Dialing in your Stratocaster
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- Today I''ll show you how I dial in a Stratocaster.
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0:00 - Intro
01:03 - Players
01:37 - Guitar Rundown
03:30 - Dialing in a tone
05:30 - Dialing in the Bridge Pickup
07:39 - Volume Knob
9:54 - Pickup Sounds
12:05 - Trem Bar
14:14 - C Ya - เพลง
Not only a MONSTER player but… FINALLY someone who actually plays without using a boatload of pedals to demonstrate Strat tone!! It’s all about the guitar not the pedals. Thank you!! Cheers Dallas
🍻🍻Thanks!
Just my own personal tip: I have found that setting my Strat's volume on "7" is the sweet spot so I'll set my amp volume accordingly and I can just make little adjustments at the guitar. Nothing worse than trying to run over to the amp and do stuff during, or between, songs.
Oh yeah. Reserving some gain for the live gig going wilder is a great thing to do!
@@badscrew4023 I wish I could play a gig… lol I don’t even like listening to my playing and I feel my music would make people angry 😂. Just bought my first real guitar to replace my $170 Epiphone LP special ii… the Fender Player Plus in Olympic Pearl w/candy apple pick guard and it’s beautiful! I’ve never played a guitar with this much precision out of the box and it looks like it costs $3000 even though it wasn’t cheap I have no regrets. Just got it today and played for 3/hrs… didn’t even take the plastic off
@@greg6162 learn couple of power chords and you're a punk guitar king already :D
The problem with turning your guitars volume control down is the signal out of the guitar isn’t particularly large and noise can more easily creep into your overall sound.
I’m a 7 guy too👊
Finally someone who really knows how to use tone knobs. I have come to loath guitar reviews where the guy playing would complain about some sound being too bright, but wouldn't touch the tone knobs once... without the tone knob, my favorite guitar (a Tele) would be useless!
everyone knows that the tone knobs on stratocasters don't actually do anything
Excellent stuff! I'm going to go pick up my Strandberg Boden "Strat-a-like" and do everything you say Jeff.
Ha! Thanks Keith!
Go for it. I have a slightly more modern strat with a treble bleed and blender pot but still these principles are applicable. I just have to use the tone pot more often.
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Are you bragging or what? Lol
Man you get such killer tones in all positions Jeff, great touch and clearly a great ear, love it!
Thank you David.
This is an incredible video and resource!! Been playing Strat’s for 20 years and even I learned something here!
What Josh said.
I loved what you said, "You need to play your guitar." When I aquire a new guitar, I will only play it for at least 90 days. It allows me to glean what I need out of the instrument. Great stuff, thank you!
Someone with a very good ear and intricate understanding of the small and finer details. Appreciate the experience and wisdom!
Thank you and you are welcome!!
Thanks for the great video Jeff, you touched upon how the guitar feels and that is something than can be overlooked. I have tone control on my bridge pickup on my Strat and I use it a lot. I also have had mine modded to enable the bridge and neck pickups and I just love the warm rich clean tone I get. Finally, just watching you casually play is a pleasure in itself. You have splendid "feel" .
Thank you for this!
Thanks Jeff. This and the Les Paul video helped me tremendously! Much appreciated. ✌️❤️
Fantastic!
Thank you for sharing Jeff! Excellent articulation of the Strat. More of these videos would be great.
You are quite welcome!
Very helpful video, great tips and great sound!!!🎸
That bridge screw trick was worth the subscription alone. Thank you, kindly! 😉👍
Thank you so much for all those great content! Really!
Greetings from England.
Mate this is probably one of the best vids I've seen on Strats. I just learned loads and I've owned my Strat since 92!!!👍👍👍
Thank you!!
Hey Jeff!! I've learned so much already from you about the Les Paul that this is just chapter 2 in the story! I own both! Love your lessons especially the history and personal touch ☺️... awesome work as always! Thank you
Thank you !!!
