KleshGuitars Unboxing - Fender American Original 50's Stratocaster
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- Today I buy and review a 2021 Fender American Original 50's Stratocaster
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Beautiful guitar Klesh! I’ve always been a Fender player. I have many strats but I’ve been playing my tele mostly lately. I will only play nitro lacquered guitars now. I refinished a few of my strats in nitro. It’s a great feel and sound. And I love how it wears when you play the heck out of it over many years! My tele is extremely road worn after years of touring and gigging. Thanks for sharing brother!
It's almost 2024, hope you still have that Strat. Try finding one now! The 9.5" radius is why I bought one, Ii got a 60s White version. Took a bit of wire wool to the back of the neck to remove the sticky layer, now I use it for everthing. What is the weight of yours, I got a 3.5kg which is 7.7lbs...Use a wider 3" strap. Had to hunt it down, travelled across the US to get it, N.California is where I found it, the owner had 9s on it and just did'nt dig surf music so I snapped it up and made it mine. Love/hate at the begining but as with all great things you have to invest a little time in getting to know your instrument. Wanted a 50s type but this olympic white was too beautiful to pass up on. Next best to a Custom shop. BTW the lacquer is begining to show very intricate shrinking patterns that make it look like it's been around for 50 years, hot-cold-hot-cold. The only things I changed were the strings(10s) and the saddles(got those grooved thicker bent steel tone pros). Sound is the classic 60s Earthy tone.
10:15 - Holy crap, man! As a Fender player, this is just a thing of beauty. 🐉🐉🐉
I really am curious. But... yeah those tweed cases -nice to look at these days but... not as functional. They need to up their game on those for this line. Guitar is beautiful though in the white as well.
the components are of a better quality than my Vintera Strat...but its not as well made,the finish inside the spring cavity is really rough,the nut is poorly cut,its too low,some of the bridge saddles have offcentre drilled intonation screw holes,I had to swap them to stop the high E going over the edge of the fingerboard,the frets are cut a little too short of the fretboard edge,you can feel a gap at the end of the fret slot,the transfer on the headstock has been applied over the laquer...it just scratches of,cant say much about the durability of the finish as it hasnt been out of the house yet but some have reported problems with this...if you take the neck off it will crack the paint,never used to do that on the old nitro finished guitars...the pickups are great they are quite weak so I found I had to raise them up much more than I normally would.....so all in all beware...at least play before you buy!
Gorgeous guitar. I love the 50s aesthetic, but a bit out of my price range at $2,800 CAD unfortunately. (I settled for an American Professional series model in the same colour.)
Ain’t nothing wrong with that.
Cool video man, very nice guitar however as you mentioned that nut would bug the hell out of me and I'd most probably wind up swapping that out ahah 🤟
I would guess that the lid hinges on the guitar case have been bent/distorted by bumping around by the handlers. Of course before you unpacked it. It appears to have some overhang towards that latching corner. So nice to watch you enjoy that fabulous new guitar “MAN” ! High altitude tones !
Das mit der Kletterkreide muss ich mal probieren. Danke für das Video. Vielleicht muss man auch nur den Hals damit abreiben.
7:18 That’s just a beauty mark! 😂 Seriously though, nice guitar. That’s really the best color.
I'm considering buying one of these too. It's a pity however that there aren't more colors available. A black one or a blue one like the American Pro II offerrs would have been nice. But I like the two color sunburst version. I recently bought a Player MN Strat and also a Vinterra Road Worn Strat. In the Player Strat I like the fretboard radius (9,5") and the playability, but I don't like the two-point synchonized tremolo which grotesquely is less tuning-stable that the vintage style six-screws tremolo. The two-point one is unusable in floating setting. I also don't like the trem-arm which has a much to steep angle and ist too high. Also I prefer the vintage-style tuners. In the Vinterra Road Worn one I like the overall better resonance of the body when played dry (probably due to the nitro lacquer) and the vintage-style six-screw tremolo which is very tuning-stable even in floating mode. Also the trem arm angle is better. The finish of the neck feels good but I prefer the frets and the flatter fretboard-radius of the Player Strat which is more playable for me. From what I can read in the specs of this American original 50s this one seems to combine both of what I prefer, so the flat 9,5" radius, the vintage tremolo, the vintage tuners and the nitro lacquer. Do you think this is correct? I btw. don't care about the pickups since I'm going to mount an EMG DG20 pickup board which I already have.
That two-tone sunburst is authentic to the period, and is the same that Buddy Holly played (to boot) ;)
@@carlitobrigante330 I finally nevertheless bought another Player Strat in the same finish (two tone sunburst) since I like the Player neck so much - it's so smooth and playable. That's the most important to me. But I will exchange the pickups. The look and also the finish is fantastic.
Seems correct to me. I didn't measure the radius but if they say it's 9.5, it's gonna 9.5.
@@KleshGuitarsOfficial In fact 9.5" is better for playing, first of all for bending since the strings don't fret out as easily as with the vintage 7.25". I have this vintage radius on my Vintera Road Worn Strat which is true to the original vintage Strat and I like the 9.5" of my Players more. I think the necks in the Players are perfect. Good radius and smooth feel.
