I finally got my own Fender Custom Shop Strat. Worth every penny. There really is a difference, the wood, the pickups, the quality control and craftsmanship is just astounding.
The neck isn't scalloped though, and Yngwie is known for playing with scalloped fingerboards on his strats. Also, at around 3:05 he says that this guitar player switched to a different company and created a "Silver sky," obviously a reference to John Mayer's signature PRS Silver Sky. Yngwie, of course, doesn't play PRS (to my knowledge, anyway).
Got one of these this week, I had my doubts but my hands are playing things I didn't know I could. Worth every penny. I compared it to a silver sky, both guitars are amazing. This one has a slightly thinner neck than a SS which makes a lot of difference for small hands. Having said that SS neck is also very fast. The pickups on this sound absolutely bonkers. True strat sound with that vintage bite when needed. Silver sky also sounds amazing but it is like a modern strat and warmer but totally unique too. Silver sky pickups are super unique, dynamics are the best on those where other guitars don't even come close on dynamics. Action and setup on this was just crazy good. It's the guitar that will define my career for sure. Apples and Oranges but yes a silver sky is as good as a custom shop fender but CS fender is as good as it gets when it comes to a true original strat. Quality of CS is just beautiful. Get both guitars if you can in the long run, won't be disappointed with either. CS is that much more premium than a SS. Thanks a lot Andertons!
Love watching Lee in the final jam doubt himself , hesitate to play, then go for it and play some of the tastiest phrasing I've seen him do. Went "damn, lee" out loud. Good job man.
I saw JM live a few months ago. Played mostly his Silver Sky, but for two songs used the '64 sunburst strat. Everything sounded great! The PRS's sounded clean, clear en tight. The '64 strat though sounded more dynamic and touch sensitive, more warm and a wider spectrum. Loved that one out of all of them.
I think Pete's right when he says that you only get that "little bit extra" with the expensive guitars. The cheaper ones get you the basics and sometime somewhat more, but taking the guitar's quality to the far wall require a bit of actual artistry. Much of that is in the setup. I know this after doing several setups myself on REALLY cheap guitars, only to have then turn into MONSTERS! True that I outright modified them, but I got good enough to begin realize the possibilites; you can set up for TONE without messing too much with the feel of the axe in cases where the guitar's bridge saddles can be adjusted individually. (It's harder with other bridges.) It's expensive for companies to do this work, because it's subjective, touchy, hard to explain and communicate, and has a learning curve such that only experienced techs and luthiers are really good at it. The only substitute is to learn to do this work yourself -- WORTH IT if you invest a the right tools and use the right techniques. The bonus is that you lose all fear of your instruments because you understand them!😎❤️️🎸‼️
well I learned this stuff on the fly doing countless pub gigs through the 80's and 90's, as well as trouble shooting badly biased tube amps in the dark. It's easy, and anyone can do the basic stuff, intonation, relief and action, and once you get a feel for it, you can get a sense of possibilities in your own guitars.
Thank you both for brightening up my murky Sunday morning. The way that Pete is doing googoo eyes and holding onto the Teal model is very funny. If i get a call from the lotto office this morning i will put down an order. Cheers
Absolutely lovely. Nothing wrong giving people something to “shoot for”. You may well have someone who in 10 years started on a squier classic vibe and saves up to get something like that. It’s fun to watch, thanks for sharing guys
I just it to be said that you, the Captain have improved EXPONENTIALLY since I started watching you with Chappers, until now, seeing you with Danish Pete. You sound great man!
I ordered a Dodgem Blue Silver Sky last week. Should have it Monday. I CANNOT wait! If I could afford a Custom Shop Fender, I may have bought one, but I played 5 Ultra Series Strats, and didn’t care for any of them. The SS on the other hand, felt wonderful immediately. Gonna be a long weekend
hey mate, there's nothing between a PRS and FCS guitar; just a matter of taste. both are great instruments; and if FCS wasn't doing the relicing the guitars would cost just about the same. enjoy your Silver Sky and dont give it a second thought. btw I have a Midnight Rose one on order myself even though I own a few FCS strats.
