Review Demo - Fender Ed O'Brien Stratocaster
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With his Rorschach blots of tone color and phantasmal phrasing and ambient tones, Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien can be a pretty painterly musician. And really, it’s neither an exaggeration nor a surprise to say that his new signature Stratocaster often feels like a cross between paintbrush and guitar (as well as some alien lyre). Its shape-shifting potency comes from a Fernandes Sustainer system that extends the Stratocaster’s basic sound palette dramatically. And at times, it plays and sounds like a different instrument altogether-even while feeling as comfortable, inviting, and expressive in all the ways a Stratocaster should.
But the best thing about the Ed O’Brien is the way it prompts invention and makes you rethink your own playing. Maximizing its potential takes sensitivity, an open mind, and a little practice. And occasionally you might have to bend to the instrument’s will as much as your own. But the musical payoffs for such open-mindedness can be huge. In the right hands, and with the right mindset, the Ed O’Brien Stratocaster is a very powerful musical tool.
The Fernandes Sustainer system is not a new invention. It’s appeared on Fernandes’ own line of sustainer guitars and is available as a kit. Like an EBow, it uses a battery-driven source of magnetic energy-in the neck pickup-to vibrate the strings from beneath.
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I feel like watching John's reviews are pointless because you know he is going to make it sound awesome, it's a given.
Not sure if anyone gives a shit but if you're stoned like me atm you can stream all of the new movies and series on instaflixxer. I've been binge watching with my girlfriend for the last months =)
@Jon Uriah yup, been using instaflixxer for since december myself :)
I’m mostly surprised that it stays in tune so well despite the tremolo dive ins
Joe, you’re freaking amazing!
The nicest dude ever!
As always a great review, detailed, knowledgeable and keeps it interesting.
It's always such a pleasure to watch you play John! If you could only put half of what you know into an envelope and mail it to me, I would be delighted! This guitar also caught my eye when it first came out, and I really wish I could add it to my collection; it's also striking in white.
AS ALWAYS , ANOTHER AMAZING VIDEO BY JOHN !!!
I think I just found my dream guitar.
Carl Kellner It’s wonderful
I know pair it with a good amp and some modulation effects and its everything u want
Yay Ed O'Brian. I love Radiohead. Great demo as always :)
Groovy hippie Brien*
#metoo or wait... :P
Same here, nice profile pic :)
Great review John! Thanks a lot and greets from The Netherlands! :)
That smile told me everything I needed to know
She's fantastic, a great instrument and a variety of beautiful sounds!!!
Man you rocked that guitar in this review!!!...it so great to hear someone playing the thing in the right way!!!. Congratulations on your playing!!!!
I mean… it’s an Ed O’Brien strat… how is it “being played in the right way”? Doesn’t sound much like Radiohead in the demo, honestly.
@@julianhyde1645 Playing it the right way = playing clean on the mid pickup and dirty on the bridge pickup. Don't be a pedantic dumbass.
If I had a million dollars I would buy everything you review.and when you put the dirt in the thing with that Texas special made me go back in to a Texas flood song I heard a long time ago but whatever you play sounds great.in the world of guitar I love those sounds you play.peace
Awesome John. killer Slide work bro !!
Beethoven! Love it mate. Getting one of these for sure. Greets from the UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
9:52 ”cool-tool” is the best thing i’ve ever heard
Great video John. I liked how you used the slide at the end.
This is a guitar I've been curious about for a while, and I'll be getting one when they're available in Canada.
Mitch Ross they're available from. Long and McQuade. Or Tom lee now.
I'm not sure about Tom Lee because I live in eastern Canada, but L&M still have not listed them on the website. Cosmo Music has them listed as coming soon for $1,499.
I want to put my hands on one before I buy just to make sure it's right for me, but I would have no problems ordering from Tom Lee Music (visited one of the Vancouver stores when I was there in 2015) or even Steve's and Axe Music all of whom I've dealt with before.
I went in to L&M in Toronto and they can order one in 6 weeks, but like you, i'm skeptical of buying a guitar without having tested it. i tried a standard strat with an identical neck profile for the feel, but i'm still worried about the larger frets.
The larger frets aren't an issue for me, but I understand how they would be for some people. Especially if you're used to standard strats.
I really want to make sure this guitar fits what I'm doing, and the direction I'm going musically.
They'll be in soon enough. I guess.
awsome and just lovely
damn good job John
I’m sold!
I'm glad you are reviewing this because you are the only dynamic guitarist on you tube. I really am interested in this guitar for it 's capabilities.