@@JeffMcErlain very welcome Jeff..your work is world class stuff and I have a tremendous amount of respect for your professionalism and musicianship...I learn so much from you
This is great. The Strat is my favorite guitar for sure. It's what I picture when I hear the phrase "electric guitar"
Had a -64 in the 80's with that transition logo and sunburst. This sounds exactly how I remember it.
Awesome instructions for a great sound. Thanks!
Thank you!!
Great info as always! The tone control on the bridge is the first thing I do with any Strat. And once you have it, it's impossible to go back. Fantastic job, thanks Jeff!
Thanks Jimmy!!
They FINALLY are putting tone control on bridge for the current MIM Player series...
Never thought of this. Makes tons of sense. Thank you Jeff.
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Man that is the ideal strat tone right there! Warm and round, almost squishy sounding, but still very bright and articulate without being piercing
I like the " you have to play your guitar" comment. I believe if you play your guitar a lot , the guitar parts settle in. That equals good guitarin.
Thank you for this! I feel that new guitar excitement about my Stratocasters again. :)
Great insights from a professional who learned them by doing it. Thanks Jeff!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Jeff,
Can’t say enough about you since I picked up a few of your courses in past that I’m still using whenever I need to refresh my memory! The strat is an incredible instrument if used the right way.
Thank you and thanks for the support!
Great videos! always inspiring to watch your channel! Love your approach to dialing back the tone on the bridge. I'm going to try that. Thanks for the tip!
You are welcome and thanks for being here!
@@JeffMcErlain surprisingly when I roll the tone right off and add a little kick from the tubescreamer I can get a pretty convincing humbucker tone from the bridge of my strat. Thanks Jeff! Was messing with some Beano album stuff you had shown me with this setup.
Done this a couple of weeks ago on my strat copy and amp and came up with some interesting tones. I think it's a personal thing with tone setting. I agree, if you have an original why Change anything, great lesson, thanks.
😊great presentation, I've been playing for sixty years and do not use a pedal board other than for reverb or other colors, never for breakup/distortion. The volume and tone knobs are where your guitars personality lives. "Play the guitar " is absolutely spot on.
Awesome video!!! Love all the nuances.
Thanks my friend!!!
What a classy video. Perfect on so many levels. Thank you!
Thank you.
great stuff.....no nonsense ! thank you Jeff ! Big fan
The beginning with your playing sounds amazing
Awesome information. The Tone mod at the bridge pickup makes so much sense. Getting that done asap.
It's really easy to do yourself if you can use a soldering iron.
Thanks! I will check your course out.
Thank you!
Dialing in the Les and now the Strat. Got a new subscriber. Cudos on your talents. Good shite.
Just found you. Fantastic work. Great vibe - inspired me to get out of bed- grab my strat and play the bridge pickup w new eyes. I will be playing all night. Thanks for the therapy session! Can’t wait to dig into your channel more.
Thank you and you’re welcome! Inspiring someone to play is the highest compliment. Thanks and happy to have you here.
Thanks to 5 watt world i discovered your channel. Soon becoming a favorite . I dig your playing style and love that 64 strat ya got. Keeping it original is perfect.Sounds so good!!!
Thanks for being here!!
really enjoyed it! I have my wiring the same (back tone on lead pick up, no tone on the middle pickup). it really allows a ton of versatility. I also set my amp to the neck pick up. sounds great. Thanks Jeff!
Great minds!
I've found that simply by running the bridge pickup to a tone pot at all helps cut down on harshness. I run my bridge pickup to the neck tone pot as that way I can still mess with tone of the middle and bridge in the #2 position, which offers a lot of options.
There's so much good stuff in this video. I just put new pickups in my strat and this is a great guide to getting dialed in.
So many cool combinations! I like that one! Thanks for being here!
That's a cool idea. As bridge pickup is never used at the same time as the neck, why not reuse its tone pot!
I'm certainly stealing this :)
Nice to see someone show some middle-pickup love.
