Fender's UGLY New Guitar is AWESOME! | 2020 Fender Parallel Universe II Uptown Strat | Review + Demo
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📚 Description: Out of all the new Parallel Universe Vol II guitars - this had to be my least favorite from first impressions -but once I plugged it in... it has now become one of my favorites strats Fender has made. It is a bit ugly, a bit clunky... but man - they got these pickups right!
I present to you - the Fender Parallel Universe Uptown Strat!
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0:00 - Intro - Check Links in the Description
0:21 - Parallel Universe Vol II
1:09 - First Impressions of Uptown Strat
3:14 - Comparing Two Uptown Strats
4:38 - Inside Look + Specs Fender Uptown Strat
13:52 - Clean Tones Fender Uptown Strat
16:34 - Dirty Tones Fender Uptown Strat
18:30 - Final Thoughts + Opinions of Uptown Strat
21:30 - Blacklight Test
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Fender's UGLY New Guitar is Awesome! | 2020 Fender Parallel Universe II Uptown Strat | Review + Demo
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I'm really glad I tried this one out! I didn't think much of it at launch, but these pickups are wonderful.
Out of the 3 we've reviewed from this series, it is the first one I would ultimately recommend owning
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The Trogly's Guitar Show Great review, thank you. It is very possible the pickup coils are unbalanced (wound differently), you would still be splitting the coils, however the effect would be similar to a tapped coil. The Gibson Burstbucker Pickups utilize an unbalanced coil design which results in a pickup that has a honk/nasal character to their output. Thank goodness Tim Shaw is at Fender, so many great designs/changes.
I really like it, but then again im into weird Guitars!
I recently found an old (1973) jolana iris thinline telecaster from the Czech republic
Thats a funky one, Check it out here
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for me , it's not ugly. It got style
William Li facts it’s sick
if this guitar have floyd rose bridge or floating , I'm loving it
So much style
@P. Taylor and to sell a Les Paul like thing to people that want one, but don't want to buy one because of the headstock angle, the typically thought as less comfortable body shape compared to the strat, and without it being as thick and heavy (I think it's less thick anyway? Probably not having watched this video anyway, and I haven't looked at the specs weight wise so I could be wrong).
@P. Taylor gay
I wish they did more experimental guitars like this one with squier. The paranormals were cool but making the more experimental guitars more accessible just makes more sense to me. It would inspire so many more people to find their own style
They had the Mexican made Alternate reality series. They also had a Squier series that was similar named. The MIM series had the 66 smaller jazz bass with 6 strings and 2 tele pickups and a humbucker
I think they will.
This one is infinitely better looking than Telecaster Deluxe. And sounds great. And will age great. And is fairly priced for what it is.
5/5
Me too
tele delux is a killing guitare man
Those teal cases are really cool
I'd be willing to call then mint versus teal. I kinda hate them and like them at the same damn time.
@@ZitherBeast I'd call them mint too. Maybe hospital green.
ZitherBeast Could be wrong but, maybe more of a surf green I’d say. Might just be the camera tho. Either way it’s a wicked color.
I believe the official name for that color is Sea Foam Green. Surf Green is a lighter pastel color.
I feel like this model is definitely one of the least popular ones, but it has kind of its own charm. I always love the wide range humbuckers though it makes it more original I feel like.
I agree with you, however those are not real WRHB pickups. The WRHB are only available on a couple of the high end Telecaster models.
Also, the Pickups in this guitar can be split/tapped, it is my understanding the real WRHB Pickups are not designed to be split/tapped.
"People want to watch the videos but not own the guitars." Nah man, Troublemaker Teles are beautiful and I really want to own one. The only reason I don't is that I'm poor.
Bruh same
I wanna get either a tele or strat parallel, and custom it out. Cosmetic wise
Gotta love that attitude. Wouldn't have viewers is no one was interested. Watching these videos is more like looking at a catalog doing wishful thinking while keeping up with what's new
@@deathbydeviceable this is how I window shop😅
deathbydevice well said! So true
I like it man! 🎸🤘🔥
Same!
Likewise
Man who thinks the Buckethead guitars are gorgeous and the best guitars ever thinks THIS is Ugly... Okay man.
