1963 Stratocaster VS. 2015 Stratocaster

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  • @samuraiguitarist
    @samuraiguitarist  5 лет назад +165

    Check out the guitar playing samurai silhouette over at www.shopsamuraiguitarist.com (btw it says "samuraiguitarist" in that Japanese lettering)

    • @portugeseking7959
      @portugeseking7959 5 лет назад +1

      The 63 is so soft and bright sounding

    • @elijahmaurer9039
      @elijahmaurer9039 5 лет назад

      Does the reissue have the dual radiused fretboard? (Glue surface and fret surface)

    • @thecallofthevoid9972
      @thecallofthevoid9972 5 лет назад

      Your name is steve

    • @intanto1
      @intanto1 5 лет назад

      Thanks. The 2015 is very good but slightly rubbery. 1963 is more lively and "natural" : It breathes and seems to open up horizons instead of sounding almost like a pre-set (a characteristic common to many modern instruments, especially if they are not played and not aged). However, I believe it is a feell of feell rather than sound. Both are overpriced ;-( A little bit :-). p.s. I own an early 1974.

    • @yourbandisabusiness
      @yourbandisabusiness 5 лет назад +3

      They sounds like guitars.

  • @DeathbyThumb
    @DeathbyThumb 5 лет назад +4052

    As Hendrix said. "It's just wood man."

    • @dyerflips1991
      @dyerflips1991 5 лет назад +64

      Mike M are u my music teacher ....mr turner....

    • @rickc2102
      @rickc2102 5 лет назад +375

      Hendrix never played a 55-year-old Strat.

    • @fadetoblackened4407
      @fadetoblackened4407 5 лет назад +194

      Rick C he wasn’t familiar with things getting old

    • @TrollsAndScrolls
      @TrollsAndScrolls 5 лет назад +58

      ...aaaand he wasn't talking about guitar

    • @nuendo2496
      @nuendo2496 5 лет назад +6

      Jeff Beck plays a "new" Strat.

  • @aidank2108
    @aidank2108 4 года назад +729

    Fender: "Hendrix played a strat from the 60's"
    Me: "that's because he lived in the 60's."

    • @luissimon9423
      @luissimon9423 3 года назад +10

      Hahaha that’s good

    • @army2207
      @army2207 3 года назад +2

      Thats fucking true lol

    • @norwegiansniper9713
      @norwegiansniper9713 2 года назад

      @@ImTyeDye not really, he did play cbs necks though, he switched out necks on his guitars.

    • @aidank2108
      @aidank2108 2 года назад

      @Andrew very true. As I've gotten better at guitar I've noticed that I can make a Squier sound better now than I could make a les paul sound in the past

    • @maraviyoso8473
      @maraviyoso8473 Год назад

      John Frusciante and John Mayer play 60's Fenders. Neither of them were even born in the 60s

  • @ThorneyedWT
    @ThorneyedWT 3 года назад +325

    There is no comparison. Those guitars have different number of pickguard screws.

    • @theycallmejames7649
      @theycallmejames7649 3 года назад

      вот тебя, торнайд, я тут увидеть не ожидал, с наступающим!

    • @loganpotts9623
      @loganpotts9623 3 года назад +1

      Hmm, I counted the same number on both bro

    • @FrankJmClarke
      @FrankJmClarke 2 года назад +15

      @@loganpotts9623 Vintage screw spacing, you need really good ears to tell the difference, though.

    • @bobzmuda3940
      @bobzmuda3940 2 года назад

      no they dont

    • @victorrene3852
      @victorrene3852 2 года назад +3

      @@loganpotts9623 if the screws are a little rusted it makes the tone way better.

  • @leochinchillaa
    @leochinchillaa 4 года назад +630

    but they're different colours bro don't you know anything about tonepaint bro

    • @adwitatherealadwita
      @adwitatherealadwita 4 года назад +28

      Are... Are you Rudy Ayoub?

    • @6eggsinmybrain
      @6eggsinmybrain 4 года назад +44

      Please for the love of God tell me there aren't people on reddit arguing about if the paint makes the guitar sound different.

    • @jeremyellis6552
      @jeremyellis6552 4 года назад +19

      @@6eggsinmybrain sadly there are
      this comment however is just a joke

    • @Thecleetus
      @Thecleetus 4 года назад +6

      Blue one is cooler

    • @GriffinsTale1142
      @GriffinsTale1142 4 года назад +6

      @@6eggsinmybrain congrats yoh basically just described r/guitarcirclejerk

  • @ecti9570
    @ecti9570 5 лет назад +3549

    Well...Cool, buuut
    I'll stick with my squier strat

    • @ondraspendlik9759
      @ondraspendlik9759 5 лет назад +138

      Squier is 🔥

    • @GRigby
      @GRigby 5 лет назад +18

      Actually, I think you'll find the Redwood Stratocasters to be the real king of guitars.

    • @misterknightowlandco
      @misterknightowlandco 5 лет назад +1

      I would too.

