I just walked out of the guitar shop with a Fender American Ultra! I played lots of stats and teles. I played several Ultra's and they all play and feel just a bit different. The strat I settled on just felt right. I knew it from the first strum. Some guitars are just more alive than others. Big shout out to all guitar shops that are still kicking it! Especially Bailey Brothers in Hoover Alabama! Thx guys!
I was just thinking of this! And I feel like, if I had to get rid of my strats and only keep one, it would be the Ultra. I’m glad you found a great one that you bonded with and shoutout to your local store!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 have a great day!
I have Fender American Pro2, and I will trade it for Ultra2 coming out in a month! I wonder what's the difference between Ultra1 and 2 but I would love to try out noseless pickup as well as locking tuner~!
If I could only keep one strat, it would be my ultra. It really is great for me. In my opinion it’s a nice set of pickups. A fat and articulate neck, glassy pos4, twangy mid, spiky pos2 and a screaming bridge (the bridge could be fatter honestly). But overall making tones with it, are always really balanced, well defined and I’m always happy and end up using it. 🤣🤣🤣 i just imagine the 2 is that but more. I heard the pickups and they sound really great in Paul Davids video. If you like ebony fretboards, I think you’ll got nothing to worry about. Having said that, it’s a pretty different experience than the AmPro2. It will be a bit shocking for a while maybe. I hope this long comment helps my friend!
I think, that nothing beats the guitar of your dreams. The AmPro2 really is a great guitar. I prefer the ultra in many ways, and the more I play it the more I like it, but, I do notice that it depends a lot on the style of music I’m trying to play. Some things feel easier on the AmPro2 and viceversa. More often than not, people that come to my studio and play my guitars, the ultra is usually everyone’s favorite, that and my tele. I hope this helps in any way my friend! I appreciate you watching and commenting! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
I've had the good fortune to play Stratocasters from 1979 to the current epoch - many varieties. Tomorrow I'm trading my Pro II Strat and Pro II Tele for an Ultra Stratocaster (Mocha Burst). It'll become third in a trio containing a white Jeff Beck signature and a black Eric Clapton signature (Blackie). My wife has asked me to downsize my fleet so off I go. Your information is helpful - reinforces the validity of my choice. Nice job - thank you!
Very interesting trio you’re left with, the three gentlemen!! I was just filming a video and again I confirm to myself that the ultra is my favorite guitar that I own, if at some point you don’t like the pickups, quick swap and you’re there, the ultra strat feels so good in every way. I would take all ultras 🤣 a tele, Jazzmaster a couple strats with different pickups and I could be happy 🤣I’m glad you find the video useful my friend!, thanks for your comment
I can agree! I got the Strat Deluxe which is like the old version and I love it too. I might make a video comparing with the Ultra. It’s that good. Thanks for your comment friend! Have a great day
I carved my neck heel to the same profile as the ultra and it is more gooder now. Apart from that there is nothing about the ultra that I thought was worth changing.
I had an American pro and traded in for the pro ll in vintage sunburst. Wonderful guitar. This one is very resonate for some reason. It just sings. I saw Fender was having a big sale on the ultras, so i went to GC to try and play one, but they didn't have any in stock. I already knew i wanted that cobra blue with a rosewood board and HSS pups, so I talked to the guys there, and they ordered me one and got me an additional 10% off. So I got that ultra for about $20 more than a pro ll. Plus, I got $200 in rewards to spend however I want at GC!
Man!!! What a killer deal you got!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 I can wholeheartedly tell you, you’re gonna love both, for absolutely different reasons!! Congratulations!! 🙌🏻 I would collect them all if I could! 🤣🤣🤣 just put different pups in all of em. Anyway, I’m happy for you!
@Itsjorgelanzas thanks man. I'm very happy with the deal I got, for sure. The two guitars feel very different. Well, the necks feel very different. I love the slimmer profile and compound radius of the ultra, but I'm glad I have the thicker, more traditional pro ll as well. They both have their place.
Nice shirt! That's an interesting observation/theory about the aluminum pick guard. It makes sense to me, and would be an easy thing to try. It's cool that Fender is offering options like these. For myself, I much prefer the neck and pickups of the Am Pro 2 over the Ultra. The neck profile, compound radius and frets on the Ultra probably appeal to shredders, but I don't find it as comfortable for my kind of playing. The Ultra's noiseless pickups are probably good for high gain situations, but they don't "breath" like real single coil pickups (to my ears). I think the Am Pro II should have locking tuners for it's price, but that's an easy DIY upgrade. At any rate, it's cool that we have options.
I think very similar to you my friend. They’re both really good instruments and I definitely go through phases where one guitar feels better and such, but the most important thing I’ve noticed, when you play guitar, the best guitar is the first one you play in your day, after that first guitar you touch during the day, everything else feels just a bit foreign, start with a different guitar the next day, and then boom, all of a sudden the other guitars feel foreign, so yes, we should just get the guitar we like and play it 🤣🤣 once we play it, nothing will feel better! Crazy how perception works. Thank you for your nice and thoughtful comment my friend! I hope you’re having a good one!
i talked to some ppl who owned or played both.. Most said in the beggining that they prefer the pro2 .. But after few weeks they switched to the Ultra and prefer it much more.. I think myeslef that Ultra is the best, you jsut have to get used to it after switching from other Strat models...
Yeah, if you come from an older strat definitely I can see that happening. I think the ultra is much more comfortable and it comes from the factory with a better fret job i think, that’s why you can really lower the strings that extra little bit that makes you feel like is undeniably easier to play. Definitely is a modern strat. The traditionalists are probably gonna secretly love it 🤣 and hate it in the comments. Thanks for your comment friend!!
i played an really old fender once i think it was from the late 60s or 70s, you couldnt adjust the height of the strings much and there was a big gap between the freet and strings on the 14- 21th frets it was awefull.. And yet ppl say it was a good model and an amazing guitar.. I would rather play an newer squier or ibanez gio than that "made in USA" original Fender that has an awefull height and cheap twangy noisy singlecoil sound.@@Itsjorgelanzas
I wasn't looking at the screen when he identified the guitars because I didn't want to know which guitar was which when I was listening. It turns out that I preferred the sound of the white one best. It was more articulate, particularly in the high end and had more dynamics. I was shocked to learn those were the noiseless pickups. I'm not sure if that's high praise of the noiseless or condemnation of the V-Mod II. I've got a '61 strat and an Am Pro II. The pickups in the '61 are better. Maybe the V-Mod II are just bad pickups.
I think the ultra noiseless are great. I’ve tried lots of pickups, Nothing to envy from any other pickup. So far, I even liked them better than a few of the custom shop ones I’ve tried. In the studio, under the Microscope, they have the most balanced signal, almost no eq problems, no whistles in the mid range. So yeah, And I think the v mods are great pickups, different, but cool sounding. I’m glad you had fun even though the video was hard to get through for you.
