Very nicely done! After considering myself a “Strat guy” since about the mid-eighties, it wasn’t until about five or six years ago that I discovered that the middle pickup by itself is actually a useable sound! I had been a 2 and 4 position player quite heavily. We live. We learn! Great sounds and advice in this vid! And seriously MONSTER playing! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it! Middle pickup is a surprisingly great sound, it took me a long time to get used to it! Thanks for sharing your insight 😀
your choice to keep the drive under control so the Strat characteristic could shine through was a good one! That's something I'm going to be thinking about from now on -- thanks!
It’s always refreshing to hear an accomplished player get the most out of a strat, and utilize all 5 pickup selector settings. I’ve gotten so tired of hearing strat players trying to sound only like SRV or John Mayer. (That big, swaggering Texas blues Stratocaster tone is, by now, such a cliche and is totally played out; I swear - probably 50% of strat players would never even notice if their pickup selector became permanently stuck on positions #1 & #2.). The strat is WAY more versatile than that!
Fantastic sound and language on a Strat. For me the most dangerous guitar in history in terms of personality. It’s difficult to get away from the the classic sounds, Hendrix, Gilmour, Knopfler, SRV just to name a few… Love your sound
@@beneunson that would be great to see a similar video with a guitar with 2 P90s. Just finished a Squier project with a Fender Noventa design. I love those pups.
I listened to your “Winter Song” this morning on my bike ride. It was the first tune on Spotify’s Jazz Mix. I liked it very much! Just thought I’d let you know; and your picture is on the Jazz Mix.
It's more complicated than that. Each element participates in amplifying or attenuating certain frequencies. The pickups are the elements that of course have the most impact, but they act at the end of the chain. If there is nothing before, there will be nothing after... With a bad pickup you will not hear, for example, the neck wood, it will then seem unimportant. Whereas with a good pickup you can even hear the impact of different materials in a nut. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, sound in the ears of the listener.
I think pickups aren't that important. I bought a set of fender vintage pickups for more than 300€ and it didn't make a big difference compared to the 80€ pickups that were inside that guitar before. The main thing that makes you're guitar sound awesome or garbage is the pedal-amp-combo/vst you use.
Really tasty playing. I totally agree with your EQ suggestion to tame the treble spike and thicken up the midrange, though I go about it a little differently, by substantially cutting the bass on the amp, but not the treble. I usually use the tone knobs for that. One additional factor that might play into the dynamics might be the springs attached to the Tremolo bridge. I think that contributes to the openness of the sound; you can hear tonal differences if you play a hardtail version. A little less airy, but a little more sustain.
Fantastic playing and tones! Definitely love hearing this guitar on the channel! My favorites were definitely the neck and also the neck and middle positions! Both cleans and with overdrive sounded amazing!
All great sounds, hard to pick one. It took me about 15 years of Strat playing to figure out on my own this very important tip about strats, which is to remove high end. For a long time I had this really thin, piercing sound. It's essential to tame that high end and push the mids a bit.
I use such a different setup I think it's worth mentioning. Back in the day a lot of people were using the DiMarzio FS-1 pickups (Gilmour, Knopfler etc.) Every time I would comment on someone's strat sound they would say "Oh, that's the pickups, they're DiMarzios." Even Joey Ramone used a FS-1 in the lead position of his Mosrite surf guitar(sacrilege.) And very often they used a trick Gilmour is famous for which is to have the middle pickup on it's own volume knob to bring it in wherever you want (or a switch to just turn it on) With the blend knob and just a three way switch you can get every combination of sounds and any balance of that middle pickup with the others. I also have this on a Nashville Telecaster so you have that Tele bridge but the middle strat FS-1 can be blended in as well. Strat's go out of tune faster than Tele's but unless you're good with a Bigsby (not cheap) or some stomp box tuning bender you won't have the whammy bar on the Tele. All this being said and I prefer my Rickenbacker to any other guitar. They are from outer space. With an Vox AC30 (or simulator) of course. They also have stock 3 pickup models. I pick a guitar sound based on the needs of the song. Nothing more. In the case of The Smiths the Strat and Tele sound good. The Rickenbacker sounds spectacular, but all will get the job done.