    • @ondraspendlik9759
      @ondraspendlik9759 5 лет назад +80

      @@GRigby I gotta admit I haven't heard of them before. But well, not everyone can afford such guitars. Even cheapest Fenders are more of a dream for me and I don't expect having more than 1000 dollars to spend on a guitar in the future. In US, it might not seem like that much, but here, in middle Europe, 1000 dollars is basically a month's wage, and with prices of life needs being pretty high, such guitars are simply too expensive for most people. Maybe one day

    • @johnfortnitekennedeez
      @johnfortnitekennedeez 5 лет назад +32

      Ondra Spendlik There’s always the player series Fender they’re around $400-500 and you get bang for your buck, I know the struggle so that’s what I’m saving for :)

  • @danialm8122
    @danialm8122 3 года назад +29

    when Jimmy Hendrix recorded Little wing he had a 1960s strat but at the time the 60s strat was new.

  • @travosk8668
    @travosk8668 5 лет назад +624

    * Norman's Rare Guitars laughs in the distance *

    • @robertwellington2616
      @robertwellington2616 4 года назад +18

      travos k norm’s is a horrible place to stop in and shop. Much better stores. Read the reviews and the hidden ones. Are you a utuber, celebrity, a known rich customer, or he assumes you’re rich or Joe Bonamassa? If not you’re most likely to get treated well, not great. Plus, they need to spruce up the strip mall garbage looking shop. It’s a boutique store but looks like a junk yard store. No thanks. I’m Hollywood that particular GC is a high tier GC. Plus, there’s lots of nice stores where they treat people with respect.

    • @poncylpilatirov9011
      @poncylpilatirov9011 4 года назад +17

      @@robertwellington2616 Maybe they are treating people like that after years and years of teenage "guitarists" coming by and playing smells like teen spirit and nothing else matters on guitars they couldn't even afford. It's a shop, not a museum with possibility to play the instrument for free.

    • @sailorkid7522
      @sailorkid7522 4 года назад

      LMFAOOOO

    • @dante9478
      @dante9478 4 года назад +16

      @@poncylpilatirov9011 If they can't handle people coming in and playing on instruments they don't intend to buy then they're in the wrong line of work. That's just something that comes with owning a guitar store, and no reason to treat a potential customer like dirt

    • @BeauJames59
      @BeauJames59 4 года назад +3

      The destination for idiots of my generation ( born in '59) to drive up prices on select models all in an effort to sound like Clapton '72.

  • @stuartmacdonald5361
    @stuartmacdonald5361 4 года назад +92

    When I had my eyes open it was close, but the vintage 63 sounded just a tiny bit nice. When I closed my eyes and listened, I couldn't tell a difference between the two.
    I think we all listen with our eyes to a certain extent, but some more than others.

    • @telequacker-9529
      @telequacker-9529 4 года назад +8

      That's why they make the "reliced" artificially aged models. What will always be better for *your* sound is to play the shit out of an affordable guitar until you MAKE it a relic.

    • @toxictophat4194
      @toxictophat4194 Год назад

      placebo but i was wondering if pick up degrade with age i guess not lol

    • @Utubewrk123
      @Utubewrk123 Год назад

      @@toxictophat4194 they can degrade.it’s wires wrapped around at they can break etc.

    • @noven8259
      @noven8259 Год назад

      honestly the only difference i could hear was that the 2015 strat sounded a bit louder but thats about it

  • @andrewpappas9311
    @andrewpappas9311 5 лет назад +615

    That '63 Strat looks and sounds absolutely amazing, the fuzz seriously gave it a Hendrix vibe

  • @Peter7966
    @Peter7966 5 лет назад +801

    $35,000 for a guitar? Nope... as a player, unless I'm Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck or David Gilmore. I certainly can't tell $30,000+ of difference in the sound. Too bad collectors have inflated the price way beyond to reach of most players.

    • @marcobeltran7218
      @marcobeltran7218 5 лет назад +80

      Well, they are collectors items. Players know that it is not worth the price and get a players guitar.

    • @guitaristforfunn
      @guitaristforfunn 5 лет назад +7

      The difference you hear is the difference you hear. Being a famous guitarist isn't going to help. What Marco said, they'r collectors items.

    • @richthick
      @richthick 5 лет назад +14

      Inflated the price? What the hell, if it was cheap, y'all would complain about it being too underated.

    • @maxscardanelli6185
      @maxscardanelli6185 5 лет назад +9

      *Gilmour.

    • @Peter7966
      @Peter7966 5 лет назад +3

      I guess not. There ain't no guitar sound worth $35,000. It's a collectors thing. I get it. Or it's a player with a ton of $$$. I can't tell much of a difference on my tiny laptop speaker when listening. But I do trust the ear of Samurai-g. If he says the 63 is better... then I'm going with his take.

  • @cwir88
    @cwir88 5 лет назад +206

    Tone-wise, spending over 25000 USD on a guitar is completely unreasonable. Change my mind.

    • @slivyo
      @slivyo 4 года назад +7

      If you have the money, it wouldn't be. But it's more about the sentiment. I do want to make a point that the tone on the 1963 (rather the way he played it) was much more pleasing and memorable. It's these minor differences that can make the difference between remembering/being touched by someone's playing/sound and being left cold by it.

