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He did a cameo on I think Ben Levin channel about speed where he shredded me off this mortal plane. He can and chooses not to and that is the most gentlemanly thing possible 😎
He said he used to play dream theater and metallica back in the day his audition for his conservatory was also a prog rock piece too.JM made him more inclined to blues later on that is mostly what he plays now
@@Benry1 that's what I mean. I know he can play fast but there are enough other guys who do this and I am kinda bored hearing the same arpeggio or alternate picking lick for the hundredth time. Hearing Paul play is like drinking a fine wine. I prefer hearing real music. To quote Marty Friedman: "any monkey can learn a technique and get great at it..."
Let's forget your guitar playing for a second, your videos alone are a piece of art. The cinematography, the colour grading, the lighting... Pure blessing to the eye.
I bought this guitar. Well, I bought the Strat version. I've played 3 to 4 gigs a week with it for the past three months. Paid $2000 for it new. It has already paid for itself several times. My (acoustic) gigs here in the states have been mostly outdoors during the summer, very humid and hot. In the last six months I had tried four other acoustic/electric guitars. I was constantly having to work on guitars, straighten necks, restring, re-tune, adjust when capoed. It was maddening. In desperation, I tried one out in a store, and bought it. It changed everything for this gigging musician. It is a workhorse guitar. I almost never need to tune the thing. In different room/patio environments, I can get a tone that I like in seconds by flipping through the toggle and A/B selections. I plug through a cheap mixer, then into a Bose PA. This thing has taken all of the worry out of my playing. I play anything from finger style to hard strumming, and I can really beat the hell out of the strings. Again, rarely out of tune. This thing has been a lifesaver, and allows me to confidently keep booking and playing. Would I record with it? I haven't really thought about it, to be honest. But I would take it into any live setting. One minor beef I had with this guitar: the magnetic single coil pick up in this Strat version is a little loose. When strumming the guitar, it rattles in the rout. You can't hear it through the PA, no matter which toggle position you're in. But you hear it acoustically yourself when you play. (At first, I thought I was getting string buzz already and was livid that the neck already needed adjustment!) The pickup needs to be padded in the rout. I literally took a chewing gum wrapper and wedged it in the hole with the pickup. No problem since. Seems like a real janky solution to something I paid $2000 for. But I'm sure not taking it back!
First I would like to bui this guitar too. But then I found the PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo. She is a perfekt beauty, an has two jacks for mixing the sounds in different amps (piezo in the acoustic amp or PA and the PU´s in the guitar amp). Now I ordered this one, and hope I did it well. Enjoy Your Jassmaster as well too.
I love hearing how this is in real life use, well done. My favorite feature is when you drop your pick in the hole you don’t have to shake it out, just set it on your lap like you’re gonna play it and the service gnome throws it out. My only question is, what’s the upkeep on these service gnomes, do you have to feed them?
Hey Paul, Team Casino here, just wanted to say we appreciate the level of energy and effort you have put into your video, demo, and review. As a youtube channel and more importantly a Fender Showcase dealer, we need guys like you who are objective and honest to be at the forefront of the youtube review community. Thanks for all the hard work and integrity. This has been a strange cycle of a product release as there were more demos of this released at one time than almost any guitar in recent memory. Keep on the grind and we will cross paths at NAMM. Cheers - Baxter and the Casio Team
This is such a great post from you guys at Casino. I watch your posts every single day! Even if for some reason I’m not interested or to busy to listen to the post, I always make time for it! I love how you guys just talk with your watchers like any other guitar “geek” like the rest of us. To say nothing about the gorgeous instruments you guys get to have and sell to hopefully someone that will use it and enjoy it. You guys are just guitar players like the rest of us really. I love your channel! And I wanted to thank you guys @Casino Guitars for everything you do and all the hard work that goes in to making a show that nobody sees. It is very appreciated, and you’ve got (have...lol) a customer for life here! Thanks again guys! Baxter...next haircut is on me bro...😉😂
FYI Casino - I came here to Paul's vid/demo because you highlighted it on your channel. Will check him out further, as I like his style. Keep up the good work everyone.
Do the world a favor and release the loop to the world other than here on your channel. It is one of the most soothing instrumentals I have heard in a long long time.
Paul Davids and the guitar were made for each other. It doesn’t matter what kind of guitar, it sings when your fingers touch it. As usual, video is highest quality out there.
@@american-professor In my case . . . a few seconds and then my ears implode. Respect to anyone who can shred but who chooses not to in favour of focusing on music and the instrument rather than showing off.
@I McLeod It actually buzzed when I played around the 12th fret. It was not the frets/strings but a wiring loom tie wrap vibrating against the inside of the metal back plate at a certain resonance when I was playing around the higher neck. I rolled-up a piece of kitchen roll and taped it to the inside the back plate...sorted.
Paul, you are such a great musician. The music you make in your videos alone are all the reason I need to watch them. The intro brought me to tears and I thought to myself: "Please don’t stop playing."
I think that acoustasonic contrasts beautifully with traditional acoustic guitars. So in studio setting I think it would be great for someone with a limited budget and can't afford to have a several high quality acoustics. But for someone doing home recordings that may have a Taylor or Martin, the Acoustasonic to me would be a great addition to layer with a real one. Also as you mentioned, it would be a great guitar for the gigging musician.
I have been pondering getting one of these guitars. I think it’s nice for a guitarist with a spouse and or small kiddos and just want to practice in the living room on the couch without having to plug in to hear your self. It’s also a very useful guitar for a church musician to be quite honest. I’ve always disliked lugging a jumbo acoustic around for literally one or two songs that really need it. With this, I could make it work for more songs and just grab my other favorite electric. I definitely didn’t like these at first, but now they’re really growing on me as I see more use for them.
they say rock music has died , but guitarist like you keeping it is alive and well , what a intro man just cant get enough of this ,may be 10th time i am coming to listen this ...