The neck profile is from a '56 Stratocaster. 10/56 'V'. Read any traveler invoice from a custom shop 1956 Stratocaster and that's the profile listed.
Timothy Olyphant plays guitar also!?! I loved him in Justified!!! (LOL)
billy bob thornton could play this guy slightly in the future in a movie
This guitar just moved into my G.A.S list. As a textural guitarist ive been waiting for something like this. Fender once again doing it right!
Fender stealing the technology from Fernades, who make great guitars too, but ya, I am coveting this one too
@@brianmyers986 almost forgot about Fernades. They make a Sustainer too. I've heard theirs is the best against the competition.
This IS a Fernandes sustainer.
John, I have one of these EOB Strats too, and it took some tweaking to get it to work well. 1. the nut wasn't cut right and the neck needed a truss rod adjust, so it had crummy action. 2. The battery was reverse grounded so it was sucking battery even when not plugged in. 3. there is a little pot inside that back cavity to control the strength of the sustainer (as well as pickup height adj). As it is now, this guitar plays great as a 'Strat' and it can even sustain chords quite well *clean*. I often practice with it plugged-in but un-amplified. And that sweet, sweet neck profile and the 10" radius is perfect, and is what sold me on it initially. This is a lifetime keeper for me.
Ivor Thomas hi ivor, you comment on reverse grounding worries me. Nearly bought one of these today.... How much extra is going to cost to put one right?
@@z101dc1 I spent about $80 for all of that. My luthier dude is awesome. You may get lucky and not need ANY of this stuff. It's a killer Strat. I kept the EOB and swapped my new FSR roasted Strat (that cost twice as much) for a Reverend Eastsider S.
9.5" radius
@@DelScully right... even better 😎
I have gone through 3 different EOBs and have had problems with all of them. Any recommendations?
Issues across all three:
1. High action(issues here still after adjusting)
2. Poor intonation
3. Buzzing noise that is not fret buss or pick up hum
4. The strings sound muted and muffled despite putting new strings on
5. Overall the guitar is not
6. Pickguard not flat to body of the guitar,
7. The tuning machines on all three guitars were terrible, They slip then suddenly pop into place and are so sensitive that it is very easy to overshoot the targeted pitch.
I don't want to give up on owning an EOB but that might be what I do. For the price, this guitar really should be made with better materials. I am not impressed by the feel or the sound of the pickups other than the ability to sustain with the Fernandez Sustainer pickup. I do dig the neck shape although I believe it needs a complete overhaul in order to play right.
Just ordered one of these bad boys.
You digging it?
Radiohead is the greatest band of all time in my opinion, and I can’t decide if I want to get one of these or an American professional Strat
If you mostly play Radiohead and those kind with similar music, get this instead.
You really must like the guitar. It's the second review that I've seen you do. The MIM strats are no slouch to the American ones either. My MIM plays great. Plays just as good as my American custom shop one. I'll have to check one out.
with a proper set up they are literally just as good!
I had my MIM strat set up properly by the store when I bought it and it’s killer!
Damn, nice piece
Emely Galvan that's what she said 😏
I'm so glad I bought this guitar :D
I want one.
I WANT THAT GUITAR
so cool that it has his tattoo on it too!
Will the sustainer works if you use the bridge pickup, its a newbie question sorry ... nice review!
Yes it works on the bridge
the middle and bridge pickups are bypassed with you turn on the Fernandez Sustainer pickup.
Nice demo, was waiting for the ionic Paranoid Android riff.
I was considering getting this but as I tried it, the sustainer just don’t react the way you would anticipate when using an e-bow. You have more control with e-bow. Also with using e-bow, you don’t need to swap a proper strat sound. And e-bow is cheaper if you are after that kind of sound. And you can use it with other guitars you have. But this will make rock and roll crazy sounds I give you that.
I like John. He’s a guitar player I’d like to hang out with as a guitar player
Strat’s hate me. They just sound so thin compared to what I’m used to but I’m really digging this. I just wish I could try one first. None of the GC’s in the Bay Area seem to have them.
louderthangod I know this is a year old comment but I just started working at GC and if you call in they can check inventory on any store in the country and get it shipped to your local location
thick sound!!
Good review !...But 1 little hiccup. The Kramer Floyd Rose Sustainer was first. I've had one since '88. Fernandez bought the patent.....
I would have thought Fernandez was around before that...
Nice feedback the whole recording haha. Love this guitar though
That dude can play the guitar, damn!
