@@R3dbudd you do have to adjust your playing to it, but honestly after like 15 minutes of just being mindful of it, I was playing SRV and Blues Dad licks 😂
I was watching this video and realized that your channel is one of the few that has never agitated me over the years. Your laid back way of speaking is appreciated in this crazy world. You always makes me chuckle once or twice a video.
The dude from Obituary always plays a strat haha. Andreas Kisser had one for a long time too. My favorite has to be Dave Murray from Iron Maiden tho. I adopted his HSH pickup configuration in most of my strats
All the early GODFLESH albums were done on a Stratocaster, Iron Maiden of course has always used Strats and Jacksons, Motorhead used Strats early on and don't you dare forget about Yngwie Malmsteen.
@@matthewgierula5674 Blackmore > Uli Roth > KK Downing > Dave Murray >Fast Eddie > Yngwie > Trevor Peres > Justin Broadrick > Karl Sanders > Morgan Hakansson ..... Strats are metal
My first guitar was a 05 Mexican Strat. I've since swapped out all the hardware, electronics and completely stripped the finish and stained and oil finished the body, leveled and recrowned the frets and it is still to this day one of my favorite guitars.
I recently ditched an Agile multiscale 8 string with Fishmans, because after putting a baritone neck on my strat with hot noiseless pickups and tuning it down, the Fender just sounds and plays so much better that I don't even want an 8 string anymore.
I never thought much about Fender as a metal guy. Not long ago I realized I own like 10 Fender made products and they're all great. So, I guess I am a Fender guy.
@@goblina_subpeona super impressive. I feel weird saying that out loud, but I’ve never used single could just because they’re really noisy. I actually like the way they sound for a lot of things
Hmm, the "noiseless" or the SD stack single coils always sound kinda lifeless to me. I found myself always switching out the noise cancelling coil and sticking to pure single coil mode.
I work in a guitar store and I am into extreme metal - after all I just feel so good playing strat, doesn't matter if it's squier or fender. There is just something about the neck and body shape that feels so good for heavy chugs. I modified my old squier strat from 3 single coils to 2 humbuckers way back and that guitar still rocks hard. And you can see some metal guys using it for some heavy stuff. It just works!
@mareksimurda5101 I want to buy a strat because of the reasons you said but I also know metal players shouldn't really be using single coil but they don't come with hums. Such a dilemma for me. I can't go the modifying route either as I'm weird about compromising the original condition.
@@tonesdad0408 Some models come with HH or HSS pickups. Or you can mod it yourself, doesn't take that long and there are some easy mod options with premade loaded pickuards or non-soldering sets.
The aluminum pick guard also acts as a shield. If it is properly grounded, will complete the cage if the rest of the interior is also shielded. Faraday cage for those that don't know what I was referring to.
My first electric guitar was a Stratocaster by Squier. It was black with a white pick guard. It was basic, but it was my first guitar I ever bought, and I got an amp and cable for $80. Then one day I sold it to set it aside for my PRS that I got as my second guitar, but was my first guitar that made me feel like I really was a player and a musician. I also have a Gibson Les Paul, and she's a complete game changer.
I love my Suhr and Schecter S guitars, and a fair bit of heavy goes through them. I love that I classic axe can get plenty chuggy and belligerent too. The metal looking monsters are great, but I don't need one to get heavy :)
I have the Pro 2 American strat and three Mexican made Strats player series. All definitely great guitars.👍🇺🇸🎸 I changed all the pick guards to the aluminum ones gold and blk.
Love the solar flare color. There’s actually something very metal about these. If it wasn’t for fender we wouldn’t have super strats, charvel, rg series and so on. I wish there was an ultra 2 version with a Floyd rose.
The switch on the V knob is sick. I like that better than having to try and push pull or whatever the entire knob. That's really actually pretty cool. Did no one actually come up with that 30 years ago? If they did i never seen it. Sound Feggin GREAT!
I got my first strat at 16. I went from SRV to metal and built my own with the HSS and killswitch (EVH). Strats hold a special place in my heart, and I will forever own them.
You absolutely nailed it in this video. One of the best dudes for Strats in metal is Trevor Perez in Obituary. Dudes plays a Fender strat deluxe. This was a video I needed today. Cheers man and happy birthday!!!
I would have chopped my left arm off for a Les Paul Standard... But the best guitar I have ever played was a BC Rich NJ Rich Bitch, which was my second guitar ever. It's somewhere in Greenland now.
Cool stuff dude! Interesting to see you play a slightly different style in the first clips. Could definitely see you having a charvel in your collection at some point
Ola suggested the same thing about the neck feeling different (in a positive way). I know someone else said it, but I have lots of issues with slowly turning that volume knob down by the humbucker due to hitting it. Looks very sweet though! As for adding to the list of surprising bands that use strats, Morgan from Marduk played on a white strat.