Wow, what a video. I used to play professionally then gave up on music and guitar for nearly a decade. Lockdown and Paul have got me back playing every day and falling for music - and guitar - again. Thank you for your amazing videos. The best on youtube. The winner here is, without doubt, the actual acoustic!!
Acoustic electrics like this are such a big innovation when it comes to guitars and i believe they will keep getting better and perfecting that acoustic electric mix with time.
Thx for this review Paul. I can't speak to Fender's acoustic/electric products, but I did tour with a Godin one. It was much easier to tour with, I could dial in a sound at all the venues and more importantly sound personal love it. The ease of having to tour with one instrument instead of many was key to everything about the product. I could get a reasonable sound from the guitar and frankly audiences never knew any better, ha. In the studio I would never have used it. Again thanks for your awesome channel. Although I'm American my family name is Dutch. My dear great grandfather was from Rotterdam. I'm named after him, but that's another story. It's great to see and hear your guitar playing and teaching from one of my Motherlands. Blessings.
So true. I have no desire to own this one, but a gigging guitarist would probably find this a very versatile and easy to use tool. That's how I view this, a mere tool, albeit a very effective one, for working musicians.
Thanks for your honest review. I can understand why an established guitarist with a range of good guitars already would not buy the Fender but as an inexperienced player I would definitely think about buying this as my main instrument given its versatility. Plus I am not planning on playing professionally so the tonal spectrum of the Acoustasonic would satisfy my needs. 🇦🇺👍🏻
It's all about 'the tool for the job'. The sins I have seen committed when someone only has an acoustic and wants to be the lead player for 5 Finger Death Punch, well, you get my drift!
Paul, this is a next level production in every way. The loop, the cinematography and the information. It doesn't get better than this 👍👍👍 I'm very curious as to which pedal you used to get the lower octave for the bass line?
They lead the way in marketing in the industry. Most rely on stage presence/sponsorships. Fender put emphasis on social media marketing, subscription-services, and being involved with the social media influencers instead of just large music shop channels and magazine channels (Gibson’s main public channels). Considering how well Fender did through COVID by expanding their marketing (tons of social media marketing interns and brand manager positions opened), I believe we will see Fender become a titan in modern advertising (in-house).
@@H00kieD00kie my thoughts exactly - good guitar reviews come from people who buy their own gear and fall in love with it. Paul does a good job at comparing and being unbiased but most of these reviews are trash because people don't want to lose their stream of free shit from Fender.
I think the Line 6 JTV guitars are more versatile because they give you the "raw" sounds of say a Fender Strat or a Gibson Les Paul (or an awesome rendition of a 1956 Martin D-28). but of course it's not just plug and play. I guess it depends what your needs are :)
Yeah, it’s been done before and it’ll get done again but sadly you get a compromised acoustic and a compromised electric at the same time.....not really a step forward!
Why do i feel like you're one of fenders bots? No one who knows anything about guitar thinks electro acoustics are the best of both worlds 😂 it doesn't even sound good acoustically......which is a slight problem.
When Fender first launched the Acoustasonic I couldn't wait to get one. It was the answer to the ideal acoustic guitar I always wanted - a guitar that basically had everything positive that I associate with an electric guitar's neck but with the sonic personality of an acoustic. Fender did me one better by offering several "personalities". But when I got mine I surprisingly had zero connection with it. Yes, it can create cool sounds but I just didn't like playing it. It doesn't play or feel like an electric or an acoustic guitar. It just felt weird. I sold it within 3 months.
Definitely loved the loop. The guitar itself seems to cover lots of bases and the idea of all those different sounds coming from one guitar is interesting. Not even owning any electric guitar if I was ever in the market for one i would check these out. Thank you.
Got my 1st electric 6 months ago. I have been playing acoustic for a couple years. You can play an acoustic with almost no maintenance for YEARs on end. Got my 1st strat 6 months ago used. Replaced the stock bridge and tuners. Went over the setup many times. It stays in it's case when not used. I exposed it to open air and took temperatures. The metal is 20-25 degrees F difference to the wood. No wonder it goes out of tune constantly. Even if you can play the electric in tune for hour, the next day you need to spend 30-60 minutes redoing everything.
I must say I'm surprised you wouldn't buy one of these guitars. It is so many sounds in one guitar that you don't have to schlep 2,3,4 guitars to a gig and worry about the fragile acoustics being damaged. One guitar with unlimited effects pedals, two amps - one acoustic, one electric - what more does one need? Great video Paul!
Fender probably gave them the date that they could release videos, so then it became a race for who could get it out closest to the exact second they were allowed to post it.
I just bought one. I really like mine and I think it’ll be really versatile for me. I also think we’re going to be seeing more professionals using this in small venues. I’ve tried alternate tunings and they sound great. It’s well made, is easy to play and stays in tune. It comes in handy to play it acoustically when I don’t want to bother my family watching tv in the other room. After having it for two months I am very glad I bought it. When I run it through a modeling amp, it becomes even more useful. The gig bag is really nice and mine came with a humidifier control pack.
paul, you are a stone cold freak. i think history will look back at you as one of the pioneers of youtube teachers... as an example of how it's done correctly. from your first videos to present day... work of art!
I love the sound; I love the versatility. The price isn't a horror show, but given that I have electrics and acoustics, it seems a bit much to pay for redundancy.
I never comment but you are the reason I have picked up the guitar again after stopping 20 years ago. I hope one day I can play something this wonderful in the next few years of practice!
