Strats: The Perfect Guitar? Live Stream
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- Are Strats the Perfect Guitar?
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For me, strats are the perfect all-purpose guitar, even for hard rock gigs, IF the tone pot is connected to the bridge pickup. Dial it back to 6 or 7 and you're good to go!
Yup sir!
Thanks for doing this Love you both Keith introduced me to JM 33 years ago. Roll on...
I liked the black Strat with the large headstock.
I have owned a few strats.. To me a $35 loaded Alnico 5 pickup pick guard From Amazon sounds better than $300 one i got from Fender
Now that I have a Fuzz pedal I can do everything (except metal) with a strat that I can do. The volume knob and a fuzz nearly always on into a Marshall will get most of it done for me.
What fuzz pedal do you have?
Shanks 2 by Venuram, Static Effectors Purple Glaze, Kingtone Fuzz, Mythos Golden Fleece.
@@atonofspiders I have super cheap fuzz face clone.
@@GraniteSoundtrackthat's all you need, there's no need to pay a lot for a FF clone, there's probably no more that 6 or 8 components to the circuit. I built my own for about $25.00
@JeffMcErlain try the JHS cheeseball! Phenomenal fuzz pedal that is very versatile!
Hey guys,
First off I love all your feeds. After caving in and finally picking up an all access pass to TrueFire I’ve been binging on Jeff’s outstanding courses, so I just wanted to thank you both. Keith for his channel and opening my eyes to some cool things and of course Jeff too for sharing so much informative information and teachings 🤙
Thanks for being here Thomas! Please also check out my teaching channel jmguitarlessons.com.
@@JeffMcErlain , thanks 😊
We’ll do 🤙
I have a strat and a les and they are both unique. Can't say one is better than the other.
Awesome...learned soooo much.
Awesome!!
So badly wanted to join in! Strats do it for me too.
Me too!
@@JeffMcErlain yeah it's morning in Tokyo so I was heading to work...
PS ~ I’ve built a bunch of Warmoth’s ( great quality gear imo ), the whole fretboard tone thing is so minimal if you blindfolded me and asked me to choose which one is maple or ( whatever, fill in the blank ) I certainly wouldn’t know. It just comes down to feel and visual eye candy lol, so choose your poison! My favorite personally is a nice jet black ebony 🤙
I feel like I could tell the difference when my fingers slide and the gloss on the maple causes my fingers to stick to it.
Strats and PRS, I like them both.
Yup. Yup sir.
I really liked the PRS DC3 but sadly it is now discontinued .
To me, my strat is like my jeep - can handle rough terrain and like to get dirty with unlimited aftermarket parts to customize and enjoy. I went hss and put in the Freeway 10 way switch. Very fun. I recently noticed how nice it is to see the jack when plugging in as opposed to plugging into a bottom jack. It's just comfy to hold and play.
I just bought an hss strat ultra and I want to get a 10 way freeway switch. How do you like it?
@@brooksphillips2234 I like it, it was a fun project to install and toggling the switch is smooth. Not sure how much you'd gain over your Ultra with the S1 switch.
@@varmutantvibes5669 that'd kinda what I'm wondering too.
What a fantastic video stream I enjoyed it very much
Thanks!!
Ok Heffe' (Means 'Big Ol' Boss Man' here in Norteño-New Mexico). Sounds like Jeff-E . I watch almost all your shows when broadcast. Same for Keith. All the guitars are great. Obviously it runs counter to the 5 Watt World slogan. But that's cool. So, this week somebody posted a film(?) of the Beatles very FIRST GIG EVER in America. Washington DC 1964. Audience all around them so they had to play a bit then turn their gear to face another direction. Play some more, turn equipment again. Play more and turn equipment again. Ringo on a wobbly drum riser turned his riser wrong twice. And get this...only ONE WORKING MIC. Eventually 2 more. But they did it all themselves. No extra guitars. Nothing. And you know what? If I remember correctly they sort of started something big. Great one Thanks Jeff.....and at least this time I didn't call you John.
