@@DemoDick1 I thought that, according to the English, only the French ran away from invaders. Here, in the Iberian Peninsula, the poor "Vikings" were always being massacred, whether they attacked Christians or Moors. Nevertheless, everybody now seems to love them lol.
Always difficult to separate out the quality of the guitar from the fact that Pete's ace. What you need is an utterly crap player....please allow me to introduce myself.
Kris It sounds just like my old 95 Strat single coils. Maybe it's my phone or my ears but I don't think they sound very different from regular old Fender singles. Sure they are nice, but to me all Fenders sound pretty good.
@@jonathanhandsmusic it's your phone lol. It's hard to capture the noiseless pickups' annoyances - that I can only describe as clickity click. They are getting better at emulating single coils, but they are still sterile sounding where it counts - they will also always be a compromise. I play at home volume and I always reshield all my guitars in proper copper, so hum isn't a problem. maybe I am not the best judge for the usefulness of these pickups. But I have three sets of various generations of noiseless (and the horrible S-1) sitting around in ziplocs after getting torn out of guitars.
For me, it's the American Professional ll 2021 ,75th anniversary strat, in 3 tone Sunburst and rosewood fret board. Just because it's mine. Those with other years and models feel the same as me. There is no better guitar, than the one you own and love playing.🎉🎉🎉
Ahhh, just give in kids! Life is short. I bought the Jazzmaster in MochaBurst and then two weeks later I bought the Tele in Texas Tea! ( arrives in a few days ) No regrets, we only go around once. That said, I’m 60 ( going on 17 yrs old ) so I suppose I should know perhaps. 🤘🎸🎼 I also am a veteran of upwards of 6k gigs in USA and abroad as well as over 1k recording sessions. Probably safe to say I have a little experience with guitars and what makes for a good one. This video helped no doubt in deciding to give them a try 👍. Update: the Tele arrived. Again, another outstanding guitar that will see a lot of use. Congrats to Fender on making these new models. These will have a very active role among my fleet of guitars no doubt.
Hi! Does ultra telecaster have a jazz tone? I mean could i play some fat tone jazzy bebop lines on it? Wana play only on clean tone blues and jazz. Thanks.
Checked your stuff - nice! You can really play - every note sounds American! Rather listen to you playing these bashed-up guitars than the Andertons boyz any day.
I wanted a Texas Tea Tele so bad but I couldn't find one with a maple fingerboard so I went with blue/maple that looks way better in person than photos. And I got it at a great price. If it had Stainless frets, it would match my Suhr's in look, feel & tone.. Great Gtr for the price..
This is my most played RUclips video ever! Been wanting an Ultra for ages and finally took the plunge just before Christmas, chopping in three other guitars to get a Cobra Blue SSS Strat (from Andertons of course!). Loved it so much, I had to get a Tele too, so have just traded three other guitars to get a Tele in Mocha Burst (Andertons again….where else?!) which is just stunning (to look at as well as play) and is even better than the Strat. These guitars are just so good. When I picked up the Tele they had just got an Arctic White Pearl in stock and it just looked fantastic…perhaps I need to get saving! If anyone is hesitating to get an Ultra, don’t…just do it! 😁
Just bought the tele in ultraburst. Demanded the floor model after I couldn’t put it down. I went back and forth between the tea and burst. Hard choices!
Man, you guys are so damn inspirational! I really wish I could do something like this, really doing what you love. That jam at the end was so loose and free sounding, just pure bliss.
I really dug it as well. A lot of people call these dudes guitar shills just trying to sell shit but that's being overly harsh. 1... We all gotta make money. And 2... They will tell you when something sucks or is a bit on the pricey side lol. Truss me ; )
😍♥️🤤 I have relapsed. I was GAS free for nearly a year. I believe the wiring and neck shape updates are something to get excited about but those FINISHES have me all flustered.
I have many guitars and have owned a sss Ultra Strat for about a year. Haven't played it in a while and plugged it in just yesterday. Wow, it stands out for sure!
I must admit I was sceptical of the Ultra. Having watched this video and being an Elite strat player, I'm very impressed. Apart from possibly the S-1 switch change the new Ultra looks like a real step forward. My only criticism of the Elite was the lack of rolled fretboard edges, but Fender seem to have sorted that. The new colours are stunning also. Well done Fender, this one will sell in bucketloads!
And I'm not mistaken when I say decontented. Fender has removed with the Ultra at least 4 different pickup/tonal variations from the Elite SSS and at least 5 from the Elite HSS, thus removing content (i.e. decontenting) and reducing the overall capability of the instrument. The Ultra is only an upgrade if you don't care about tonal experimentation and just want a shred machine. Otherwise, in my eyes, the Ultra is a downgrade from the Elite.
@Jonathan Cook I think my next guitar purchase is going to be one of the three different exotic wood acoustasonics. I just haven't decided which one I like the look of best!
