This is an incredible guitar my friend, no doubt about that , but it is pushed to fabulous heights by your marvellous mastery of the instrument !!!!! Made my day !!
Beautiful guitar - I’m not opposed to spending ridiculous amounts of money on worthy instruments but we are certainly paying a premium for the Fender name in this case. I have two master built custom strat style guitars - crafted start to finish by Ted Stevenson in Canada - even winds his own pickups and is a great amp builder as well - each of them were significantly less than the price of an average Fender Custom Shop strat - and I’ll tell you no lie - they hold their own against every other custom instrument I have - Happy New Guitar Day!
Resale on the fender will be way better than my recomendation but you can build a warmoth or mj tele, get all the boutique parts you want, exact neck you want, even relicing on the wood with mj tele for 2000 +/- 500 dollars depending on the cost of the hardware and pickups. I have one mj tele and a warmoth love them. Fit and finish on the custom shop would be amazing though but your luthier can roll edges and otherwise hone in your build and once again resale and some dudes gotta have the fender name on the headstock. What's important to you? This is what really matters.
That Strat sounds very special. Those custom P90's definitely give it a character of its own. I have to say my James Tyler SC in Alien Guano is my favorite strat and I've played a bunch. It was gifted to me by my wife and kids for my 50th, as they bought me something they knew I'd never buy for myself. Its a fantastic instrument. With that said, a few years ago a friend (also with G.A.S) turned me onto a guitar demo of a Goshawk handbuilt by Rick Toone. I got the sickness real bad when I saw he had built one with hand-wound humbuckers from Lindy Fralin. Having put custom wound Fralins in both my American Strat and a FrankenTele I really had to have that instrument. Long story short, I emailed Rick whose a super nice guy and we did a deal. As far as tone, ergonomics and playability its the alpha of the herd. Yes, there is a guitar out there that can cure the G.A.S and with great thanks and humility, I own one. Mike Dawes recently did a sit-in with Rick and demoed a Goshawk with custom Bareknuckles. Its a hyper-worthy demo, but this is where the sickness started and was cured for me: ruclips.net/video/Ho_aUcu9AsA/видео.html
I couldn't agree more with this statement. I have 6 tele's none by fender. And all of them twice as good, for half of the price. If you want a quality instrument for reasonable price fender and gibson won't be coming out of your mouth.
I suspect like the majority of your subscribers I could never afford a masterbuild guitar. Having said that I totally appreciate that this guitar is a beautiful looking and more importantly sounding instrument. Yes there are fantastic factory built instruments but these to my ears at least are a cut above so characterful and unique, anyone who says otherwise is probably just pissed they cannot afford one. It's totally personal choice. Great Video and wow that Strat sounds sooo sweet Paul.
Let me tell you Paul this is the best strat I’ve ever heard. I watched this video so many times. It just sounds so good. I think it has something to do with the F hole and probably the P90’s and of course your ability to play so good.
Amazing!! The bloom on the clean effect is incredible, could listen to it all day! That`s one sexy guitar and as you say, a one off, worth every dollar! Cheers from down under!
Paul , I love watching The Studio Rats vids re’ all the different gear you test out and thrash through ; but I keep watching more of the vids to try - with all my attention and effort and concentration to Emulate your magnificent technique ; so effortless and flowing ; I’m hearing 100 notes , but seeing very little finger travel ; !!!! How do you do it - oh yeah a life time of playing and “Cutting those Chops “ of course
That ... is ... AMAZING! Absolutely love it! The look and sound are both incredible, plus I have to add that the playing is awesome. Thanks for the video!
Outstanding sound and response! the P90's really rock! best pickups I've ever heard. The color is ok, it's not really pink to my eyes, and the paisley-esk design is very nice. Your very expert playing and style are also impressive.
In yuor hands, that is certainly one of the best sounds I have heard in a while - That's a beautiful airplane being flown by a master pilot! I agree, there's something very special about the combination of elements that Greg Fessler chose and it's wonderful that you have it in your hands
Great sounding guitar. Great playing. I'm a reverb junkie also, but it would be nice to hear the guitar w/o a bunch of delay, just so we get a better idea of how it sounds a bit less-processed. That said, I loved the tones....LOL.