I think Lee also sounds a better player because he used to wander off and go awol in his solo's but now, he (finally!) learned to stay within the rhythm of the beat, so to speak ... Much respect. I enjoy his playing a lot.
I got the old ones the same day as Bea, and it is one of the best strats I’ve ever played, and regularly out does vintage examples, anyone looking at these I can’t recommend them highly enough
Damn it! I just wet my pants hearing Lee's expression on the intro tune.... This man has an ultimate professional expression that is rare, really rare. I want these guys to do a professionally produced album to launch careers in any way they want it. I constantly fight which guitar is the best sounding between a tele and strat. I guess this will keep me playing my strat for weeks to capture both of these guys licks. Won't happen, but I'll try...... Thanks Gentlemen!!
The best part about Strat/tele review is that the players are almost always those melodic players proficient in blues. But when it's superstrat review it's either djent guys or guitarist who can't play.
That sound! They are gorgeous, chiming, angel harps. If Pete's not invited to play at the next Crossroads festival, it's a travesty of justice! Can't wait to hear you two with the new Eric Johnson Strat to compare.
All retailers I know say that relic’d custom shops sell quicker than non. So that leads me to assume that the people who complain about them are most likely people who couldn’t afford them anyway. Otherwise the non-relics would sell better, right?
One thing I agree fully with John Mayer and I'm not a fanboy by any means is when he says that he wanted to capture a vintage strat consistently and relatively affordably. The PRS does that and it's half the cost of one of these. No doubt these are wonderful, but so is the prs and for £2000 less.
Reminds me of my commemorative strat. Ash body with those tuners. Amazing strat and cost £900 second hand. Custom Fender pups as standard too. Look out for these if you can't afford 4.1k
I agree with the Captain, position 4 is the greatest guitar tone of all, and the one that I use 75% of the time on my Fender Custom Shop Stratocasters.
If you need help with relicing,my friend says five bottles of vodka,four cases of beer,and a weekends worth of time.Cigarette burns are $100 extra.For Firebird X type relicing,there is a surcharge to cover the bulldozer rental. The Peter Frampton" tribute relic,"which involves dropping your guitar from a flying airplane,is the most expensive,but you do get your choice of heights.
I’m excited for the day Andertons shows us a custom shop that hasn’t been dragged behind a horse on a gravel road. I know it’s makes Lee and Pete randy, so I get why they are excited, but bring a non beat up one to the studio so we can see it, must be better than leaving them in the store not being sold. Red guitars do play louder than other colours though. Red cars are faster too.
I appreciate the already relicked look from new, but some people prefer to do the relicking themselves naturally over decades of ownership. Not only do you get a relic job that is entirely unique to yourself that way, it gets "lived in" with your own hands, and not the hands of someone else.
@@JROD082384 Fair point. I actually proffer NOS guitars myself, however it's down to personal taste. I the US Wildwood guitars get Fender Custom shop guitars with a 'relic ready' finish, so although they look NOS they relic faster, and naturally as the owner plays them. I'd like to see these available more and in Britain, as what could be nicer for someone who likes relic guitars that to have one they've naturally reliced themselves just by playing it?
I wish I had the money and I wish you guys were in the US so I could try one out... look and sound awesome. That black one would look nice next to my silver Sky.
They look and sound amazing. I would be up for a PRS Relic Silver Sky but don't think the PRS would relic/wear well with its finish unlike a nitro finish. PRS make a Silver Sky with a humbucker in the bridge,10' radius fretboard and nitrocellulose finish :-) Anyway, good job Fender with these.
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The only thing I can afford in this video is Andertons Tshirt
I cant even afford new strings, been using this set for 2 yrs now lmao
lucky
I cant even afford to watch this video.
You can get a custom relic for $1500 that is every bit as good or better.
Enjoy your corona.
