Fender Masterbuilt Art Esparza 1954 Stratocaster | Guitar of the Day

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
  • New episode on freakin' #Straturday!!! Stay safe, be kind and hope you’re all well! Enjoy this new episode of #GuitarOfTheDay: ‪@mikelemmo‬ playing a Fender Masterbuilt Art Esparza 1954 Stratocaster Reissue available here at #NormansRareGuitars! For any questions you may have or price inquiries about this #Fender #Stratocaster #ElectricGuitar give us a call at 818-344-8300. So what do you guys think of this #FenderStratocaster?
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  • @cjr1324
    @cjr1324 Рік тому +18

    Saturday Night Fever, Stayin’ Alive, on a Strat. Love it. Killer playing, killer guitar. And as usual you guys are a blast to watch. You represent Norms with humor, expertise and class. Great job.

    • @Valvey789
      @Valvey789 Рік тому +2

      Yes, an arrangement worthy of Chet Atkins.

  • @allisonholmesmusic97
    @allisonholmesmusic97 Рік тому +4

    Straturday is my favorite day of the week. What a sweet guitar. I love when Brandon does spec check and Lemmo’s great playing of course

  • @michaelvaladez6570
    @michaelvaladez6570 Рік тому +5

    Again a very beautiful Stratocaster...the wood grain ,the ginish..and in the right hands well need we say more.Keep up the good work Michael.

  • @bigdaddystinkeye
    @bigdaddystinkeye Рік тому +3

    I've got one of those 50th Anniversary Strats built by Mark Kendrick. Bought it new back in 2004. My 50th birthday present to myself. Best Strat I've ever owned. Great playing Michael.

    • @Tonetwisters
      @Tonetwisters 5 місяців тому +1

      Good on you! My first guitar was a '54 my dad gave me for Christmas in 1963.

    • @bigdaddystinkeye
      @bigdaddystinkeye 5 місяців тому

      @@Tonetwisters The real deal! Wow! Still have it?

  • @catfishmudflap
    @catfishmudflap Рік тому +30

    The best sound I've ever hear from a Stratocaster. Maybe Michael's playing had something to do with it.

  • @rickmiller5040
    @rickmiller5040 Рік тому +9

    Fantastic playing as usual. 👍 I really like the added value/history lesson provided by Brandon. Great teamwork. Of course thank you Jen for making them look so good. Keep ‘‘em coming. Love GOTD!

  • @paulberger6540
    @paulberger6540 Рік тому +1

    Somehow Lemmo makes even the Bee Gees cool again! Love the hybrid picking. That last song was incredible! You'd think that after all these years of Straturdays it would get old, but it does not! Keep up the great work.

  • @lucistired
    @lucistired Рік тому +12

    Wow...what a good sounding guitar. That last song Michael did gave me chills. As always great work with the editing Jen, the spectacular knowledge (see what I did there?) from Brandon, and of course Michael's playing. Always worthy of my click, this show

  • @VonBluesman
    @VonBluesman Рік тому +4

    The neck should be what is called a fat 50’s style on the 54 reissue model. It feels more like a full C shape. In 56 they started the soft V, 57 more prominent V shape, 58 had a softer V with a flatter rounder shape. Not to be a smart ___, but I ordered a 54 Custom Shop back in 2000 and that is the specs Fender Custom Shop told me.

  • @michaelreid5912
    @michaelreid5912 Рік тому +1

    Welcome back to your ‘Left Coast’ home ML…you killed it brother.
    Professor Spec Check, love it when you hold class. Quarter sawed, baked lite and offset holes… followed with ‘just geometry… love it!

  • @larryburrough3024
    @larryburrough3024 Рік тому +1

    These songs is where Lemmo shines. Certainly a natural born Guitar Ringer.

  • @DDE_ADDICT
    @DDE_ADDICT Рік тому +2

    Thank you for taking off your ring, well done.

  • @DrGregC
    @DrGregC Рік тому +2

    Brandon, Michael & Fender all get an A+ for today’s GOTD.

  • @brianbeaven698
    @brianbeaven698 Рік тому

    These 54 CS 50th Anniversary Strats are the best sounding strats I’ve ever heard, I know… I bought mine new in 2004 , love it
    Thanks for sharing Michael
    Cheers
    🎸

  • @ludvanlazarz
    @ludvanlazarz Рік тому +2

    That sounded really really great together, the amp and that strat ☀️ superb!