Thanks so much for sharing this! I love Rickenbackers as well, they are beautiful guitars. Very interesting to know about the DiMarzio FS-1 pickups too. Thanks for watching! 🎸
@@beneunson No problem. The FS-1 is a 70's designed pickup with more mids and gain than a typical stock strat pickup. No idea how they would sound next to a modern Seymour Duncan. For example if I was going for a Hendrix type sound I would not use the FS-1's. That being said I use an active EQ and I can pull some tricks with that.
I love the Stratocaster. I love the beautiful sound of the Stratocaster. The Stratocaster is for me the Perfect Guitar Ben Eunson. I'm a fan of the Stratocaster and a fan of its sound, even more so of the beautiful Stratocaster sound you get. Thank you very much for this video. I just like hearing a Stratocaster sound with a little more gain. Perhaps a more classic distortion like the Sonic Distortion SD-9 or the RAT II by Pro Co. Sounds more based on Scott Henderson or Michael Landau. Thanks again for this beautiful video.
i never really used the bridge single coil, so i went for a HSS strat instead, so i get that humbucker there instead, now it makes sense to use that setting
I really enjoyed your classic Strat tones here - do you have any video where you talk about pickup heights and balancing them to get those great 2 and 4 sounds? Sounds amazing
All the channels focus on the Strat. settings! I've yet to see one where they show what the AMP is set at, for the different sounds on those settings!!
strat neck and mid pickup is very difficult to get from humbuckers specially in clean tone.. so its imperative for anyone to own strats.. its the only reason i have a strat. otherwise i always preferred humbuckers..
I think you just solved a problem ive had for years and its totally unintentional. Your volume knob is pulled off. Then it hit me... thats intentional ! I for years had to constantly adjust my volume for accidentally rolling it down. Thank you for unintentionally fixing me.
What are your amp settings for clean tones in this vid!? They sound absolutely amazing. Your previous review on this amp has convinced me to purchase it!
I’m a Gibson guy with a Telecaster. I need a strat it the volume nob always gets in the way of my right hand on a strat. I don’t like picking up that high towards the neck. I feel like the strings are more floppy there and more stiff by the bridge. Maybe I just need to play one more.
Strat can be a little different to get used to coming from a Gibson, both are great choices, but the Strat has some sounds that are fantastic to have at your disposal. Thanks for watching!
The old strats only had three select positions and five tremelo springs, my humble view is that the two extra positions were not needed and putting on three springs was a step backwards, id like to hear your comments on string thickness, e g a new guitat comes from the shop with thin strings, whatever i do, plugging into a vox with reverb and a digital delay i simply cannot obtain that belting, full kurt frohberg sound, old hank once said tje old strats had ,.cables,, on them, the secret it seems make sure your ,,g ,,string is wound.
Great tones and wonderful playing! 1. Your strat is totally gorgeous. What is it? I've just bought a fender MIM 50s roadworn in same color as yours. Love that look. 2. Have you removed the volume knob purpously? To avoid adjusting it unintentionally? First video I've watched of yours, subscribing and looking forward to diving in to your archive.
Thank you so much for watching and subscribing! I really appreciate it. This strat is a 57 reissue from 1982 and saw a few owners before me. Volume knob just needed to be replaced here, I've since replaced it. Thanks again!
Thanks for this video. Beautiful sounds. One question, are we hearing a stereo sound or a mono? And what about the effects you're using? Reverb? Delay? Chorus? Many thanks? Naturally, if we connect a Strato directly to an amp the sound we get is much different from this one. Thanks
This time it´s the middle pickup for clean solo. The between sounds are too Knopfler-like, not my fav. The drivesounds between neck and middle are so scratching, also middle, nearly hurting. Middle and bridge is biting nicely, and the bridge only is mostly singin´.