    • @samlee2562
      @samlee2562 4 года назад +15

      What guitar costs 25k that sounds different to anything costing

    • @slivyo
      @slivyo 4 года назад +1

      @@samlee2562 Ask yourself that. Your ears are not the same as others. Just like our opinions are differing. But clearly there is a difference in vintage guitars in that price range compared to modern expensive guitars. Select materials that have aged well will provide a different sound and feel. I don't think that's hard to comprehend

    • @mauriciotavera6957
      @mauriciotavera6957 3 года назад

      @@samlee2562 I guess it's a personal matter where to spend the money. Also

    • @charliericker274
      @charliericker274 3 года назад +3

      ​@@slivyoIf you have all the money you could want then you would own both modern and vintage models so that is pretty moot.
      It's not really worth the cost, plain and simple. That doesn't mean people can't buy it and it doesn't mean I wouldn't love to own a vintage strat. It just means from a pure sound and capability perspective it is not worth paying ten times more than a modern model.

  • @rhys74
    @rhys74 5 лет назад +2673

    The strings clearly aren't original, absolutely unwatchable

    • @VioletSerenade
      @VioletSerenade 5 лет назад +42

      Jose absolute brainlet

    • @IamJoeyDentinger
      @IamJoeyDentinger 5 лет назад +2

      Im the 100th like lol

    • @Josev-TV
      @Josev-TV 5 лет назад +34

      Hahahahaha I only realized it was sarcasm after I had posted!

    • @TheGarfield1959
      @TheGarfield1959 5 лет назад +6

      @@Josev-TV r/woooosh

    • @_Stevio_
      @_Stevio_ 5 лет назад +1

      dannick rheaume bit late bud

  • @Dmitry___S.
    @Dmitry___S. 5 лет назад +595

    I'm never gonna get a *Vintage Guitar,* because it reminds me of *"Forgotten Knowledge"* cliche.
    Certainly not because I'm poor.

    • @kira7741
      @kira7741 5 лет назад +41

      Certainly not because you're poor.

    • @FuriousGeorge_
      @FuriousGeorge_ 5 лет назад +21

      Certainly.

    • @fenixfiretime
      @fenixfiretime 5 лет назад +13

      Certain

    • @nolanr7679
      @nolanr7679 5 лет назад +1

      Psssh, there not even good. Hah.

    • @maninthecrowd5076
      @maninthecrowd5076 5 лет назад +4

      Never poor. Guitar players always have enough money to buy a guitar. Vintageness doesn't matter.

  • @siddhartha1479
    @siddhartha1479 5 лет назад +260

    You are a reallllly good guitarist dude!!!

    • @maseypoos6711
      @maseypoos6711 5 лет назад +11

      If I could play guitar like samurai does I would feel justified in buying a real vintage instrument like the '60 strat in the video, although it would have to be a real guitar for me, i.e. a burst.

    • @SiddharthKarunakaran
      @SiddharthKarunakaran 5 лет назад +2

      How to play like him?

    • @siddhartha1479
      @siddhartha1479 5 лет назад +2

      @@SiddharthKarunakaran I'd aay just keep practicing...

  • @ApertureWarrior
    @ApertureWarrior 5 лет назад +130

    the way I see it, if you buy a guitar now, it will be "vintage" by the time you retire :)

    • @functionparameter
      @functionparameter 4 года назад +1

      D T they’d die before it becomes vintage? Duh

    • @robertwellington2616
      @robertwellington2616 4 года назад +1

      ApertureWarrior guitar, art and gaming only if it’s nitro coating and it’s played a lot. I just posted I got my first proper, decent playing strat as a kid. Yes I paid for it. So it’s 31 with its thick polyurethane coating it hasn’t aged at all. Just the pick up covers.

    • @JohnOhkumaThiel
      @JohnOhkumaThiel 4 года назад

      Exactly.

    • @watereddowncoffee6921
      @watereddowncoffee6921 3 года назад +1

      @Deenie Beenie Actually 80s vintage reissues are valued heavily now, check reverb. It's the fact that nitro is worth more, allows the wood to resonate better, feels better to play on the hand, and ages nicer too. + it's more iconic because it's the same specs as the vintage ones.

  • @EthanTheMighty
    @EthanTheMighty 5 лет назад +336

    the 63 has less top end because the pickups have slightly demagnetized over time. often the secret "vintage" sound is just less hot pickups

    • @gimmi3pleaze890
      @gimmi3pleaze890 5 лет назад +12

      Nothing the tone knob or a tweak on your rig's high and mid wont change durning sound check. One day our guitars will be vintage.... but I'll still want a new one.

    • @AndreaAustoni
      @AndreaAustoni 5 лет назад +4

      Tone down and lower the pickups.

    • @aaronbrown0417
      @aaronbrown0417 5 лет назад +7

      You couldn't be more wrong lol

    • @kmckinlay8070
      @kmckinlay8070 5 лет назад +5

      Run a magnet briefly over the pickups with repelling poles. It will degauss the pickups.$35,000 saved.