I sold my stock Fender Dave Murray Strat that was so comfortable to play, sounded great for Death Metal but every time I would pick it up I would end up only playing on the neck pickup and spent most of the time playing SRV and blues style licks lol.
Being that I use the neck pickup a lot I always have to have either an HH or HSH setup. For some reason they just can’t get much output out of noiseless or stacked single coils
I, like you, noticed a definite lack of noise in the Ultra 2, but I may have an idea why that is. If you remove the pickguard, you may find the cavity underneath shielded, perhaps with copper foil tape -- although I fully expect conductive paint instead. Extend the conductive material upwards far enough to have it contact the metal pickguard properly, and you have the upper part of the shielding done by the guard. I think a good shielding scheme would eliminate the residual noise that plagued the original American Ultra -- without a pickup redesign and cheaply. Maybe that's even what they did.
@TalorDanley dude I’m glad to see this video when I woke up today cause I’m going through it like a big like mick mars thing right now and and he’s using fenders right now so good times
As a lefty, I finally got to play an American Strat one time and the saddle height screws were such a flaw digging into the palm, it was horrible. After I already address the same issue on a cheapy BC Rich Platinum, could not beleve a high tier guitar was produced like that
Misha was right, the HSS strat is the most versatile guitar there is. EDIT: I responded to show my work, but UA-cam decided to eat the comment. Around 2:00 he says you can get, "an insanely versatile set of tones," and around 6:20, he describes his signature HSS strat style guitar as, "a jack of all trades." So I'm paraphrasing, but I think the point stands. My strat style guitar has an Omega humbucker and SSL-5 single coils and it's easily the most versatile guitar I own. ua-cam.com/video/xRTclZeLkD8/v-deo.htmlsi=pNQuHr5iYqOPLmke
@@TaylorDanley ok I wanted to check my work, and it turns out I'm paraphrasing a little bit, but I think Misha says much the same himself. He says you can get a bunch of tones at around 2:00 and calls it a jack of all trades around 6:20. ua-cam.com/video/xRTclZeLkD8/v-deo.htmlsi=LJYQLozkcKkxXyfP So even if I'm paraphrasing, I'll stand on it; it's the most versatile guitar there is, and I love my strat style HSS with a Seymour Duncan Omega humbucker in the bridge, and SSL-5's in the middle and neck positions.
Hey check out the fancy new space you got. Very fancy. Fender makes a ton of sick stuff. I really wanna feel these necks. My biggest gripe before was the 9" radius. If you like your action low it sucks for bends. It'll fret out which is extremely annoying.
My first Electric Guitar i swaped for half a "Mince and Cheese Pie" at Lunch time, in my 2nd year of High School in 1993 here in New Zealand. It was a "Hondo" Strat Copy, but it did have a Humbucker in the Bridge, so instantly .. "Metal" I mean .. thicker ... noise , with less... noise .. stuff.. ..
Gloss black, black anodized pickguard, black hardware, gloss black matching headstock w/red Fender logo. Ask Fender if they’ll build it for you! The guitars sound great and you seemed very comfortable with them.
I like Fender HM Strats, would love to find one of the old Japanese ones with the pointy headstock. Would also love to get one of the carved top Fender Showmasters. It's not a true Fender, but I am curious about the Squire Contemporary HT Strats. The pickup config is interesting. Kinda want to slap the sub-sonic baritone neck on one.
@@TaylorDanley Oh I agree, I wasn't knocking Squire. My first guitar was a Squire Stagemaster. I was just saying its not an actual Fender because if you don't, inevitably someone comes along saying "thats not a real Strat".
Quarter sawn maple is supposed to be more stable and less prone to twisting than flat sawn. I have a 1997 G&L bass with a QS maple neck. Damn thing never moves. Roasting helps even more.
@@RyRyTheBassGuy yeah I read both sides of this argument and couldn’t find concrete proof one way or another so I just decided to not make a definitive statement on it. It definitely DOES change the grain pattern though
Ebony, or the burned and pressed recycled paper shred and resin imitation Ebony, generally has a smoother texture, even with lower quality samples or cuts, that you have to spend top dollar to get equivalent quality from Rosewood. I'd also prefer Ebony for the aesthetic, though roasted Maple is also nice, in terms of both feel/smoothness and aesthetics, as well.
Hi, i don't understand. It's an Ibanez AZ without stainless frets, less pickup options, random pickup and more expensive 🤔. I stay with my Iba, great review by the way 👍
I really want a Schecter MV-6... Schecters take on the classic stratocaster! The white body with the crimson pick guard...It's beautiful and solves the problem I've always had with strats... 24 freaking frets!!! At this point, it's my dream guitar. I can't wait to own one!