Been wracking my brain wondering what the opening jam sounded like - it's Time Out of Mind by Steely Dan... Phew, I can relax now and carry on with the video..! :-)
I bought this guitar in the tea leaf color. Love the sound and look. It is my first Tele. When I was in the shop I compared it to a few others including the Elite, Player, and a 50's replica. This one sounded much sweeter to my ears and the S-1 switch gives a smooth punch, but I did not like the neck profile so much . It also needed a set-up, dont let them tell you otherwise. The pick-guard looks cool but hitting it with a pick or finger nail will feel like a shiver to the pickle, literally feels like nails on a chalkboard, swapping mine out for PVC one. I think once I get the pick-guard replaced and lower the action, it will be my favorite guitar. I also own a few strats, a Les Paul custom, and a Martin accoustic.
I watched this vid and went out and bought one the next day. Plasma red burst HSS and all I can say is well done Fender, Well Done. My mate played it and has also ordered one in SSS, He is stocked. I love my 2 Suhrs to bits but my New Ultra does not disappoint. End of rant...
It seems like on the Ultra Strats that Fender was answering the PRS Silver Sky...especially the pickups, which to me sound a lot like the Silver Sky. That metallic brown is scrumptious! Oh, and the Elite compound neck is 9.5 to 14, for clarification...
potterman83 Yup. I specifically bought an American Pro instead of Elite earlier this year because the Elite pickups sounded worse: darker, muted treble, less sparkle and clarity. These new ones sound better.
For a proper Strat player the volume knob is exactly where it needs to be, so that you can use it while playing without moving your hand from neutral position. If they changed it they would face more backlash than praise, if you don't like it you can always move it yourself/new pickguard.
Go to Wildwood, they have a new shape, but maybe the knob still isn't far enough, check and see. Also, just be punk rock, remove it, replace the next tone with it, and then it's gone, and pu l, and awesome, and if you're punk rock, you don't need more tone knob in your way anyway
@@lancecass8997 Exactly that, i love the Strat and my MIM has the volume knob removed for 2 reasons: Close to the strings and push pull with it being impossibly slippery. Now i can pull easily and strum as much as I want. And it just looks neat tbh.
For anyone unaware, the term “Texas Tea” is a old slang term for “oil”, since Texas is an oil state. So the Texas Tea finish is in reference to being black until you shine it in the light and get that oil-like sheen.
Not necessary. The Elites are still exceptional guitars, especially the Tele thinlines. Fender needs to innovate as a company; of which, they still get kicked for not bringing enough for the price. The Pro/Elite range was well priced, well equipped and sounding. No sadness needed. Always enjoy what you have. Listening to these, they are all nice across the board; plenty of potential. Certainly not worth throwing away an Elite over however, sans wanting the neck variation/play-ability.
I still think that the neck shape and the adjustment of the neck are batter on the elite and the switching can be rewired and coils easily replaced if the newer are some day really really batter.
@@libertylizard_ hey, you jumped on the mery go round bought an Elite and jumped off feeling happy. I just jumped on, bought an Ultra and I'm happy. Next few years someone will jump on the same ride and jump of feeling happy with the latest, it's a fact of life. Don't worry, be happy. Some people can't get off the mery go round and their the ones I feel sad for.
Fender used it as a gimick to sucker people into buying the piece of shit and thats why it only had a short run and now it's dead! The Ultra and the Elite is nothing more than a con job to sell overpriced overhyped BS!
The Captain made a comparison of the Ultra necks to the necks on the Suhr guitars. However, a pretty significant difference is that the Suhrs (both Strat and Tele style) are just 1.650" nut width, whereas the Fender Ultras are 1.685" at the nut. More like a Les Paul. Having large hands, I much prefer the wider nut width.
I'm also pleased that I get the much easier to adjust truss rod wheel in my Elite. My first guitar, which I still have, is a super duper cheap Chinese knockoff Strat with the normal truss rod adjustment position, and it is a pain in the rear end to get the hex key lined up just right to adjust the rod.
@@johnballs1352 I bought it and a practice amp from Aldi as a set for $100 over a decade ago. Doesn't get much cheaper than that, but it was the best I could afford at the time, I guess.
Wow. Amazing how we all hear such different things. I sold my Deluxe strat and completely bypassed the Elite series solely because I started to find the noiseless PuPs too plain Jane boring. I started to prefer the texture and thus more character from a professional series. I also love some of the CS PuPs but that’s a whole new bag. For me this video demonstrates texture and character being reintroduced to the ultra series of noiseless PuP design. Especially the HSS strat given it’s slightly hotter PuPs. Another good example of how preference and beauty is in the ear and eye of the beholder 👍
I bought an Elite Tele when the price dropped as I suspected something new was coming. Am I disappointed with my guitar? No, not at all - do I wish I had waited a bit? - Maybe. Great back to back review guys!
That Texas Tea Tele really stands out clear and strong in my speakers here. Nice! And, all you freakin' complainers "why doesn't Fender... blah blah blah..." Ferfucksakes go buy what you want, someone somewhere makes exactly what you're looking for.
