Trying the Thinline, Spruce-Top Strat! | Fender Suona
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The Fender Suona series is an interesting one! F-hole Spruce top with chambered Ash body among an unadorned ebony fretboard and matching headstock - this is one unique strat. Let’s dive in!
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Thanks, I’ll never be able to unsee that MJ impersonation 😂
Just saw it. I think I peed a little
I'll never be able to hear the word Suoana without seeing that visual 😂
He somehow manages to get more cringe every week.
He even put 1 glove on! 🤣
Better than I could do…
“Suona” means “it plays” in Italian. Since the guitar has an Italian spruce top (like Stradivari’s violins), I guess that’s the reasoning behind the name.
it is also means swamp in finnish
Two Fender Fridays in a row? We are blessed!
These are made from not only Italian spruce, but spruce from the Val Di Fiemme, which is the valley where Stradivari sourced the spruce for his famous stringed instruments. These trees came down in a severe storm in 2018 and the wood was saved during the pandemic from being chipped up and going to landfills.
That is so cool. One of the few guitars that makes me wish I could live a few centuries to play the truly aged version.
Those cases are originally the EJ strat cases. I have a Pale Moon strat. The case is so pretty. Love the interior!
I pushed 'like' on this specifically for the Michael Jackson impression. That guitar looks awesome. I really wanted one of those Eric Johnson thine line strats for a while. So cool.
They remind me of the matching Fender Elite Walnut (Gold) series from 1983-84. Fender had three very unique guitars--Elite Tele, Strat, and P-bass II -all had active electronics, noise free pups, a treble boost. The Fender strat had three button pup selector. Gold hardware, special ATA gold cases…very cool series
Just found an apparently very rare Fender Japan Thinline Jazzmaster from around 2011 on Reverb. No f-hole, but it’s still chambered out and it looks really nice. Out of my price range, but it was nice to learn about something I never knew existed.
They did a thinline Jag too. Magical guitar.
What happen to the scope camera for semi hollows?
Fender Japan had a Thinline Strat they made a couple of years ago. A friend of mine got one in cherry red, it has a double bound body (no contour at all), two humbuckers, a bound rosewood fretboard with block inlays. Interesting instrument for sure.
Was that a chip on the first fret?
I like it with dirt a little bright for me clean. Just curious do you change amp settings for different guitars?
Congratulations David.
Interesting specs. Beautiful guitar.
Looks like a good day to be fender Friday.
I really like it! It does have some projection acoustically over a normal solid strat imo. I learned and grew up playing a strat, so I am pretty stoked to see a thin line version being made. I agree the price is out there but it's very different in construction and I can see it warranting somewhat of a premium. Hopefully it is successful and becomes a standard with more standard pricing. I think it is really great! The pups sound great as well. Thanks to the guy that NGD'd this and you for sharing it.
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And a strat bridge is notoriously ice picky. You learn to tone knob it.
I wish Fender did the matching headstock more often
Interesting. I love the clean look of non inlay fretboards.
We like to bash on Gibson's QC but can we talk about the tooling marks on that fretboard?
I burst out into laughter at 1:28 😂😂
Yeay!! Fender Friday. A nice break from the all mighty Les Paul's indeed!!
A beauty!! Do more Fenders.
No arm carve or any effort to remedy this like a radiused top is an absolute dealbreaker - almost had it though.
9.5" is hardly a vintage radius. It's on like 95% of all current Fender output.
01:28 Worst. Trogly. Scene. Ever. 😄
Nice to see another Fender Friday guitar! This is a cool Strat imho, congrats to its new owner!
Nice to see Fender keeping the cost down by not having fretboard inlays, would have been four grand otherwise.
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A hard tail HSS might help the acoustical and electric qualities. I'd prefer a modern F hole and some dots personally. Some of that wood is pretty choice, that streak knot will get cooler with age. If it was my new purchase I'd be stressing over the dinged ebony at the first fret though.
Naah ' Strat chambered with an F hole ' Yikes ' ...sounds great though and a variety of tone too. The case harks back to the early 60s with the Blonde tolex that adorned the amps 62-63, it was also used on the Fender cases for the then top of the range Jazzmaster and just then introduced Jaguar.
Thanks for giving us a break from Gibsons more often recently
Thank David!
@@Trog Thanks David :) But seriously: I like you, I like your show, I like guitars. But I don’t click anymore on a video about a Les Paul. Not only are Les Pauls not very interesting guitars because they are all so very similar. But also most of the Gibsons on your channel nowadays are collectors items for very wealthy boomer lawyers and stockbrokers. And that’s not who I am. But keep up the good work anyway.
That neck is beautiful. Nice quarter-sawn wood. I'd take it.
2nd Fender friday in a row... awesome
Production level at custom shop price?🎸🥺
Agreed, crazy. You could probably get a luthier to custom build you a thin line strat with premium hardware for that price or not much more.
@@gdawgs101It's the brand on the headstock that matters.
@@BukanIbuMu Yeesh, you must not be a very good player...
