While this guitar is severely overpriced, let me know what you think of the tone and the whole relic thing! Thanks for watching. Here's some links if you want to check it out. 🛒 Sweetwater - sweetwater.sjv.io/EKEgB9 🛒 Thomann - bit.ly/3AA0Tap 🛒 Sky Music - bit.ly/3VnDzGs 🛒 Fender - bit.ly/3fZiRMF 🛒 Guitar Center - guitar-center.pxf.io/gbQbDv (affiliate links)
I have no issue with the whole relic thing, if you want that kind of aesthetic go for it. It's not like it is something new either, violin makers started this trend over 200 years ago already (Vuillaume et al).
@@danejames7098 Yeah I don't see the point in relicking guitars. Time and wear will relic a guitar over the years and it will be genuine. I don't see people intentionally denting and scratching their car bodywork to get a relicked look lol. My old car has plenty of authentic relic lol. Nobody would ever bother to steal it or key it up.
I like relics. I think that the patina looks nice. However, I feel like one could put together a really nice partscaster for half the price, that would be just as good if not better than a $5K custom shop Strat.
I just built a similar Strat from a squire, got a loaded alnico 5 pick guard from Amazon and did a proper paint job to surf green like that. Really digging the Strat sound lately. Your videos always entertain!
@@jimmy5634 everything shiny and new is better? Yep,I'd like to see those pickups in a classic Vibe or similar and see(hear) the comparisons. Nice looking guitar but I couldn't see $7000 plus. No one works for free but that's a little obscene
@@zebfox011 I'd just like to see the comments,looks and sound are two different attributes,yes the guitar looks good,if you take the looks away is it going to change the game?
Not for me .I must be only person who really dislikes the color and pre relic’ing a new Guitar….sure roll finger board edges and anything else to improve playing and tone , but why buy a used “looking” guitar at more money than an actual new guitar ? I honestly thought it’d be a short lived fad for those trying to fool people into believing they a real vintage guitar , seems I was waaaayyyy wrong .
With that price, only 1% will get it instead.😄 On a more serious note, I tried the '57 Vintage 2 Strat with the same seafoam green connected to the Fender Deluxe Tone Master at DW Music in Canberra and indeed, those vintage guitars are awesome in their tone.
I recently played a used custom shop '59 Stratocaster relic that also had the hand wound Texas Special pickups. The guitar was butter. But it's priced at $4,300 (US). I'm not typically a Strat guy, although I do own a pretty good partscaster, and I thought it was the most amazing Strat I've ever played, and I've played a bunch. It's haunting my dreams... haha.
Beautiful guitar! And as a lefty, going custom shop is the only way to get some stuff that they’ll never have in a production guitar. I learned to play right handed because of the fact that as a lefty, I couldn’t get a quarter of the guitars that righty’s can get everyday!
It really does sound fantastic. Fender got the pick-up combination/electronics right for sure. I personally am not a "relic" guitar fan although I do sand down the neck backside {and tung-oil} all my guitars. I just let the rest age naturally over time. Like you, it's out of most players{and my} price range.
I personally don’t mind relics, it’s always nice to have a lovely shiny new one. However I like the fact that relic guitars you almost aren’t as scared to play or get knocks on them due to the fact they already have them. Don’t get me wrong all my guitars are there to be played but some I’d hate to get knocked up.
So, here’s the thing. A lot of us guitar players have lots of cheaper guitars, that we accumulated over the years, and thinking that something like this is outside of our price range. I don’t own one of these, but I own an equivalent telecaster since buying it, I’ve sold Guitars that will worth at least as much, if not more than the custom shop Tele because I just will not play them any more. Most of us probably accumulate gear buying things we can afford, and before we know, we probably have a few pretty good guitars that are worth more than a fender custom shop. Don’t be scared to bite the bullet and sell 3, 4, 5 or even 10 guitars to own one of these.
Folks criticize people for buying custom shop guitars but I was chasing this exact tone combined with excellent playability and I couldn’t get there without trying custom shop. I tried everything for an entire year of searching. Tried everything from MIM, MIA, Suhr, PRS SS, but it wasn’t satisfied until I went CS.
