The KING of STRATS! - This is No Ordinary FENDER!
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
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With the crown inlays and gold pups, this has to be the king of strats lol!
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I like it but it’s too expensive for an Indonesian product. I think the Schecter Nick Johnston strat is a better deal.
$1600. I thought it would be less money for an Indonesian guitar. For $1800 you can get a Fender Pro ii or an HSS for $1850. The Fender I assume would be easier to resell.
1600 for an overseas "Chinese" guitar what a joke.
Well, you don't buy a Baum to sell it again 😂😇
I love Fender, but there is always so much to mod. It gets so expensive (and worth it) in the end. But I've experienced so many quality issues even with the american Fenders, it really is the time to try out smaller companies. I also like indonesian food, oh, and people are people. I dont see this as a contra. If you feel like the Baum (or many other guitars/shops) is not for you, you can send it back.
@@HardBoiledKafka I have heard about quality issues with Fender and for a lot of money. I don't say don't buy a Baum. If it's exactly what you want and you know you will keep it forever then it makes sense. I would want to buy a Baum if it had the specs I want though I'm not sure I'd pay the high price. Isn't the cost to build them low in Indonesia? Same with China. Someone in the guitar business recently said companies will charge as much as people will pay even if the manufacturing cost is low. We see Epiphone now has a 1963 Firebird V selling for $1699 made in China. They lowered the price from $1799.
@@Mikex0123 I think in the end, no matter where the product parts are made, the mother company has such a wide range and mostly they decide to make to biggest money from it. I'm glad I got my favorite two guitars for relatively small prices years ago (japanese Fenders). Well its all not essential, so everyone can decide if they need (another) instrument. My only real problem is the quality check. If I'm willing to spend this modern high prices, no matter the factors, I want it to be in good shape. And I'm pretty disappointed with specially Fender (as these are normally my go-to-brand) in the last years. I ordered about four guitars (1000 €+), and I kept none.
The tones out of it reminds me of a G&L Comanche
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Wondering if the pickups are counterwound 3 and 3. Kinda wondered if it would sound similar.
can you do a review of Washburn Wi26 Joe Trohman Signature. The white?
That particular 5-way switch is a megaswitch that substitutes what's usually the Strat middle pickup for what I call the Tele homage with the bridge & neck PU's together in the 3rd position. In fact, this is the same switch in the 'Stratified' James Burton signature Telecaster.
The headstock looks ugly and the shape of the pickguard, too. In my opinion. 🤷🏼♂️
I would say that Alameda Clam Shack you reviewed a couple weeks ago is the king of all strats. I think I"m going to pull the trigger on a sherwood green
The tones are very nice.
Yeah, and a different position 3 is cool, since most people don't use middle pickup alone anyway.
It’s dang nice, but KING of Strats? I think not. In fact technically, it’s not a Strat at all. This is virtually identical to my Schecter Nick Johnston, and there ain’t NO WAY this deserves to be twice the price. The Schecter has a roasted maple neck, ebony fret board (14” radius), Graphtech nut, locking tuners, silky and stable 2-point trem, perfect fit & finish, and killer pickups (HSS)…. all for about $800.00.
Darrell: When I quickly looked at the name of the guitar manufacturer for a moment, I thought it was your last name on the headstock 😅 Juat a few letters different 😳 I thought "Wow, Darrell made it to the big league now....his very own company!"😂 Silly me. Great guitar, sounds, and looks great.
It is much better to have a mini toggle or push pull turn on the neck pickup, so in position. One you get the neck and bridge and position 2 you get all 3 pickups, without losing the middle only, which is actually a good sound. Add a series/parallel switch and you have some serious options
... or simply use a freeway switch, which offers everything you mentioned and doesn't need any additional drilling. For app. 40 bucks, it's a really nice update.
had 2 Cort G290 FAT guitars and wanted something different in the wiring,
1 a volume for each pot .
2 the ability to choose which coil was sounding, which was off
3 phase switchin
the local guitar tech, going crazy, the super switch was the problem so it was replaced with a 3 way as well as adding another vol pot, 2 mini on/on/on toggles were added middle bucker forward screw coil on the neck,back slug coil, the bridge is the reverse, this was done on purpose its a visual indication of what 1 is in use! the phase switching he flipped the neck magnet!
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I'm glad you subbed! Darrell's a great guy :)
Looks like too late a subscriber. Darrell did a disappearance act and nobody knows why. 🤷🏼♂️
@@An_inquisitive_thinker Maybe he's on vacation
@@betolicks4071 For over two months? It's better be a round the world trip then if it's this long.
All of the front facing, white plastic ruins it for me when you have all the nice green and gold everywhere else. If I were to buy one, it’s just to have another brand in my collection, and I can’t justify $1600 for it…at least not at the moment lol.
Darrell, still haven't heard from you ... hope your doing fine.