Strat is actually nice if it has 14"/16" radius modern c neck with a comfortable contour in the neck joint plate (of course for a affordable price like the mexico made) 😂🤘
Just an observation of your picking technique, I notice when you palm mute your palm rests on the bridge much further back then mine, likely resulting in that more "open" sound. Not a dig or anything. I often need to drill down any neck pick up to get it out of my pick's way while digging into chugged notes. Failing that I always opt for 22 fret guitars since the pick ups have more distance and thus I avoid that issue. Could you delve into how you normally hold the pick? Thank you.
Taylor, it's like Fender is spying on me! Not only do I have anodized aluminum pickguards on 3 of my guitars, but 2 of them are gold-colored and 1 actually came STOCK on the guitar it's on now. Too bad I can't make them pay me anything ... 😆
More Tone Master Pro content would be great. Most UA-camrs made a 'day 1' review and then stopped using it. But since you know how to dial in great tones and just have it recently with all new updates, I only trust your opinion. :-)
The humbucker sounded thin, lacking body and thickness - and I usually don't care too much about the pickups. I tried to play metal on an Aerodyne Japan Strat for a little while, I just couldn't get the tone I wanted from it, it always sounded thin, I even put a dimebucker in and it didn't solve it. My tech then told me it's the way Fender did the electronics. So I gave up on it, sold it, and bought a Prestige RG. For me, your Strats there sound like they have the same problem with high gain as mine did.
I love when people break the mold and say to hell with conventional wisdom. Like when Country guys play Les Pauls. And when Metal guitarists play full-on traditional three single-coil Fender Strats-not Super Strats or those made by other companies. Why not? It’s a cool, legendary guitar made by the company that provided the blueprint and inspiration for all others. Who says you can’t do it. Use a noise gate. The whole ethos of rock n‘ roll is that there are no rules. Express yourself and get the sound that you like, not what everybody else likes.
I fully agree with this statement. I used to play brutal death metal with a telecaster live. You know what everyone remembered about my band? "Oh you're that dude that played Death Metal on a telecaster" 😂
Just saw Paul David's video with the SSS configuration. Cool to see that variation on other hands/style. I'm more a tele guy (in fact I'm more a bassist) but strats should be guitar every guitarist should have
@@franckydookie cool dude, thanks for stopping in 💪 I used to think a Tele was a guitar every player should have just for its uniqueness, now I feel like a Strat could sub for a Tele. Why not have one of each though? 😂
My only critique is that I wish you'd run the clean channel with just a touch of reverb and delay because it was hard to really fast hear the pickups with all the effects. Otherwise, super awesome video. I'm an Ibanez guy but own an american strat and tele because sometimes it just feels so right.
@@TaylorDanley I mean.. Doug who makes the BLACKMACHINE guitars everyone freaked out over as if the were Stradivariuses said that the B6 / B2 were essentially based on the Telecaster, so I think that Leo Fender dude got some things right I suppose. 😂
that hidden Push-Push is sick. They got these in a sick metallic green. Out of my budget though, esp for the specs. But its American made so...I say worth it in the end for a guitar that will only go up in value in time. A young dad could buy one now, play it, leave it to the kid and the kid would have something
I own a Strat and a Les Paul. American pro2 and a beautiful lemon burst standard. I love the sounds of both. Les Paul through a Marshall amp is heaven. But The Strat is The most important electric guitar design of all time, Imo. No. Strat, no Steinberger, No Jackson and Ibanez Superstrat models, etc. I love modern stuff too, and I had a PRS and it was great, But Fender had a nearly perfect design in 1954, imo. Clapton, Beck, Hendrix, Malmsteen, Vaughn Brothers, Gilmour, Etc, they can't all be mistaken.
Excellent review, the best one so far for this guitar. Certainly, this ultraburst will be my next acquisition. I enjoy playing both Red Hot Chili Peppers and Dream Theater.
lol you playing that old riff at 7:21 in this tuning sounded pretty good. I'm curious if Fender asked you to demo in that tuning??? Not that that is a bad thing but im just curious.
@@Clinthopanonymous to answer your question, I played in that tuning because that’s how they came set up, and the setup was so good I didn’t want to adjust it. So I just rocked it in Eb standard
Hey man! I know this is off subject, but I need OG ampero advice, I’m running through a 410 fender hot rod combo amp effects loop, seems to not have much output, any advice on making it sound better? and getting the sound “out there” better? I did crank the mids In global but still the sound seems to stay with the amp if that makes sense, I’ll be using it live small venue
I'm so glad you asked this. It's actually my merch! The reason I'm glad is because when I designed it, I wanted it to look like "band" merch and not "youtuber" merch, so I guess it worked? 💪🥳
No dive bombs on the Whammy!!??? What??? I noticed that the tuning and intonation was perfection on this guitar (compared to budget guitars) however I wouldn't help but wonder if it could take divebombing on the whammy bar. I know it's not designed for that, but it still would have been interesting.