Nice video mate with great playing. I couldn’t justify a custom shop. I’m happy with my Lonestar Strat. It actually had Texas Specials in the neck and middle but I didn’t like them and swapped them out for Custom Shop 69’s and have never looked back.
Great video, I think this is probably one of the best sounding Strats you have ever had on the Channel, I know these guitar’s are expensive but I agree about the relic necks there’s just this feel about them.
If anyone gets a chance to play a Custom Shop from Fender, you will fall in love!!!! They feel so good in your hands and they play great!! I’m biased of course but they are nice!!!🎸🎸🎸🎸🤣😎😎
My strat is just a relatively decent guitar with some great pickups in it, but I have to say custom shops are on another level. Whether or not that other level is worth $4,000 more than I have in mine though is really in the ear of the beholder
Its gorgeous! I refinished my player strat to look almost exactly like that! But the neck doesn't have that relicing on it. Put a freeway 10 position switch on it and love it!
Excellent tone but if I'm paying top dollar I don't a guitar that looks like it was used as a house broom. I think adding the same pickups to an existing guitar would give you that awesome tone without the relic battered look.😢
You did a great job. Guitar sounded fantastic. (however) I am not a fan of: Relic or Road-worn guitar's. I feel the "Wear" should come from the hours-invested in: playing, practicing, jamming and Gigging.
Wow! Amazing! Squier has a Vintage 40th Anniversary of the same color. Wonder if you can swap out the pickups and be close enough to this without breaking the bank. Yeah,.. this one is way beyond affordable for me too mate. Fantastic sound though,.. oh my. 😄👍
Sadly I used to own a pre CBS slab rosewood strat from the early sixties. It was white with a faded pickguard, and I was silly enough to trade it in forNZ$230 for a Les Paul custom that was half refinished bidy and in pieces in a box. After replacing the tailpiece and resaddling the bridge with metal pieces from the original vinyl or plastic saddles, refinishing the body and neck in a red-brown stain, replating the pickup covers etc in gold, I plugged it in and found ut to be dark and dull sounding, so git rid of that too. This was in the early 70's, and I was so ignirant I didn't even 0:000:00 know guitars could be set up and adjusted fir easy playability so I let go a decent strat without a second thought. The mania for vintage instruments had not started then and I thought I could always get another... four strats later I've finslly git a good sounding one bought second hand with white EMG's on it. I didn't consider keeping them so bought the guitar without even plugging it in because it felt and sounded so hood acoustically. Thirty year's later,and I still haven't replaced the pickups,and can't even affird to get it refretted, but I'm not going to be silly again and sell it(it is a late eighties 57 reissue. Thise if us into strats are always s fool fir a good plank, and we have to watch our pennies though!
Killer tone listening flat through AT m40x cans. Just put a set of Texas specials in a MIM Strat through Blues Jr with a 1x15 ext cab with an old EV SRO. No wonder Bonnie Raitt's guitar sounds so great (not a fan of the neck). Thinking of putting a set in a 50s CV as well I like them so much but word slipped I may be getting a 63 set of Klein's as a present. (hope so).
You don't have to have a "Relic'd" guitar to have a guitar that feels that good to play. Rolled fingerboard edges, well dressed frets and a light finished or an oiled neck can easily achieve that and look like a new guitar. It sounds great, but so do a lot of other "vintage" style pick ups.
I love the neck pickup and it is very to be found for sale alone or in a set even. For someone who wants something near, Q Products from Croatia or maybe D'Urbano's from your backyard can provide. Me, I located a Ancho Poblano variation to add to my partscaster. Honestly, I think now that you presented the Player and this Custom, you need to perhaps show the "mid point". IMO, that would the Eric Johnson signature for the neck alone.
To me relic is a brilliant marketing move by Fender. They can charge 5 - 6 times or more for a deliberately damaged guitar and the vintage / old Fender cult faithful will gladly pay it. As for the pickups - nice Jimi tones, I think the reason why most modern Strat pickups don't sound the same is the preference among players for overwound "high output" pickups. The higher the wind count, the less clear and snappy the sound becomes. Jimi and everyone else at that time used the standard issue lower output ones.
Yeah, it's definitely marketing and making people think it has "mojo" or will make them play better. Jimi and SRV played a bunch of new guitars and sounded great.
