This will be the guitar I get (mercury color) when my cancer finally goes into remission. It will be my reward for going through hell and back. The wife is on board with this which makes it even better!
"I'll only get *one* guitar." Yeah, that was a lie. I'm 11 in, working on an upgraded accoustic and towards a Kiesel custom, and now this. I may actually get this before the Kiesel, because more time and practise would make me more worthy of the Kiesel. Both are happening, just a matter of order. Not even going to try to fight it. And I have and American Professional Mk1. Everything about this is better, even in left-handed, and you can get that finish in lefty, too. I'm there, man...just waiting on the funds! Heck Sweetwater doesn't have the first one in yet. I have time.
@@prascerafaga1037 My thoughts exactly! Pay the premium once and keep it for life. The strat simply runs circles around most guitars and really it's the most versatile instrument on the market.
If it's not being delivered to the house, just leave the house with an empty case. If questioned, state you're considering selling one.. if it's later noticed that you have one of a different color, say you traded instead of selling... I use this for guitars and firearms.
Just got mine in silver. I’ve never had a nicer material thing in my life. The smoothness of the pickup voices and the fretboard radius and shape are more comfortable than any other guitar I’ve played. Hands down. This is THE workhorse of the 21st century.
That Dark Night finish with the rosewood fingerboard is GORGEOUS! Fantastic lighting and camera work, you really did a phenomenal job showing off the finish! 👏👏👏
Oh my gosh! It’s so gorgeous! I got my first guitar about a month ago. It’s a really pretty acoustic fender, and it sounds amazing. I’ve fallen in love with the brand, and the telecasters amazing sound and body shape to be specific. I also love your playing, and I’m glad that you’re here to show new players the ropes 😊
It's weird, and I might be biased, because my favorite musicians all play Fenders, but it just doesn't get better - aesthetically - than Fender guitars. For acoustics I prefer Martins, though. :)
I have had a Strats but once I had a Tele and for what looks and feels like a fancy block of wood was a really nice fancy block of wood I enjoyed playing more than my Strat.
Someone in my guitar community just got this model in this color scheme. It’s literally the prettiest guitar I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s THE guitar.
God dang Mary it’s so flipping cool to see how far you have progressed as a musician over the years. I feel like you really found a voice and style of playing that’s very much your own. Have been a long time lurker of your channel and seeing your progress gives me so much motivation with my own music! Thanks for sharing your journey with us :)
Great to hear a guitar really being played in a demo , rather than just footling about . I have been thinking of getting one and you have helped me make up my mind. Lovely how the guitar is in such sympathy with your voice too . Thank you so much .
I know this was being released as another RUclipsr I watch Dovydas who has also been sent this guitar and teasing everyone ,stumbled across you channel about 2 weeks ago ,it's great coming across talented artists like yourself ,I'm into electronic music making myself not guitar but appreciate great guitar playing and performing artists like yourself,I just like good music and find you channel interesting.....Thankyou
I agree his lucky to be given all the stuff his getting,for some reason he does a live stream and gets people giving him a lot of money,his live audience were fair minimal but even if his a bit of a prick he can play a guitar and is a talented musician regardless his just trying to make his way and if he can make a living out of it good luck to him....this whole RUclips thing surprises me how people put there hands in there pockets to help others but these people have to put the work into there content regardless it's all work.......do work for free.........it doesn't happen over night
Nice song, and great tone. I’m a long time Strat player, and I purchased a “Shawbucker” Strat when they came out in 2016. I love that guitar. Fender’s Pro series guitars are amongst the best they’ve ever made. The Strat you are playing sounds great!
I need to say that I watched this video last night. I got totally inspired to pick up my Strat and I had one of the best jam sessions I’ve had in months!
Hi Mary, I am learning about this new line myself but I think the painted models use Alder for the base wood. The roasted pine is featured in the translucent finishes to replace Ash bodies. Sounds great and keep on keeping on!
Mary, its a beautiful Strat and sounds fantastic! I own 6 Strats and after seeing this I would love to own 7. I have to restrain myself!!!!!!! Not easy with guitars............
For those not fortunate enough, don’t discount the classic vibes too. I went in this weekend to pickup my fender player ... and the vibe played and sounded spectacular. Second time this has happened to me. Super happy and yes ... nothing comes close to the crispy design of fender. Nice Mary ... thanks for showing us the Pro.
@@VIDS2013 Lotta people say that, including a lot of my guitar-playing friends. But it has a lot to do with what the amp is and how the EQ is set. You can make Texas Special pickups sound very bell-like through an HX Stomp, for example. That said, the Texas Special pickups were designed to sound aggressive (like Stevie Ray.)
