inlays from mastodont tooth? say goodbye to your tools... I have guitar pick made off that stuff, the guy who makes em for me told me it is hell on the tools.... so hard
Hi there Fender, Just a New Zealander here kindly letting you know that the 50,000 year old wood used to make that Jaquar is called 'Kauri' and its pronounced *Kow-ry* NOT "Ki ori" no offense taken :) just a friendly comment to let you know how to pronounce the woods name😊 Keep up the awesome work!
Big respect for Andy Hicks! Finally Andy made clear picture about the Master Builder phenomenon. All Fender peoples talking about Master Builder work like a big mystery. 👍👍👍
I love guitar videos of how electric guitar are made in the factory by showing us audiences what materials and resources they make. I love it when it’s USA made in the factories because it’s part of the American culture. Thanks for sharing video😎👍🇺🇸
Three years ago I created my own relic Stratocaster. It was definitely one of the funnest projects in my life and pretty unbelievable that I pulled it off😅. It looks great too but I’m not here to convince you. Just love the arts 👍🏾. Fender for life
Last year I broke down and bought my first custom shop telecaster. The attention to detail is phenomenal. EVERYTHING about it is exactly what I was hoping for. Now I'm going for a 1957 reissue stratocaster with the U neck. Selling off all my cheap guitars and will have just a few special ones which will be better than having a bunch of firewood.
Very interesting! It was great to see the employees who have been doing this for so long. Great to see the machines working. It gave me a feeling of reverence for this company that has been making wonderful guitars all these years. Thanks!
I'm always so fascinated by these types of videos. Having loved Stratocasters since I first saw David Gilmour play one, it's so cool to see how all of this is done.
Andy: Happened to run across this! Loved it and love your work. Always remember the really great tour you gave us.....hope all is well with you and your family!! Best wishes, Terry Cox
Ok...That ancient Jag has got to be the most gorgeous guitar I ever seen. I love Strats and Jags. This one takes the cake! Would love to hear how that sounds. I've got to find me some ancient wood from some peat bog. I hope there's one up here in NH. Also I dig that Beatles shirt John is sporting! Nice work Andy!
The magic is flowing away from the Custom Shop as there are more and more "master builders' that nobody knows, while the original Master Builders made Guitars for the great: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, SRV, Mark Knopfler, Doug Aldrich, Gary Moore, etc. This will no doubt have its effect on the resale value of current and future made Custom Shop guitars.
Josie: Abigal Ybarra hand wound the Pups in my 2001 Custom Shop "Mary Kaye ' Relic. . ."FAT 50's initialed by her! Thank you for doing and loving your job, cannot tell you how much your magic touch makes soo much TONE!
This was awesome, factory tours like this really do help give a perspective of what goes into these guitars. And it's nice to be updated because there has been a lot of advancement within the last few years. Id love to see a detailed tour of Fenders Factory in Mexico. I have a 2021 Road Worn Tele and just from the feel of this neck shape I know there's some high quality handwork going on.
Few things in life far exceed your expectations but picking out the specs for "my" Strat was one of the most fun things I've ever done. I wasn't looking to reinvent the wheel. Leo already designed a work of art. Basically, a simple '57 spec Strat two color burst with a modern neck shape made as good as it could be made. I feel like I got a bargain. Compared to the cost of a professional grade concert instrument the cost of a custom-made Strat is nothing. If you are on the fence, do it.
I've watched a bunch of these factory tours of my favorite guitar, bass, amp, and drum manufacturers here on youtube. I gotta tell you this. Its so much better when the person giving the tour is a really cool person, and the person receiving the tour is a really cool person. No hangups. Just a love for all things music. Thanks for this one ya'll! 🎸🎶❤
what an Awesome Toure!. i have a set of Fender Abigail Ybarra Fat 50’s pickups, and a set of Fender Custom Shop Josefina Campos Handwound ‘60s Strat pickups.
I like how he caught himself and stopped just short of saying that unobtanium wood Jag "sounds like a normal Jag," I'd love to hear a Pepsi challenge tone test comparing Mastodon tusk block inlays to mother of pearl. Because if slab vs veneer matters, Mastodon blocks must too.
@teezee44 You couldn't be more right, but people will still hate you for saying that because they paid $10K for the tonal difference that their confirmation bias confirms on a daily basis. Love my Mexican Strat!
One day I asked John Cruz, do you remember how this guitar was made? He laughed and said that they brought him certificates to sign. ) Here 's the truth about Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilt
With all this modern technology and CNC automation, one really does wonder why (adjusting for inflation) a decent Telecaster now costs many times what it did back in the 50's when everything was done by hand.