Then they got a little older, made a few dollars, became professionals, and bought tons of gear. 😂 Thanks for the fun comments Buddy and I appreciate you watching! Of course the gear didn’t write their songs…
Funny back then no one had gear, definitely a much later phenomenon because after them everyone wanted their gear. The electric guitar wasn’t that old at that point. Anywho… Thanks Buddy glad you enjoyed the show!!
@@JeffMcErlain It was odd then. A friend in a band had a '64 Epi Casino. I won an 8 track player & 10 tapes. He wanted that 8 track Even up deal. Had that guitar for many years.That was in 1967.
My first guitar was a Hondo, Strat style ,this was in 1984.....
I got a bridge pick-up with a base plate with the tone wired to the bridge and pull up the third knob to engage the neck with bridge.. kinda but not really a telly ( faux telly😂)
A yes low output pickups as well . I get them from tone hatch.... Very good
So many great options!
@@JeffMcErlain - Agree 💯 having a little bit of OD makes S shaped objects ideal for almost everything... when it comes to playing Allman brothers Humland 🤣I just pretend I'm Eric joining in so I got to post 2🤣 that said I recently got a Revstar RSS20 Humbucker fantastic instrument.... imagine having to run the neck pu at half cuz there's to much treble 😂
The only reason I have a Strat (2011 Fender American Standard) is because of the neck pickup tone with a little dirt on it. That Jimi Hendrix tone. I also threw some Fender locking tuners on it.
Aside from that, it’s pretty much my backup guitar to my PRS Custom 24. I also prefer my Les Pauls over it. But you have to have at least one Strat in the arsenal and the American Standard is hard to beat in that role. Sometimes you just need a Strat for certain things.
If I can only bring one guitar? It’ll be the Custom 24, which is essentially, a Super Strat/Super Paul combo.
I wire the bottom tone pot to only the bridge PUP and roll off some of that treble.
So are the DMarzios Areas? You'd recommend them? I can never find quality demos and word of mouth about noiseless strat pickups.
I like them and have used them for years. I haven’t compared them to other popular noiseless pickups. I think they sound good and stratty and no noise. So on the road that’s kinda all I care about.
these guys are brilliant!
Great conversation as always. Keith often talks about his Strandbergs buy I've can't recall hearing you mention them. Have you played any before? What are your thoughts on them?
I’m sure they are excellent. I’ve never played one actually. For me it’s a bit of an esthetic thing. I’m a little traditional!
If you can't play a Tele or Les Paul or 335, Strats are the best.
That’s crazy talk.
Uh, ok? LOL
OUCH!
If you can't play a Tele or Les Paul or 335, guitar might not be for you.
Perhaps an autoharp is your jam.
I guess I was being too cryptic. I'm saying there is no best. Just different tools for different jobs.
Hilarious
Strats can make unearthly sounds.
A little known fact about Fender pickup manufacture: The current production strat pickups are carefully potted, using earwax loosened by strat pickups made during prior years.
#facts
Funny!
Like Keith I also started playing on a Hondo 2 Les Paul copy and I have found it hard to adjust to playing a Strat due to the close proximity of the volume knob to the high 'E' string on a Strat.
Now l own too many Fender Stratocaster 's, they each have their personality, love Stratocaster, best guitar ever designed...!!?
I miss some punch and sustain with strats, and I don't like the volume drop in 2&4 positions. I feel I always need a boost or a subtle compressor to make it work, but I like how they cut through the mix vs a humbucker guitar. Especially in a bigger band (keys and other guitars), it helps. In a way a low output dual P90 guitar or Tele suits me better and needs less trickery to sound good.
Did you not tell the story about Robben Ford not wanting you to use a strat? I didn’t hear it but maybe I missed it.
I’ve told it a bunch. Basically he said when I play a Strat I sound too much like Strat guys like Jimi and Stevie etc. So he requested I play LPs with him on the road and on the record. I appreciated it as he had a point.
