This fender booth is so refreshing in the guitar comunity. Huge cheers for what the guys at fender lined up to start the roaring 20s. They really make it feel like a new decade.
what you mean by that ? sorry i don't have the reference but i'm interested since i really see Bob Dylan as a musician hero, minimalistic set with guitar 'n voice.
@@vincentdelmas2792 In 1965, Dylan performed an electric set at Newport for the first time playing a Fender Stratocaster. He was accompanied by by three members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Mike Bloomfield, guitar; Jerome Arnold, bass; Sam Lay, drums; and also Al Kooper, organ; and Barry Goldberg, piano. To this day a dispute continues over whether or not they were booed and if so why. Google "Dylan at Newport 1965" and watch the youtubes. You can judge for yourself and read various accounts and opinions as to what happened. David F's joke is that had he had played an Acoustasonic rather than a Strat, the folkies who booed him might have been more welcoming. There was a subsequent tour in '65-'66 with the Hawks (who would become The Band). Dylan opened with a solo acoustic set. After an intermission, he performed an electric set with the Hawks. I saw them in Baltimore. I and most of the crowd loved both sets. There were some disgruntled-folkie boos when he started the second set, but just a few.
@@paulconnah986 thx for such à welcome explication ! Reminds me some vegans talking, debating if this food is okay or not. There is some coolness to bé à " one thing Man " , making and assuming string choices, but ateod each thing has benefit Of his own and cant bé replace by another one.
@@crisp9929 Yes. But the other one in John 14:22: Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 14:22.1: Harken unto you, I shall soon go on a world tour with four Canadian disciples and one from Arkansas, plus we're going to start calling you Jude so as to distinguish you from Mr. Thirty Pieces of Silver, and I prophesy that centuries hence the disciples known as the Silver Beatles shall drop the Silver from their name and, hey, the one called Paul shall eventually write a song about you. And, Will, what say you of yon Crisp? And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world But we in it shall be rememberèd-- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers . . . .
@David Redman - I don't recall the neck well, but I remember playing one in my local music store back in the day. I kind of dig their look still, but as for being any remote inspiration for Paul Reed Smith, they're most definitely not.
'Rocky' was one of two 1961/62 pre-owned Sonic Blue Strats (rosewood fretboards) the Beatles roadie Mal Evans was asked to go and buy for John Lennon and George Harrison in 1965. They were used in the studio firstly on the track 'Nowhere Man' and then on on both the 'Rubber Soul' and the 'Revolver' albums; around the 'Sgt Pepper/Magical Mystery Tour' period George hand-painted his (quite roughly) with the newly available 'Dayglo' paint and his wife Patti's nail varnish, painting the name 'Rocky' on the headstock and 'Bebopalula' on the guitar body (Paul painted his Rickenbacker bass around the same time). 'Rocky' can be seen being played by George on the Beatles' live TV broadcast of 'All You Need is Love' on the 25th June 1967, and more obviously on the track 'I Am the Walrus' in the film Magical Mystery Tour. It was later semi-retired and in 1970, following a conversation with Ry Cooder, set up by George for use as a slide guitar, and used on 'My Sweet Lord'. Still in the ownership of Olivia and Dhani Harrison. Not sure where John's Strat is... probably under Yoko's bed. The serial number of John's is unknown.
I watched a “Strat 40 years” documentary in the 90’s with great interviews. Clapton in an elevator, Keith Richards on a rooftop and George Harrison introducing me to “Rocky” (among other things). It’s on RUclips and it’s great. I still have the vhs.
Also the guitar with the funky scratch plate and on board delay I believe is called a Fender "Marauder". It was never originally released however a few prototypes were made.
I love this channel! And this video! You guys are authentic, fun and seem to have a lot of knowledge! One little comment tho.. PLEASE stop talking over each other!! You seriously have to practice that. Both of you! Go back and watch this video on a mobile device yourselves as listen to how incredibly messy the sound is. Gets the experience from 10/10 to 3/10. A part from that, fantastic work fellas!