Metal is not a function of a guitar body shape and Strats traditionally are associated with 3 single coils this is why Metal and Strats didn’t mix, once you add a humbucker it no longer applies it will be the same as any guitar with a Humbucker (sonically). It is perfectly logical of doing any metal genre on a humbucker the shape of the guitar is irrelevant at that point.
@@KainzMusic I was a little surprised to not see ss frets since Jackson has been putting them on guitars lately, but also I’m fine with it they way they are
Grew up during the thrash BIG 4 early days but I only play extended range these days. This 'dad' guitar is giving me G.A.S. though! Might scratch those 'Confortably Numb' itches! ! ! 🤔
Good video! I've played alot of Fenders and they're alright but a little overpriced. For the money I'd rather buy a Kiesel Carvin. I like my made in the USA Kramers better and Jacksons also.
Get an American Ultra 2 here! sweetwater.sjv.io/eKd3O1
Maybe?
That volume knob placement can **** off lol. But other than that, perfection.
@@R3dbudd you do have to adjust your playing to it, but honestly after like 15 minutes of just being mindful of it, I was playing SRV and Blues Dad licks 😂
@@TaylorDanley my drill adjusted my playing to it for me 😂. Pos 1.5 ftw.
Agree. The volume knob placement is why I went with Charvel instead.
yeah id have to put a blockoff plug there and run just 1 tone and volume lol
I like seeing Zach Wish with that. 1 vol/tone + plug
I was watching this video and realized that your channel is one of the few that has never agitated me over the years. Your laid back way of speaking is appreciated in this crazy world. You always makes me chuckle once or twice a video.
@@chadromanowski2408 hey if I’m doing that, then somethings going right! Thanks for hanging out champ 💪
The chuckles are meaningful too since he doesn't try hard to be entertaining and just vibes. I love this channel lol
Strats to me look classy like a prom queen , I just like to play nasty chuggy riffs through a strat on principle
Been playing death metal on modded Strats for decades. People don’t know it, but the Strats - they long for the chugs
@@mbmbmbmbmbmbmbmbmbmbmb oh yes Mr mmm bopp!
would love a baritone one of these!
Warmoth sells some sweet baritone conversion necks.
Fender are selling some stratocaster & telecaster 27" baritone conversion neck (mex)
The dude from Obituary always plays a strat haha. Andreas Kisser had one for a long time too. My favorite has to be Dave Murray from Iron Maiden tho. I adopted his HSH pickup configuration in most of my strats
@@greendayray I love seeing bands you wouldn’t expect, like obituary, using them!
Trevor Peres too
@@TaylorDanley yea now if Fender would make a 7 string…ya know like Chris Garza has…that would be sick
All the early GODFLESH albums were done on a Stratocaster, Iron Maiden of course has always used Strats and Jacksons, Motorhead used Strats early on and don't you dare forget about Yngwie Malmsteen.
@@matthewgierula5674 Blackmore > Uli Roth > KK Downing > Dave Murray >Fast Eddie > Yngwie > Trevor Peres > Justin Broadrick > Karl Sanders > Morgan Hakansson ..... Strats are metal
My first guitar was a 05 Mexican Strat. I've since swapped out all the hardware, electronics and completely stripped the finish and stained and oil finished the body, leveled and recrowned the frets and it is still to this day one of my favorite guitars.
@@Eliphas_Elric the Mexican Strats from that era were really nice. That was probably similar to the one I used to play all the time.
@@Eliphas_Elric guitar of Theseus
Mexi Strats are the most underrated guitars out there. My modded Mexi with $1000+ worth of work done feels as good, if not better than my USA.
I recently ditched an Agile multiscale 8 string with Fishmans, because after putting a baritone neck on my strat with hot noiseless pickups and tuning it down, the Fender just sounds and plays so much better that I don't even want an 8 string anymore.
Used to hate everything Fender. Now I have a John 5 Ghost clone from Firefly which is amazing and a strat I built with single Hum. Love em
I never thought much about Fender as a metal guy. Not long ago I realized I own like 10 Fender made products and they're all great. So, I guess I am a Fender guy.