The wiring in my Stratocaster is the neck and middle pickups wired to the top tone control with a .1mfd Fender foil and paper in wax "phone book" capacitor, as the neck and middle pickups can use a much larger capacitor than the bridge can, my bridge pickup is wired to the bottom tone control with a Fender .05 foil and paper in wax capacitor using 50's wiring with a 3way switch, as I don't like the combination settings(neither did Leo Fender), I use my 6 screw vintage vibrato bridge decked with 5 springs so that it doesn't lift even when doing 4-5 fret bends, so my arm action is pretty stiff, but my guitar stays in tune and has a zero point so it returns to pitch. Great video, I always like to learn what others do and how that works for them. Rock on Brother!
Very inspiring video. Thank you.
You’re welcome!
Excellent strat tone and trem set up info.👍👏
Thank you!
Thanks, I dig your style and tones... I just learned some things about my strat and in my opinion one of the the best guitars money can buy
Thank you!! Glad you learned some stuff! Thanks for being here!
One of the best Strat explainers I've ever seen.
Thank you.
Is there anything better than sitting down with my Strat and watching Jeff reveal all his years of experience and professional secrets on this wonderful instrument. Just the best. I thank you and my Stratocaster thanks you!
Great video Jeff. I recently did this bridge mod on my strat. Before doing the mod, I never used the bridge due to it being so bright. If anyone is thinking about doing this, definitely give it a go - all you need is a short piece of cloth wire, a soldering iron and 10 mins 👌
Thanks for checking out the video!
Your awesome Jeff man love your strat
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This bring me new knowledge how to use my strat in much better ways, my one and only guitar. Thank you sir 👍👍👍
Awesome and you are most welcome!
Thanks Jeff 👍👍
Been waiting for this video ever since the Les Paul video. You really had me wondering if it was ever gonna happen!
Good stuff Jeff. I am falling back in love with my strat.
@JeffMcErlain. what’s my prize?!?!?
This video has reminded me why I need to keep my strat, despite having a preference of late for the Les Paul.
Great video and content, beautiful playing too 👍🎸 glad to have found your channel, best to you man
Thank you!!
It’s sooooo true. After a session today it hit home, the knobs are like spices when cooking, doesn’t take much.
Exactly!!
Great video. I like having the bottom tone knob set as a blend. Can blend in some neck to tame the bridge brightness or brighten up the neck by blending in some bridge.
If the people who watch this are paying any attention at all to what you have said here, you will save them countless hours of searching and mistakes in the quest for the epic Strat sound. You have covered all of the basic elements of how to get there, and anybody who will listen is going to be spared considerable headaches, lots of un-necessary trial and error, and probably at least a few bucks in the process.
I'm currently on Stratocaster number 8.
All the previous ones were disappointing in one way or another. Since I didnt have the price of a new car to spend on an instrument, I figjured the way forward was to round up the best parts I could find, and build what I wanted myself. It took about 4 years to round up everything I needed because I was very picky about what would go into it,, but I built a very decent
"Salvagecaster" that can sit at the table with the old ones becsuse its mostly made up of old parts. That helped a lot.
But at the end of the day, the tone really does begin with the hands, especially the right hand, and as you have demonstrated, how you set the controls. I dont like to think about how much further ahead I'd be if I had just accepted a few simple truths decades ago.
I sure am glad I found your channel because truth is an elusive commodity in a sea of lies and hype.
You're the real goods, and I look forward to more interesting stuff.
Keep it comin'
Cheers!!!
Thanks for this! I appreciate your thoughtful comments and compliments. Happy to have you here!
Greatat info, knowledge, thank you!!!!
How does this channel only have 18K subs..?
Sir you are one of TH-cam's hidden gems
Thank you. Working on it!!! lol
I just discovered his channel yesterday, its pure gold. The dialing in ur LP is a great watch too.