I have a Strat and am just starting with overdrive. Using delay, I can get beautiful clean tones out of my Blackstar 15W amp. I'd like to get a nice smooth singing overdrive tone, as you do. Since I want to keep the volume down, I bought a Boss Blues Driver, hoping this would work. It gives distortion similar to what is already built into my amp. This sounds harsh and ugly to me, a heavy metal sound that I hate. Can you recommend a magic pedal that works with a small amp like mine that gives a smooth, singing tone at low volume? Is this possible? Or do I need a big amp like in your video with a fair amount of volume? (I will add some delay too.) Thanks
Great question! I actually have my amp head on very low volume (volume knob between 3 and 4). At this volume, it starts to break a up a little and I'm also running the Tech 21 Oxford pedal, a pre-amp pedal with a smooth overdrive - you can hear this pedal on the "Overdrive" examples. I hope that's helpful! 😀
Thanks.This helps a lot. I'll try to get the Tech 31 Oxford pedal. It might be hard in the USA. You didn't mention the model of the pre-amp, but I'll choose what seems like a good one, unless you feel like telling me that too!.@@beneunson
@@Ben777News No worries! The amp head is the Laney LA-Studio (I talk about it more here: th-cam.com/video/52sL9Z6z-Xs/w-d-xo.html) and the Tech 21 Oxford was made by Tech 21 in NYC, but I suspect they no longer make this pedal...it shows up on Reverb.com every now and again. They have some similar preamp-type pedals in their "SansAmp" range which might work as well.
Really not a fan of positions 2 & 4, I just don’t get the attraction. The three pickups alone are beautiful sounding. I converted my ‘57 reissue to a 3-way switch, which is what it should have come with anyway.
Can I send you my guitar and you set it up for me LOL I have never heard a cleaner sounding Strat with no G or High E buzzing. You said Tech 21 oxford. Is that the amp sim or an overdrive pedal? Those Seymor Duncans Sound great with your amp
Sounds more like a banjo than an electric guitar. Chicken pickin sounds or ice pick sounds.. I really hate that bridge pick up setting. However, each to his own. It's a great platform for pedals. Also, might be better to play it through a Fender amp, like the little twin reverbs, always tube amps......better decay on the notes.
Sure, I'm using a touch of delay and reverb - both of which would be standard for a clean sound on any recording session. There is no chorus at all, though.
You didn't adjust your volume or tone knobs once and your saying all of the big terms like dynamic ect. ect. Not saying anything about how to integrate even more "range"from use of differing settings w/ volume and tone knobs not to mention no talk of pickup height was really upsetting. Put a f'n volume knob back on.
This is even better than the official video productions of Fender
Thank you so much for watching! 😀
All of those clean tones are absolute magic, perfect clarity while still not at all sounding thin. Great video!
Thanks so much, Jack!
Very nicely done! After considering myself a “Strat guy” since about the mid-eighties, it wasn’t until about five or six years ago that I discovered that the middle pickup by itself is actually a useable sound! I had been a 2 and 4 position player quite heavily. We live. We learn!
Great sounds and advice in this vid! And seriously MONSTER playing!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much, I really appreciate it! Middle pickup is a surprisingly great sound, it took me a long time to get used to it! Thanks for sharing your insight 😀
100% Chilled after this. Musical therapy courtesy of some beautiful tones and playing. THANK YOU! (and subbed)
Thanks so much for joining me!
Lovely. Just lovely. Thanks for sending me here!
That middle pickup with a little bit of drive is fantastic! Enough for lead tones, but doesn't lose any clearity
I agree! Thanks for watching!
your choice to keep the drive under control so the Strat characteristic could shine through was a good one! That's something I'm going to be thinking about from now on -- thanks!
Thanks so much for checking it out!
It’s always refreshing to hear an accomplished player get the most out of a strat, and utilize all 5 pickup selector settings. I’ve gotten so tired of hearing strat players trying to sound only like SRV or John Mayer. (That big, swaggering Texas blues Stratocaster tone is, by now, such a cliche and is totally played out; I swear - probably 50% of strat players would never even notice if their pickup selector became permanently stuck on positions #1 & #2.). The strat is WAY more versatile than that!
I agree, it is way more versatile! Thanks for watching!
All of them, that's why I have three Strats...(and a Tele or two) Nice harmonies there!
Thanks for watching!
Strat talk. Forever burning topic. Thanks. Beautiful maple tones. Middle with OD is surprisingly interesting.
Thanks again, Michael. You're right - this is a forever burning topic!