Like really dude... Never been a fan of white strats but This guitar is killer!!!
I know right! He definitely doesn’t have my taste in guitars that’s for sure but at least he rarely unboxes metal guitars l’m definitely not a fan of those lol
Bella T same here... Superstrats for me are the ones befitting of the word "ugly"... Except.for the Ibanez Pia... That' guitar is gorgeous!
@@izzytalkington9735 There's some for real beautiful instruments made by companies like Ormsby
imagine that, different people have different tastes
😍😍😍Im not huge into white strats but that thing is bea-u-ti-ful. The dark tortoise-like pickguard on the white body looks really nice IMO.
This is one of the best I've heard in months on this channel. Sounds like you can really dig in and it has that "feel benneth the fingers" attack to it.
I love your channel man it's my absolute favorite. I literally fall asleep to your show.
I haven't watched your videos for about 6 months, but I have to say, your playing has really come along. Nice job.
I'm really liking the "Cookies and Cream" finish and pickup tones.
Agree on the stop tail as well as all the plates on back! I’ve made this guitar in my head so many x over the years! Great review thanks
Just bought this guitar the other week. Love the sound! I agree that it would be nice to have a comfort cut on the back but the resonance of this guitar is quite nice unplugged. Thanks Trogly for your review 👍🏻
I've watched a bunch of your videos, you enjoyed playing this more than any other guitar I've seen you play yet.
To explain what the Double Tap pickups actually do Trogly:
They are BOTH tapping and splitting in different modes. In each pickup one of the coils is significantly overwound but has a coil tap part way through the coil. In the “normal” humbucking mode that coil tap IS activated, so that it matches better with the other coil in the pickup and doesn’t result in an even more crazy hot humbucker pickup. When you activate the switch the “normally” wound coil in the pickup gets dumped to ground (i.e. the pickup genuinely “splits”) but the tap in the coil which remains active is released, voicing the whole coil now so that you get a more usual single coil kind of quantity of winds. This is why your DC resistances don’t even close to halve when you flip the switch... it’s not because it’s still a tapped humbucker, it’s because the remaining single coil is now hotter, with more winds, than it was when it was part of the full humbucker.
Fender introduced this concept first on the American Performer Series a couple of years ago and I believe applied for a patent for the idea, as although it uses two pickup switching methodologies that have existed for a long time the way they have incorporated the two together on the same pickup and especially the switching logic (with the tap active in normal mode) is new.
The idea behind the design is to maximise the true single coil sound of the switched setting (which is still not truly possible because of other inherent design characteristics of course) whilst minimising the level differential between humbucker and single coil sounds.
I'm gonna be honest, I will always love a guitar that looks like someone threw leftovers from other guitar projects together. I adore guitars that match this vibe
I actually like the way it looks! Always cool to have something different too! Nice review!
I love the look of this one, and those pickups sound really good too. Glad u made the review
Great video and the sounds were a surprise, just awesome!!
it’s beautiful and im broke
Join the club.... I’m the CEO.
Sigh...exactly my thoughts :-(
I enjoy all your reviews but there is something very cool about a review where you are surprised by the guitar. Great job!
i like the poker chip lol "uptown , downtown"
yeah, I want one on my LP now!
I own one, have recorded with it, done a live stream playing multiple styles and I love it. I love its aesthetics and the sound is incredible.
That looks like the silver fox finish! The pickguard on the finish with chrome hardware just looks right. Looks modern and classic at the same time.
Just hanging out for the Black Beauty Telecaster, and the Jazzmaster Firebird
I'd be content with a reverse Jag and matching bass...black with white pearl pickguard.
I think this is one of the coolest guitars Fender has put out in a long time. Fricking refreshing to see some new ideas instead of the same old. Great job Fender!
I agree 100%! I really like the tones and variety of!!
Great vid!!, for me the finish looks great the only thing I don’t like is the pick guard and the cream pickup rings, is it me or did the bridge pickup sounded great?
All the tones you sampled sounded great.
Tremolo looks and sounds like it plays and stays in tune just fine. Thanks for this demo. Once you found your way around it, you pulled out some very cool tones, including overtones and harmonics. Schweet!! I believe it's going to grow on you... yes I do.
