I bought one of these in 1965. This one looks fabulous. Congratulations. I've been playing Fenders for 62+ years ... this one looks just scrumptious! I sold mine when I got married for a little extra cash. Enjoy this one, sir!! And these guards were not green new; the white just turned that way. I wish there was a way of posting pictures to these comments; I'd show you my '64! By the way: you can ease that switch into the Notch2 and Notch4 positions, to get the in-between sounds. You got it! Sounds super!
Awesome to have found your channel, been a fan of your work for some time now. You are a true master! Very cool to see this clean of a strat from my birth year.
Great breakdown, Joe! I have an almost identical Sept '64 - transition logo, clay dots, and a mix of black and gray bottom pickups. Interesting time in fender history with all the changing parts. Very "glassy" sound. Easy to play.
Bought a bridge for my Jr from Glaser. What a fantastic invention. I didn’t know they sold tools. Heading there now. Great Strat and great playing btw! Subbed!
Beautiful Stratocaster. Spit out my coffee, when you said you always find them no were close to proper setup. That was what I was thinking for the first 7 minutes. I have been shocked that even pros have handed me their guitars with no were near intonation at jams and bit my lip and handed it back and said "nice". Putting the screws in a line and returning a thread to its hole in guitars is a sign of a master. Don't hate me but would have had you leave the selector, so I didn't have to search for 2 because just bridge is something I rarely use and think I would live with that a while and think about it. Amazing that the pots were scratch free even high end get scratches, that thing come out of a time capsule? That is a dreamy Strat man. The Brazilian rosewood is so Chocolatey . Watched this on a Stratuday morning with a 57 in my hands . Thanks.
Great point about intonation. Eddie Van Halens famous "Frankenstein" red stripped super strat has horrible intonation , among many many other's famous guitars. I think thats why a lot of Former players of the legacy brands have switched t PRS.
@@NintenDub Old man. Believe it. No need to tell lies. I was in my workshop at the company I own on a Saturday morning and yes I literally spit coffee all over myself and my 57 Strat I had on my lap. laughing. But you stay sharp kid wouldn't want to get fooled about some old fart spitting coffee on himself.
Joe, Great to see you on UA-cam. You’ve fixed a couple guitars of mine back in the Guitar Maniacs days. You always came highly recommended and rightfully so. All the best in the future brother
Great video Joe!!!!! The negatives just don't know the type of artist you are! As a proud owner of two Riggio customs to include the 1 of 1 Blue Line...thyey others I have take a backseat. Keep um coming.
I can just imagine the shop supervisor scalding the keen new paint finisher for wasting paint and time spraying those few inches of unseen oxblood on the sunburst😂
I bought a new Fender '62 reissue strat in 2008 for $1,500 dollars. Now the reissue Fender strats sell for $2,300 on Sweetwater. My guitar has never been played. It still has the protective peel back plastic on the pickguard. I have 41 guitars in total now. I must have bought the thing as a collectors item at the time of purchase. Wonderful guitar, only thing I don't like is having to take the neck off to adjust the truss rod.
What does that mean "I must have bought it as a collectors piece at the time"? And why would a guitar that you've never touched, be a problem to adjust the truss rod on. If youve never touched it, you wouldn't need to take the neck off
Joe- love the breakdown of this! Doesn’t the shrinking guard crimp against the pickup covers- making raising and lowering the pickups mostly impossible? I have seen that on the green guards- and I have seen that lean of the pickups too- a tell of that shrink- maybe this one wasn’t? Can you mod that discretely as well? Thanks again!
Beautiful guitar and thanks for the information. This isn’t a negative comment at all, but I would personally experiment with mic placement in order to minimize/hide the distracting sound of breaths, swallows, etc that detracts the audiences’ attention from what you’re trying to communicate in steady intervals throughout. I only give the unsolicited suggestion because I know that people don’t hear themselves the same way that others do, so I assumed that you potentially didn’t notice it yourself. Take it or leave it though, your page will be successful if enough people like your personality as well as the material content that you share.
The only way it would be better for me is if it was an Olympic White slab board ‘62. Otherwise known as unobtanium! What a super clean, beautiful example. My God, do those pickups sound good!
Very interested to see no evidence of polishing compound in the crevices of this original . Evidence that the thin thin lacquer was off the gun gloss and not buffed.
Excellent demo Joe. Very helpful to have a walkthrough from a pro which also addresses some of the intricacies of the Strat’s working parts and age related issues. Thanks and great tip on the saddle adjustment tool too.
