Let’s Talk About Fender Strats [Sounds, Bridge Setup, Pickups & More] - That Pedal Show
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2024
- Mick loves Strats more than life itself. So let’s get him talking about tones, setup, bridges and much more besides!
Life too short for long UA-cam videos? Please see the ‘Interesting bits and go-to sections’ information below.
Welcome to the show! Goodness this is a long one. I LOVE Fender Strats and I can talk about them quite literally for days. In this video Dan makes the mistake of asking me about them and the absolutely inevitable occurs - a really long and in-depth video. Ha!
Do be aware though that this is all just personal experience and opinion. After 30+ years of playing them - and playing pretty much all of them in terms of spec - I’m not massively interested in powerful pickups, two-point bridges, flat fingerboards, noiseless… in fact pretty much nothing, spec wise, after about 1968. I like the traditional designs so that's my reference point.
Please enjoy the episode!
Want a Strat?
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• Squier Classic Vibe ’60s Stratocaster
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• Fender Vintera Road Word ’60s Stratocaster
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• Fender American Original ’60s Stratocaster
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• Fender Custom Shop 1959 Time Machine Heavy Relic Stratocaster
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• Fender Custom Shop Michael Landau Signature 1963 Stratocaster
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Pedals & stuff in this episode…
Signal order for the board:
Tweedy, Argo, OD9, D&M Drive, split…
Harmonious Monk, then Vent, both to Two-Rock only
Delay and reverb stereo to both amps
(All the drive pedals hit both amps)
TheGigRig G3 Atom takes care of all signal routing, splits wet/dry/parallel and stereo
Tweedy and Argo are outside of G3, before loop 1. TS808 is loop 1, D&M Drive is loop 2, Monk in 3, Vent in 4, delay in 5, reverb in 6. Switch numbers are +1. Confusing huh?!
• Schmidt Array SA525 pedalboard
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• Boss TU-3S Tuner
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• Dan Drive Tweedy 5E8-A
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• Mythos Argo
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• Maxon OD9 Analgman Mod with Bad Bob Boost
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• Keeley D&M Drive
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• JAM Pedals Harmonious Monk
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• Neo Instruments Mini Vent II
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• Free The Tone Future Factory FF-1Y RF Phase Modulated Delay
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• Chase Bliss Audio CXM1978
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• TheGigRig G3 Atom
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Interesting bits and go-to sections…
0:00 Intro playing
2:21 What are we doing today?
4:45 Strats in Mick’s world: rosewood
5:50 Are all the guitar heroes Strat players?
8:35 Strats Sound Weedy, Don’t They?
9:15 Today’s amps
10:10 Adding mids with an OD pedal
12:35 Tube Screamer sounds
14:25: …and more with D&M Drive
16:00 Positions 2 & 4
18:15 Tone control on the bridge pickup
25:45 What about volume?
28:30 Dan, Dynamics & John Mayer Strat
35:15 Single coil and JB humbucker compared
39:15 Humbucker and P90 compared
42:20 Bridges & tremolos
45:20 Bridge problems
49:15 String bending vs floating bridge
52:40 More springs, trem on body
54:27 The springs have reverb
57:04 Mick’s fave bridge setup
1:00:40 Saddles?
1:05:20 RWRP?
1:15:00 Neck pickup fun
1:26:50 You can’t bend on a vintage radius
Guitars in this episode:
• Fender American Vintage ’62 Stratocaster - Mick’s vid at: • That Pedal Show - Our ...
• Fender American Vintage ’59 Stratocaster - no specific video yet
• Fender John Mayer Signature Stratocaster - no specific video yet
• Fender EOB Stratocaster - Dan’s video at • TPS Our Guitars & Gear...
• Karl Longbottom S-Style - find Karl on Instagram
Amps in this episode
• Two-Rock Custom Reverb Signature 100/50 with 212 cab / TR1265B speakers
Marshall 1987x and Zilla Custom 212 cab with Celestion Alnico Ruby speakers
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Dan is one of those rare humans that just seems to listen to what ever shit you say and always looks interested And makes you feel better about yourself. I think we can all learn a little from that. Cheers Dan
Legend. They are a perfect pair. They seem like lovely human beings as well as highly talented and gifted presenters. ( if that’s the right word)
Conmen are great at that,
@@garyjones7044 so are empaths. Listening is a skill.