@@kakarot.247 No we must now and scrape to the corporate overlords! Seriously though feedback would get back to Fender quicker if people directed their criticism directly. Personally I could hear a difference in the guitars and the spoon carve is probably long overdue unless you want the traditional look.
They really needed to start offering stainless steel frets with the elites. I was expecting them to introduce those as a killer feature for the new series. These guitars are really unappealing when you can get a kiesel delos for quite a bit less. Used suhrs can easily be found for the same dough, and I know I would go that way every time. The only real improvement seem to be the new pickups, contouring around the heel, and removal of s-1, which was garbage. Unfortunately, the removal of spoke wheel truss rod adjustment and compound neck profile are downgrades imo. The neck profile of the elites was my favorite feature, and it made them feel unique from other guitars.
TheDuckRace Lee talked about it in the video. Suhr contours at the heel and treble side horn. Many other builder do this as well. That’s why I would call it Deluxe Modern. It’s basically a Fender Deluxe with modern contours.
kdrake777 fender has had the coutours at the heel for a while. I have one on a 2004 strat. I honestly don’t know why they wouldn’t just make every fender with that detail.
You did not have it here yet Captain, but your new camera with all that K value is absolute dope to watch on an iMac large screen. The quality of picture is unreal. Great decision on souping up the recording camera capabilities. This jam here is just so pleasing. I think I am in love with Danish Petes ... jammin. The Luxe is now here and that one will be dope with the Floyd and maple neck. I have two of these Ultras.
Wow that's underwhelming... when I saw the teaser I was expecting some radical new guitar not something which is essentially the same guitar with some minor differences
@@adamski101 well after I saw the teaser i expected a more hard rock/ metal inclined strat or at least something that fender has innovated but instead we got this
Underwhelming? It's downright insulting. I'd rather just wait till someone else near me figures out the texas tea finish and get a warmoth roasted maple neck with stainless steel frets and spokeswheel truss adjustment. That would immedietely make it more modern than this shit.
Fender: "Why the sales of our modern strats are fading away?" Also Fender: Strips away selected woods, LSR Roller Nut, the modern truss rod adjustment of the elite, the passing lane switch, the S1-switching and has no steel frets. Just put all the cool modern stuff on a strat and I buy one. Even my old 2012 Deluxe has more modern features than the new Elite.
@@panama1942 That's perfectly fine. I know most people want a normal strat. I criticize fender that they don't have the balls to ONE series with the modern stuff. For people who want a "normal" strat, fender has the player, (MiM) deluxe, performer, professional, original and some more series. They had exactly one series with all the modern stuff, which was the MiA Deluxe and then Elite. And now they dumb it down instead of ramping it up with the stuff all the other brands do.
@@slowbend4390 I’m Not sure why a lot of you guys are harping on about this guitar in a negative way, I just got one of these in Plasma Red Burst and its freekin awesome. The new features are all on point and the pickups sound great. The Humbucker is great and the build quality is up there with the boutique builders. I have 2 Suhr guitars and know what a good guitar should feel and play like and these new Ultras fit the bill. I have been a bit anti Fender since Suhr guitars came to the table and made great guitars but Fender have got this right even if they did copy some of Johns ideas. Saying that, there are a few innovations that Johns guitars don’t have, and he might just borrow those ideas, lol
@@peterdadswell7998 Because Fender keeps stripping the features away. Build quality is clearly important, but when they ramp up the price, why can't they leave the modern wirings etc in the guitar? The new truss rod adjustment is just better than the old one at the headstock. The LSR nut had it's weak points, but as for the deluxe they could only have it in the HSS strat for more heavy tremolo action. Fender advertises like they reinvented the guitar, but more things got back to the older state than other way around.
@@slowbend4390 This is a new direction for Fender and a lot of refinements and they still have their meat and potatoes ranges for a lot less than the ultra. for that matter, the ultra is in a different class t\like Suhr guitars and even they have different price points but nothing as cheap as the fender player series.
1000 years ago an Englishman would not be so welcoming of a Dane with an axe.
Tom A No one welcomed a Dane in those days. Hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wives, and hide yo’ husbands.
Hahahaha
@@DemoDick1 I thought that, according to the English, only the French ran away from invaders. Here, in the Iberian Peninsula, the poor "Vikings" were always being massacred, whether they attacked Christians or Moors. Nevertheless, everybody now seems to love them lol.
and now they're both playing with their wood together
Nice one 😊
For those of you not from Texas, "Texas Tea" is oil.
Jed Clampett! Black gold, Texas Tea. Love it...
@@peterm3533 exactly. We learned that from watching black and white sitcoms.
Texas Tea is a Tall Cool One !
😂
Yes we all watched the Beverley Hillbillies…that is what they bought their seamint pond and house with..
Always difficult to separate out the quality of the guitar from the fact that Pete's ace. What you need is an utterly crap player....please allow me to introduce myself.
