Usually, signature guitars are "too signature" and never "be your own" but this one (thanx to the EOB) is just a great tool/instrument for everyone without "look at me, look at me!" approach...
I agree, I've never been big on wanting a signature model, but damn I want this one. I think Fender knocked it out of the park on this one. Fair price point too.
The middle position gives you the fundamental tone + the octave. Not surprisingly, it probably needed tweaking to work right. My EOB needed some neck adjusting and assorted luthier love, at which time the sustainer pickup was found to be reverse grounded therefor sucking battery. (Nice work Fender factory boys!) BTW, there is a pot in the body cavity to adjust sustainer output too. That stuff done, this guitar friggin' kicks ass... my favorite ever. That fat 50s neck is amazing. And while Greg doesn't demo it, you can sustain whole chords and slide 'em around. Truly badass. All in all, I find this a really inspiring instrument.
@@ronnysuarez3257 you can loosen strings a bunch, put a capo on to keep them tidy, then unscrew the neck to expose the truss rod. If action too high, clockwise. If fretting out or buzzing. Counterclockwise. 1/8 to 1/4 turn usually enough. Easy.
Got mine two days ago.And no it’s not foe everyone but it amazes me how many gitguys and girls slam something and never held shit or tried shit.But can make an unenlightened judgement.This is why most band members think the gitguy is a prick .Thats exactly why I stay away from forums.Besides the fact that companies don’t really care.Dont like it vote with your money elsewhere. Love mine
I really dig your playing, I just discovered you today. You play with authority.....strong, no timid noodling like so many of the other you tube players out there. Keep on keeping on my new bro!
I own this guitar. And I’ll never sell it. It requires proper set up, including dialling in the trim pots to get the sustainer exactly the way you want it. I don’t know how this dude managed to make that guitar sound this bad - I can only assume he’s not a fender fan because he couldn’t not give A.F!! This guitar is insanely versatile, and an awesome creative tool. This is NOT the review you should judge the e.o.b fender on. Check out the dude from Premier Guitar for a proper insight from a guy who doesn’t look like he sleeps under a bridge. What a tool. Why don’t you just demo tambourines and spoons and shit old man?
another tidbit that is not commonly expressed when speaking of this guitar, is to get ANY sound, you must have a 9 volt battery. I thought the 9 volt is just for the sustainer, but nooooooo ... when the 9 volt goes out, so does every pickup. Just an FYI. Still a beautiful and useful guitar though!
I'm just going to say it: Even though Greg is one of my favourite humans ever and I've stolen as many licks from him as I can, there seems to be something lacking when he plays slide. It simply doesn't do it for me.
I really like his slide playing. Quite similar to Derek Trucks style in that you hear the fretting. Unusual when you first hear it but excellent nonetheless,
Sustainer sounds kinda cool but I don't think I would want so much of it as to have it implanted in my axe! Methinks I would rather have it in a pedal format.
WEll, we wont find out if this guitar can do any hard rock chord tones in this video, as the player apparently does not understand this concept. But if you want smooth "lounge jazz" then this is your player.
@@lucasc5622 Actually "Hard rock" tones are humbuckers... This is why Heavy Metal or Hard Rock is a solid body guitar with humbuckers..... The exception would be Brian May or Jimmy Page, but, Brian puts his bridge and middle pickup in series, ... so that is a humbucker...... And Jimmy used a Tele and the LZ sound is not hard rock tones, as you would find with humbuckers.
If someone can vouch if this is a full on strat I am gonna buy it this Christmas. Does it have a the usual strat neck pickup 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.
Can someone actually play some fucking chords with the sustainer on, not this faux indian raga bullshit that everyone defaults to!? I'm getting my EOB in a couple days, guess I'll hafta be the one to release a non-blues demo!
So , It's just another Fender strat with upgraded pickups and a Fernandes sustainer - No thanks , I'll take my 2001 Fernandes Retrorocket Elite with sustainer over this , next ......