I really enjoy the contrast of these two great players, personalities. Dan really is a great example of having his cup half full, not half empty. I find this show really inspirational, makes me want to be a better player. Easily the best time spent on youtube to me. I've recommended it to many guitar players.
@@hafstrat 100% agree.
I love how Dan is such a fan of Mick's guitar playing
Dan’s a fan of literally anything and everything. It’s why he’s so awesome.
I was lucky enough to speak briefly to Dan after we saw Mick play at the venue formerly known as Colton Hall in Bristol, doing a big Hendrix set - he was SO EXCITED about Mick’s playing and rightly so
Stunning playing man, I’m so envious!
very talented is Mick. Best guitarist on YT. A skilful session player
To be fair everyone is a fan of Mick's playing.
The reason the Strat is so popular is that you can, with pedals, make it sound just as aggressive as a Les Paul or any other humbucker style guitar while at the same time getting all the tones that are exclusive to the Strat. Plus, in my opinion, the longer scale gives you more integrity tuning wise especially with the hard tails I favor.
So when do we get the "Dan talks about Teles" episode?
And maybe a guest for Les Pauls and the holy trinity would be complete :)
If they do that I really look forward to it.
This x1000!
Add Gretsch and other semis like a 335 and the pantheon will be complete.
While I’d enjoy that, sort of the beauty of Teles is…there’s just not that much to talk about? They’re the closest you can come in an electric guitar of ‘just a chunk of wood with some strings nailed to it’. They’re not a highly complicated instrument kept in (somewhat precarious) balance like a Strat is.
Gents: this week I received an email from Wildwood asking how I'd like my Sonic Blue 59 AVRI Strat set up--which came as a total shock as I'd ordered no such thing. But it was the closest thing to Mick's "Blue" that my wife and kids could turn up. For Father's Day. Mick: my family knows Blue. And how much I love TPS, clearly. Dan: they know Butters, too. That's what they call my 53 blackguard now, thanks kindly. Me, I may start calling them "Mick" and "Dan". Have a great weekend!
that's amazing! what a wonderful thing for your family to do!
Own 3 Wildwood guitars. They are simply the best retailer. Good luck!
@@JamesOnGuitar thanks, James! It's the loveliest Father's Day gift I've received. Absolutely stunning. Cheers!
@@kurtisr2339 i think i shall leave your comment on full view on my ipad in the kitchen 👀 but seriously, enjoy that - and i am sure that guitar will have pride of place for the rest of your days!
Ah man, that is TOTALLY AMAZiNG! What a wonderful gift. Enjoy that!
Dan: ‘Let’s just talk about the neck pickup’
Mick: *gets misty eyed* ‘Ah, tis a thing of beauty that lad’
Hahah!!
Neck pick up on a strat is vocal like a violin. A true thing of beauty.
You can do a long show if the content is good. The content of TPS is amazing. I'll very likely watch this whole episode again in a few months and I will undoubtedly learn new things when I do. The care and love you both show for the instruments, the music, and for each other is brilliant. Heartfelt thanks and don't limit yourselves!
Thank you Jesse!
I fully agree Jesse I’ve already watched it twice in a week 😃
I keep coming back to this episode since being on a strat journey thing...love it. Dan and Mick are so good 👍
Man, I love this channel. There's just no "I will now disclose the secrets of the universe to you, oh mortal" , but just two really nice guys exploring music, gear and guitar, while I'm in the room just listening in. It's great!
You guys should film an episode when Anderson’s reopens where Mick buys a Tele and Dan buys a Strat!! Dan on a Strat is something I need more of in my life
I would watch that, comment, and go to the VCQ 🤘
YES. This. Been thinking this for awhile, but hearing Dan playing so “unchoked” on that Olive Green Strat today made me sit up.
No , we really need to shake things up .
Give Mick a Nashville Tele , and Dan a hardtail Strat , and watch each of their heads spin .
There's nothing I love more than watching a guy nerd-out about his favorite instrument. Agree, don't agree, whatever. But you can't help but love the enthusiasm AND if you take the time to listen you almost always learn something.