Great comment you represent most of us
I am with you my man...
Crappy can still be fun with your crappy friends, or let’s say Happy friends just playing cool guitars and amps! It’s all good!
Same here, but as long u r having fun with a few chords and pentatonics scales, it's priceless 😁😁😁😁✌️✌️✌️
Man you totally do. A great player can make a $10 guitar sounds great.
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Ultra Stratocaster SSS sound samples
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Elite Stratocaster SSS vs Ultra Stratocaster SSS vs Ultra Stratocaster HSS
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Ultra Telecaster
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Elite Telecaster vs Ultra Telecaster
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Jam time!
appreciate it, thnks.
Kris It sounds just like my old 95 Strat single coils. Maybe it's my phone or my ears but I don't think they sound very different from regular old Fender singles. Sure they are nice, but to me all Fenders sound pretty good.
@Kris Somebody gets it! Thanks.
@@jonathanhandsmusic it's your phone lol. It's hard to capture the noiseless pickups' annoyances - that I can only describe as clickity click. They are getting better at emulating single coils, but they are still sterile sounding where it counts - they will also always be a compromise. I play at home volume and I always reshield all my guitars in proper copper, so hum isn't a problem. maybe I am not the best judge for the usefulness of these pickups. But I have three sets of various generations of noiseless (and the horrible S-1) sitting around in ziplocs after getting torn out of guitars.
For me, it's the American Professional ll 2021 ,75th anniversary strat, in 3 tone Sunburst and rosewood fret board. Just because it's mine. Those with other years and models feel the same as me. There is no better guitar, than the one you own and love playing.🎉🎉🎉
Ahhh, just give in kids! Life is short. I bought the Jazzmaster in MochaBurst and then two weeks later I bought the Tele in Texas Tea! ( arrives in a few days ) No regrets, we only go around once. That said, I’m 60 ( going on 17 yrs old ) so I suppose I should know perhaps. 🤘🎸🎼 I also am a veteran of upwards of 6k gigs in USA and abroad as well as over 1k recording sessions. Probably safe to say I have a little experience with guitars and what makes for a good one.
This video helped no doubt in deciding to give them a try 👍.
Update: the Tele arrived. Again, another outstanding guitar that will see a lot of use. Congrats to Fender on making these new models. These will have a very active role among my fleet of guitars no doubt.
Hi! Does ultra telecaster have a jazz tone? I mean could i play some fat tone jazzy bebop lines on it? Wana play only on clean tone blues and jazz. Thanks.
Checked your stuff - nice!
You can really play - every note sounds American!
Rather listen to you playing these bashed-up guitars than the Andertons boyz any day.
This comment made me pull the trigger on a mocha burst strat today. Gorgeous finish and plays like a dream
I wanted a Texas Tea Tele so bad but I couldn't find one with a maple fingerboard so I went with blue/maple that looks way better in person than photos. And I got it at a great price.
If it had Stainless frets, it would match my Suhr's in look, feel & tone.. Great Gtr for the price..
This is my most played RUclips video ever! Been wanting an Ultra for ages and finally took the plunge just before Christmas, chopping in three other guitars to get a Cobra Blue SSS Strat (from Andertons of course!). Loved it so much, I had to get a Tele too, so have just traded three other guitars to get a Tele in Mocha Burst (Andertons again….where else?!) which is just stunning (to look at as well as play) and is even better than the Strat. These guitars are just so good. When I picked up the Tele they had just got an Arctic White Pearl in stock and it just looked fantastic…perhaps I need to get saving! If anyone is hesitating to get an Ultra, don’t…just do it! 😁
God the intro jam is beautiful!
Agree
Mate you play some pretty good jams yourself. 👍
I suggest you jam this.
I knew he was going to be here it’s his guitar
I’m NOT buying another Strat. I’m NOT buying another Strat. I’m NOT buying another Strat.
Texas Tea?
Oh, man....
ahahahaahhha! The mooost amazing color.....ohhhhh
Cobra Blue...
@Titaneus ahahahahah! 👍👍👍 Top!
@Titaneus Just bought one last week. Impulse buy, I just happened to pick it up and play it and couldn't put it down. It's a really nice Strat.
Just bought the tele in ultraburst. Demanded the floor model after I couldn’t put it down. I went back and forth between the tea and burst. Hard choices!
I was interested in the tele after just watching Ola’s Will it Chug video. Now I’m convinced that I MUST HAVE THAT TELE!!
Yup! It chugged!!
It's sounds incredible and very diverse. But then again for $2,000 it better be
Get out of my head!
Man, you guys are so damn inspirational! I really wish I could do something like this, really doing what you love.
That jam at the end was so loose and free sounding, just pure bliss.
I really dug it as well. A lot of people call these dudes guitar shills just trying to sell shit but that's being overly harsh. 1... We all gotta make money. And 2... They will tell you when something sucks or is a bit on the pricey side lol. Truss me ; )
@@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342 Well said!
