Fender Jeff Beck Stratocaster Review
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
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Introducing the Fender Jeff Beck Stratocaster.
I must admit: this guitar plays like a dream come true and perhaps completes my Stratocaster collection.
I mention what pick I use and all about the construction of the guitar from the LSR Roller nut to the Noisless pickups. I failed to mention settings on the guitar and amp.
The two tone knobs and volume knob is all the way up to 10 on the guitar and I'm using the chorus on the Roland JC-40 and Elixir strings.
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Thanks mate. I just purchased one. So excited. It’s a beautiful guitar.
Why so many thumbs down? I don't get it. This is a pretty good review .
2020 is off to a great start. Thanks for the kind comment
@@wrektum you're welcome and happy new year.
Only reason I'd imagine is playing with effects on, I know when I'm listening to a guitar I want I generally prefer as clean a sound as possible.
I have one and it’s a fantastic guitar. I play blues rock, classic rock and it’s perfect for that and most other styles. You didn’t mention the locking tuners, which work very well and look very nice in matt finish :) Cheers!
Yeah, I was blown away with my 2014 in Surf green. I agree with you and others that this guitar is special.
If I had to complain about one little thing, it would be why install tuners that look like they were spray painted with metallic silver spray paint!
They don't match the the rest of the hardware. I was going to replace them with nickel plated OEM Fender locking tuners but have been too busy playing this gem and forgot about it.
Rock on!
Actually I have both nickel plated and satin tuners one different guitars. The satin finish looks great to me while the shiny nickel plating looks a little to blingy to me. Let us know what you think after installing the nickel plated tuners. I will soon make a video of the deluxe Stratocaster with S1 switch and the plated tuners.
I do not have a Jeff beck but I own a few fenders I have an FSR Tele a player series standard strat and player pro strat with noiseless pick ups hum single single configuration. I wanted to try the lsr roller nut and had it installed on my red and white player strat it is dubbed the Canadian as I am Canadian and the guitar is of my flags colours, I must say I am really happy with this guitar now any strings you want no issue. I am strongly thinking of installing one on my player pro.
Update since my last post to this thread.
Sometime after my last post, I bought a Jeff Beck Strat neck for a build. I'd say a good two, two and a half years ago. It works fairly well, but isn't the neck's fault. It was an attempt to save a body that wasn't drilled correctly for the string claw on a six screw vibrato. I'm just going to hardtail it, or use the vibrato sparingly. My other six screw vibrato Strats work much better, but then they are factory drilled, so no claw issues.
Today I purchased a fully loaded Jeff Beck Strat body (Olympic White) that I'll put the Jeff Beck neck on when it arrives. It will be my first two point vibrato Strat. I feel I'll get much better results matching the neck with the body it was intended for.
My "Yet" has finally arrived (see past post on this thread).
As far as picks go, I never really use them anymore. Got my four fingers and thumb doing things they never could when I posted last on here. Occasionally I'll use one, but I've got so used to playing without them that they feel awkward when I do. Still use the red JazzIII picks, but it's extremely rare when I do.
Roller nut is definitely interesting
JeskeyRC i had a 1999 Strat HSS that had the LSR roller nut. It can accommodate up to 10 gauge strings.
I need a line too.....!
I have one. The mics died, I got a new set. it did not make me an artist. What I really love is that it is able to take whatever you take at it. I found my sound with this Strat. Nobody else got that sound out of it. They made it sound like a Strat which it is not. The Beck strat is very sensitive to the way you touch it. Yeah, I can recognize the sound here but the guitar does not appreciate the way he plays her. She is such a gentle lady...
Close to the heart, but not quite. Good video.
I never try out guitars on my equipment at a music store. I can see the validity in doing so, but after nearly 35 years of playing, I sound like me on anything I play.