Noiseless single coils are amazing. I like the push-push coil-tap those are hard to find on the market
@@goblina_subpeona super impressive. I feel weird saying that out loud, but I’ve never used single could just because they’re really noisy. I actually like the way they sound for a lot of things
@@TaylorDanley Its a tigher midrange focus that's really great.
Hmm, the "noiseless" or the SD stack single coils always sound kinda lifeless to me. I found myself always switching out the noise cancelling coil and sticking to pure single coil mode.
I work in a guitar store and I am into extreme metal - after all I just feel so good playing strat, doesn't matter if it's squier or fender. There is just something about the neck and body shape that feels so good for heavy chugs. I modified my old squier strat from 3 single coils to 2 humbuckers way back and that guitar still rocks hard. And you can see some metal guys using it for some heavy stuff. It just works!
I agree, they're great guitars. They've been around for 70 years for a reason!
@mareksimurda5101 I want to buy a strat because of the reasons you said but I also know metal players shouldn't really be using single coil but they don't come with hums. Such a dilemma for me. I can't go the modifying route either as I'm weird about compromising the original condition.
@@tonesdad0408 Some models come with HH or HSS pickups. Or you can mod it yourself, doesn't take that long and there are some easy mod options with premade loaded pickuards or non-soldering sets.
The aluminum pick guard also acts as a shield. If it is properly grounded, will complete the cage if the rest of the interior is also shielded. Faraday cage for those that don't know what I was referring to.
@@tobins6800 thanks for the info, that makes a lot of sense!
The interior is not shielded. Watched another channel that took the pick guard off. Was surprised to see no shielding whatsoever.
I like that HSS anodized aluminum pick guard and ebony👍
My first electric guitar was a Stratocaster by Squier. It was black with a white pick guard. It was basic, but it was my first guitar I ever bought, and I got an amp and cable for $80. Then one day I sold it to set it aside for my PRS that I got as my second guitar, but was my first guitar that made me feel like I really was a player and a musician. I also have a Gibson Les Paul, and she's a complete game changer.
I love my Suhr and Schecter S guitars, and a fair bit of heavy goes through them. I love that I classic axe can get plenty chuggy and belligerent too. The metal looking monsters are great, but I don't need one to get heavy :)
I have the Pro 2 American strat and three Mexican made Strats player series. All definitely great guitars.👍🇺🇸🎸 I changed all the pick guards to the aluminum ones gold and blk.
@@metalhead7181 nice! I think I might prefer the 3 ply but I’m trying to give myself some time to adjust
@@TaylorDanley yeah,I think I have the 2 ply.
Love the solar flare color. There’s actually something very metal about these. If it wasn’t for fender we wouldn’t have super strats, charvel, rg series and so on. I wish there was an ultra 2 version with a Floyd rose.
And your my fav metal guitar player!
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Dude they sound SICK. What a versatile instrument.
@@Hiro.the.God. yeah I like them a lot!
To me, the prettiest guitar is a Start with a single bridge humbucker.
The switch on the V knob is sick. I like that better than having to try and push pull or whatever the entire knob. That's really actually pretty cool. Did no one actually come up with that 30 years ago? If they did i never seen it. Sound Feggin GREAT!
14:55 song name??
I thought it had another button switch to add in the neck pickup in with the bridge.
Biffy Clyro uses all strats and they get them to sound huge!
I got my first strat at 16. I went from SRV to metal and built my own with the HSS and killswitch (EVH). Strats hold a special place in my heart, and I will forever own them.
You absolutely nailed it in this video. One of the best dudes for Strats in metal is Trevor Perez in Obituary. Dudes plays a Fender strat deluxe. This was a video I needed today. Cheers man and happy birthday!!!
@@ScreaminT81 thank you! 🥳
that sunburst strat is beautiful
I would have chopped my left arm off for a Les Paul Standard... But the best guitar I have ever played was a BC Rich NJ Rich Bitch, which was my second guitar ever.
It's somewhere in Greenland now.
Doesn’t get much better than BC Rich for Metal.
Cool stuff dude! Interesting to see you play a slightly different style in the first clips. Could definitely see you having a charvel in your collection at some point
That bridge is screaming “no room for intonation!” Down tuning is just a fantasy with this strats
Ola suggested the same thing about the neck feeling different (in a positive way).
I know someone else said it, but I have lots of issues with slowly turning that volume knob down by the humbucker due to hitting it. Looks very sweet though!
As for adding to the list of surprising bands that use strats, Morgan from Marduk played on a white strat.
I sold my stock Fender Dave Murray Strat that was so comfortable to play, sounded great for Death Metal but every time I would pick it up I would end up only playing on the neck pickup and spent most of the time playing SRV and blues style licks lol.