@@gdawgs101 you can't see the sarcasm in my comment?
I just got this guitar at the new year. It is the most comfortable strat I have ever played. I have always played a 69 telecaster thinline reissue and really like the 7.25 radius. So the compound neck just feels good to me.
I think there is supposed to be something very special about Italian spruce, I don't really know. If someone could fill me in, I would greatly appreciate that.
Also, does anyone else have anything from this Suona line? If so, let me know what you think about yours.
Oooh Suona!
like "my sharona" ?
Man the Fender TC-90 was my first thinline love. This one has a lot going on.
I think this is my favourite guitar you've ever reviewed.
What an incredible Strat!
I would love to try this, the Tele and the Jazz Bass.
That's pretty damn cool
Yay Fender friday 🎉
Fender Friday! Nice fiddle!
Quick question guys - does anyone ever use anything but the neck pup when playing their Strats? I've owned one for over 30 years & I can't remember the last time I moved off the neck, it just sounds so damn good lol.
If the "Heirs Of Leo" are going to do variations, I'm thinking that an actual archtop Strat should be next on the list of to-do's. I agree with Trog about the binding; it should be tortoise-shell, and a tort pickguard would look real nice, too.
Dude that MJ thing was unexpected and hard to watch 🤣 hilarious but damn haha
Hey Trogly, can you make a video about the Fender left-handed Dick Dale Signature Stratocaster a.k.a. "The Beast"? Dick Dale is one of my idols when it comes to surf music and heavy metal rock so I'll be glad if you do it. Thank you from Vietnam.
P.S. You can play it like Jimi Hendrix
Okay, now the next step would be if Fender would license from BMG the kind of electronics that Brian May pioneered for the Red Special and Incorporated it into a model like this. I imagine Brian wouldn't feel bad to know how closely Fender was trying to get within their own product line to emulating his homemade guitar.
the suonas look so nice! ive realy been wanting the jazz bass. but id take any of the 3! glad you got to check one out!
That is very cool. Sounded bigger than a normal strat.
is the no inlay like and f hole / burst to mimic a viola? bc it's working haha 😅 and i've got custom shop pickups in my '99 neck/middle and they are my favourites even along side the new gen4 noiseless
The fretboard seems chipped /dinged at the first fret.
That Thinline Jazz bass is handsome, but I would be concerned about neck dive.
Nice! I think the Jazz Bass is the coolest, but too rich for my blood.
Perfect timing, Trogly. It looks like the same finish on Billy's Hofner bass they just finally found!
The Erie Johnson model is cheaper but I don't know the stats.. I love that look & a ebony fretboard always seems to cut through the mix for me anyway (I had the "Strat" model with an ebony replacement neck) but the Trogster liked it! Only saw one Gibson in the whole video?
Yeah, that's a nice looking and sounding axe, would love to own one. Would definitely look amazing with a tortoise shell binding and pick guard
Sounds great acoustic. Would scream and cry at volume no doubt
Thx for doing the acoustic tones first! Excellent review
I dig the 10:05 medley. Whose tunes are those?
Ebony fretboard with no inlays? Yessir I’m a fan.
I’m glad the control cavity half of the body is chambered. I figured it was lame and mostly for looks and just the F hole half.
And gj Fender wiring the bridge to a tone pot.
Austin, please tell me you saw the Gilmore mod LP on reverb. I wish I could afford it right now, definitely should be on a wyron
Sometimes your clean tone is very thin to my ears no matter what guitar you are reviewing. This guitar has great, fat, clear, clean tone. sounds great with distortion too.
that MJ impersonation made my day!
Very nice video to know this beautiful guitar. 🎉
I don't have problems with the many 4-5,000$ guitars on the market but man.... it was only like 4 years ago that the mass produced custom shop strats were $3000-3500. For only the thinline build, custom style wiring/pickup and ebony board $3000 seems like at least $500 too much for this one.
Decent color. I like the headstock. Hate the neck, really don't like not having dots or bar markers on the neck. And I agree way too expensive, won't be buying one of those anytime soon.. peck
Salutations Austin!
Nice Suoma Thinline Stratocaster!
I haven’t seen one of these until now, thanks to you!
While you were playing without amplification it actually seems to project additional sound out to the microphone, which you may not have been aware of, because it was projecting away from you, but the microphone picked up the sound quite easily.
It would be an interesting instrument to add a piezoelectric pickup in the bridge saddles, such as the Fishman bridge or something similar, to obtain an acoustic guitar sound in addition to the standard electric guitar sounds, just like the Alex Lifeson Signature Access Les Paul has. There seems to be plenty of room for additional electronics.
Thank you for sharing your experience with this instrument with us all and posting these videos!
Please have an excellent and awesome day!
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Fender is always doing someing cool
Didn’t have Trogly impersonating MJ in my 2024 bingo card 😂
interesting review. very inspired accoustic demo! ✨ says another “david” 😉👌🏼
Insanely over priced! I love my Fenders but DAM, thats way too high for what it is.
Yeah when's the last time we've seen a review that 99% of the people watching can hope to afford?