All good!! 🙌🏻 i support your freedom of expression. I’m glad you were decent and respectful while doing so, some people are not. So all good!! Have a wonderful week! I hope your days get better and better!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I recently played a proII at a giitar center and i was blown away by how amazing it sounded and how aolid it felt. I come from playing strandeberg and kiesel.
I agree with that man, I came from a schecter, and mim strat and a charvel, the first thing I noticed is how solid the neck felt compared to the other. There’s something to it for sure! Interesting how you were ticked by the same thing I was! Really good guitars!! Thanks for your comment and I hope you have a great week ahead! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I think the guitars sound amazingly similar. I know you thought you heard and felt some differences, but I do not hear it. And I am an experienced studio musician and guitar player with over 20 guitars. So, if I can get noiseless pickups that sound so close to vintage tone, I will go with the noiseless. I considered Suhr for their noise cancelling system, but now I do not see the point. So I am seriously considering the Ultra. However, I really also wanted a roasted maple neck to minimize having to do seasonal adjustments. So I may wait until Fender comes out with an Ultra Hot Noiseless loaded pickguard and put it in a Sire S7 or something similar. If I can hold out for that. Your video helped my decide on the Ultra Hot Noiseless pickups in any case, and I thank you for that!
Man!! That makes me happy. I think an ultra would be a great choice to save so serious cash compared to a suhr. And, Im sure there’s an ultra with roasted neck now, and even maybe with the hot noiseless, but in HSS config. I got the hot noiseless and I’ve been planning to drop them in the ultra! But it just sounds so good that it feels like a waste. So we’ll see! Cause I’m super curious to hear the difference in a back to back like I’m doing now. Anyway thanks sharing your thoughts and knowledge with us, I appreciate it! 🙌🏻
I went to the store and tried both. I don’t have big hands so I don’t like chunky necks. I wanted to like the Am Pro II but I hated the neck, too chunky for me. Then the Ultra even though is D, which on paper should have more meat, is still modern so felt much more comfortable, so I’m almost decided on getting the Ultra. Sound wise I think both guitars are very close, a tiny bit more sparkle on the Am Pro II but that could be a good or bad thing depending on what you are looking for. Only thing that caught my attention and I don’t know what you think, is in the Ultra the bridge pickup seems to be much more aggressive than the one on the Am Pro, I don’t know if it’s only me. Excelente video, felicitaciones!
I agree with all your appreciations my friend. Seems to be pretty much what I hear and feel. In my case, the AmPro2 bridge, ends up getting very little use. Seems to my that the sound is super cool for like a vintage lead sound or surf, I keep it with the knob pulled. The bridge of the ultra is really good, but still lacks a bit. Sounds really good with high gain. INHO the ultra is a better guitar in many ways. I hope you can find a great deal, I see ultras in really great condition going for 1200. That to me, at that price is simply the best strat right now. It even is more stable with weather and humidity changes. After a few years of having them here, my ultra is 100% the keeper. If I didn’t have the channel would probably sell the ampro lol but I just like the look so much lol anyway, sorry for the big comment. Maybe I need to make an update to this video after a few years. Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts!
Wow!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 you’re wild my friend!!! I can’t believe you went for it!! 🤣🤣 I’m glad you’re happy with it! Yeah! It’s got a great sound, to me it sounds like a modern fat 50! With that extra texture in the high end. Thank you for your comment my friend! Have a great weekend🤘🏻
I would love that!! Sadly is not anywhere near in my budget to buy an ultra ii 😓 but, I will make a video check the series out and sharing my thoughts. Thank you for your comment! 🙏🏼
The more and more I play these guitars the more I feel the ultra is the right choice!! And right now, you can get really good deals all over reverb! I just saw one last night for $1,200. Thanks for your comment friend!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@Itsjorgelanzas First ı have ordered Jeff Beck stratocaster but ı wasn't that happy with the Guitar shop and reture it back. After this video I ordered the ultra from another Guitar Shop and nowww is delivery time :) when ı make the pick guard change ı will post a foto. Pick guard is already there 😍and some small suprise changes aswell.
Welp......they both sound like Strats to me. I have a '93 American Standard (which became the American Series, then American Standard again, then the American Pro before finally evolving to the American Pro II) and really like the feel of the medium jumbo frets and modern C neck.
I agree with you! A strat is a strat. Other than that, you’re pleasing yourself with your instrument. Getting whatever you feel is better or sound better and little by little, before you know it, you found your tone! Thanks for your comment friend!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I agree, the AmPro2 does have a lower rumble. And the noiseless, weirdly enough, is more spanky! 🤣🤣 I grew up with everyone saying that noiseless sounded “dead” with “no sparkle”. So far, in my experience, all noiseless strats I’ve tried, are brighter than single most coil strats I’ve tried. So I wonder if that myth is based on reality of sound, or just on “it’s a humbucker, it should be darker and Less spanky, right?”🤣🤣 and never really tried them back to back in a controlled environment. Thanks for your nice and thoughtful comment my friend!
Thank you my friend! 🙏🏼🙏🏼 you said it right, unbiased is right! 😊 I’m just making discoveries for myself and creating my own thoughts and opinions and of course sharing them!
Que tan distinto es el perfil del mastil en ambas? tengo entendido que la ultra tiene el modern c que es muy comodo pero me gustan mas los pickups de la pro.
Son bastante diferentes. Pero, en sentido práctico, La ultra pareciera tener mas espacio para los dedos y llena menos la palma de la mano. La AmPro tiene un poco más para llenar la palma. Las dos son cómodas. Si tenés Dedos con punta gruesa. Tal vez la ultra es mejor.
I can see that! It’s borderline too thin. I like the chunkier neck too. I feel they should both be the same price 🤣🤣 and you pick your poison kind of scenario. Anyway, thank you for your nice comment friend!
Yo creo, que si es tu Única guitarra, DELUXE! 🤣 porque igual puedes tener un tono de single coil y humbucker. Pero, si es parte de una colección, pues tal vez la tradicional ocupa el espacio correcto! Saludos!
Loco, estoy escuchándolas en mis monitores de estudio y siento que la Ultra tiene más hi-end y la American Pro tiene más low-end. Con distorsión se siente mucho más eso.
I agree with you! The frets are so good in the ampro2. Ive heard that the 6105 is the most popular fret wire in the custom shop, it makes total sense to me! I already think that when my ultra needs new frets, I may go for that same style. Thanks for your comment friend!
@@Itsjorgelanzas another plus is the hit box on the frets is the whole box. You can make the notes ring anywhere in the box. Which seems great if your stretching across frets.