You Can Do what You love.
Like Nike said Just Do it!
That Tele is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! What a tone
Just ordered my Ultra HSS Strat today!!!
The Ultra is just so incredibly beautiful
That Texas tea tele with the binding looks wicked. Want.
check Ola Englud's channel, he made that even uber metal best \m/
Chris Buck done a video with the Texas Tea Strat and it was awesome looking.
Totally. Really has the overall look of 2000s Deluxe Designer Series that came black with chrome pickguard and color-matched headstock.
Want.. too..
I have one and the only thing that sucks... is with COVID no ones gotten to see the damn thing in person!! Pics don’t do it justice. Ha
😍♥️🤤 I have relapsed. I was GAS free for nearly a year. I believe the wiring and neck shape updates are something to get excited about but those FINISHES have me all flustered.
Flustered is a good word, but not as good as flummoxed.
I have many guitars and have owned a sss Ultra Strat for about a year. Haven't played it in a while and plugged it in just yesterday. Wow, it stands out for sure!
Wow. The ultra hss is like a dream come true. Coil split, great color, very good noiseless sounds, great specs.
I must admit I was sceptical of the Ultra. Having watched this video and being an Elite strat player, I'm very impressed. Apart from possibly the S-1 switch change the new Ultra looks like a real step forward. My only criticism of the Elite was the lack of rolled fretboard edges, but Fender seem to have sorted that. The new colours are stunning also. Well done Fender, this one will sell in bucketloads!
I'm in Texas and I had a car in the Texas Tea color. It was GLORIOUS, particularly in the golden hour when the sun hit it.
Fantastic jam at the end, both Pete and the Captain! Great job!❤😮
'Make it more Stratocaster' - good thinking! Those new pickups do sound better. That closing jam, very good indeed lads!
Wow, I'm super pumped that I was able to snag an Elite Strat before they decontented the ability of the S1 button with the Ultra series.
And I'm not mistaken when I say decontented. Fender has removed with the Ultra at least 4 different pickup/tonal variations from the Elite SSS and at least 5 from the Elite HSS, thus removing content (i.e. decontenting) and reducing the overall capability of the instrument.
The Ultra is only an upgrade if you don't care about tonal experimentation and just want a shred machine.
Otherwise, in my eyes, the Ultra is a downgrade from the Elite.
Jonathan Cook No doubt.
I do like the Ultra Teles quite a lot.
@Jonathan Cook Yeah, that Texas Tea Tele looks amazing!
@Jonathan Cook I think my next guitar purchase is going to be one of the three different exotic wood acoustasonics. I just haven't decided which one I like the look of best!
I use the S1 button a ton on my Elite Strat. Also feel this way.
Pete’s opening ‘quack’ incredible phrasing and gets so much of each note
Been wracking my brain wondering what the opening jam sounded like - it's Time Out of Mind by Steely Dan... Phew, I can relax now and carry on with the video..! :-)
Yep! Nailed it.
So PRS made a Fender.
Now Fender made a Suhr.
Suhr made 100 Les Pauls
And Gibson is sueing everyone.
It’s a cycle!
Erjim Delos Reyes it’s a cycle but with no 60 cycle hum
The tap on the Gibson style humbucker on that Fender works like a PRS. lol
And now everyone is sueing gibson
If only Gibson could figure out that they make the worst headstocks in history, whilst also charging the highest prices of any major brand...
Sorry but Suhr > any kinds of Fender
I was saving up for a PRS but that is not happening now. I want that Telly ❤️
PRS : Look at the market share we're grabbing with our Silver Sky...
Fender : Hold my Texas Tea..... Lol
PRS is PRS. Nothing is quite like Fender for Fender tone.
Sold my LIFELESS PRSMccarty for a Texas tea strat with ooodles of mojo.
Charlie OBrien except they silver sky is better..... lol
So happy to see Pete demo these so we could actually hear what the guitar sounds like.
I've been waiting since I saw the advert. Love that Tele!!!!
I swear to god captain, I love the phrasing of your playing. A man after my own heart for sure!.
I've been watching the Captain improving over the years. Totally agree.
Cap gets better every time I hear him.
So inspiring. And I want that tele 🙏
Oh my word, that outro was exactly how I want to be able to play…
I have that Texas tea tele ultra and I’m a strat guy and I just loved that guitar and I agree best looking non custom shop tele ever made
Funny, I inspected both those guitars at the factory when I used to work at Fender. That's my stamp on the hang tags. MJ.
I bought this guitar in the tea leaf color. Love the sound and look. It is my first Tele. When I was in the shop I compared it to a few others including the Elite, Player, and a 50's replica. This one sounded much sweeter to my ears and the S-1 switch gives a smooth punch, but I did not like the neck profile so much . It also needed a set-up, dont let them tell you otherwise. The pick-guard looks cool but hitting it with a pick or finger nail will feel like a shiver to the pickle, literally feels like nails on a chalkboard, swapping mine out for PVC one. I think once I get the pick-guard replaced and lower the action, it will be my favorite guitar. I also own a few strats, a Les Paul custom, and a Martin accoustic.