The HM's are back....well, they did come back earlier in the form the Highway 1 Showmaster, but it's cool to see them back. Of course, they would decide to do them as "limited-editons" $$$$$$$$
Fender is looking good at the show this year. More colors, more call backs and the "Rocky", Awesome! If they only hadn't come up short on the "Pukelele". Ha!, pukelele, I love it.
The pickup in that bass is a Bi-sonic/Darkstar pickup. They were factory equipment in Guild basses. (Modified design of course, as a Guild Bi-sonic's string spacing is not as wide as that of a fender)
Eric Clapton's Fender LEAD guitar was a clear lacquer cherry Red LEAD II, with 2 single coil pickups, black/white/black laminated pick guard, and maple neck! Eric used it live and in the studio - cool!
I’m so glad the offset series guitars weren’t actually discontinued. I love those guitars and basses and I was pretty sad when they got removed from fenders website a while ago.
It looks like in the background at the end the custom shop person is telling someone about the new Eric Johnson Virginia Custom Shop. Wish y'all would have done a section on it!! Otherwise great tour.
I had a Lead I. I think I bought it around December '79. Single humbucker. I remember replacing the nut and saddles with graphite parts. I loved that guitar. It was stolen in the mid-80's.
I remember Steve Morse endorsing the Fender Lead II. He only used in concert for one song because the song was in a different tuning or something. I saw him use it live once. Fender used a photo of him playing it in their sales ads at the time.
Interesting, thinks these Japan made Fenders with HSS configuration is 'really expensive' but is seemingly fine with a Made in Korea Chapman being the same price.
Hey there! Not here to pick a fight. If you go back and listen to that section of the video, Lee states its expensive compared to what they cost back when they were originally sold. My brother and I used to go into guitar stores back in the 80s and early 90s and dream about the HM Strats. I think they used to cost about $650 or so dollars??? I can't quite remember.
@@Go2Africa I don't have any concrete figures to back up this next statement. Haven't standard Strats always been around 900-1200 dollars? Doesn't seem like the price has increased much for them. Are they priced too cheap? Maybe Fender has just expanded the range with various price points.
In my experience, the made in Japan guitars are also really super. I have a new Aerodyne Strat from Japan that I traded my American tele for and the build quality and playability and sound is far superior on the Japanese model. Not saying these will be Uber quality, but they’re good in general
Oh man. I had a Fender Lead II. The finish was completely trashed on it and it weighed 15lbs. Paid $200 for it. Had non matching serial numbers though. Wound up selling it cause I broke the crappy plastic nut. The pickups on it were freaking amazing though. So cool to see these back.
I ordered a Harley Benton telecaster. I took all the metal parts and electronics out of it. I stripped it down to where it was just the body with the paint job (the black one with the gold paisley print). I took it in my backyard, I got my shotgun, I shot it four times with buckshot. Then I put it back together, put it back on my guitar rack and still play it. Sometimes when you're poor and necessity is the mother of invention (if you want to have a cool-looking guitar)
Thanks so much for the great coverage, I really appreciate your channel and reviews! Hopefully you do one on the Mustang GTX soon, keep up the great work, MI
Great video lee. It's a amazing time to be a guitar player and collector. The George Harrison Rocky and the hm strat and insanely beautiful. I hope you guys are having a awesome time. Alot to do in Anaheim take it in. Doesn't look like squier got any love but that's ok. Have a great time and keep us updated. Thanks buddy
Mine is Hot Lipstick Pink. Previous owner had it covered in decals and Van Halen stripes because he was embarrassed by the colour. First thing I did was to strip all the junk off and let that beauty be OUTRAGEOUS.
You're lucky as hell then, man. Fender is selling these reissues for an outrageous price, but I've seen only one or two OG's in my region come up and they're fetching 3-10 grand.