I got one of these 3 months ago (Dark Night and Rosewood). Always wanted an American Fender Strat ( I have a 3 year old Modern Player Tele). My wife convinced me to get it. Yes, I know, that may be a shocker to some of you married folks. Mary is right. The looks of it is more stunning in person. I find myself staring at it at times, just admiring the beauty. It plays great and sometimes hard to put down. Super comfortable and great tone.
This reverse burst finish is probably the most innovative zhing fender or any guitar company has come up with for the last decades. The idea behind it is so simple, yet ingenious.
I have it on my 89 strat plus. I am not even sure what Fender calls it but it caught my eye when I saw this video. My strat has the maple neck and I added a white pearl pick guard.
The "reverse burst" isn't reversed. It's literally dark blue inside blue outside. There's a website called Halo. You go there and you can basically create your own custom guitar and play with the color features and you can definitely do that. I made some models already for my blueprints to my future company
@@alienlover7556 i know and i meant that as a reference to the original idea behind that fender finish from going from a bright base colour to a darker tone on top on the edge
That is a great looking, and sounding guitar!!! I currently have 3 Strats (SRV Signature, 60th Anniversary Strat, and an old Mexican Starter Strat), and I now want a fourth.
There's a $300 difference between the American-made Performer and the American-Made Professional II. For your $300, you get better pickups, a slightly different neck shape, rolled fretboard edges, a slightly improved trem system, a treble bleed circuit, and a hard shell case. Uh... yeah, actually, that's a pretty decent deal, assuming you like the pickups and the changes. But the Performer has jumbo frets and the Professional II has narrow tall frets. That'd be a factor, too.
The Pro is a bit of an odd range (for bass) as it's 5 to 600 quid more expensive than the Performer in the UK, but not really worth that much extra. Especially as it's the same price as the Ultra. Can't comment on the Strat but my Performer P bass is better than the Pro (in my opinion) and I love the tone from the Grease bucket circuit. The only pluses for Pro were hard case and graphite rods. But then I wanted a PJ so the Pro wasn't an option anyway,
@@rajamcraja Fender Custom Shop Texas Special pickups alone cost $200. A good hardshell case might be around $100, more or less depending on one's opinion. It costs money to pay someone to roll the fretboard edges and add the treble bleed, the trem might cost a little more.
If you have to create a new neck profile, that means paying someone to write the software for the CNC, which costs money... unless you already have the neck profile worked out from a different model.
All of that said, rolling the edge of the fretboard requires so little time and effort that I don't understand why companies don't do it on all models, unless they reserve it as an "advanced" feature that you can charge more money for. Which is likely.
Switch positions 2 and 4 are my favorite. Nice Mark Knopfler tones. Put a humbucker in the bridge position and move that volume control out of my way like a tele has, then I'll get one.
My 97 California Strat has a bridge humbucker. I invited a guitarist pal to play her on a break at a tiki bar in July, where he'd just played his Tele for an hour. When he switched to Bridge, you should've seen the look on his face. He said there are songs he likes on a Tele, & others he likes on a Strat, but he plays one or the other in a set so he doesn't have to drag 3 guitars (he always has a Les Paul). He said she's tge sweetest-sounding Strat he ever played. Now he wants one.
As a long time Stratocaster player I have to say This is a Beauty... Congratulations, wow! The Push Knob feature is genius, a Fender version on the idea David Gilmour had devised on his old Black Strat with a mini toggle switch just below the volume knob, This push knob design may be more user friendly.
Something I love about all of your videos is how clear, concise and well-spoken you are. Also, there is something extremely soothing about the way that you speak and sing. You have a very pragmatic and methodical way of reviewing gear. It's often extremely helpful. Your passion and positive attitude are infectious and always leave me wanting and waiting for new content. Much love and gratitude.
So you got one for free....right after they saw you try out the PRS Silver sky. 'Better get her on board soon!', they must have thought at Fender. Still, I am happy for you.
I have a 15 year old SSS American Standard Strat, so not ancient but certainly played a lot and mellowed. It is a similarly motivated version as that one you have here, so it’s different but same basic “species”. The short of it is that I could never get rid of this guitar. I also have a similarly irreplaceable vintage telecaster I bought a very long time ago. Other guitars have come and gone, I liked all of them, some were even excellent. There is just something, at least about the two particular Fenders I somehow landed on, that is different, special, and personal. They sound and play so great. The feel is familiar, welcoming, amazing. Fenders are industrial high art too and were a conceptually inspired critical point in their time. They age well too and there is something about that in particular. There is a similar relationship with my mellowing pretty old Martin D-28. I’m not prone to this sort of animism thing, but lots of stuff has come and gone in my life over the years and these three players won’t be going anywhere. I hope you have found something like that here, it’s a super good thing if you have!
I know I want a Stratocaster. I really want that classic chiming, bell like sound. But, I'm so torn between the Pro 2 in Dark Night, or the Ultra in Texas Tea. It's too much money to make a bad decision. UGH.