    • @yaniv-nos-tubes
      @yaniv-nos-tubes 5 лет назад +2

      @@gimmi3pleaze890 that argument is pure bullshit, but here is another one:'"through the mix you won't tell" just trying to save you the next comment . but seriously if you will have the chance compare , fiddle with the amp's panel as much as you like it will only make it more painful. vintage gear is by far superior to modern because people cared more back then . even in this youtube video i hear a big difference the vintage is more alive and dynamic it's mellower and has more air on top it has that strat character we all know from records ,the modern sounds great nothing wrong with it till you a\b ,the sound is more rigid ,less open but still not harsh since it's a fine guitar as well. the 63 is a standard try comparing it to a new american standard .but then again maybe you can lower the treble and boost the bass this way you can also make it sound like a les paul right?

  • @massbaster7726
    @massbaster7726 5 лет назад +1545

    Unless you're a collector, vintage instruments are never worth it

    • @samuraiguitarist
      @samuraiguitarist  5 лет назад +366

      I mostly agree with this

    • @apanapandottir205
      @apanapandottir205 5 лет назад +93

      It is pretty cool that an instrument has a history spanning like 50 years though. All the people that played it, the places it's been and so on. It's kinda cool IMO.

    • @apanapandottir205
      @apanapandottir205 5 лет назад +23

      Haha, I just got to the part where he says it's like playing a part of history. Pretty much exactly what i was going for. Too bad I'll never afford a guitar like that xD

    • @Altroante
      @Altroante 5 лет назад +30

      Any guitarist is a collector. :P

    • @pedritogurutiaga8063
      @pedritogurutiaga8063 5 лет назад +22

      a RICH collector...

  • @Kurukururin12
    @Kurukururin12 5 лет назад +203

    Both Sounds so charmingly mellow and fine...
    *looks at my bullet strat* oh dont worry dear I still love you more cause I can afford you

    • @katherineberger6329
      @katherineberger6329 3 года назад +1

      I feel the same way about my MIM Lonestar.

    • @jakeritchie3805
      @jakeritchie3805 3 года назад

      Ive done mods to both of your models. Lets not act like the bullet or the mim cant be monsters also. Ive got a mim and an affinity i put a little money, and they are amazing. I would play anywhere and be confident it would hold up and sound just as good.

  • @icutmyownhairs
    @icutmyownhairs 5 лет назад +29

    honestly, if i had that 63 strat and it felt good enough, i doubt i'd ever put it back down until i'd played its value into the dirt.
    guitars are meant to be played.

  • @rattrap1009
    @rattrap1009 5 лет назад +714

    Oh, $35,000 CAD. What’s that, like $15 USD?

    • @I_like_turtles_67
      @I_like_turtles_67 5 лет назад +6

      LOL.

    • @destroythehuman3380
      @destroythehuman3380 5 лет назад +108

      $15. What’s that, like £2 GBP?

    • @rattrap1009
      @rattrap1009 5 лет назад +21

      Destroy TheHuman That sounds a little high.

    • @patricksalembier7352
      @patricksalembier7352 5 лет назад +16

      Oh boy, I know you are just joking around but do you remember a little while back when the Canadian dollar was worth more than our US dollar. Also, the English would laugh at this comment and say the same thing about the US dollar. However, I wish your comment was true and I would run out and buy a dozen of that beautiful guitar!

    • @rattrap1009
      @rattrap1009 5 лет назад +4

      @@patricksalembier7352 I actually do enjoy going guitar shopping in Canada because the guitar prices don't quite keep up with the exchange rate so the guitars are pretty cheap.

  • @dedballoons
    @dedballoons 5 лет назад +274

    When you don't wanna get a copyright strike for playing Lenny lol

    • @zoinkiezz
      @zoinkiezz 5 лет назад +15

      dedballoonz I’m sure Stevie himself would be cool with it

    • @ahdbw8494
      @ahdbw8494 5 лет назад +13

      Bryan Becnel III
      SRV was the man. Best Strat player ever, if not the best guitarist ever.

    • @joshmuz9018
      @joshmuz9018 5 лет назад +1

      Combine srv with mateas asato instead and you get this

  • @holaquetal3085
    @holaquetal3085 5 лет назад +238

    Conclusion: just get a squier
    Oh, and a samuraiguitarist t-shirt

    • @bryanmannoia8410
      @bryanmannoia8410 4 года назад +5

      hell no. unless that is all you can afford, then yes.

    • @mauriciotavera6957
      @mauriciotavera6957 3 года назад

      buy one that you like and period buy one that you like and that's it

    • @dish4386
      @dish4386 3 года назад +2

      @@bryanmannoia8410 I've played squiers that feel better than american strats

    • @marianoservat1
      @marianoservat1 2 года назад

      @@bryanmannoia8410 the CVS line it's pretty good tbh

  • @imslicc
    @imslicc 5 лет назад +25

    07:50 it sounded like you were saying "so to samuraize..."

  • @NelsonMontana1234
    @NelsonMontana1234 5 лет назад +389

    Guitars are not good investments. Taking the cost of living into account, you'd have to wait 30 years to make a few bucks. And sometimes the value goes down. They're instruments. Play them.