An HM Strat in the US was about $800 (nearly $1600 in 2020 $s) in 1990. These are selling for $1200. Adjusting for inflation they are actually less expensive.
The grey guiter with the gold pickguard is a fender marauder shape, the mach 2 i blieve. It was never actually put in production. Only a japanees version that did not really look like the original. I always liked the shape and the jag style dip switches. Very happy they gave it nieuw life
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Okay, no holiday this year but a Broadcaster.
I think I prefer this year’s Parallel Universe to the Custom Shop offerings.
Agreed. Those and the Leads were the only ones I found at all interesting. The rest, meh, same old/same old.
This fender booth is so refreshing in the guitar comunity. Huge cheers for what the guys at fender lined up to start the roaring 20s. They really make it feel like a new decade.
The Fender booth at NAMM.
THAT'S MY GRACELAND.
Great video guys; your enthusiasm is infectious!
1:55
All the blues lawyers in a 100 mile radius felt a disturbance in the force
The most Lawyering lawyer of them all emerged and bought to proudly display in his Benson & Ben & Ben & Co & Son's office.
My favorite coverage of NAMM is the Andertons coverage of NAMM.
Mine also. With honorable mention to 60 Cycle Hum for a really good, one man operation.
The hand painted Tele Pete loves was done by Beth Freeman; she's awesome, streams on Twitch sometimes. Glad it made it into the video!
If Bob Dylan had had the Acoustasonic back in 1965 at Newport Folk Festival, things might have turned out differently :)
what you mean by that ? sorry i don't have the reference but i'm interested since i really see Bob Dylan as a musician hero, minimalistic set with guitar 'n voice.
@@vincentdelmas2792 In 1965, Dylan performed an electric set at Newport for the first time playing a Fender Stratocaster. He was accompanied by by three members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Mike Bloomfield, guitar; Jerome Arnold, bass; Sam Lay, drums;
and also Al Kooper, organ; and Barry Goldberg, piano. To this day a dispute continues over
whether or not they were booed and if so why. Google "Dylan at Newport 1965" and watch the youtubes. You can judge for yourself and read various accounts and opinions as to what happened. David F's joke is that had he had played an Acoustasonic rather than a Strat, the folkies who booed him might have been more welcoming. There was a subsequent tour in '65-'66 with the Hawks (who would become The Band). Dylan opened with a solo acoustic set. After an intermission, he performed an electric set with the Hawks. I saw them in Baltimore. I and most of the crowd loved both sets. There were some disgruntled-folkie boos when he started the second set, but just a few.
@@paulconnah986 thx for such à welcome explication !
Reminds me some vegans talking, debating if this food is okay or not.
There is some coolness to bé à " one thing Man " , making and assuming string choices, but ateod each thing has benefit Of his own and cant bé replace by another one.
Paul Connah “Judas!”
@@crisp9929
Yes. But the other one in John 14:22: Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
14:22.1: Harken unto you, I shall soon go on a world tour with four Canadian disciples and one from Arkansas, plus we're going to start calling you Jude so as to distinguish you from Mr. Thirty Pieces of Silver, and I prophesy that centuries hence the disciples known as the Silver Beatles shall drop the Silver from their name and, hey, the one called Paul shall eventually write a song about you.
And, Will, what say you of yon Crisp?
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world
But we in it shall be rememberèd--
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers . . . .
PRS: makes a strat
Fender: makes a PRS
9:05
they made those in the 80s, well before PRS were properly established.
@@joebryant8500 PRS does a great job of getting people to think that they are innovators (they are not).
The resurrection of those old slab Leads are hardly anything close to PRS's.
@David Redman - I don't recall the neck well, but I remember playing one in my local music store back in the day. I kind of dig their look still, but as for being any remote inspiration for Paul Reed Smith, they're most definitely not.
Very cool, how did you link the time like that 9:06
Again, the audio in particular is so so so much better than in the past. Keep up the good work! I'm dying to see your ESP coverage.
