. I totally get it...expensive guitars and money can’t buy me love ! Stay safe...

I've pretty much got the same guitar, Black Translucent finish but mine has an rosewood fretboard. I bought it used in 1986. It also has the 3 screw plate with neck adjustment screw. SQ series. I've changed out the pickups and the bridge seats and installed a roller nut

I soooooo wanted one of these Japanese Squiers back in the day when they were new. But I couldn't even afford that!

Hey Eric, I also have a 1982 squire Strat. I love it. I bought it new . It’s the same color only difference is that I put a set of Joe Barron PU’s . Sounds the same.

13:19 Ahh the MiniMass is what you were telling me about over Instagram. I just now saw this video for the first time. That will quiet down the LC amp we were talking about. Hold off back our ear/head suffering.

Your tone is always spot on. Cheers! (It wouldn’t break my heart if you went on a diminished chord rant- playing them, that is ... we all know how awesome that sounds...)

Subscribed. So nice and refreshingly different.

I got bit by the Fender Japan bug last year. Snagged a 62 RI Strat made at Fuji Gen in 91. It’s wasn’t a catalog item, so not sure how many of them were made. It was meant for Japan domestic market only. It’s the first guitar I grab now 😍BTW-someone brought you up a couple times on That Pedal Show super chats on their live show they do on Mondays. Encouraging Mick & Dan to check your channel out. Wasn’t me but fully supported the suggestion! Nice Pulp reference too 🤘

Great video again Eric! I need to get me some backing tracks to practice with. But it's nothing like being in a band again...

I would love it if you could do a video of how you maintain such an impeccable band of plants! For those of us still trying to put the perfect band together, which plants to get, what music to play for them etc.

the bit when you kicked on the phase 90 reminded me of Big Star : )

Btw, have you noticed how underrated the middle coil setting on a Strat is. Somewhat overlooked, I feel. Jerry Garcia was a big of the middle pick-up sound, and Layla/Dominoes era Clapton too. Great video as always, Eric.

Fellow New Englander! Daddy’s is gone, but not forgotten but thankfully here in NH we still have Manchester Music Mill

I had the exact same guitar and I lost my job and sold it and my 1980 Schecter metallic blue flame maple necked strat!! Miss both so bad.

APOLLO SUNSHINE!!!! Man! I went to so many of their gigs in college.

i had a chinese squier that was just a standard Squier strat. It was one of the best guitars I owned, although I did upgrade electronics immediately. It wasnt one of the Japanese or mexican ones, just happened to be a great guitar. It was also dark green, which is unusual and stunning on a strat.

Hello mate, hope you’re coping well with this whole cv bizzo! 👍🇦🇺

Any guitar sounds great when you play it 👏👏

A friend just *gave* me a MIJ Squier from the 80s. Holy cow it rips even with the slightly dodgy stock pickups. It can take a beating, that's for sure.

Daddy's Junky Music...brings back memories.

great video, I just picked up a sweet squire deluxe Strat in a pearly white, maple neck and play through this type of rig. been thinking about the hi5 for my home amp, but was worried about the cleans, sounds great here.

Wanted to subscribe after Ricky don’t lose that number.. Realized I’ve been subscribed a long time ago.. 😁👍🏻👍🏻

Don’t ever apologize. We are your Family here.

Sweet demo as always Eric. Would love to see a tab for that intro!

Single coils are definitely more dynamic in my opinion. P90s as well. Thanks again for making clear what can be hard to get across. Like those frets as well. My Squier CV '60s Stratocaster is a favorite with a blend control system. Great guitar. The E-lady flanger is a cool time. Thanks again.

I know you arent the biggest channel, but you are my favorite. Any advice for someone who JUST started a guitar channel?

I love the fact that you prove that it's not the wand, it's the magician. I love that backing track by the way. I'm now trying to decide on a new (or old) Fender Telecaster. Do you have any favorites Eric? Kevin O'Rourke

One of my first good guitars was an 83 squier mij black strat with rw neck.. Got it in high school when i was 16.. Still have it today im 52.. Have 2 other sq serial mij strats and 2 jv serial mij strats.. Great guitars

Hiwatt is fantastic, had one for 3 years until i discovered Dr.Z which is pretty close just slightly more wild and uncontrolled and packs a bass punch instead of a hum.