    • @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823
      @windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 5 лет назад +8

      I'd say it depends: what you paid for it on it's value at the time. And what it's worth once you have onto it 60+ years. US made or in some cases with things like horns: French or Japanese made.
      if you get to 30 years, may as well wait another 30 to sell. lol

    • @joshuabsmith1991
      @joshuabsmith1991 5 лет назад +7

      Everytime I go to the music store some oldman is buying a Gibson Les Paul I think it's always gonna be worth something and a better investment then giving it all to the bank... Prob leaving it for his wife or grandkids

    • @BrettSmithDaniels
      @BrettSmithDaniels 5 лет назад +16

      That's why, as a professional musician, I play a Mexican deluxe player strat, and a Gibson LPJ - both under the $1000 mark. Trust me, both of those were good investments, I could earn back the value of both guitars in under 2 weeks 😎

    • @gag3rs
      @gag3rs 5 лет назад +9

      If you buy a ‘64 for 30K now you’ll be able to sell it for 30k whenever you want. It’s a good place to hold your money if you know what you’re doing.

    • @19cubbies69
      @19cubbies69 5 лет назад +6

      @@gag3rs Not really sure if that is true this time around. I think guitars are becoming more a fad than collectible. Kind of like old typewriters or fountain pens. Depends on the guitar

  • @MannnisEi
    @MannnisEi 5 лет назад +863

    Look away from the screen during the demos. You wont even be able to tell when the guitar changes

    • @bittaraemaulana4276
      @bittaraemaulana4276 5 лет назад +124

      I feel like this is the most useful advice I've gotten lately.

    • @aarondr594
      @aarondr594 5 лет назад +55

      I had the same thought. They both sound amazing though!

    • @OpelPower
      @OpelPower 5 лет назад +68

      I could tell on the clean tone with the bridge and middle pickups. The 63 is a bit brighter sounding. I can’t hear any difference with effects though.

    • @danielstobbs7366
      @danielstobbs7366 5 лет назад +21

      Listening on my phone I cant hear the difference but on my studio monitors it's there.

    • @lptomtom
      @lptomtom 5 лет назад +8

      He should've played a Classic Vibe 60s Strat as a 3rd comparison

  • @bernoulli884
    @bernoulli884 4 года назад +3

    It's so nice to hear the variety of chords you play mixed with single notes vs. the typical fast shred guitar demos. There's so much dynamic range.

  • @jarodthejimnast5918
    @jarodthejimnast5918 5 лет назад +198

    The vintage strat is only more expensive because of its historical value, not necesarrily because of sound.

    • @nikonmikon8915
      @nikonmikon8915 2 года назад +2

      There is a difference in the sound. It's expensive because of numerous reasons. It's a tool that gets a job done that nothing else can (nothing sounds like a 63 strat except a 63 strat-- some are close but none are exact). It also happens to be very scarce. This drives the value up. Even if it was just rare but not that unique in it's sound, it would still be expensive. It's rare AND has desireable/exclusive sound characteristics so that makes it a very special instrument. As such, the value shoots through the roof.

    • @yakshrajsingh8121
      @yakshrajsingh8121 2 года назад

      @@nikonmikon8915 i dont find it to be worth it. I better bought myself a mod shop strat and i loved it.

    • @alexandercrews1194
      @alexandercrews1194 2 года назад

      Exactly. There's almost always a difference in sound, but it's only a good difference part of the time. Other times they've been sitting around for too long and they no longer resonate as well as they did when they were new. My dad owns a 1960's gibson SG that he's had since he was a teen. That's one of the good ones. Later on I played a 1960's Gibson 335 at a music shop, and honestly the scuffed-up Epiphone Dot a few rows away sounded better .

    • @jasontroy3911
      @jasontroy3911 Год назад +2

      I wonder if you did a blind test will anyone tell the difference

    • @Memu_
      @Memu_ Год назад +1

      @@jasontroy3911 I've got a pretty good ear at these sorts of things and there isn't any valuable difference after listening to this blind and many others too. There's a slight difference especially with a clean tone but it's so small that it doesn't really matter. Especially not these days when there's so many ways of modifying your tone.

  • @versnellingspookie
    @versnellingspookie 5 лет назад +54

    I love, love LOVE those chord progressions that you're playing. Could you maybe do a video on that some day?

    • @Violetcas97
      @Violetcas97 5 лет назад +17

      That first diddy he played sounded very inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan's "Lenny"

  • @lucaslaunay870
    @lucaslaunay870 5 лет назад +112

    man that 63' sounds amazing. but it doesn't sound 10x better. great vid man! always enjoy ur vids

  • @stepsvideoarchive8851
    @stepsvideoarchive8851 5 лет назад +1

    Your playing in this video is so wonderful. I keep coming back just to see you play!
    Not long after I watched this video, I decided that I HAD TO buy a guitar with a trem

  • @stevehornshaw4478
    @stevehornshaw4478 4 года назад

    Thanks so much for this. Just what I was looking for - excellent comparison, interesting,. Great playing there. Thanks again. Look forward to more of your videos.