I always wonder if you could put the sustainer pickup in the middle and have a standard pickup at neck position? I would prefer to lose middle pickup sound than the neck pickup. Just curious. Love the combo of JB and Texas specials!
it still works as a normal pickup when off, it doesn't sound like a traditional neck strat but it gets the job done.
seanp777 Won’t work. Sustainers have to be as close to the neck as possible to do their thing.
the sustainer pickup works best in the neck position
06:36 es como un sistema activo?
Can i just leave the sustainer on for lots of note duration on clean parts? Basically manufacturing extra instrument sustain?
that Strat is thinking "can I change name and be a Bollinger instead?"
I keep reading the high E is so close to the edge it falls off if you not careful
Flower of life, not tree of life.amazing guitar
Great playing. I find the ebow to be better sounding tonally for the whole feedback thing.
one string only on an ebow though, and they are a bit more difficult to use.. still awesome though.. now imagine this and an ebow together ahah
Great, you saved $1,100 bucks
The appeal here is that you can pretty seamlessly switch from regular guitar to sustain and back again, whereas with an Ebow you really have to set up the sound and guitar for Ebow - a pretty clean sound.
Help! I bought this guitar after seeing this vid. I’ve done a decent set up on it, but… it’s barely sustaining! In octave mode I can get it, but not consistently. It’s a fight to get sustain. Natural and harmonic mode don’t sustain at all so I’m really missing out on the versatility it offers.
I’ve changed the battery, adjusted pickup heights to suit and sorted the intonation. Still feels really ‘stiff’ though.
Has anyone else had this problem? Advice??
I wonder why professional guitar promoters rarely play riffs from the signature musicians when demo-ing their signature models?
32DorBust there's a video on the fender channel of Ed himself playing it if that's what you want
What's the point? You shouldn't be buying this guitar to play Radiohead stuff, you should make your own music, like Ed encourages people to.
For real, they aren't even showing off the guitar the way it could be played...
@@Deathshuck exactly!
Well I think John is a fanastic guitar player, just to show you all kinds of stuff. But yeah sometimes I wonder too. Would be great to hear Airbag on this guitar, wouldn't it?
wow thats nice '
Killer Playin' Man!!
I need this haha
What is the title of the intro? Can anyone drop it! sounds really cool thoo!
nyeves name ode an die freude! Beethoven
Beethoven's 9th symphony
I understand the sustainer and will be getting this guitar in a day or two but I don't understand why they wired it so that only the bridge pickup is active when the sustainer is on? Seems like an arbitrary limitation?!
Lane arndt they would have to put the “ebowish” sustainer in every pickup, which would Make every humbucker the size oh a humbucker and a half.
That is how the sustain pickups is designed to run. This is not a Fender design choice
It needs a higher output pickup. Fender single coils don't cut it...
03:00 por que dice 9 voltios?
Alaan Placencia usa una batería para la pastilla del brazo
Almost can get it sound like a theremin saweet!
Man, JB can play his ass off.
My very good friend, killer guitarist Mr Check this Strat out Y'all it was used by Randy Bachman on AMERICAN WOMAN when it was a hand held E-BOW...
Cejuela nut de plástico? La pila 🔋 se gasta y queda inservible la guitarra dependes de la pila para que suene . Esto es un gasto considerable. Y no esta ampantallada? 😢
Great guitar player
I like it
Ira cruz lead guitar color orange and black all lead ira
If it's good enough for Zappa... It's good enough for me
0:45 what is that technique called?
i believe its pinch harmonics.
Pre- "silver fox" era.
i Browse its weird because John the Grey will prove he has more power than ever. This is merely his old shadow fighting before it disappeared.
i like it
Why does Fender keep making staggered pole piece pups that were designed for a different time? Rarely do players use a wound G string, and the neck radius has gotten larger. This can be fixed, but why do we have to?
But thanks, John, for a great video.
custom model?
Because this is what's giving Stratocasters that very specific sound ;-) ( in part, of course)
Only the middle pickup is staggered. Don't be a hater
JME WILLIAMS So it is this guitar, because it’s the only fender pick up in it
Jesus, have to use a wound G on a Strat. Unwound creates all sorts of atonal harmonics. Wound is much more musical.
Dude… for what it’s worth, I bought this guitar today because of you. Excellent review.
Just happened to have your '55 there huh?