I bought an Acoustasonic Jazzmaster recently, I never imagined a guitar coud be made which is as playab;e as Gibson ES-335, this thing practically plays itself. The only problem with it is that the stock strings aren't the greatest, then again, when were Fender strings ever any good? Brilliant guitar.
What strings do you recommend? I got an old acoustic fender laying around and I haven't played seriously for... 7 years? Thinking of getting back into it :)
@@EricTheSwede Are you a Novice/Intermediate/Advanced Level player? have you a budget for a new guitar? What model is your Fender acoustic? What styles of music do you like to play? Let me know Eric and I'll be glad to help you as far as possible, there are NO stupid questions, we all had to learn If you just want to keep the old Fender (which I wouldn't recommend, Fender acoustics are notoriously hard to get on with), D'Addario Phophor Bronze are a decent all rounder, I personally like the DR RARE, but strings are a personal preference thing. Don't get Fender strings, they're rubbish.
@@sledge1960 bought my daughter a Fender acoustic recently…a $400 plug-in cutaway. (She has it and I can’t remember the specific model.) Without an amplifier it sounds like one of those guitars people make out of metal vegetable oil cans…seriously I just couldn’t get a decent sound out of it amplified or not. The only redeeming factor is that the action was excellent and that’s what she needed to learn with. THAT is the only reason I agreed to get it for her. Definitely better options out there for the money, tho. Have to say I’m impressed with the tones Paul massaged from this guitar and would consider it for myself so I could lighten my load at gigs…but, not yet.
@@buckdashe2571 I know what you're saying Buck, Fender just never got the acoustic thing right, but as long the action wasn't high it was enough to learn on. In the late 1980's Fender tasked Fender Japan to make an electro acoustic they called the Fender 'Santa Rosa', that was a brilliant guitar, it was so good they closed down production very quickly because Fender USA couldn't compete with their own product. The Japs got it right first time and it was immediately shelved, those guitars come up infrequently for sale online, they go for big money. I had one in my hands back in te day in a store and didn't pull the trigger, was I sorry!!!. Why do you think Fender USA ban Fender Japan guitars from being sold in North America? the USA's look great to the eye, play well, but the Japs are better, I have a few, I live in UK and we get them here. I've never owned a Fender USA electric, played plenty in stores and other peoples, but I go Jap. This new Acoustasonic , I can only speak for the Jazzmaster shaped one, it has different pickups to the others, is brilliiant, Light as a feather despite being mahogany, plays like a dream, but they are selling here in UK, cheapest I could get was £1400 ($1722US) so they aren't cheap. The Made In Mexico is cheaper but has only a three way toggle switch. I love mine and it will be staying where it is. They play acoustically, but don't expect much, they shine when plugged in. Anybody buying a guitar on a lower budget should go Japanese, apparently, in Japan, they have a law that forces manufacturers of all things to produce a product to a set minimum standard, they don't tolerate low grade goods.
@@sledge1960 yeah, I have no problem with Japanese, Korean or Mexico for that matter. The fact that my Taylors are USA is incidental…they just sound good! That Fender of my daughter’s (The “Newport Player” model) is made in Indonesia. It’s not the manufacturing, it’s the materials they cheaped out on. BTW, I think that’s called JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard.) It signifies precision.
I am not a looper guy. In fact, I've seen a lot of players doing covers, which is fine in and of itself, and live it takes them forever to get to the 1st verse and then when they get to the chorus (and by the way, don't bore us, get to the chorus) everything drops out. I know there are new tools that help mitigate that somewhat, but at some point you may as well just play to backing tracks, which oddly I much prefer over loops. That said, this is the most musically satisfying use of looping I think I've ever seen/heard. Every pass is laid down with a purpose and fits together well. Of course the playing has a great deal to do with it. I love playing that is not too fancy but melodically beautiful, and this has that in spades. Good job.
Wow! I would love to see you perform live some day! You’re an amazing musician sir! Thank you for all of your time committed to playing such wonderful music! Not to mention sharing so much of your wisdom with the rest of us.
Wonderful looping and expressive playing. I loop myself as many do and it's great to hear it done well and you make it look effortless. It's a real skill
Yesterday I recommended an Acoustasonic to an acquaintance that had laid off music because of a left hand injury. She couldn’t play her acoustic, her hand/wrist would get pain from the pressure. This guitar I said could be a solution. Easier on the hand, more like an electric, but with a great acoustic sound. I hope she gets back to making music again.
I have really big hands and could not find a wide neck acoustic guitar. So I purchased the Mexican Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster and switched necks bolting up a Warmoth 1-7/8” Super Wide neck. I had to drill one extra neck attachment hole to form a four bolt pattern for stability, but it worked perfectly. So I probably have the only Wide Neck Acoustasonic in existence. I am recording an album using this guitar for acoustic tracks. I never thought I would purchase a Fender, but this guitar is well thought out and it sounds great in the studio. If you run it into a nice warm tube preamp or a Radial DI the resulting sound quality is very satisfying indeed. I am very happy I purchased this guitar.
Such beautiful, captivating sounds. Beautifully played, by a pro guitarist and tutor, on one of Fenders best guitars (my opinion). I'm a proud owner of one. Love it! Thanks for your detailed/honest review, and stunning video! 🙏🏼👌
Hello from France ... you seem very satisfied with your guitar. Do you use others or just this one ? What style of music do you play? I have a Telecaster and I would sometimes like to have an acoustic sound with the comfort of an electric guitar neck. But the strings of this Acoustasonic are acoustic strings. So what do you think? Thank you so much.
It seems strongest for a clean acoustic sound, and for a stronger acoustic-like electric. I have to say, with an electric neck like it has and how easily you get around it, it look like it would let you play like you were on an electric, but sound like you were on an acoustic.