  • @DrStovepipe
    @DrStovepipe 5 лет назад +16

    They both sounded killer, and your playing was top notch! The oldest guitar I own is a ‘96 Fender Jagstang but only because they don’t make it anymore so I do agree with you on the vintage guitars

    • @cloud_monkey422
      @cloud_monkey422 5 лет назад +1

      Carlos B. Mentioned the jagstang a day before the anniversary of Kurt’s death

  • @jakehouchins6052
    @jakehouchins6052 5 лет назад +5

    Awesome playing man. Both are beautiful, well made instruments

  • @jjbiek
    @jjbiek 3 года назад

    This was really just a fantastic video, probably the best vs I've watched. All other comparison videos should do what you did here and I'm talking about the quick switch to the other guitar and playing something very similar so thanks for this.Now as far as the guitars go, I couldn't believe how similar they sounded. At times i like the 63 better and other times I liked the 15 better then other times they sounded identical to me. This surprised me so much that I don't know if I will still consider a vintage guitar purchase. What I don't think is quantifiable, I may be wrong here, is the mental aspect of holding a super badass vintage guitar. I have to believe that makes a difference to the player and then possibly is passed onto the listener. Thanks again for this video.

  • @SeeDerant
    @SeeDerant 5 лет назад

    I played on a AmPro strat this week, it’s crazy how strats just play themselves. Any chord on a good amp is just amazing!
    Great video dude, the parts you played really seemed like your were enjoying the hell out of both strats.

  • @bluelane
    @bluelane 5 лет назад +24

    Lovely strats both! Hair tutorials soon? Bun on point.

  • @anarchisttrash364
    @anarchisttrash364 4 года назад +5

    To be honest, I love playing vintage guitars because it feels like I’m inheriting and playing something from someone’s history

  • @nutellaking734
    @nutellaking734 5 лет назад

    Dayuum dude your playing in the beginning gave me chills, that was frkin tasty man!

  • @chrisv3799
    @chrisv3799 5 лет назад

    I came here to learn about guitars but got to caught up enjoying your playing! Love seeing you in the "zone"

  • @martinheath5947
    @martinheath5947 5 лет назад +5

    To get closer to vintage tone you could get a powerful magnet and use opposing poles against newer pickups to demagnetize them a bit.

  • @Sticknub
    @Sticknub Год назад +4

    0:52 that demo gave me chills man, and that's something that rarely happens to me when listening to someone play guitar

  • @johnmoyle4195
    @johnmoyle4195 4 года назад +1

    I have a 1955 Strat that had a similar story to your friend’s vintage instrument. It was my grandfather’s guitar, bought with a Telecaster when visiting America and brought back to Australia for his electronics magazine. They studied them and published articles about the components and the future of electronic musical instruments. My mother kept both guitars from her father’s death in 1960 until her own death in 2014.
    They are both in really good condition because they weren’t touched for 60 years. They have some corrosion but that’s all. The cases needed to be replaced.

  • @TropicalGamer90ies
    @TropicalGamer90ies 4 года назад +4

    For me, acoustics shows the biggest differences when talking about aged intruments.
    As proved by Paul davids
    Martin D28 1942 vs D28 of 2019.

  • @falkym
    @falkym 5 лет назад +6

    could here the difference, yeah. Both are insanely good and pretty. I can see the appeal for '63 - i have squier strat, not even the best of the line (affinity series) and one day i was playing an american strat in music store. The difference was so small, yet so big. However, i can't see myself buying guitar worth 2 months salary, but there are days when i still feel like i should've bought it. I bought Harley Benton Mustang instead for like 90 USD.
    call me rich boi

  • @elibeachill1150
    @elibeachill1150 5 лет назад +3

    both sounded amazin and i think it really comes down to the player, your'e one of my favourite players out of youtube guitarists and i think its up to the player to some extent to make the guitar sound good

  • @jlr022159
    @jlr022159 5 лет назад

    great video... well done! makes you realize what a fantastic job the people at the Fender Custom Shop do.

  • @BobCCLIV
    @BobCCLIV 4 года назад

    Great video! Super cool perspective

  • @hazenstribling2646
    @hazenstribling2646 5 лет назад +7

    brilliant video with brilliant guitars

  • @professorgremlin1425
    @professorgremlin1425 5 лет назад +6

    I wonder how a '63 Strat sounded new, that would be awesome to compare with modern Fenders. If only time travel was possible :(

  • @FairlyUnknown
    @FairlyUnknown 4 года назад

    Fantastic comparison and A-B testing. I closed my eyes going into the test on my own and it took me a while to realize the guitars were actually being swapped back and forth. I had to open my eyes for a split second to actually see if they were swapping or if you were playing one long section before replicating it on the other guitar. They were that identical. With some crunch and fuzz the _only_ thing different was the '63 was the ever slightest bit "softer" sounding, and I mean very slightly, but that's with focused listening. If I was casually listening to it, I would never notice.

  • @opiante
    @opiante 5 лет назад

    Well done! It is very hard to capture the essence of this argument in a RUclips video, but I think you did as good a job as possible.
    I've bought, sold and traded guitars for most of my life and have worked my way up to both ultra boutique and vintage intruments. The thing that you just can't easily explain is this emotional 'x factor' that comes thru in a great vintage guitar. It ends up haunting you in a way newer instruments just don't. You find yourself thinking about it days later, dreaming about it at night. In every logical way the proposition doesn't make sense, yet undeniably there is something there and it lurks in the shadoes of a guitar gear obsessed mind.