Pete: “George Harrison looks just like my dad.”
Assuming Pete’s dad is still with us, he needs to make an Andertons TV appearance.
Danish Pa.
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@@tantricpanda He does too! Just a blond version of George...
I have hidden my wallet from myself for the rest of NAMM.
You can pay with your phone these days
@@g.garcia106 D'oh!
Yeah I did that once too but I never managed to put my hand back on it. It's somewhere here but I can't remember where exactly !
You went?
'Rocky' was one of two 1961/62 pre-owned Sonic Blue Strats (rosewood fretboards) the Beatles roadie Mal Evans was asked to go and buy for John Lennon and George Harrison in 1965. They were used in the studio firstly on the track 'Nowhere Man' and then on on both the 'Rubber Soul' and the 'Revolver' albums; around the 'Sgt Pepper/Magical Mystery Tour' period George hand-painted his (quite roughly) with the newly available 'Dayglo' paint and his wife Patti's nail varnish, painting the name 'Rocky' on the headstock and 'Bebopalula' on the guitar body (Paul painted his Rickenbacker bass around the same time). 'Rocky' can be seen being played by George on the Beatles' live TV broadcast of 'All You Need is Love' on the 25th June 1967, and more obviously on the track 'I Am the Walrus' in the film Magical Mystery Tour. It was later semi-retired and in 1970, following a conversation with Ry Cooder, set up by George for use as a slide guitar, and used on 'My Sweet Lord'. Still in the ownership of Olivia and Dhani Harrison. Not sure where John's Strat is... probably under Yoko's bed. The serial number of John's is unknown.
I met Carlos at a Masterbuilt tour. He is a humble young gentleman. Glad he's getting recognition.
The Custom Shop “Rocky” Strat looks so damn cool, it definitely gives me _Magical Mystery Tour_ and “All You Need Is Love” vibes :D
Oh hell yeah.
That's the point
It’s what George saw when he took his acid
My favorite time of the year. Andertons at NAMM . Love you guy's. South Florida here.
You guys together have amazing, dizzying and hypnotic chemistry.
I'm italian, and that Lazio joke made me laugh a lot!!!
As a Gibson player, I have to say Fender have knocked it out the park this year....Imo far more than Gibson have.....well done Fender
Epiphone seem to be killing it though.
Fender knocked it out of the park last year as well.
I watched a “Strat 40 years” documentary in the 90’s with great interviews. Clapton in an elevator, Keith Richards on a rooftop and George Harrison introducing me to “Rocky” (among other things). It’s on RUclips and it’s great. I still have the vhs.
As a Canadian who dreams to going to NAMM for their first time one day but is instead in bed, thank you for this video
Felice T same
Love those 'Les Paul custom style' Telecasters with the humbuckers.. Wouldn't have expected that to look so good
16:40 Isn't that just a Telelele then?
Well done
Really missed the opportunity to call that guitar a Stratojazzer...
Tyler Jones or a jazzocaster
Stratomaster or jazzcastor, depends how you look at it. Fender can’t use either, copy right taken.
Lee and Pete, you are doing a Marvelous job covering the NAMM. Thumbs up!
Glad you guys went early. Much better viewing experience than when its packed.
You are the best team!! Really enjoyed this tour of Fender!!
It's amazing how these two seamlessly talk over each other
Also the guitar with the funky scratch plate and on board delay I believe is called a Fender "Marauder". It was never originally released however a few prototypes were made.
On behalf of all of us that could not attend the show, Thank You guys!
Those leads, smart product. The humbucker one in purple is metal af. One of those was almost my first guitar and I wish it had been
I love this channel! And this video! You guys are authentic, fun and seem to have a lot of knowledge!
One little comment tho.. PLEASE stop talking over each other!! You seriously have to practice that. Both of you!