I keep coming back to this vid - your approach to content is insane - different than I’ve ever come across. Every attention to detail. I did not expect to find a review and then end up falling in love with the song played, the cinematography, the audio quality, lighting, and delivery, etc etc. Well done.
He's the best UA-cam teacher I've ever found thanks Man Paul David's you literally changed my life & add more love into the music into the guitar 🎸 you looping always seem to amaze me every time 😁😇🥲
Upon request: the intro guitar loop is now available for streaming! 'Acousta Live Loop'
songwhip.com/paul-davids/acousta-live-loop
Thank you!!
Added to my “Songwriting Inspiration” playlist on Spotify 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼
@@jacobelliott60 l0
Dope
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Paul: “Please gently hit that like button if you enjoyed the loop.”
Me: *Proceeds to smack the living hell out of the like button*
So it was yooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
My like button is broken!!! :(
👊🏻*👍👊🏻*👍👊🏻*👍
LoL!
I just did this to check... turns out it just results in liking and unliking the video...
@@cluster-fudge I just lied.
Paul is not the fastest and shreddiest guitarist out there but he definitely is one of the most tasteful ones in his playing.
Yeah bro
He can shred, too. Just chooses not to focus on overly technical or fast playing, which is his choice and he sounds fantastic.
He did a cameo on I think Ben Levin channel about speed where he shredded me off this mortal plane. He can and chooses not to and that is the most gentlemanly thing possible 😎
He said he used to play dream theater and metallica back in the day his audition for his conservatory was also a prog rock piece too.JM made him more inclined to blues later on that is mostly what he plays now
@@Benry1 that's what I mean. I know he can play fast but there are enough other guys who do this and I am kinda bored hearing the same arpeggio or alternate picking lick for the hundredth time. Hearing Paul play is like drinking a fine wine. I prefer hearing real music.
To quote Marty Friedman: "any monkey can learn a technique and get great at it..."
Let's forget your guitar playing for a second, your videos alone are a piece of art. The cinematography, the colour grading, the lighting... Pure blessing to the eye.
I so agree! Where did you learn this? Would love to know how to get that nice warm effect + grading :) Thank you for sharing this Test!
lol - I just took the time to comment the same thing, then saw your comment right at the top of the comment section.
This guitar sounds astonishingly good, but then again, at your hands any guitar would sound astonishingly good!
Yeah the person who's playing is the most important
I was listening to the intro thinking this is the worst advert ever because Paul makes everything sound good.
Plus the gear he has
Gear is the secondary thing. All the magic lies in his hands
@@debasishiamwastaken plus post prod
To be honest this guy can make any guitar sound beautiful
and video quality is also top notch
Sure is a nice Jazzmaster.
Indeed. I'd like to see him perform, either solo or with a band. A virtuoso!
Makes it look so easy!!!
I agree
I bought this guitar. Well, I bought the Strat version. I've played 3 to 4 gigs a week with it for the past three months. Paid $2000 for it new. It has already paid for itself several times. My (acoustic) gigs here in the states have been mostly outdoors during the summer, very humid and hot. In the last six months I had tried four other acoustic/electric guitars. I was constantly having to work on guitars, straighten necks, restring, re-tune, adjust when capoed. It was maddening. In desperation, I tried one out in a store, and bought it. It changed everything for this gigging musician. It is a workhorse guitar. I almost never need to tune the thing. In different room/patio environments, I can get a tone that I like in seconds by flipping through the toggle and A/B selections. I plug through a cheap mixer, then into a Bose PA. This thing has taken all of the worry out of my playing. I play anything from finger style to hard strumming, and I can really beat the hell out of the strings. Again, rarely out of tune. This thing has been a lifesaver, and allows me to confidently keep booking and playing. Would I record with it? I haven't really thought about it, to be honest. But I would take it into any live setting.
One minor beef I had with this guitar: the magnetic single coil pick up in this Strat version is a little loose. When strumming the guitar, it rattles in the rout. You can't hear it through the PA, no matter which toggle position you're in. But you hear it acoustically yourself when you play. (At first, I thought I was getting string buzz already and was livid that the neck already needed adjustment!) The pickup needs to be padded in the rout. I literally took a chewing gum wrapper and wedged it in the hole with the pickup. No problem since. Seems like a real janky solution to something I paid $2000 for. But I'm sure not taking it back!
I added locking tuners and that really makes tuning stable.
First I would like to bui this guitar too. But then I found the PRS SE Hollowbody II Piezo. She is a perfekt beauty, an has two jacks for mixing the sounds in different amps (piezo in the acoustic amp or PA and the PU´s in the guitar amp). Now I ordered this one, and hope I did it well. Enjoy Your Jassmaster as well too.
Nice review, Mike. Thank you. Do you get a fairly decent acoustic sound that you use live?
I love hearing how this is in real life use, well done. My favorite feature is when you drop your pick in the hole you don’t have to shake it out, just set it on your lap like you’re gonna play it and the service gnome throws it out. My only question is, what’s the upkeep on these service gnomes, do you have to feed them?
Needs a whammy bar!. 🎸
Holy shit dude that opening instrumental is everything I strive to be as a musician.
Stay original and avoid too many covers, and you’ll find your own feel and sound that others will admire.
@@のんちゃんのんびり wow I have been doing mostly covers. Thanks for the advice!
Same bro
So satisfying to watch and listen
Yeah, who actually puts their instrument away in it's case like you should? Mine spends a bunch of time out on a stand,
Strange times we live in. This “review” is much more of an art than most of art being made. Huge respect from russian colleague.
When the pick falls in that guitar in you say "Cyka Blyat!"
I prefer saying “Yo bunny wrote”
Саша Привет!)
Это точно))
Странные времена
I can’t understand why I love this thing so much, but the beginning loop has increased my love for it even more, and of course for Paul as well.