Just missing the skull and cross bones on that Oakland Raiders Tele (Silver & Black). Gorgeous!!
I watched this vid and went out and bought one the next day. Plasma red burst HSS and all I can say is well done Fender, Well Done. My mate played it and has also ordered one in SSS, He is stocked. I love my 2 Suhrs to bits but my New Ultra does not disappoint. End of rant...
Loved the jamming at the end. Pure joy. Thanks guys
Wow! The best noiseless pickups i've heard from fender!! GASing so hard right now!
That outro had me at full mast 😍
So talented. Both of you x
😂
Never once been excited about a new Fender product til this.
Best demo I’ve seen ever, especially the jam at the end. Blew my mind👍😱
7:44 ... And that's the sounds I was looking for...
Hey CAP! Love your segments and Reviews. Most thorough out there!
Too bad there’s no ANDERTON’s her in Chicago, Il. USA 👍🎸👍
If Pete would release a solo album I´d listen to it all day long!
It seems like on the Ultra Strats that Fender was answering the PRS Silver Sky...especially the pickups, which to me sound a lot like the Silver Sky. That metallic brown is scrumptious!
Oh, and the Elite compound neck is 9.5 to 14, for clarification...
I agree that is almost the same feautures as the elite buuuut this time the pups sound way better to may ears
potterman83 Yup. I specifically bought an American Pro instead of Elite earlier this year because the Elite pickups sounded worse: darker, muted treble, less sparkle and clarity. These new ones sound better.
So typing pickups is only 3 more letters and sounds better to may ears.
rats... I really want one but can't justify spending close to 2 grand, especially when I have a music man cutlass that's VERY similar...
The "new Ultra" S1 switch replicate exactly David Gilmour's CustomShop signature single-coils combinations...
Wow, really nice end jam. And the final 45 secs is particularly nice with Pete's sustain/feedback riff. Thumbs up!
I am embarrassed on how much I watch you guys. If I played as much as I watch LOL you guys are great keep up the great work.
Hey Ariel Posen is on fenders' introduction video to these guitars :)
The teaser's been promising more. They'd better think of a new shape or of how to move that strat volume knob a bit from the strings...
For a proper Strat player the volume knob is exactly where it needs to be, so that you can use it while playing without moving your hand from neutral position. If they changed it they would face more backlash than praise, if you don't like it you can always move it yourself/new pickguard.
@@EOHRyan yep, even if when playing punk rock it gets in the way. A true punk rocker would just remove it, out of the way, and On all the time right?
Go to Wildwood, they have a new shape, but maybe the knob still isn't far enough, check and see. Also, just be punk rock, remove it, replace the next tone with it, and then it's gone, and pu l, and awesome, and if you're punk rock, you don't need more tone knob in your way anyway
@@lancecass8997 Exactly that, i love the Strat and my MIM has the volume knob removed for 2 reasons: Close to the strings and push pull with it being impossibly slippery. Now i can pull easily and strum as much as I want. And it just looks neat tbh.
@@adriansoul7223 I agree, it does, unexpectedly,.look pretty cool.
The outtro jam reminded me of School of Rock. Great work as always.
Damn, the Strat with that Texas Tea colour must look AMAZING!
33:26 a good angle to see the true "texas tea" color
That Tele sounds as good as it looks!
I bought a new ultra strat, the black one with gold in the middle, she's going under her name Black Betty now and I can't stop play! Love her!
For anyone unaware, the term “Texas Tea” is a old slang term for “oil”, since Texas is an oil state. So the Texas Tea finish is in reference to being black until you shine it in the light and get that oil-like sheen.
Loved the end Jam 👏🎶 !! I want that Blackish Tele 😍🤘
Every time Pete plays, the aliens feel the unexplicable urge to start looking for intelligent life in the Milky Way 😁
I can’t afford those Fenders , but I’d love to buy that jam at the end . And someone please tell the Captain he is playing awesome !!!!
A 10-14" compound radius fretboard on a strat!? Dream come true. I have to get one of these for sure for that alone.
As a proud owner of an American Elite, it makes me sad when companies like Fender make you feel bad about what was once their flagship factory model.
Not necessary. The Elites are still exceptional guitars, especially the Tele thinlines. Fender needs to innovate as a company; of which, they still get kicked for not bringing enough for the price. The Pro/Elite range was well priced, well equipped and sounding. No sadness needed. Always enjoy what you have. Listening to these, they are all nice across the board; plenty of potential. Certainly not worth throwing away an Elite over however, sans wanting the neck variation/play-ability.
I still think that the neck shape and the adjustment of the neck are batter on the elite and the switching can be rewired and coils easily replaced if the newer are some day really really batter.