Nice color sounds bright looks like the pick ups are different from my American standard I wonder what amp you are using sounds great nice diddy you are playing big fan keep rocking 🤩👍
Randy, there were quite a few different pickup types fitted to American Standard Strats over the years as I’m sure you know (mine from 2013 has Custom Shop Fat 50s as standard for example) but since the first American Pro Series the construction has definitely been different again with the main design concept difference being the mix of Alnico magnet types for the wound vs unwound strings (which they named the V-Mod pickups at that time). It seems the pickups in these new American Pro II guitars are just a relatively small tweak compared to the ones in the outgoing American Pro series (seemingly a reprogrammed machine coil wind pattern is the change that has been made) and Fender are calling them V-Mod II pickups... which seems quite logical. 😛 The previous design feature of the different magnet types remains on these new pickups.
If I ever had that kind of money to spare, I would get one of these myself and with this finish... I would likely play it so much that the strings would die in a week lol. It is a beautiful guitar, too bad its price is about 1500 ish above what I could afford lol. I hope they keep that finish around, the black and blue reverse burst will look really good on many other guitars as well, I hope this one sells well enough to warrant them making it part of there normal color selections. Also, that was some really good playing you did there, I recognize talent, especially when it is talent way beyond anything I could ever muster lol. The sheer amount of work that you must have put into it, is just staggering. Keep up the good work :)
@@michaelm4464 While it is true that the Fender Stratocaster is one of the most played electric guitars of all time, that does not mean this particular one will be as widely used. I was mainly talking about the finish its self, because I would like to see more guitars in general with finishes like this one.
@your mom Although such a thing would be a very nice thing to do, I am guessing that you are joking. Partly because of your account name, and partly because you called me a peasant :) I didn't mention me not having enough spare money for such nice things because I wanted anyone to offer or even buy me a guitar, I did so more too point out that this guitar is expensive from my perspective. I don't mind being as broke as I am, I am a disabled vet, so I can no longer work and because of that I don't expect to be able to afford nice things like this guitar. In life I make just enough money from the V.A. to pay my bills and eat the cheapest food most days of the month. I survive, and anything else more than that, I would feel as if I were being greedy. So, if your comment was in any way serious, which I doubt it was, thank you for such a offer of Mr. Rich, but you don't have to do such a nice thing for this Peasant. Of course I would not turn down such a gift, due to my being raised that it is rude to turn down gifts, I will not attempt to hold you too such a offer, considering it was likely meant more as a insult and joke than a actual offer. I hope all is well, lfaf
When I saw this colour I instantly fell in love. Now I know this is the one. Just a question of time till I save some money. It's very pleasing to finally have in mind the ultimate guitar for me. Love everything about this strat. Thanks for the demo. Keep on keeping on
Got it in today. She is right. It’s nicer in person. Only complaint I have is the strings are harder to bend than on my fender American deluxe hss strat
Always a pleasure to see and hear you, Mary. The new Strat looks and sounds great! Leo Fender got it mostly right in the original design, and most of the improvements since are incremental. My '86, purchased new, still looks and sounds good, many years later. Take care of it, and your new Strat will likely look and sound good decades hence.
sad that most of the comments are about where the guitar sits compared to other guitars , yet no one has said how great the player is and the singing ? , the guitar only sounds great when in the hands of a great player , if mary was playing a squier strat it would still sound great
And, Mary, you have the all important fatter AND wider neck (at the nut) PLUS 22 frets. While I enjoyed my Deluxe Player Strat for years, I’ve grown tired of the thin, skinny neck. Tim Shaw's redesign on these new pickups sound REALLY GOOD on every model: Strat, Tele, and JazzMaster, to my ear.
im really hyped fpr the jazz master tho, i like them way more than the jaguar
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Thank you for this great review! I love the color and I'm curious to see it in person. Since I started watching your videos I got inspired to end my long hiatus from taking guitar lessons. I took my guitar to the shop last Saturday for a full cleanup and calibration, now it's up and running! Time to start again :)
I just bought the same guitar in the same color only with a maple fretboard because my Gibson LPs have rosewood or ebony fretboards so I like maple on my Fenders. I'm waiting for it to ship out yet. I got to see it better with you playing it. I love that color Thanks for showing it.
I really hate that finish. I just ordered my AmProII Jazzmaster in Mystic Seafoam. A lot of people seem to like the Dark Night finish. It’s just not for me.
Thanks for getting back to me Mary I feel honored you replied back to me big fan will always hope the best for you keep rocking big love from akron ohio
Love it! However... I still love the "Fat Strat" with the humbucker at the bridge for more versatility. This is beautiful though, and fits your style very well.