This is probably the fourth time I watch this and every time I learn something new. Thank you for the fantastic content.
Same here, and the tele video as well! Constantly pulling from the wealth of TPS knowledge
I just bought myself the Fender Ultra Luxe it’s my first Strat and I love it so much! Thanks for this cool show, from Ottawa Canada!
Hour and half strats episode. What did we do to deserve such a treat?
Ha! And here we are worrying about long episodes wanting to make everything short. Ha. Almost didn’t put this out. What’s wrong with us!?
Half hr per pickup
Right?!?
@@ThatPedalShow You guys seriously need to get over that. Sure, people new to the channel may watch 20-30 min. and tune out and move on, but the TPS audience watches all of it, even if it takes a few sittings to get through a full episode. Just because I have to watch it in 20 min. chunks does not mean I wish the shows were 20 min. Keep in mind that data showing people watching 10 min. of old episodes is probably your loyal audience looking for insight on a specific pedal from an old show rather than new people watching a few minutes and moving on. I know the shows seem really long when you are editing and rendering them, but I have never felt a single episode was too long.
@@billgreen3629 seconded! Especially the part about going back and watching just 5-15 minutes of an old episode. Particularly "Dan and Mick's Pick'n Mix" shows I will go back and watch just a segment of if some new pedal you gents are using reminds me of when it first got a few minutes of love.
This is "Classic TPS" content here, and i couldn't be happier.
Thank you!
Dan is a great guy. That’s the basic building block. Of course, it certainly doesn’t hurt that Mick is a tasteful player, especially in Strat land!
Dan and Mick are both spectacular players, no matter what they say.
It was genuinely a pleasure however to watch two great players (and more importantly friends) just hang out and create.
Top notch mates
You’re too kind, cheers matey 🤓🙏
You guys have any idea how much some of us love you guys? You are like my best friend I never met.
Ah, cheers mate 🤓🙏
Don’t forget Buddy Guy! If you’re going to mention Hendrix, Clapton, SRV, you have to mention the man who inspired them all.
also Rory Gallagher, Adrian Belew, Ry Cooder, Lowell George, and Robby Robertson as well. there are literally too many to mention them all (but it's fun to try)!
😊
Jeff Beck
They did
Yes chaps! I feel like this is the culmination of all of Mick's discoveries in his strat journey in his blogs rolled into a single tasty episode.
It’s some of that!
If there is more to be covered, "Let's Talk Strats, Part 2" would be welcome!
Perhaps including the topic of securing the bridge for those of us who love Strats but don't care for the trem.
@@TheHumbuckerboy just tighten the springs and it will set on the body like a hard tail. If you really want it to be stable put 5 springs on it and tighten them down.
@@erpringle thanks for the tip Randy, and also for your delicious potato treats!
HELL YEAH!!!
Definitely
This really hits on something that has a profound impact on my own music making: turn it up loud and play/sing softly. As a singer, I've found it's a whole new ball game when you get the mic nice and hot and then stay away from it - it opens up a whole new dynamic range. The same holds true for guitar. Daniel Lanois is an excellent example of this approach. What an amazing resource this show is - it goes way beyond shredding and geekery and really gets into the point of the whole thing: inspiration. Much love from Charleston!
Totally agree - it is a timbre thing as well as a dynamic thing. The tones one can achieve through singing relaxed and gentler are velvety and richer. I find exactly the same with the guitar
What does Mr Myagi say when he plays a strat with a tube screamer? ... Maxon, Max-off.
YES! Bravo!
🤡
Absolutely, I've got a Maxon vop9 that has been main od pedal for the better part of a decade. It's a great pedal with a little less of a mid hump than most tube screamers, a bit more transparent. I've tried many others but it's still my main od, I do use it with a Timmy every now and then.
Wow guys, the amount of work with the timestamps is outstanding.
Thank you for this! Awesome show as always!
I just love watching an enthusiast talking about what they are enthusiastic about. It doesn't really matter what it is, but the excitement is infectious.
Nailed it!
I finally understand why Mick loves Tubescreamers so much. I play Tele. Don't have a Strat so I'm not able to duplicate his experience. Every episode of TPS never fails to enlighten me in some small or large way. Thanks guys.