I missed the live show but im watchin it now... my question is - David Grissom sets up his DGT for a bridge pup. whats your thought on that? thanks
David rarely plays in the neck position. So for him that makes a lot of sense.
The Clay tone dots make all the difference 😂
Clearly. 😂 Except you can’t see them on a dark stage on the side of the neck.
? Strat bridge pickup not as punchy as a tele? Do the Lowell George solution put a tele bridge pickup in your strat if you don’t mind a little routing in your body 👍
I wonder if the brother's Strat has the pickups adjusted closer to the strings
A little so sure that’ll effect the tone.
What do you think about the custom shop hand wound tomatillo pick-ups?
I haven’t tried them!
Haa....Jeff....how i laughed.....first when Keith showes up with a "silver sky" thingy.....and then when you reduced him to passport foto size.....😅.....of course its NOT a strat......and yes...my (almost) first guitar was a strat....in 1970/71.....oh heady days.....but we're a bit more "versatile" these days.....cheers to both of you...see you soon again...
The Strat with humbuckers rules!
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@Jeff McErlain is there a way you could share your Axe FX presets, please? I can’t get a sound as good as that and would love to learn how you did it.
Most of my heroes are strat players. I own an am pro 2, but for the life of me can't get it to sustain like my Ibanez az. Is lack of sustain just a feature of strat design?
Hi Jeff are the Dimarzios a Heavy blues in the bridge and area 58s in the neck and middle? You’re the first pro guitarist to mention these pickups after Paul Gilbert that was probably paid a bucket.
I can’t remember what they are actually! I know they are injectors and another one. lol. I’m sorry. My gtr repair guy chose them as he uses them a lot. I like Di Marzio noiseless pups.
@@JeffMcErlainHi Jeff thanks for getting back to me. It’s refreshing to see you into the gear but not fixated by it. Thanks for putting the music first.
Sound is perfect but... 1st volume knob is way in the way of the fingers and easily gets knocked when playing in a natural hand position. Fatal flaw. Wonder if it got in the way of Jimi playing it upside down? Probably less so.
Never had a problem with it. 🤷🏻♂️
Why do some blues men like Albert and Buddy like the Ice pick thing. I used to not like it but the more I listen I kinda dig the whole ice pick flame thrower sound for a blues.
Thanks guys, great video. Just wondering what amp(profile) you're playing through? Sounds Fendery....
That’s the JTM 45 model. 😉
@@JeffMcErlain Thank you. I believe I need to tinker with it (my JTM-45 capture, that is) to sound more like that.... certainly can't be the fingers :-D
Jeff, I have an early ‘65 Strat that’s just like yours, only lefty. Mint guard, transition logo, pearl dots, etc.
Holy grail guitar, from one of the best strat eras.
Does your have a very tapered neck profile, like mine? Mine is around .80 and the first fret, then all the way up to .99 at the 12th. Felt weird at first, but now I love the feel and it’s my favorite neck shape by far.
Yes! Same kind of taper on mine. I love it too.
Have you ever thought about getting 50's wiring on your Strat?
I haven’t I guess mainly that I like the way my 64 sounds so much I wouldn’t change a thing.
@@JeffMcErlain Do you need to do anything to compensate for potential treble loss?
@@jkta97 having a bit of “treble boost” as you go from 8.5 to 9.5/10 on the volume knob is a good thing.
Great Tone on that strat. What kind of gate are you using to counter act the lovely hum.😎
Which Strat? No noise gate. The black Strat has noiseless pickups as I say in the video. 😉
@@JeffMcErlain I was referencing the first strat you were playing. I didn't here any of that single coil hum that we usually get. I have to use a gate when I have my amp turned up. Its really loud. Thanks for responding.
@@TimsGuitarWorldwithTimFeskorn ah I see. If hums for sure. Some days more than others. I didn’t have a lot of gain on!
What do you think of the newer strats? I have a 2006 ….. best guitar I have.
