Fender's COOLEST New Guitar! - The Lead II!
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
- The Lead II is an extremely cool blend between a STRAT and a TELE!
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VIDEO SECTIONS:
1. So What Makes It Unique?
2. Let's Check Out the Build Quality! - 2:26
3. What Does It Sound Like? - 7:21
4. Let's Tear It Down! - 12:08
5. Should You Actually Buy One? - 14:49
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VIDEO SECTIONS:
1. So What Makes It Unique?
2. Let's Check Out the Build Quality! - 2:26
3. What Does It Sound Like? - 7:21
4. Let's Tear It Down! - 12:08
5. Should You Actually Buy One? - 14:49
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Yoooo! You got me making the stank face with that both pickups/phase reverse lick. Love it!
Played one in my local shop recently. Couldn't believe how comfortable it was. Really nice.
Adam i know right!
Something that many seem to forget about these Lead series guitars, especially this single coil model, is that the late 70s - early 80s wasn't only metal and shredders, but also disco and funk! The Lead II is perfect for those genres.
I’m exactly looking for a guitar for funk! Thanks for the hint
@@xunliu8696 ya you throw some slapback delay on there paired with a wah pedal and off she goes, it gets real funky.
Yep. Many here do not have any idea about funk,lol.
Darrells hair, inspired by There's something about Mary...
darkiee69 😁😁😁
lol.... that made me spit beer out my nose!
Old Guy Disc Golf Eeewwww!
If so, well...it can happen to anyone. Remember to wash your dammed hands.
First thing that "came" to mind. 😁
Awesome comprehensive review from features, to tones through construction. I was not too interested in this series when I first heard about it but definitely giving it a second look now. This is the channel that made me realize modding is something I can not only do with my guitars, but also enjoy doing! So big thanks and kudos for that.
To my observation, you’re currently the only channel that sat with this guitar and really dug into the cleans. I love the tone! Thanks for this vid. :)
Good point. Getting a good clean tone as a foundation gets overlooked so often, when it should be half of the tone quest!
Mine just shipped, should have it Saturday....thanks for the overview....well done! You nailed all the salient points 👏🏻👍🏻🎸
Thanks for reviewing, I was hoping someone would do that particular guitar. I always enjoy your reviews and how-to vids.
Thank you Darrell! I was hoping you would review this. Love your channel and content.
I dunno why, but for some reason I just appreciate the fact that he takes the time to pull apart even a big brand guitar and look under the hood to check craftsmanship. The man is dedicated to his reviewing. Almost like when you take a car you're thinking of buying to a trusted mechanic
The Light Green is a great finish I'd say! To have a Fender that captures two of the greatest guitars ever modeled is quite a treat I'd say! I do look forward to it
Would you say
Gorgeous!!
Really liked the tone from both pickups. Thanks for sharing Darrell :)
I am glad that they reissued the Lead II and Lead III. I am glad they also gave them a moderate price tag and quality control
Thanks for the great demo. Nice playing!
Great video. Really enjoyed this
I love that green and black combo.
Beautiful guitar ❤
Mmmm that phase reversal on clean is SO funky!!! Absolutely love the cleans on this guitar!
Lookin' good Darrell! Rocking that "Great Wave off Kanagawa" hairdo in this one.
That slide sound of the plectrum in all your beginning videos makes me smile every time hahhahahahahaha! Love your videos Darrell!
Outstanding bit of kit,great review 🎸🎸
I have a LEAD II I bought in early 81. From a Fender dealer brand new. My first electric guitar. Mine is unique because it has a Lead I decal on it. I didn't know it was a LEAD II until years later when I was looking on the internet. My guess is they had a lead i neck laying around when they built this one.Or maybe the logo was old? I dunno but it's special to me. It is an awesome guitar. Mine is Wine color with RW fretboard (21 frets) . I gotta say it might be the best fender I have..lol.. It sounds great and plays great. I think I will get it out now, I keep it in the original fender case it came with. I had no idea they have done a reissue. Is mine now worth more money?...lol Especially with the wrong decal? I still have the receipt too. It says Lead II, but I never looked at it until I realized the Lead one looked different than mine and I started investigating. The guy at the music store never mentioned the decal being wrong.
Calm down fanboy... geez.
@@thegoodguy44 I like my old guitar, it's probably better than these reissues. It's a nice USA build. Smaller headstock too. I did get it out and play it tonight. It does stay in tune, and the neck is still straight, and the frets are good and no fret sprout like every other rosewood fretboard I have.. It's relic"d by me naturally. The pickups are great.. Yep I am a fan of my guitar. Geez. Get over it. At almost 70 years old being called a "boy" makes me feel real good. Be nice to old people when you grow up. ;o)
Crow I'd go online and see what they are selling for then get an appraisal. I have no idea of the value.
