I would be more interested if they made them look like an average Strat. Totally looking stock. No fancy pickguard and regular single coils. It looks like someone did a bunch of upgrades on a MIM.
@@friedrudibega6384 Humbuckers and black pickguards have been on Strats for decades. Until you start adding active circuits, coiltaps and locking trems it's still an average Strat to me.
@@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw I hear ya. When I think of a stock strat, I think it’s perfectly normal to describe it the way that I did. Who hurt you? Who?
Check out what Schecter offer. Absolutely destroyes everythinf else out there right now in my opinion. Dual action truss rods even in the cheapest models
I was playing one of these guitars at a local Guitar Center, and boy oh boy. I couldn't keep my hands off of it. I loved the feel and the tone coming out of it, and I'm a rock/CCM player. I am saving up money for this guitar.
it is. I bought the Telecaster. It's my favorite guitar now. 2400 out the door with tax was a lot for me but I am paying it in 12 payments . I actually think it is totally worth the money or even underpriced,
It is CLEARLY designed for prog rock guitarists who play out in bands. The variety of tones, the useful trem, the contours--in my opinion, the selling point is the versatility.
And its still Fender thus we need to pay a car worth of a price to get ergonomic instrument with long lasting features on it still, bolt on cut which was only on 2500e+ models is an improvement decades later they figured it out finally due to market competition, bronze frets which won't last kinda aren't, i tried it, its well build, sounds amazing though, quite versatile but price is too high for my taste.
Good call on the "timing" of this vid, Ola (same 4 my comment)! I think you've made a very fair assessment of "The Subject", also. You achieved an excellent "Hard Rock--almost Metal" sound with the Pickguard-mounted P'ups. Still nothing beats Body-mounted for "Full Metal" (as we all know). Solidarity on the "Nickel Fret" thoughts, too! I've not had any "wear issues" with mine (could be that we use lighter finger pressure...like we're SUPPOSED TO!!) 🤘
Great playing Ola! Could I request something? When trying out a clean tone, could you not have reverb on? It would be nice to hear the guitar without effects. Thank you! Ha det gött! :)
Hola Ola ..!! Its a nice looking axe, appears to be very versatile. You can play whatever it is your playing, blues, rock, metal...and it'll sound good. I vote YES. Ill take one..
I picked an Ultra 2 up from my guitar shop pre release date and love, love love it!!! Psychedelic blues all the way baby. Lots of tone options so for people who dabble in a bit of everything and just have to have a great strat. This is it!!!
I have a 1985 MIJ HSS “Contemporary” Stratocaster, made by FujiGen (they make Ibanez Jcraft now), and this really reminds me of it. I played 80s/90s metal/hard rock covers and our originals for two decades with it until I retired it for a US PRS.
Yeah, it's for me. I bought one because it looks dope AF and plays unbelievably well. I've played exclusively Les Pauls for 20 years and this guitar blows me away. It provides me extra versatility that my LP and EMGs don't provide and actually feels faster to play. Tremolo picking feels way better though I am still getting used to that damn volume knob placement...
I recently bought an 80s Japanese Fender Contemporary with a bridge humbucker and a Kahler and I'll never go back to anything else. The guitar I didn't know I need.
Thanks Ola! I've been looking at one of these and really want one but obviously I'm into metal. I feel I need one good strat in the collection and this might be it!
I've used a Fender Floyd Rose Classic for years, I adore the ability to change from chunky bridge tones to snappy single coils. I find it very versatile.
I’ve handled a few ultra ii guitars and they just feel premium af. There is just something about them that feels more physically present and good to hold. The only thing holding me back is color - I don’t like any of the color ways of any of the models. Otherwise I’d probably get a meteora (I have the le and the mim and enjoy them) or a strat
I have a ultra strat 1 and love it they are the best build quality before custom shop NOS. Mine I upgraded all the pickups and put the original pickguard in a partscaster. It's not a beginners guitar. These are for the people who play alot and spend alot of time with the instrument.