  • @dennismullins4930
    @dennismullins4930 Рік тому +1

    Stayin’ alive was excellent as was it all. I recognize the Lemmo tone and that’s saying something ☮️

  • @msrafter1
    @msrafter1 Рік тому +3

    Michael, I loved that the first song you played on the Martin D-28 and The 54’ master-built custom shop reissue Fender Stratocaster was the same intricate song!
    You showcased the character strengths of each guitar with your skillful finger style approach.
    I was amazed by that Strat’s perfectly airy sound. Brandon, the history of the specs you share always increases my own knowledge and appreciation of the guitars you describe. Thank you all!
    Mark Rafter
    Jen, thanks for showing that Norm was in the house! Always good to see him!

  • @kevinhuber8723
    @kevinhuber8723 Рік тому +1

    What a great looking instrument. I am sure I can't afford it! Thanks for the video.

  • @heavymetal19610
    @heavymetal19610 Рік тому +1

    ... he grew the trees ...
    Brilliant! Cheers!

  • @ToddTheJoker
    @ToddTheJoker Рік тому +1

    You guys seem to have so much fun there at Norm's...seems like a great place to work. It's on my Bucketlist to go there one day...you may see me..I live in Nova Scotia so it will be a long commute..anyway 1954 strats are some of my favorite and although this is a re-issue it is still so cool and sounds great... thanks guys and Jen!!! Have a great weekend!

  • @thebilsproject
    @thebilsproject Рік тому +3

    Sound like stratocaster 👌🏻

  • @samhill3496
    @samhill3496 Рік тому +3

    Quarter sawn appears, the grain would be flat on a regular neck. Extremely nice Strat. Ash body?

  • @robertrutkowski9285
    @robertrutkowski9285 Рік тому

    Good made strat + Good strat player = Awesome guitar tones in excellence of the creation of the perfect American Fender Stratocaster. 💜

  • @seiyakan1380
    @seiyakan1380 Рік тому

    That first tune on the neck pick up, just brilliant.

  • @donmarciano2092
    @donmarciano2092 Рік тому

    Michael Lemmo, we missed you at the last videos, great performance !

  • @irecluse1
    @irecluse1 Рік тому

    I mean…..disco tune, blimey and a great fender shout out……..nailing it as always Michael 😎👍😎

  • @LindaCrescent
    @LindaCrescent Рік тому +1

    What a beautiful guitar.
    Leo certainly got it right in '54. He listened to what guitarists wanted, had the right people on his team and delivered.
    A couple of other differences on the '54 Strat that I don't think were mentioned are the volume and tone knobs are a different shape with a shorter skirt and the shape of the pickup selector knob is a bit more rounded.
    I love Strats and I love Stratoday.
    Thanks Brandon, Mike and Jen.

  • @therealdoug1000
    @therealdoug1000 Рік тому +2

    Brandon is the reigning king of guitar knowledge!

  • @dr.buzzvonjellar8862
    @dr.buzzvonjellar8862 Рік тому +3

    Lemmo can make anything sound good. It has a rich tone, but needs 30 years to mature

    • @jaybee9269
      @jaybee9269 Рік тому +1

      It’s almost 20 years old already.

  • @garylacour
    @garylacour Рік тому +1

    Hands down, bar none. Michael Lemmo is the most interesting guitar player around. That piece from the middle pickup

    • @garylacour
      @garylacour Рік тому

      I could see that being used in the movie where the guy rescues the girl and it's bolting down the highway in his car finally gets into the clear headed into the sunset. Beautiful

  • @Stan-zj8hg
    @Stan-zj8hg Рік тому

    Wow 1954 the year I was born! Beautiful guitar 🎸 sounds gritty like A 68 year old I’ve played drums sense 10 taught sense 16 but I know what kind of pickups are in A 59 Les Paul Standard and the difference in A Bigsby and A Floyd Rose but just learned that thing on the side of A snare drum is called A throw off 😂 great Videos Jen! You to Lemo

  • @martinmcgimpsey9750
    @martinmcgimpsey9750 Рік тому

    Outstanding!

  • @thorstentrabold8398
    @thorstentrabold8398 Рік тому +1

    Great Guitar, Perfect playing Michael 😱

  • @yazidbakar1485
    @yazidbakar1485 Рік тому

    Very beutiful 1954 fender stratocaster..very beutiful 2 tone sunburst finish..great sound..

  • @gman6107
    @gman6107 Рік тому +1

    Beautiful sounds... great playing as always

  • @shanesanko1408
    @shanesanko1408 Рік тому +1

    What a beautiful piece of art

  • @acu112
    @acu112 Рік тому +1

    Michael is improving, great playing

  • @StealthParrot
    @StealthParrot Рік тому

    I love Straturdays! What a treat.

  • @rockhead69
    @rockhead69 Рік тому

    That was some exquisite playing, Mike dude...and that's a great sounding and looking guitar. Kudos.