I bought one of these in 1965. This one looks fabulous. Congratulations. I've been playing Fenders for 62+ years ... this one looks just scrumptious! I sold mine when I got married for a little extra cash. Enjoy this one, sir!! And these guards were not green new; the white just turned that way. I wish there was a way of posting pictures to these comments; I'd show you my '64! By the way: you can ease that switch into the Notch2 and Notch4 positions, to get the in-between sounds. You got it! Sounds super!
I love this era of sunburst, custom colours are amazing but nothing looks more classic than sunburst with a rosewood board.
Just beautiful!.
Awesome to have found your channel, been a fan of your work for some time now. You are a true master! Very cool to see this clean of a strat from my birth year.
Beautiful!! this has to be my favorite sunburst pattern. they just got it right!! Thanks Joe love this & your IG channels! Pace!
The best finish on a Strat, in my opinion. Wonderful video again, it’s amazing being able to see these beautiful guitar up close like this
I inherited my dads 62 Strat along with his 62 Princeton amp. Incredible tone.
Lol, can I come by and play? 😂
@@ranman58635 you betcha
Lucky guy. I inherited my dad's accordion.
@@jltrem😅😅😅😅😅 hey i bet someone would look at that thing, just as we would a cool old guitar
I always wondered why Fender changed the fret dot spacing.
Such a lovely specimen.
Definitely would love to see more of this! Love getting to look around vintage guitars!!
Beautifuly well preserved it’s like a time piece and the three tone bursts it just glowing
Great breakdown, Joe! I have an almost identical Sept '64 - transition logo, clay dots, and a mix of black and gray bottom pickups. Interesting time in fender history with all the changing parts. Very "glassy" sound. Easy to play.
Wow! What a gorgeous guitar! You’re a lucky man to be with it !! Thanks for showing it !!
Bought a bridge for my Jr from Glaser. What a fantastic invention. I didn’t know they sold tools. Heading there now.
Great Strat and great playing btw! Subbed!
You are considered one of the greats in the business, thanks for your channel.
Almost if not a museum piece. Extraordinary
Absolutely beautiful! Fantastic video - thank you for sharing! I've been a guitar nut since 1987 and this hits the spot so HARD!!
Great job Joe! Love your work. Keep it coming
Cool video’s love to see these up close, that’s a clean one.
Awesome! And thanks for giving us the "in between" tones, too. Most people on UA-cam don't bother even trying when it's a 3-way switch.
Your workshop’s a real Aladdin’s cave. I could quite happily waste a lot of time in there. 🎸🎸🎸✌️
I really like what you’re doing and it’s really fun!
Happy to have found your page. Hope you grow it fast.
great video.... just found the channel and subscribed.
That’s a gorgeous piece of history…nice job 👍
Beautiful Stratocaster. Spit out my coffee, when you said you always find them no were close to proper setup. That was what I was thinking for the first 7 minutes. I have been shocked that even pros have handed me their guitars with no were near intonation at jams and bit my lip and handed it back and said "nice". Putting the screws in a line and returning a thread to its hole in guitars is a sign of a master. Don't hate me but would have had you leave the selector, so I didn't have to search for 2 because just bridge is something I rarely use and think I would live with that a while and think about it. Amazing that the pots were scratch free even high end get scratches, that thing come out of a time capsule? That is a dreamy Strat man. The Brazilian rosewood is so Chocolatey . Watched this on a Stratuday morning with a 57 in my hands . Thanks.
Great point about intonation.
Eddie Van Halens famous "Frankenstein" red stripped super strat has horrible intonation , among many many other's famous guitars.
I think thats why a lot of Former players of the legacy brands have switched t PRS.
You can't ever believe the guy who says he spits out his drink on youtube
@@NintenDub Old man. Believe it. No need to tell lies. I was in my workshop at the company I own on a Saturday morning and yes I literally spit coffee all over myself and my 57 Strat I had on my lap. laughing. But you stay sharp kid wouldn't want to get fooled about some old fart spitting coffee on himself.
Just Subscribed! Nice to see a fellow repair guy that is also a great player! Nice job on the strat too! thanks for sharing!
Joe, Great to see you on UA-cam. You’ve fixed a couple guitars of mine back in the Guitar Maniacs days. You always came highly recommended and rightfully so. All the best in the future brother
Great video Joe!!!!! The negatives just don't know the type of artist you are! As a proud owner of two Riggio customs to include the 1 of 1 Blue Line...thyey others I have take a backseat. Keep um coming.