I’m right there with you honestly, I’ve been thinking about making a video saying why., I’ve had them and used them both for over 2 years, and I do believe the ultra is superior in every way. The only day the ampro wins, is if you want it to feel a little more like an older strat, a little more fight. Idk, some people value those things. I like having both to have two different voices, but, the ultra is staying the ampro is closer to the exit door if I have to choose one or the other. Thanks for your comment friend!
They are great guitars!! Can’t go wrong with any, but I prefer the ultra 🤣🤣 it just feels nice. Even the super rounded nut. Idk, there’s a lot of attention to detail in the ultra. I’m sold 🤣🤣 anyway, I hope you’re having a great weekend friend!
Yeah, I’ve never done it. But, the other day I went to GC to try a nice LP blueberry burst I saw, and felt the pressure to buy it, just because I was trying it. Luckily the guitar had too many flaws to buy it! But the takeaway was, how pressed you feel to buy, when you try it in a store 🤣🤣🤣
Well I rather have the vmod cause the supposed noiseless pickups is a sham they are single coil humbucker s i.m.o. only good ones out there are the EMGs... anyhow waste of money when ap2 is a real deal single coils that are just as good 👍.
I feel like the noiseless sound great, a bit of presence in your amp and you’re solid. But, in reality what you’re paying is for your preference of neck and body carve. I honestly like them both. And use them both. In a track, the difference becomes much more important and I’m glad I got both to cover the more ground. It’s undeniable that the ultra allows you to play a bit faster. The intonation seems to be microscopically better in the AmPro2 I imagine due to the thinner frets, less contact surface for the string so yeah 🤣 if you really play them both, and dissect them over a couple years, that’s what stands out.
Oh, i love playing Stratocaster-guitars, and i love to choose guitars who are better than Fenders, especially better than Fender USA! My first Stratocaster was an end-80ies ,,Fender American Standard Stratocaster“, and it was my worst guitar ever, and i´ve had a second Fender Strat, a mexican-Version, called ,,Fender Standard Stratocaster“ and this guitar have had a Poplar-body and sounded like soft shit. And so I learned that either Fender is cheating us because they deliver poor quality and workmanship or overpriced guitars with wet, poorly stored and less vibrating woods, and trying to compensate for this with overloaded, or fat-sounding, pickups, and that is the reason for the myths of the real, old vintage Strats, because back then they tended to use woods that were stored and had better vibratability were used. Or, and this is certainly true, the production volume is so high that the company is no longer able to get wood of the same quality for the entire production, and then the really good, well-vibrating guitars come from the current production not to Germany - I am in Germany, a country that the USA keeps under military occupation to this day, so we Germans are like modern slaves of the USA Occupation Force, the USA controls Germany to this day and abuses us Germans as a source of money ! At the beginning of the 90s I got my hands on my first ESP-S-400 series Strat, now there are four, but this first one had 42 slanted annual rings and had such a great attack and cracky, bony, twangy and wiry-sound by dry-playing, and this guitar has beaten every Fender USA Custom Shop Strat by far in comparisons, let alone the production models from Fender and also a real, vintage Fender 1963 Strat. Around 2006, based on my good experiences with ESP, I bought an "ESP Vintage Plus" Strat, with the best, densest wood, superbly crafted and with a flattened neck-body transition (SSS variant), this Vintage Plus was once again on point Overtones and sustain are a step better, they easily beat the MusicMans and Suhrs and cost 1100 euros new at the time! Then in 2014 i came across a cheap used BLADE Texas Classic and was blown away. It was good, it could easily compete with the ESPs, yes it plays in the same league as ESP and cost 350 euros used. A short time later I tried a "BLADE Texas Standard Pro" with VMC midboost, similar to the "Fender Eric Clapton Signature USA-Strat", exactly the same again, it was better than any Clapton signature guitar from Fender, had better swingable woods, a flattened neck-body transition (like the BLADE Texas Classic) and therefore much better playability than Fender! So I use a lot of good Strats at home and all of them are better than what I could buy as a Fender in Germany at completely overpriced prices! That's why I prefer to play Strats, but the main thing is that it never says Fender on it, but rather ESP-S-400-Series, ESP Vintage Plus, BLADE Texas Classic or BLADE Texas Standard Pro! Well, I can prove not only purely subjectively, but very objectively in terms of sound, that there are much better things than Fender, in some cases also much cheaper and easier to play! Why should I even buy a Fender, a guitar that is worse in terms of sound and workmanship and less playable at a completely overpriced price???? Why, can someone explain this to me??????
I’ve heard that kind of comments coming from Eastern Europe and Russia. I wonder if the instruments you guys get are different. And that’s cool that you liked them! 😊 and have them, I guess a lot of the world like something different. I wonder, why If “objectively” cheap ESP’s have a better sound, why NO sound professional I’ve ever met in 15 years of working in the music industry, chooses a cheap ESP over Fender Custom shop and so on. Let’s be happy that they work for you, that you love them and own them. 🙌🏻🙌🏻
If it doesn't say Fender on it, it's not a Stratocaster in the first place. So you don't like stratocasters, you like solid body guitars made by other compagnies that copy Stratocasters.. Don't you think? Have you ever noticed that Fenders have their sound? Well that seems what you've discovered at last. They may have some dud's out there, but common , get real, why do professional players go for Stratocasters in a lot of cases ? A pro buys a Suhr because he wants ANOTHER sound in his arsenal.. but if he needs a Stratocaster sound, he'll buy a Fender 😊
Rudi, a Stratocaster can be copied in such a way that you get the same result. Yes, the “Fenders” have their own sound, but not as a brand, but as a type of guitar, namely Bolton guitars, provided that the bodies are made of the same wood and the neck is usually always maple, with or without a rosewood fingerboard , and that can very well be copied, and based on objective criteria you can determine the crack, twang, sustain, attack, articulation, etc. test, and my Fenders performed very poorly, and my later killer ESP-400 Series Strat (not a heavy model, no, traditional 60s Strat with SSS) has beaten all available Fender Custom Shop Strats and also an original Vintage 1963 Fender Strat, all the Fender characteristics were more than the Fenders, that's just how it was! Cross test: The dry sound, because I have no subjective influence from the pickups, but only the natural vibration remains and it only reproduced the characteristics that could already be heard electrically, so that was the irrefutable proof that it was in the case of the electric guitar, the quality of the wood is important and, as a result, the quality of the natural vibration. The pickup can color the sound of this natural vibration during the electrical transmission, but the pickup cannot conjure up qualities that the natural vibration does not transmit!! !!!!!!! This is all absolutely objectively testable and distinguishable. I haven't had a mass-produced Fender Strat in my hand yet where the chord were harmoniously fading away, but with almost 100% of the ESPs and BLADEs, I can't help it that Fender uses spongy, less vibrating woods, that's not my fault. The Fender Customs shops had usable guitars that were exactly what you would imagine a Fender to be. And I know what I'm talking about: I can hear without an amplifier whether there is alder or ash under the body varnish, the sound is typical of both woods and different from each other! And with storage, drying and fine workmanship, this can be raised to a level that you can't get from a Fender series guitar. I compared my former Fender American Standard Strat (3 x AmSt pickups) with the ESP Vintage Plus Strat (SSS) of a friend who was in Regensburg - what do YOU think - what had he installed???? ???????????????? 3 x Fender American Standard Strat pickups - in his ESP-Strat (alder body, maple neck, so same technical data as the Fender AmSt-Strat, SSS). So!?????? And what do you think, Erwin, I and the guitarist at the time in Regensburg, Freddy L., found out? The sound characteristics are very similar, except the ESP-Strat (identical pickups, identical types of wood, but much better quality) had the same characteristics but more of everything, more twang, more crunch, more glass, more sustain, more attack, the chord was harmoniously fading away with the ESP, but not at all with my Fender, with the ESP the chord easily swapped over into the flageoletts, but not at all with my Fender! So, think for yourself! How did the result come about?????? By using the same woods and the same pickups, there was no difference in the sound-carrying substance, but the peculiarities of the ESP were all there too, but all much stronger! This proves what does the pickup do, what does the structure of the guitar do, and the differences in sound between two guitars with the same structure and the same pickups can only come from the quality of the wood and the resulting vibration properties, there is nothing more, so what else would be wrong with an experimental setup like this????????? So, does anyone have anything to contribute to this, something factual???????????