Inaccurate title. Most beautiful guitar I've seen and keep coming back to see it in your vid
Initially I didn’t like this guitar straight away, but ended up a fan of it. Thanks for the review Austin.
I kind of like the looks on this guitar. Nice sounding guitar as well. A guitar that keeps you playing is the right guitar, regardless of looks. Very tempting.
I LOVE it when doublecut guitars have the toggle switch on the upper bout
Honestly, I find that to be the nicest new "strat" I've seen so far... I typically don't really enjoy the strat aesthetic but the "funky" vibe makes it really attractive to me.
Been waiting for this for too long!
Oddly I like it. You're guitar playing is better also. Nice work smallz
I like it a lot. It's like a Strat infused with Les Paul dna! I love the rosewood fretboard with the block inlays and the binding for one. I also like the three-way Gibson style toggle switch. The headstock looks great as does the neck. Interesting how it's got the input jack on the side like a Les Paul as well. And the fact that they throw two humbuckers in it and keep a fender style bridge and tremolo unit, very cool and unique. Even though I probably won't get one it's still very cool. 2 Grand isn't the end of the world but it's not cheap either. But I guess good things don't always come cheap. Excellent video and very thorough and well laid-out, well done!
Cheers! Even as a vintage dude I really like the new CS Ltd Broadcaster, Exotic Wood Series (Malaysian blackwood hello!!), Troublemaker Teles, the Meteora and the Thinline Super Deluxe. A 51’ Nocaster U-neck really blew me away. Kudos!
Hey, I love it!! But then I also l love Cookies and Cream ice cream. I'm especially glad you added the Uptown - Downtown Switch sleeve.
I don’t know a lot about guitars. I’ve always thought the Strat and Tele are both sexy guitars in themselves. But these are pretty unique and pretty cool.
Did sound great. Translated well in the video. Impressive.
Can always tell when you like a guitar because you really go to town and your playing seems way better. Nice! You may not like the look but you really like playing it for sure.
It has a Strat body but reminds me of my Les Paul a lot,I always enjoy your guitar clips and learn a lot.Thanks.
That is beyond awesome
I’m really digging that, gonna have to pick one up
The tapped neck tone is really sweet.
Picked one of these up a few weeks ago and it is fantastic.
I didn't like it first, but I love mine now! Plays like a dream. It's a great conversation piece too.
I would rock that guitar tbh. My big problem with strats is that theyre too thin for my comfort. But with that thick piece of wood I would play that no problem. Plus its unique and the look is fire in my opinion. Nice one Troggly
Loved it!
Man, the Tele/Strat is amazing. Love it.
Yep I did it!! I pulled the pick ups out and put the active EMG's in ....Sounds Glorious
That neck PU sounds great!
The sustain, the neck, the range in tones, the bass, and boom from this guitar is a perfection. Comfortable, WARM. This guitar blew my mind! When it comes to pickups, I have an affinity for Lollar. That said, these pickups are staying. I also prefer this over the Ultra Strat. Locking tuners as well as SS frets and she'll be complete.
Beautiful. I'd put locking tuners on any Strat trem guitar though and it would help with tuning issues and check nut slots.
Thanks for showing it off. No tummy cut turned it off to me. Other than that I love it! And would never call it ugly : )
Beauty in the eye of the beholder : )
I absolutely love the sound of him playing funk
I love everything about this Strat. Seriously awesome.
That is what's called a "ceruse finish". Love it!
Sounds great!
i'm loving that the finish is showing off that it is mahogany.
Looks great luv it
I find the layout quite interesting ! a fixed bridge and a more pleasing finish, and this would be killer !
I love it! Looks like the old limed oak furniture. Like my (google images, the only one) all tube *1958 CONN CLASSIC 815 ORGAN* . The Conn is more antique yellow from its inception. 62 years just warmed it up a little, got slightly darker.
I like it. When that finish wears it's gonna be really cool.