Could you get back to all your followers.
So, please, when you find time, let us know.
Ok, their are many that are a bit concerned. If you are doing good, that is good enough and you will soon be back to entertain us again, ok bro.
Take care and Best Regards ¡¥¡
A Strat that you can't use the middle pup by itself hell no. The tremolo cover is hideous too lol. Otherwise I like it.
This is the only valid criticism in this entire thread so far.
Love the middle position with both bridge and neck pickup. I should try and wire my strat like that. Or just buy a Celestor!
If you don't wanna deal with the headache of redoing all the wiring, Obsidian Wire makes a kit that does that. Positions 1-5 are business as usual, but when you pull the tap on the rear tone knob, position one becomes neck+bridge, and position 2 is all 3 pickups together. I have it in my strat and absolutely love it!
Or add a toggle switch to turn the neck pup on is what I did on a bunch of my Strats. Easy and inexpensive.
@@davidkastin4240 My toggle turns on the bridge, but same idea; I love all three going
I use a P/P pot to engage thw bridge PUP. Easy mod. You could use another P/P on the other tone knob to swap the middle PUP phase or whatever. else you want. I use it to engage the master tone and Q-Filter I installed, and have a 220k R on the other pole to ground when it's disengaged.
The back cover is inset so that the plate is flush with the body back, not sitting up off the back like on most S-types. They should all do that, as well as the combined neck and bridge pickup position.
Pet hates. 1/ backplate sticking out. 2/ plastic jack plates
@@11000038Get a single ply cover and use flat head screws to make them flush with that cover. 🎸 ☑
He always have something funky to show
I like some of those oddballs he finds, of course I can't really afford them....that Relish guitar I really liked.
An indonesian strato style guitar more expensive than the real american fender strato. No debate for the 90%
Baum has some really cool guitars. They have their own character and sounds. I like the Celestor because of it unique tones. In this price range you will find a lot of strat like guitars from different brands, but the Celestor sounds different in comparison with most of the other guitars. The massive brass block and the pickups let this guitar sound special. I really like the middle position of this pickup selection. I hope Baum is coming to the Guitar Summit in Mannheim in Germany this year.
Cort way cheaper better spec'd. Half the price
What’s with all the complaints in comments that this guitar doesn’t have - specifically - stainless frets and locking tuners? Is it one guy who obsesses about those two particular features, commenting under different user names? Or maybe is “lacking stainless frets AND locking tuners” the new in-fashion thing to complain about, like the ever popular “how dare they make an amp nowadays with no effects loop”? 😂🤣
That’s one terrific looking guitar, well made and very chimey.
Guitar companies are losing their minds with those absolute ridiculousc prices
There really isn't anything new or not available from aftermarket for a very low cost to mod. I just don't see why this is special somehow? The entire subject of Strat has been beaten to death. It's like everyone trying to make their version of the Glock, but pretending it's somehow superior.
They aren't even trying to be better than any other copy, yet sell it for over a thousand lol
Bold talk, given it is neither a Strat nor a Fender.
Cool, but will it chug?!! LoL
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That has great tone! I like the quality parts in it and it sounds like one strat I would not change the pickup’s in !
Gorgeous Baum Celestor! Nice to see this brass block on this. Interesting pickup tones, not what you expect but sounds great. Around $2200CAD, pricey for Indonesian made but with these specs I can see the value. I like the Celestor colour choices, limited palette, but very natural hues. Nice find.
I really liked the tone on this guitar and all of the features you pointed out. Very interesting that it uses so much brass. I don't recall seeing someone explore how different metals can affect tone, playability, etc. I have seen videos on pick-ups and how they affect tone. This guitar's pickups looked and sounded very interesting. What makes them so different (besides their superficial looks and the over-winding of the third one, which you mentioned)?
well as your titile says it is no ordinary Fender as it not even a Fender so why have that in the title?
The headstock looks like a weird shoe. It would be more impressive if it wasn’t a Strat copy, and for the price, that’s exactly what I’d buy. A Strat. Or a Tele.
Reminds me of the starcaster headstock.
I think it’s cool
Nice sounding pickups.
The company, Baum...first 4 letters of my last name should be worth at least a $1.98 discount.
I’ve always wanted a Strat with Tele pickup in the bridge position.
Love the lower bout cutaway...huge. I have issues knocking into those things with my technique, even though I have smallish hands.
Really miss seeing more mainstream stuff on here.. Hardly come back anymore ! These niche builder rare bird junk gets old fast.
Who’s paying that price for this rig? What is resale gonna bring and how long before someone actually wants this second hand?
Nah, hard pass
It doesn't even have good specs, it's a mass produced Indonesian made guitar, by an unknown brand, selling for 1600, wonder what's the mark up on those lol
@mahmam3128 Really ? I wonder how many they make, can't think there selling that many. Maybe their bigger in ither countries ?