Very nice playing and tones! Each note has that certain juicy attack
I really appreciate it! Can't go wrong with a classic strat for juicy attack/tones 😀
Fantastic sound and language on a Strat. For me the most dangerous guitar in history in terms of personality. It’s difficult to get away from the the classic sounds, Hendrix, Gilmour, Knopfler, SRV just to name a few…
Love your sound
Thanks so much for listening, I really appreciate it! And yes, so many legends have played this guitar!
I could play and listen position 2 and 4 day and night, very addictive.
I agree! My favorite sounds from the Strat!
@@beneunson that would be great to see a similar video with a guitar with 2 P90s. Just finished a Squier project with a Fender Noventa design. I love those pups.
I listened to your “Winter Song” this morning on my bike ride. It was the first tune on Spotify’s Jazz Mix. I liked it very much! Just thought I’d let you know; and your picture is on the Jazz Mix.
That's fantastic! Thanks so much for letting me know, and thank you for listening! 😀
Nice Strat, nice playing and nice tones! For me, Ronnie Earl has one of the best Strat tones I've ever heard. Lovely mix of blues and jazzy elements.
Thanks for listening!
The real truth is in the pickups. There are all sorts of pickups available and each set has its own tone and voicing.
Great point!
It's more complicated than that. Each element participates in amplifying or attenuating certain frequencies. The pickups are the elements that of course have the most impact, but they act at the end of the chain. If there is nothing before, there will be nothing after...
With a bad pickup you will not hear, for example, the neck wood, it will then seem unimportant. Whereas with a good pickup you can even hear the impact of different materials in a nut.
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, sound in the ears of the listener.
I think pickups aren't that important. I bought a set of fender vintage pickups for more than 300€ and it didn't make a big difference compared to the 80€ pickups that were inside that guitar before. The main thing that makes you're guitar sound awesome or garbage is the pedal-amp-combo/vst you use.
Your playing is so good to be true... I wish I could learn fr you 1 day..
Thanks so much for your kind words, and thanks for watching!
I recently grabbed a Tech 21 Oxford and have to say, it's probably my best overdrive pedal - so gritty and sparkly...!
That's fantastic, Matthias! So glad you picked one up!
For me, the middle pickup with a Klon type pedal gives me a great tone. Your playing is fantastic!
Thank you so much!
It's a very diverse guitar. I feel like it's actually one of the best for prog.
I have a Strat and a Super Strat, just for good measure.
Great to have two choices of Strat!
Really tasty playing. I totally agree with your EQ suggestion to tame the treble spike and thicken up the midrange, though I go about it a little differently, by substantially cutting the bass on the amp, but not the treble. I usually use the tone knobs for that.
One additional factor that might play into the dynamics might be the springs attached to the Tremolo bridge. I think that contributes to the openness of the sound; you can hear tonal differences if you play a hardtail version. A little less airy, but a little more sustain.
Great suggestions! Thank you so much for sharing!
beautiful m8, this is great. Love the neck + middle
My favorite! 😀
Strat is the only guitar I find tones I absolutely hate but then can love with a few turned nobs .
Yes I know what you mean 😂
Fantastic playing and tones! Definitely love hearing this guitar on the channel! My favorites were definitely the neck and also the neck and middle positions! Both cleans and with overdrive sounded amazing!
Thanks so much for checking it out! Those are favorites of mine as well 😀
All great sounds, hard to pick one. It took me about 15 years of Strat playing to figure out on my own this very important tip about strats, which is to remove high end. For a long time I had this really thin, piercing sound. It's essential to tame that high end and push the mids a bit.
I think you can get to some really beautiful sounds when you tame the high end and boost the mids! 😀 Thanks so much for watching
I use such a different setup I think it's worth mentioning. Back in the day a lot of people were using the DiMarzio FS-1 pickups (Gilmour, Knopfler etc.) Every time I would comment on someone's strat sound they would say "Oh, that's the pickups, they're DiMarzios." Even Joey Ramone used a FS-1 in the lead position of his Mosrite surf guitar(sacrilege.) And very often they used a trick Gilmour is famous for which is to have the middle pickup on it's own volume knob to bring it in wherever you want (or a switch to just turn it on) With the blend knob and just a three way switch you can get every combination of sounds and any balance of that middle pickup with the others. I also have this on a Nashville Telecaster so you have that Tele bridge but the middle strat FS-1 can be blended in as well. Strat's go out of tune faster than Tele's but unless you're good with a Bigsby (not cheap) or some stomp box tuning bender you won't have the whammy bar on the Tele. All this being said and I prefer my Rickenbacker to any other guitar. They are from outer space. With an Vox AC30 (or simulator) of course. They also have stock 3 pickup models. I pick a guitar sound based on the needs of the song. Nothing more. In the case of The Smiths the Strat and Tele sound good. The Rickenbacker sounds spectacular, but all will get the job done.