LOVE your Strat!! I happen to have the very exact same guitar myself - 1983 Squier Strat, MIJ, all black w/ maple neck, 70's style headstock & logo. I got mine brand new in January of 1984 (made in Dec. 1983) and have had it all these years. Those MIJ Squiers are really well made guitars. I too took off the original pickguard/pickup assembly and have it packed away. I'm currently running a set of DiMarzio Area '58/'58/'61 pickups in it with a Toneshaper control module for custom switching options. Curious, I'd love to know if ours happened to be made around the same time? Mine has a JV serial number on the neck plate.

"It's a fucking bad motherfucker man" **The reason why I "like" before I even watch the video**

Eric, I knew you were a great player with impeccable taste, but I had no idea you had also mastered the rock star poses (see Fake Swedish photo).

My first band out of school, sans internet and all that info, I chose Gibson designs because they were easier to play and do vocals.So yeah, - Fenders ARE much more simultaneously reactive and sensitive, while also being bullet proof.All I can say there is that my The Paul had a glued on, tenon neck, - or it would have had a broken one, - on several occasions. What's also superior about the Fenders that I play now are those single coils; push some real aggression into humbuckers, and you've got mud.Even the vintage output PAF's are no fun in comparison.(SG's and Firebirds are still cool, - but with P90's...) Also part of my early ,wrongfully encouraged , career was a Hiwatt 100 head, - before most clubs had PA's ,and soundmen, and backlines. Besides being deafeningly loud, it also had endless headroom, which was nearly impossible to distort; good thing for stacked Rat's, MicroAmps, and Morley FuzzWahs. You shouldn't be worrying about copy right strikes; if you have original material from those old projects, that's the only cover I want to hear.Always keep proving that you're listening with your ears, instead of some BS, misplaced loyalty, - or shilling for paid endorsements.Always good stuff.

We got some very similar amp tastes! I have the Twin Twelves and the Hiwatt T40/20 MK III. They’re very hard to find due to low production and terrible, absolutely terrible marketing on Hiwatt’s end. They’ve been out for years and nobody seems to know about them. Fantastic sounding and looking heads.

i came here for the hiwatt. .but you made such a great point....i love gibsons ..or at least when my heros play them....but my tele makes me sound better...for whatever reason... alot of them you mentioned..... i really love that hiwatt tho...i want one and ive noticed webber in smaller amps....they seem to growl in a good way.....cool vid....cheers

Really nice guitar indeed ! I'm looking for a nice first strat and i would like to incorporate a lot of whammy bar in my playing... I've heard its often their weakness 🤔 Great gear video !

I own a 1983 fender squire it was my first electric I still have it same as yours just with a rosewood fret board I am so glad I kept it the Japan made ones from 83 like ours are simply amazing I kept my stock pickups these guitars are worth a few bucks and sound and play as good as any American strat very cool! What reverb are u using does that hi-5 have it or are you using a pedal thanks man your tone is killer! I recently got a T20-“/10 hiwatt combo it’s way to loud amazing tone so I’m looking at your attenuator I think that’s the best solution to tame the beast! Thanks for this video

So the dynamic thing about single coil pickups is exactly why I love Fenders (or single coils, in general) as well. Some things can only be done with humbuckers, but I'm not usually looking to do those things. Even with humbuckers, I'm into the lowest-gain ones I can get. I do have a Gretsch with TV Jones Classic Plus Filtertrons in it, and I do like the character of those, but the typical modern higher-gain humbuckers are not for me.

I play a 83 Japanese Vintage Telecaster as my main guitar. It is the best Tele I have tried yet and I got it pretty cheap. Killer twang tone on the bridge pickup. Only problem is that it is pretty prone to noise interference from the stage lights and such but who cares once the music is playing?

Thats a legit strat.

Nice video Eric! Thanks for sharing. ...It is cool baby it is coool; we still just talking...now I want you go in that bag and find my Strat...which on is it? It is the one that says BAD Motherf....... :))) Enjoyed your talk as always!