That guitar loop has been stuck in my head. I love it. It would be amazing if you planned on making a full song from it 😁
Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits..... Kinda sounds like that
@@cfire99 , thank you! It definitely ringed a bell, but the song's vibe made me think of Pink Floyd. Awesome cover, very subtle.
@@cfire99 EXACTLY! I’ve been tryin to figure out what it reminded me of. I could only picture late 80’s early 90’s Clapton.
How many bars can this LOOP perform??
Reminded me of mid 2000s chill Satriani tracks
Hey Paul, Team Casino here, just wanted to say we appreciate the level of energy and effort you have put into your video, demo, and review. As a youtube channel and more importantly a Fender Showcase dealer, we need guys like you who are objective and honest to be at the forefront of the youtube review community. Thanks for all the hard work and integrity. This has been a strange cycle of a product release as there were more demos of this released at one time than almost any guitar in recent memory. Keep on the grind and we will cross paths at NAMM. Cheers - Baxter and the Casio Team
This is such a great post from you guys at Casino. I watch your posts every single day! Even if for some reason I’m not interested or to busy to listen to the post, I always make time for it! I love how you guys just talk with your watchers like any other guitar “geek” like the rest of us.
To say nothing about the gorgeous instruments you guys get to have and sell to hopefully someone that will use it and enjoy it.
You guys are just guitar players like the rest of us really. I love your channel! And I wanted to thank you guys @Casino Guitars for everything you do and all the hard work that goes in to making a show that nobody sees. It is very appreciated, and you’ve got (have...lol) a customer for life here! Thanks again guys! Baxter...next haircut is on me bro...😉😂
FYI Casino - I came here to Paul's vid/demo because you highlighted it on your channel. Will check him out further, as I like his style. Keep up the good work everyone.
Man, those first few minutes are so beautiful. Blew me away. Next level guitar re/pre-views.
I concur
I also ..just magical ..@@6nosis
Do the world a favor and release the loop to the world other than here on your channel. It is one of the most soothing instrumentals I have heard in a long long time.
Paul Davids and the guitar were made for each other. It doesn’t matter what kind of guitar, it sings when your fingers touch it.
As usual, video is highest quality out there.
Dude can shred, but he plays with feel instead. Tasty playing never gets old.
many people can shred, but there's only a few you want to listen to
@@american-professor i love listening to people who can shred AND sounds good
@@improvingguitarist1595 Lukather and Kee marcello are good ones.
Tosin Abasi, of course. Old school Billy Corgan as well.
@@american-professor In my case . . . a few seconds and then my ears implode.
Respect to anyone who can shred but who chooses not to in favour of focusing on music and the instrument rather than showing off.
"What happens if the pick falls in?" Been there. I took the central back plate off...after I had several picks inside.
Use it as a maraca.
@@TheArmchairrocker 😂😂😂
Nothing wrong with additional percussion imo.
Balance the pick at the hole and play Dr. Bibber with your fingers 😂
@I McLeod It actually buzzed when I played around the 12th fret. It was not the frets/strings but a wiring loom tie wrap vibrating against the inside of the metal back plate at a certain resonance when I was playing around the higher neck. I rolled-up a piece of kitchen roll and taped it to the inside the back plate...sorted.
Paul, you are such a great musician. The music you make in your videos alone are all the reason I need to watch them. The intro brought me to tears and I thought to myself: "Please don’t stop playing."
That intro jam was so inspiring that I had to pause the video and pick up my guitar as well
The offset body is perfect for this style of guitar in my opinion. It’s just groovy
Totally agree. This is the first one of these that fender has done that is aesthetically very pleasing.
But (Jazzmaster having been my main electric for 30 years) doesn't sit well in a stand due to the uneven butt. Sigh. Still I miss my Jazzmaster.
I think that acoustasonic contrasts beautifully with traditional acoustic guitars. So in studio setting I think it would be great for someone with a limited budget and can't afford to have a several high quality acoustics. But for someone doing home recordings that may have a Taylor or Martin, the Acoustasonic to me would be a great addition to layer with a real one. Also as you mentioned, it would be a great guitar for the gigging musician.
Well, this should have been Fender’s official promo video, absolutely amazing Paul!
When you put love in what you’re doing people notice it.
A Master. So relaxing. A step ahead.
I have been pondering getting one of these guitars. I think it’s nice for a guitarist with a spouse and or small kiddos and just want to practice in the living room on the couch without having to plug in to hear your self. It’s also a very useful guitar for a church musician to be quite honest. I’ve always disliked lugging a jumbo acoustic around for literally one or two songs that really need it. With this, I could make it work for more songs and just grab my other favorite electric. I definitely didn’t like these at first, but now they’re really growing on me as I see more use for them.
they say rock music has died , but guitarist like you keeping it is alive and well , what a intro man just cant get enough of this ,may be 10th time i am coming to listen this ...
Wow, what a video. I used to play professionally then gave up on music and guitar for nearly a decade. Lockdown and Paul have got me back playing every day and falling for music - and guitar - again. Thank you for your amazing videos. The best on youtube. The winner here is, without doubt, the actual acoustic!!
I wish I could wake up tomorrow and play the guitar like you😭
He didint wake up to play like that ,he stayed countless days and nights practicing ,its har but we all been there
Your loops are always super cool. Epic to listen to everytime.
Acoustic electrics like this are such a big innovation when it comes to guitars and i believe they will keep getting better and perfecting that acoustic electric mix with time.