@@Scott__C it’s more than a look, or ‘mojo’. There’s a feel and playability in a relic that can’t be replicated in a shiny new guitar. Most of you will never achieve that in a guitar of your own, because you’ll never play enough. You’re sofa guitarists.
@@reddsshaker3477 I have guitars that have been gigged for over 30 years and a couple that are almost 40. They have some marks and dings, but I take care of my stuff. I've also bought guitars that feel comfortable etc. because they were designed that way. Comfort and playability don't equate to chips and cracks in the finish.
I have a ‘76 strat that I inherited back-home in Chicago. I wasn’t very interested in it before the pandemic & learning so-much about tone that I’d ignored for years. I look forward to getting home & playing that strat now. The bridge-pickup will be replaced on-site 😂
Anyone know of a legit video on the methods used to do a relic job like the custom shop? I’m not talking about generic info on scuffing the body. I mean getting into the details on how to get the dark coloring around the frets, how to do the fretboard wear and get that coloring (so it doesn’t look like a crappy Dremel job) and how exactly to do the fine checking beyond using a freezer.
I'm not into relic work, but that's a great looking and sounding guitar. I agree texas specials sound fantastic. I have a set in loaded custom shop pickguard waiting to go in 1 of my guitars. I think that the Fender custom shop is Way over priced however.
I love a relic guitar! If my skill level was further along and the bank account allowed for it, a Fender Custom Shop Strat would be the dream guitar for me! 🤩
I have a partcaster. MJT body, musikraft neck, hendrix pickups. Relic sea foam green. Sounds and plays as good as that 6k guitar. I bought it for 700 dollars. I just dont see the point of the CS guitars.
The guitar sounds awesome. However at that price range i would prefer ordering one to my specs instead of getting one off the shelf (actually i'm waiting on a custom order guitar from a renowned luthier in my part of the world) I got nothing against relic'd guitars. I used to own a MJT with Fat 50's pickups. The neck felt amazing however the pickups were too bright like you mentioned, also the guitar being relic'd, it just felt fake and i sold the guitar a month later. Relic'd guitars look cool but they feel somehow fake to me. Naturally worn marks from the guitar being played takes a long time but sure feels better 🙂
Seeing a left handed custom shop really makes me excited... Till i remember how much they cost ... Even if I had that money I couldn't justify a purchase like that, the guitar sounds great, maybe too much output for my taste but it's pretty cool nonetheless
Great demo and a lovely guitar. It’s way over my budget too, but it looked and sounded great. I tried a CS Strat in 2021, similar price. I loved it but over my budget. I tried a PRS Silver Sky (USA), which surprised me as it gave me that CS vibe at a better (cough) price.
I put a set of Custom Shop Fat 50's into my strat, I don't like them at all. I'll be putting the stock Classic Vibe pickups back into the guitar then selling the Fenders. For the price you'd think they'd be great, objectively, seems to not be the case. Who knew.
Good question, they do sell their custom shop pickups but there's something else going on with this one, I am not sure if they are tweaked versions of the same 50s pickups.
Compared to my poor man's Jet js400; yes, the sound difference is certainly worth the €4500,- extra cash. (Maybe a thousand less after some relicking). Jokes aside...it's a nice guitar man.
I love the sound of a Fender. The spank twangy sound you can only get from a strat or telecaster. As brilliant as Leo Fender was I wonder if even he knew what he was on to.
From the pattern of fender guitars taking a long time to find their audience, he definitely didn't. Guitars like the jazzmaster and jaguar were made to compete with Jazz archtops and flopped on release until 20 years or so passed and they were cheap used guitars. Later artists got famous with them and they became desirable classics. The strat quack tones were not supposed to part of the original strat either without fiddling with the 3 way selector. They didn't even add a 5 way switch until 1977.
I don't think i would like artificially relic'd guitars but if it was 'naturally relic'd' by usage over the years I'd probably like it.. It does sound beautiful though..
Those guitars are built for one group of people in particular and those people are usually called ‘suckers. Many custom builders out here who will build you that same guitar for a fraction of that price and build it exactly to your specs.