Go back and watch this video on a mobile device yourselves as listen to how incredibly messy the sound is. Gets the experience from 10/10 to 3/10.
A part from that, fantastic work fellas!
I need those display cases for my guitars at home!
coolest thing there
Great job as usual showing us the gear!
That was a proper walkthrough. Thank you!
Guys these videos are not only brilliant, but they’re so beautifully shoot
Lee and Pete walking through booths are always my favorite Namm videos.
Great video guys, very enjoyable. Cheers
this is all i waited for! thank you guys!!!
That bluish green hollow body is amazing.
This was fantastic, great camera work too.
The HM's are back....well, they did come back earlier in the form the Highway 1 Showmaster, but it's cool to see them back. Of course, they would decide to do them as "limited-editons" $$$$$$$$
Hey, they had to do something with the necks for the Ryan Adams sig that had to be canned...
would buy one for sure if they had dimarzios and didn't have a low quality floyd. Way too expensive :(
Awesome video! Appreciate Y'all!!!
Yes the Lead 3 is back!
💪😎🤘
Fender is looking good at the show this year. More colors, more call backs and the "Rocky", Awesome!
If they only hadn't come up short on the "Pukelele".
Ha!, pukelele, I love it.
The pickup in that bass is a Bi-sonic/Darkstar pickup. They were factory equipment in Guild basses. (Modified design of course, as a Guild Bi-sonic's string spacing is not as wide as that of a fender)
I cannot get enough of the Texas Tea finish in the Ultra series. So good looking.
Thanks for the video guys, for those of us who can’t make it down there. Don’t have to much fun
Couldn't ask for a more fun video. Really made my day. Just wish (and wish and wish) Fender offered more 12" radius.
Eric Clapton's Fender LEAD guitar was a clear lacquer cherry Red LEAD II, with 2 single coil pickups, black/white/black laminated pick guard, and maple neck! Eric used it live and in the studio - cool!
Nice work, guys!
Drooling...Fender I'm loving your work.
I’m so glad the offset series guitars weren’t actually discontinued. I love those guitars and basses and I was pretty sad when they got removed from fenders website a while ago.
It looks like everybody is bringing it this year! So much cool stuff.
It looks like in the background at the end the custom shop person is telling someone about the new Eric Johnson Virginia Custom Shop. Wish y'all would have done a section on it!! Otherwise great tour.
Thanks gents excellent video, good commentary nice to see you alive healthy & kicking!
Pete always go for the purple one. Strong character! 👌
Some absolute stunners there!
The Captain and Pete, Brilliant as always! Love your videos! Spontaneous entertainment.
Glad to see the lead series back.
I had a Lead I. I think I bought it around December '79. Single humbucker. I remember replacing the nut and saddles with graphite parts. I loved that guitar. It was stolen in the mid-80's.
Fender is like ESP now. They make everything into a guitar or a guitar out of everything.
Great job as usual, guys!
I remember Steve Morse endorsing the Fender Lead II. He only used in concert for one song because the song was in a different tuning or something. I saw him use it live once. Fender used a photo of him playing it in their sales ads at the time.
The secondary market on those Broadcasters will be outrageous if Fender sticks to the one year only run
Interesting, thinks these Japan made Fenders with HSS configuration is 'really expensive' but is seemingly fine with a Made in Korea Chapman being the same price.
Hey there! Not here to pick a fight. If you go back and listen to that section of the video, Lee states its expensive compared to what they cost back when they were originally sold. My brother and I used to go into guitar stores back in the 80s and early 90s and dream about the HM Strats. I think they used to cost about $650 or so dollars??? I can't quite remember.
@@Go2Africa I don't have any concrete figures to back up this next statement. Haven't standard Strats always been around 900-1200 dollars? Doesn't seem like the price has increased much for them. Are they priced too cheap? Maybe Fender has just expanded the range with various price points.
In my experience, the made in Japan guitars are also really super. I have a new Aerodyne Strat from Japan that I traded my American tele for and the build quality and playability and sound is far superior on the Japanese model.