  • @scottbelongie9051
    @scottbelongie9051 Рік тому +1

    I like the spec checks learn something every time go Brandon. Great
    Job dream tm😊that hybrid picking Tasty

  • @aminahmed2220
    @aminahmed2220 Рік тому +3

    What a fantastic video michael and jen also Brandon have a good weekend

  • @johnevans8553
    @johnevans8553 Рік тому

    Whose song was the 1st one played? Lemmo that was freaking mesmerizingly beautiful....I've listened to it at least 5 times now... someone tell me

  • @jasongormley5174
    @jasongormley5174 Рік тому +1

    bravo Lemmo!

  • @trombonerful
    @trombonerful Рік тому +1

    Great playing as ever!

  • @doug_d
    @doug_d Рік тому +1

    There was a character named Art Esparza in the James Woods/Robert Downey Jr. film "True Believer". Coincidence?

  • @malcolmsansom5026
    @malcolmsansom5026 Рік тому

    Just love a straturday 🎸🎸

  • @savannahm.3210
    @savannahm.3210 Рік тому

    Really curious about that last song, what a tasteful ear worm!

  • @MrCgregd
    @MrCgregd Рік тому

    That bridge pickup tho
    🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

  • @paulsterner8190
    @paulsterner8190 Рік тому

    Beautiful guitar.love to own it. The best to everyone. Paul.

  • @danielfritz954
    @danielfritz954 Рік тому +1

    One of the best GOTD ever ! Lemmo makes it sound so sweet !

  • @hollymartins6913
    @hollymartins6913 Рік тому +1

    Ash body!

  • @ckelly5141
    @ckelly5141 Рік тому

    Straturday and TeleTuesday.🎸The 2 favourite day’s of the week....um.....unless you are a Gibson lover.

  • @chasingfretsmusic
    @chasingfretsmusic Рік тому

    Absolutely beautiful!

  • @OakLawnSpeedShop
    @OakLawnSpeedShop Рік тому

    You are great player Michael!

  • @ingridnetherlands
    @ingridnetherlands Рік тому

    Beautiful tone!🎶🍀🌷🎶

  • @artamussumatra6286
    @artamussumatra6286 Рік тому

    Nice rendition of The Wall! 😉

  • @marcellkarpi2101
    @marcellkarpi2101 Рік тому +1

    First song? Its so familiar

  • @jasonbaines3371
    @jasonbaines3371 Рік тому

    Gorgeous strat

  • @bernardhossmoto
    @bernardhossmoto Рік тому

    What tasty playing!

  • @fernandoesteves1984
    @fernandoesteves1984 Рік тому

    Awesome! Do you have more info on the pickups? which alnico magnets type, dc ohms and such things?

  • @paulofreire7520
    @paulofreire7520 Рік тому

    Awesome guitar! 👍🏻

  • @adrianwright1702
    @adrianwright1702 Рік тому

    Fantastic.

  • @tommasofavero2223
    @tommasofavero2223 Рік тому

    I LOVE IT! 😍

  • @immerse_your-soul-in-love
    @immerse_your-soul-in-love Рік тому

    that sound🤍

  • @mrtambourineman6107
    @mrtambourineman6107 Рік тому +1

    What's that 1st song he plays guys?

  • @michaelpilgrim8131
    @michaelpilgrim8131 Рік тому +2

    What's the first song?

  • @galcover
    @galcover Рік тому +1

    Spec check

  • @hunzilla3122
    @hunzilla3122 Рік тому

    I'm lucky to have a 54 Esparza 2004.....my prize possession

  • @soundjunkiea22
    @soundjunkiea22 Рік тому +2

    Stunning guitar maybe I'll mortgage my house to buy it. Nicest Strat EVER.

  • @simpson-qk6yd
    @simpson-qk6yd Рік тому +1

    name of first song????????

  • @A_Noid
    @A_Noid Рік тому

    great playing

  • @ronnieo.6647
    @ronnieo.6647 Рік тому +1

    What’s the name of the first song called???

  • @richardrich8010
    @richardrich8010 Рік тому

    Everything about this video was great that was some fine chicken picking Mick

  • @ToddTheJoker
    @ToddTheJoker Рік тому

    Off the chain? hmmm...is Dusty Leigh dropping by tomorrow? we will have to see!

  • @anthonylakatos2795
    @anthonylakatos2795 Рік тому

    A reissued 54 Stratacaster It might just be me but a Little Rock and roll would have been nice

  • @gustavojuliancaetano8382
    @gustavojuliancaetano8382 Рік тому +1

    Michael es un monstruo, Michael podés tocar one these day , de pink floyd , estoy seguro que le vas hacer justicia 👍

  • @johncook7286
    @johncook7286 Рік тому +1

    does anyone know what Michael is playing at 7:30?