Be careful what you wish for. People like Andy are one in amongst thousands of workers and when you start there, well, you will be doing very menial jobs in repetition. It's a factory. You work hard and at the end of the day, you will have aching muscles and stiffness in muscles you never knew you had. Start at the bottom and work your way up. Many don't go above a few grades in seniority.
@@OzziePete1 Yeah, thankfully there are people who do those jobs. Watching this video I was thinking “ There is no way I could do any of the tasks shown without losing my mind."
I said the same thing. If you’re an actual Master Builder it’s a great gig. It’s a weird place to work, I’ll say that. The Master Builders themselves are great guys and most are pretty happy. A lot of production issues and constant fighting between all the departments. Managers are ruining Fender from the top down. I always tell people now that I’m gone, if you like hotdogs don’t ever work in a hotdog factory lol!
Would love this video even more if there was more discussion about how the guitars actually sound. Do the Garcia guitars sound like each other? What were the impressions from the estate representative when comparing to the original's sonic character? And what sonic character might be imparted by the 50,000 year old Jag wood? Let's get beyond the surface looks, please!
The owner who paid handsomely for a masterbuilt Kauri Jag might want to be the first to play it, not hear it weeks ahead of delivery demoed to shop tour random visitors. Your needs come second.
When I got my Amer deluxe plus Strat in the 90's, the guitar magazines called it as close to custom shop as they make. Here 26 yrs later I still look at that guitar as art then get sensible and pick it up and play. Get excited by that guitar every time still. Even if it's in butt ugly yellow color.
I purchases a custom shop Tele last spring and played it a few times and put it away. I wanted to use it in the studio in October. When I went to play it the engineer said I was out of tune, so I retuned it but still had an issue. It ended up that the second fret has a high spot. I paid a lot for this guitar and am very annoyed that a custom shop guitar could leave the factory with this issue. I'm also annoyed at myself for not detecting this when I got it home and played it.
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inlays from mastodont tooth? say goodbye to your tools... I have guitar pick made off that stuff, the guy who makes em for me told me it is hell on the tools.... so hard
Loads of respect for these builders and everyone who works in the factory. So glad you featured Josefina Campos! Legend. Thanks, PG.
„Right now you are building a pickup for a master-built guitar, I guess.“
- „She IS a pickup master builder.“
seeing josephina was a pleasure. i’m not a fender guy but she’s a legend even in my book
idiotic
Hi there Fender, Just a New Zealander here kindly letting you know that the 50,000 year old wood used to make that Jaquar is called 'Kauri' and its pronounced *Kow-ry* NOT "Ki ori" no offense taken :) just a friendly comment to let you know how to pronounce the woods name😊 Keep up the awesome work!
wow thanks
That tinted headstock with the flame and swirl looking quilt is gorgeous!
Andy is such a great builder and has a great personality on top of it!
I am loving the mastodon tusk inlays.
I have visited Fender twice, and thanks to Dale Wilson, I got to see the custom shop and meet some of masters. Always a megical place.
Totally megical.
Love the factory tours thank you for the great tour. That last guitar was stunning.
Glad you enjoyed it
So stunning it turned me into stone
Big respect for Andy Hicks! Finally Andy made clear picture about the Master Builder phenomenon. All Fender peoples talking about Master Builder work like a big mystery. 👍👍👍
Thank you Premier Guitar! 👌🏻
I love guitar videos of how electric guitar are made in the factory by showing us audiences what materials and resources they make. I love it when it’s USA made in the factories because it’s part of the American culture. Thanks for sharing video😎👍🇺🇸
Rock on!
Three years ago I created my own relic Stratocaster. It was definitely one of the funnest projects in my life and pretty unbelievable that I pulled it off😅. It looks great too but I’m not here to convince you. Just love the arts 👍🏾. Fender for life
I've been waiting 20 months so far for my Greg Fessler Blungeon. Should be arriving in a couple. My lifer.
Last year I broke down and bought my first custom shop telecaster. The attention to detail is phenomenal. EVERYTHING about it is exactly what I was hoping for. Now I'm going for a 1957 reissue stratocaster with the U neck. Selling off all my cheap guitars and will have just a few special ones which will be better than having a bunch of firewood.
This place is pure magic!
Very interesting! It was great to see the employees who have been doing this for so long. Great to see the machines working. It gave me a feeling of reverence for this company that has been making wonderful guitars all these years. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I still got my American original 50s strat here. Best guitar series they have made.
Saskatchewan Plate In The Fender Custom Shop! - That is so cool!
I'm always so fascinated by these types of videos. Having loved Stratocasters since I first saw David Gilmour play one, it's so cool to see how all of this is done.
Masterbuilder and Jay and his spray booth = Team built 😄
Great tour! Great craftsman! Bohlinger is the BEST! His knowledge, personality, and guitar playing always makes his videos the most enjoyable
That Jaguar is totally bonkers. Can’t believe stuff like this exists, love it!