This will be the guitar I get (mercury color) when my cancer finally goes into remission. It will be my reward for going through hell and back. The wife is on board with this which makes it even better!
That’s awesome!!! I’m proud of you!
Thank you
Best wishes ever for a speedy recovery. Play the ever living hell out of it!
Guilt her into it while you still got the cancer. Once you are all better, she might change her mind. Take care.
Wishing you a speedy recovery, that’s one heck of an incentive and reward - all the best.
I love how Fender prices these guitars at the exact value of my marriage.
well, why am I gonna get married when I can buy a new strat?
Or you get lucky and your wife buys you this guitar in 3color burst with the HSS setup... probably won’t have it for another month though...
@Leandro Travis Seriously, dude? SPAMMING this video??
@@johne1599 🤣
😂😂😂👍
I don’t need another guitar. I don’t need another guitar. I don’t need another guitar.
I don't need more debt. I don't need more debt. I don't need more debt! LOL
I'm not even a guitarist and I want one...
@@jayjayc33ify aye I need you to hop off my shoulder Mephistopheles
@@jayjayc33ify i’m buying a guitar, aren’t I.
"I'll only get *one* guitar." Yeah, that was a lie. I'm 11 in, working on an upgraded accoustic and towards a Kiesel custom, and now this. I may actually get this before the Kiesel, because more time and practise would make me more worthy of the Kiesel. Both are happening, just a matter of order. Not even going to try to fight it. And I have and American Professional Mk1. Everything about this is better, even in left-handed, and you can get that finish in lefty, too. I'm there, man...just waiting on the funds! Heck Sweetwater doesn't have the first one in yet. I have time.
This is going to be my first and probably forever guitar. . .Im a beginner. . I have one acoustic and chose this as my electric. .
It is one helluva "first"! Enjoy!
I have the american Pro 2 but it’s the roasted Pine, super love it, might be the first and last strat i will own, very versatile,
@@prascerafaga1037 My thoughts exactly! Pay the premium once and keep it for life. The strat simply runs circles around most guitars and really it's the most versatile instrument on the market.
My dark night gets delivered Monday. I’m still trying to figure out how to sneak it into the house lol.
No need to sneak it if you’re the man of the house! 💪😎
You can hide it in mine. 😉
tell her the blue color makes you think of her and every time you pick it up you remember how you felt the first time you saw her. that'll be $50
A convenient fire in the kitchen does the trick for me!
If it's not being delivered to the house, just leave the house with an empty case. If questioned, state you're considering selling one.. if it's later noticed that you have one of a different color, say you traded instead of selling... I use this for guitars and firearms.
Just got mine in silver. I’ve never had a nicer material thing in my life. The smoothness of the pickup voices and the fretboard radius and shape are more comfortable than any other guitar I’ve played. Hands down. This is THE workhorse of the 21st century.
That Dark Night finish with the rosewood fingerboard is GORGEOUS! Fantastic lighting and camera work, you really did a phenomenal job showing off the finish! 👏👏👏
Oh my gosh! It’s so gorgeous! I got my first guitar about a month ago. It’s a really pretty acoustic fender, and it sounds amazing. I’ve fallen in love with the brand, and the telecasters amazing sound and body shape to be specific. I also love your playing, and I’m glad that you’re here to show new players the ropes 😊
It's weird, and I might be biased, because my favorite musicians all play Fenders, but it just doesn't get better - aesthetically - than Fender guitars. For acoustics I prefer Martins, though. :)
@@xArsVivendi I'd say Martin's a good choice for acoustic....but Gibson is my personal favourite...
I have had a Strats but once I had a Tele and for what looks and feels like a fancy block of wood was a really nice fancy block of wood I enjoyed playing more than my Strat.
Someone in my guitar community just got this model in this color scheme. It’s literally the prettiest guitar I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s THE guitar.
God dang Mary it’s so flipping cool to see how far you have progressed as a musician over the years. I feel like you really found a voice and style of playing that’s very much your own. Have been a long time lurker of your channel and seeing your progress gives me so much motivation with my own music! Thanks for sharing your journey with us :)
Great to hear a guitar really being played in a demo , rather than just footling about . I have been thinking of getting one and you have helped me make up my mind. Lovely how the guitar is in such sympathy with your voice too . Thank you so much .
Just love the slight echo you use in your sound, goosebumps every time.