@@TheSpineSplitter1990 they’ll getcha with the blues dad licks 🤣
Being that I use the neck pickup a lot I always have to have either an HH or HSH setup. For some reason they just can’t get much output out of noiseless or stacked single coils
I, like you, noticed a definite lack of noise in the Ultra 2, but I may have an idea why that is. If you remove the pickguard, you may find the cavity underneath shielded, perhaps with copper foil tape -- although I fully expect conductive paint instead. Extend the conductive material upwards far enough to have it contact the metal pickguard properly, and you have the upper part of the shielding done by the guard. I think a good shielding scheme would eliminate the residual noise that plagued the original American Ultra -- without a pickup redesign and cheaply. Maybe that's even what they did.
Great video , I’m stoked you got a couple of strats from Fender👍
@@davidkirk3983 me too champ 💪
@TalorDanley dude I’m glad to see this video when I woke up today cause I’m going through it like a big like mick mars thing right now and and he’s using fenders right now so good times
As a lefty, I finally got to play an American Strat one time and the saddle height screws were such a flaw digging into the palm, it was horrible. After I already address the same issue on a cheapy BC Rich Platinum, could not beleve a high tier guitar was produced like that
Misha was right, the HSS strat is the most versatile guitar there is.
EDIT: I responded to show my work, but UA-cam decided to eat the comment.
Around 2:00 he says you can get, "an insanely versatile set of tones," and around 6:20, he describes his signature HSS strat style guitar as, "a jack of all trades." So I'm paraphrasing, but I think the point stands. My strat style guitar has an Omega humbucker and SSL-5 single coils and it's easily the most versatile guitar I own.
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He said that? He's not wrong!
@@TaylorDanley ok I wanted to check my work, and it turns out I'm paraphrasing a little bit, but I think Misha says much the same himself. He says you can get a bunch of tones at around 2:00 and calls it a jack of all trades around 6:20.
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So even if I'm paraphrasing, I'll stand on it; it's the most versatile guitar there is, and I love my strat style HSS with a Seymour Duncan Omega humbucker in the bridge, and SSL-5's in the middle and neck positions.
man i got and american HSS i bought in 2004 that's tuned to drop B and i dont give a damn what anyone says. its a metal machine
I have an HSS fender player series ii. I love it
does the ultra 2 use stainless steel frets?
Hey check out the fancy new space you got. Very fancy. Fender makes a ton of sick stuff. I really wanna feel these necks. My biggest gripe before was the 9" radius. If you like your action low it sucks for bends. It'll fret out which is extremely annoying.
Wasn't the firebird played on a Les Paul?
My first Electric Guitar i swaped for half a "Mince and Cheese Pie" at Lunch time, in my 2nd year of High School in 1993 here in New Zealand. It was a "Hondo" Strat Copy, but it did have a Humbucker in the Bridge, so instantly .. "Metal" I mean .. thicker ... noise , with less... noise .. stuff.. ..
Really liking these guitar reviews!
I got my first Strat just today at the age of 57. Coincidentally it's an American Ultra II SSS in Solar Flare. I couldn't be happier!
Gloss black, black anodized pickguard, black hardware, gloss black matching headstock w/red Fender logo. Ask Fender if they’ll build it for you!
The guitars sound great and you seemed very comfortable with them.
I like Fender HM Strats, would love to find one of the old Japanese ones with the pointy headstock. Would also love to get one of the carved top Fender Showmasters. It's not a true Fender, but I am curious about the Squire Contemporary HT Strats. The pickup config is interesting. Kinda want to slap the sub-sonic baritone neck on one.
@@RainMakeR_Workshop dude I tried the cheapest squier they make (the Amazon one) and I was super impressed. Squier has come a long way!
@@TaylorDanley Oh I agree, I wasn't knocking Squire. My first guitar was a Squire Stagemaster. I was just saying its not an actual Fender because if you don't, inevitably someone comes along saying "thats not a real Strat".
Quarter sawn maple is supposed to be more stable and less prone to twisting than flat sawn. I have a 1997 G&L bass with a QS maple neck. Damn thing never moves.
Roasting helps even more.
@@RyRyTheBassGuy yeah I read both sides of this argument and couldn’t find concrete proof one way or another so I just decided to not make a definitive statement on it. It definitely DOES change the grain pattern though
@@TaylorDanley Yeah, I've had three and five piece necks twist. Wood is gonna do what it wants, unfortunately.
Ebony, or the burned and pressed recycled paper shred and resin imitation Ebony, generally has a smoother texture, even with lower quality samples or cuts, that you have to spend top dollar to get equivalent quality from Rosewood. I'd also prefer Ebony for the aesthetic, though roasted Maple is also nice, in terms of both feel/smoothness and aesthetics, as well.