Woods have definitely an impact, as the bridge material, the stiffness of the springs.. The neck angle, the nut.. How it's cut, the material it's made of.. Everything has an impact. I have a beaten up Fender Jimmie Vaughan Stratocaster which I experiment with as a modular benchwork. I can attest everything that you change, even the finish.. Some people say that a Stratocasters sound is the pickups and set up. No way it's that simple.. I have a AVRI 59 stratocaster which is a superior instrument in every way.. My beat up Mexican Jimmie Vaughan which has been tweaked to the extreme (callaham bridge, bone nut, fretwork, strpped down refinish, locking tuners, pro setup..) is just as good but very different.. When I switch from to one another I just can't decide which one I prefer.. Because they are equally goid, resonant, and soulful.. But very different. What I'm telling you here is that the modular nature of the Stratocaster design is so important in the result of it's components, that you just cannot say Fender sucks, EPS eats them. This is so narrow minded and just shows you don't know what you're talking about. If a master luthier reads your comments he'll just have a good laugh.. No kidding. So stop making a fool of yourself with such assements. I'm not trying to be rude, just trying to make just a little more open minded on the subject. Peace, anf just play the guitar, it's the most important in the end🎉
Fender is trash!!! Buy a used ESP 400-Series Strat or ESP Vintage Plus Strat or a BLADE Texas Classic or Texas Standard Pro, then you´re owning a better guitar with all the so called Fender-Characteristics, but more than on Fenders and in case of a used BLADE much cheaper than Fenders! We don´t need Fender, we have BLADE, ESP, Tokai and FGN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fender what for???? Only for optics because it´s a Fender??????????????
🙌🏻🙌🏻 Thanks for sharing your thoughts friend!! Even tho i don’t really agree with you! I’ve tried several ESP’s and even though they’re great guitars and all, I don’t like them. I felt so let down when I realized they tint their fretboards to make it look like high quality ebony and stuff like that. To me, ESP gets good, once you get to the 1000 series. But still, painted fretboards and nothing but aftermarket parts. And now, most 1000 series are as or MORE expensive than fender, so yeah, in my case, there’s lots of reasons why I don’t own LTDs right now. I used to think they were cool when I was a kid, and now, I realized they just don’t have a guitar for me in the their lineup. Anyway, thanks for your great comment friend! I hope you’re having a great weekend! 🤘🏻🤓
I just walked out of the guitar shop with a Fender American Ultra! I played lots of stats and teles. I played several Ultra's and they all play and feel just a bit different. The strat I settled on just felt right. I knew it from the first strum. Some guitars are just more alive than others. Big shout out to all guitar shops that are still kicking it! Especially Bailey Brothers in Hoover Alabama! Thx guys!
I was just thinking of this! And I feel like, if I had to get rid of my strats and only keep one, it would be the Ultra. I’m glad you found a great one that you bonded with and shoutout to your local store!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 have a great day!
The mint guard looks really good on that Ultra.
Thank you friend! It’s my favorite combo in a strat! 🔥🔥🔥 🙌🏻🙌🏻🔥
I have Fender American Pro2, and I will trade it for Ultra2 coming out in a month! I wonder what's the difference between Ultra1 and 2 but I would love to try out noseless pickup as well as locking tuner~!
If I could only keep one strat, it would be my ultra. It really is great for me. In my opinion it’s a nice set of pickups. A fat and articulate neck, glassy pos4, twangy mid, spiky pos2 and a screaming bridge (the bridge could be fatter honestly). But overall making tones with it, are always really balanced, well defined and I’m always happy and end up using it. 🤣🤣🤣 i just imagine the 2 is that but more. I heard the pickups and they sound really great in Paul Davids video. If you like ebony fretboards, I think you’ll got nothing to worry about. Having said that, it’s a pretty different experience than the AmPro2. It will be a bit shocking for a while maybe. I hope this long comment helps my friend!
Nice video, i still haven't decided which one to buy, in this case the Ultra II or the Pro II?
Do you think it's possible that a Pro III will come out?
The guitar of my dreams has always been an American Strat Black with a maple neck so I just can't decide which of these two models to buy
I'm leaning more towards the American Pro II because I like the classic black color
I think, that nothing beats the guitar of your dreams. The AmPro2 really is a great guitar. I prefer the ultra in many ways, and the more I play it the more I like it, but, I do notice that it depends a lot on the style of music I’m trying to play. Some things feel easier on the AmPro2 and viceversa. More often than not, people that come to my studio and play my guitars, the ultra is usually everyone’s favorite, that and my tele. I hope this helps in any way my friend! I appreciate you watching and commenting! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
@@Itsjorgelanzas thank you bro and God bless you!
I've had the good fortune to play Stratocasters from 1979 to the current epoch - many varieties. Tomorrow I'm trading my Pro II Strat and Pro II Tele for an Ultra Stratocaster (Mocha Burst). It'll become third in a trio containing a white Jeff Beck signature and a black Eric Clapton signature (Blackie). My wife has asked me to downsize my fleet so off I go. Your information is helpful - reinforces the validity of my choice. Nice job - thank you!
