I own two, a stock pink one as shown here and the newer white one that I've swapped EMGs into to sort of emulate the newer Charvel setups that Marco Sfogli uses. If anybody has been considering one and is on the fence, just go for it and you won't regret it. Easily one of my favorite guitars for the money, next to the Ibanez genesis series (also highly recommended for people looking for a top notch Japanese-made guitar without paying the Prestige prices).
But seriously! What a pleasure to just kick back and soak it in! This young prodigy, plays new modern vintage instruments in a vintage playing style....if that makes any sense whatsoever!!😂 One glorious hss Strat after another, each more wallet-grabbing worthy than the last...played through an impeccable amp - the Dirty Shirley! - and all by a young player of such competence and talent, that'd put 98.5% of seasoned professionals simultaneously on their tippy toes and their back feet... A thoroughly enjoyable quarter of an hour, thank you Jack!👏👏👏👏👏
Too bad ... really no shooting out here. How about feels, differences, pros/cons, good/bad. The Peach is a little over ripe and precious - come on and stick the neck out a little. This was a pitless review.
It's certainly the lowest price of all the HSS guitars in this demo. I own on in Atomic Orange. It's so much fun to play it and the sounds/tones I can get out of it are spot on for my style of rock and roll playing! Still trying to find a use for the split coil on the humbucker, but it's a good problem to have.
Interesting. Great guitars got so affordable these days, that is so impressive. They probably differ by feel and some sound details, of which many will further be an equation of the rest of your gear. Which boils down to individual preferences. I'd probably be happy with any of them. I remember hunting down those roasted maple necks a few years ago, for the feel, the stability and that extra zing they have. You should get the one, that inspires you the most! :)
@@tomthumb4325 Im currently making the same decision. Very hard. Fender is more moddable...thats what's making it hard. I dont know how easy it will be to replace the trem on the Schecter
Tried a Charvel Pro Mod but ended up buying a Schecter Nick Johnson Trad HSS Diamond Series. It's a real quality guitar, amazingly comfortable neck, great fret job. A breeze to play. Pickups sound great. It feels like a 2K guitar. Also tried an Ibanez AZ242, didn't like it. Not as classy as the Schecter
This fellow is wrong for these demos haha. He makes everything sound incredible. That's some seriously tasty playing. Almost didn't care about the guitars. Thoroughly enjoyed this video.
the Schecter appeals to me partly due to it having only one volume and one tone control and the fact that the volume control is placed further away from the high E string for comfortable picking etc.
I'm gonna be real with you, I did a Warmoth build, where I only had 1 Volume Control in the middle Tone spot. I constantly hit that thing. The 2 control layout is super limiting. With 3 knobs, you can have Passive Treble and Bass control.
@@9unslin9er As long as the volume is not as close as it is on a Strat then I have not got a problem with hitting it. I own a Starfield guitar where there are only two control knobs ( Volume and Tone) and the volume knob on the guitar isn't really close to the high 'E' string and the layout suits me just fine.
@@9unslin9er some of us never, ever, touch tone controls. It can be argued we should, but i just dont want to and i dont care if im missing out on tones
I've had the Charvel since last year, and it's been an excellent gigging machine. Very versatile, and the middle position has been surprisingly useful for a more twangy, almost Gretsch-like sound. Due to their fairly high output, the single coils have a somewhat compressed sound, which works well in a busy band context. The tuning stability is close to Floyd Rose level, even when I really hammer it.
Hi Stuart. Did you make.any adjustments or change any hardware on the charvel to achieve that tuning stability? I'm really considering getting one but I've heard a lot of complaints about the tuning stability issues.
@@sh3zad690 My Charvel is completely stock. All I do is, when changing strings, add a little dab of Big Bends Nut Sauce to every point of friction along each string - where the ball end lodges at the back of the trem block, where the string emerges on the other side, where it crosses the saddle, in the nut slot, and finally under the string trees. I do that on all my non-locking trem guitars, and I can get even a vintage Strat trem to be pretty stable. To be honest, I'm surprised people are having tuning problems seeing as this guitar has a Gotoh 510 bridge and locking tuners. Short of a Floyd, that's as stable as you're going to get.