I don't think the price is justified. I don't think it's over priced for what goes into it, just not good value for me. I owned a Fender Custom shop 63 Stratocaster. Beautiful looking,felt amazing and you could feel the extra love put into it. But for me the reliced neck was not realistic and it really didn't sound significantly better than my Vintera strat at the time. It was a holy grail guitar for me but when I got there I was underwhelmed. Sold it,lost $2000 on the original price I paid for it. Lesson learnt. I think your better going for the vintage inspired runs that come out or Traditional MIJ.
Wonderful tones buddy. NOT into artificial "relicing" and I certainly wouldn't pay for it, (but each to their own) I do have a very beaten up Strat, but it has mileage on it like me..!!! I will however look at getting myself a set of those puppies for a build I'm planning to do.
OK you have a great guitar that sounds fantastic. Why in the world would I pay somebody an additional two or $3000 for F-ing it up. I just purchased a Les Paul modern that had some finish checking around the pick up selector, barely noticeable. That got me a discount of almost $600. That's my kind of relic-ing..
Wow I like your rig set up its like the perfect foot pedals that anyone would want for the job at hand and the 4 to 8 k Fender strat is so great sounding guitar I love that neck i had a 80s USA Strat in a regular sunburst with all three Texas specials and a Buddy Guy polka dot both types mex amd USA made and one had Emgs and the other with the lace sensors hot reds but when you are young you don't know what you jave untill someone talks you out of it
While this guitar is severely overpriced, let me know what you think of the tone and the whole relic thing! Thanks for watching. Here's some links if you want to check it out.
🛒 Sweetwater - sweetwater.sjv.io/EKEgB9
🛒 Thomann - bit.ly/3AA0Tap
🛒 Sky Music - bit.ly/3VnDzGs
🛒 Fender - bit.ly/3fZiRMF
🛒 Guitar Center - guitar-center.pxf.io/gbQbDv
(affiliate links)
I have no issue with the whole relic thing, if you want that kind of aesthetic go for it. It's not like it is something new either, violin makers started this trend over 200 years ago already (Vuillaume et al).
@@danejames7098 Yeah I don't see the point in relicking guitars. Time and wear will relic a guitar over the years and it will be genuine. I don't see people intentionally denting and scratching their car bodywork to get a relicked look lol. My old car has plenty of authentic relic lol. Nobody would ever bother to steal it or key it up.
If I hadn't put the guitar down for 45 years all my axes would be relics...those pups are great tho! 🎸😎🎸
I like relics. I think that the patina looks nice. However, I feel like one could put together a really nice partscaster for half the price, that would be just as good if not better than a $5K custom shop Strat.
Some of the best tones you’ve ever had on this channel man. Sweet guitar and great playing.
Agreed.
Thanks Sean. Agreed mate. This Strat is a monster!
I just built a similar Strat from a squire, got a loaded alnico 5 pick guard from Amazon and did a proper paint job to surf green like that. Really digging the Strat sound lately. Your videos always entertain!
Thanks so much mate. I’ll check your channel out today 😊👍
I have a vintage ‘57 reissue the same color with original ‘57 specs. Sounds great as well with no difference between that and the custom model.
so if you played a squire through the same equipment would the sound be that much better.
It would be very interesting to hear the same pickups in ANY other strat shaped object
Just put those pickups in your Strat with the same electronics. There’s no need to spend all that money on the guitar itself.
@@jimmy5634 everything shiny and new is better? Yep,I'd like to see those pickups in a classic Vibe or similar and see(hear) the comparisons. Nice looking guitar but I couldn't see $7000 plus. No one works for free but that's a little obscene
@@brucehayes7251man with empty pocket being salty about others expensive items... go get a life mate
Doesn't matter what strat you put them in, they'll sound exactly the same.
@@zebfox011 I'd just like to see the comments,looks and sound are two different attributes,yes the guitar looks good,if you take the looks away is it going to change the game?
I'm confused. Do we have to tap on the left of the screen to fast forward?
Not for me .I must be only person who really dislikes the color and pre relic’ing a new Guitar….sure roll finger board edges and anything else to improve playing and tone , but why buy a used “looking” guitar at more money than an actual new guitar ? I honestly thought it’d be a short lived fad for those trying to fool people into believing they a real vintage guitar , seems I was waaaayyyy wrong .
With that price, only 1% will get it instead.😄
On a more serious note, I tried the '57 Vintage 2 Strat with the same seafoam green connected to the Fender Deluxe Tone Master at DW Music in Canberra and indeed, those vintage guitars are awesome in their tone.