I know this was being released as another RUclipsr I watch Dovydas who has also been sent this guitar and teasing everyone ,stumbled across you channel about 2 weeks ago ,it's great coming across talented artists like yourself ,I'm into electronic music making myself not guitar but appreciate great guitar playing and performing artists like yourself,I just like good music and find you channel interesting.....Thankyou
dovy with his bullshit russian made guitars ,the fender is his best axe now,i cant believe fender would give him one his music sucks
I agree his lucky to be given all the stuff his getting,for some reason he does a live stream and gets people giving him a lot of money,his live audience were fair minimal but even if his a bit of a prick he can play a guitar and is a talented musician regardless his just trying to make his way and if he can make a living out of it good luck to him....this whole RUclips thing surprises me how people put there hands in there pockets to help others but these people have to put the work into there content regardless it's all work.......do work for free.........it doesn't happen over night
Nice song, and great tone. I’m a long time Strat player, and I purchased a “Shawbucker” Strat when they came out in 2016. I love that guitar. Fender’s Pro series guitars are amongst the best they’ve ever made. The Strat you are playing sounds great!
I am absolutely in love with that new Dark Night blue colour they’re doing. What a gorgeous finish for an instrument!
I need to say that I watched this video last night. I got totally inspired to pick up my Strat and I had one of the best jam sessions I’ve had in months!
Hi Mary, I am learning about this new line myself but I think the painted models use Alder for the base wood. The roasted pine is featured in the translucent finishes to replace Ash bodies. Sounds great and keep on keeping on!
Mary, its a beautiful Strat and sounds fantastic! I own 6 Strats and after seeing this I would love to own 7. I have to restrain myself!!!!!!! Not easy with guitars............
For those not fortunate enough, don’t discount the classic vibes too. I went in this weekend to pickup my fender player ... and the vibe played and sounded spectacular. Second time this has happened to me. Super happy and yes ... nothing comes close to the crispy design of fender. Nice Mary ... thanks for showing us the Pro.
I said it once and ill say it again the strat is the most beautiful guitar ever 🤝
Just when I thought the coolest looking Strat was in my bedroom. Dang that thing is so awesome 💙
Me too I have a Sunburst Sienna, but this is gorgeous
Your playing style would really suit the Fender Custom Shop Texas Special (Mark Knopfler) pickups as they have an incredible touch sensitivity
Yet another reason to just do the same switching mods on a very affordable Mexican model?
The Texas Special pickups were made for the Stevie Ray Vaughn Strat, years ago. But they are great pickups - I own a set.
@@j_freed Put the same pickups in a Mexican and an American Strat, and they'll sound very similar. The American Strat will likely play better, though.
I'm not crazy about the Texas Special Strat pickups. Too harsh for my taste.
@@VIDS2013 Lotta people say that, including a lot of my guitar-playing friends. But it has a lot to do with what the amp is and how the EQ is set. You can make Texas Special pickups sound very bell-like through an HX Stomp, for example. That said, the Texas Special pickups were designed to sound aggressive (like Stevie Ray.)
You are a superstar . Your music incredibly refined . The more I learn , the more I appreciate your art
I got one of these 3 months ago (Dark Night and Rosewood). Always wanted an American Fender Strat ( I have a 3 year old Modern Player Tele). My wife convinced me to get it. Yes, I know, that may be a shocker to some of you married folks. Mary is right. The looks of it is more stunning in person. I find myself staring at it at times, just admiring the beauty. It plays great and sometimes hard to put down. Super comfortable and great tone.
This reverse burst finish is probably the most innovative zhing fender or any guitar company has come up with for the last decades. The idea behind it is so simple, yet ingenious.
I have it on my 89 strat plus. I am not even sure what Fender calls it but it caught my eye when I saw this video. My strat has the maple neck and I added a white pearl pick guard.
@@ricinro yes you're right, guess I will have to take that back
The "reverse burst" isn't reversed. It's literally dark blue inside blue outside. There's a website called Halo. You go there and you can basically create your own custom guitar and play with the color features and you can definitely do that. I made some models already for my blueprints to my future company
@@alienlover7556 i know and i meant that as a reference to the original idea behind that fender finish from going from a bright base colour to a darker tone on top on the edge
@@maxmustardman298 but still I want you to have your fun and check out that halo website and have a blast you deserve it
Still in love with my Texas Tea HSS Ultra Strat, but this guitar is making me think my Batman needs a Robin.
Geat playing and singing. Really stoked on the new Fender American Pro II's. Perfect blend of old and new.
Not only it's gorgeous, but you do it justice. This association makes me think about Knopfler.
That is a great looking, and sounding guitar!!! I currently have 3 Strats (SRV Signature, 60th Anniversary Strat, and an old Mexican Starter Strat), and I now want a fourth.
The brakes I've put on my wallet regarding the guitar are glowing red. I don't think they will hold for much longer. ;)))
There's a $300 difference between the American-made Performer and the American-Made Professional II. For your $300, you get better pickups, a slightly different neck shape, rolled fretboard edges, a slightly improved trem system, a treble bleed circuit, and a hard shell case. Uh... yeah, actually, that's a pretty decent deal, assuming you like the pickups and the changes. But the Performer has jumbo frets and the Professional II has narrow tall frets. That'd be a factor, too.