🎉 Welcome 🎶 🕶 to the Fender family Taylor 🤘 Congratulations man sick axes 🪓
Hi, i don't understand. It's an Ibanez AZ without stainless frets, less pickup options, random pickup and more expensive 🤔.
I stay with my Iba, great review by the way 👍
I really want a Schecter MV-6... Schecters take on the classic stratocaster! The white body with the crimson pick guard...It's beautiful and solves the problem I've always had with strats... 24 freaking frets!!! At this point, it's my dream guitar. I can't wait to own one!
That last riff was killer
only time I would use a Strat is to use it for a Solo, but not for Rythm guitar
Strat is actually nice if it has 14"/16" radius modern c neck with a comfortable contour in the neck joint plate (of course for a affordable price like the mexico made) 😂🤘
Just an observation of your picking technique, I notice when you palm mute your palm rests on the bridge much further back then mine, likely resulting in that more "open" sound. Not a dig or anything. I often need to drill down any neck pick up to get it out of my pick's way while digging into chugged notes. Failing that I always opt for 22 fret guitars since the pick ups have more distance and thus I avoid that issue. Could you delve into how you normally hold the pick? Thank you.
What was your first guitar dude?
@@Mr.Morgan-ez9jj Peavey Predator!
awesome Did you play the two rhythm tracks or did you use a ADT
Taylor, it's like Fender is spying on me! Not only do I have anodized aluminum pickguards on 3 of my guitars, but 2 of them are gold-colored and 1 actually came STOCK on the guitar it's on now. Too bad I can't make them pay me anything ... 😆
More Tone Master Pro content would be great. Most UA-camrs made a 'day 1' review and then stopped using it. But since you know how to dial in great tones and just have it recently with all new updates, I only trust your opinion. :-)
The humbucker sounded thin, lacking body and thickness - and I usually don't care too much about the pickups. I tried to play metal on an Aerodyne Japan Strat for a little while, I just couldn't get the tone I wanted from it, it always sounded thin, I even put a dimebucker in and it didn't solve it. My tech then told me it's the way Fender did the electronics. So I gave up on it, sold it, and bought a Prestige RG. For me, your Strats there sound like they have the same problem with high gain as mine did.
I love when people break the mold and say to hell with conventional wisdom. Like when Country guys play Les Pauls. And when Metal guitarists play full-on traditional three single-coil Fender Strats-not Super Strats or those made by other companies. Why not? It’s a cool, legendary guitar made by the company that provided the blueprint and inspiration for all others. Who says you can’t do it. Use a noise gate. The whole ethos of rock n‘ roll is that there are no rules. Express yourself and get the sound that you like, not what everybody else likes.
I fully agree with this statement. I used to play brutal death metal with a telecaster live. You know what everyone remembered about my band? "Oh you're that dude that played Death Metal on a telecaster" 😂
12:11 sounds like wasteland by seether
Just saw Paul David's video with the SSS configuration. Cool to see that variation on other hands/style. I'm more a tele guy (in fact I'm more a bassist) but strats should be guitar every guitarist should have
@@franckydookie cool dude, thanks for stopping in 💪 I used to think a Tele was a guitar every player should have just for its uniqueness, now I feel like a Strat could sub for a Tele. Why not have one of each though? 😂
@@TaylorDanley yeah that's absolutely true 😁
Cool video! I want the fender tone master pro just for the mogwai presets
Respect to fender guitars, but Schecter NJ HSS (production or custom shop) are so slept on for metal folks looking into s style
My only critique is that I wish you'd run the clean channel with just a touch of reverb and delay because it was hard to really fast hear the pickups with all the effects.
Otherwise, super awesome video. I'm an Ibanez guy but own an american strat and tele because sometimes it just feels so right.
I have about 40 guitars... And play a Fender Tele for t he early 2000's, 95% of the time. Modded of course.
@@XChristianNoirX I have a modded tele I really like too. There’s somethings that you just can’t beat a Tele for. Spanky.
@@TaylorDanley I mean.. Doug who makes the BLACKMACHINE guitars everyone freaked out over as if the were Stradivariuses said that the B6 / B2 were essentially based on the Telecaster, so I think that Leo Fender dude got some things right I suppose. 😂
Love my HSS Tele. Pretty cleans, rock tones, chonx.
that hidden Push-Push is sick. They got these in a sick metallic green. Out of my budget though, esp for the specs. But its American made so...I say worth it in the end for a guitar that will only go up in value in time. A young dad could buy one now, play it, leave it to the kid and the kid would have something
@@DrMurdercock yeah I also view them as collectors or even luxury items.