I recently played a used custom shop '59 Stratocaster relic that also had the hand wound Texas Special pickups. The guitar was butter. But it's priced at $4,300 (US). I'm not typically a Strat guy, although I do own a pretty good partscaster, and I thought it was the most amazing Strat I've ever played, and I've played a bunch. It's haunting my dreams... haha.
I've got a 1982 57 reissue strat and I rarely move away from the neck pickup.
Great comment
Beautiful guitar! And as a lefty, going custom shop is the only way to get some stuff that they’ll never have in a production guitar. I learned to play right handed because of the fact that as a lefty, I couldn’t get a quarter of the guitars that righty’s can get everyday!
It really does sound fantastic. Fender got the pick-up combination/electronics right for sure. I personally am not a "relic" guitar fan although I do sand down the neck backside {and tung-oil} all my guitars. I just let the rest age naturally over time. Like you, it's out of most players{and my} price range.
My goodness, that neck/middle combo clean is heavenly.
I personally don’t mind relics, it’s always nice to have a lovely shiny new one. However I like the fact that relic guitars you almost aren’t as scared to play or get knocks on them due to the fact they already have them. Don’t get me wrong all my guitars are there to be played but some I’d hate to get knocked up.
That’s my conclusion, and if you ever need to. The resale value state is basically mint 😂
So, here’s the thing. A lot of us guitar players have lots of cheaper guitars, that we accumulated over the years, and thinking that something like this is outside of our price range. I don’t own one of these, but I own an equivalent telecaster since buying it, I’ve sold Guitars that will worth at least as much, if not more than the custom shop Tele because I just will not play them any more. Most of us probably accumulate gear buying things we can afford, and before we know, we probably have a few pretty good guitars that are worth more than a fender custom shop. Don’t be scared to bite the bullet and sell 3, 4, 5 or even 10 guitars to own one of these.
I really don't like relic guitars but it does sound nice.
Ditto buddy. 👍💯🎸🎸
Agreed, although I don't mind the wear that I caused on my guitars through years of playing.👍👍
You have written so many great songs who can criticize you?
@@sirbaronvoncount4147 you sound Narrcisstic and Arrogant?? No one cares Moron. In fact I have your Sir Baron. Hanging and Swanging 🤣🤣. 👍💪💪💯
@@mikeshanermusic honest wear
Thank you for this nice video! the pickups sound so great! I love when you use the volume pot to create different and dynamic sounds :)
Beautiful guitar, I like the relic look
Thanks man. I think it looks and sounds great. That neck and middle/neck combo is pretty wild.
A pretty mild and understated relic, somewhat believable
Sounds so sweet I just got a cavity!!! Great playing Buddy! Awesome video as always!!!
Folks criticize people for buying custom shop guitars but I was chasing this exact tone combined with excellent playability and I couldn’t get there without trying custom shop. I tried everything for an entire year of searching. Tried everything from MIM, MIA, Suhr, PRS SS, but it wasn’t satisfied until I went CS.
That relic really adds to the tone
Nice video mate with great playing. I couldn’t justify a custom shop. I’m happy with my Lonestar Strat. It actually had Texas Specials in the neck and middle but I didn’t like them and swapped them out for Custom Shop 69’s and have never looked back.
Oh dude, that guitar is HOT! I'm a little bit of a sucker for a relic, I've found. Sounded great in your hands, mate.
I have an FSR Strat with TX Special pickups and It's my favorite Strat. The pups aren't handwound, but no complaints here.
The Cutlass I play is in "surf green". My favorite color.
This guitar is beautiful.
Killer clean tones. The riff on the Middle-Bridge position is signature of this channel
The jumbo frets really make playing easier. I just bought a tele with jumbo's and it's a game changer! What did you think about them Shane?
Great video, I think this is probably one of the best sounding Strats you have ever had on the Channel, I know these guitar’s are expensive but I agree about the relic necks there’s just this feel about them.
That is a sweet sounding strat. Loved this. Thanks.