This strat is build for everything that the video guy did not do with it
This is a really interestingly built Strat! The bridge pickup is hot and excels with the dirty tones, as well as being beautiful played clean. The Texas Special middle pickup is reverse wound, so it reduces hum/noise significantly and the Texas specials in general are incredibly nice pickups (although only really for clean tones and light overdrive at the most. I installed a full set on my Strat and they sounded horrible with any serious distortion. Ended up putting the stock pickups back in after a while because they handle distortion far better), then the sustainer pickup seems to really boot the others. After all, who the hell uses a neck pickup on a Strat anyway? Might as well switch it out for an augmentation.
For a lot of people, the neck pu is the only one they use on a Strat.
flower of life not tree, two different things
Ode to Joy ala Orange! Real horrorshow O my droog!
Music to tolchok chelloveks to!
Neck is massive, or I’d have bought one already
Does anyone here own this guitar? I want user feedback as I am seriously interested in it, but not sure with the sustainer function and extra knobs. I would appreciate honest feedback, any comment would be highly valuable. Thanks.
Edge used on without you
If someone can vouch if this is a full on strat I am gonna buy it this Easter. Does it have a the usual strat neck pickup glassy jangle, 4th position chime, 2nd position quack (like Sultans of Swing) and bridge pickup bite/twang for country? I am looking to buy this strictly for clean stuff and to play just one song using the sustainer (U2 WOWY) as I already have a Les Paul for more heavy work. Please don't recommend an Ebow as it's clumsy and I dont like Fernandes guitars. What I need is a full on Fender Strat that sounds like a usual strat with the sustainer system already installed.
E Franklin I’m the same man, been looking for a strat to play WOWY. If you’re into U2 you won’t be able to play All I want is you the way Edge plays because he goes up to the 22nd fret and this only has 21
I want to see a response to this.
Just thought I’d come back and say Edge is actually using it on tour
I've been playing guitar for 24 years and would consider myself certainly a proficient player, but I know zero about the technical aspects of the actual guitar, and so my question: What on earth is a neck radius?
It's the curvature of the fretboard, from low string to high string. Lower radius numbers, such as a 7.25 radius, means more curvature. Higher radius numbers, such as 9.5, have less curvature. Some guitar types, such as most classical guitars, have a flat fretboard with no curvature. Radius, along with other factors, makes a very big difference in how a guitar will feel and play in one's hand.
I hate to have to tell you, but that’s not a 55 Strat with a clownburst like that... maybe a 55 neck on a 65 body?
Tool...
So... could anyone lend me whatever this guitar costs???
bravvooooo
sorry for this, but that neck pickup just sounds like total shit to me before the sustainer function is turned on... the last thing I want is for it to last forever. none of the notes together are identifiable to me with gain added.
Then it is not for you
If you swallow your gum you can blow bubbles when you fart.
if a guitar can make a man smile, it means the guitar is good
Ode to Joy? Close. Why do those terrible six-point vibrato bridges still show up on Fenders?
Very nice....but 21 frets just pisses me right off.
because you use the 22 fret so much, most people dont do much past the 15th ahah
There's no money up there
you speak for the lazy
Buy an Ibanez
can always replace the neck, if you go to companies like warmoth you might even be able to get 24!
Muttha visnu!
5:17 it almost sounds like pride and joy
It was :-)
Why only 21 frets? It is hardly a vintage correct instrument... silly.
JAJAJAJA woww Niceeeeeee
Basically - this is a JACKSON PC-1, I owned one (with a fender neck) Same crap, but the PC-1 was beautiful- 24-fret (rare wood)/ no dots/ flame maple body all round/ gold hardware.
Another Strat with different electronics. GROUNDBREAKING!!!!
Bobby Bob how far can you take a guitar?
It’s a signature guitar.
Are you stupid?
shoegaze machine
That was my thinking, it's odd to hear this being used to play blues and rock riffs when it was clearly designed for something ambient.
Dylan Bourque I’ve already heard dozens of reviews playing ambient chords with tons of reverb on this guitar so it’s nice to see that this guitar can do everything else too
Congratulations on completely missing the point of this guitar [slow hand clap]
agreed
Trey from Phish has been playing it for months on tour now. It's not a guitar with a specific point. It's a versatile guitar and *that* is the point.
And... made in Mexico. Nothing says Brit rock like a US company making a guitar in Mexico. And selling it at US guitar prices!!! Go Fender!
What an awful review
came to hear the sustain not a bunch of overdone blues runs, the chops are meh. play some good ringing chords, doesnt havta be radiohead but this stunk, sounds like bad satriani impressions lol.
Gimmicky! Just a built in fuzz/octavia circuit!
It's more an e-bow circuit. It's an added electromagnet, not any kind of fuzz or octavia
It is literally so far from an Octavia or fuzz that I have no clue if you are serious or not.