@@davidkastin4240 Well a few years ago they were selling real cheap. And they weren't easy to find. Most seem to be trashed. Mine isn't trashed at all. But I doubt that value has changed yet. They were USA made, right before they started having Strats made in Japan. Now those MIJ guitars are worth money, Squiers or Fender's.. This new version doesn't do much for me..lol... Mine is nicer from what I can see. I don't want to sell it anyway. I see a lot of negativity in the comments here. Thanks for not being one of those. I like all kinds of guitars.. my favorite brand is "Mine". Cheers!
I have two early 80’s Lead IIs.... I just got the Lead III and I must say the reissue is really nice.
Bro, your videos make my day man.
Thank you so much for your content and the effort you put in your videos!
Need a Jem!!!
That's a pretty awesome guitar. I didn't even notice how different the shape was from the Strat until you held them up side-by-side. I like it!
My first guitar was a Lead II bought back in 79/80. It's a killer guitar. Size does make it real easy. What people don't realise it's config and phase switch gives it the ability to recreate Red Special tones. Mine needs some work so I'm going to investigate wiring in series. Bridge and neck in series with phase switch on is a typical Brian May signature sound
Darrell, I really enjoy your reviews. It really helps when making my final decision. Cheers!
You do these things right Darrell! That thing sounds great!
Kool! Great review... Thanks! 😀
I bought a fender player lead ii yesterday morning and it gets delivered on Thursday. I got the gig bag now. I can’t wait to play my new guitar.
I was always impressed with the Lead II models over the strat. They were always cool looking to me.
U2's The Edge used them back in the '80's.
Great sound, nice playing dude
I have a Lead II from back in the day. Always loved it. I’m smaller and it fits well. Started playing in the 70’s as a teen, and after all the years and all the guitars (I’ve had most models) my Black Lead is still by my side. It has an old Seymour Duncan humbucker & plays great. I’ll probably be buried with it.
As always thanx for the review
Whoa sweet guitar Darrell, you have the coolest job in the world!
Love the Incredible Hulk green with the black pick guard.
What a great sounding guitar! I love Fenders and Squiers. Thanks, D.B.!
Darrell, that is a nice guitar. I fell in love with that guitar. That’s exactly what I was looking, something between Strat and a tele. I own both, US and MX strats, and also a US Tele, I love play them but I really was looking for something in between and this is it. So I’m going for it. Great review and thank you so much for being this up in your channel.
My favourite guitar is a Mexican fender strat I got like 15 years ago, that has a tele mode too. You press a button next to the volume and tone controls, to turn on the bridge pickup when you're either in the neck pickup position or the neck-middle position, so yeah you can have the tele middle position, except on a strat, but it sounds very very much like a tele, it's so useful. It was some special model, fender only made them for one year. So rheyr every rare. But they were cheap at the time when I bought it barely second hand, the first person who bought it was a beginner, who gave up quickly, so it was barely played, basically brand new, and I remember I paid around £250 for it. They probably go for over a grand these days because they're so rare. I wish I could find out the name of the model. It doesn't say it on the guitar anywhere, on the headstock or wherever. If was called something like special or player series. Something similar to that, and it was made in 2005 if I remember correctly.
So yeah with my strat you can have the neck and bridge for that tele twang. It sounds better than the actual fender tele I own, it's definitely very similar to a tele, more than good enough to substitute it on a live gig instead of having to bring BOTH a strat and a tele to the gig. I love it because it's 2 guitars in one. Because nothing sounds as good as that neck pickup on a strat for lead tone, so at minimum I always want that, but it ALSO has the tele sound, so it's just brilliant . Also the neck-middle position with the button pressed down is very very interesting. It's like a tele on steroids. I have NEVER heard anything that has as much quack as that. It's got all 3 strat pickups turned on simultaneously. So it's like the middle position of a tele, but with an extra middle pickup added to it. The quack and spank and twang of that is amazing. But I usually just use the neck and bridge together. Not the middle pick up too
Dear Darrell,
First let me say that I like your reviews a lot. You're one of the few out there who have a real critic view on the guitars. So I'm sure if you recommend something, it's really good. What I like about your videos, is that we now see you in total when you play (not only your hands).
Keep on doing what you"re doing - you're a good one.. :-)
Reminds me of a double cut away Les Paul. Awesome video man keep on rocking!!!!🤘🤘
Reminds me of PRS !