The Pro is a bit of an odd range (for bass) as it's 5 to 600 quid more expensive than the Performer in the UK, but not really worth that much extra. Especially as it's the same price as the Ultra. Can't comment on the Strat but my Performer P bass is better than the Pro (in my opinion) and I love the tone from the Grease bucket circuit. The only pluses for Pro were hard case and graphite rods. But then I wanted a PJ so the Pro wasn't an option anyway,
none of the things you mentioned are $300 worth
@@rajamcraja Fender Custom Shop Texas Special pickups alone cost $200. A good hardshell case might be around $100, more or less depending on one's opinion. It costs money to pay someone to roll the fretboard edges and add the treble bleed, the trem might cost a little more.
If you have to create a new neck profile, that means paying someone to write the software for the CNC, which costs money... unless you already have the neck profile worked out from a different model.
All of that said, rolling the edge of the fretboard requires so little time and effort that I don't understand why companies don't do it on all models, unless they reserve it as an "advanced" feature that you can charge more money for. Which is likely.
Switch positions 2 and 4 are my favorite. Nice Mark Knopfler tones. Put a humbucker in the bridge position and move that volume control out of my way like a tele has, then I'll get one.
My 97 California Strat has a bridge humbucker. I invited a guitarist pal to play her on a break at a tiki bar in July, where he'd just played his Tele for an hour. When he switched to Bridge, you should've seen the look on his face. He said there are songs he likes on a Tele, & others he likes on a Strat, but he plays one or the other in a set so he doesn't have to drag 3 guitars (he always has a Les Paul). He said she's tge sweetest-sounding Strat he ever played. Now he wants one.
Looks amazing, I could feel your joy as you played it, lol. Your play style/tone match your voice perfectly. Have fun creating with your new axe!
My god this guitar sounds beautiful.
Thank you!
It pales compared to her voice tho ❤ you rock milady!
Some people are easily lead! ... Nothing great about that
what amp do you play the Strat through?
@@Complicaadd0rock simp
The paintjob is absolutely sick coolest looking strat for me personally i wish the headstock was matching too
Loved watching you geek out over that gorgeous guitar. Your voice ain’t too shabby either.
I could listen to that guitar all day. Didn't want you to stop playing. And that color, gorgeous! Great combination...Mary Spender and her Fender.
This is one of the most beautiful Stratocasters I've ever heard.
Would be perfect if it were a fat head Strat. Aesthetics and such.
Love the colour and hey it's Mary who is holding and playing so no worries there
As a long time Stratocaster player I have to say This is a Beauty... Congratulations, wow!
The Push Knob feature is genius, a Fender version on the idea David Gilmour had devised on his old Black Strat with a mini toggle switch just below the volume knob, This push knob design may be more user friendly.
I own the candy apple red Strat Am Pro and it's one of the finest guitars I've ever played, that dark night and the new electronics are awesome.
Sounds good already
Thank you!
I’m constantly fantasizing about American Strats... One day she’ll be mine!
I hope so
Apophis392 Getter done! Life is too short not to play your dream guitar. 😉
Something I love about all of your videos is how clear, concise and well-spoken you are. Also, there is something extremely soothing about the way that you speak and sing. You have a very pragmatic and methodical way of reviewing gear. It's often extremely helpful. Your passion and positive attitude are infectious and always leave me wanting and waiting for new content. Much love and gratitude.
I got a used 90s American Strat for £450 on ebay. You don't have to spend silly money. Good luck!
@@cowboy7x you're right bro , cheers from Honduras
I’ve got the same guitar in HSS. I love it. It’s great for Eddie VH riffs.
Color is amazing, tone is stellar. Stunning guitar.
So you got one for free....right after they saw you try out the PRS Silver sky. 'Better get her on board soon!', they must have thought at Fender. Still, I am happy for you.
GREETINGS FROM BRAZIL, WHERE A FENDER LIKE THIS COSTS THE DOUBLE
sad but true
Na verdade é mais de 5 vezes, considerando o dólar atual mais impostos
En todo Sudamérica...
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Fender American model prices are ridiculous for the average person.
I have a 15 year old SSS American Standard Strat, so not ancient but certainly played a lot and mellowed. It is a similarly motivated version as that one you have here, so it’s different but same basic “species”. The short of it is that I could never get rid of this guitar. I also have a similarly irreplaceable vintage telecaster I bought a very long time ago. Other guitars have come and gone, I liked all of them, some were even excellent. There is just something, at least about the two particular Fenders I somehow landed on, that is different, special, and personal. They sound and play so great. The feel is familiar, welcoming, amazing. Fenders are industrial high art too and were a conceptually inspired critical point in their time. They age well too and there is something about that in particular. There is a similar relationship with my mellowing pretty old Martin D-28. I’m not prone to this sort of animism thing, but lots of stuff has come and gone in my life over the years and these three players won’t be going anywhere. I hope you have found something like that here, it’s a super good thing if you have!