Wow,what a great presentation and comparison of what P90" s. can sound like ,next to single coils on the same platform . to my ears the P90 has that extra punch , not taking anything away from single coils ,they definitely have their own place. Great playing and great video ....Cheers.
Daymnnnnn even though you can make anything I've ever seen and heard you play sound good. That being said I've owned and played many Strats in my 71 years of life, that is definitely one of the sweetest Strats I've ever heard. 🤘❤️
That sounds great Paul... I still enjoy the sound of your traditional Strat as well, they are just different. But... this guitar sounds amazing. Congrats!
That's the best sounding strat I've ever heard I think because the p90s are still single could but they have more bite it brings out that strat sound a bit more and being semi hollow makes it better still! Fantastic guitar!
@@DonAmos_stories I'm not really a guitar player. I'm just an old studio bass player (that's either played with or recorded with people like Bobby hutcherson, The pointer sisters, Steve Jones from The sex pistols, Roger Mayer, Ozzy Osbourne with Zakk, John Five, Bill Ward, Tommy Tutone, Gladys Knight, Christian Brady etc.) The point is that I've been around some amazing players over the years and while I prefer a certain sounds with certain genres I thought that this particular guitar had a brilliant sound that sort of perfectly bridged the gap between a Stratocaster and a 58 les Paul.
I have noticed you playing that many times throughout multiple videos. It is number one a gorgeous guitar, with a very unique open clean, very articulated sound. Beautiful playing as always. I actually have my house for sale which will probably go by spring time and that will be the one time I’ll actually have the money to buy such an instrument. I have around a dozen Guitars but all in the $500-$2000 range. I would love to have an ax like that. thanks so much for the review.
That's cool as hell. And it sounds just like and as good as it looks. I might have to bump up a 2xP-90 Strat to my project list for next year...and make it a semi-hollow.
Great looking guitar, fantastic tone and wonderful playing...(wow on all fronts!). Lovely touch with the reverb; assume some delay on too. Congratulations!
I agree. Two pickup starts are beautiful sounding. I refurbished a 92 Squire. Blocked the trem body and set it with a Wilkinson barrel bridge, three way switch, Banning filtertron pickups, bone nut....absolutely brilliant.
New to the channel love the pink guitar reminds me of of an old marlin sidewinder my dad owned, beautiful tones and worth whatever you want to pay for it!
That is a magnificent sounding and looking Strat, one of the very best I've head on RUclips. The P90 Pickups sound great. I've converted my Strat to a noiseless 2 pickup configuration. I've always liked the sound of P90s.
Paul that guitar is not only have the looks but sounds so big and articulate. Love your playing. I love my Elliot tone master with P90s. I will get a custom fender next.
What a fantastic guitar and well said Paul, these guitars are made to very high standards and are worth every penny. When you said "I used to have a pink Tele" I pictured you watching a pink TV, but then the penny dropped. Great demo !!
Wow that tone or ambiance you got.. Although these are P90's, it still sounds pretty much like a Strat. Especially when you were doing those SRV licks.. Beautiful playing BTW!.. It seems that strat sounds rounder, fuller or with more bass presence.
That is noticeably pretty sounding. In a word I would say balanced. It’s parts combine harmoniously and chime like a bell.
Great playing there.
Sounds amazing! Never thought that I would want a double P90 strat!
This is an incredible guitar my friend, no doubt about that , but it is pushed to fabulous heights by your marvellous mastery of the instrument !!!!! Made my day !!
Cheers Rob, thanks for the positive comment
It sounds incredible. Is absolutely gorgeous, and you absolutely do it justice with your playing. Top shelf video brother
Cheers Jon.
Man, That opening jam was beautiful!! Killer guitar! And fantastic playing ✌️
That is a truly beautiful guitar, you do it justice with your beautiful playing, awesome!
Sweet guitar!
Cheers Ned.
Love love love this guitar. Semi hollow, strat body, p90's, rosewood board, light relic, metallic pink...😮❤
Great sounding guitar, a great look, and a great musician. Never heard you play before but there is a ton of presence in your playing.
The first 40 seconds...you already have my "like". Beautiful playing on a beautiful guitar. Well done
Thanks again!
