The Drills: Roxanne 1954 Fender Stratocaster
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2016
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Born in '54
Refreshed in '63
1954 Fender Stratocaster
This guitar was born in July 1954… one of the first year Stratocaster's. It was purchased from the original owner in 1956 and played extensively through the late fifties and early sixties. By 1963 the guitar was 'quite well worn' and the owner wanted to continue to play on a maple fretboard so he sent the guitar back to Fender and asked them to refinish and refret the neck, and also to refinish the body in his favorite color, Lake Placid Blue - but he specified that they should keep all of the original electronics as he really liked the sound of the original 1954 pickups. The guitar was returned to him later that year (in a then new 1963 case). For all these years he believed that Fender had re-finished the original body - but in fact we now know that they replaced the body to match the then current eleven-screw 'green' pick-guard.
This 12 3/4-inch-wide guitar weighs 7.50 lbs. and has a nut width of just under 1 5/8 inches and a scale length of 25 1/2 inches. Mid 1963 solid alder body (with shoulder in control cavity), contoured on back and lower bass bout. Original July 1954 one-piece fretted maple neck with a medium-to-fat profile (with the pencil mark of "TG[Tadeo Gomez]-7-54"], 21 medium frets, and black dot position markers. Small headstock with Spring 1962 - mid 1964 decal with Fender "spaghetti" logo in gold with black trim, "STRATOCASTER" in black beside it, "WITH SYNCHRONIZED TREMOLO" in black below it, and "PAT 2,573,254 2,741,146 2,960,900" below that, and "ORIGINAL Contour Body" at the ball end of the headstock. Original 1954 Individual single-line "no-name" Kluson Deluxe tuners with oval metal buttons (stamped inside: "2356766 PAT APPLD"). Original 1954 single circular string tree. Original 1954 four-bolt neck plate with the serial number "1099" between the top two screws (one of the screws from 1954, the other three from 1963). Original 1954 Stratocaster black-bottom single-coil pickups with staggered polepieces (the "D" magnet being the tallest) with 1963 white ABS plastic covers. The outputs of the pickups are 6.15k, 5.52k, and 6.12k. Three-layer mid-1963 three-layer 'green' guard with eleven screws. Three original 1954 controls (one volume, two tone) plus original 1954 three-way selector switch, all on treble side of the pickguard. 1963 white ABS plastic knobs with gold lettering. Original 1954 six-pivot bridge/vibrato unit with through-body stringing. 1963 white ABS plastic tremolo backplate with oval string holes and six (1963) screws. The original 1954 potentiometers are all stamped "304 429" (Stackpole September 1954) and the original 1954 "CRL 1452" three-way switch has three patent numbers and also "Made in USA" on one line. The white ABS plastic switch tip is from 1963. Complete with the original 1954 tremolo arm and later 50's/early 60's bridge cover. Housed in a 1963 Fender 'brown' hardshell case with dark orange plush lining (8.50).
you know what? and of course this is only MY opinion but with people always going on about clean tones and "not enough clean tones" and clean this clean that. let's just put that fire out right here and now. the intro of Roxanne in this video is MY FAVORITE CLEAN TONE EVER!!!! NOT a clean amp. NOT a clean channel. just a great strat with a great neck pickup with the volume rolled off plugged into a BLAZING TUBE AMP (in this case my Friedman X). MY favorite clean sound. MY show. so this is what you get.
Sounded lovely mate
Love the hot and dirty clean!
Philthiius eXodus = Cleanus Tonus
Needs more cowbell. Clean cowbell.
The magic kinda crunchy clean tone you get from a good strat and a brit sounding amp (and an amazing player behind it) shuts those guys word-holes closed, absolutely killer mate!
Damn dude, every video I watch of this band performing blows my mind. They are so cohesive its insane
Everything about this is great, guitar, bass, drums, vocals. Just great music
Phenomenal!! Killed it! Phil X the total package, insane guitar skills and talent and killer vocals!
That's even better than the original song! Especially singing-wise and also concerning bass and drums! Absolutely awesome!
that guitar tone is awesome
true. that's what i thought too.
All instruments are superb. That precision bass is killing too.
Phil X &THE DRILLS, BLOWS ME AWAY, BUT FOR ME MATT THE DRUMMER IS SO DAMN GOOD ,HE MAKES PLAYING THOSE SKINS LOOK EASY....BUT WHAT A TRIO!!! ..ROCK N ROLL NEVER GETS OLD...THANKS GUYS KEEP IT COMING....BIG RED
The star of the show should've been the strat but it wasn't. The moment Mr X opened up his mouth, that was it! Killer vocals, and in that key, bravo! It's been a while since I heard something similar.
I mightily approve of these cats.
The sound of that bass is the jizz!
I love how he forces himself to sing at the end of his vocal range, just non-stop working out / "practice" with this guy. Guitar and Vox
Another proof that when born extraordinarie circumstances may change where you are but never who you really are. Great performance.
Shit how tight is that and wow how great do those drums and base sound awesome really rocks it
Dude rockin the drums is a fuckin savage! Great cover as always
Yes, very nasty.
Phew! In my headphones, this is giving me chills! Nice job!
1:10, Phil is also a master of the hidden pick trick. Man! I can't do that yet!!
Am I the only one who noticed(or cared) how tight they were coming in after the drummer counted down? These guys are underrated musicians for sure
Keep the music alive ☺🎵🎼🎶🎼🎵🎸
usual properly top end stuff. Phil X is beyond fabulous but I'd kill for a rhythm section like these guys. the best bit is the guys have fun!
awesome man! best Roxanne version ever! you're great Guys! God bless you all! cheers from Brazil!