@@StuartNevilleBooks not because it has a gotoh 510 but because you nut sauced the heck out of it at every friction point where strings touch the hardware, that is really the only way to get it really stable if you go crazy with the bar. every trem that is not a double lock system will have that "problem".
The ibanez sound very pristine and modern which i have fallen in love recently, enough with the vintage -ness. The schecter sounded fatter and bigger than a typical strat....loved it too...but then again, its all about the player ofcourse.!!
I like the Johnston. Roasted neck, cool ring inlays, volume knob out of the way and flat fret board. DK24 is awesome too, but it pushes the neck pickup back too much and seeing into the pickup cavities might give me OCD. I am too boomer for the Ibanez, but it sounded great.
Agreed, its so smooth to play. I feel its the most appealing aesthetically too. especially if you look at its price. I got mine for a steal too. So happy with it.
@@HiMyNameIzJake How are you finding the flatter radius? were you a standard Strat player before? I am used to Gibson necks, so I am not sure how this one would feel for me. Want one so badly though!! Looks like my dream Strat
I bought the Schecter NJ Diamond Series in SSS/Atomic Green. The neck is slim but for some reason it feels so great at the same time. It's pleasing to the hand despite the slim profile- I dunno how they do it. This is important because it has a vintage type tone that blooms so it makes the player want to hang onto a note with some vibrato. Also the frets come almost perfect out of the box. They're well shaped and pretty smooth. It makes for easy and enjoyable bends and vibrato.The combination of those frets and the flat ebony board make playing it as easy as a Les Paul. The neck pickup especially is the star of the tonal show- so much depth to it. They seem to run about 8lbs so be prepared for that.
Interesting, I have seen some people complain about the flat radius. I am a Gibson player, so am wondering how I might get on with one of these. I worry about the thin neck making the tone weaker...but it does sound great in this video. Other than that, it looks like my ideal Strat. Would probably get the SSS version.
All four guitars sounded good but very different from each other. Different pickups and woods will give you different tones. The amp was high end, so all four guitars are good in there own way. 👍nice demo and playing.
The Schecter i find the most appealing with the roasted neck and has the versatility with the coil split. Personally I feel strats look awkward with a humbucker. That Friedman is a beast of an amp
Craig Thomson It’s just not for me. All my strats are SSS for my own personnel taste. I have an HSS which is an Xotic XSC 2 which I feel is fine for the humbucker. Just my taste is all
Great playing. Strat and Schecter sound great. I don't know why I am surprised at the Strat sounding so well, even on its humbucker, LOL! Your playing is great, as well, really. To anyone out there who might have any of these: how's the tuning stability? I'm honestly interested in all 4 of these guitars, but I'm partial to the 22 frets ones in this pickup configuration (so, not that interested in the Charvel, although still interested to know about tuning stability because I'm interested in the DK24 HH and DK22 SSS models). The Ibanez looks amazing, the Fender looks rather blah, though.
2:51 fender neck pickup 2:56 fender neck and middle 3:06 middle and bridge position 3:17 fender bridge 3:40 fender neck dirty 9:22 Charvel neck pickup 9:45 Charvel neck and middle 10:07 Charvel middle 10:23 Charvel bridge and mid 10:41 Charvel bridge Edit: everytime I listen to the Charvel I'm like, damn that sounds good. But then when I switch to the fender, it is just magic.
Ibanez was great. Fender did sound most fendery. Charvel and Schecter lacked the strattiness of the others. Surprised the Ibanez was as close to vintage strat as it was, though not exact.
I actually own all these guitars except my Ibanez az is a Prestige - the charvel is hands down the best of the bunch and that pains me with how expensive the Ibanez was
These are all so good. I expected to like the Schecter the best, and I liked it the least (and it's still great). I expected to like the Fender the least, and it's right up there with the best. I really liked that shaw bucker on the Strat, and those singles. It was round and rich. The Charvel was a slightly tighter, more modern and a little more versatile version of the same thing. The Ibanez seemed to perfectly straddle the line between them, really hitting that sweet spot. It makes me thing that possibly the best of ALL worlds would be that Charvel with the Ibanez electronics, or at *least* the pickups. That kinda seems the ultimate vintage/modern hybrid. I really wish that Duncan offered those Hyperions in the aftermarket, or at least w/ white bobbins. I think that the closest to them might be the Duncan TB-4s?