On the effect of picks and tone, yes each pick sounds different. I did a huge, at home study, and found that the red Dunlop JAZZ III picks actually differ in tone from the red Dunlop Eric Johnson Jazz III picks, which I prefer when I use a pick. None of the others did it for me tone wise...and I've used a bunch over the years, and during my study.
Strings do play a role, but again, I favor D'Addario 9's. I used to use Ernie Ball strings, but over the years I drifted to D'Addario.
Although I don't own a Jeff Beck Strat...Yet...he is a major influence on me, and many others. He is considered "The guitarist's guitarist by many. I know many who play guitar for a living, and they all state that he is a major influence on their playing.
Enjoyed the video and Nice Guitar!!!!
Thank you for the kind comment! I'm going to try the Eric Johnson Jazz III along with the red Jazz III. I have tried (as all players I presume) many picks and I just love the JD Stubby. Try one and let me know what you think. For me the Stubby is bright and just slides off the strings like a piece of glass.
Getting a sound is a painstaking process! I like Elixir 9's; they're bright enough and I don't have to change strings as often.
Guitars are easy enough for me to take to a store. I learned a lesson buying a MIM Strat and it sounded good at the store and when I got it home I couldn't get a pleasing note out of it. I would use a Roland JC amp in the store when looking for a guitar but no stores in my area have a JC. Seriously no Roland JC amps?!?
"Although I don't own a Jeff Beck Strat...Yet..." Love this line! It is an amazing guitar! IMHO Fender's best Stratocaster.
Seans Page I used to use the Stubbys when they first came out, but went Jazz III's after I realized that my attack wasn't as quick, due to the greater amount of pick material. I could choke up a little, but I just figured I'd go smaller. I revisited large picks and small picks. I even found tonal differences in the various Jazz III picks. I have a bowl full of picks from the study I did. I keep them in case my tastes change later. I even have a Stubby or two in the bowl. To each their own...the EJ Jazz III picks just work for me at present.
I've read some posts on here, and online, where a few state that picks have nothing to do with what comes out of the amp. Maybe they cannot hear it, but I can. In the end, I don't think that the general public could hear things like that, nor probably even care, but it all boils down to what the player likes.
I even used the metal picks they sold back in the 80's. They had their own sound too, but cut my fingers a bit, so I stopped using them after awhile. Lol.
I accidentally bought this in surf green 🤟🏾👍🏼
I have a 2004 USA Deluxe Fender Strat with practically the same specs as the one you showed in this video. LSR roller nuts, the contoured neck heel (really very comfortable), 2point vibrato (i blocked/decked it), locking tuners. The body is quite heavy (i believe to remember it‘s swamp ash). Same 3layer scratchplate. Black body, aged cream scratchplate, 2 noiseless singlecoils and a humbucker in the bridge (HSS). I might look for a nicer sounding bridge humbucker once. The original humbucker sounds a little too hot in combination with the singlecoils. Or i buy a splittable humbucker. When i bought it (it was quite expensive in Switzerland back in 2004), i sometimes was insecure if i should‘ve gone for the all traditional strat style. But as the years go by i loved it more and more. USA Strats were around 800-100€/$ more expensive than nowadays. I probably go to a trustworthy luthier to swap the humbucker soon.
It is one of my favorite strats too ...
First..great guitar. I've had my Jeff Beck signature stratocaster for about ten years. Very sensitive, well built machine. Very different in sound and build than my other American strats. Very sturdy beast that plays pretty much whatever style you want.
Advice. Research and listen to Jeff Beck. He's been around for fifty years and is the only guitarist from his neighborhood that is still evolving. Is he a nice guy...he's taking my money..what the fk Man. You've got guitars hanging behind you, you buy a Jeff Beck signature stratocaster, yet you don't really know the player. And you play Rush on a Jeff Beck guitar review.