Congratulationson the new guitar. The Strat is marvellous. Great sound, beautiful look. I also love my strats.
I know I want a Stratocaster. I really want that classic chiming, bell like sound. But, I'm so torn between the Pro 2 in Dark Night, or the Ultra in Texas Tea. It's too much money to make a bad decision. UGH.
Dark knight with maple neck works for me.
Person 1: hey, sick strat...
Person 2: did you just assume my Fender?
That's a beautiful blue. They got it right!!! $1500 is the sweet spot for a good working guitar.. Nice.
Proud owner of one .Same body color but with maple neck. I just love it.
Nice to see someone NOT shredding for a change.
Nice color sounds bright looks like the pick ups are different from my American standard I wonder what amp you are using sounds great nice diddy you are playing big fan keep rocking 🤩👍
My normal amp set up - the Orange Rocker 15 through the OxBox from UAD.
Randy, there were quite a few different pickup types fitted to American Standard Strats over the years as I’m sure you know (mine from 2013 has Custom Shop Fat 50s as standard for example) but since the first American Pro Series the construction has definitely been different again with the main design concept difference being the mix of Alnico magnet types for the wound vs unwound strings (which they named the V-Mod pickups at that time). It seems the pickups in these new American Pro II guitars are just a relatively small tweak compared to the ones in the outgoing American Pro series (seemingly a reprogrammed machine coil wind pattern is the change that has been made) and Fender are calling them V-Mod II pickups... which seems quite logical. 😛 The previous design feature of the different magnet types remains on these new pickups.
@@davidburke2132 thanks Dave I'm a hobbyist trying to get better thanks for your comment I'm a member of your channel as well as Mary's keep rocking
I broke down and picked up the HSS model. I really couldn't be happier with it.
Spender and Strat pure magic!! Hauntingly beautiful!!
If I ever had that kind of money to spare, I would get one of these myself and with this finish... I would likely play it so much that the strings would die in a week lol. It is a beautiful guitar, too bad its price is about 1500 ish above what I could afford lol. I hope they keep that finish around, the black and blue reverse burst will look really good on many other guitars as well, I hope this one sells well enough to warrant them making it part of there normal color selections.
Also, that was some really good playing you did there, I recognize talent, especially when it is talent way beyond anything I could ever muster lol. The sheer amount of work that you must have put into it, is just staggering. Keep up the good work :)
Considering the fact that she mentioned in the video that it's the most played guitar of all time, I'd say it will sell enough to warrant more.
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While it is true that the Fender Stratocaster is one of the most played electric guitars of all time, that does not mean this particular one will be as widely used. I was mainly talking about the finish its self, because I would like to see more guitars in general with finishes like this one.
@your mom
Although such a thing would be a very nice thing to do, I am guessing that you are joking. Partly because of your account name, and partly because you called me a peasant :) I didn't mention me not having enough spare money for such nice things because I wanted anyone to offer or even buy me a guitar, I did so more too point out that this guitar is expensive from my perspective. I don't mind being as broke as I am, I am a disabled vet, so I can no longer work and because of that I don't expect to be able to afford nice things like this guitar. In life I make just enough money from the V.A. to pay my bills and eat the cheapest food most days of the month. I survive, and anything else more than that, I would feel as if I were being greedy. So, if your comment was in any way serious, which I doubt it was, thank you for such a offer of Mr. Rich, but you don't have to do such a nice thing for this Peasant. Of course I would not turn down such a gift, due to my being raised that it is rude to turn down gifts, I will not attempt to hold you too such a offer, considering it was likely meant more as a insult and joke than a actual offer.
I hope all is well,
lfaf
Mary’s voice is 10k times better than Stratocaster voice. I state this and I’m a Stratocaster lover, so...
I could listen to Mary speak for hours (even financial news).
I like her speaking voice but don't like her singing voice for some reason.
That's what human voices tend to do to human ears and why a lot of great blues guitar players are singers.
Small correction; the body on these are alder, only the roasted pine finish is a pine body.
When I saw this colour I instantly fell in love. Now I know this is the one. Just a question of time till I save some money. It's very pleasing to finally have in mind the ultimate guitar for me. Love everything about this strat. Thanks for the demo. Keep on keeping on
Love the Dark Knight color. Don't know why reverse bursts never caught on.
"Honey, what do you want for breakfast?" - "Just a touch of Bridge, please" :)
Got it in today. She is right. It’s nicer in person. Only complaint I have is the strings are harder to bend than on my fender American deluxe hss strat
Always a pleasure to see and hear you, Mary. The new Strat looks and sounds great! Leo Fender got it mostly right in the original design, and most of the improvements since are incremental. My '86, purchased new, still looks and sounds good, many years later. Take care of it, and your new Strat will likely look and sound good decades hence.