  • @sombal1999
    @sombal1999 4 года назад +3

    5:41 i could listen to this for days

  • @TheNomios
    @TheNomios 5 лет назад +10

    Sound is almost identical tbh... But I will trust you on the feel :D

  • @anthonyglennmollicasr.425
    @anthonyglennmollicasr.425 5 лет назад +1

    The vintage Strat has a slightly mellower/smother tone and sounds a bit buttery as you said. Both sound great and your playing is also great, thanks for the video!

  • @daithidebarradb
    @daithidebarradb 4 года назад

    Nice content man. I love to see it redone with the bass and reverb turned down. The oldest guitar I have is a 1982 Vox standard I refinished and had to add new hardware. There is something special about how the old timber resonates with your body when played. It adds life to the instrument and makes me feel like I play better. I don't think its in your head, I think modern paints also reduce the interaction the instrument has with the player. I only recently started building guitars and I found that the nitro finish lets more of the acoustic feeling threw which translates into your playing. poly finishes seem to incase the wood and feel more clinical.

  • @funnyfarmband4410
    @funnyfarmband4410 4 года назад +7

    6:05 that sound you hear is placebo

  • @CFCMahomet
    @CFCMahomet 5 лет назад +3

    It’s called mojo. The vintage instrument has it...
    But the reissue is can have that if you play it a lot.

  • @mikemaselli1568
    @mikemaselli1568 5 лет назад

    Whoa.. the custom shop nailed it! Also get the philosophy about playing the vintage guitar as opposed to just looking at it. Great vid BTW!

  • @lordsaurian4207
    @lordsaurian4207 5 лет назад

    The vintage, while listening to the switches has a crazy amount of warmth with the crunch. Incredible video to say the least.

  • @thorstenkoch194
    @thorstenkoch194 3 года назад +3

    Interesting video for me, never having spent more than 700€ for an instrument (which was already extreme for me). Totally agree with your wrap up, I also love to mod and drill holes and stuff and make it my own and the best playable as possible for me.

  • @stb2017
    @stb2017 4 года назад +6

    When I think of a Stratocaster, I think of one man. John Frusciante, and i always think of the solo from Scar Tissue live at Slane Castle.

    • @bryanmannoia8410
      @bryanmannoia8410 4 года назад +1

      how young you must be to say something like that. frusciante is great but there are so many more iconic strat players.

    • @mauriciotavera6957
      @mauriciotavera6957 3 года назад

      @@bryanmannoia8410 man. It is a memory of his youth, you do not have to have the one who for you is the best strat guitarist

  • @ryandougherty8964
    @ryandougherty8964 4 года назад

    Sammy G, it's so nice to hear your clean chops!

  • @blindedtoaster5842
    @blindedtoaster5842 4 года назад +2

    I think the vintage just sounds so bright and beautiful and the reissue altough sounding amazing, there is just something so beautiful about the tone of the 63 version.

  • @davedavis9693
    @davedavis9693 5 лет назад +9

    Unless they're owned buy someone famous as Albert KING , or Hendrix . Upside down flying V is well worth the money they go for today . Cheap Japanese guitars are worth the money also

  • @highhorseman2067
    @highhorseman2067 5 лет назад +17

    To me, it sounds like the '63 has more warmth or tone coming out of it. I heard it more in the clean demos. Nothing resonates like old wood. What a wonderful opportunity to play two beautiful guitars. I'm envious of your friends! (And you, too!)

  • @paddytrihey1189
    @paddytrihey1189 5 лет назад

    You definitely got my like for that clean jam on the neck pickup.... Daaamn

  • @angelohernandezcordero5692
    @angelohernandezcordero5692 5 лет назад

    both really beautiful guitars, but man, your playing on this video was totally amazing!

  • @RoachDoggJr2112
    @RoachDoggJr2112 3 года назад +6

    With my eyes closed, they sound literally identical.

  • @meepmoopmusic
    @meepmoopmusic 5 лет назад +19

    neck pickup with crunch on the '63 🔥🔥🔥

    • @zankfrappa6427
      @zankfrappa6427 5 лет назад

      So much no

    • @supakoo1837
      @supakoo1837 5 лет назад

      I checked out your channel. Keep it up. You could go somewhere with it.

  • @carolinecavs52
    @carolinecavs52 5 лет назад

    I only found your channel yesterday and have been addicted

  • @moudir8610
    @moudir8610 5 лет назад

    That crunch/fuzz jam is one of the best things I ever heard!

  • @Apollonious87
    @Apollonious87 5 лет назад +3

    Normally I'm pretty good at spotting differences when doing the sound comparisons blind but in this test the difference was so slight that I wasn't able to tell precisely which guitar I was listening to.

    • @limoncr5205
      @limoncr5205 5 лет назад +1

      True.. The vintage just had a slight more dynamic/articulation moving around the neck, more freedom, more fluid. But very nuanced. The CS is warmer. Not worse. But one important thing is also to feel how it vibrates in your hands, against your body, how it rings naturally,physically,acoustically. Guitars may sound more or less the same, and very good, but the physical sensations makes a lot of difference in playing pleasure.

  • @goguengino
    @goguengino 5 лет назад +9

    you are the best guitar player iv ever seen and you inspierd me to start guitar thace you

  • @backstagepasswkar8758
    @backstagepasswkar8758 5 лет назад

    Great video idea! A treat to watch.