Love this review series. If you ever need ideas for more, go for a Gibson SG, maybe the 61 reissue or a blueberry burst modern
Yeah I am thinking about getting an SG!
Thanks for this. Very very useful
Thank you for discussing the case first instead of rushing to the guitar. I wanted to see the “Made in USA” G&G label inside the case and you showed it. Strangely, neither Sweetwater or even the Fender websites are clear about which tweed case it comes with. There are 2 versions of the case, at $199 and $299.
No problem!
All my american originals (50s strat/tele and 60s tele) came with the more expensive G&G cases!
I bought a Dreadnought Squier Fender acoustic for myself for my 50th birthday...I have no musical background, but always wanted to try...so I got it...
Ever consider doing a quick 10-15 minute vid for 100% amateurs that know nothing about playing a guitar...just the very basics...yeah, I have watched other TH-cam vids for beginner acoustic guitarists, but they never seemed to 'stick'...just a thought...thanks...JethroGritty
I have the white one, and my frets were HORRIBLE! I had to file them down myself. Great playing guitar now though. Not sure how I feel about the pickups yet though.
The nut slots are cut to match the relation ship to the fret height, deep enough, but no buzzing of course. Once you have the slot cut to that depth then you simply sand down the top of the nut to get the effect you showed in the sketch. No, I'm not an internet know it all, but that is just basic and correct guitar set up.
RIght, and they should've had it right from the factory if they knew what they were doing. Unfortunately, seems Gibson are more about "quantity over quality" nowadays.
@@KleshGuitarsOfficial And the prices have all gone way over the top. I started putting guitars together from factory parts. The same guitar Fender would charge $4k...I am putting together for about $1k. And I know they are made right, and with the pick ups to my taste. Both Fender and Gibson need a good trip to the wood shed.
I could swear mine came in a black case.
Mr. Klesh, I gotta say, that is one sweet guitar. Can you imagine if Charlie Christian had lived long enough to see 50's guitars? How do Fenders and Gibsons compare to others, like vintage CF Martins? Also, as a luthier, is there a wood that you've always wanted to use that is out of the ordinary? (Like box elder instead of maple, or using holly for a fret board with blackened frets for example.)
Hi Pete, so there are many different tone woods and combinations of those tone woods to create unique sounds. I've used many different woods for fretboards (Maple, Ebony, Rosewood(s), Koa, Bubinga, Purpleheart, Paduak, Wenge to name a few) but the choices there are limited due to hardness. For instance, I don't think a Mahogany fretboard would be very good due to it's relative softness in comparison with say walnut.
So youre the reason they sold out so quickly on SW. LOL Thanks for the overview, this is my #1 want. Love my Classic Series 50s & Vintera 50s but ready for the American.
Finally got one a few weeks ago and I Love It
I wouldn’t mind seeing a review of a Martin D-28
If you go for the 56 points inspection, they will check the lock on the hardcase. You did not choose that option I reckoned.
ACtually I did and they missed it.
Great Vid, was just wondering how the neck pocket fit was? Was there any pronounce gap on either side? Thanks
No gap bigger than acceptable for me
Thanks brother no 🐝 in this strat lol
Nope, G&G does not make 'em like they used to but they have no problem jacking the prices through the sky. I've had some duds in recent years. Buyer beware.
I don’t get it. It’s a good video, but I don’t understand why a person in the guitar industry never heard of Sweetwater, and has never seen a guitar shipped double-boxed.
I just bought an American original 60s model from sweet water. If mine comes with that neck plate, Im going to put it on. I think they put that card in there to avoid liability.
I got a 60’s too , mine came with a black case not the tweed one , what about yours ? Mines the pink shell you ?
@@benallmark9671 in the 1960s Fender switched from tweed to tolex covered cases. At first they were brown and white, but then black in about 64. Similar to the coverings on their amps.
@@tedruybalid2262 interesting. Thanks for sharing that with me.
Do a harmony silhouette
Sweet guitar, though I've never understood the appeal of replica old Fenders. Seems like paying a lot of money to deliberately not get any of the design improvements of the last 70 years.
Not improvements, changes. Changes are not always improvements, improvements are always subjective. 😁 But I get your point! In that case we would have to look at G&L because that was Leo’s last “form” for the Stratocaster.
Not entirely true. The fretboard radius (9.5") is deliberately modern, and I am guessing that the tolerances on the hardware and electronics (wiring, caps, pots, etc) are more exacting than those used back in the 1950's.
AOs are not replicas, nor reissues, they are an attempt at combining the best of both worlds ...
Guitar looks well built. Your nut needs a sanding. LMAO Nice {}
I'm not really a fender guy but that is a sexy guitar. Shame about the case though
How about reviewing a PRS
Definitely getting a PRS
Does this have a roasted maple neck
no just regular old maple. I've never found a difference in roasted vs normal other than color.
So if I tell you where a vintage 52 telecaster is you will give me a free one?
Not a deal breaker,,,
But I would be disappointed if I saw fingerprints on the neck plate when first opening it.
Haha. Well, i can see how that can make you upset. I know it's just from the QC guy at Sweetwater though, but yeah he should've wiped it off at least.
You don't need powder but you do need to play better. Your technique is quite poor.
I do not play guitar
Picky picky picky
Just pick it up and play it
Nah, I don't really play.