I had the Schecter Nj in SSS configuration, the neck is fantastic, but the bridge is not very good (not very responsive) - I thought about installing a Gotoh 510 in it but unfortunately the body is too shallow for the block (or any other for that matter), the body is quite heavy as well so lacks balance so I sold it. The Az is really well made but I just find the neck too big for my taste The Fender sounded good
I have a Charvel DK24 HH (I also have a Strat and a Sire), I've owned lots of guitars over the years but nothing makes me just want to play like the Charvel does! The back of the guitar is a work of art, the neck is a joy to play, it almost feels like it's alive when I'm playing it, it makes you want to play harder, faster, turn the amp up louder, grit your teeth and just go with it! I've had guitars that cost three times as much but they weren't half as good, enough said 🙂🤘. (make sure you turn the tone knob off ten though, I have mine at nine, it makes a world of difference).
I can vouch for the dk24 hh too. The guitar is so dang playable. I didn't like the pickups it came with (i'm not a modern metal guy), so I swapped in some SD Saturday Night Specials. I'm probably going to pick up an hss version because I already know how much I get along with the neck. Also agree with the tone knob. It's just too much when fully bypassed, so I also keep mine at 9
So true man got my 1st Charvel DK24 HH Clorine Burst. I swear I'm playing 3 times faster and better... So versatile also with the parallel switch , easily my fav guitar I've played.
That Schecter sounded great, especially considering it cost $500-600 less than the Fender and Ibanez. This video may have made my decision for me. I really want an Ibanez AZ but it’s almost twice the price.
@@WolfPackM98c thats odd here u can find them used super cheap plus ibanez has alot more extras while the schecter just is like every other indonesian strat no brand name pickuosnmade in asia and such
@@SOYUSE the hyperions are just pegasus and sentient rebranded and slightly changed in the voicing but if u want that combo in another guiotar get a pegasus and sentient
These are not my types of guitars until Jack demos them. I've watched a hundred Wildwood guitar demos with Greg Koch, and there's something about Jack never ever playing the same phrase twice? This playing is the ultimate sales pitch. I'm starting to sound like a real fanboy so I'll stop here, plus I'm sure Peach knows what the hell they're doing. I'll choose the Charvel today Peach, let me get my card,... bastards.😂😂
The Charvel is packed with upgrades. I mean pretty much everything but the strap buttons are upgraded. Killer guitar that seems pretty versatile. I ordered the snow white version of that pink one tonight. Interested to see if I like how hot that bridge pickup is. If I don't, it will get swapped out with a PAF with a gold cover most likely
Got mine a couple weeks ago too, mostly because of the playing in this video. Very happy as well. Very versatile guitar. For anyone wanting it to sound more like Fender, it has high output, roll of the tone knob to about 8-9, and roll the volume down to 5-6 and itll sound sparkly like a fender!
@@Vestu i found the tone of the premium a tad more shrill than prestige, but honestly its not a huge difference and its more due to the prestige having Fortuna pickups as opposed to Hyperion. I also wanted a more traditionally strat looking guitar with a rosewood board. I would say for the most part, the premium knocks it out of the park and you dont need to upgrade, but I found a prestige on the secondary market for a great price
I actually prefer the MIJ Fender and like the AZ the least. I had an AZ and I thought it actually kinda sounded muddy. Had too many quirks to it that eventually made me send it back. I'd love to try one of those Charvels though.
Fender: classic sparkly cleans & aggressive overdrive Schecter: a bit warmer cleans than fender & nice dramatic edgy tone when overdriven Charvel: nice warm cleans & classic rock tones when overdriven Ibanez: nice warm balanced cleans and overdrive tones (maybe the most versatile guitar) p.s. great playing mate! Very inspiring :)
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This Dude is a superb player
Jack is the goat
Charvel. The color, the sound, the neck. Perfect
agreed
His playing was stellar on it.