Hard to believe this song is coming up fast on being 40 years old. I remember when this came out in the late seventies and singing it on the bus. Damn that many moons ago. It always brings back great memories when I watch "48 Hours" and Eddie Murphy is singing it in that jail cell. Awesome. Phil really did this one justice.
Good song
Why am I being recommended this now..!!
Absolutely shit hot!
PhilX and his band could kill twinkle twinkle little star or anything!!WHEN your that good and in the zone you cant do no wrong!!Rock on Brother!!!Peace and Love!!And happy Canada Day!!!!
The best three piece ever.
The Drills ROCK!! Please come back to the UK soon!!!!!
Matt Starr = my only favorite drummer ever. Killin' it Dude, kudos!
OOOOOOh man your best cover yet, all of you are just rocking this song.
my god i bet that is a right bastard to sing and play
especially after screaming all day. hahaha
Guitar is relatively easy. The real test is to play BASS correctly and sing that right bastard! And not just the chorus.....verses too !!!
He has an amazing voice
Underrated
What a great song that is.
Phil is such a cool, positive dude. Keep on rocking Phil! The band is amazing too. Greetings from sunny Croatia
Better than the police at the Syracuse dome in 1982! I am stunned! Wow very nice.
Such an amazing trio. Thanks to FA that I get to see some amazing performances from these dudes.
That was awesome! and I loved the guitar solo at the beginning!
great sounding amazing cover.I love your music Mr. X :)
A mighty, mighty bass tone!
amazing mix!!!
drums sound is just perfect
Amazing cover.
awesome cover. rock on.
Wow! Great mix! GO DANNNNNNNNNN!!!
BTW -- "I wouldn't bow down to ya" just sayin...
Pure passion!
you are awesome guys,!!!
from the Philippines!
Awesome job singing and playing those chordings/rythyms...Not an easy song to do both
Great job!!!
That was fun! Good job
Great!!
Once again, I prefer PX/Drills cover to the original. And I had this one on vinyl.
you guys are baddass. phreakin' great, man!
Brilliant.
Mind blown 👌
Nice!
Good!!
For those who don’t know, this Song is a tango!😎
better than original!!
11 from 10
thanks guys!!
Very good but quit smoking crack .........
Wonderful :)
That kid's really spanking that drum kit!
I thought the bass tone in this video was particularly excellent.
Dat Precision tone: in fact, Sting used a '70s natural Precision Bass at the beginning of The Police, although it was fretless.
μπράβο ρε μάγκες!
1:08 whoa!
Wow, these guys have it covered.
Great, I like it better than the original.
I enjoy listening to 'The Drills' R-O-C-K-!... I have a request, The Babys 'Head First' or 'Midnite Redevous'
I prefer this to the original! Phil X is the absolute greatest.
Oosh. Good work. Stonking band.
hell yeah!!!!
damn fine job gents 👍
Oh yeahh!! THE DRILLS!! lml
Wow wow wow.
Just.......
W O W
Great to see GG Allin on the drums
It can't be. He's not covered in his own shit.
NOW THATS FUNNY!
relic
This is deadly
Phil X can play anything out there.
What is the brand of the Drummer Headphone??
Nice cover :)
The gum chewing really rocks this song.
👍
What OD pedal are you using?
What’s the name of the song at the very end ?
Phil sou sou fan aqui do Brasil!
Fique com deus!
Phil X rocks!!!!!!!
I have always hated this song, but I'd listen to this version any day of the week - that intro was awesome, that tone makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck.
Mannnnnnn!
Police is a kind of it's own. Till now! Great!!!!
Now that's a ballsy version. Not an notch behind the original! Aw yeah
What's that sticker in the window behind Phil say?
I love Mormon Pussy
who doesn't?
14?
better than the original
Why does everyone comment about tone....even if these guys played through crap it would sound amazing.
Talk about their playing not their fucking sound. That's what matters. You can assume their tone will be great...duh
That was BITCHIN'!!!!!
Is this played in Eb tuning?
no. we were in A440 in the key of G
Drummer's amazing. Who is that dude? What band?
Matt Starr - Ace Frehly amongst many others look him up!
just above average drummer. good, but not amazing. imho, cause :)
+Сеньор Помидор tiny peepee much?
it's your name.
Phill X. kick ass guitar player and amazing vocal .. they should perform on big stages .. just love it !!
In retrospect I would be absolutely heartbroken to find out that Fender had discarded the ash body on my 1954 Strat to replace it with an alder body. Nothing wrong with alder but damn, desecrating a 1954 Strat seems blasphemous looking at it now. Back then I am sure it was a no brainer because there was no market for vintage guitars and certainly no recognition of „tone woods“. Woods were used for their practicality. They put rosewood fretboards on maple because players would wear through the finish of a maple fretboard and not because it would change the tone. Fender switched from ash to maple because it was cheaper.
Great performance as always :)
Does Phil use only the SM7 in the studio? I have never seen him singing in anything else.
Crap, I like this better than the original.
Phil X's tattoos look like the stuff kids get in candy wrappings...
funny that you mentioned kids 'cause they all symbolize mine.
*sigh* @Iptomtom..Philx1111 : I thought for a second a few years back they were odd references at some Avengers symbolics... lol Now I know!
Nice and tasty
do you guys play to a click?
sometimes they do, but i don't think so on this one
depends on which drummer we have jamming
solid pocket if they dont use a click.. love it.
mostly not. not with Matt anyway. we like to keep it live with natural push n pull.
is the guitar out of tune ? or are my ears out of tune ?
Not even a teeny bit of JC-120?
holy fuck no.
lol
If there was ever an amp that isn't Phil's style, it is the jazz chorus. Tone here is shit hot anyway so what's the problem?
Dom Whiffen No prob Mate. Andy Summers used a JC...as does James Hetfield. I thought Phil might have chucked in a bit of chorus somewhere as, like, you know, a joke?