Thx for this review Paul. I can't speak to Fender's acoustic/electric products, but I did tour with a Godin one. It was much easier to tour with, I could dial in a sound at all the venues and more importantly sound personal love it. The ease of having to tour with one instrument instead of many was key to everything about the product. I could get a reasonable sound from the guitar and frankly audiences never knew any better, ha. In the studio I would never have used it. Again thanks for your awesome channel. Although I'm American my family name is Dutch. My dear great grandfather was from Rotterdam. I'm named after him, but that's another story. It's great to see and hear your guitar playing and teaching from one of my Motherlands. Blessings.
The videography. The guitar playing. That loop. All brilliant!!!
"A guitar that does everything, usually doesn't make you want to do anything."
Well said
So true. I have no desire to own this one, but a gigging guitarist would probably find this a very versatile and easy to use tool. That's how I view this, a mere tool, albeit a very effective one, for working musicians.
Maybe it’s not a guitar, but a guitars.
That goes for every "blank in one" tool ever made
so, you think that using 15 different guitars and 50 effect pedals makes you more productive,
compared to just using one guitar for everything???
you make it look easy...every single time - bravo
"LUCKY AF" subliminal pop was the mic drop moment. Loved that touch. Great sense of humor.
I can’t tell if the guitar is making that noise or if you’re just being magician
Thanks for your honest review. I can understand why an established guitarist with a range of good guitars already would not buy the Fender but as an inexperienced player I would definitely think about buying this as my main instrument given its versatility. Plus I am not planning on playing professionally so the tonal spectrum of the Acoustasonic would satisfy my needs. 🇦🇺👍🏻
It's all about 'the tool for the job'. The sins I have seen committed when someone only has an acoustic and wants to be the lead player for 5 Finger Death Punch, well, you get my drift!
Where the heck am I?? I just woke up after 3:30 of absolute dreamland. That loop was just incredible.
The guitar is such an oddity when it comes to instruments. I believe as long as guitars are played the soul of music will live on
I absolutely love your demonstrations, sir. Each time I hear anyone play, I immediately fall back in love with music as a whole.
Put the opening song on Spotify (asking for a friend)
Seriously man. It's soooooo damn amazing.
A tip, just download this video into a MP3, transfer it into spotify local files, and add it to your playlist.
for girlfriend ?
Wtf man. Those were 3 minutes of gorgeousness. I could listen to that for hours
Paul, this is a next level production in every way. The loop, the cinematography and the information. It doesn't get better than this 👍👍👍
I'm very curious as to which pedal you used to get the lower octave for the bass line?
A Whammy
Funny, to put the plectrum in the gitar, and never ever get it out there anymore
Looks like Fender has sent this out to every guitar youtuber
They lead the way in marketing in the industry. Most rely on stage presence/sponsorships. Fender put emphasis on social media marketing, subscription-services, and being involved with the social media influencers instead of just large music shop channels and magazine channels (Gibson’s main public channels). Considering how well Fender did through COVID by expanding their marketing (tons of social media marketing interns and brand manager positions opened), I believe we will see Fender become a titan in modern advertising (in-house).
@@H00kieD00kie not this customer. I might take one for free so I can trade it.
@@H00kieD00kie my thoughts exactly - good guitar reviews come from people who buy their own gear and fall in love with it. Paul does a good job at comparing and being unbiased but most of these reviews are trash because people don't want to lose their stream of free shit from Fender.
And paid them to promote it. I picked one up at a shop and hated it. But maybe someone out there loves it...
I do Lindsey Buckingham in a Fleetwood mac tribute band. This guitar might be perfect for me.
paul we miss your guitar looping videos
I have moved from russia 3 months ago, leaving all my 11 guitars there. Acostasonic and ebmm majesty now covered all my guitar needs.
Dude the looping part was just out of this world.
Amazing composition.
I think the Line 6 JTV guitars are more versatile because they give you the "raw" sounds of say a Fender Strat or a Gibson Les Paul (or an awesome rendition of a 1956 Martin D-28). but of course it's not just plug and play. I guess it depends what your needs are :)
I have a itv 59, fingerpicking on acoustic models is good but strumming really sucks
Idk how but this dude just makes the most beautiful songs up and idk how I love it
Always been fascinated with acoustic electrics. Seem to sort of get the best of both worlds with them.
it's usually the opposite
Yeah, it’s been done before and it’ll get done again but sadly you get a compromised acoustic and a compromised electric at the same time.....not really a step forward!
Why do i feel like you're one of fenders bots? No one who knows anything about guitar thinks electro acoustics are the best of both worlds 😂 it doesn't even sound good acoustically......which is a slight problem.
@@gitsurfer27 That was the first thing that i thought of too lmao
You get a worse version of each but combined into one
When Fender first launched the Acoustasonic I couldn't wait to get one. It was the answer to the ideal acoustic guitar I always wanted - a guitar that basically had everything positive that I associate with an electric guitar's neck but with the sonic personality of an acoustic. Fender did me one better by offering several "personalities". But when I got mine I surprisingly had zero connection with it. Yes, it can create cool sounds but I just didn't like playing it. It doesn't play or feel like an electric or an acoustic guitar. It just felt weird. I sold it within 3 months.
Definitely loved the loop. The guitar itself seems to cover lots of bases and the idea of all those different sounds coming from one guitar is interesting. Not even owning any electric guitar if I was ever in the market for one i would check these out. Thank you.
Paul saying "He?" sounds so dutch i love it
all hail ps1 hagrid
PAUL!! That looped intro was one of the most amazing things I’ve heard in a while. It made my soul happy!!
Got my 1st electric 6 months ago. I have been playing acoustic for a couple years. You can play an acoustic with almost no maintenance for YEARs on end. Got my 1st strat 6 months ago used. Replaced the stock bridge and tuners. Went over the setup many times. It stays in it's case when not used. I exposed it to open air and took temperatures. The metal is 20-25 degrees F difference to the wood. No wonder it goes out of tune constantly. Even if you can play the electric in tune for hour, the next day you need to spend 30-60 minutes redoing everything.