Ultimate versatile live guitar for anyone playing progressive rock/pop. Over the years I've basically converted my MIM HSS into the equivalent in terms of functionality: Seymour-Duncan JB and rails pickups, locking tuners, bladerunner floating bridge, bridge tone mod, coil split. It's pretty good but I guess not a patch on this in terms of refinement and feel.
great detailed review, clean parts are amazing, I personally understand why people choose fender during clean records. btw everyone have been waiting for baroque clothes and arpeggios from hell in lead section 😆
One on those in a pearlescent white or "texas tea", with a custom scratch plate from Warmoth for humbucker and neck single coil and some EMG's, that'd be a mighty tasty guitar. Pearlescent white with a black scratch plate - channeling my inner Jake E Lee. Yes, his "charvel" was actually a Fender repainted and reprofiled headstock and given a Charvel sticker from his friend at the Charvel factory.
It's a guitar for guitarist who do not to stick with specific set of music to play every night, do not have a specific kind of genre to adhere to, like a busy gig player.
It's for the Iron Maiden/Warren DiMartini/Yngywie types that want to rock but are in love with the look and feel of a classic strat.
Like me then. 😃
I would be more interested if they made them look like an average Strat. Totally looking stock. No fancy pickguard and regular single coils. It looks like someone did a bunch of upgrades on a MIM.
@@friedrudibega6384 Humbuckers and black pickguards have been on Strats for decades. Until you start adding active circuits, coiltaps and locking trems it's still an average Strat to me.
@@ChaptermasterPedroKantor-kv5yw I hear ya. When I think of a stock strat, I think it’s perfectly normal to describe it the way that I did.
Who hurt you? Who?
Exactly what I thought.
That was some awesome playing man some of the best I’ve heard you do
That color is awesome.
It needs a funky purple pick guard
I find the guitar very ugly! A purple pickguard I agree could help. A darker baked neck maybe. As is I wouldn't pick it from a wall.
G&L have been doing this color for years.
right. i like how the pick guard is flat black. it makes the gold pop more
I wasn't expecting it from this guitar but that was some of the best lead tones I've heard from you. Nice job.
The music I hear from youtubers in their videos is far better than what I hear in contemporary albums. Well done.
Fender and Jackson are just slaying it in 2024, looks like yet another quality release here. Love the color too. ❤
Check out what Schecter offer. Absolutely destroyes everythinf else out there right now in my opinion. Dual action truss rods even in the cheapest models
ME! Just picked up my noble blue HSS Ultra II yesterday
I was playing one of these guitars at a local Guitar Center, and boy oh boy. I couldn't keep my hands off of it. I loved the feel and the tone coming out of it, and I'm a rock/CCM player. I am saving up money for this guitar.
I love this guitar. Best thing from Fender in a long time.
it is. I bought the Telecaster. It's my favorite guitar now. 2400 out the door with tax was a lot for me but I am paying it in 12 payments . I actually think it is totally worth the money or even underpriced,
Its for me ill take it.
I just ordered one in Sinister Red, amazing guitar that I will be using for playing the blues. I really appreciate all the many modern features.
@@KeesDusink how do you like it?
kickass intro! and playing throughout.
It is CLEARLY designed for prog rock guitarists who play out in bands. The variety of tones, the useful trem, the contours--in my opinion, the selling point is the versatility.
Versatility +1.
And its still Fender thus we need to pay a car worth of a price to get ergonomic instrument with long lasting features on it still, bolt on cut which was only on 2500e+ models is an improvement decades later they figured it out finally due to market competition, bronze frets which won't last kinda aren't, i tried it, its well build, sounds amazing though, quite versatile but price is too high for my taste.
@@qrcodmacke9864 C'mon people drop 1.5k on an iPhone these days. Fenders were 2.5k back when phones were still 500 bucks.
That guitar is for me. I’m a metal guy that has always played modded Fender Stratocasters. This is a no modding necessary release in my opinion.
That clearly answers the ”Will It Chug?” question.
Haymaker Prickup! Haha
Very nice demo 🤘
Iron Maiden's Dave Murry would and has been playing a humbucker strat for 40 plus years....