I own two, a stock pink one as shown here and the newer white one that I've swapped EMGs into to sort of emulate the newer Charvel setups that Marco Sfogli uses. If anybody has been considering one and is on the fence, just go for it and you won't regret it. Easily one of my favorite guitars for the money, next to the Ibanez genesis series (also highly recommended for people looking for a top notch Japanese-made guitar without paying the Prestige prices).
@@kevroyo I also have the pink one. It is such a great guitar isn't it?
The Charvel is so nice. Honestly the Nick Johnston plays and sounds so bad I was shocked how bad it was.
Neck:
- Schecter - 5:22
- Charvel - 9:22
- Ibanez - 13:38
4th:
- Schecter - 5:52
- Charvel - 9:46
- Ibanez - 13:49
Middle:
- Schecter - 6:03
- Charvel (neck/bridge outer coil) - 10:06
- Ibanez - 14:03
The real winner is the viewers. Superbly done!
Keep coming back here for this guy's beautiful playing
But seriously! What a pleasure to just kick back and soak it in! This young prodigy, plays new modern vintage instruments in a vintage playing style....if that makes any sense whatsoever!!😂
One glorious hss Strat after another, each more wallet-grabbing worthy than the last...played through an impeccable amp - the Dirty Shirley! - and all by a young player of such competence and talent, that'd put 98.5% of seasoned professionals simultaneously on their tippy toes and their back feet...
A thoroughly enjoyable quarter of an hour, thank you Jack!👏👏👏👏👏
Can I get some of whatever you're on please.
@@JeighNeither Hahaha, you got me with truth there my dude!
Finally some guitars that we mortals can afford...
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My lord, some great playing here.
I was hoping to hear your opinion on how they feel compared to one another.
Too bad ... really no shooting out here. How about feels, differences, pros/cons, good/bad. The Peach is a little over ripe and precious - come on and stick the neck out a little. This was a pitless review.
@@willgo7898 exactly......instead of a real review we get a show-off
Very hard to justify these guitars when you are that good. You can make every guitar sound good.
The Johnston all day long for me - looks great, sounds great
Got 2 of the NJ schecters ,hss atomic frost & sss atomic absolutely love them
@@slickfingerstratman I’m thinking of getting the Atomic Coral SSS.
Fender player and performer though... especially performer, slightly more expensive ofc
It's certainly the lowest price of all the HSS guitars in this demo. I own on in Atomic Orange. It's so much fun to play it and the sounds/tones I can get out of it are spot on for my style of rock and roll playing! Still trying to find a use for the split coil on the humbucker, but it's a good problem to have.
Amazing demos, thanx!!!
My heart goes to the Ibanez 💜, but I have to admit that the Schecter sounds great as well! 😊
Stellar playing again. Loved the AZ
Interesting. Great guitars got so affordable these days, that is so impressive. They probably differ by feel and some sound details, of which many will further be an equation of the rest of your gear. Which boils down to individual preferences. I'd probably be happy with any of them. I remember hunting down those roasted maple necks a few years ago, for the feel, the stability and that extra zing they have. You should get the one, that inspires you the most! :)
that MIJ fender strat is my way to go, its the true single coil tone that somehow can't be replaced by any other brands
I'd love to hear a full review of the Charvel Pro Mod DK22 SSS guitar at some point... please, make it happen. ;)
That schecter sounded the best to me
good I bought that one
for sure bang for buck and ibanez for overall.
@@jerryjohnson575 me too haha
@@jerryjohnson575 nice looking guitar would you recommend over a fender player
@@tomthumb4325 Im currently making the same decision. Very hard. Fender is more moddable...thats what's making it hard. I dont know how easy it will be to replace the trem on the Schecter
The Schecter smoked all... and I own a Charvel Pro-Mod myself.
Don’t know... I always get the feeling that the fretboard is to flat. Every time I see someone playing the schecter, it doesn’t seem to breathe
Tried a Charvel Pro Mod but ended up buying a Schecter Nick Johnson Trad HSS Diamond Series. It's a real quality guitar, amazingly comfortable neck, great fret job. A breeze to play. Pickups sound great. It feels like a 2K guitar. Also tried an Ibanez AZ242, didn't like it. Not as classy as the Schecter
All subjective..... the best is the one that inspires you and gets you to play! All stellar products and all are worthy!