That guitar loop was absolutely beautiful!
Yeah I think he literally just played the best bit of music that will ever be played on one of these. Like that loop is what this was made for.
That little part at 1:46 absolutely blew me away
My favourite bit is 1:23
I keep going back to this video. Intro before he speaks is amazing. 2:48 and some, simply amazing. Paul is a Chap indeed.
I can't help looking at this and thinking “that's the perfect beginner's guitar ... but it costs $2000.”
To me, it's anything but a beginner's guitar. It does far too much for someone looking to learn how to play a barre chord cleanly.
@@Ruefus Low action, fast neck, wide variety of tones, ability to practice quietly thanks to semi-acoustic construction.
$2000 is way too much. Maybe $200.
I think Paul's quip "two gimmicks packed into one guitar at the price of three" is rather on point. And I'm still feeling a bit of kit lust here.
@@davidmckee1722 i want one...
This is how you represent a guitar course. If this doesn’t make you want to “learn, practice, play”, you must be a drummer
I'm a drummer and guitarist. But seems just about right
I'm both, haha. I love percussion jokes. Heard them nonstop when I was in the 257 Army band.
This happens when heaps of talent grab such a versatile guitar. Wonderful playing and video, if someday I can play 10% of this I would be very happy 😃
Lo-Fi setting!? That's mildly cool!
I must say I'm surprised you wouldn't buy one of these guitars. It is so many sounds in one guitar that you don't have to schlep 2,3,4 guitars to a gig and worry about the fragile acoustics being damaged. One guitar with unlimited effects pedals, two amps - one acoustic, one electric - what more does one need? Great video Paul!
My whole YT feed is just different guitar youtubers promoting this guitar lol they all dropped them at the same time
Fender probably gave them the date that they could release videos, so then it became a race for who could get it out closest to the exact second they were allowed to post it.
I just watched Mary Spender's video on this and then i got a notification that Paul uploaded this video.
@@nohabloemojislosiento4930 100% lol
Yeah then I got an email from fender advertising it
For real! Saw Ola's "WILL IT CHUG" first lol after that it's everywhere!
I just bought one. I really like mine and I think it’ll be really versatile for me. I also think we’re going to be seeing more professionals using this in small venues. I’ve tried alternate tunings and they sound great. It’s well made, is easy to play and stays in tune.
It comes in handy to play it acoustically when I don’t want to bother my family watching tv in the other room.
After having it for two months I am very glad I bought it. When I run it through a modeling amp, it becomes even more useful.
The gig bag is really nice and mine came with a humidifier control pack.
paul, you are a stone cold freak. i think history will look back at you as one of the pioneers of youtube teachers... as an example of how it's done correctly.
from your first videos to present day... work of art!
That was incredible, like seeing something from Buckethead's Electric Tears being put together live..
Agreed, very similar vibe
I love the sound; I love the versatility. The price isn't a horror show, but given that I have electrics and acoustics, it seems a bit much to pay for redundancy.
Thank you I bought it first and then I found your review. My new number gig guitar for my acoustic shows. Cheers.
For the body size, acoustically it sounds a lot better than I expected. As a whole, I like it. But it's expensive for me.
Wow,the whole look and feel of the room really adds a comforting touch to this beautiful music! You’re so cool!!
I never comment but you are the reason I have picked up the guitar again after stopping 20 years ago. I hope one day I can play something this wonderful in the next few years of practice!
If you and John Frusciante don't get together for a jam then I don't know what I'll do with myself.
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@@кошимперия wtf is that shit? Sounds like garbage
I bought an Acoustasonic Jazzmaster recently, I never imagined a guitar coud be made which is as playab;e as Gibson ES-335, this thing practically plays itself. The only problem with it is that the stock strings aren't the greatest, then again, when were Fender strings ever any good? Brilliant guitar.
What strings do you recommend? I got an old acoustic fender laying around and I haven't played seriously for... 7 years? Thinking of getting back into it :)
@@EricTheSwede Are you a Novice/Intermediate/Advanced Level player? have you a budget for a new guitar? What model is your Fender acoustic? What styles of music do you like to play? Let me know Eric and I'll be glad to help you as far as possible, there are NO stupid questions, we all had to learn
If you just want to keep the old Fender (which I wouldn't recommend, Fender acoustics are notoriously hard to get on with), D'Addario Phophor Bronze are a decent all rounder, I personally like the DR RARE, but strings are a personal preference thing. Don't get Fender strings, they're rubbish.
@@sledge1960 bought my daughter a Fender acoustic recently…a $400 plug-in cutaway. (She has it and I can’t remember the specific model.)
Without an amplifier it sounds like one of those guitars people make out of metal vegetable oil cans…seriously I just couldn’t get a decent sound out of it amplified or not. The only redeeming factor is that the action was excellent and that’s what she needed to learn with. THAT is the only reason I agreed to get it for her.
Definitely better options out there for the money, tho.
Have to say I’m impressed with the tones Paul massaged from this guitar and would consider it for myself so I could lighten my load at gigs…but, not yet.
@@buckdashe2571 I know what you're saying Buck, Fender just never got the acoustic thing right, but as long the action wasn't high it was enough to learn on.
In the late 1980's Fender tasked Fender Japan to make an electro acoustic they called the Fender 'Santa Rosa', that was a brilliant guitar, it was so good they closed down production very quickly because Fender USA couldn't compete with their own product. The Japs got it right first time and it was immediately shelved, those guitars come up infrequently for sale online, they go for big money. I had one in my hands back in te day in a store and didn't pull the trigger, was I sorry!!!.