If anyone gets a chance to play a Custom Shop from Fender, you will fall in love!!!! They feel so good in your hands and they play great!! I’m biased of course but they are nice!!!🎸🎸🎸🎸🤣😎😎
My strat is just a relatively decent guitar with some great pickups in it, but I have to say custom shops are on another level. Whether or not that other level is worth $4,000 more than I have in mine though is really in the ear of the beholder
My strat came stock with Custom Shop Texas Specials. Those and the Custom 69s are my favourite pickups strat or any other.
Its gorgeous! I refinished my player strat to look almost exactly like that! But the neck doesn't have that relicing on it. Put a freeway 10 position switch on it and love it!
The thing that gets me about the custom shop guitars with the maple necks is how much crud they stick around the frets. Whose fingers are that grubby?
It should be noted that not all Custom Shop Fenders have relicing/worn necks. NOS models are slightly cheaper too!
Absolutely love the body color and neck yellowing!
I have the exact guitar only the ‘63 version with the slab board. And, it’s right handed.
You actually play the sort of stuff I want to hear on a strat, nice one Shane!!
Thanks, Adrian! Most appreciated mate.
Excellent tone but if I'm paying top dollar I don't a guitar that looks like it was used as a house broom. I think adding the same pickups to an existing guitar would give you that awesome tone without the relic battered look.😢
You did a great job. Guitar sounded fantastic. (however) I am not a fan of: Relic or Road-worn guitar's. I feel the "Wear" should come from the hours-invested in: playing, practicing, jamming and Gigging.
Wow! Amazing!
Squier has a Vintage 40th Anniversary of the same color.
Wonder if you can swap out the pickups and be close enough to this without breaking the bank.
Yeah,.. this one is way beyond affordable for me too mate. Fantastic sound though,.. oh my. 😄👍
Love the clean tones, is this similar to the ‘57 ?
Do you get proper LH pots in when you’re paying that price for a guitar?
That neck is beautiful, and the pickups sound really good. Nice video.
Sadly I used to own a pre CBS slab rosewood strat from the early sixties. It was white with a faded pickguard, and I was silly enough to trade it in forNZ$230 for a Les Paul custom that was half refinished bidy and in pieces in a box. After replacing the tailpiece and resaddling the bridge with metal pieces from the original vinyl or plastic saddles, refinishing the body and neck in a red-brown stain, replating the pickup covers etc in gold, I plugged it in and found ut to be dark and dull sounding, so git rid of that too. This was in the early 70's, and I was so ignirant I didn't even 0:00 0:00 know guitars could be set up and adjusted fir easy playability so I let go a decent strat without a second thought. The mania for vintage instruments had not started then and I thought I could always get another... four strats later I've finslly git a good sounding one bought second hand with white EMG's on it. I didn't consider keeping them so bought the guitar without even plugging it in because it felt and sounded so hood acoustically. Thirty year's later,and I still haven't replaced the pickups,and can't even affird to get it refretted, but I'm not going to be silly again and sell it(it is a late eighties 57 reissue. Thise if us into strats are always s fool fir a good plank, and we have to watch our pennies though!
Killer tone listening flat through AT m40x cans. Just put a set of Texas specials in a MIM Strat through Blues Jr with a 1x15 ext cab with an old EV SRO. No wonder Bonnie Raitt's guitar sounds so great (not a fan of the neck). Thinking of putting a set in a 50s CV as well I like them so much but word slipped I may be getting a 63 set of Klein's as a present. (hope so).
I personally think most higher end pickups sound relatively the same.. It's the setup and the neck that really make a guitar great..
As always, great video & awesome tones on the beaut, but way too expensive ✌️🤘✌️
You don't have to have a "Relic'd" guitar to have a guitar that feels that good to play. Rolled fingerboard edges, well dressed frets and a light finished or an oiled neck can easily achieve that and look like a new guitar. It sounds great, but so do a lot of other "vintage" style pick ups.
Lovely guitar. Lovely sounds. I think that if youre gigging for a living, why not? But for most of us, nope. Have you seen the epi firebirds yet.??
I love the neck pickup and it is very to be found for sale alone or in a set even. For someone who wants something near, Q Products from Croatia or maybe D'Urbano's from your backyard can provide. Me, I located a Ancho Poblano variation to add to my partscaster.
Honestly, I think now that you presented the Player and this Custom, you need to perhaps show the "mid point". IMO, that would the Eric Johnson signature for the neck alone.