I went down a rabbit hole chasing Ken Fischer amps and stumbled across Jeff that way. Phenomenal player. And OMG there's a lesson called Bend it like Beck. Top notch stuff
@@JeffMcErlain Found you on True Fire! i have learn so much via your blues course. When are you traveling down under, great place to enjoy local talent, a beer or the Tamworth Music Festival.
i've said this for a long time.....:-)
My main man ,The most Dangerous Man in Music.You always break out that lick that just goes the extra ,that gets whoever you are playing with to look over side eye and say to them selves"How the hell did he do that"ive seen it more times than I can remember thru the years watching you play! I have the old Inca Silver Lone Star Strat with Texas Specials and im looking forward to your tips .Thanks Jeff.
Thanks so much for this post!! I really appreciate you and the support! The Most Dangerous Man in Music! Love it.
Awesome video, thanks Jeff! I'm always drawn to that gorgeous strat neck pickup tone.
Thanks my friend!!
Great Vid, nothing like the neck PU on the strat (any guit for that matter)
Setting the neck first makes total sense. Thanks
Really good information, even for a newbie. thanks 👍
Jeff,, your guitar looks and sounds great 👍!!!!!!! I enjoy all your videos!! Keep it up!!!! 🤘🤘🙂
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Wonderful video and wonderful tones. 🤓
Thanks!
Great vídeo,thank you!
Beautiful guitar!
I recently installed an FU Tone Trem stabilizer and a graphite nut/string tree combo. I can use the bar now, within reason (I don't do crazy VH/Vai dives), and it stays in tune great.
Great video! Thanks!
I like making the middle tone pot a master tone control and adding a blend pot for the bridge and neck pickup in hole #3. Tone control on every pickup and the neck/bridge combinations.
You are awesome, thankyou I learnt so much.
Thank you!!
I'd never heard of that tone mod, but I love it. May look into getting that done on mine.
It’s super easy!
Really enjoyed this Jeff!
Thanks you!
Thank you for sharing your abundant knowledge. Beautiful guitar, monstrous tones, and tasteful playing, as well. For myself, the one thing that made a huge difference for me tonally with my Strat was adding an Ibanez Tube Screamer to my board - gain off and level Dimed. Really fattened it up. Then when I added a Wampler Ego Compressor right before the TS (half dry/half compressed on the blend), it was tonal Nirvana. Also, rolling back the treble and volume smooths things out considerably, as Jeff pointed out. I play with the pickups in position 4 80 to 90% of the time (bridge pickup being position 1). I have no problem with the Fender Gen IV noiseless pickups I have on the guitar. They sound fabulous. I hate noise and I think the listeners do, as well.
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Thanks for this. I'm going to check out your truefire channel.👍
Thanks!! Don’t forget to check out www.jmguitarlessons.com for all my new courses and masterclasses!
Great information &lesson I have modified my Fender Mexican Stratocaster with Fender Hot Noiseless pickups No 60 cycle hum and Now I'm A proud owner of a New Fender Custom Shop Eric Clapton Signature Stratocaster with Fender Vintage Noiseless Pickups TBX tone circuit etc You get what you pay for When you Modify a Stratocaster then you have a Great Stratocaster
I'm always surprised how Eric Johnson sets his bass and mids so high on his Fenders. Bright switch engaged too. I wouldn't like that sound myself, but he sounds great. The way Jeff does it is cool and i do that too. It took me years to get a good tone out of everything, especially your favorite rig. Pickups settings and pots, etc help, but knowing how to use it is invaluable.
Good to see you looking well and recovered from the COVID. Studying your new course ATM. Best wishes from Australia
Thanks! The COVID wasn’t too bad fortunately!
@@creamydistortion Sorry? Can you speak English please
Dialing for Dollars. This is like tuning in your first color TV in the ‘60’s. Strats & color television are necessities today.
Otto Mann is my favourite Strat player, great video 👍🏼
Sweet video man! I enjoy your content.
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Having just come back from a rehearsal where my Strat tone was criticised (by the drummer, if you please!) this has been very useful. Thanks Jeff.