I always thought of mine as a fender sg. I do have the red with black pickguard and rosewood fretboard so...
Thanks Darrell!!
as always a first class review..thanks Darrell...nice to see a smaller Fender...
"Sounds like a cocked wah."
Doesnt play Money for Nothing riff🙁
Still love the channel Darrell!
LOLS!
Love the look of that green finish, black guard and whitr pups
I remember the Lead I & Lead II from when I was a kid just starting to play. I used to want one so bad. I guess I'm going to be making a nostalia purchase.
I looooove that acid green color! So 70's! I had some Micronaut toys in that green. LOL. Showing my age! I'm 52.
Great,.. Saw them on a namm teaser,.. Thought I should have shout out to you about trying one,.. Here you are,.. Great back in the days,.. Great now my opinion.. 👌. Thanks for this! 🙂👍
*New guitar appears*
Darrel: Ooo I cant wait to strip it apart! 😂
That is the first Fender I have been interested in in a long time! I am sure you make it even more presentable, with expert playing and unbiased review. I like it a lot! I recently just modded a Squire Bullet Strat hard tail, per your recommendations, alnico five pickups, locking tuners, roller trees, and it sounds much better than a Squire Bullet, and I love pulling it out and watching their faces when it actually sounds like a Strat! But truthfully, I may just have to save up and go shopping at Fender!
Nice. Reminds me of an old Duo Sonic I had back in high school. Saw a new one in my local guitar shop recently. Would love to see you do a video of it.
Great bridge saddles! I swapped out the uncomfortable vintage saddles on a Strat by similar ones.
Sounds exactly like a late '90s MIM Mustang short-scale I used to have. Has a similar look.
Great vídeo!
Thank u, I needed this🇫🇷👍🏼🍒
I bought an '80s Hondo Professional copy of the original Lead II and it's the bomb. It made me realise that when I bought a mustang or duo sonic, it wasn't the smaller 24" neck scale that I wanted, but the smaller body. It's so comfortable, plays and sounds amazing, you get the out of phase sound and a great alternative to all the other fender guitars/sounds. I'd definitely buy one of these new Lead IIs if I didn't have my Hondo!
I never knew about that model!!! looks beautiful!
Darrell, Thanks for review. It may be interesting to have a series switching added to provide a humbucking sound when both pick ups are engaged ala the Ultra Tele..... Apprently the pick ups are pulled off the Player Strat. In any event Ritchie Blackmore preferred just two pick ups on his Strats if it was good enough for him, etc. Btw can you tell me what that pick is shown in your intros?
All the best, Pete.
Damn. I thought the neck pick up was unbeatable, but then the bridge and combo also rocked. I always wanted one when they first came out, but want one even more now. But definitely not green. LOL
Thanks.
Looks and plays good. Thanks
Great modding platform. I think I'd go with series parallel with that phase switch.
Thanks for your video! I like Fender and always have. I have a Strat mex and a Tele Nashville mex.
So cool!! 🌟
My Strat has a switch to get that neck+bridge Tele-style pickup combo, love that sound!
OMG! I can't believe you just reviewed one of my favorite guitars of all time. I have '72 version. Nice job 👍
Whoops, me bad. Double checked my serial number. Mine is 1980 not 1972.
Lou Fachin I have two original Lead IIs.... where did you get the specific years off of the serial numbers? The Fender website has general years. Thanks!
@@Bernz66 it's been told,. the serials E00. Indicates 1980. E01 Indicates 1981.. 1979 are also E00 up to about E002000ish..
gorgon the heavy Fender Lead II I bought in 2005 is E0110** and the one that has the more defined contours I bought in 1984 is E0191**..... seems that the one I bought in ‘84 is over 8,000 down the production date from the heavy one.....
@@Bernz66.. Yeah..or 1000ish? Don't know if they made them (L2) in '82 thou..?. And don't know how many they made of the Lead ll.. 🤔
Dude I didn’t know Ace Ventura played guitar, cooool! 😂 Lovin’ the hair Darrell! 🤘🏻
Awesome video!
My first electric was a Japanese Squier Bullet from 1984 that was very similar to this. Mine had the 54 style neck that I still use to this day.
I’ve Lead 3 on order in Sienna Sunburst but I think I’ll buy that green too. It’s a pity they have Pau Ferro on the other colours. I’ll never buy a PF board. This is the best demo on RUclips of this new model. Thanks Darrel for taking the time to make this cool axe shine! Most demos show players not understanding the toggles!
Great review, thanks! It sounds too thin for me, I would have to change the pickups. Wonder how some Seymour Duncan Red Devils or "Little 59" would sound. Love the color and look!