Thanks John and Fender
I cried a little when I saw Dusty Hills golden neck up there
Not my favorite guitars, but that Tour, just wow 😮
😯😯😯 WOW! Really is the right word.. What a fantastic video and insight to the custom shop world.. Seriously AWESOME!
Andy:
Happened to run across this! Loved it and love your work. Always remember the really great tour you gave us.....hope all is well with you and your family!!
Best wishes,
Terry Cox
I was imagining a giant rock tumbler with a bunch of their everyday run of the mill Fenders tossed in for about a 6 hour cycle, then onto the website.
😂
Ok...That ancient Jag has got to be the most gorgeous guitar I ever seen. I love Strats and Jags. This one takes the cake! Would love to hear how that sounds. I've got to find me some ancient wood from some peat bog. I hope there's one up here in NH. Also I dig that Beatles shirt John is sporting! Nice work Andy!
Awesome vid! Bring back the Custom Shop Road Show!
I'd be out of my mind touring that place
Woah, that jag is incredible.
The magic is flowing away from the Custom Shop as there are more and more "master builders' that nobody knows, while the original Master Builders made Guitars for the great: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, SRV, Mark Knopfler, Doug Aldrich, Gary Moore, etc. This will no doubt have its effect on the resale value of current and future made Custom Shop guitars.
What a brilliant point.
@@ItsJustRyan89
You don’t think the current group of Master Builders are still building for legendary guitarists?
@@charlesbolton8471 eh?
Ohhhhhhh safety goggles .... things are moving to next level today!!!!!
Re: The Jerry Strat. The Tiger guitar had enough room under the buffer circuit to hold a baggie of stuff, quite a big one.
I'm less than 3 months away from receiving my team build C/S tele. Cannot wait!
Josie: Abigal Ybarra hand wound the Pups in my 2001 Custom Shop "Mary Kaye ' Relic. . ."FAT 50's initialed by her!
Thank you for doing and loving your job, cannot tell you how much your magic touch makes soo much TONE!
Good one 😂
This was awesome, factory tours like this really do help give a perspective of what goes into these guitars. And it's nice to be updated because there has been a lot of advancement within the last few years. Id love to see a detailed tour of Fenders Factory in Mexico. I have a 2021 Road Worn Tele and just from the feel of this neck shape I know there's some high quality handwork going on.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Few things in life far exceed your expectations but picking out the specs for "my" Strat was one of the most fun things I've ever done. I wasn't looking to reinvent the wheel. Leo already designed a work of art. Basically, a simple '57 spec Strat two color burst with a modern neck shape made as good as it could be made. I feel like I got a bargain. Compared to the cost of a professional grade concert instrument the cost of a custom-made Strat is nothing. If you are on the fence, do it.
Just a bunch of folks who love guitars, fun video
I started doing custom shop stuff to my Squier stratocasters. Wow!
Andy has really cool hair, I'm so jealous!
I want to hear a side by side if that jag to a squier! Lol. Kidding, amazing guitar
A fellow Saskatchewan man in the custom shop cool❤
Holy crap that Jag. I wanna hear how it sounds!
I've watched a bunch of these factory tours of my favorite guitar, bass, amp, and drum manufacturers here on youtube. I gotta tell you this. Its so much better when the person giving the tour is a really cool person, and the person receiving the tour is a really cool person. No hangups. Just a love for all things music. Thanks for this one ya'll! 🎸🎶❤
That Jerry Garcia alligator strat!!!
I’m an Aussie and I love my fender guitars. They are my pride and joy
what an Awesome Toure!. i have a set of Fender Abigail Ybarra Fat 50’s pickups, and a set of Fender Custom Shop Josefina Campos Handwound ‘60s Strat pickups.
damn that '57 he was finishing up had me drooling....
I'm diggin that Saskatchewan license plate!
so. . .the "masterbuilt" guitars are pretty much built 90% on the regular production line. Interesting. Good thing they only charge 7-9k for those.
And that's if you get the privilege of paying that. 90% of customers will never get access to CS parts, despite the dealer contact claims.
Amazing playing! Dude you must make video and tell you guitar story life! Ths
Super awesome video! That Jag!
That jaguar ….. omg amazing
Maiden! 🤘
That Jaguar.... 😲
NICE!
Ahhhh that Jaguar!
Fantastic video 🔥👏🏼❤️🎸
My dream is to visit the Fender factory!
I noticed that Jerry Garcia's Strat has a "round " string tree like my 56 CS Relic=" 10/56 V-Neck" after that was butterfly string tree.
LOVE fender custom shop ❤
If you can ever buy from them.
