59 vs 62 Fender American Vintage Reissue
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
- Comparison between a:
Fender 59 American Vintage Reissue (built in 2013). in "Faded Sonic Blue"
Fender 62 American Reissue Vintage (built in 2000). in 3 tone Sunburst.
Recorded with no effects.
Clean channel of a Fender SuperSonic22 with Reverb on 4
SM58 Microphone.
For a comparison between the 59 AVRI and an American Standard go here:
• Fender Stratocaster 19...
59 for the Stevie, 62 for the Jimi!
Yessssssssss my exact thought!!!! 59 would do some good John Mayer too
Stevies guitar wasnt a 59
@@jeremyledingham1496 Half of it was
@Joseph Zaferis 63 body 62 neck and 59 pickups....
I have a 2016 Faded Sonic Blue American Vintage Strat. Yes, it is everything I hoped for and more. The neck is kind of fat, but I've grown to like that quickly. It feels like an ideal 50's instrument should. The sound never gets old.
It seems the '59 has just a touch more definition and clarity.
Mt 1962 reissue sounds unbelievable with my original Fender Vibroverb amp.
I would say personally the 59” sounds a bit more sweeter.
I find the 62s are aggressive and the 59s are sweet
darker pickups
i have the new 65 and the 59 and rhey are excellent guitars
59 American Vintage (AV) and 62 American Vintage Reissue (AVRI) were part of two different series. While the American Vintage Reissue was consistent from the 80s, the American Vintage saw just a single series from the 2012 till the substitution with American Original. The AV series was way much more accurate and almost hitting the custom shop line, while AVRI and the AO nowadays, aimed to a more generic (and friendly) vintage-vibes.
Looking at a avri daphne blue 59’ from 2012 for 2500$ is that over priced? Mint condition
@@jessesmith2906 prices for used AV range wildly from 1700 to 2500. 2500 is too high. They cost 2200 back in the day, so you are paying for someone making a profit out of a used instrument. Mint condition still means "used" so it's a good start to go lower than 2200. The "Mint" definition is entirely subjective and given their soft thin nitro paint you are realistically gonna see lots of mileage on a closer inspection
@@sprinkles-hour9719 he said Lee than 20 minutes of use and kept on a closet. Wasn’t sure if it’s cause daphne blue is so sought after and rare
@@sprinkles-hour9719 from an old retired guy
@@jessesmith2906 Man that sounds like a made-up fairytale. There's no reason why an industrial mass-produced guitar has to gain value like that. There's a massive trend to overprice used gear and this guy is giving it a shot
Your video answered my question about neck radius...and I agree having owned a few vintage reissues the newer series like the 59 are more vintage accurate in terms of capacitors just all the minute details hold onto that 59 sonic blue they are not making that finish anymore.at least recently for the 59 .
Yeah I can't remember exactly what i said but basically the Am vintage 59 taper out wider as you go down the neck so at the 12th fret you notice quite a difference compared to a AVRI 62. The early AVRI 62s are even thinner. (and 65 is slightly wider still than 59)
Yeah thanks, I know i really like that color. Sweet water are selling one they're calling a Sonic Blue 59 reissue special issue (or something like that) but its got fairly different specs.
Forgot to add 59 is a slaboard.a flat fingerboard as the 62 is the thin veneer rounder radius
@@glennevans5824 my 2001 AVRI 62 is slab.
Thanks for the interesting video. it seems to me that the '59 AVRI Strats are just further refinements of the '57/'62 series - one with the maple board, the other with rosewood, but making the '59s closer in most ways to the vintage specs - lacquer vs. poly finish, no more tinting of the neck finish (which is why the '62 headstock looks so much more orange than the '59), corrected bridge saddles (with a larger opening), 'clay' dots, etc.. Though, I wonder how different the '59 pickups are from the '57/'62 series? Judging on your video, they sound *really* close. Fender's not really saying much about the '59 pickups (and I don't think they're selling them separately), but I have a feeling they're basically the same as the '57/'62, which after all are great pickups.
One thing, though: the '98-and-later '62 reissues did feature a mint-green pickguard, though your own 2000 one seems more white than mint green. That's a bit of a puzzle. The pickguards on the two guitars should be pretty much identical.
Anyway, thanks again! Really enjoyed that.
I agree. They have slowly got more historically correct. The original 57/62 isn't particularly true to a vintage guitar in regards the neck. (Most of the other differences are pretty cosmetic. ). They got closer in 98, when they updated the 57/62 and more so now.
I think I read in the Fender book somewhere they purposely went away from a fat neck back in the 80s because they didn't think they would sell as well.
Yeah the pickups are pretty similar to my ear too. I imagine they voiced the 59s closest to the 62s for all the people who liked the 62. They are a LITTLE bit different though...
Interesting about the pick guard. I seem to remember seeing that somewhere else, maybe in the specs, and wondering about my pick guard. Mine seems more parchment.
The AVRI 62 had a lacquer finish. The Japanese 62 has a poly finish.
great review! i've been shopping for a strat and have narrowed it down to these two models. for me it's coming down to the neck size. how do these necks compare to the modern C shape (9.5) neck? are both smaller than the C or is the 59 a bigger neck? i really like the smaller 62 neck
How do the necks compare in terms of size? I have a 62 Vintage Hot Rod and love the SRV style beefy neck. I've considered putting 59 pickups in it. Maybe Sliders 59 SRV Pickups.
62 has much thinner neck (not beefy-better for small hands) the 59 has beefier neck.
@@ozarkpipertony8396 hmmm... so the 59 neck must be like the Hot Rod. Nice! I love mine!
62 sounds all the way
Robert Rose Jr. I agree completely.