I sold my over priced American Fender Strat when I bought a Vester Tradition Series 57' Strat.
Who were your influences in your finger picking style? I noticed in this video some of what I would believe to be a lot of Mark Knopfler.
You too, huh? I was hearing Sultans Of Swing tones, for sure. But I don't hear Mark Knopfler when she sings, tee hee.
Definitely a Strat. I was feeling a little Knopfler/Dire Straits tone. Gorgeous color
Mary Spender plays a Fender until the sun goes down.
Push push rock n’ Roll
Demonstrating soul
Give us more Ms. Spender
...just like Bobby Orr.
Please play "The wind cries Mary by Hendrix" :D
Fender never makes a bad product. I’m a fan.
The acoustasonic would beg to differ 😂. But totally agree they make amazing instruments overall and you just can't beat a strat!
You're an extremely skilled musician, I wish you great success.
wow..haven't been here a while...now almost 400k subscribers...congratulations Ms.S
sad that most of the comments are about where the guitar sits compared to other guitars , yet no one has said how great the player is and the singing ? , the guitar only sounds great when in the hands of a great player , if mary was playing a squier strat it would still sound great
I like this channel, but I’m not wild about commercials being presented as “content”.
Yeah, it's pretty obvious too since all the guitar RUclipsrs are publishing videos about this new line of guitars
I think her real future is in sales for a large corporation. She could sell ice to Inuits.
Thank you for saying it. I was scratching my head at the beginning thinking this is a plug not a review.
Get over yourself Cranky. This is not presented as a review. It's a demo.
And, Mary, you have the all important fatter AND wider neck (at the nut) PLUS 22 frets. While I enjoyed my Deluxe Player Strat for years, I’ve grown tired of the thin, skinny neck. Tim Shaw's redesign on these new pickups sound REALLY GOOD on every model: Strat, Tele, and JazzMaster, to my ear.
Enjoy watching you play and sing. Thanks
It's like apple, people need the new one when they didn't even need their previous one.
Sad that they dropped the Jaguar in the American Professional line, but maybe that means my older one will become more valuable over time?
Yeah hopefully
They did? That sucks
im really hyped fpr the jazz master tho, i like them way more than the jaguar
Thank you for this great review! I love the color and I'm curious to see it in person. Since I started watching your videos I got inspired to end my long hiatus from taking guitar lessons. I took my guitar to the shop last Saturday for a full cleanup and calibration, now it's up and running! Time to start again :)
I just bought the same guitar in the same color only with a maple fretboard because my Gibson LPs have rosewood or ebony fretboards so I like maple on my Fenders. I'm waiting for it to ship out yet. I got to see it better with you playing it. I love that color Thanks for showing it.
"I've got to be honest..." Uh huh. Yup.
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I really hate that finish. I just ordered my AmProII Jazzmaster in Mystic Seafoam. A lot of people seem to like the Dark Night finish. It’s just not for me.
Seafoam lucky you 🎸
Mystic Seafoam is friggin' GORGEOUS
Spent a few days in Nashville TN, two weeks ago and had a chance to play the telecaster version pro 2. Loved it...and own it!!
I love that new finish! And Mary, you NEED a Fender Strat!!
Again, A great product, but don't sound like that at all in my hand ;(
It's like I just get broken instruments all the time...
Request: Play something on acoustic guitar while you're upside down?
Why?
I'm not even talking to you. I bet Mary wishes she'd respond.
Request: Don't make dumb requests.
That’s it even though I got a Strat two weeks ago I put my ES335 up for sale today so I can buy the Professional II in Dark Night
I can't wait, my mercury color is to be delivered today. I am sooo stoked!
why is nobody talking about how beautiful she sings
It was so great hearing you rock out & sing- Very inspiring to see you enjoying your musical artistry so much.
Loved watching this. Beautiful vocals and great demo of the tones available on this guitar. Thank you.
beautiful organic vocals marry with solo guitar awesone you should do it more
Your song put a smile 😊 on my face. I bought the mystic surf green rosewood. Love it.
That guitar is breathtaking. Lovely tone and colour. I would love to pick up a HSS version someday.
I own 27 guitars and 6 are fender Strats. And I’m saving for #28 . American professional II deluxe tele w dual humbuckers
Love that color
Thanks for getting back to me Mary I feel honored you replied back to me big fan will always hope the best for you keep rocking big love from akron ohio
Love it! However... I still love the "Fat Strat" with the humbucker at the bridge for more versatility. This is beautiful though, and fits your style very well.
I'm really into this color with the rosewood board!
Such a beautiful voice