Hey Darrell I’ve got a player series Strat in electron green that has the same neck as this . I was looking to clean up the fret ends and polish them using your patented Home Depot foam sanding block method . Do you think it would be safe to use that method on that type of neck?
You’re awesome man🤘🏼
Man that thing sounds a lot like a tele! Not that that’s bad or anything. I love the tone of a tele.
The phase reverse would appeal to Peter Green fans (like me); roll off a touch of tone, add gobs of reverb and you have a good approximation of his Les Paul tone. One of the positions on the Baja Tele with the S-1 switch produced a similar tone. Nice sounding guitar, good comprehensive review. Thanks.
I swear, the week this came out, a heavily modded 81 lead II showed up in my neighborhood shop.😂💯
It might have been my old one!
Pretty cool looking and sounding guitar great video and good job Fender ! I would change the pickups out for maybe Fender Noiseless SCNs , I have them in my Tele and absolutely love the fat warm tone they bring and that is what this guitar needs in my opinion. The stock pickups are fine but would need to EQ either using a pedal or your amp or combination of both . Cheers !
Just bought the Liii white! Dear Darell can you advise how to lower the action on this one? The saddles have a bit if a curve up
LOL, okay you twisted my arm🤣 Ordering one today. Love that green too.
I actually fell in love with the red one :D. Bought it a few months ago and I'm mostly playing clean tones with it. Feels, plays and sounds great :)
Got a red one from my local shop and really love it
I have a theory that red guitars always sound better than guitars in any other colour. Red is just such a great tone-paint
I bought this neon Green model in late 2021. I love it. In this video the sound is almost identical to my one. They should make a Lead 1 in yellow with a rosewood board.
Once again a full comprehensive breakdown video Darrell. What a great guitar...love the new styling and colour...but...a pity Fender have chosen to stay with string trees...they should have slanted the neck a little more and done away with them by now. A new model deserves new styling. I know it wouldn't be classic Fender anymore but hey to me that's progress. Also your playing is sublime as usual. Love your channel.
Love that green reminds me of my 79 kx 80 I had when I was a kid
I think the extra snap and attack you're hearing is due to the pickup being angled and picking up the string slightly differently than a straight pickup. Dylan from DylanTalksTone made a video on the physics of why the pickups being placed where they are along the string picks up specific frequencies.
Love it!!!
I still have my Lead III double humbucker ax. Still one of my favorites!
I have a 79, lead II. The body and neck refinished. A bit different, ceramic x-1 pickups. Then a 78 musicmaster base. They were student models of the time. Pro Junior amp. And a tweed Blues Junior.
At first, I thought this was the Fender version of what the Les Paul Studio is to the Les Paul Standard, but no. This is it's own unique beast. Very awesome!
Nice video as ever, I like that sound and color, this guitar designs for playing in standing posture but almost no one plays like that. It's weird.
Beautiful guitar! Has it got the same neck pocket rout as a strat?
Something like a full scale, hard tail version of a Mustang. Quite a distinctive range of sounds.
Nice work! I'd probably wire the phase switch to be a series switch ... but yes, cool!
I bought the more practical Lead 3 last May and I love it. The humbuckers are a better bet! That guitar evokes early spring playing in a garage band long ago, with a few cans of cola, bag of pretzels, a few Boss pedals, crappy drum kit, boomy bass, but great fun!
That phase reversal is so very fonky, I love it!
I like it. I like the fixed bridge and it does have a cool vibe to it.
Darrel can make any guitar do something amazing
wow, it sounds awesome, and i really wanted to like the lead iii, but you convinced me on the ii
You're usually pretty enthused about a new guitar, but this time it went to a whole new level. I like the neon green myself, and I also like the smaller body, compared to a Strat. As Fenders go, it's not outrageously expensive, and it sounded great. Aesthetically, I agree that the roughly symmetrical line from upper to lower horn is a really nice design touch. Cool!
“Snappier” on the neck pickup could also be due to the angled pickup.
I really gotta try one, still in doubt, but way more interested now! I think ill hunt for a double humbucker one!
Kinda Silver Sky-ish with the shape.
But also very Squier Bullet II slimmer strat shape from the 80s.
Very unique guitar for sure.
I have an original in transparent red (which is checked and fogged crazy style) and with the singlecoil Humbucker setup. I love that green
Nice picking, Darrell!
Damn. Another must have to add to the must have bucket. I love everything about it. It has that Gibson Les Paul Junior (or special) feel and look. I just received my Schecter Custom Shop last week. Damn.
That's a great mix for a one guitar person great s and t sounds and a jag too