Usually, signature guitars are "too signature" and never "be your own" but this one (thanx to the EOB) is just a great tool/instrument for everyone without "look at me, look at me!" approach...
I agree, I've never been big on wanting a signature model, but damn I want this one. I think Fender knocked it out of the park on this one. Fair price point too.
Imagine Jimi Hendrix turned loose with one of these!
Smokeless777 he would unleash more of that 🔥!
I remember when being introduced to the sustainer was fenders only one like the eob I do have one and I love it❤
01:00 Ain't nothing more true about that! Radiohead are amazing!
This guy knows what hes doing. I really enjoyed this.
The middle position gives you the fundamental tone + the octave. Not surprisingly, it probably needed tweaking to work right. My EOB needed some neck adjusting and assorted luthier love, at which time the sustainer pickup was found to be reverse grounded therefor sucking battery. (Nice work Fender factory boys!) BTW, there is a pot in the body cavity to adjust sustainer output too. That stuff done, this guitar friggin' kicks ass... my favorite ever. That fat 50s neck is amazing. And while Greg doesn't demo it, you can sustain whole chords and slide 'em around. Truly badass. All in all, I find this a really inspiring instrument.
@Fintan I've been wondering about new guitars to get and now I'm thinking the same thing. I already have a jb junior in my mex strat
Thanks
In order to Adjuste the neck you have to take the whole thinge off.. You did that by yourself?
@@ronnysuarez3257 you can loosen strings a bunch, put a capo on to keep them tidy, then unscrew the neck to expose the truss rod. If action too high, clockwise. If fretting out or buzzing. Counterclockwise. 1/8 to 1/4 turn usually enough. Easy.
Got mine two days ago.And no it’s not foe everyone but it amazes me how many gitguys and girls slam something and never held shit or tried shit.But can make an unenlightened judgement.This is why most band members think the gitguy is a prick .Thats exactly why I stay away from forums.Besides the fact that companies don’t really care.Dont like it vote with your money elsewhere. Love mine
Certain tools work better for, and are a better match for, certain people and users. Regardless, it's better to have choices than not.
So like a built in ebow?
yes, but you could have a free hand
for all strings at once
No, it’s not. An elbow vibrates the string with magnetic pulses. This one seems like a DigiTech Freq Out pedal.
@@thomasfokas It has NOTHING to do with the freq out pedal. The sustainer pickup DOES work like the eBow, but it works on all strings.
Fernandez sustainer pickups have been around. Not a new product, New in a Strat setup
I really dig your playing, I just discovered you today. You play with authority.....strong, no timid noodling like so many of the other you tube players out there. Keep on keeping on my new bro!
The lower tone knob controls the intensity of the sustainer.
Really interesting slide displayed here. Always learn something from watching you Greg. Thank you and merry-xmas to you!
Gregory Trucks.
Thank you for this demonstration.
This model exist in left hand?
The 'tone' control nearest the edge is the volume for the sustainer. Try turning it up before saying a position does nothing.
This thing is like if Frank Zappa would've built a strat for Jimi Hendrix... In the right hands...
which one should i purchase , The ed o brien strat or the 60th anniversary jazzmaster?
The strat
E-Bow esque 🕶
$1099.99 everywhere BUT Wildwood... Say whaaaat? I guess Greg took that one home with him, LOL...🤣
lol it sounds about 500 bucks worth ,,,pass on this one
Yes, and it's worth every penny.
@@amazingme1408 Lmao, ya right.
@@amazingme1408 The pickups alone are worth more than $500
I own this guitar. And I’ll never sell it. It requires proper set up, including dialling in the trim pots to get the sustainer exactly the way you want it. I don’t know how this dude managed to make that guitar sound this bad - I can only assume he’s not a fender fan because he couldn’t not give A.F!!
This guitar is insanely versatile, and an awesome creative tool. This is NOT the review you should judge the e.o.b fender on. Check out the dude from Premier Guitar for a proper insight from a guy who doesn’t look like he sleeps under a bridge.