It seems high, and I'm not currently in the market for a $3k guitar, but there are plenty of people these days apparently willing and able to pay $5k-$8k+, so for a low production run guitar, $3k doesn't seem unreasonable for a moderately fancy guitar with some interesting specs.
@@pulaski1the thing is though, Schecter or esp could make the same guitar for under $2000
At least Fender understands high end guitar pricing. Gibson charges $5,000 for the same LP Custom they've sold for years that's not even a limited edition or special run. And even higher for a "based on" 59 reissue etc. This is why I love Fender, way more variety, yet you can still get vintage reissues for those who want them, and they aren't trying to charge you a first born for a price.
@lamalwaysright Honda arguably makes a better car than BMW, but there's plenty of people who fork out for a BMW, and personally if I was buying, I'd pay the extra for a Fender.
Neato cool fabulous wow , I really like it !...Ive seent them ( the set ) for sale on different sites , didnt know it has a flat top , I dig the whole vibe , look , sound etc...also I love semi-hollow guitars , man that bass is super cool !...Thanks Trogly !
Good call on the tortoise binding ! Pick guard as well would fancy it up a bit more. Pretty good sound.
Price? Seriously, Fender!!!!
But: good news, y'all!
I would expect a Squier to appear forthwith.....priced around $600 ....just chill out for a bit.
That's one weird 335, but i can dig it...
If you have a center block does it matter if it's hollow or chambered? Maybe,? A little,,?
Pretty much “Semi-hollow” counts for guitars with a separate top, back and sides plus the center block. “Chambered” is usually top and a back that’s been routed out, and you may or may not get two or even one f-hole. Some chambered guitars also route open the end of the guitar between the bridge/tailpiece and the strap button, so it’s a U shaped chambering with a little thicker hump inside so the strap button has more wood to hold onto.
Nice tone!
Interesting guitar. The burst makes the f hole look too close to the edge?
Nice to see some Fenders instead those crappy Gibson instruments :)
I just hate the sunburst, I love the idea.
Who needs a Suona in the Antigua finish? OK nobody.😂😂😂
Trippin askin for 3 bands
Another Fender Friday!
for 3k 4 piece top seems outrageous
Honestly? Does it matter? You can barely see the differenfe and the wood looks great
@@tavicotavio
Yes... it's a premium instrument it should have premium specs.
in acoustic and classical guitar world this will actually get you crucified....
Although the pbass looks cool gotta admit
@@TemkaUwU yeah i agree 3000 dollars is a lot, way above anything i could ever afford, but i really dont see why that matters, is it really just because thats the standard for a expensive guitar?
@@tavicotavio yeah imo if you are paying this much you should get what you pay for. I'm also nowhere near buying a guitar of that price but I'm still picky with 4-500$ guitars
i really think he miscounted. spruce is really stripe-y and with the stain, it could get hard to tell what's a seam. The exception is if they couldn't find alpine spruce stock large enough to cover a whole top, but they build cellos out of this wood, so I doubt that is the case.
Price is blown, especially for the bass
Pricing is so stypid on that.
Omg on mj
I own a MIM Jimmy Page Dragon Tele and inside a year I had finish checking galore!
You ever seen a Japanese HMT Tele?
That's an oddball for you
I’m thinking the semi hollow might improve sustain. If you never heard the Ted Nugent comment on the first time he tried a Stratocaster it’s hilarious, you gotta check it out!
Pretty, and it sounds nice, but $3K seems a bit much.
I like this one better than the Eric Johnson thinline because the f-hole is more towards the back.
Cool Guitar 🎸
That MJ impression was hilarious 3kk
3k no thanks not my style of Fender
A friend and nationally known musician who also heads up the Voice of thr Wetlands festival here in my town has been playing a thinking Telecaster for quite a few years. I almost picked one up in 2014 but I decided on a solid body. There is also a Telecaster that's a semi hollow I think that's a little wider than a solid body . Back then they also had something similar to the Sonics but were some what different than they are today.
I got to sit in on 2nd guitar with Tab on the drums at the North Atlantic Blues Festival, playing at the Time Out Pub after the show. He's a real down to earth guy, and passionate about saving the wetlands.
Tried a new one out today.. looks very ,nice, feels good, but the setup from the factory was poor- very high action, trem not set properly. Plugged in, it sounded thin and weak compared to a couple of other Strats off the wall at the store. Couldn't justify the price and looked elsewhere.
i genuinely dont see the logic behind keeping the ugly vintage style sticker logo, its not a traditional guitar in the sightest so why keep that spec? maybe it has to do with painted headstock?
3k$??? pass... I'd rather get the Aerodyne for a quarter of a price.
Good call returning the sg, can't wait to see what comes next
Missed opportunity for them to not include a piezo system.
That would fit nicely on a guitar like this
@@Trogfor a standard US production guitar, commanding Custom Shop prices, it really should have been standard.
I was all about this guitar till you pointed out that it's got a freakin' 4-piece top...charging $3,000 for that is just gross 🤮
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