Double tap means it's both splitting and tapping the pickup. When it's in the humbucking setting, one of the coils is tapped at a lower output. When you split the humbucker to a single coil, it untaps to get hotter so you don't get that huge loss of output like you get with most splittable humbuckers
My name and also some numbers, Tnx on that pickup info, cool. I didn't know how that worked. Love your username too! LOL! :-)
BEAUTIFUL!! Just need a water glass condensation ring on the back somewhere of this 'night stand' finished keeper! I so want it.
I love these models, I got the meteora and jazz start. Thinking on getting this one but I need a SG...
Just picked this up and it’s likely my new #1. The neck is unbelievable.. Im a lifelong fender guy and this scale/radius is my new me.
Being torn between a les paul and strat, and someone who enjoys oddities, I love this a lot
This one is different enough with but parts from everything that I like it. I love the finish on it!
I absolutely love this guitar, I would definitely buy one if I had the money.
Hey Trogly, I do enjoy your videos thank you for the time you take to document all this guitar information, I have a question for you, cause you know pretty much everything about guitars haha, at 10:03 there is like a gap between the end of the guitar neck and the body, is that normal? Thanks!
I used to have a fender blacktop strat and a Marshall valvestate amp and it sounded similar to that. While the guitar and amp are long gone, It's a tone I have always had a soft spot for, and makes me really like the uptown strat
This guitar has a Charvel-esque finish, LP neck and wires, Cabernita pick guard, troublemaker pups, strat contours (mostly) and trem, and a tele output jack and knobs. Its an everything guitar and it scares me.
I don’t know why you think it’s ugly. I think it’s awesome! And Uptown/Downtown is hilarious!
The shortened scale makes it even COOLER! A single slab of mahogany is a very nice aspect - likely contributing to its weightiness. So, it seems a lot like Fender’s version of a Les Paul - the mahogany body, the controls are placed where LP controls are (volume,tone,toggle) and they added a whammy bar. Has the flat back of a Tele with the contour on the front.
That's weird and freaky but I like it,it looks like it went threw a blender with other scrap parts off other guitars and came up this.
16:08 what you played at this point was absolutely beautiful. I think you should piece together those licks for something!
As a guitarist / organist I have two WURLITZER BRASS HORN SET-UPS (each has a literal TROMBONE BELL AND A TRUMPET BELL. Since I don't use both footswitches I took the very cool brass labeled footsw. ring and put it on my black Guild Bluesbird guitars 3-way pickup selector switch. In large black letters it says WurliTzer at the top, and BRASS HORN at the bottom with all letters following the curve of the ring. I can put a spare pick behind the edge of the ring.
This channel is awesome
i really like it. a lot. gorgeous sound. great to look at
They sound great with the distortion
My parents bought a bed room set, living room set and a dining room set with that finish in 1958. It was called "Limed oak" and yes it turns yellow with age.
I love the look of this guitar. The creamy white with tortoise pickgaurd is beautiful. The mahogony body and nice darker neck, I think it looks amazing! I want my next guitar to have humbuckers, I was thinking classic Gibson, but after seeing and hearing this one, I just might seek it out.
The Parralel Universe just blows my mind
I love the way it looks I think it's awesome.I love a Stratocaster body with a bound fingerboard on the neck. After watching the video? When you put a mild overdrive to it it sounds absolutely incredibly good.I want one.
I was not expecting to hear you play Asuka Strikes, you're just full of surprises.
I do rather like the look, though I would've actually preferred the larger CBS-style headstock.
I love it. That looks awesome.
Oh God, I love the Parallel Universe series!
Love mine it's sounds and plays great 👍
These are really interesting looking guitars. Not sure if I would own one myself though. If you like gibson-y teles - Have you ever tried out the Fender Telecaster FMT? They have been out for a while but are a pretty good value for the money for "les paul" style teles and have seymour duncans. I like the amber FMT since it shows off the wood grain on the headstock, neck, and back of the body pretty well.
Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!
I dig it. Looks great.
The finish reminds me of one of those plastic benches, where they try to make the plastic have a grain texture, but it just ends up getting full of dirt.
I like these guitars! I like it that Fender is experimenting and having some fun with the electronics and finishes. This sure beats the run of the mill sunburst finish, 3-pickup Strats that you normally see and are worshiped by traditionalists.
I love that you've kept with Asuka's theme song lol