Thanks so much for sharing this! I love Rickenbackers as well, they are beautiful guitars. Very interesting to know about the DiMarzio FS-1 pickups too. Thanks for watching! 🎸
@@beneunson No problem. The FS-1 is a 70's designed pickup with more mids and gain than a typical stock strat pickup. No idea how they would sound next to a modern Seymour Duncan. For example if I was going for a Hendrix type sound I would not use the FS-1's. That being said I use an active EQ and I can pull some tricks with that.
2:01 Absolute liquid... this is my favorite!
So glad you like it, Andreas!
Beautiful playing, and beautiful guitar. I hope to hear you playing it more again. I probably prefer the Neck & Middle both with clean and overdrive.
Great choices! Thanks for watching
Wow what a tone!
Great playing!
Thanks so much for listening!
Great reading Ben 👍🏻
Thanks for watching!
I love the Stratocaster. I love the beautiful sound of the Stratocaster. The Stratocaster is for me the Perfect Guitar Ben Eunson. I'm a fan of the Stratocaster and a fan of its sound, even more so of the beautiful Stratocaster sound you get. Thank you very much for this video. I just like hearing a Stratocaster sound with a little more gain. Perhaps a more classic distortion like the Sonic Distortion SD-9 or the RAT II by Pro Co. Sounds more based on Scott Henderson or Michael Landau. Thanks again for this beautiful video.
I think you like the strats
thanks so much for watching! I really appreciate it! 😀
The first thing I do when I try a strat is to go straight to the neck pickup. It's such a satisfying sound.
I agree Mats, you can't go wrong with the Neck Pickup.
i never really used the bridge single coil, so i went for a HSS strat instead, so i get that humbucker there instead, now it makes sense to use that setting
I really enjoyed your classic Strat tones here - do you have any video where you talk about pickup heights and balancing them to get those great 2 and 4 sounds?
Sounds amazing
Thanks for watching! I don't have a video discussing pickup height, but that is a great idea! Maybe I'll discuss that in a future video 😀
Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Must admit when I overdrive a strat i prefer to dial out those spikey highs and get it singing. The strat is capable of anything of course!
Absolutely, I know what you mean!
All the channels focus on the Strat. settings! I've yet to see one where they show what the AMP is set at, for the different sounds on those settings!!
Thanks for watching! Perhaps there are some more amp-focused videos that might help? Hope you enjoyed this discussion 😀
I was waiting when you explain about tone knobs and how are you using them
Tone and volume knobs are all open, set to 10. All EQ-ing is done on my amp.
strat neck and mid pickup is very difficult to get from humbuckers specially in clean tone.. so its imperative for anyone to own strats.. its the only reason i have a strat. otherwise i always preferred humbuckers..
Great point! Thanks for watching!
this is exactly why i have a HSS strat :D
I think you just solved a problem ive had for years and its totally unintentional. Your volume knob is pulled off. Then it hit me... thats intentional ! I for years had to constantly adjust my volume for accidentally rolling it down. Thank you for unintentionally fixing me.
Haha no problem, thank you for watching!
Thank you!
Thank you for watching!
What are your amp settings for clean tones in this vid!? They sound absolutely amazing. Your previous review on this amp has convinced me to purchase it!
What gauge are your strings ?
9-46 in this instance
Amp settings colour the first tones so as I don't have the same amp zand we don't know what the settings are I found this frustrating.
Amzing bro....
Thanks Ricky!
Beaultifull!!!! Bravo!!!!!
Thanks so much!
Your guitar is well tuned
Thanks for listening!