5:34 thanks for always having dimebag present. 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻
Good call on the "timing" of this vid, Ola (same 4 my comment)! I think you've made a very fair assessment of "The Subject", also. You achieved an excellent "Hard Rock--almost Metal" sound with the Pickguard-mounted P'ups. Still nothing beats Body-mounted for "Full Metal" (as we all know). Solidarity on the "Nickel Fret" thoughts, too! I've not had any "wear issues" with mine (could be that we use lighter finger pressure...like we're SUPPOSED TO!!) 🤘
its amazing how you enjoy playing this guitar, strat is strat...- timeless guitar :) yeeees i would like to have one 😍😍
That blinking red light is a nightmare
Cannot be unseen
I didn’t even notice it until I read your comment
Bro for real. U Do sound great with this guitar. The tone and playing. Sounds great
Sounds great! All those tones are sick! I’m a Fender fan and I dig it when people do metal with more traditional instruments.
Dude your phrasing and note choice are fucking IMPECCABLE
Your tone and playing on that thing just sounds amazing.
OMG that solo Rocked Man!
I love Fenders and I love that finish.
Solar Flare lol. I see what they did there
So nice I had listen to that intro twice 😎
Ola the Trustworthy.
If I could throw a "Will it Chug" suggestion... JHS Pedals Series 3 Distortion... it's only $100 USD.
Only 2 cups of coffee.
5:45 i was shocked to hear this song good video
I love Strats and you just proved that they are still cool.
I ordered one of these before discovering this video. Thanks for giving me the confirmation I needed!!
Great playing Ola! Could I request something? When trying out a clean tone, could you not have reverb on? It would be nice to hear the guitar without effects. Thank you!
Ha det gött! :)
Hola Ola ..!! Its a nice looking axe, appears to be very versatile. You can play whatever it is your playing, blues, rock, metal...and it'll sound good. I vote YES. Ill take one..
I love the color on that bad boy. It sounds like a gem. I would totally rock one.
If it was free lol
hey man. thanks for the video.. keep on rockin...
Sick guitar! Love the tones you get out of it. It does it all! It’s gorgeous too
I just got a strat ultra - I love it! It’s good for all around playing, I call it my “general duty guitar”
I picked an Ultra 2 up from my guitar shop pre release date and love, love love it!!! Psychedelic blues all the way baby. Lots of tone options so for people who dabble in a bit of everything and just have to have a great strat. This is it!!!
If I could afford such a thing, I would play a lot of Iron Maiden (my go-to jam). Sounds amazing. Well done, Ola! 🤘😎
Best production Strat Fender has come out with in a very long time!
Looks and sounds amazing!
Nice play-through in the intro.
I have a 1985 MIJ HSS “Contemporary” Stratocaster, made by FujiGen (they make Ibanez Jcraft now), and this really reminds me of it. I played 80s/90s metal/hard rock covers and our originals for two decades with it until I retired it for a US PRS.
I really love that colour! I feel like they should have gone a little darker for the logo on the neck but a cool looking guitar! Cheers! 🫡
I'd absolutely get one (then again, I don't really play much metal anymore). But for Rock and punk, it looks and sounds great.
that tone was smooth solefull nice man
Yeah, it's for me. I bought one because it looks dope AF and plays unbelievably well. I've played exclusively Les Pauls for 20 years and this guitar blows me away. It provides me extra versatility that my LP and EMGs don't provide and actually feels faster to play. Tremolo picking feels way better though I am still getting used to that damn volume knob placement...
Probably one of the best Fender USA Model besides them Custom shop ones, I guess, and these Ola Sounds features it perfectly
I recently bought an 80s Japanese Fender Contemporary with a bridge humbucker and a Kahler and I'll never go back to anything else. The guitar I didn't know I need.
Thanks Ola! I've been looking at one of these and really want one but obviously I'm into metal. I feel I need one good strat in the collection and this might be it!
Dude that intro was amazing... I loved the solo
I love the look of that Strat. **Chef's kiss** Muah!!!
This was a great video for a great guitar! Yeah… I want one.
Wow its fantastic. love it!
I honestly appreciate you not putting out a review of gear at the same time as every other channel.
Also, freaking sick playing man.
The Haymaker has that crunchy, Mick Mars kind of crackle-grind.
I have this guitar in blue an i love it.sounds an plays amazing
this is what TOP40 Band players need, as no noise and great sound variability.