Personally I think it is WAY over priced, really didn't sound that great either. The looks are par at best.
There is like 3 nice features but nothing to justify that price even close!
@@petepaul615 looks is subjective and this one probably costs no more than a 150 USD to make, if companies like sire put much more specs and better finish in a 600$ guitar and still make a profit you know this one has gibson level of markup, at least gibson has the brand desirability and resale value to kinda justify the markup
@@mahmam3128 Good specs are pretty subjective ;) We've given it our favorite specs. How many? We make 100 in the first batch and hopefully a tad more in the second, and so on. All our hardware is custom-made for our guitars. So are our Goldsound pickups. We also spend a lot of time on each guitar here in Denmark making the fretwork and overall playability extra nice. We're not unknown, just because you don't know about us yet :)
You can hear how much better the tones are
So are the pickups counterwound like a g&l or is that design cosmetic?
I don't think so. The G&L single coil pickup set are more like the Tetris block.
Dunno DBG.. That’s an $600 guitar all day man... About it in looks and sound. Bleh
I really like this guitar! 🎸 Great sound!
Darrell the guitarist that thinks outside the box 📦 I just love ❤️ it
Full depth Brass blocks are HEAVY. It looks classy, sounds crispy, and ringing sustain is evident. However the added weight to the body of my Strat makes me undecided about keeping the upgrade. The shallower block required by a previous Squier mod weighed slightly less and was o.k. but I wouldn't recommend it for a standard Fender depth project because of the heft.
I think $1600 is very reasonable for this fine instrument. Not a budget guitar but well within reason compared to the fancy Les Pauls.
Production cost might be less than $300 so maybe not really
I’ve never been able to bond with Strats, but the liquid tones you were getting off the Baum pulled me in. But at $1,700 USD, there’d have to be Canadian dealer within driving distance before I’d take a chance on it.
Love the look of those pickups ! Unique sound. I looked around on line. I did find some Baum pickups, but none like the ones on that model. Really impressive fret work ! Is that a roller string tree? As much as I like that guitar, I'll never give up my genuine Fender Strat.
Like those brass posts!
Darrell, any thoughts on the new Pearl Jam that was released today? Just curious...
9:19 you said “overseas” about 20 times towards the end of the video there.
ALL 11 of my guitars are made overseas. 5 Solars, PRS Tremonti , Harley Benton Gotoh single cut, Ibanez AZ Indonesia.
Sun Dew Gold Ibanez Pia - Japan, 1987 Fender Squire strat I bought brand new made in Japan.
2020 Squire Affinity Strat made in China.
All of those guitars have no QC issues unlike crappy Gibsons that cost way more than the minimum wages that they pay their employees.
There’s nothing wrong with guitars made overseas. The fact that they are better than some USA companies means that those companies need to lift their game.
Would i buy a Gibson ? No. Would i buy a Heritage? Yes.
Why ?? QC and employees who care.
But give me a Solar or Edwards or Eastman or PRS SE any day of the week.
Cheers from NZ 😎🎸🤘
That is some sweet tone coming out of this guitar! But then, you don't review or demo sub-par instruments! Now if only I could play it like you do!!!
Let's talk aboot it.
Another good review, but not enough critiquing for my liking.
Why keep mentioning 'overseas' too? Back in the 1980s & 1990s Japanese Fenders were better than US Fenders (ooh I wonder why Fender stopped Japanese production?), and we all know about Tokai too.
I love Fenders but their pricing, like Gibson's is insane now, there are better guitars for less money. Big business marketing strategies leaves me cold now too, I'm cynical about all their BS.
Having written that, the guitar just demoed? Nice. Shame it had a traditional neck fixing/heel etc. Also that headstock and scratch plate? Really?! School report time, 'could do so much better' and the price point is a bit ouch too.
Shame, so near, so far, defeat snatched from the jaws of victory.
Love the tones.......Sal : ).
Back cover shape ⚰ looks like a ⚰️ lid. I genuinely hope it's not prophetic with Darrell being MIA for three months and counting. 🤔
Why are we western people still think 'asian' factories do a less good job? I've had and played many different guitars, and sure if a guitar is 400 euro, it's more cheaply made (this is also getting better every year) - the worst guitars I played for the price were american Fenders, while japanese f. e. had lots of higher standards in quality terms.
I'll take the Sire S3 any day of the week! You're a fantastic reviewer, personality, and most importantly player. Love your work. I'm thinking you would agree the S3 is a way better value, and perhaps even guitar overall. Cheers!
Why have non-corporate types adopted the stupid "please don't sue me" language of "S-style" and "T-style"?
Please stop this ridiculous language pollution. It's a ripoff of a Stratocaster, call it what it is; a Strat-style guitar.