Any chance in showing the OD channel sometime? Badass playing btw.

Eric - phenomenal demo, you’ve got some great tones. What made you select the Hiwatt, was anything else in play?

I’ve still got my 81 Squier Strat bought from new, as you say takes a lot of abuse but stays in tune all day...

Thanks for being honest and spontaneous Eric! Are the strings on the strat 9s?

Had exactly the same guitar, which I bought in about 1984/85; sold it to a fellow band member a couple of years later when I was a little short of cash......possibly top of my "Why the f*!* did I sell that?" list.

I have looked at the attenuators before, but get overwhelmed on how to hook them up. I have a Fender Princeton 12" speaker tweed version, and sometimes would like to play it not so loud. How does the weber attenuator hook up? Nice Squire by the way. I haven't been able to bond with my Strat yet - it's a 2008 American Std I bought a few years ago. Just can't figure it out - but love it when I hear someone play a strat who has them figured out. I play my tele and a 2004 Epiphone Sheraton more than anything else.

Eric, love your channel, teaching style and most of all playing! What wattage is your Weber speaker? Thanks from San Diego!

"Go ahead, Eric, keep talking"! Yup.

daddys junky music was the best

If I could pick one teacher to have classes with, it would (probably) be Eric. Shame I don't live in the US.

I'm also a fender guy....my two custom shop strats are constantly watching me as I spend hours on my tele.....or it could be gummies I ate...

Great vid! What riff is that 16 min? iris so familiar! Great work

Very cool Eric! I also have a 83 Squire strat w/ rosewood neck & an 83 Squire Bullet w/ maple Tele neck! I got them at pawn shop's in Ohio 25 years ago. Both are Bad to the Bone! Killer! I'll send you a photo of them. Thanks for info on Weber mini mass & Hiwatt. How many watts & what tubes? Thanks for sharing. Peace.

I own quite a few guitars and yet out of the bunch, the two I play most are a cheap Squier (I think Affinity!) Strat and a veeeery lovely Vintage Modified Jaguar. Would like to try a Mustang as I think the short scale neck seems to suit my hands. That being said - I also love the Teles I have as well. Guess _I'm_ a Fender guy too! 😁🎸

Good video. I enjoy the Squier love. I have a closet fuul of CV and VM Squiers. All good players. I Love that guitar man. I seem to be addicted to Fender single coil guitars. I have no clue why, just the way it is. Just curious, what string trees are those? I haven't seen them before.

Nice tones, as always. What were you playing in the beginning? LOL, why you cursing bro? I have a 98' Squier Strat that need to repair and upgrade. Who knows, maybe that will be the Strat that I'm always saying I'll buy.

excuse my ignorance, whats the song at 12:51 onwards, I recognise it but can't remember where from! Love the channel and your playing/vibe

In the corona world everybody get boring with everything......LOL so true Eric !

Does the Mini Mass provide impedance matching between amp and cab? Great sound (as always).

Funny how "vintage" squires are a thing now. Got a 98 S Korean squire. Love the neck. Not quite a full 1 11/16 but that super skinny 40mm nut on modern Squires. One of my best playing guitars.

hey eric, do you do your own setup on your guitar? like for example, when u change gauges, u fix the heights and all that things?¿?¿?

I lusted over this guitar in ‘83. Bummed I didn’t pick one up...$239 at the time. Can’t believe CV Squire’s go for $399, now?

You nailed it on the three attack dynamics and the construction. Warmoth fender licensed builds can open this up to other bodies/woods.

I have the same guitar color and all!!! Mine needs some fret work and has dents all over. The paint is cracked. All original electronics.

Never heard bad boy Eric before.

Jack Pearson who is a hell of a player, has a few Squires that he gets incredible tones out of.

THIS was one of my favorites from Eric.

Hey Eric, wondering how you like the mojotone lite cab? Does the lightweight of the cab affect the tone in anyway at all?

Hahahaha you probably ended up with torticollis after making the video and wanting to look at the camera from such an awkward position. That version of Squier was used by George Harrison too, I understand that they are up to the standards of the americans. Greetings from Argentina Eric, I really like how you play the guitar.

Cute HIWATT