Listen to Guitar Shop, Emotion and Commotion, Blow by Blow, Loud Hailer, Jeff,... Songs like Where were you, Nadia, Porcupine, cause we've ended as lovers, behind the Veil, Never Alone... Just saying my friend, you will fall in love with Jeff's wide range, very tricky, impossible to mimic style, and you will appreciate that guitar you've got ten fold.
Peace bro.
Hi Gary, Yes I did play Rush on JB Stratocaster. Mostly because I didn't know much Jeff Beck music prior to purchasing the JB Strat.
What happened was someone listed the guitar on Craigslist for a song ($500) so he could have the cash to put a guitar on layaway. He had the receipt and it was a legitimate purchase on my behalf. We are actually friends to this day. I knew who Jeff Beck is and I know what a Stratocaster is so I went for it. After the purchase I went and listened to Jeff Beck and I now include him in my rotation of music. As you can tell from my playing my skills don't approach the level needed to even attempt playing Jeff Beck. Thank you for the well thought out comment
@@wrektum I never mean to be negative, but try to share with all of we guitarists new avenues of excitement and learning. I attempt a few Jeff Beck tunes on my channel. I never say this is how he plays this, it's more of this is how I try to play this.
All good things my friend.
What’s with all the dislikes?? It’s a pretty amateur review but I probably couldn’t do any better.
Never mind the pick....concentrate on the guitar.....JEFF BECK does not even use a pick.....for many years now
5:04 I wouldn't make a habit of saying that
Floyds are fucking stupid. Unless you have multiple backups or a full time guitar tech on stage with you, they are objectively bad. Extra difficult to set up, change strings, etc. Locking tuners, low friction nut (Fender LSR isn't really rolling, just low friction), and a relatively straightforward floating bridge setup on a strat will honestly work better. The only people who need floyds are people like Steve Vai who like to literally set the guitar on the ground and step on the bar, or do other showperson stunts. Jeff Beck gets by without that all day long.
@@Diax1324 Floyds are incredible, at doing what they were made to do. You can't do pulls with this set up like you can a floyd for one thing. Fender style tremelos have no where near the travel. This is Jeff Beck strat is killer though, no argument from me. I actually came here to research the set up, see how I could transfer it over to an 80's Roadstar II I've had since high school. Would love that roller nut and more ergo friendly trem.
Why Floyd Rose? EVH may would be able to answer if he was still here
You should do a non-shred review of the JC-40. I have the 120 and am thinking about the 40 as a home/smaller version. Lots of reviews online, but I'm looking to soak up as many perspectives on this amp as I can. Thanks for the video!
nivek29 that's a great idea. and I will get to it asap
I actually am researching Jeff Beck to decide if I want to go for this guitar lol. Are there two versions, or was there another before that is made through the Custom Shop still called a "Jeff Beck?"
Hi, There is a custom shop version as well as the regular version as seen in my video. The custom shop version will cost thousands more. I still have my Jeff Beck Stratocaster and I really enjoy playing it. I have also included a link to buy one from Amazon if you so choose.
I think there are actually FOUR versions if you go back to the original 1989(?) version with the Lace sensor pickups in an HSS config...then there was a second version with the second (?) gen Fender Noiseless (SSS) pups,locking tuners and the FAT neck...then this version with 4th gen Noiseless SSS and slimmer softer C neck....and of course the Custom shop version that costs around 4K...I might be wrong:^))
How does the rolling nut affect the sound?
I don't notice a difference between my rolling nut and non rolling nut Stratocasters. I think if there were any difference in sound it would only occur on open strings
“I don’t even know who Jeff Beck is“…….. Bye!
How do you compare this guitar with the HSS American deluxe that does have the LSR nut also ? I'm wondering cause I like guitars with this nut.
There are a few more tonal options with the HSS American deluxe but the neck on the Jeff Beck feels better to me.
.50 Tortex or bust
is he reviewing the guitar or the picks. good grief
Just go warmoth
He ain't right! 🤔
I put one in.and the ball bearings fall out.really bad design
I had no trouble with mine.