To me, the visuals of the Strat are just so good. It looks like you think an electric guitar should look. This design is from what, 1954? And it still looks futuristic today. Immortal. Before you even hear the thing, you want to own it.
I always loved the way Blackmore would play a phrase on the bridge pickup then flip to the kneck pickup and answer it
You two are very helpful. Thank you.
Killer; this episode should just be called:
"Mick."
Ha! Thanks! All the Dan fans (most of you) would storm off in disgust!
@@ThatPedalShow We are TPS fans my friend 👍
@@confusedscreaming9727 Nah, I'm more a Dan fan!
NOW WE ARE TALKING! :P STRAT OVERDOSE BRING IN! (watching with my fiesta red on my lap)
Don’t spill anymore on your lap!
@@Ganache30 Just noticed I wrote "first red" by mistake 🙄.. FIESTA RED (my strat)
wow love how in depth you guys go in your videos, great info thank you!!
Enjoyed all that, thank you look forward to part 2 😁
This episode proves our experiences with guitars are often more about our experiences as people-trial and error, unexpected discovery, falling in and of love, patience and understanding, and ultimately finding your own voice.
How has no one brought up Rory Gallagher?! Monster of a strat player!
Here here. Especially the whole super boosted sound and controlled with the volume pot and dynamics
Absolutely! We didn’t mention Knopfler either. Terrible omissions!
@@ThatPedalShow ahahah you forgot a lot, and, so i need again to say : STEVE HILLAGE ....well, maybe you dont like him .-)
@@ThatPedalShow you also missed Jeff Beck.
Ahem guys.. JEFF BECK!!
Awesome vid guys!, keep posting this kind of content we love
This is PURE GOLD, seriously!!! Congrats!!!
I’ve always loved Mick’s playing, and now I know why. He totally understands his instrument; it really is like an extension of his own body considering he knows it quite literally like the back of his hand.
I really hope Dan does a video like this for Teles. Also I finally bit the bullet recently and bought a nice American made Strat off of Reverb after resisting for ages, and I ended up loving it so much.
Same as. Have for years had just LP’s. I remember trying out a Strat in a shop many years ago and found it weird and that left a lasting impression.
Forward wind to a couple of months ago and I fell in love with the 2 & 4 positions on a friend’s Strat and consequently bought a 20 year old American Strat. Never been happier and more inspired to play 😊💜🎸
@@risteardohaodha23 My big thing is that modern strats just all look and sound the same to me, so I got in to PRSs that are a bit more unique. Then I tried the wife’s MIM HSS Strat and loved it, started digging in to the gear of my guitar heroes and it got me hunting a Strat of my own. Found a 1995 American Standard in Electric Blue for a smoking deal and have been playing the everloving daylights out of it
@@amandahammond2691 we’ve seen the Stratolight 🤣
Enjoy!
I did the same about two years ago with the Yosemite pick ups and wow I never looked back! I wanted so hard to be a gibson fan but last night I had a realization that… IM A STRAT PLAYER. not looking back. 😅
This has been fantastic and truly educational! I really appreciate this video, Mick. Cheers!
This has been a really great video. Thank you so much!
This episode is a treasure for Strat players.
This might be the most instructive content I’ve seen on UA-cam. I will be watching this multiple times with a strat and pedals in hand and working through all the tonal and setup ideas.😮
Very informative and inspiring
One of the best of your many best shows!
Thanks!
Came to this a little late, but absolutely fantastic. Learned so much which will help me get so much more from my S-type. Thanks both!
I got my first Strat last week after years with an Epi Les Paul and a PRS S2 Custom. Rewatching this with an entirely new focus. I find there is a lot to learn… the personality of the pickups couldn’t be more different. This is awesome content; surely helps getting up to speed faster.
This was a masterclass in Strats. Loved it
I learn a ton from you guys whenever you talk about guitars. Thanks!
Thank you guys! This was so awesome and informative.
This was easily the best episode in recent months. Learned a lot, thanks for sharing!
Yep. I watched the entire episode. I was a Strat player for most of my life but some years ago I found this one particular Tele that became my #1 guitar and the Strat just became a backup. This episode made me grab my Strat again. That Tele will surely still be my #1 always, but I'm sure my Strat was pleased to be played again after so long. Thanks for the episode.