So Beautiful Guitar.🎸🎶🎸
Wow, that guitar sounds beautiful. Definitely special, tons of character.
beautiful sound
Beautiful guitar - I’m not opposed to spending ridiculous amounts of money on worthy instruments but we are certainly paying a premium for the Fender name in this case. I have two master built custom strat style guitars - crafted start to finish by Ted Stevenson in Canada - even winds his own pickups and is a great amp builder as well - each of them were significantly less than the price of an average Fender Custom Shop strat - and I’ll tell you no lie - they hold their own against every other custom instrument I have - Happy New Guitar Day!
Nice one. I’ll check out that builder.
Resale on the fender will be way better than my recomendation but you can build a warmoth or mj tele, get all the boutique parts you want, exact neck you want, even relicing on the wood with mj tele for 2000 +/- 500 dollars depending on the cost of the hardware and pickups.
I have one mj tele and a warmoth love them.
Fit and finish on the custom shop would be amazing though but your luthier can roll edges and otherwise hone in your build and once again resale and some dudes gotta have the fender name on the headstock.
What's important to you? This is what really matters.
That Strat sounds very special. Those custom P90's definitely give it a character of its own. I have to say my James Tyler SC in Alien Guano is my favorite strat and I've played a bunch. It was gifted to me by my wife and kids for my 50th, as they bought me something they knew I'd never buy for myself. Its a fantastic instrument.
With that said, a few years ago a friend (also with G.A.S) turned me onto a guitar demo of a Goshawk handbuilt by Rick Toone. I got the sickness real bad when I saw he had built one with hand-wound humbuckers from Lindy Fralin. Having put custom wound Fralins in both my American Strat and a FrankenTele I really had to have that instrument.
Long story short, I emailed Rick whose a super nice guy and we did a deal. As far as tone, ergonomics and playability its the alpha of the herd. Yes, there is a guitar out there that can cure the G.A.S and with great thanks and humility, I own one.
Mike Dawes recently did a sit-in with Rick and demoed a Goshawk with custom Bareknuckles. Its a hyper-worthy demo, but this is where the sickness started and was cured for me:
ruclips.net/video/Ho_aUcu9AsA/видео.html
@@rogerdat7807 OMG that Goshawk looks and sounds amazing!
I couldn't agree more with this statement. I have 6 tele's none by fender. And all of them twice as good, for half of the price. If you want a quality instrument for reasonable price fender and gibson won't be coming out of your mouth.
Lovely instrument. It gives me inspiration to build a partscaster in the same style
Holy crap is that awesome. I want one of these! (would love it in the black paisley they've done some of the masterbuilt Teles in). Love this guitar.
Great video and demonstration, Paul. Well explained.
It's beautiful. Tone is gorgeous. What a treat.
I suspect like the majority of your subscribers I could never afford a masterbuild guitar. Having said that I totally appreciate that this guitar is a beautiful looking and more importantly sounding instrument. Yes there are fantastic factory built instruments but these to my ears at least are a cut above so characterful and unique, anyone who says otherwise is probably just pissed they cannot afford one. It's totally personal choice. Great Video and wow that Strat sounds sooo sweet Paul.
What a guitar...and i played hundreds and heard thousands in my 50 jears of playing, this one sounds special.....
Oh I would have that in a heartbeat! Cool looks and sounds fantastic!
Let me tell you Paul this is the best strat I’ve ever heard. I watched this video so many times. It just sounds so good. I think it has something to do with the F hole and probably the P90’s and of course your ability to play so good.
Cheers Paul, it’s a cracking guitar.
It’s got nothing to do with the F hole.
Love that guitar I ordered two Masterbuilt in 2010 both Shell Pink.
That sounded like spoke with folks by David Torn at the beginning…lovely…cheers!
Amazing!! The bloom on the clean effect is incredible, could listen to it all day! That`s one sexy guitar and as you say, a one off, worth every dollar! Cheers from down under!
Paul , I love watching The Studio Rats vids re’ all the different gear you test out and thrash through ; but I keep watching more of the vids to try - with all my attention and effort and concentration to Emulate your magnificent technique ; so effortless and flowing ; I’m hearing 100 notes , but seeing very little finger travel ; !!!!