What pickups does it have?
I like to relic my guitars by myself. I can tell you a story of every scratch on my guitars.
Very good tone!❤ Is there a treblebleed in this guitar?
To me relic is a brilliant marketing move by Fender. They can charge 5 - 6 times or more for a deliberately damaged guitar and the vintage / old Fender cult faithful will gladly pay it.
As for the pickups - nice Jimi tones, I think the reason why most modern Strat pickups don't sound the same is the preference among players for overwound "high output" pickups. The higher the wind count, the less clear and snappy the sound becomes. Jimi and everyone else at that time used the standard issue lower output ones.
Yeah, it's definitely marketing and making people think it has "mojo" or will make them play better. Jimi and SRV played a bunch of new guitars and sounded great.
@@Scott__C it’s more than a look, or ‘mojo’. There’s a feel and playability in a relic that can’t be replicated in a shiny new guitar. Most of you will never achieve that in a guitar of your own, because you’ll never play enough. You’re sofa guitarists.
@@reddsshaker3477 I have guitars that have been gigged for over 30 years and a couple that are almost 40. They have some marks and dings, but I take care of my stuff.
I've also bought guitars that feel comfortable etc. because they were designed that way. Comfort and playability don't equate to chips and cracks in the finish.
I have a ‘76 strat that I inherited back-home in Chicago. I wasn’t very interested in it before the pandemic & learning so-much about tone that I’d ignored for years.
I look forward to getting home & playing that strat now. The bridge-pickup will be replaced on-site 😂
Man what a beautiful sounding strat .
Anyone know of a legit video on the methods used to do a relic job like the custom shop? I’m not talking about generic info on scuffing the body. I mean getting into the details on how to get the dark coloring around the frets, how to do the fretboard wear and get that coloring (so it doesn’t look like a crappy Dremel job) and how exactly to do the fine checking beyond using a freezer.
Wow that sounds unreal. I’ve never been a fan of the relic look but that one looks amazing
My brain just can't seem to comprehend left hand strats.. It feels like I'm Traveling thru another dimension
Sounds great...but again...do a versus with a Squier CV Stratocaster 50s or 60s made in Indonesia and...and...
By the other hand...great demo, Shane 😊
Looks and sounds great! Awesome playing as always!
Sounds really good. I have a Tele Ultra in Seafoam Green and she’s a beaut. Lovely colour.
Great demo, Shane. Very nice!
I play a relic guitar .
It’s 47 years old .
That is sweet! Love the 50s style stats.
I like a relic guitar. Sounds good to me as well.
I'm not into relic work, but that's a great looking and sounding guitar. I agree texas specials sound fantastic. I have a set in loaded custom shop pickguard waiting to go in 1 of my guitars. I think that the Fender custom shop is Way over priced however.
I love a relic guitar! If my skill level was further along and the bank account allowed for it, a Fender Custom Shop Strat would be the dream guitar for me! 🤩
If you can afford it, get it. If you can't, don't worry about it. (from my book Zen and the Art of Guitar Maintenance)
I have a partcaster. MJT body, musikraft neck, hendrix pickups.
Relic sea foam green. Sounds and plays as good as that 6k guitar. I bought it for 700 dollars. I just dont see the point of the CS guitars.
Beautiful sounding Stratocaster Beautiful playing Shane
I think it looks and sounds great!
Now that guitar sounds wonderful and looks great.
The guitar sounds awesome. However at that price range i would prefer ordering one to my specs instead of getting one off the shelf (actually i'm waiting on a custom order guitar from a renowned luthier in my part of the world)
I got nothing against relic'd guitars. I used to own a MJT with Fat 50's pickups. The neck felt amazing however the pickups were too bright like you mentioned, also the guitar being relic'd, it just felt fake and i sold the guitar a month later. Relic'd guitars look cool but they feel somehow fake to me. Naturally worn marks from the guitar being played takes a long time but sure feels better 🙂
Put the fat 50's pickups in my $700 2001 highway 1 strat, it sounds just like this. And the relic was free!!