Great video as always.....💜
That was a lovely tune you played on Schecter
This fellow is wrong for these demos haha. He makes everything sound incredible. That's some seriously tasty playing. Almost didn't care about the guitars. Thoroughly enjoyed this video.
the Schecter appeals to me partly due to it having only one volume and one tone control and the fact that the volume control is placed further away from the high E string for comfortable picking etc.
I'm gonna be real with you, I did a Warmoth build, where I only had 1 Volume Control in the middle Tone spot. I constantly hit that thing. The 2 control layout is super limiting.
With 3 knobs, you can have Passive Treble and Bass control.
@@9unslin9er As long as the volume is not as close as it is on a Strat then I have not got a problem with hitting it. I own a Starfield guitar where there are only two control knobs ( Volume and Tone) and the volume knob on the guitar isn't really close to the high 'E' string and the layout suits me just fine.
@@9unslin9er how could you even hit it? If that was an issue how is 3 fine for you? And wym by treble and bass my strat just rolls off treble lol
@@9unslin9er some of us never, ever, touch tone controls. It can be argued we should, but i just dont want to and i dont care if im missing out on tones
I've had the Charvel since last year, and it's been an excellent gigging machine. Very versatile, and the middle position has been surprisingly useful for a more twangy, almost Gretsch-like sound. Due to their fairly high output, the single coils have a somewhat compressed sound, which works well in a busy band context. The tuning stability is close to Floyd Rose level, even when I really hammer it.
Hi Stuart. Did you make.any adjustments or change any hardware on the charvel to achieve that tuning stability? I'm really considering getting one but I've heard a lot of complaints about the tuning stability issues.
@@sh3zad690 My Charvel is completely stock. All I do is, when changing strings, add a little dab of Big Bends Nut Sauce to every point of friction along each string - where the ball end lodges at the back of the trem block, where the string emerges on the other side, where it crosses the saddle, in the nut slot, and finally under the string trees. I do that on all my non-locking trem guitars, and I can get even a vintage Strat trem to be pretty stable. To be honest, I'm surprised people are having tuning problems seeing as this guitar has a Gotoh 510 bridge and locking tuners. Short of a Floyd, that's as stable as you're going to get.
@@StuartNevilleBooks not because it has a gotoh 510 but because you nut sauced the heck out of it at every friction point where strings touch the hardware, that is really the only way to get it really stable if you go crazy with the bar. every trem that is not a double lock system will have that "problem".
@@maxmustardman298 yes I believe most of whammy bar wants to stay tunes should be considered of this
The Charvel sounded great. His playing was pretty kick-a$$ as well....
Probably the best demo player I’ve ever heard good god man
This guy really understands how to use an HSS setup
The playing on the Charvel was glorious
Fantastic playing. Charvel for the win
The ibanez sound very pristine and modern which i have fallen in love recently, enough with the vintage -ness. The schecter sounded fatter and bigger than a typical strat....loved it too...but then again, its all about the player ofcourse.!!
I subbed for the single fact your playing is 🙌🏼 🔥 Also store looks like a Dream , Cheers from Florida
I like the Johnston. Roasted neck, cool ring inlays, volume knob out of the way and flat fret board.
DK24 is awesome too, but it pushes the neck pickup back too much and seeing into the pickup cavities might give me OCD.
I am too boomer for the Ibanez, but it sounded great.
The Nick Johnston is amazing... I've had mine for about 3 months now and it plays like a dream!
Agreed, its so smooth to play. I feel its the most appealing aesthetically too. especially if you look at its price. I got mine for a steal too. So happy with it.
@@HiMyNameIzJake Same here!!!