  • @jhar9022
    @jhar9022 5 лет назад

    Man, that little tune you played on the reissue right at the beginning was stunning. Might have to take a break from metal for a bit to try and learn it :) As for comparing the two, what stands out to me right away is that the vintage instrument vibrates better throughout. I don't know if it's resonance, but it just seems to hold the vibrations and really encourage them. IMO.

  • @TrailBlazer5280
    @TrailBlazer5280 5 лет назад +5

    Love that SRV runaround. Keep those copyright dogs guessing

  • @xS0N1Kx
    @xS0N1Kx 4 года назад +32

    The vintage guitar just sounds like it's playing in an big open room. Sounds a tiny bit better not worth 10x more. The reissue will probably sound exactly like it in 50 years.

  • @Kazwell111
    @Kazwell111 5 лет назад

    I have played an original 62 and I have played a few custom shop guitars with sixties style that feel very very close. I can totally relate to the line about the "guitar playing itself" as a great neck with good balance will do that. As far as sound, the re-issue doesn't seem to have as full (lacking lower midrange) a sound as the 63-especially the neck pickup. I really heard the true clean SRV sound coming from the 63 on this demo. Outstanding playing btw, you took both of them to their heights.

  • @JHallDaBoss
    @JHallDaBoss 5 лет назад +2

    The vintage sounds slightly warmer and more balmy. I dig how crisp and bright the newer one sounds!

  • @dustbunnys
    @dustbunnys 5 лет назад +3

    Dude that shirt is siiiiiick!

  • @jaysparky1464
    @jaysparky1464 4 года назад +33

    I'll stick to my pot with strings on it

  • @bassoskat
    @bassoskat 4 года назад +1

    “Part of me just wants to sell everything I own just so I can get one”, yep that fuzz tone is magical.

  • @harryadam7679
    @harryadam7679 4 года назад

    Wow that first jam with the original was so good. Amazing playing

  • @julianurtz1115
    @julianurtz1115 5 лет назад +53

    Wow that a cute price tag.
    *breaths heavily
    *starts sweating intensely

  • @SirLancelotTheBrave
    @SirLancelotTheBrave 5 лет назад +25

    The neck pickup in the 63 was a lot darker on the clean setting

    • @MetalRenard
      @MetalRenard 5 лет назад

      So mellow sounding. I loved the clean sound on the 63.

    • @hibernative
      @hibernative 5 лет назад +1

      Because the magnets age and lose polarity.

  • @ratman9220
    @ratman9220 5 лет назад

    Love the video. It's interesting that you say you only hear a difference with distortion bc I heard the opposite. I feel like when the tone is totally clean the vintage strat has marginally more resonance than the reissue, but they sound exactly the same as soon as you add effects. Maybe I'm imagining things, maybe we both are. Would be interesting to hear with more varied effects (maybe some wah or delay).

  • @Matthew-Smith
    @Matthew-Smith 5 лет назад

    Man that 60's strat is great, if you close your eyes anx listen it sounds like its giving you a hug.

  • @brandon7227
    @brandon7227 5 лет назад +6

    Subtle Stevie Ray Vaughn is always a thumbs up in my book

  • @killslay
    @killslay 5 лет назад +9

    Maybe once I'm playing to sold out arenas but until then, I'll stick with what I got

  • @Riverdeepnwide
    @Riverdeepnwide 5 лет назад

    Geez I hear Mayer's '63 in the cleans. It would be interesting to hear an A/B/C with a Silver Sky included in a similar video.
    Sweet playing!

  • @donald-parker
    @donald-parker 5 лет назад

    Great playing (channelling your inner Lenny?) and great story about the 63. It would have been interesting to do this blindfolded with a buddy handing you a guitar but not telling you which one.

  • @whotookmycheese1389
    @whotookmycheese1389 5 лет назад +3

    How can you tell them apart

    • @hanreality.7266
      @hanreality.7266 4 года назад

      Buddhism hotline Representative because they are different colours. Luckily.

  • @DonBugatti
    @DonBugatti 4 года назад +7

    There is literally no difference in sound that makes the 63 sound better. You don't pay for a better sound, you pay for the history and rarity, just like baseball cards and other collectibles. That's it!

  • @JFK1180
    @JFK1180 5 лет назад

    Super lowdown. I thought the vintage sounded more rounded. Your pointers are bang on the money. Beautiful touch. Subscribing now.

  • @TheMadLicksBand
    @TheMadLicksBand 5 лет назад

    Some great playing man.. much enjoyance

  • @saucyboi8721
    @saucyboi8721 5 лет назад +10

    Very impressive, but why does your BASS have 6 strings?

  • @legryzzly2
    @legryzzly2 5 лет назад +7

    You named it right : placebo effect. Sound is identical.
    I love strats. But i already think that the custom shop is overpriced. So the vintage...

  • @Choudermouse
    @Choudermouse 5 лет назад

    It really comes down to how it sounds in person. Hearing both in video, they were quite similar with a very small difference in attack.

  • @geraldignacio8650
    @geraldignacio8650 5 лет назад

    they nailed that neck pickup IMO the middle and bridge are still fantastic but i'm just amazed at how close those neck pick ups