@@libertylizard_ hey, you jumped on the mery go round bought an Elite and jumped off feeling happy. I just jumped on, bought an Ultra and I'm happy. Next few years someone will jump on the same ride and jump of feeling happy with the latest, it's a fact of life. Don't worry, be happy. Some people can't get off the mery go round and their the ones I feel sad for.
Pete is just an absolute tone master
That Mocha sunburst looks amazing. I want it
Nice jam at the beginning, guys. It sounds like Lee's lessons are paying off.
I'll keep my 90s standard ...never liked deluxe ultra or what ever. Always preferred the sound and feel of the 90s standards .
good for you
@@mrmagoo4407 😭😄
Why did they get rid of the truss rod wheel adjustment?
just to fuck with you specifically. it says so on the website, they even have a picture of you.
Its probably easier to snap that piece off when its that far out of the neck. Vs the truss rod set into the neck to stabilize it.
It would snap off too quick. I had a elite bass and the trust rod adjustment snapped within the first week lmao.
I think the wheel adjuster with the neck cutout looks crap. Much prefer either a hex at the nut or the old Philips screw at the heel.
Fender used it as a gimick to sucker people into buying the piece of shit and thats why it only had a short run and now it's dead! The Ultra and the Elite is nothing more than a con job to sell overpriced overhyped BS!
You sold me; just bought a HSS Strat....such an awesome guitar!...I’m in love
Me too man on NYE! Kicked off 2020 right! 🤘🏼
I just bought one as well. Cheers!
The Captain made a comparison of the Ultra necks to the necks on the Suhr guitars. However, a pretty significant difference is that the Suhrs (both Strat and Tele style) are just 1.650" nut width, whereas the Fender Ultras are 1.685" at the nut. More like a Les Paul. Having large hands, I much prefer the wider nut width.
About time Fender made a Beverly Hillbillies Edition Telecaster. You know, "Oil that is... Black Gold... Texas Tea... " Good times. Cheers.
I hope they do a Green Acres Strat. 😉
All I want is a 7 String MIM Strat
Love that down and up rake Pete does when he switches to the plectrum at the beginning. Stealing that one!
I think the Ultra has a fuller sound across the frequency range... they sound lovely.
What happened to the THRii vs Katana mkii video? Still happening?
Near the end of the week I think
I'm also pleased that I get the much easier to adjust truss rod wheel in my Elite. My first guitar, which I still have, is a super duper cheap Chinese knockoff Strat with the normal truss rod adjustment position, and it is a pain in the rear end to get the hex key lined up just right to adjust the rod.
Those knockoff strats can be halfway decent sometimes lol
@@johnballs1352 I bought it and a practice amp from Aldi as a set for $100 over a decade ago.
Doesn't get much cheaper than that, but it was the best I could afford at the time, I guess.
Really enjoyed the jam out at the end! Made me happy!
Love the jam. Nicely done, lads.
yeaaaah, another great guitar that I'll never be able to play because I'm left handed
Same.
Coming soon!! I think I'm gonna get the Ultraburst with Rosewood board ^^
The pickups on the Elite strat seemed to have a bit more character to my ears.
Wow. Amazing how we all hear such different things. I sold my Deluxe strat and completely bypassed the Elite series solely because I started to find the noiseless PuPs too plain Jane boring. I started to prefer the texture and thus more character from a professional series. I also love some of the CS PuPs but that’s a whole new bag. For me this video demonstrates texture and character being reintroduced to the ultra series of noiseless PuP design. Especially the HSS strat given it’s slightly hotter PuPs. Another good example of how preference and beauty is in the ear and eye of the beholder 👍
Great jam at the end, guys!
Most laid back dynamic ever. Well done. More like this. Really easy. I was there!!
Same old thing: a few small changes another 100 quid on the price. And once again no lefties
DH man if only Hendrix was a lefty
Pete just buy the telecaster You know you want to.
matt manley Pete, don’t. It’s mine.
That jam in the end! Worth a video in itself, wow!
I bought an Elite Tele when the price dropped as I suspected something new was coming. Am I disappointed with my guitar? No, not at all - do I wish I had waited a bit? - Maybe. Great back to back review guys!
Beautiful guitars! I swore I would never spend 2K for another guitar...oh well there goes that idea.
But who will buy it at so much money if you sell it one day.
@@Wooburnmusic Spoken like a true musician! I've had to sell every guitar I have ever owned but one!
@@Pulse2AM lol pulse ! Best wishes to you 🎸😁👍
That Texas Tea Tele really stands out clear and strong in my speakers here. Nice!
And, all you freakin' complainers "why doesn't Fender... blah blah blah..."
Ferfucksakes go buy what you want, someone somewhere makes exactly what you're looking for.
Someone somewhere might but probably not at an affordable price point so I'm buying the components and wiring it myself.
Andrew Harper yes! That's the spirit man.
So, consumers aren't allowed to have an opinion, or criticize companies and their products now?
@@kakarot.247 No we must now and scrape to the corporate overlords! Seriously though feedback would get back to Fender quicker if people directed their criticism directly. Personally I could hear a difference in the guitars and the spoon carve is probably long overdue unless you want the traditional look.