Very interesting trio you’re left with, the three gentlemen!! I was just filming a video and again I confirm to myself that the ultra is my favorite guitar that I own, if at some point you don’t like the pickups, quick swap and you’re there, the ultra strat feels so good in every way. I would take all ultras 🤣 a tele, Jazzmaster a couple strats with different pickups and I could be happy 🤣I’m glad you find the video useful my friend!, thanks for your comment
I have a player plus. Only thing I did to it. Put on a Vega trem, new nut and tuners and some fret work. I love it.
I can agree! I got the Strat Deluxe which is like the old version and I love it too. I might make a video comparing with the Ultra. It’s that good. Thanks for your comment friend! Have a great day
I also use david gilmour ghs strings.
I carved my neck heel to the same profile as the ultra and it is more gooder now. Apart from that there is nothing about the ultra that I thought was worth changing.
I had an American pro and traded in for the pro ll in vintage sunburst. Wonderful guitar. This one is very resonate for some reason. It just sings. I saw Fender was having a big sale on the ultras, so i went to GC to try and play one, but they didn't have any in stock. I already knew i wanted that cobra blue with a rosewood board and HSS pups, so I talked to the guys there, and they ordered me one and got me an additional 10% off. So I got that ultra for about $20 more than a pro ll. Plus, I got $200 in rewards to spend however I want at GC!
Man!!! What a killer deal you got!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 I can wholeheartedly tell you, you’re gonna love both, for absolutely different reasons!! Congratulations!! 🙌🏻 I would collect them all if I could! 🤣🤣🤣 just put different pups in all of em. Anyway, I’m happy for you!
@Itsjorgelanzas thanks man. I'm very happy with the deal I got, for sure. The two guitars feel very different. Well, the necks feel very different. I love the slimmer profile and compound radius of the ultra, but I'm glad I have the thicker, more traditional pro ll as well. They both have their place.
I agree with you! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Nice shirt!
That's an interesting observation/theory about the aluminum pick guard. It makes sense to me, and would be an easy thing to try.
It's cool that Fender is offering options like these. For myself, I much prefer the neck and pickups of the Am Pro 2 over the Ultra. The neck profile, compound radius and frets on the Ultra probably appeal to shredders, but I don't find it as comfortable for my kind of playing. The Ultra's noiseless pickups are probably good for high gain situations, but they don't "breath" like real single coil pickups (to my ears). I think the Am Pro II should have locking tuners for it's price, but that's an easy DIY upgrade. At any rate, it's cool that we have options.
I think very similar to you my friend. They’re both really good instruments and I definitely go through phases where one guitar feels better and such, but the most important thing I’ve noticed, when you play guitar, the best guitar is the first one you play in your day, after that first guitar you touch during the day, everything else feels just a bit foreign, start with a different guitar the next day, and then boom, all of a sudden the other guitars feel foreign, so yes, we should just get the guitar we like and play it 🤣🤣 once we play it, nothing will feel better! Crazy how perception works. Thank you for your nice and thoughtful comment my friend! I hope you’re having a good one!
i talked to some ppl who owned or played both.. Most said in the beggining that they prefer the pro2 .. But after few weeks they switched to the Ultra and prefer it much more.. I think myeslef that Ultra is the best, you jsut have to get used to it after switching from other Strat models...
Yeah, if you come from an older strat definitely I can see that happening. I think the ultra is much more comfortable and it comes from the factory with a better fret job i think, that’s why you can really lower the strings that extra little bit that makes you feel like is undeniably easier to play. Definitely is a modern strat. The traditionalists are probably gonna secretly love it 🤣 and hate it in the comments. Thanks for your comment friend!!
i played an really old fender once i think it was from the late 60s or 70s, you couldnt adjust the height of the strings much and there was a big gap between the freet and strings on the 14- 21th frets it was awefull.. And yet ppl say it was a good model and an amazing guitar.. I would rather play an newer squier or ibanez gio than that "made in USA" original Fender that has an awefull height and cheap twangy noisy singlecoil sound.@@Itsjorgelanzas
Yeah, that’s the truth, a bad setup or bad frets, will kill a guitar.
Ultra owner here as well. Very inspiring sound. Great efforts with the video here! Cheers.
Ultra!! What a fantastic guitar! 🙌🏻 I appreciate your nice comment my friend!! Cheers!
I wasn't looking at the screen when he identified the guitars because I didn't want to know which guitar was which when I was listening. It turns out that I preferred the sound of the white one best. It was more articulate, particularly in the high end and had more dynamics. I was shocked to learn those were the noiseless pickups.
I'm not sure if that's high praise of the noiseless or condemnation of the V-Mod II.
I've got a '61 strat and an Am Pro II. The pickups in the '61 are better. Maybe the V-Mod II are just bad pickups.
I think the ultra noiseless are great. I’ve tried lots of pickups, Nothing to envy from any other pickup. So far, I even liked them better than a few of the custom shop ones I’ve tried. In the studio, under the Microscope, they have the most balanced signal, almost no eq problems, no whistles in the mid range. So yeah, And I think the v mods are great pickups, different, but cool sounding. I’m glad you had fun even though the video was hard to get through for you.
@@Itsjorgelanzas Thanks I edited that part out immediately after writing it. I guess you can still see it so sorry for that.
All good!! 🙌🏻 i support your freedom of expression. I’m glad you were decent and respectful while doing so, some people are not. So all good!! Have a wonderful week! I hope your days get better and better!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
I recently played a proII at a giitar center and i was blown away by how amazing it sounded and how aolid it felt. I come from playing strandeberg and kiesel.
I agree with that man, I came from a schecter, and mim strat and a charvel, the first thing I noticed is how solid the neck felt compared to the other. There’s something to it for sure! Interesting how you were ticked by the same thing I was! Really good guitars!! Thanks for your comment and I hope you have a great week ahead! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@Itsjorgelanzas hell yeah brother! Sometimes the classics are classics for a reason!
I think the guitars sound amazingly similar. I know you thought you heard and felt some differences, but I do not hear it. And I am an experienced studio musician and guitar player with over 20 guitars. So, if I can get noiseless pickups that sound so close to vintage tone, I will go with the noiseless. I considered Suhr for their noise cancelling system, but now I do not see the point. So I am seriously considering the Ultra. However, I really also wanted a roasted maple neck to minimize having to do seasonal adjustments. So I may wait until Fender comes out with an Ultra Hot Noiseless loaded pickguard and put it in a Sire S7 or something similar. If I can hold out for that. Your video helped my decide on the Ultra Hot Noiseless pickups in any case, and I thank you for that!