@@LGAustralia visa,master card ,American express… worth it ;)
I like how he caught himself and stopped just short of saying that unobtanium wood Jag "sounds like a normal Jag,"
I'd love to hear a Pepsi challenge tone test comparing Mastodon tusk block inlays to mother of pearl.
Because if slab vs veneer matters, Mastodon blocks must too.
@teezee44 You couldn't be more right, but people will still hate you for saying that because they paid $10K for the tonal difference that their confirmation bias confirms on a daily basis. Love my Mexican Strat!
I have a custom shop Tele. Love it. Such great work.
Jay is the Man
What a cool video of a great shop love that Garcia alligator guitar with the back plate AKA "Contraband compartment."lol 😄
The alligator looked to me at first like "Trogly guitar show" lol. He needs to show more Fender guitars
Wonderfull and Finest work 👌👍❤❤❤
Love these videos! Would love to see a kiesel factory tour next!
Custom Shop is the only way to go.
One day I asked John Cruz, do you remember how this guitar was made?
He laughed and said that they brought him certificates to sign. )
Here 's the truth about Fender Custom Shop Masterbuilt
Allways gibson , it's about time fender ! 💥
With all this modern technology and CNC automation, one really does wonder why (adjusting for inflation) a decent Telecaster now costs many times what it did back in the 50's when everything was done by hand.
Interesting point! I think probably the cost of insurance, bonds, health insurance, and stuff like that.
That Alligator guitar looks like the one Bill Carson held in the Stratocaster book.
That Jag must rock!
Bring back the standard with Lace Sensors! The "strat plus".
That jerry guitar better come with some blotter paper in that spring cavitity ;)
I want that fuckin jag.....I mean come on.thats a work of fuckin art
I just can’t get on board with relics. I think they have taken the magic out of real vintage guitars.
I’d love the opportunity to work at Fender
Be careful what you wish for. People like Andy are one in amongst thousands of workers and when you start there, well, you will be doing very menial jobs in repetition. It's a factory. You work hard and at the end of the day, you will have aching muscles and stiffness in muscles you never knew you had. Start at the bottom and work your way up. Many don't go above a few grades in seniority.
@@OzziePete1 Yeah, thankfully there are people who do those jobs. Watching this video I was thinking “ There is no way I could do any of the tasks shown without losing my mind."
I said the same thing. If you’re an actual Master Builder it’s a great gig. It’s a weird place to work, I’ll say that. The Master Builders themselves are great guys and most are pretty happy. A lot of production issues and constant fighting between all the departments. Managers are ruining Fender from the top down. I always tell people now that I’m gone, if you like hotdogs don’t ever work in a hotdog factory lol!
C'est les Sommes Rassemblées de fines connaissances de tout les Modèles stratocaster....🤗😍👍
Would love this video even more if there was more discussion about how the guitars actually sound. Do the Garcia guitars sound like each other? What were the impressions from the estate representative when comparing to the original's sonic character? And what sonic character might be imparted by the 50,000 year old Jag wood? Let's get beyond the surface looks, please!
The owner who paid handsomely for a masterbuilt Kauri Jag might want to be the first to play it, not hear it weeks ahead of delivery demoed to shop tour random visitors.
Your needs come second.
Langcaster guitars made all Kaori wood guitars if i remember, beautiful wood, very difficult to work with
i think the nex guitar i will buy will be a CS, be it a fender or gibson, but if its a fender it'll be an early 60's type strat in shell pink
I’ve got the American original 60s in shell pink, superb instrument
I love how its iterally just mexican ladies building these guitars, viva mexico!
When I got my Amer deluxe plus Strat in the 90's, the guitar magazines called it as close to custom shop as they make. Here 26 yrs later I still look at that guitar as art then get sensible and pick it up and play. Get excited by that guitar every time still. Even if it's in butt ugly yellow color.
Live after death flag 🤘🤘 love it
FEAR OF THE DARK!!!!
Hi John, how many did Fender stil build every day?
Really cool tour! Wasn’t expecting to see a Saskatchewan license plate hanging up in the Custom Shop!
Incredible video!!
Premier Guitar Rules !!!!
Austin is from our area in Saskatchewan
I purchases a custom shop Tele last spring and played it a few times and put it away. I wanted to use it in the studio in October. When I went to play it the engineer said I was out of tune, so I retuned it but still had an issue. It ended up that the second fret has a high spot. I paid a lot for this guitar and am very annoyed that a custom shop guitar could leave the factory with this issue. I'm also annoyed at myself for not detecting this when I got it home and played it.
Can a luthier rectify it easily?
“And where do you source mastodon?” 😂
I love the dudes enthusiasm to the jerry Garcia guitar. And it’s a cool guitar. But who’s gonna buy that if they’re making more than a few of them
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CNC = Computer Navigated Cutter? Only in S. Cal.
😂😂😂 LMFAO