Ha! Drummers… 😉 Glad I could help!
You made me wanna get to know my middle pickup. Nice tips, thanks a lot.
Do it!! 😂
Thanks for this Jeff. Getting the Strat to sound equally consistently good as my humbucker guitars has always been a challenge for me. But these things you bring up here have been good choices also in my experience. One thing I've found is when you share your amp and pedalboard with both a humbucker equipped guitar and a single coil one, it might be useful to set your amp to be optimal for the humbucker guitar and have an overdrive pedal that you dedicate to your single coil guitar. In that way you can get that bite or push of the amp that you more easily get with the humbuckers also with the single coil. Cheers, Thor
Excellent suggestion Thor!
It's mostly strat/tele single coils against P90s in my case. I use a booster pedal which helps to bring the other single coil guitars up to the same level as the P90-equipped ones without adding more drive/distortion.
I know my L Sensor Strat will never be as loud as my 496/500 pup equipped L Paul. But each is a different tool and has its job. 3 color L Sensors and a TBX knob gives a lot of sound variety. And the L Paul with loud,hard pick ups and using Daddario EXL140 lite top heavy bottom gives the Paul it's own sonic territory the Strat can't cover as well.
Subbed….. bunch of Strats and one Tele here in my bedroom studio 💛🎸🎸🎸🎸
Fantastic video sir.
Thank you Sir!!
Thanks Jeff Great Video!
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Man, that Highlands tone!
I agree with getting to know your Strat. Some guys are " just into gear " they don't play very well.
I see most real good guitar players don't have many guitars at all.
And I've never heard of the bridge tone mod as you explained it makes complete sense ,so thank you I will implement this mod on my strat.
Glad I could help! I know it’s all relative but I have relatively few guitars because it stresses me out, also I like to connect with that particular instrument.
Just got my first strat in December, so thanks for this video. Still learning it, as I have always been a Gibson guy. But there's nothing like a strat sound... especially by a person who knows how to get the most out of it.
Best of luck. They are very different as you know …
@@JeffMcErlain Definitely! I will say, there's nothing that compares to a Strat tuned down to Eb... it's a thing of beauty.
Really cool lesson.
Thanks!
I personally like having one tone for the neck and middle, and another for just the bridge, because when using position 2 I can dial in more of the bridge and less of the middle and get a tone I prefer more.
I'm with you on your specific desire to only use the whammy bar in a small way. But, there are places for more tonal adjustments, and a 2 point bridge, or similar, is more reliable than a 6. there are places for dives, not only for show, but for a sound. 6 points rarely measure up. Love the channel, prosit!
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Alway good my Jeff my friend !
Thanks Beve!!
My Squier CV 50s has a tone control for the bridge pickup, and another for the neck and middle. Works well, but I'm thinking of wiring all three pickups to one tone control, and fitting a switch or blend pot in the vacant position. I fitted a treble bleed circuit, and generally play with the volume as low as 5, with plenty of spare capacity to drive the amp just by turning the volume control up. This makes it easy to gig with just a Strat, a lead and a reverb-equipped amp. No pedals needed. Like Jeff's, my six-screw bridge holds tune just fine and I set it pretty much the same. I think six-screw bridges sound better than two-point trems.
Great video .. I rewired my 65 reissue to have the tone control on the bridge pick-up .. it worked but somehow it works on the middle pickup too.. so I now have tone control on all of the pickups .. don’t know how I did that. ❤
I really found this vid helpful. I have 1 us standard with fat 60s 2 mex one with SD JB pups and the other Antique surf II a GL S500 and a 500 deluxe and a partscaster. So I have some scope to experiment.
I installed Ulbrick NRS for noise reduction in my strat and it works really great- no tone loss!!!!
Excellent. I have the backplate on my other Strat. Not familiar with this one! I’ll check it out.
Strats are my favourite guitar by far !
Me too… I think… 😅
Great lesson!
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That’s a glorious Strat