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen anybody look happier than danish Pete when he’s playing guitar.
I could listen to Pete just noodling around all day.
Yup! This was one of his best I reckon 😊
@Richard Harrold Well, I think anyone's playing would improve if they got to spend some practice time with Pete.
Loved that opening jam!
That intro jam was just spectacular! Lee’s tone and phrasing were just brilliant! Pete, as always brings such feel and swagger in his playing!
I literally just sat down in bed with a bunch of snacks and I get a notification for this...The timing!
Nothing crusty I hope....nothing worse than a bed full of crumbs 😳
I finally got my own Fender Custom Shop Strat. Worth every penny. There really is a difference, the wood, the pickups, the quality control and craftsmanship is just astounding.
I absolutely love all of you guys' tongue-and-cheek humor. The whole Anderton's team rocks.
Lee and Pete's playing just gets better and better!
oh lordy the tones in that intro are so good I almost cried. those guitars are proof that there is magic in the world
I was gonna say John Mayer but after looking closer this is very clearly Malmsteen inspired
The neck isn't scalloped though, and Yngwie is known for playing with scalloped fingerboards on his strats. Also, at around 3:05 he says that this guitar player switched to a different company and created a "Silver sky," obviously a reference to John Mayer's signature PRS Silver Sky. Yngwie, of course, doesn't play PRS (to my knowledge, anyway).
@@thekingofthebees837 lol.
Battlegear100 dear oh dear oh dear 🥴
@@khiemvu8667 Jesus christ man, are you dense?
@@khiemvu8667 r/whoosh
Got one of these this week, I had my doubts but my hands are playing things I didn't know I could. Worth every penny. I compared it to a silver sky, both guitars are amazing. This one has a slightly thinner neck than a SS which makes a lot of difference for small hands. Having said that SS neck is also very fast. The pickups on this sound absolutely bonkers. True strat sound with that vintage bite when needed. Silver sky also sounds amazing but it is like a modern strat and warmer but totally unique too. Silver sky pickups are super unique, dynamics are the best on those where other guitars don't even come close on dynamics. Action and setup on this was just crazy good. It's the guitar that will define my career for sure. Apples and Oranges but yes a silver sky is as good as a custom shop fender but CS fender is as good as it gets when it comes to a true original strat. Quality of CS is just beautiful. Get both guitars if you can in the long run, won't be disappointed with either. CS is that much more premium than a SS. Thanks a lot Andertons!
Love watching Lee in the final jam doubt himself , hesitate to play, then go for it and play some of the tastiest phrasing I've seen him do. Went "damn, lee" out loud. Good job man.
Yeah WTF, he keeps leveling up.
Definitely this is the most beautiful strat tone that I've heard in my life!!!!!!!!
I saw JM live a few months ago. Played mostly his Silver Sky, but for two songs used the '64 sunburst strat. Everything sounded great! The PRS's sounded clean, clear en tight. The '64 strat though sounded more dynamic and touch sensitive, more warm and a wider spectrum. Loved that one out of all of them.
Stratocasters got the 5 way in 77, so Pete was spot on.
There's a lot of "Not Available" on the site for Pete's gear.
Idea! "Sound like Pete on a budget" video. The bedroom amp that sounds "purple". : )
I think Pete's right when he says that you only get that "little bit extra" with the expensive guitars. The cheaper ones get you the basics and sometime somewhat more, but taking the guitar's quality to the far wall require a bit of actual artistry. Much of that is in the setup. I know this after doing several setups myself on REALLY cheap guitars, only to have then turn into MONSTERS! True that I outright modified them, but I got good enough to begin realize the possibilites; you can set up for TONE without messing too much with the feel of the axe in cases where the guitar's bridge saddles can be adjusted individually. (It's harder with other bridges.) It's expensive for companies to do this work, because it's subjective, touchy, hard to explain and communicate, and has a learning curve such that only experienced techs and luthiers are really good at it. The only substitute is to learn to do this work yourself -- WORTH IT if you invest a the right tools and use the right techniques. The bonus is that you lose all fear of your instruments because you understand them!😎❤️️🎸‼️
well I learned this stuff on the fly doing countless pub gigs through the 80's and 90's, as well as trouble shooting badly biased tube amps in the dark. It's easy, and anyone can do the basic stuff, intonation, relief and action, and once you get a feel for it, you can get a sense of possibilities in your own guitars.