Very Cool, Thankyou. Stunning looking and sounding guitar. Cheers
Seeing a left handed custom shop really makes me excited... Till i remember how much they cost ... Even if I had that money I couldn't justify a purchase like that, the guitar sounds great, maybe too much output for my taste but it's pretty cool nonetheless
Great demo and a lovely guitar. It’s way over my budget too, but it looked and sounded great. I tried a CS Strat in 2021, similar price. I loved it but over my budget. I tried a PRS Silver Sky (USA), which surprised me as it gave me that CS vibe at a better (cough) price.
WHY relic a new guitar? I do like a satin or oiled neck finish and feel vs sticky lacquer. Pickups sound good.
I love my "V" neck Classic Player 50's!
Currently still has the '57/'62's but these Fat 50's are calling me.
I put a set of Custom Shop Fat 50's into my strat, I don't like them at all. I'll be putting the stock Classic Vibe pickups back into the guitar then selling the Fenders. For the price you'd think they'd be great, objectively, seems to not be the case. Who knew.
Beautiful. Shane, are we able to order those pickups?
Good question, they do sell their custom shop pickups but there's something else going on with this one, I am not sure if they are tweaked versions of the same 50s pickups.
Compared to my poor man's Jet js400; yes, the sound difference is certainly worth the €4500,- extra cash. (Maybe a thousand less after some relicking). Jokes aside...it's a nice guitar man.
Nice sounding guitar. Personally I’m not into relic guitars. I’d rather be the the one to relic it on lots of gigs. Genuine marks and scratches
I'd love to own one of those, they look, and sound amazing. The only thing wrong with it, is it's the wrong way round!
Clearly enjoying this guitar, Shane. It seems to tick all the boxes when searching for - and finding - desirable tones. Nice one!😉😎
Goddamn... That neck sounds like a mixed album.
I love the sound of a Fender. The spank twangy sound you can only get from a strat or telecaster. As brilliant as Leo Fender was I wonder if even he knew what he was on to.
From the pattern of fender guitars taking a long time to find their audience, he definitely didn't. Guitars like the jazzmaster and jaguar were made to compete with Jazz archtops and flopped on release until 20 years or so passed and they were cheap used guitars. Later artists got famous with them and they became desirable classics. The strat quack tones were not supposed to part of the original strat either without fiddling with the 3 way selector. They didn't even add a 5 way switch until 1977.
I don't think i would like artificially relic'd guitars but if it was 'naturally relic'd' by usage over the years I'd probably like it.. It does sound beautiful though..
That’s a professional instrument my friends.
Yeah. Beautiful Shane. Nice treatment.
Wow! Beautiful guitar. Will you buy it, Shane?
Those guitars are built for one group of people in particular and those people are usually called ‘suckers. Many custom builders out here who will build you that same guitar for a fraction of that price and build it exactly to your specs.
I don't think the price is justified. I don't think it's over priced for what goes into it, just not good value for me.
I owned a Fender Custom shop 63 Stratocaster. Beautiful looking,felt amazing and you could feel the extra love put into it. But for me the reliced neck was not realistic and it really didn't sound significantly better than my Vintera strat at the time. It was a holy grail guitar for me but when I got there I was underwhelmed. Sold it,lost $2000 on the original price I paid for it. Lesson learnt.
I think your better going for the vintage inspired runs that come out or Traditional MIJ.
Wonderful tones buddy.
NOT into artificial "relicing" and I certainly wouldn't pay for it, (but each to their own)
I do have a very beaten up Strat, but it has mileage on it like me..!!!
I will however look at getting myself a set of those puppies for a build I'm planning to do.
Great looking guitar with great tones.🎸🎶
OK you have a great guitar that sounds fantastic. Why in the world would I pay somebody an additional two or $3000 for F-ing it up. I just purchased a Les Paul modern that had some finish checking around the pick up selector, barely noticeable. That got me a discount of almost $600. That's my kind of relic-ing..
Wow I like your rig set up its like the perfect foot pedals that anyone would want for the job at hand and the 4 to 8 k Fender strat is so great sounding guitar I love that neck i had a 80s USA Strat in a regular sunburst with all three Texas specials and a Buddy Guy polka dot both types mex amd USA made and one had Emgs and the other with the lace sensors hot reds but when you are young you don't know what you jave untill someone talks you out of it
Buying a relic guitar is like buying a blue check mark on Twitter. Lol. Sounds great tho.