Thanks Darrell. I just ordered a Wingman and will consider this guitar too. Wanted to ask, tuning is stable? Does the neck feel chunky or have a thinner feel? I prefer thinner necks. Thanks for another excellent video. Your Wingman review was a contribution g factor to my purchase. Thanks!
Sending good vibes from Chicago IL, I was hoping you can make a video on the Squire stratocaster Debute series only sold in Amazon $119, I was stroke on the priece and what you get for your money breand new, I own several American fenders stratocasters, and a few squiers on my collection, but I just purchased a debute by curiosity, and I encourage you to make a video I think it would be good for your channel
Can you do a comparison between Sire S7 vs Yamaha Pacifica 612 ?
I like the middle position tone.
I’m looking at a Jake E. Lee model Charvel. They seen to be well built.
My Indonesian Squire Stratocaster cost me $260 😱👍
Difficult to actually take in the full shape of the guitar, it's bring waved around so much.
OR, you could buy 5 Eart strats with mahogany bodies, roasted maple necks and flawless stainless steel frets.
Yawn. There are 1000 Strats out there.
Also, can we all agree that most players don’t use the term and offer models without it? THAT would be unique.
No stainless steel frets, six-screw vibrato instead of a superior two-point= not up to par in 2024 for an independent maker at the price they are asking imho
$2200 CAN is outrageous
No stainless steel frets and locking tuners for this price ??
Not everyone like those features, but agreed, it should at least be an option at a small upcharge.
Might as well just go for a cort or yamaha or something
@@donbishop6994yes sure, but you either have the name that demands a high price or the specs, this one has neither and some other companies do offer those options for half the price
@@mahmam3128 good thing nobody is forcing you to buy one. As I've already said, play what you like, if you don't like it, don't buy it. Speak with your wallet.
No, stainless on a Fender and you don’t get locking tuners until you pony up $2300. I think it beats a Am Pro II.
Isn't it a bit wrong to say "even if it's made overseas"... It carries a lot of wrong messages including that it should have been of a lower quality because it's not from "that" country?
I have a Strat where a previous owner just put in single switches for each pickup. So you can have all combinations without losing others. You can even use all three. Never heard a broader sound on an electric guitar.
Fugly. Reminds me of those old hognose Ibanez guitars.
This Baum is a very nice guitar as it should be for $1600 USD for a guitar made in Indonesia.
Why would anyone pay more than a couple hundred bucks for a non Fender or Gibson?
I would love to go through your guitar collection!
Hey man, I hope everything is ok. It seems like you haven't posted any content in forever.
Hello Darell. Please tell me what for an amp did you use during your first part of the demonstration (clean).
Spectacular guitar!
Personally I dont like when a guitar has a middle single coil pickup that you cant use on it's own. PRS has that issue with the swamp ash special. Still a great sounding instrument tho!
Hey Darrell it looks like you are running out of room for your guitars up there so I thought I would do you a flavor I would let you send me all the extra guitars you just don't have room for so I will store them for you and any amps you need stored,and out of the goodness of my heart I will even play them sometimes for you so I could keep them in tip top shape you know how things get when they just sit just like cars after they sit for a real long time sometime it takes alot of work to get them back up and going,so I am willing to put in the hard work for you my friend just send them babies on down here and you can start with sending me this one you know your going to play your custom one from Germany you had made so give me a shout. LOL.
High end with no steel frets? Cmon man! Bad as Fender.....
I already know how Position 1 will go awesome in my band context
I like that Baum bring something kind of new to the table. Yes its a strat but the Danish are so good at designs and now they bring it in to guitars. Not a fan of theese pickups to vintage sounding for me. Miss that glassy sounds. More interested in their P90 guitars.
Anyone remember that badass prs silver sky that was literally just this guitar lol
Is there a reason why the used a plastic cover, is there no other material that could be used for the front cover and knobs, Although it looks great the plastic makes it look cheap,
I'm sure it's a nice guitar , but I don't see or more importantly hear anything special about it for that price. To each their own .
Those pickups sound great!
It looks like it is midway between an Ibanez Roadstar and a Stratocaster.
Looks like a Made in Mexico 60's strat, strange headstock and arm recess.
There is only one brand I'm interested in. It's name is Fender.
don't likethe chamfer the way it just stops!
The nut and slots are well cut too...omg!
This is No FENDER at all!
True!
This guy is a class act...Great player as well..
Definitely got to roll back the tone. Very Tele-ish.
5:00 Wow, sounds like a guitar, incredible
On a guitar channel? Noooo 😂🤣😂🤣
perhaps baum means tree
I love the tone of the neck and bridge pickups together! I have a partscaster with three individual on/off switches for the pickups, so I can access that tone.
I think 3 toggles are the most sensible way to get really diverse switching options. You can run a 6-way switch, but... why bother? If you want the pickup on, turn it on. If not, flip it off. Simple. That's the way!
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