I have the 59 avri in black I love it the pickups sound insane position 2 and 4 sound so classic ,, and the neck love it best strat I have had, I would really like the 65
i have the sonic blue 59 AV. just got it 4 days ago, easily the best strat ive played.
What does avri mean? I've seen it a lot
SkyNight2012 AMERICAN VINTAGE REISSUE.
@@henryp.funkuncle8283 woah, shouty.
not playing exactly with same energy
Fine demo, LES
Hi, is the smaller fretboard radius an issue for you also the fret size . There's a AV 64 TELE for sale in my country I want but no sure of the radius
I prefer the old rounder fretboard - but its just personal opinion - feels good in the hand to me, part of the reason I like Strats over Les Pauls. By the way there's not much in it between a guitar with 7.25 and one with 9.5., sometimes I can hardly tell. As for small frets, they're fine but probably my preference is larger. Only because you can get your fingers under them easier for bends. Obviously I'm making do, I have guitars with both kinds. The only technical issue to watch is rounder radius can mean with very low action you MIGHT start to fret out on bends usually on the higher frets E and B strings. Good setup can usually fix this unless neck is warped. So test it out high bends if you can in person. Note: none of my 'small fret' guitars fret out and their action is fairly low.
Sound cool what pick ups are in each guitar? Are these sold as sets from fender just for the pick ups
Yes both sets came stock with those guitars. The '59 came with a 59 set that, at the time, only came in that guitar (as each of the American vintage series Strats was being very specific about recreating a guitar faithful to that year). The 62 reissues (which pre-dated the American Vintage series) came with a set of what they call 57/62 reissue pickups that were available in both the 57 reissues and 62 reissues of the time. However you could definitely buy the 57/62 pickups separately. I still see them on eBay. And I think you could also buy the 59s separately. Both these reissue series of guitars have now been replaced by the 'American original' series which only has a 50s style guitar or a 60s style guitar . They don't get down to the specific years any more. That's I guess for the custom shop.
I have USA VINTAGE 57 RI STRAT that i have used since 95. I will never want another Guitar!
Nice!
I see one 59’ priced for 2600 in mint condition. Is that over priced now?
Nope but it immediately. Worth it
Love my faded sonic blue 59!
59-more clarity of notes
62-more bark/bite
2021 almost 2022. How are they aging. Do you still have both or have a favorite now?
The American Vintage chip really easily, so there is some ageing happening, or 'relicing' which most people seem to want anyway... at least chips off like an old guitar rather than poly which comes off in big chucks, but i'm certain real vintage guitars didn't chip this easy. The 62 still looks the same. Has a beautiful dark smooth fretboard but frets very low when I bought it (used), so not sure if it was always like this with VERY vintage style frets or needs a refret. Don't have another of this series to compare to. The 59 is pretty much my favourite guitar, definitely in the looks dept anyway. (Hardly ever see them on ebay.)
@@stratocaster_nerd7283 Thank you! I really appreciate the information! there is not much information about these two in comparison. Both amazing!
@@JoseFigarella anything specific you want to know, just ask... since i did that video I bought a custom shop strat and the 59 in particular is very close in quality.
@@stratocaster_nerd7283 if you could only keep one... which one you would keep?
@@JoseFigarella Oh the 59 for sure. It's way closer to a true vintage guitar when it comes to the detail. And this color with faded green pickguard and clay dots, looks particularly good and has a real retro vibe to it, so its my favourite strat in the looks department. It seems very close in quality to a 1960 custom shop guitar I have and very similar neck carve. Also i just saw one on ebay a couple of days ago, same color exactly like this one, for the first time on ebay in years and they are asking twice what i bought mine for. (Around 3000 USA). But if you like thin necks the 62 is good. Back when they started making AVRI in the 80s, thin necks were popular (but not true to a real 62). They were fender's first attempt at going back to classic design after they bought back the company. But the later American Vintage model which wasnt launched till 2012 is way more refined attempt at 'vintage' in my opinion. My theory (and its only mine) is they actually dropped American Vintage because it was TOO close to Custom shop (especially in its specificity and detail of copying a particular year) and it didn't make marketing sense. Now with current Vintage range, you just get 'The 50s' or 'the 60s', much less specific, which can then leave a gap for the custom shop. By the way, the current Vintage range has a neck shape closer to the 59 rather than the 62 if you want to see what its like. .....End of ramble.
If I had a lot of money, should I buy a nice amp like the 59 bassman with a squier, or an American vintage with a cheap amp?
Make a balance, a good amp and a good guitar. That could be a fender blues junior III and an american standard (still a fantastic guitar, and thats a very good amp too)
I'd get an AVRI and then a Boss Katana, which is based on a Bassman. Unless you gotta have tubes, then I'd get a nice amp and cheap guitar. Especially with strats you can upgrade parts easily and as your budget allows.
A great guitar with cheap amp sounds bad, a bad guitar with great amp sounds bad as well. Honestly you may be better off getting a decent strat (American standard) and small tube amp (15 or 30w Fender 1x10 etc). You’ll have amazing tone. Or you can get something nice and something else cheap then upgrade later.
If you had a lot of money you should buy a 59 bassman with an American vintage.
@@nikolaubtopouamen brother that’s what I did
I'd sell one and get something different..these are almost the same guitar
J S yeah I agree they’re pretty close - though I will say the 62 has a much slimmer neck around the 12th fret which I personally like. But I also can’t part with 59. It’s just too nice.
@@stratocaster_nerd7283 What pickups come in each one?
The 62 comes with “57/62 pickups” that were in both the 57 & 62 reissues. The 59 comes with its own 59 pickups that were exclusive to that model. They’re both low output vintage style. Probably pretty similar.
@@stratocaster_nerd7283 The 59 does sound a little better are they the 59 pickups you can buy today from fender do you know?
I doubt it. The 59 vintage reissue stopped production in 2018. But you should check.