Man!! That makes me happy. I think an ultra would be a great choice to save so serious cash compared to a suhr. And, Im sure there’s an ultra with roasted neck now, and even maybe with the hot noiseless, but in HSS config. I got the hot noiseless and I’ve been planning to drop them in the ultra! But it just sounds so good that it feels like a waste. So we’ll see! Cause I’m super curious to hear the difference in a back to back like I’m doing now. Anyway thanks sharing your thoughts and knowledge with us, I appreciate it! 🙌🏻
@@Itsjorgelanzas Didn't the Ultra guitar you used in this video have the Ultra Noiseless Hot pickups in it?
No, it comes with the Ultra Noiseless. They’re supposed to sound sort of vintage. That’s why I want to try the hot ones lol
I went to the store and tried both. I don’t have big hands so I don’t like chunky necks. I wanted to like the Am Pro II but I hated the neck, too chunky for me. Then the Ultra even though is D, which on paper should have more meat, is still modern so felt much more comfortable, so I’m almost decided on getting the Ultra.
Sound wise I think both guitars are very close, a tiny bit more sparkle on the Am Pro II but that could be a good or bad thing depending on what you are looking for. Only thing that caught my attention and I don’t know what you think, is in the Ultra the bridge pickup seems to be much more aggressive than the one on the Am Pro, I don’t know if it’s only me. Excelente video, felicitaciones!
I agree with all your appreciations my friend. Seems to be pretty much what I hear and feel. In my case, the AmPro2 bridge, ends up getting very little use. Seems to my that the sound is super cool for like a vintage lead sound or surf, I keep it with the knob pulled. The bridge of the ultra is really good, but still lacks a bit. Sounds really good with high gain. INHO the ultra is a better guitar in many ways. I hope you can find a great deal, I see ultras in really great condition going for 1200. That to me, at that price is simply the best strat right now. It even is more stable with weather and humidity changes. After a few years of having them here, my ultra is 100% the keeper. If I didn’t have the channel would probably sell the ampro lol but I just like the look so much lol anyway, sorry for the big comment. Maybe I need to make an update to this video after a few years. Thank you for watching and sharing your thoughts!
I prefer the AM Pro 2 tone over the ultra. I carved my am pro neck heel to the same profile and it’s a perfect guitar now!
Wow!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 you’re wild my friend!!! I can’t believe you went for it!! 🤣🤣 I’m glad you’re happy with it! Yeah! It’s got a great sound, to me it sounds like a modern fat 50! With that extra texture in the high end. Thank you for your comment my friend! Have a great weekend🤘🏻
you need to do an Ultra II vs Ultra I now! please
I would love that!! Sadly is not anywhere near in my budget to buy an ultra ii 😓 but, I will make a video check the series out and sharing my thoughts. Thank you for your comment! 🙏🏼
I m gonna buy the Ultra . And the Pick guard change is awesome.
The more and more I play these guitars the more I feel the ultra is the right choice!! And right now, you can get really good deals all over reverb! I just saw one last night for $1,200. Thanks for your comment friend!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@Itsjorgelanzas First ı have ordered Jeff Beck stratocaster but ı wasn't that happy with the Guitar shop and reture it back. After this video I ordered the ultra from another Guitar Shop and nowww is delivery time :) when ı make the pick guard change ı will post a foto. Pick guard is already there 😍and some small suprise changes aswell.
AWESOME!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 ENJOY friend!!
Welp......they both sound like Strats to me. I have a '93 American Standard (which became the American Series, then American Standard again, then the American Pro before finally evolving to the American Pro II) and really like the feel of the medium jumbo frets and modern C neck.
I agree with you! A strat is a strat. Other than that, you’re pleasing yourself with your instrument. Getting whatever you feel is better or sound better and little by little, before you know it, you found your tone! Thanks for your comment friend!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
I'm hearing more bass from the pro II and it's a denser tone. The ultra has a nice spongey and spankey tone.
I agree, the AmPro2 does have a lower rumble. And the noiseless, weirdly enough, is more spanky! 🤣🤣 I grew up with everyone saying that noiseless sounded “dead” with “no sparkle”. So far, in my experience, all noiseless strats I’ve tried, are brighter than single most coil strats I’ve tried. So I wonder if that myth is based on reality of sound, or just on “it’s a humbucker, it should be darker and Less spanky, right?”🤣🤣 and never really tried them back to back in a controlled environment. Thanks for your nice and thoughtful comment my friend!
The gold anodized pickguard made that am pro II looks cooler, similar to fsr am ultra.. ❤👍
I agree!! Looks really good on this guitar! Thanks for your nice comment friend! 🤘🏻
Nice to have an unbiased analysis of the noiseless pickups
Thank you my friend! 🙏🏼🙏🏼 you said it right, unbiased is right! 😊 I’m just making discoveries for myself and creating my own thoughts and opinions and of course sharing them!
Cada vez que lo escucho, esta guitarra me cautiva totalmente.
❤️❤️😍😍🙏🏼🙏🏼 gracias!!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Excellent video man!
Thank you for your nice comment!! I appreciate it! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Que tan distinto es el perfil del mastil en ambas? tengo entendido que la ultra tiene el modern c que es muy comodo pero me gustan mas los pickups de la pro.
Son bastante diferentes. Pero, en sentido práctico, La ultra pareciera tener mas espacio para los dedos y llena menos la palma de la mano. La AmPro tiene un poco más para llenar la palma. Las dos son cómodas. Si tenés Dedos con punta gruesa. Tal vez la ultra es mejor.
Fun video! I went with the pro 2. Can't stand that D neck
I can see that! It’s borderline too thin. I like the chunkier neck too. I feel they should both be the same price 🤣🤣 and you pick your poison kind of scenario. Anyway, thank you for your nice comment friend!
I had a fender performer SSS but sold it want to get a ultra HSS for versatility
I agree on both ends. And you can get an ultra almost for the price of a performer now. I say it’s really worth it! The ultra is awesome
i will go with ultra
And you won’t be disappointed! Great feel, nice tone. Low output and mellow. 🙌🏻
Y yo que ando tras una Telecaster professional ll deluxe doble humbucker, pero también me gusta el modelo tradicional. No sé cual escoger.🤔
Yo creo, que si es tu Única guitarra, DELUXE! 🤣 porque igual puedes tener un tono de single coil y humbucker. Pero, si es parte de una colección, pues tal vez la tradicional ocupa el espacio correcto! Saludos!
Loco, estoy escuchándolas en mis monitores de estudio y siento que la Ultra tiene más hi-end y la American Pro tiene más low-end. Con distorsión se siente mucho más eso.
Si! Definitivamente la AmPro2 parece tener bajos más bajos. Y ultra más énfasis en los medios altos! Gracias por tu comentario prix! Un abrazo!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@Itsjorgelanzas Abrazos, hermano!