I’m a Gibson guy with a Telecaster. I need a strat it the volume nob always gets in the way of my right hand on a strat. I don’t like picking up that high towards the neck. I feel like the strings are more floppy there and more stiff by the bridge. Maybe I just need to play one more.
Strat can be a little different to get used to coming from a Gibson, both are great choices, but the Strat has some sounds that are fantastic to have at your disposal. Thanks for watching!
The old strats only had three select positions and five tremelo springs, my humble view is that the two extra positions were not needed and putting on three springs was a step backwards, id like to hear your comments on string thickness, e g a new guitat comes from the shop with thin strings, whatever i do, plugging into a vox with reverb and a digital delay i simply cannot obtain that belting, full kurt frohberg sound, old hank once said tje old strats had ,.cables,, on them, the secret it seems make sure your ,,g ,,string is wound.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Such beautiful playing and tone. Would you mind sharing what backing track you're playing along to?
Thanks so much for watching! The backing track is just a track I created for the video 😀
Curious…are you missing a volume knob? How are you doing the volume swells? Great playing and tone!!
Yes, volume knob is not on here - any volume swells are coming from my volume pedal. Thanks so much for watching!
Hi! What strings gauge use on stratocaster? Thanks
9-42 here! thanks for watching!
Great tones and wonderful playing!
1. Your strat is totally gorgeous. What is it? I've just bought a fender MIM 50s roadworn in same color as yours. Love that look.
2. Have you removed the volume knob purpously? To avoid adjusting it unintentionally?
First video I've watched of yours, subscribing and looking forward to diving in to your archive.
Thank you so much for watching and subscribing! I really appreciate it. This strat is a 57 reissue from 1982 and saw a few owners before me. Volume knob just needed to be replaced here, I've since replaced it. Thanks again!
Thanks for this video. Beautiful sounds. One question, are we hearing a stereo sound or a mono? And what about the effects you're using? Reverb? Delay? Chorus? Many thanks? Naturally, if we connect a Strato directly to an amp the sound we get is much different from this one. Thanks
Thanks so much! Mono guitar signal with stereo delay 😀
Dear Ben, how do you generate your Background Sounds for your Improvisation?
Thank you so much - I play it on keyboards
what fender is that??mexican or US?
US Strat from 1982
using a volume pedal? tone knob settings?
Thanks for watching, yes I'm using a volume pedal 😀
Sounds like the Alnico II pro pickups?
Seymour Duncan Antiquity II Pickups 🎸
What effect pedal are you using for the background pad sound ? (not delay)
It's a synth string pad I programmed 😀
I wonder why he's got the volume knob removed? Nice playing regardless.
Thanks for listening!
How do you get the background sound?
It's a synth sound I programmed
What is the chord progression at the beginning? 👀
Just a chord progression centering around the Db Lydian Mode sound. Thanks for watching!
Nice video, but why are you minus a volume knob?
Great question! It just worked out that way. Thanks for watching! 😀
This time it´s the middle pickup for clean solo. The between sounds are too Knopfler-like, not my fav. The drivesounds between neck and middle are so scratching, also middle, nearly hurting. Middle and bridge is biting nicely, and the bridge only is mostly singin´.
Thanks so much for checking it out!
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I have a Strat and am just starting with overdrive. Using delay, I can get beautiful clean tones out of my Blackstar 15W amp. I'd like to get a nice smooth singing overdrive tone, as you do. Since I want to keep the volume down, I bought a Boss Blues Driver, hoping this would work. It gives distortion similar to what is already built into my amp. This sounds harsh and ugly to me, a heavy metal sound that I hate. Can you recommend a magic pedal that works with a small amp like mine that gives a smooth, singing tone at low volume? Is this possible? Or do I need a big amp like in your video with a fair amount of volume? (I will add some delay too.) Thanks
Great question! I actually have my amp head on very low volume (volume knob between 3 and 4). At this volume, it starts to break a up a little and I'm also running the Tech 21 Oxford pedal, a pre-amp pedal with a smooth overdrive - you can hear this pedal on the "Overdrive" examples. I hope that's helpful! 😀
Thanks.This helps a lot. I'll try to get the Tech 31 Oxford pedal. It might be hard in the USA. You didn't mention the model of the pre-amp, but I'll choose what seems like a good one, unless you feel like telling me that too!.@@beneunson
@@Ben777News No worries! The amp head is the Laney LA-Studio (I talk about it more here: th-cam.com/video/52sL9Z6z-Xs/w-d-xo.html) and the Tech 21 Oxford was made by Tech 21 in NYC, but I suspect they no longer make this pedal...it shows up on Reverb.com every now and again. They have some similar preamp-type pedals in their "SansAmp" range which might work as well.