How do you do it - oh yeah a life time of playing and “Cutting those Chops “ of course
Cheers Grant
Gorgeous guitar
That ... is ... AMAZING! Absolutely love it! The look and sound are both incredible, plus I have to add that the playing is awesome. Thanks for the video!
Outstanding sound and response! the P90's really rock! best pickups I've ever heard. The color is ok, it's not really pink to my eyes, and the paisley-esk design is very nice. Your very expert playing and style are also impressive.
P90 really are just gorgeous sounding pickups.
You are correct. This Strat sounds unique. I have always liked the way P90's break up. They are not for every occasion but fit well where they fit!
magnifico.
Very beautiful stratocaster
And I do agree with the master builds being worth the price
Ok pay it.
In yuor hands, that is certainly one of the best sounds I have heard in a while - That's a beautiful airplane being flown by a master pilot! I agree, there's something very special about the combination of elements that Greg Fessler chose and it's wonderful that you have it in your hands
Cheers Don
Sweet clear sound like River of .. mad Season ?
So good. Playing compliments it. Great work.
Thanks for listening!
Wow! Beautiful tone - I play fingerstyle jazz and was thinking of putting these into a Strat?
Great sound and awesome pickups no 60 cycle hum either.Thanks Paul, nice playing and reverb
Gorgeous sound. Clear and resonant.
It has xtremely beautiful sound. Very balanced
Bloody beautiful, look and sound!
Sounds amazing. I think a PAF style humbucker in the bridge and a p90 in the neck would be a great combo too.
Great sounding guitar. Great playing. I'm a reverb junkie also, but it would be nice to hear the guitar w/o a bunch of delay, just so we get a better idea of how it sounds a bit less-processed. That said, I loved the tones....LOL.
Wow,what a great presentation and comparison of what P90" s. can sound like ,next to single coils on the same platform . to my ears the P90 has that extra punch , not taking anything away from single coils ,they definitely have their own place. Great playing and great video ....Cheers.
Love that you stretched out a little more with this demo. Sounds beautiful
That finish is so unique!
Daymnnnnn even though you can make anything I've ever seen and heard you play sound good. That being said I've owned and played many Strats in my 71 years of life, that is definitely one of the sweetest Strats I've ever heard. 🤘❤️
Cheers fella
That sounds great Paul... I still enjoy the sound of your traditional Strat as well, they are just different. But... this guitar sounds amazing. Congrats!
Beautiful sounding guitar. More curious about P90s now.
That's the best sounding strat I've ever heard I think because the p90s are still single could but they have more bite it brings out that strat sound a bit more and being semi hollow makes it better still! Fantastic guitar!
Please make 1000 of these Fender!!
It honestly might be the best sounding electric guitar I've ever heard and I don't say things like that lightly..
That would mean a lot if you actually had like lots of videos of you playing guitar...
@@DonAmos_stories I'm not really a guitar player. I'm just an old studio bass player (that's either played with or recorded with people like Bobby hutcherson, The pointer sisters, Steve Jones from The sex pistols, Roger Mayer, Ozzy Osbourne with Zakk, John Five, Bill Ward, Tommy Tutone, Gladys Knight, Christian Brady etc.) The point is that I've been around some amazing players over the years and while I prefer a certain sounds with certain genres I thought that this particular guitar had a brilliant sound that sort of perfectly bridged the gap between a Stratocaster and a 58 les Paul.
Wow that thing sounds damn good. Makes me want to build a semi hollow p90 style guitar now!
Jd Atkins fender tele!!?? P90 s
So beautiful guitar...the tone is amazing. Congrats!!!!
That Strat is just plain cool. Thanks for putting up this video.
Beautiful guitar and buy in a heartbeat…
I'd love to see that one in production..
Beautiful guitar in tone and looks. Enjoy it Paul.
Cheers Joey
Sounds fantastic
Totally agree with your analogy about “Master Built” being a piece of art.
Beautiful Strat with awesome P90’s 👍
It sounds so full and airy!
I have noticed you playing that many times throughout multiple videos. It is number one a gorgeous guitar, with a very unique open clean, very articulated sound. Beautiful playing as always. I actually have my house for sale which will probably go by spring time and that will be the one time I’ll actually have the money to buy such an instrument. I have around a dozen Guitars but all in the $500-$2000 range. I would love to have an ax like that. thanks so much for the review.