@@tonyevans9999 I couldn't agree more!
Money DOES buy happiness!
@ 4K+ it sure does.....i have kids schools fees due and there isn't enough left over to by a second hand Mexican squire.
Rudiger no it doesn’t
@@moimeme7839 it does if you spend it on the right things.
Can everyone agree that Lee just keeps getting better at guitar! Keep up the great work!👍
Nothing like a beautiful strat tone combined with beautiful melodic playing.
You two are getting frighteningly good together musically filling/finishing each others phrases like an old married couple.
Thank you both for brightening up my murky Sunday morning. The way that Pete is doing googoo eyes and holding onto the Teal model is very funny. If i get a call from the lotto office this morning i will put down an order. Cheers
So nice! (guitars and playing)!
It’s cool to see the excitement you guys are having. Fender is the king
Just picked up Custom shop gold relic 64 strat today; and I love it soooo much!
Watching this for the third time. The tones, the enthusiasm... I love it.
This just might be one of my favorite Andertons video....well done guys!!!!
Absolutely lovely. Nothing wrong giving people something to “shoot for”. You may well have someone who in 10 years started on a squier classic vibe and saves up to get something like that. It’s fun to watch, thanks for sharing guys
Ugh, that blue one is wonderful. Great playing Pete and Captain as well... I know what I will buy first if I ever save up enough, wow!
Came to see the guitars, was blown away by both the Captain's and Pete's playing!
The guitar Lee is using at the start is the best guitar ive ever heard
Lukas_97 is it though?
@@codyburgess7034 just my opinion aye :)
@Christopher yeah, I am aware i just really liked it.
I just it to be said that you, the Captain have improved EXPONENTIALLY since I started watching you with Chappers, until now, seeing you with Danish Pete. You sound great man!
I bought a Japanese Squier Strat in 1983 (probably) and it came with a three way switch... Best, Pete.
OMG. Those guitars are A+MAZING!!!
Very likely the best sounding Stratocaster I have ever heard!
I ordered a Dodgem Blue Silver Sky last week. Should have it Monday. I CANNOT wait! If I could afford a Custom Shop Fender, I may have bought one, but I played 5 Ultra Series Strats, and didn’t care for any of them. The SS on the other hand, felt wonderful immediately. Gonna be a long weekend
Same. I would love one of these Custom Shop but I love my Silver Sky soooo much
hey mate, there's nothing between a PRS and FCS guitar; just a matter of taste. both are great instruments; and if FCS wasn't doing the relicing the guitars would cost just about the same.
enjoy your Silver Sky and dont give it a second thought. btw I have a Midnight Rose one on order myself even though I own a few FCS strats.
That’s sick!!! Congrats on the new axe!
Now that the Silver Sky is available with a maple fretboard it’s got me interested in one.
charles bolton 8 month wait!?! I ordered one, and canceled it after a week. I can get PRS at cost, so there’s always next year.
Lee was getting some immense tones on the intro to this video.
I think Lee also sounds a better player because he used to wander off and go awol in his solo's but now, he (finally!) learned to stay within the rhythm of the beat, so to speak ...
Much respect. I enjoy his playing a lot.
Oh my ... that sage green it's just ... unbelievable. I can't afford even half of one, but thanks for doing this, they really are a thing of beauty! 😍
I got the old ones the same day as Bea, and it is one of the best strats I’ve ever played, and regularly out does vintage examples, anyone looking at these I can’t recommend them highly enough
Oh sweet mother of pearl,they sound lovely!