@@HiMyNameIzJake How are you finding the flatter radius? were you a standard Strat player before? I am used to Gibson necks, so I am not sure how this one would feel for me. Want one so badly though!! Looks like my dream Strat
I bought the Schecter NJ Diamond Series in SSS/Atomic Green. The neck is slim but for some reason it feels so great at the same time. It's pleasing to the hand despite the slim profile- I dunno how they do it. This is important because it has a vintage type tone that blooms so it makes the player want to hang onto a note with some vibrato. Also the frets come almost perfect out of the box. They're well shaped and pretty smooth. It makes for easy and enjoyable bends and vibrato.The combination of those frets and the flat ebony board make playing it as easy as a Les Paul. The neck pickup especially is the star of the tonal show- so much depth to it. They seem to run about 8lbs so be prepared for that.
Interesting, I have seen some people complain about the flat radius. I am a Gibson player, so am wondering how I might get on with one of these. I worry about the thin neck making the tone weaker...but it does sound great in this video.
Other than that, it looks like my ideal Strat. Would probably get the SSS version.
All four guitars sounded good but very different from each other. Different pickups and woods will give you different tones. The amp was high end, so all four guitars are good in there own way. 👍nice demo and playing.
Great video! - Love the Schecter.
The charvel hss is what made me find this video. Read enough good things about it to make me go with it.
The Charvel Pro Mod DK24 HSS seems to be the bestest!
The beastest
Nearly impossible to chose just one.... came because of Charvel and Fender comparison .... but now I want Schecter and Ibanez as well
Can't wait to pick up that Charvel in two years time and use it for nothing but Barre chords.
that pick storage technique blew my ass away at 13:40
Great playing ! The Ibanez is a tad above in term of aesthetics and sound maybe.
The Schecter i find the most appealing with the roasted neck and has the versatility with the coil split. Personally I feel strats look awkward with a humbucker. That Friedman is a beast of an amp
Lewis, Fender HSS Strats look ok when the humbucker cover is removed.
Craig Thomson It’s just not for me. All my strats are SSS for my own personnel taste. I have an HSS which is an Xotic XSC 2 which I feel is fine for the humbucker. Just my taste is all
lewis, if you have an Xotic then you have good taste.
Craig Thomson worth every penny. The necks are incredible
does ack play prewritten songs or he improvises this , the tone, the phrasing ,the dynamics he is very talented
Great video. Brilliant demo's. Thank you.
Great axes, awesome playing, unique phrasing
My god, the charvel is a fucking beast, can’t wait for mine to come in!
Some really tasty playing here, dude. Well done.
Great playing. Strat and Schecter sound great. I don't know why I am surprised at the Strat sounding so well, even on its humbucker, LOL! Your playing is great, as well, really. To anyone out there who might have any of these: how's the tuning stability? I'm honestly interested in all 4 of these guitars, but I'm partial to the 22 frets ones in this pickup configuration (so, not that interested in the Charvel, although still interested to know about tuning stability because I'm interested in the DK24 HH and DK22 SSS models). The Ibanez looks amazing, the Fender looks rather blah, though.
Charvel, all the way.
2:51 fender neck pickup
2:56 fender neck and middle
3:06 middle and bridge position
3:17 fender bridge
3:40 fender neck dirty
9:22 Charvel neck pickup
9:45 Charvel neck and middle
10:07 Charvel middle
10:23 Charvel bridge and mid
10:41 Charvel bridge
Edit: everytime I listen to the Charvel I'm like, damn that sounds good. But then when I switch to the fender, it is just magic.
ikr, fender cant be replaced
Charvel actually splits to front coil of humbucker and neck single in the middle position like a tele.
love the schecter NJ..the roasted maple is very cool..the sound very fat and darkest
Refreshing to hear a review where they’re not playing a death metal 6505+ tone on everything!
Nice review Toby McGuire!
I own az224 but I like schecter the neck single coil is amazing
Crazy, that Charvel had the best "Strat" tones I've heard in ages
The Charvel Dinky sounds incredible with a different bridge pickup such as a SD Custom or JB.
I agree!
Ibanez was great. Fender did sound most fendery. Charvel and Schecter lacked the strattiness of the others. Surprised the Ibanez was as close to vintage strat as it was, though not exact.
that schecter surprised me aside from the neck it sound so power
The Schecter just out-strated the strats. My real question is what did you think was best?
Charvel is the best guitar and not only under 1200€ (the red ash is brilliant!)
Can you even get that yellow MIJ strat anymore?