I love that yall used these amps. I would have liked to hear a bit more through the Vibrolux though.
Woohoo on the outro! Nice jammin'! Great video as always....Aloha....Mahalo nui loa!
They really needed to start offering stainless steel frets with the elites. I was expecting them to introduce those as a killer feature for the new series. These guitars are really unappealing when you can get a kiesel delos for quite a bit less. Used suhrs can easily be found for the same dough, and I know I would go that way every time.
The only real improvement seem to be the new pickups, contouring around the heel, and removal of s-1, which was garbage.
Unfortunately, the removal of spoke wheel truss rod adjustment and compound neck profile are downgrades imo.
The neck profile of the elites was my favorite feature, and it made them feel unique from other guitars.
You can tell other guitar brands are really cutting into Fender’s market when Fender has to start copying those brands.
What is fender copying? Can you elaborate?
TheDuckRace Lee talked about it in the video. Suhr contours at the heel and treble side horn. Many other builder do this as well. That’s why I would call it Deluxe Modern. It’s basically a Fender Deluxe with modern contours.
kdrake777 fender has had the coutours at the heel for a while. I have one on a 2004 strat. I honestly don’t know why they wouldn’t just make every fender with that detail.
Rohit Rao They have added new contours.
Woooooooooooah. that neck pickup first cord Pete played on the redsexy was perfection.
You did not have it here yet Captain, but your new camera with all that K value is absolute dope to watch on an iMac large screen. The quality of picture is unreal. Great decision on souping up the recording camera capabilities. This jam here is just so pleasing. I think I am in love with Danish Petes ... jammin. The Luxe is now here and that one will be dope with the Floyd and maple neck. I have two of these Ultras.
Pete: Gain from the Dane?
Everyone: Yes, please.
The Ultra Strat pickups have more chime.
Back in the old days that Telecaster color was called Black Walnut I've seen it on a couple of American drag cars.
Wow, I’m really impressed by Lee’s playing here!
Wow that's underwhelming... when I saw the teaser I was expecting some radical new guitar not something which is essentially the same guitar with some minor differences
Really? What were you expecting? A tremelo made out of recycled plastic? A scratchplate made of grass? 17 pickups?
@@adamski101 well after I saw the teaser i expected a more hard rock/ metal inclined strat or at least something that fender has innovated but instead we got this
Underwhelming? It's downright insulting. I'd rather just wait till someone else near me figures out the texas tea finish and get a warmoth roasted maple neck with stainless steel frets and spokeswheel truss adjustment. That would immedietely make it more modern than this shit.
Those changes are huge!
Really? Minor? Do us all a favor and please go and buy a Ibanez :)
Fender: "Why the sales of our modern strats are fading away?"
Also Fender: Strips away selected woods, LSR Roller Nut, the modern truss rod adjustment of the elite, the passing lane switch, the S1-switching and has no steel frets.
Just put all the cool modern stuff on a strat and I buy one. Even my old 2012 Deluxe has more modern features than the new Elite.
I'm buying a MiM. I just want a strat, if you know what I mean
@@panama1942 That's perfectly fine. I know most people want a normal strat. I criticize fender that they don't have the balls to ONE series with the modern stuff. For people who want a "normal" strat, fender has the player, (MiM) deluxe, performer, professional, original and some more series. They had exactly one series with all the modern stuff, which was the MiA Deluxe and then Elite. And now they dumb it down instead of ramping it up with the stuff all the other brands do.
@@slowbend4390 I’m Not sure why a lot of you guys are harping on about this guitar in a negative way, I just got one of these in Plasma Red Burst and its freekin awesome. The new features are all on point and the pickups sound great. The Humbucker is great and the build quality is up there with the boutique builders. I have 2 Suhr guitars and know what a good guitar should feel and play like and these new Ultras fit the bill. I have been a bit anti Fender since Suhr guitars came to the table and made great guitars but Fender have got this right even if they did copy some of Johns ideas. Saying that, there are a few innovations that Johns guitars don’t have, and he might just borrow those ideas, lol
@@peterdadswell7998 Because Fender keeps stripping the features away. Build quality is clearly important, but when they ramp up the price, why can't they leave the modern wirings etc in the guitar? The new truss rod adjustment is just better than the old one at the headstock. The LSR nut had it's weak points, but as for the deluxe they could only have it in the HSS strat for more heavy tremolo action.
Fender advertises like they reinvented the guitar, but more things got back to the older state than other way around.
@@slowbend4390 This is a new direction for Fender and a lot of refinements and they still have their meat and potatoes ranges for a lot less than the ultra. for that matter, the ultra is in a different class t\like Suhr guitars and even they have different price points but nothing as cheap as the fender player series.
That closing jam was beautiful! More guitar reviews with inspiring instruments please if they make you play like that - wonderful stuff.
The outro jam is a vibe.