Damn it! I just wet my pants hearing Lee's expression on the intro tune.... This man has an ultimate professional expression that is rare, really rare. I want these guys to do a professionally produced album to launch careers in any way they want it. I constantly fight which guitar is the best sounding between a tele and strat. I guess this will keep me playing my strat for weeks to capture both of these guys licks. Won't happen, but I'll try...... Thanks Gentlemen!!
The best part about Strat/tele review is that the players are almost always those melodic players proficient in blues. But when it's superstrat review it's either djent guys or guitarist who can't play.
Man I really want to hear one of these next to that vintage Strat Mick is using on ThatPedalShow
Now thats a good thought . 🤘
The 61 Micks got has mmense tone. To my ear it's so different to the newer custom shop strats
That sound! They are gorgeous, chiming, angel harps. If Pete's not invited to play at the next Crossroads festival, it's a travesty of justice! Can't wait to hear you two with the new Eric Johnson Strat to compare.
Still love my 61 reissue strat, bought brand new in 1992 and my only keeper out of the collection.
That was some sweet pickin! Nice playing guys.
I have a 55 custom shop Strat , I just love it to bits,I’m beginning to think I need another one
I always dream of these AMAZING guitars. I'll get one with my first pay check...
Great everything! The tuners grew on me right away
Oh wow Lee's playing??? We expect it from Pete but oh wow, go on Captain!!!
I would never in a million years pick a PRS over a Fender strat like that.
These are double the price of the PRS, I would never in a million years pay over 4K for a Strat
@@src248 Awe.. that's just pocket change. For people who don't smoke or drink.
All retailers I know say that relic’d custom shops sell quicker than non. So that leads me to assume that the people who complain about them are most likely people who couldn’t afford them anyway. Otherwise the non-relics would sell better, right?
Nah, I can afford them and I bitch and moan as loudly as the next chap. I do have a relic'd guitar, but it's a '67 and it got there the hard way.
I personally like my guitars not relic’d bc I want to put my own work and wear it down myself
Closet Classic is as far i can go, otherwise I prefer non relic'd.
I had a closet classic that I got from Wildwood, it was pretty much perfect for me. You have to get the light just right to see the finish checking.
If it looks beat up from the start then no one is going to complain the shitty quality of the guitars themselves, maybe?
One thing I agree fully with John Mayer and I'm not a fanboy by any means is when he says that he wanted to capture a vintage strat consistently and relatively affordably. The PRS does that and it's half the cost of one of these. No doubt these are wonderful, but so is the prs and for £2000 less.
That one Lee's got reminds me of Cray's Inca silver Strat
James G Robertson I was gonna say the same thing. If it was a hard tail it would be perfect 😂
Unbelievable! I love that Lee always has a right old crack at it with no fear! I’d fear Pete!
Pete's playing is delightful
Reminds me of my commemorative strat. Ash body with those tuners. Amazing strat and cost £900 second hand. Custom Fender pups as standard too. Look out for these if you can't afford 4.1k
I watch this video from time to time just to ogle over these strats. These are my favorite custom shop strats ever. The blue and the green.... wow..
I enjoyed the little sprinkle of Riviera Paradise at 15 mins, though.
I agree with the Captain, position 4 is the greatest guitar tone of all, and the one that I use 75% of the time on my Fender Custom Shop Stratocasters.
Well done Lee your killing it
I would trade my soul to be able to play as well as Pete. before anyone says practice, I try my best.
Yup that silver blue # 99878 .. a bucket list for sure.
Would so buy one immediately. Waiting for those specs to come in a nonrelic-ed version
Tasty licks captain Lee and Pete love it thanks
Just got the silver sky Orion green and now I feel like relic-Ing the guitar now...!!!
Yongfeng Ng as cool as it would look, dont they use poly on them?
Matt L yes, they use poly on them... I am a bigger fan of a relic look then a nice shiny guitar... especially a nitro maple neck...