I think the Dinky and the Schecter have it for me.
I actually own all these guitars except my Ibanez az is a Prestige - the charvel is hands down the best of the bunch and that pains me with how expensive the Ibanez was
I was comfortably eating my ice cream and I heard a gunshot! Nearly gave me a heart attack!
Best player on TH-cam 🤩
awesome guitar playing ! all the guitars have a purpose
been waiting for you to feature a charvel dk24 for so long lol
I wanted to love the Charvel so much but I got 2 in a row that were terribly set up and needed one, then wouldn’t stay. I might try again sometime.
All look, sound great, now how about you tell us which of the litter you'd buy?
These are all so good. I expected to like the Schecter the best, and I liked it the least (and it's still great). I expected to like the Fender the least, and it's right up there with the best.
I really liked that shaw bucker on the Strat, and those singles. It was round and rich. The Charvel was a slightly tighter, more modern and a little more versatile version of the same thing. The Ibanez seemed to perfectly straddle the line between them, really hitting that sweet spot.
It makes me thing that possibly the best of ALL worlds would be that Charvel with the Ibanez electronics, or at *least* the pickups. That kinda seems the ultimate vintage/modern hybrid. I really wish that Duncan offered those Hyperions in the aftermarket, or at least w/ white bobbins. I think that the closest to them might be the Duncan TB-4s?
The Fender has those glassy tones that the others don't seem to have, they all want to be a strat for good reason
Great more gears from the saloon please
#1 came out after this video... Charvel Henrik Danhage. Too bad it's limited edition so most mortals will never see it.
Charvel and the Ibanez
Charvel. For the price point it covers everything from metal to funk and everything in between .
Are you by any chance related to actor Brendan Frasier? He did The Mummy movies.
What was your favorite??? 17 minute guy?
I had the Schecter Nj in SSS configuration, the neck is fantastic, but the bridge is not very good (not very responsive) - I thought about installing a Gotoh 510 in it but unfortunately the body is too shallow for the block (or any other for that matter), the body is quite heavy as well so lacks balance so I sold it.
The Az is really well made but I just find the neck too big for my taste
The Fender sounded good
Could you expand on the schecter bridge? I’ve been wanting to buy one of them. Also if you have experience with Fender how would it compare?
Hmm, agh I wish I could get my hands on one to get a feel. I'm left handed and was really hoping this would be it.
Damn they all sounded great guess I’ll buy them all idk
The Nick Johnston Schecter WINS... IMO
Ibanez all the way
Schecter for the win.
I don't think the Strat pickups are as hairy as the other guitars. It sounds way more vintage. In a good way.
The Schecter sounds the best out of the 3. The pickups are matched up well.
I have a Charvel DK24 HH (I also have a Strat and a Sire), I've owned lots of guitars over the years but nothing makes me just want to play like the Charvel does! The back of the guitar is a work of art, the neck is a joy to play, it almost feels like it's alive when I'm playing it, it makes you want to play harder, faster, turn the amp up louder, grit your teeth and just go with it! I've had guitars that cost three times as much but they weren't half as good, enough said 🙂🤘. (make sure you turn the tone knob off ten though, I have mine at nine, it makes a world of difference).
I can vouch for the dk24 hh too. The guitar is so dang playable. I didn't like the pickups it came with (i'm not a modern metal guy), so I swapped in some SD Saturday Night Specials. I'm probably going to pick up an hss version because I already know how much I get along with the neck. Also agree with the tone knob. It's just too much when fully bypassed, so I also keep mine at 9
Bro what do you think about sire and charvel gonna buy it i neee gelp
I've almost had all brands you can imagine, but I'm really in love with my Charvel San Dimas; I'm a huge Charvel-fan!
That's what I want to hear. I'm waiting for mine Charvel DK-22 to come!
So true man got my 1st Charvel DK24 HH Clorine Burst. I swear I'm playing 3 times faster and better... So versatile also with the parallel switch , easily my fav guitar I've played.