A great guitar is a great guitar no matter when it was made!! New Fenders are great. I own a few!
Ive been playing guitar for 59 years and have come to the conclusion that for me the Strat is my weapon of choice. Vibrato arm, Great open sound. I have a Suhr Scott Henderson Strat and it as close to a perfect guitar as I have ever owned. Pairs with a Marshall type amp for a Glorious Sound. My fave amp is my Carr Mercury V. Good Job Guys !!!
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Any thoughts on Suhr strats? Seems like they have a good way to kill the single coil hum with a separate silent coil. Love that HH strat - I built an HH Tele partscaster which gets some good use! But the strat is my home.
John makes great stuff. My Tuttle Strat has the old Suhr backplate on it. Works great !
@@JeffMcErlain might have to check out watchtower I live 10 min away and never knew it existed before hearing you talk about it.
@@jaltsch1 cool! I know they have a few used Suhrs last time I was there.
I love my strat but once I touch the tremolo it goes out of tune.
This may help! ruclips.net/video/g-pEFWwR0PE/видео.htmlsi=n2TK0jtou8mbi_vF
Perfect Guitar? Depends on what song you're doing and how close you want to come to the original recording. OR, if it fits into the sound you or the producer has for an original recording ...
Well yeah. It’s just a fun YT video.
@@JeffMcErlain Yessir. Was not trying to be a smart derriere! Stratocasters are wonderful, and perfect to me! I started on my brother's Harmony electric archtop ... but jumped on his brand new 1960 Jazzmaster until he found me a '54 Stratocaster in the summer of 1963. Strats have pretty much been my main axe ever since, although I really grooved on my '63 Firebird for a time ... I was blessed to do some 16-track studio recording and found that different songs needed different sounds. Great stuff!
@@Tonetwisters Apologies... I've had a few trolls lately. I was a little on edge!
PRS doesn't have the style. The Fender looks like a classic car 57 Chevy or something...the PRS looks like a modern Honda. Well made not doubt kaizen all that crap, but it still isn't a 57 convertible 2 door Chevy with tail pipes. I don't see Bo playing this thing.
Like all my guitars, they are tool of my trade. The PRS is a great instrument, maybe not your cup of tea but it is the right tool for many jobs. Guitarists are very traditional, or at least my generation is. Younger guys, not so much as they have grown up with them PRS etc. I applaud them for doing their own thing.
@@JeffMcErlain you know it’s the weirdest thing every time I play one I think this is a toy, but like you I’m a Robben Ford fan and I want to support his model for sure. But you and I both know Robben doesn’t need a signature guitar, he’s the real deal he is the signature model. I’m more impressed with the guitar Paul made for John for Dead and Co. anyway great show as always, never mind my ranting. I like classic America and Fender, Gibson and Robben are in the book.
gibson sg all the way
Jeff .I dont know if its just me . But, your name is covering your picking hand.
Alter, dein Gast kommt ja kaum zu Wort. Lol Und warum gibt's unten keine Channel Empfehlung von deinem Gast?
Glückwünsche und alles gute weiterhin.
What makes me often think I'm living in a lousy constructed matrix: 50-year-old experienced men gossip about guitar tone for their whole life and they don't realize that THE STRINGS ON THEIR GUITARS DON'T HAVE EQUAL VOLUME OUTPUT AND IT CANNOT BE ADJUSTED ON FENDER PICKUPS. YOUR G-STRING IS TWICE AS LOUD AS YOUR D-STRING. HELLOOO...ANYBODY HOME...??
Nature of the beast. That’s what makes it a Strat. The idiosyncrasies are part of the charm. Ask any experienced professional player. They wouldn’t change a thing. Note no caps…
@@JeffMcErlain Many vintage strat pickups actually do have compensated pole piece height. But they are compensated for vintage strings with a wound g-string…
I play bass...
Any great guitar sound? I’m in! It simply makes my job easier
That’s why I neurotically follow channels like this one neurologically...