Just got dark night. High notes ring clear and easier than the medium jumbo frets on my other strat. '
I agree with you! The frets are so good in the ampro2. Ive heard that the 6105 is the most popular fret wire in the custom shop, it makes total sense to me! I already think that when my ultra needs new frets, I may go for that same style. Thanks for your comment friend!
@@Itsjorgelanzas another plus is the hit box on the frets is the whole box. You can make the notes ring anywhere in the box. Which seems great if your stretching across frets.
Sounds darn well good... 🎸
Thanks for your comment!! They’re both great guitars!! That’s for sure! 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Ultra 100% neck and neck heel joint is unique and superior.
I’m right there with you honestly, I’ve been thinking about making a video saying why., I’ve had them and used them both for over 2 years, and I do believe the ultra is superior in every way. The only day the ampro wins, is if you want it to feel a little more like an older strat, a little more fight. Idk, some people value those things. I like having both to have two different voices, but, the ultra is staying the ampro is closer to the exit door if I have to choose one or the other. Thanks for your comment friend!
@@Itsjorgelanzas wish Fender made the neck shape and body contours a standard on all their instruments.
I haven’t tried the other ultras, in sure they’re all fly!! That tele sounds soooo good on some videos I’ve seen!
I went with the Ultra. The neck feels much better.
What a guitar!! Congratulations my friend!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 enjoy it! I love it more and more everyday!!!
I'm happy with my pro II
I’m glad you are!! I am too! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
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Let's be friends! Lol
Seriously though, I sent with the 2. Both are pretty great guitars.
They are great guitars!! Can’t go wrong with any, but I prefer the ultra 🤣🤣 it just feels nice. Even the super rounded nut. Idk, there’s a lot of attention to detail in the ultra. I’m sold 🤣🤣 anyway, I hope you’re having a great weekend friend!
Ya i feel terrible too if i go to a guitar shop to try a guitar an then buy it somewhere else. So I don't do it.
Yeah, I’ve never done it. But, the other day I went to GC to try a nice LP blueberry burst I saw, and felt the pressure to buy it, just because I was trying it. Luckily the guitar had too many flaws to buy it! But the takeaway was, how pressed you feel to buy, when you try it in a store 🤣🤣🤣
@@Itsjorgelanzas yeah, I totally understand that feeling haha
Playing through an amp is what makes a difference between guitars.
I agree with you my friend!! Them amp is like 90% of your tone! Thanks for your insightful comment!
@@Itsjorgelanzas Thank you for answering. Yes I think that way you feel the body, the wood. Otherwise it is difficult.
Of course friend! I try to reply to everyone whenever I can! 😊 i hope you’re having a great week!
Ap2 for me
Sometimes it is for me too! Sometimes, the ultra, some days one feels better than the other lol thanks for your comment!
Well I rather have the vmod cause the supposed noiseless pickups is a sham they are single coil humbucker s i.m.o. only good ones out there are the EMGs... anyhow waste of money when ap2 is a real deal single coils that are just as good 👍.
I feel like the noiseless sound great, a bit of presence in your amp and you’re solid. But, in reality what you’re paying is for your preference of neck and body carve. I honestly like them both. And use them both. In a track, the difference becomes much more important and I’m glad I got both to cover the more ground. It’s undeniable that the ultra allows you to play a bit faster. The intonation seems to be microscopically better in the AmPro2 I imagine due to the thinner frets, less contact surface for the string so yeah 🤣 if you really play them both, and dissect them over a couple years, that’s what stands out.
They both sound like Player guitars with replacement pups.
Really?? I’m curious to know What makes you feel that way? Thanks for your comment!!
you talked a lot but anyway thanks for the review.
You’re very welcome friend
Oh, i love playing Stratocaster-guitars, and i love to choose guitars who are better than Fenders, especially better than Fender USA! My first Stratocaster was an end-80ies ,,Fender American Standard Stratocaster“, and it was my worst guitar ever, and i´ve had a second Fender Strat, a mexican-Version, called ,,Fender Standard Stratocaster“ and this guitar have had a Poplar-body and sounded like soft shit. And so I learned that either Fender is cheating us because they deliver poor quality and workmanship or overpriced guitars with wet, poorly stored and less vibrating woods, and trying to compensate for this with overloaded, or fat-sounding, pickups, and that is the reason for the myths of the real, old vintage Strats, because back then they tended to use woods that were stored and had better vibratability were used. Or, and this is certainly true, the production volume is so high that the company is no longer able to get wood of the same quality for the entire production, and then the really good, well-vibrating guitars come from the current production not to Germany - I am in Germany, a country that the USA keeps under military occupation to this day, so we Germans are like modern slaves of the USA Occupation Force, the USA controls Germany to this day and abuses us Germans as a source of money ! At the beginning of the 90s I got my hands on my first ESP-S-400 series Strat, now there are four, but this first one had 42 slanted annual rings and had such a great attack and cracky, bony, twangy and wiry-sound by dry-playing, and this guitar has beaten every Fender USA Custom Shop Strat by far in comparisons, let alone the production models from Fender and also a real, vintage Fender 1963 Strat. Around 2006, based on my good experiences with ESP, I bought an "ESP Vintage Plus" Strat, with the best, densest wood, superbly crafted and with a flattened neck-body transition (SSS variant), this Vintage Plus was once again on point Overtones and sustain are a step better, they easily beat the MusicMans and Suhrs and cost 1100 euros new at the time! Then in 2014 i came across a cheap used BLADE Texas Classic and was blown away. It was good, it could easily compete with the ESPs, yes it plays in the same league as ESP and cost 350 euros used. A short time later I tried a "BLADE Texas Standard Pro" with VMC midboost, similar to the "Fender Eric Clapton Signature USA-Strat", exactly the same again, it was better than any Clapton signature guitar from Fender, had better swingable woods, a flattened neck-body transition (like the BLADE Texas Classic) and therefore much better playability than Fender! So I use a lot of good Strats at home and all of them are better than what I could buy as a Fender in Germany at completely overpriced prices! That's why I prefer to play Strats, but the main thing is that it never says Fender on it, but rather ESP-S-400-Series, ESP Vintage Plus, BLADE Texas Classic or BLADE Texas Standard Pro! Well, I can prove not only purely subjectively, but very objectively in terms of sound, that there are much better things than Fender, in some cases also much cheaper and easier to play! Why should I even buy a Fender, a guitar that is worse in terms of sound and workmanship and less playable at a completely overpriced price???? Why, can someone explain this to me??????