That Schecter sounded great, especially considering it cost $500-600 less than the Fender and Ibanez. This video may have made my decision for me. I really want an Ibanez AZ but it’s almost twice the price.
were do u live? an ibanez az is about 800 on reverb while the nick johnston cost 700 on reverb
@@Jay-rd6fe Im in the US but the I checked reverb and the price for Ibanez is the same anywhere else. 1,300 for premium, 1999 for prestige
@@WolfPackM98c thats odd here u can find them used super cheap plus ibanez has alot more extras while the schecter just is like every other indonesian strat no brand name pickuosnmade in asia and such
The difference between Schecter and Ibanez is colossal but probably it's becouse of pickups, this SD Hyperion are amazing.
@@SOYUSE the hyperions are just pegasus and sentient rebranded and slightly changed in the voicing but if u want that combo in another guiotar get a pegasus and sentient
What about a higher end Yamaha Pacifica?
The Pacifica is tough to beat for its price , love mine
Love mine!
Jesus, when you went to the bridge on the Charvel, that sucker was rockin. Great playing.
Man I wish every one of those schecters had that dark of a neck. That looks amazing.
Feels better than it looks!
Wish they made the Orange one with an ebony neck….
Love the sounds from the Ibanez
These are not my types of guitars until Jack demos them. I've watched a hundred Wildwood guitar demos with Greg Koch, and there's something about Jack never ever playing the same phrase twice? This playing is the ultimate sales pitch. I'm starting to sound like a real fanboy so I'll stop here, plus I'm sure Peach knows what the hell they're doing. I'll choose the Charvel today Peach, let me get my card,... bastards.😂😂
The Shecter roars....
The Charvel is packed with upgrades. I mean pretty much everything but the strap buttons are upgraded. Killer guitar that seems pretty versatile.
I ordered the snow white version of that pink one tonight. Interested to see if I like how hot that bridge pickup is. If I don't, it will get swapped out with a PAF with a gold cover most likely
After purchase thoughts?
@@PaulB__ guitar was sold to put money to a Morgan amp. Never used the guitar. Sat on a stand.
Fantastic playing (as usual)... The Japanese Fender sounded the best to me.
Schecter all the way👍
Damn that Charvel sounds and looks nice 🤩 My next guitar!
I have the Ibanez AZ226PB-CBB Cerulean Blue Burst since last summer and I'm VERY happy with it
Got mine a couple weeks ago too, mostly because of the playing in this video. Very happy as well. Very versatile guitar. For anyone wanting it to sound more like Fender, it has high output, roll of the tone knob to about 8-9, and roll the volume down to 5-6 and itll sound sparkly like a fender!
@@Squall6575That's true. It becomes a different guitar when volume is 5-6
@@Vestu i recently sold mine, but only because I will be replacing it with the prestige model!
@@Squall6575 Do you feel there are major differences? I still love the AZ
@@Vestu i found the tone of the premium a tad more shrill than prestige, but honestly its not a huge difference and its more due to the prestige having Fortuna pickups as opposed to Hyperion. I also wanted a more traditionally strat looking guitar with a rosewood board. I would say for the most part, the premium knocks it out of the park and you dont need to upgrade, but I found a prestige on the secondary market for a great price
I actually prefer the MIJ Fender and like the AZ the least. I had an AZ and I thought it actually kinda sounded muddy. Had too many quirks to it that eventually made me send it back. I'd love to try one of those Charvels though.
Yeah i think its the basswood and zinc block... I feel those pickups of the AZ were design for their mij with different specs
Fender: classic sparkly cleans & aggressive overdrive
Schecter: a bit warmer cleans than fender & nice dramatic edgy tone when overdriven
Charvel: nice warm cleans & classic rock tones when overdriven
Ibanez: nice warm balanced cleans and overdrive tones (maybe the most versatile guitar)
p.s. great playing mate! Very inspiring :)
The Ibanez is probably the most versatile with that switch system.
Charvel is the best one ☝️🧐
i think you can tell by how much he played the charvel that he was digging that one the most but i am biased haha
Fender is most mod-friendly and Charvel has the best specs out the box imo.
whoa this guy is a monster player!
That Az looks and sound awesome!
Great playing!
The playing is so fucking good... damnit!
Ibanez THBB10 Is the best HSS for the price by far.
$1400 USD.