Why do you think Fender USA ban Fender Japan guitars from being sold in North America? the USA's look great to the eye, play well, but the Japs are better, I have a few, I live in UK and we get them here. I've never owned a Fender USA electric, played plenty in stores and other peoples, but I go Jap.
This new Acoustasonic , I can only speak for the Jazzmaster shaped one, it has different pickups to the others, is brilliiant, Light as a feather despite being mahogany, plays like a dream, but they are selling here in UK, cheapest I could get was £1400 ($1722US) so they aren't cheap. The Made In Mexico is cheaper but has only a three way toggle switch. I love mine and it will be staying where it is. They play acoustically, but don't expect much, they shine when plugged in.
Anybody buying a guitar on a lower budget should go Japanese, apparently, in Japan, they have a law that forces manufacturers of all things to produce a product to a set minimum standard, they don't tolerate low grade goods.
@@sledge1960 yeah, I have no problem with Japanese, Korean or Mexico for that matter. The fact that my Taylors are USA is incidental…they just sound good!
That Fender of my daughter’s (The “Newport Player” model) is made in Indonesia. It’s not the manufacturing, it’s the materials they cheaped out on.
BTW, I think that’s called JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard.) It signifies precision.
I didn't think about production. Only what the man got to say about the guitar. The rest was unnoticeable professional.
The Loop at the beginning is amazing!
Is it okay if I smash the like button? Because that was frickin beautiful.
I am not a looper guy. In fact, I've seen a lot of players doing covers, which is fine in and of itself, and live it takes them forever to get to the 1st verse and then when they get to the chorus (and by the way, don't bore us, get to the chorus) everything drops out. I know there are new tools that help mitigate that somewhat, but at some point you may as well just play to backing tracks, which oddly I much prefer over loops.
That said, this is the most musically satisfying use of looping I think I've ever seen/heard. Every pass is laid down with a purpose and fits together well. Of course the playing has a great deal to do with it. I love playing that is not too fancy but melodically beautiful, and this has that in spades. Good job.
Wow! I would love to see you perform live some day! You’re an amazing musician sir! Thank you for all of your time committed to playing such wonderful music! Not to mention sharing so much of your wisdom with the rest of us.
Wonderful looping and expressive playing. I loop myself as many do and it's great to hear it done well and you make it look effortless. It's a real skill
Yesterday I recommended an Acoustasonic to an acquaintance that had laid off music because of a left hand injury. She couldn’t play her acoustic, her hand/wrist would get pain from the pressure. This guitar I said could be a solution. Easier on the hand, more like an electric, but with a great acoustic sound. I hope she gets back to making music again.
well i guess we found out that nothing beats a Martin in this video... man that guitar sounds amazing
The look of astonishment on Paul David's face when that pick came out LMAO!
I have really big hands and could not find a wide neck acoustic guitar. So I purchased the Mexican Fender Acoustasonic Telecaster and switched necks bolting up a Warmoth 1-7/8” Super Wide neck. I had to drill one extra neck attachment hole to form a four bolt pattern for stability, but it worked perfectly. So I probably have the only Wide Neck Acoustasonic in existence. I am recording an album using this guitar for acoustic tracks. I never thought I would purchase a Fender, but this guitar is well thought out and it sounds great in the studio. If you run it into a nice warm tube preamp or a Radial DI the resulting sound quality is very satisfying indeed. I am very happy I purchased this guitar.
That is definitely a very interesting guitar. So many interesting sounds available out of one instrument. I'd be tempted to get one, for sure.
They’re trash
Such beautiful, captivating sounds. Beautifully played, by a pro guitarist and tutor, on one of Fenders best guitars (my opinion). I'm a proud owner of one. Love it! Thanks for your detailed/honest review, and stunning video! 🙏🏼👌
Hello from France ... you seem very satisfied with your guitar. Do you use others or just this one ? What style of music do you play? I have a Telecaster and I would sometimes like to have an acoustic sound with the comfort of an electric guitar neck. But the strings of this Acoustasonic are acoustic strings. So what do you think? Thank you so much.
That is definetly the best youtube intro i have ever seen and heard.
It seems strongest for a clean acoustic sound, and for a stronger acoustic-like electric. I have to say, with an electric neck like it has and how easily you get around it, it look like it would let you play like you were on an electric, but sound like you were on an acoustic.
The way he hits that note at 1:40 its SO SATISFACTORY. Does anyone know if its an original song or a version of another song?
I keep coming back to this vid - your approach to content is insane - different than I’ve ever come across. Every attention to detail. I did not expect to find a review and then end up falling in love with the song played, the cinematography, the audio quality, lighting, and delivery, etc etc. Well done.
So at the $2k plus price tag I would pass. For the same money, I could get a quality electric & acoustic. It is a beauty.
Did you check out the Godin guitars? seems like these Fender are inspired by the Godins
Coming here from the Ola Englund "Will it Chug?" for this guitar is... an experience.
"This is not the metal guitar folks are looking for"
Ola: Hold my Sofiero
Not a ‘typical UA-camr’ by any measure. Extraordinary work. I thoroughly enjoyed you convincing me this is something I personally don’t want.
This is the first type of Jazzmaster that is actually pleasing to my eyes.
I usually prefer strat but this jazzmaster looks amazing
"Gently hit that like button."
Me: *smash that*
Your camera work and editing is really top notch. Content as well, but I just wanted to compliment you and your channel on the extra effort.
Beautiful playing as always paul
The pick not falling into the hole and then jumping out on its own 😂.
I bought the Tele version for playing jam sessions where I don't know what to expect.... Very happy with it and everyone says it sounds great 👍😊
He's the best UA-cam teacher I've ever found thanks Man Paul David's you literally changed my life & add more love into the music into the guitar 🎸 you looping always seem to amaze me every time 😁😇🥲
that loop is heavenly