Great tips amigo!
I can just imagine the shop supervisor scalding the keen new paint finisher for wasting paint and time spraying those few inches of unseen oxblood on the sunburst😂
Dude! Thank you for posting this!
That is a mighty beuaty hard grain areas neck on the back maple of the neck.
Hey Joe, thanks for sharing - beautiful guitar
Absolutely beautiful guitar 🎸👍 I sure love it
I bought a new Fender '62 reissue strat in 2008 for $1,500 dollars. Now the reissue Fender strats sell for $2,300 on Sweetwater. My guitar has never been played. It still has the protective peel back plastic on the pickguard. I have 41 guitars in total now. I must have bought the thing as a collectors item at the time of purchase. Wonderful guitar, only thing I don't like is having to take the neck off to adjust the truss rod.
What does that mean "I must have bought it as a collectors piece at the time"? And why would a guitar that you've never touched, be a problem to adjust the truss rod on. If youve never touched it, you wouldn't need to take the neck off
Joe- love the breakdown of this! Doesn’t the shrinking guard crimp against the pickup covers- making raising and lowering the pickups mostly impossible? I have seen that on the green guards- and I have seen that lean of the pickups too- a tell of that shrink- maybe this one wasn’t? Can you mod that discretely as well? Thanks again!
Yes, it certainly does. You have to gently force the issue. In many cases the pickup hole will need to be enlarged a bit
Hey Joe ! New sub here from Quebec !
Beauty of a strat. But them two teles hanging on the wall have caught my eye.
Lovely! Very nice joe!
Beautiful guitar and thanks for the information.
This isn’t a negative comment at all, but I would personally experiment with mic placement in order to minimize/hide the distracting sound of breaths, swallows, etc that detracts the audiences’ attention from what you’re trying to communicate in steady intervals throughout. I only give the unsolicited suggestion because I know that people don’t hear themselves the same way that others do, so I assumed that you potentially didn’t notice it yourself. Take it or leave it though, your page will be successful if enough people like your personality as well as the material content that you share.
understood and agreed, but for now the iPhone method is all I'm going to be utilizing.
Killer guitar! I love the old strobe tuner too. My dad has one of those.
Still the best!
really nice one!
This channel is cool thanks
Nice job sir! subbed. Thanks
Thankyou for sharing.
sounds fantastic
Nice. Good job Joe.
most excellent playing!!! And very informative! I'd bring you all my guitars for setup if you were nearby! thank you!
Joe, your work is excellent. I'm still playing my Washburn which you set up for me 30 years ago! :)
Hello, what are your thoughts on using a "partial" shim for the neck? Doesn't it warp them?
No...that's a much-over-thought myth. I've had guitars literally for decades with them and it is not a problem.
Wowwww .....and sounds awesome .
The only way it would be better for me is if it was an Olympic White slab board ‘62. Otherwise known as unobtanium!
What a super clean, beautiful example. My God, do those pickups sound good!
Complimenti e' bellissima.
Amazing example. So grateful for your sharing 🙌❤️🙌
That’s a beautiful and great sounding Strat.
First rule of you tube! Never read the comments. 🤣💯
Oh no! Pickups 1 and 2 both on, together?! But it's not 1977 yet!
Glorious Strat! And sounds just as good.
why would people put negative comments block them my friend !!
Nice, i to hsve a 64 but not near as clean. Beautiful guitars.
What an amazing example of an iconic Strat.
Very interested to see no evidence of polishing compound in the crevices of this original . Evidence that the thin thin lacquer was off the gun gloss and not buffed.
...or a least hand buffed carefully. Not a wheel buffing .
great observation and something that is certainly debatable. I tend to side with you on this one.
Love this! Thanks, Joe
Strings look like flats. Are they?? (I meant the original)
Yes, they are flats...likely not the original set, but almost
Wonderful Strat ❤
That guitar is worth a Kings ransom!
S = stain B = bleach
Certainly possible, but not a lot of evidence of bleach by this point
Poor sad guitar... She shoulda been played ~!!~
A great sounding guitar, but really sounds pretty much like any random strat. I don't get the hype at all.
Excellent demo Joe. Very helpful to have a walkthrough from a pro which also addresses some of the intricacies of the Strat’s working parts and age related issues. Thanks and great tip on the saddle adjustment tool too.