  • @robprov1
    @robprov1 5 місяців тому

    what’s the first tune you played please ?

  • @kevinhill4012
    @kevinhill4012 Рік тому

    🙏

  • @robinsonrojosolar8528
    @robinsonrojosolar8528 Рік тому

    Good Day, what price ??

  • @gilh3947
    @gilh3947 Рік тому

    I never had problems with that radius...but the tiny frets kill me

  • @Matt-Hurin
    @Matt-Hurin Рік тому

    What's the tune from 12:06? One of Lemmo's loop Jams?

  • @Johnlemmo451
    @Johnlemmo451 Рік тому

    What was the last song?

  • @roberteberhart1139
    @roberteberhart1139 Рік тому

    It reminds me of a 54 strat

  • @majortwang6211
    @majortwang6211 Рік тому

    🎯

  • @siphelelemahlatse1256
    @siphelelemahlatse1256 Рік тому

    whats the name of the last song?

  • @a.j.carter4572
    @a.j.carter4572 Рік тому

    The neck looks rift sawn to me, because the grain isn't as tight as quarter sawn. Hard to tell!

  • @rickjason215
    @rickjason215 Рік тому +4

    This Spec check is wearing on me. I like when Brandon plays, but I don’t care about the radius of a reissue. Give Lemmo the guitar and play it.

    • @davidworth1054
      @davidworth1054 Рік тому

      Am I only one that scrolls past Spec Check? Surely as guitarists we know most of this info.🤔

  • @geraldponce8336
    @geraldponce8336 Рік тому

    Appreciate the balance of that guitar. Would probably put the five way switch in (a lot collectors might not like this, but possibly some high end pickups, copper foil, twisted wires) Get the in-between sounds. Good example of a modern vintage quality build. That will be a great guitar 20 years down the once the wood starts aging. Sort of hard to hear the full range of that guitar because he is palm muting the low strings. But it sounds good

  • @eaglewindrider7700
    @eaglewindrider7700 Рік тому

    👍🔥🎸🦅

  • @TylerJohnstonGuitar
    @TylerJohnstonGuitar Рік тому +2

    And on the Seventh day, God created Straturday.

  • @frederickklinge2885
    @frederickklinge2885 Рік тому

    Fantastic playing, Lemmo!

  • @goiastr7760
    @goiastr7760 Рік тому

    BRUNDON

  • @Retro.Studio
    @Retro.Studio Рік тому

    Sorry to say but it’s not a Thermometer case. This case called a Poodle case. ✌🏼

  • @sidneyevans2166
    @sidneyevans2166 Рік тому

    What’s the name of the first song Michael played?

    • @Jam_cliffe
      @Jam_cliffe Рік тому

      Tom petty and the heartbreakers - swingin

  • @paulorr7471
    @paulorr7471 Рік тому

    I have a 56 CS relic and the pickups are weaker compared to modern day strats. They sound great just not hot.

  • @RoGub1991
    @RoGub1991 Рік тому

    Lemmo carries solo electric guitar as good as anyone. So hard to do well.

  • @ericbgordon1575
    @ericbgordon1575 Рік тому

    Reissue has always been a lot more appealing to me than classic vintage. Vintage is way overpriced. If I wanted a traditional style Stratocaster, I think I would choose one like this.
    Here's one thing that's always baffled me. Have researchers and Developers created better methods of eliminating the attention created by the string retainer? I've been taught to believe the retainer does more harm than good.

    • @lesbianmustardbottle957
      @lesbianmustardbottle957 10 місяців тому

      That is because most idiots screw it down way too far. WAY too far.

    • @ericbgordon1575
      @ericbgordon1575 10 місяців тому

      Fascinating, @@lesbianmustardbottle957.

  • @nyacoustics8373
    @nyacoustics8373 Рік тому +3

    Lemmo needs a master barber!

    • @billa7606
      @billa7606 Рік тому +4

      Lemmo needs to move on from NRG. Go tour with a band.

    • @ToddTheJoker
      @ToddTheJoker Рік тому

      @@billa7606 He does play gigs with his band!

    • @boudicca7181
      @boudicca7181 Рік тому +1

      @@billa7606 Yes, Lemmo is one of a kind--he has the spark that great guitar players have.

    • @martinmcgimpsey9750
      @martinmcgimpsey9750 Рік тому

      Lemmo keeps playing like that, he can wear his hair however he wants!

  • @Johnlemmo451
    @Johnlemmo451 Рік тому

    ni