Love the video as always guys! Really appreciate the time and effort you put into every video. I'd love to see a similar video on telecasters :)
This was perfect with my coffee today, thx guys. Incredible playing Mick, loved it
One of the best shows on strats I've seen in a long time.Sweet and mean tones. Nice playing too. I say bring on part 2...👍
I haven't watched a tps show for a while, forgot how much I loved them
Thank you so much for this- watched it twice back to back, just fascinating. Learned some stuff, reminded of stuff, inspired by stuff. I really really need a strat again. Yes, need. Thank you!
I could listen to mick play and talk strats allllllllll day!!!! Thank you guys!!! Awesome stuff!!
I've already had to stop the video twice to play my strat. Always a good sign:)
I had a love/hate thing with strats for years until I really found the right one and found the pickups that fit it well. Oh, and tuning it down half a step made a huge difference for me as well.
This is the first time that I watch your videos and I love them. You're awesome, guys. Now I am subscribed
That was awesome. Thanks guys!
Gentlemen, as a 30+ yr Strat player, thank you for the indulgence. what a great insight, for me, one of your best ever sessions and as Dan said, beautiful playing too....
Fantastic information here, I’ve been playing strats for 25 years and thought I knew most things, but I learnt so much. The resonance with being tuned lower is a beautiful thing. I turned my first cheap strat into a kind of baritone by putting 13s and tuning to B and it feels very alive
Best video yet … loved and absorbed every second ! Keep at it men ! ! !
Straight GOLD of a show! On my second time through the video & soaking it all in.
It's price, it's that simple. American made standard Strat(now professional) are much cheaper to buy for a younger player than a Gibson LP, PRS, etc.
I’ve played Strats for a long time although recently I’ve been playing Gibson type guitars (335, Les Paul, SG etc.) quite a bit as well there’s something about a clean Strat in the in between positions with “too much reverb” and a little delay that just makes me happy. There’s something about that jangley, springy tone that’s just good for the soul sometimes.
I always jumper the middle pickup to the neck tone when I move it’s tone to the bridge. It lets you have a tone for all 3 pickups.
Guy I have incredible news I have to tell everyone, I have finally lost my Ear V Card and it was with a Strat and a Vox AC30. For about 8 months I have been use the gear I started with which was Spark 40, Ibanez S570AH, and my acoustic. Trust me I love my Ibanez and it’s even comfier that a Strat, but it wasn’t hitting the sound I was looking for. But I picked up a Strat style guitar at my favorite guitar shop and I plugged it into the a AC30 and played the only song I know which was Lenny. My God everything bloomed and made me finally feel like I wasn’t just wasting my time. I had a smile on my face all day, and I am convinced that I’m going to get a good amp and a good Strat. Thanks for teaching me and everyone all the things you’ve learned in your lifetime guitar playing.
Awesome! Looking forward to part two! 😁
Mick's playing is phenomenal of course, but damn, Dan's Dan-isms from 30:21 are divine! :)
You’re too kind 🤓🙏
Title should have been "Let's talk about Strats, baby!"
Okay, I’ll change it.
I think I wrote the first verse
Possibly my favorite episode yet. Thanks guys! I love Strats and I love Mick's enthusiasm for them. I learned a lot about the difference between floating and flat setting of the bridge. Very cool!
I learned a lot. Thank you. I jut picked up my first Strat, an American Performer SSS, yesterday. Loving it so far.
Hank marvin recalls the first strat he saw as looking like it came from outer space. It was the most modern thing out there for a lot of our heroes when they were starting out
I have been trying to adjust to the jarring modernity for fifty years. Imagine my horror when the guys I worked for started putting in the Floyd Rose tailpieces. I recently started in with light strings and the Classic Strat bridge. A whole new world. 😁
Can you guys get Steve Hackett on the show? He’s very open about his gear & techniques and would most definitely have some amazing stories to share!
That would be epic
Superb show. Will help with my recently bought Strat. Thank You gentlemen 😎
So cool to have a platform like this were the guys can just go super deep on a topic they love! Super intriguing- keep up the great work!!
"Let the guitar do the work" this is reminding me of what Tim Pierce says about how to get a big guitar sound: crank it up loud and play quietly.
Just got a Strat yesterday and boy was I happy to see this.