I own a Strat and a Les Paul. American pro2 and a beautiful lemon burst standard. I love the sounds of both. Les Paul through a Marshall amp is heaven. But The Strat is The most important electric guitar design of all time, Imo. No. Strat, no Steinberger, No Jackson and Ibanez Superstrat models, etc. I love modern stuff too, and I had a PRS and it was great, But Fender had a nearly perfect design in 1954, imo. Clapton, Beck, Hendrix, Malmsteen, Vaughn Brothers, Gilmour, Etc, they can't all be mistaken.
I've put together a metal parts caster that has completely taken over my Schecter, Bc rich, and les Paul's. Honestly they're great for metal
Excellent review, the best one so far for this guitar. Certainly, this ultraburst will be my next acquisition. I enjoy playing both Red Hot Chili Peppers and Dream Theater.
Those sound and look awesome!
@@Metalthrashingdad hey dude, thanks for coming by 💪 they’re very nice, can confirm 👌
Next album will feature some sort of really sweet Hawaiian shirt or a cowboy shirt.
lol you playing that old riff at 7:21 in this tuning sounded pretty good. I'm curious if Fender asked you to demo in that tuning??? Not that that is a bad thing but im just curious.
@@Clinthopanonymous no Fender didn’t make any requests other than I compare both guitars they sent
@@Clinthopanonymous to answer your question, I played in that tuning because that’s how they came set up, and the setup was so good I didn’t want to adjust it. So I just rocked it in Eb standard
@@TaylorDanley The riff sounded pretty badass in Eb honestly
Keep up the good videos !!!
lol. here comes the all strat promo videos....
Hey man! I know this is off subject, but I need OG ampero advice, I’m running through a 410 fender hot rod combo amp effects loop, seems to not have much output, any advice on making it sound better? and getting the sound “out there” better? I did crank the mids In global but still the sound seems to stay with the amp if that makes sense, I’ll be using it live small venue
1 humbucker...1 volume...baritone and I'm in
Your mix for this video is fire!!!! Does not help my need for a Fender lately.
@@tyrannosaurusriffs 👀
It pretty rare but I always thought it was cool when metal players used strats, Morgan Håkansson from Marduk is one guy I remember playing a strat.
@@pinkyellowblue007 SAME. Like if Rob Scallon can play metal on a shovel, then what’s the argument against it even? 😂
band on the shirt?
I'm so glad you asked this. It's actually my merch! The reason I'm glad is because when I designed it, I wanted it to look like "band" merch and not "youtuber" merch, so I guess it worked? 💪🥳
@@TaylorDanley oh cooll
Personally I found that to be a totally "metal" sounding clean tone! 🤘
one of Sabaton's guitar players on played a strat when I saw them.
No dive bombs on the Whammy!!??? What??? I noticed that the tuning and intonation was perfection on this guitar (compared to budget guitars) however I wouldn't help but wonder if it could take divebombing on the whammy bar. I know it's not designed for that, but it still would have been interesting.
I’ve seen these Temu PIA clones it would be awesome for you to review one!
Metal is not a function of a guitar body shape and Strats traditionally are associated with 3 single coils this is why Metal and Strats didn’t mix, once you add a humbucker it no longer applies it will be the same as any guitar with a Humbucker (sonically). It is perfectly logical of doing any metal genre on a humbucker the shape of the guitar is irrelevant at that point.
if it had SS frets and a hardtail I'd be all in
@@KainzMusic I was a little surprised to not see ss frets since Jackson has been putting them on guitars lately, but also I’m fine with it they way they are
@@KainzMusic Ultra Luxe has SS
The dude from Obituary plays a strat 🤘just sayin
I just can't deal with the volume knob on strats
@FatGuyWithALittleGuitar i get it, but i never do that. Most metal players agree that it's in the way
wasnt freebird on a firebird and an sg?
probably
passive pickups 👍🏻
I m think Trevor Peres wishing this guitar
Awesome video mate. Also may I know what guitar picks do you use ?
@@paimon6897 always some jazz 3 variant. My current faves are the ultex 2.0
Dude what id give to have fender send me just one to review. Lmao. You are so frickin lucky bro. Lol
Dude, you read my Mind lol. Was just browsing these \\m//
@@mordtefpv5896 👀
Grew up during the thrash BIG 4 early days but I only play extended range these days. This 'dad' guitar is giving me G.A.S. though! Might scratch those 'Confortably Numb' itches! ! ! 🤔
@@jeffreyodell9994 BIG DAD GAS VIBES CHAMP 💪
Good video! I've played alot of Fenders and they're alright but a little overpriced. For the money I'd rather buy a Kiesel Carvin. I like my made in the USA Kramers better and Jacksons also.
Why nobody would even mention Jane's Addiction nowadays?! I don't know. Namastè.