This will be my next purchase
It looks beautiful
Sounds great!
I’d wait till the price comes down, over 2 grand is a lot for a non custom. But they hold value and sound pretty sweet
Those cleans are... clean, warm.. love it. wau
Handsome axe, for sure. And it chugs. Those Fender Noiseless pickups are a great choice.
Take the pain away!! Love Suicide Note part 1
Apparently it's for me, mine arrives tomorrow 🙃
sounds and looks amazing. id get that model but the red and black version.
Nothing heavier will ever be played on that particular guitar
TRUE! that would only happen if it got into the hands of Trevor Peres
Did you see John Browne's video on that guitar? 😁
@@MikaTarkela I'd like to compare serial numbers to make sure they are the same guitars, not different guitars with the same finish ;)
@@rutger4131 wrong some hammerfall and dragonforce will be played on it
Ola, thank you for putting all shredders to bed(!). Your solos are easier and more pleasing on the ear than most players shredding these days. 🎉
Anything from blues and country till classic heavy metal. Nothing more nothing less
you heard in the intro that it can play metal. so...
I totally dig the guitar!
I just bought the tele. I love it. I am mainly a G+L USA player. Very impressed with the new Ultra 2 series. The Tele has ebony
Love thath color and finish 👌
I love my fender ultras. Best made guitars I own.
Beautiful Guitar! 🤩🤩
Me. It's for me. I love it. I like how it looks. I want it.
I like everything about i, with the possible exception of the jumbo frets. Would like to have seen it have medium jumbos. The color is awesome!
I've used a Fender Floyd Rose Classic for years, I adore the ability to change from chunky bridge tones to snappy single coils. I find it very versatile.
I’ve handled a few ultra ii guitars and they just feel premium af. There is just something about them that feels more physically present and good to hold. The only thing holding me back is color - I don’t like any of the color ways of any of the models. Otherwise I’d probably get a meteora (I have the le and the mim and enjoy them) or a strat
I have a ultra strat 1 and love it they are the best build quality before custom shop NOS. Mine I upgraded all the pickups and put the original pickguard in a partscaster. It's not a beginners guitar. These are for the people who play alot and spend alot of time with the instrument.
The QC on American Fenders is top notch. I’m a metal guy and love Strats. I will wait for the hype to die down and probably get one of these.
That intro song had big Opeth vibes and I love it.
Ultimate versatile live guitar for anyone playing progressive rock/pop. Over the years I've basically converted my MIM HSS into the equivalent in terms of functionality: Seymour-Duncan JB and rails pickups, locking tuners, bladerunner floating bridge, bridge tone mod, coil split. It's pretty good but I guess not a patch on this in terms of refinement and feel.
I Plek'd mine. Plays awesome. I use as a crossover for different styles.
Nice playing! I swear this man is up to something, maybe he can create a youtube channel and put his own guitar brand. Maybe he has a chance!
Hss Strats are the best nasty intro track ola!
great detailed review, clean parts are amazing, I personally understand why people choose fender during clean records.
btw everyone have been waiting for baroque clothes and arpeggios from hell in lead section 😆
Reminds me a little of the contemporary series from the mid 80's.
One on those in a pearlescent white or "texas tea", with a custom scratch plate from Warmoth for humbucker and neck single coil and some EMG's, that'd be a mighty tasty guitar.
Pearlescent white with a black scratch plate - channeling my inner Jake E Lee. Yes, his "charvel" was actually a Fender repainted and reprofiled headstock and given a Charvel sticker from his friend at the Charvel factory.
Mr. Ola can make any guitar be a metal machine !!
It's a guitar for guitarist who do not to stick with specific set of music to play every night, do not have a specific kind of genre to adhere to, like a busy gig player.
Loved the song, and it made me think: every time you demo a guitar, you should write a song with it and release it.
This will be my first guitar :D
Not a good idea unless you are a multimillionaire
I'm into it. I'd do a couple mods that I'd do to any strat, but that guitar is definitely my jam.
Great review!
I didn't expect to hear a clean Pantera riff in this review. :-D
Send it my way ❤😊
Super insane distortion
Mine is coming this week!
Fantastic Guitar 👍