Music Man Cutlass: The 1962 Fender Strat' for the Modern Guitar Player
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2020
- These guitars have something seriously special about them. I wanted to make this video to shed some light on the interesting history and little-known details behind Music Man and their Cutlass line of guitars. These things are NO JOKE! But you won't know until you try one ;)
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That context video is the best possible presentation of the uniqueness and constant striving for the best innovations for the player. Thanks for putting all that essential background together. Much appreciated.
Woooooow, fantastic sound!! Thank you for your e-mail and this great post Chase.
The new Sterling Cutlass HSS in firemist silver is phenomenal for the money. I upgraded all the electronics except the output jack. It's as good or better now than any S-type on the market under $1500.
Music Man is the man.
Very impressed Mate! Both playing and your information! Thanks
This video deserves more views. Thanks for the history lesson, I value way more now the Musicman company
Thank you so much and glad to hear it!
Me too
Great history and playing.
Love it. Just got one. It had a certain vibe and seeing this video helped explain it.
Music Man is the man.
You got a nice feel bro...Very Cool
Great video!!!
Chase, I finally got to a video where you can make comments, so props for enabling that. Love the music you're doing brother man. Keep em comin.. The money really has to be good to sign a 10 year non-compete. 5 is a more normal contract. That said, CBS paid a tidy sum to make that happen. Leo was one smart individual, for sure.
I have the same guitar but HSS, it's just fantastic!!
Music man, is the man.
Learned some things.
Do you just got a new subscriber good job I just picked up an HSS version loving it
I couldn't agree more, awesome guitar. Best "strat" out there . Like a custom shop w/o the ridiculous price tag.
Music Man, is the man.
Make more history videos please
Nice playing I just pickup cutlass HSS .love it . question have you had any work done to the nut to your cutlass.
Thanks so much! And no, not any serious repairs or replacement. They may have been filed a bit to adjust for 11-gauge strings but I'm not sure.
nice video
Hey there! What do you think about new cutlass HT?
What amp were you using here?
Is there a Sonic Blue Cutlass, with a road worn finish? I'm not very fond of high gloss.
Thanks for the rundown Chase,i always wanted a Cutlass,now i really want one, do they come with SS frets?
Yessir! I believe all of Music Man's guitars come with stainless frets!
@@ChaseWalkerBandofficial and a lot less money than Shure guitars, too.
I also had to take the ashtray off for the trem to work for me but my shirts get caught on those hooks when it’s floating :( - have you dealt with that?
What is "frequency response"?
Besides the 7.5” radius vs the Cutlass 10” I see what your saying.
I like the feel of the cutlass, it is fantastic, it has amazing build quality. The only reason I got rid of mine is, I think the active noiseless “silent circuit” pickups sound dead. The bridge (trem unit) also is very finicky. Great video.
I have to level the tone to 8 to play on the bridge. I think something in your guitar went wrong.
@@thatmanonapedal I have an American professional II Stratocaster now. In my opinion it is a better instrument for me. However stock, it needs, locking tuners, better springs and a thicker block. Out of the box the musicman comes with those features. The necks feel identical. Personally I like Fenders trem unit better. Just didn’t connect with it. Hopefully who has it enjoys it, I would love to try other Music mans.
@@gorlagOv it's ok on a personal opinion. I was just surprised to read about a weak sound.
great playing and sound...what amp and effects?? thanks!!
I believe I was using a Bias FX model of a marshall JCM 800
Thank you so much!
Possibly also a fuzz face or a tube screamer in sections
it sounds like the best strat sound ever though
great guitar...I have 2 of them...original and then I got the roasted one...................love them....sold all my fenders
what's the difference tonewise between normal maple and roasted?
@@Max.Greger the roasted has an xtra capacitor. They said to stop some noise with pedals. The original is built better. Less china parts. They really fucked it up for 650 dollars more. Binding sucks. Just a huge step down. I am losing my excitement for musicman. I picked up a Mexican strat and put lace pickups. Unbelievable. Best strat i ever had. Got it for 100. Unbelievable!!!!!
@@Brucie2 ^^ thanks for your opinion. Years ago I built a 'partscaster' with a warmouth neck (birdseye + rosewood, large radius), a japanese body and lollar PUs, Locking tuners. It sounds so good and plays like butter ;-)
@@Max.Greger where you located. Im in Brooklyn N.Y.
@@Brucie2 I'm in Munich/Germany (a few thousand miles away) - so the good guitar parts and necks are not too easy to get here or really expensive due to tax and shipping.
Chase I have been playing clean tones on this guitar and they sound extremely well! Theres this beautiful glassy musical quack that I cant seem to get out of a Fender.
Have you noticed this yourself or is it just me imagining things? Even the Humbucker seemed much better quality than fenders for high gain
What amp were you using?
I believe it was a Marshal JTM 45 preset with a spring reverb tank on Bias FX
@@ChaseWalkerBandofficial sounds killer. I’m about to go 100% plug-ins and sell all my analog gear. Too easy on the computer to get sick tone like that.
Have you tried the one with the humbucker?
They're great as well! But HSS style guitars haven't really been my thing.
@@ChaseWalkerBandofficial
Lo out put, but so are vintage pups are too..
Do you have to remove the neck to adjust the truss rod.
Personally not feeling that, though I recognize it is a vintage feature...
How about clean sound?
I own a cutlass and like it very much but I have to say that ‘music man’ doesn’t sounds like a good name😂
You are reliable just because you removed the ashtray!
I have the HSS and I’ll never sell it.
I have heard on more than a few occasions that the pups on the cutlass are weak.
They've actually gotten a bit hotter recently, but still vintage voiced for sure. The Sterling line offers great features for the price and make killer mod platforms for heavier tones. I'm in mine under $800 with straplocks and case, and that's with all new electronics including Seymour Duncan pickups.
@@andrewbecker3700 I wish I was the guy with the skills, and the $, to modify guitars....anyway, the way I think, for the price you pay for a guitar like this, you shouldn't have to mod. it, that's just me.
@@hanskung3278 I'm not talking about Musicman guitars but the Sterling line which can be had for peanuts.
@@andrewbecker3700 My bad.
Some was saying it was because of the noiseless circuit I have the noiseless circuit in my Axis and there is no weakness so I do not think it's not the active noiseless circuit causing the problem.
you lost me at the battery thing. I know these can be played passively so i wish you had of played it passively. Relying on a battery can be a real drag
I think the Cutlass is from 1977. Not really modern, more a classic in itself.
so... it's Not a Strat. It's the closest thing to a vintage 62 Strat. With a battery.
It costs as much as a Fender🤷♂️
its the quality of a Fender Custom shop but priced like a Fender standard.
What's all this elusive magic? Just use the same pickups, the same wood and the same electronics! I think all that crap is in people's minds! I mean what's the big secret? Do the vintage ones have an extra winding of copper around the magnet? It's easy to count the windings 😅.... So silly
I'm a big fan of Music Man guitars I have several. You're really good guitar player but you're tone/sound is very noisy all those open strings that you're hitting for just one note make your playing sound sloppy. I appreciate that you're trying to pull off SRV riffs here but it's not working.