Yongfeng Ng agreed, but poly relics horribly
God damn it that black one 😍😍😍😍
I love fenders.. in my car, in my guitar. Doesn't matter, nothing can change it.
Is that a Jonathan Robinson inspired stratocaster? :)
Absolutely beautiful guitars
If you need help with relicing,my friend says five bottles of vodka,four cases of beer,and a weekends worth of time.Cigarette burns are $100 extra.For Firebird X type relicing,there is a surcharge to cover the bulldozer rental. The Peter Frampton" tribute relic,"which involves dropping your guitar from a flying airplane,is the most expensive,but you do get your choice of heights.
The Cap is getting so good wtf :O
I don’t usually like gold hardware but these are gorgeous guitars 😍
Danish Pete Please we need your online lessons on improvising!!! God your playing sounds like the heavens have just opened up
They sound heavenly.
I wish Pete would demo every single guitar I ever thought about buying.
Man, these sound amazing
and SRV's Lenny at 15:04.. Oooff.
Out MayerMayer Strat? Love you folks,inspires me.
I’m gonna steal this idea and make strat style guitars with these colors and that gold hardware cause it’s a lot cheaper than actually buying them 😆
72 days of 8 hours shifts to buy one of those. Holy guac.
Best show these to TPS Mick!!
wanted to finish a work report on a Saturday am...thanks guys!
at 17:44 "I think 'cuz it's black, it's actually got an essence of john mayer in it"
I’m excited for the day Andertons shows us a custom shop that hasn’t been dragged behind a horse on a gravel road. I know it’s makes Lee and Pete randy, so I get why they are excited, but bring a non beat up one to the studio so we can see it, must be better than leaving them in the store not being sold.
Red guitars do play louder than other colours though. Red cars are faster too.
Those pick ups are amazing
Wonderful sounding guitars! As for this relic/NOS thing, who cares if the guitar's a dream to play & hear?
I appreciate the already relicked look from new, but some people prefer to do the relicking themselves naturally over decades of ownership.
Not only do you get a relic job that is entirely unique to yourself that way, it gets "lived in" with your own hands, and not the hands of someone else.
@@JROD082384 Fair point. I actually proffer NOS guitars myself, however it's down to personal taste. I the US Wildwood guitars get Fender Custom shop guitars with a 'relic ready' finish, so although they look NOS they relic faster, and naturally as the owner plays them. I'd like to see these available more and in Britain, as what could be nicer for someone who likes relic guitars that to have one they've naturally reliced themselves just by playing it?
Love these! But as a bass player, can you do some custom basses?? I’m a jazz bass fan personally ;)
Pete was really inspired on this one...!
That green Lee has is a gem!!
I wish I had the money and I wish you guys were in the US so I could try one out... look and sound awesome. That black one would look nice next to my silver Sky.
Where are the bass videos with nathan and lee? Really miss some low end content
You saying you like the bottom end? 😏
David D oh yes, every day😂🤭
This proves why when you don’t overwind the pickups it just works
Theres all sorts of equipment to add compression and gain but you cant go the other way. Low output pickups just have a sound.
that guy
Yep!
They look and sound amazing. I would be up for a PRS Relic Silver Sky but don't think the PRS would relic/wear well with its finish unlike a nitro finish. PRS make a Silver Sky with a humbucker in the bridge,10' radius fretboard and nitrocellulose finish :-)
Anyway, good job Fender with these.
nuthin and I mean nuthin sounds as pretty as a strat, nice playing fellas
Is there any way fender can package their guitars for shipping so they don’t get damage on them like that?
I just wish they'd 'relic' them where they'd be naturally worn rather than random spots.
I have a Custom Shop Stratocaster NOS 61 reissue and it is INCREDIBLE. Mine isn’t heavy relic. That’s the only difference
Nice work! Those fat 60s sound luscious...would love you guys to compare to fat 50s and pehaps a couple other custom shop offerings!
Damn, you guys already sold a teal and a black? That’s nuts.
I just put down my deposit for my custom shop tele on Valentine’s Day