Congrats! 🙌
I always love to see you guys reach for knobs, hardly touching let alone twirling the knobs and suppose you have another sound.Very amusing.Keep up the good work!
You guys are my heroes! This hasn’t been long enough. I would pay for a part 2!
Great episode! I’ve been playing Strats for 40 plus years. Maybe the attraction is the fact that they’re almost impossible to nail down. I’m constantly tweaking, wrenching, soldering, sanding, bashing and screaming!
I’ve come to the realization that a Strat is like a “Badass Hotrod”! Are you ever going to stop trying to make it faster? None of my Strats are perfectly dialed in; each of them fight me in their own way. I love my Les Paul’s, but they don’t argue with me like my Strats. They don’t demand my attention.
Great comment. I think that’s one of the reasons I enjoy Mick’s vlogs when he puts Blue on the workbench. I’ve owned LP’s and SG’s that never needed a single thing done to them - yet like you mention - There’s always something else to do to a Strat. For me, I think it’s because Strats are higher maintenance when it comes to tone. Anyone can click on a gain pedal and chug power chords but can anyone make a Strat sing?
Jeff Beck has said it all! On Strats…,,”the most expressive”…..I’ll take HIS point of view! I feel that strats cover more ground than any other genre. The middle position IMO is the most organic sounding
Another thing, you’ve doing JAZZ on a Strat!
Absolutely feckin brilliant. I’ll keep building em and one day it’ll be right. But I ain’t in a rush. Loved it.
So informative. Also couldn't stop laughing at the end, love you blokes. Would love strat pt 2 or a tele episode!
I'm in love of vintage style strats in exactly the same way. But you said lots of stuff I never thought of why. Awesome and deep knowledge about strats from the user perspective. Great great stuff. Cheers
Thank you Nuno!
I know you were joking at the end, but I would very much enjoy another 90 minutes of increasingly detailed Strat lore and Mick's playing!
There is no such thing as a to long That Pedal Show episode!
Thanks for the great content guys!
Very interesting take.
Please More video like this
This is the best episode of a guitar show I’ve ever seen. The oozing enthusiasm and love is just contagious. The follow up telecaster episode was equally amazing. Very cool.
Thank you M!!
@@ThatPedalShow most welcome!
Loved what Mick was playing in the beginning, that was cool.
Thank you!
Really good riffs and intuitive play
Doesn't get any better than this. Great job Mick and most informative. The Strat world is definitely a rabbit hole - worth traveling!
Loved this episode!
Thanks Mick, great advice and stellar playing too. But can I just mention how great Dan sounded as well with the dynamic versatility of the strat. I could almost hear him thinking “oh dear, this is going to be bad for my bank balance.”
I have an 82 hardtail. I love my strat and I am also committed to buying my first Tele because of Dan's ethereal moving chords. I've learned so much from your show. Both of you guys are in my top 25 favorite players. Mark Knopfler is at the top. Can't thank you guys enough. Cheers.
No way! Chris, thank you so much!
Your show is awesome ! Your passion for tone etc . It keeps us smiling in strange times .. Now . We need Strat part 2 and also the same with telecasters !! Tele seems to be loved again the last years and well deserved. Thanks guys keep up the quality content . Cheers from Greece
This couldn't have come at a better time. Thank y'all, TPS!
RWRP part: In question of position 2 and 4 sound, if the 3 pickups have the same specs (same resistances/inductance), the effect will be more prominent. But If you put different resistance/inductance pickups to compensate the volume because of the position of the pickups, the desired inbetween effect will be diminished. Dan can understand this cause we are talking about pickups IN PARALLEL (resistances/inductances in parallel). That's why blue doesn't have the same sound as Blackie.
My own experience when I entered in this rabbit's hole, thanks to Mike :)
Awesome video, i sold my 60s custom shop strat recently and been regretting it ever since.. this has taught me so much.. Thanks!
Glad I found you guys! Love watching, keep up the awesome videos 🙌
Welcome Matthew!
I’ve had countless pickups in my strat over the past 30+ years and out of all of them for me personally it’s down to 2 sets.
Lace golds. (Superb sustain and takes gain well plus great clean tones)
Bare knuckle irish tours.
Again superb pickups