What a tool. Why don’t you just demo tambourines and spoons and shit old man?
I got one as soon as they came out. Beyond the Sustainer its a great lil strat man! \m/QQ\m/
Congrate seems like a great guitar
Yup... I barely play my other Strat that cost twice as much now. I love that fat 50s neck a helluva lot.
Do you do palm exercises
I know this is old, but great shirt. I have a Batman one.
5:10 please leave some tone for the rest of us!
can you use any of the pickups when the sustainer is engaged or does it default to the bridge or middle?
It uses the bridge pickup only.
another tidbit that is not commonly expressed when speaking of this guitar, is to get ANY sound, you must have a 9 volt battery. I thought the 9 volt is just for the sustainer, but nooooooo ... when the 9 volt goes out, so does every pickup. Just an FYI. Still a beautiful and useful guitar though!
Distortion with That Bad Boy, And Its On…. Rock ON!
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I'm just going to say it: Even though Greg is one of my favourite humans ever and I've stolen as many licks from him as I can, there seems to be something lacking when he plays slide. It simply doesn't do it for me.
u are insane. I was about to comment that Greg is one of the best slide players I have ever heard
Real blues slide is extremely bendy and microtonal, this is simply different to me.
I really like his slide playing. Quite similar to Derek Trucks style in that you hear the fretting. Unusual when you first hear it but excellent nonetheless,
Maybe I am mad, yes. In terms of electric slide I simply prefer Mick Taylor, Ry Cooder, Jeff Beck, Rory Gallagher, and more recently, Ian Thornley.
Ian Thornley is fantastic. All great players 👍🏻👍🏻
I’m 51 can’t play shit but I bought this as my first and I can make hella noise
Please don't say Texas Spesh
Nice
Sustainer sounds kinda cool but I don't think I would want so much of it as to have it implanted in my axe! Methinks I would rather have it in a pedal format.
There's no such thing as a pedal that can do what a sustainer pickup can do.
Nice guitar, but love the T-Shirt!
WEll, we wont find out if this guitar can do any hard rock chord tones in this video, as the player apparently does not understand this concept. But if you want smooth "lounge jazz" then this is your player.
Sure, hardrock.....like Ed O'Brien.....right...that's exactly what this guitar was built for.....
Anything can do “hard rock tones” you berk
@@lucasc5622 Actually "Hard rock" tones are humbuckers... This is why Heavy Metal or Hard Rock is a solid body guitar with humbuckers..... The exception would be Brian May or Jimmy Page, but, Brian puts his bridge and middle pickup in series, ... so that is a humbucker...... And Jimmy used a Tele and the LZ sound is not hard rock tones, as you would find with humbuckers.
Жаль такие кастомы в Питер не привозят!
Slide!?? What can't you do?
0:15 MY EARS
0:43 .... just keep pressing it.
Greg needs to do a pushup
Oh hell. Nothin legal no more. Yup. Cats out the fuckin bag man.
If someone can vouch if this is a full on strat I am gonna buy it this Christmas. Does it have a the usual strat neck pickup 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.
Could someone please reply as I really want to buy this guitar?
Just get an American standard.
Did you end up getting one, E?
Just unpleasant tones on all settings and in all positions. If GK can't make it sound good, you've got a problem.
welp, i know where my money's going next month.
Does this guy know that Radiohead isnt a honky tonk rockabilly band from Memphis?
Lol
It hurts that the guy has no idea how to use it
It’s a gimmick. Otherwise it would be available as an option on all guitars
Can someone actually play some fucking chords with the sustainer on, not this faux indian raga bullshit that everyone defaults to!?
I'm getting my EOB in a couple days, guess I'll hafta be the one to release a non-blues demo!
So , It's just another Fender strat with upgraded pickups and a Fernandes sustainer - No thanks , I'll take my 2001 Fernandes Retrorocket Elite with sustainer over this , next ......
Ok
Gay
Vile guitar. End of.
Meh......
Nice