Cheers Denny, good luck with the house sale!
I think it looks and sounds amazing, I was sitting on the fence about modding a strat like this but you have convinced me to go ahead..
Let me know how it goes.
I love everything about it, it's a beauty mate
Really great guitar playing.
That's the best thing I've ever seen in my entire life!
That's cool as hell. And it sounds just like and as good as it looks. I might have to bump up a 2xP-90 Strat to my project list for next year...and make it a semi-hollow.
That guitar sound super sweet with the effect chain you have
Came for the pickups, stayed for the playing and guitar.Nice!
I would SO play that guitar ! Love that pink !
Great looking guitar, fantastic tone and wonderful playing...(wow on all fronts!). Lovely touch with the reverb; assume some delay on too. Congratulations!
I agree. Two pickup starts are beautiful sounding. I refurbished a 92 Squire. Blocked the trem body and set it with a Wilkinson barrel bridge, three way switch, Banning filtertron pickups, bone nut....absolutely brilliant.
Nice, I’d like to hear that one.
What a beautiful tone
Sounds amazing.
Sounds great - those Antiquities sound great with the longer sale length
Beautiful tone !
Absolutely stunning! Can you do a rundown of the signal path used in the video ?
Just straight into an axe fx Alec.
New to the channel love the pink guitar reminds me of of an old marlin sidewinder my dad owned, beautiful tones and worth whatever you want to pay for it!
Always love your playing and demos. You got me thinking bout P90s. Coolio
Like everything from Paul, great guitar, great tones, great solos, great chords…just great!
Cheers Gary as always for your positive comments.
sounds great! outstanding playing also.
WOW! Definitely my next partscaster build, and I' not even a strat fan.
That is a magnificent sounding and looking Strat, one of the very best I've head on RUclips. The P90 Pickups sound great. I've converted my Strat to a noiseless 2 pickup configuration. I've always liked the sound of P90s.
It has that SRV twang sounds great and great playing .
Paul that guitar is not only have the looks but sounds so big and articulate. Love your playing.
I love my Elliot tone master with P90s. I will get a custom fender next.
Thanks Glen, I don’t know the Elliot Tone master, I’ll check it out now.
@@TheStudioRats It’s a Peter Stroud Signature. Sounds awesome. I just love the whole look of your guitar and that’s a definite keeper.
This sound beautiful so now I'm wondering what about a 3 pickup P90 Strat?
What a fantastic guitar and well said Paul, these guitars are made to very high standards and are worth every penny. When you said "I used to have a pink Tele" I pictured you watching a pink TV, but then the penny dropped. Great demo !!
😂 a pink Television would be awesome. Searching Amazon now.
Sounds wonderful and your playing is really great. I might build one of these. Always wanted a Strat with P90s.
Sounds amazing!
Fantastic tone. Reignited my lust for a custom Suhr Alt T with P90s.
Cool guitar, and you're a fine artist with it.
Wow that tone or ambiance you got.. Although these are P90's, it still sounds pretty much like a Strat. Especially when you were doing those SRV licks.. Beautiful playing BTW!.. It seems that strat sounds rounder, fuller or with more bass presence.
p90s are technically single coil pickups.
@@jojo-qx8vo but dual magnets*
@@GabeHelma nope...single coil, single magnet.They just hum less and they have a more natural sound...
@@jojo-qx8vo P-90s have two magnets, one on each side of the pole pieces.
@@SymphMetalCommunity do they? I though they had only one!
It is indeed an amazingly sounding guitar. Your preset on whatever machine you are using is excellent as well. Lucky man!
Thank you kindly
Been thinking of doing a strat with three p 90s
Strat with P90s, my favorite pickups, great idea‼️
Its hard to express how beautiful that guitar is and how badly i want it!
Spectacular video. Heavenly guitar. Now, if I only knew what other gear and emulation selections where in the signal chain.
Cheers I was going into an Axe FX 3
It's a great sounding guitar.
🤤 That is FANTASIC! Truly stands out. I LOVE P90s, too, and those sound amazing even through my headphones.
That strat sounds fantastic with the P90's ............ helped by some great playing!