I’ve heard that kind of comments coming from Eastern Europe and Russia. I wonder if the instruments you guys get are different. And that’s cool that you liked them! 😊 and have them, I guess a lot of the world like something different. I wonder, why If “objectively” cheap ESP’s have a better sound, why NO sound professional I’ve ever met in 15 years of working in the music industry, chooses a cheap ESP over Fender Custom shop and so on. Let’s be happy that they work for you, that you love them and own them. 🙌🏻🙌🏻
If it doesn't say Fender on it, it's not a Stratocaster in the first place. So you don't like stratocasters, you like solid body guitars made by other compagnies that copy Stratocasters.. Don't you think?
Have you ever noticed that Fenders have their sound?
Well that seems what you've discovered at last.
They may have some dud's out there, but common , get real, why do professional players go for Stratocasters in a lot of cases ?
A pro buys a Suhr because he wants ANOTHER sound in his arsenal.. but if he needs a Stratocaster sound, he'll buy a Fender 😊
@@rodolpheponthus2948, do, what you want!
Rudi, a Stratocaster can be copied in such a way that you get the same result. Yes, the “Fenders” have their own sound, but not as a brand, but as a type of guitar, namely Bolton guitars, provided that the bodies are made of the same wood and the neck is usually always maple, with or without a rosewood fingerboard , and that can very well be copied, and based on objective criteria you can determine the crack, twang, sustain, attack, articulation, etc. test, and my Fenders performed very poorly, and my later killer ESP-400 Series Strat (not a heavy model, no, traditional 60s Strat with SSS) has beaten all available Fender Custom Shop Strats and also an original Vintage 1963 Fender Strat, all the Fender characteristics were more than the Fenders, that's just how it was! Cross test: The dry sound, because I have no subjective influence from the pickups, but only the natural vibration remains and it only reproduced the characteristics that could already be heard electrically, so that was the irrefutable proof that it was in the case of the electric guitar, the quality of the wood is important and, as a result, the quality of the natural vibration. The pickup can color the sound of this natural vibration during the electrical transmission, but the pickup cannot conjure up qualities that the natural vibration does not transmit!! !!!!!!!
This is all absolutely objectively testable and distinguishable. I haven't had a mass-produced Fender Strat in my hand yet where the chord were harmoniously fading away, but with almost 100% of the ESPs and BLADEs, I can't help it that Fender uses spongy, less vibrating woods, that's not my fault. The Fender Customs shops had usable guitars that were exactly what you would imagine a Fender to be. And I know what I'm talking about: I can hear without an amplifier whether there is alder or ash under the body varnish, the sound is typical of both woods and different from each other! And with storage, drying and fine workmanship, this can be raised to a level that you can't get from a Fender series guitar. I compared my former Fender American Standard Strat (3 x AmSt pickups) with the ESP Vintage Plus Strat (SSS) of a friend who was in Regensburg - what do YOU think - what had he installed???? ???????????????? 3 x Fender American Standard Strat pickups - in his ESP-Strat (alder body, maple neck, so same technical data as the Fender AmSt-Strat, SSS). So!?????? And what do you think, Erwin, I and the guitarist at the time in Regensburg, Freddy L., found out?
The sound characteristics are very similar, except the ESP-Strat (identical pickups, identical types of wood, but much better quality) had the same characteristics but more of everything, more twang, more crunch, more glass, more sustain, more attack, the chord was harmoniously fading away with the ESP, but not at all with my Fender, with the ESP the chord easily swapped over into the flageoletts, but not at all with my Fender! So, think for yourself! How did the result come about?????? By using the same woods and the same pickups, there was no difference in the sound-carrying substance, but the peculiarities of the ESP were all there too, but all much stronger! This proves what does the pickup do, what does the structure of the guitar do, and the differences in sound between two guitars with the same structure and the same pickups can only come from the quality of the wood and the resulting vibration properties, there is nothing more, so what else would be wrong with an experimental setup like this????????? So, does anyone have anything to contribute to this, something factual???????????
Woods have definitely an impact, as the bridge material, the stiffness of the springs.. The neck angle, the nut.. How it's cut, the material it's made of.. Everything has an impact.
I have a beaten up Fender Jimmie Vaughan Stratocaster which I experiment with as a modular benchwork.
I can attest everything that you change, even the finish.. Some people say that a Stratocasters sound is the pickups and set up. No way it's that simple..
I have a AVRI 59 stratocaster which is a superior instrument in every way.. My beat up Mexican Jimmie Vaughan which has been tweaked to the extreme (callaham bridge, bone nut, fretwork, strpped down refinish, locking tuners, pro setup..) is just as good but very different.. When I switch from to one another I just can't decide which one I prefer.. Because they are equally goid, resonant, and soulful.. But very different.
What I'm telling you here is that the modular nature of the Stratocaster design is so important in the result of it's components, that you just cannot say Fender sucks, EPS eats them.
This is so narrow minded and just shows you don't know what you're talking about.
If a master luthier reads your comments he'll just have a good laugh.. No kidding.
So stop making a fool of yourself with such assements.
I'm not trying to be rude, just trying to make just a little more open minded on the subject.
Peace, anf just play the guitar, it's the most important in the end🎉
the colors of the ultra are so ugly
Really?? I really like the white one 🤣 and that cobra blue is 🔥 too! What’s your favorite strat color?
no timestamps. no thanks
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Fender is trash!!! Buy a used ESP 400-Series Strat or ESP Vintage Plus Strat or a BLADE Texas Classic or Texas Standard Pro, then you´re owning a better guitar with all the so called Fender-Characteristics, but more than on Fenders and in case of a used BLADE much cheaper than Fenders! We don´t need Fender, we have BLADE, ESP, Tokai and FGN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fender what for???? Only for optics because it´s a Fender??????????????
🙌🏻🙌🏻 Thanks for sharing your thoughts friend!! Even tho i don’t really agree with you! I’ve tried several ESP’s and even though they’re great guitars and all, I don’t like them. I felt so let down when I realized they tint their fretboards to make it look like high quality ebony and stuff like that. To me, ESP gets good, once you get to the 1000 series. But still, painted fretboards and nothing but aftermarket parts. And now, most 1000 series are as or MORE expensive than fender, so yeah, in my case, there’s lots of reasons why I don’t own LTDs right now. I used to think they were cool when I was a kid, and now, I realized they just don’t have a guitar for me in the their lineup. Anyway, thanks for your great comment friend! I hope you’re having a great weekend! 🤘🏻🤓
I wish I could find a Fender guitar in my trash can.
🤣🤣🤣 me too!!! That’d would be awesome!!! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 fenders, Gibsons, PRSs, ESPs and every other brand! 🤣🤣 a never ending source of new guitars!
Really have no clue why you feel the need to express your doubts about Fender 2 times in 1 video.
Watch the video again a few times, maybe then you’ll understand. 🤘🏻