Not saying these will be Uber quality, but they’re good in general
Lol they are expensive considering that they have floyd specials.
HOLY SHIT THEY'RE BRINGING BACK THE LEAD SERIES?! FINALLY!
Got to say fender is killing it!!!
Oh man. I had a Fender Lead II. The finish was completely trashed on it and it weighed 15lbs. Paid $200 for it. Had non matching serial numbers though. Wound up selling it cause I broke the crappy plastic nut. The pickups on it were freaking amazing though.
So cool to see these back.
I'm glad you managed to get a quite slot at the Fender booth. Great coverage!
I ordered a Harley Benton telecaster. I took all the metal parts and electronics out of it. I stripped it down to where it was just the body with the paint job (the black one with the gold paisley print). I took it in my backyard, I got my shotgun, I shot it four times with buckshot. Then I put it back together, put it back on my guitar rack and still play it. Sometimes when you're poor and necessity is the mother of invention (if you want to have a cool-looking guitar)
Thanks Andertons, for the great vids, sincerely... you are doing God's work. Plus we feel like we know you so it is like hanging out with you guys
These guys are so excited ! Love it
You guys seem a lot more energetic than last year, i hope you've enjoyed NAMM 2020 so far!
Great stuff guys.
Thanks so much for the great coverage, I really appreciate your channel and reviews! Hopefully you do one on the Mustang GTX soon, keep up the great work, MI
Love seeing the HM Strat I had a green one when they came out
I had one in 88......just waiting for the new version... On order!!!!!!
Excelent camera man!
The pink superstrat might bring me back to fender
I am an Ibanez guy, and I get your point.
Brilliant!!! Thanks Fellas!!!
Wow a year goes around so fast , enjoy guys !
Great video lee. It's a amazing time to be a guitar player and collector. The George Harrison Rocky and the hm strat and insanely beautiful. I hope you guys are having a awesome time. Alot to do in Anaheim take it in. Doesn't look like squier got any love but that's ok. Have a great time and keep us updated. Thanks buddy
The lead ii is amazing
The Lead Series (I, II and eventually the III) were actually available from about 1981 (that is, BEFORE the Vintage reissue models of 1982).
best Namm commentary ever, I wish you would do other stands.......thanks guys
Familiarize yourself with The Black Pumas, amazing music gentlemen.
The 2 best characters on Andertons by a country mile
That 80s series with legit Fender Super Strats and the PRS clone Fenders ("Lead" series) are gonna make some serious cash.
Love this. Thank you!
7:40 Anyone else have one of those strats? I bought one used in 1991. Still have it. I just played it tonight.
Mine is Hot Lipstick Pink.
Previous owner had it covered in decals and Van Halen stripes because he was embarrassed by the colour. First thing I did was to strip all the junk off and let that beauty be OUTRAGEOUS.
I have 3 of them. I love them all
You're lucky as hell then, man. Fender is selling these reissues for an outrageous price, but I've seen only one or two OG's in my region come up and they're fetching 3-10 grand.
An HM Strat in the US was about $800 (nearly $1600 in 2020 $s) in 1990. These are selling for $1200. Adjusting for inflation they are actually less expensive.
I wish I still had my Lead II
loved the Paul Davids shoutout
That jazzstrat!! My heart..
I'm in love with that pink tele from 4:03, I never wanted to buy a tele until now
@9:40 “The DP”.. slight pause, that sounds bad... “the deep purple!”
I almost lost it lol love you guys thanks for the awesome vid
The Fender Candy Shoppe. Goodness for all!
The grey guiter with the gold pickguard is a fender marauder shape, the mach 2 i blieve. It was never actually put in production. Only a japanees version that did not really look like the original. I always liked the shape and the jag style dip switches. Very happy they gave it nieuw life
Haha! Wow! I have a 1990 HM Strat in black. Love it!