Thanks Ben. You've been more than helpful!@@beneunson
Really not a fan of positions 2 & 4, I just don’t get the attraction. The three pickups alone are beautiful sounding. I converted my ‘57 reissue to a 3-way switch, which is what it should have come with anyway.
Some guitarists prefer the traditional Strat 3-way switch, which is perfectly valid! Thanks for watching!
What effects are you using ?
Just a bit of drive coming from my Tech 21 Oxford pedal, plus some delay and reverb
There is one sound that you cannot get out of a strat: The p90.
🔥🔥🔥🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Thanks for listening!
Great instrument. Is it a custom shop?
Thanks so much! It's a '57 reissue from 1982
@@beneunson love the '57 contours. Will be looking for one. Cheers!
Are you using a pedal for the shimmering sound, or is that a keyboard sound that you play on top of?
Keyboard sound that I programmed. Thanks for watching!
Can I send you my guitar and you set it up for me LOL I have never heard a cleaner sounding Strat with no G or High E buzzing.
You said Tech 21 oxford. Is that the amp sim or an overdrive pedal? Those Seymor Duncans Sound great with your amp
So glad you enjoyed the video! The Tech 21 Oxford is a pre-amp pedal, so basically it's an overdrive pedal. Love the Seymour Duncans as well!
I thought your Strat was out of service for a bit... is it fully back in use?
Still a bit out of service... but I really felt like playing it again!
Still a bit of Strat spank, nice. I wish it would cut through like a Tele in a combo situation.
Great tone! But the thing with strats... they just play lydian, for other modes you need something else...
Haha you may be right! Thanks for watching!
10:46 stretch out of nowhere.
Haha yes indeed 😎
How low have you set your action? Sound really low....
Yes, fairly low. Thanks for watching!
Whole Tone Blues by Oz Noy is a killer Strat sound. If I closed my eyes I'd know immediately it's a Strat. Oz gets some of the best Strat tones.
Oz is great!!!
Sounds more like a banjo than an electric guitar. Chicken pickin sounds or ice pick sounds.. I really hate that bridge pick up setting. However, each to his own. It's a great platform for pedals. Also, might be better to play it through a Fender amp, like the little twin reverbs, always tube amps......better decay on the notes.
I have more respect for a professional who can use his tool/ instrument in a diverse manner vs buying a ton of guitars. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Not telling how much chorus, reverb and delay he has on that ‘clean’ sound?
Sure, I'm using a touch of delay and reverb - both of which would be standard for a clean sound on any recording session. There is no chorus at all, though.
@@beneunson I get that but it would be better to declare that and how much!
not a Strat sound at all what do you think-this is a Strat sound -th-cam.com/video/MDtIQ3Aeht4/w-d-xo.html
Which sound? I played 10 examples and they all sound like a strat.
Please put the volume knob back on, how can you adjust on the fly and it looks annoying.
It looks like he is doing just fine without it - he has monster chops and is still getting really classic tones that would cut through an actual mix.
Love Strats, but way too noisy…
They can definitely be noisy! But that's part of the fun, isn't it? 😂
No VOLUME control....? Obviously you have a volume pedal .
Volume control works just fine, knob was not on at this time. And yes, you're right - I'm using a volume pedal here.
Blackmore would not agree with You..😋
That's fine. He doesn't agree with many, but I still love his playing!
Guitars only 10 years old? Man you need to look after it better.
This guitar is from 1982
S.R.V
You didn't adjust your volume or tone knobs once and your saying all of the big terms like dynamic ect. ect. Not saying anything about how to integrate even more "range"from use of differing settings w/ volume and tone knobs not to mention no talk of pickup height was really upsetting. Put a f'n volume knob back on.
Go clean your room, Junior...