"Pick of the Day" - 1954 Fender Stratocaster and 1966 Fender Pro Reverb

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  • Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
  • Jay's pick of the day is a Dallas International Guitar Festival find, a beautiful Stratocaster from 1954. A medium weight instrument with a Tadeo Gomez neck date - this guitar has all the '54 parts short of a volume pot. Jay will give you guys the run down on this guitar before handing it over to Aaron Hiebert to plug into the 1966 Fender Pro Reverb we've been running with recently!
    For more information about the guitar and amp, please check out:
    (The 1954 Fender Stratocaster will be on our site soon - for now, please call 206.382.0231)
    www.emeraldcity...
    Music: The Hollers "Zeb" (Instrumental)

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  • @Tonetwisters
    @Tonetwisters 4 роки тому +7

    Beautiful and great playing as usual from this gent.

  • @j_freed
    @j_freed 3 роки тому +2

    Really nice dynamics and articulation in the playing!

  • @Twinky946
    @Twinky946 4 роки тому +3

    It’s just amazing hearing tones straight from the original pickups that inspired so much of the guitar world as we know it

  • @anthonyc1883
    @anthonyc1883 5 років тому +5

    A dear friend has an Aug., 1954 Strat with serial # 1111. It's tremendous.

  • @paulcowart3174
    @paulcowart3174 4 роки тому +2

    Yeah my buddy has a 54 and it was surprisingly heavier than I thought it would be Great necks for sure

  • @jimdavignon
    @jimdavignon 5 років тому +3

    Sounds incredible. Just like a great old strat should. Well done

  • @_RLP
    @_RLP 5 років тому +2

    One of the pest picks of the day ever.
    Great combo and Aaron killed it. Very musical.
    Thanks for sharing.
    Cheers

  • @user-wr6fi7rm4c
    @user-wr6fi7rm4c Рік тому

    beautiful stuff is fantastic

  • @anthonydidonato6138
    @anthonydidonato6138 5 років тому +1

    This guy can play. Awesome job.

  • @vernonhoover1387
    @vernonhoover1387 5 років тому

    Fantastic peice of history! Really Diggin the sound! Again,fine early Strat!

  • @nikolaubtopou
    @nikolaubtopou 4 роки тому

    Saw 1954 Fender Stratocaster...instantly subscribed

  • @raceface_m2579
    @raceface_m2579 5 років тому +1

    Great combo with that amp.

  • @SeemsLikeSomething
    @SeemsLikeSomething 5 років тому +13

    That’s one hot piece of ash. 😎

    • @keanudawson8657
      @keanudawson8657 3 роки тому

      You probably dont care but if you're bored like me during the covid times then you can watch all of the latest movies and series on instaflixxer. I've been watching with my girlfriend during the lockdown xD

    • @augustineconnor1784
      @augustineconnor1784 3 роки тому

      @Keanu Dawson Definitely, I have been watching on instaflixxer for since november myself :D

  • @CatharticGuitar
    @CatharticGuitar 23 години тому

    Wow. The closuill come is a Custom Shop 1954 70th Anniversary model. Ya, it’s 2024 now.

  • @solarismoon3046
    @solarismoon3046 2 роки тому

    The sad thing is other than the butchery to the headstock and the pot being replaced that you can still get them with the same wood, same look, sound, and feel of the originals today although not exactly the same. Also you cannot go back in time and get one as they only made so many of these and the good old days are gone forever! Still this has that vintage Fender mojo that even the guitars made today will never posses. Thank you for sharing this with us. Maybe next time have someone really good play this for a demo in a video?

  • @ish__tar__7363
    @ish__tar__7363 5 років тому +2

    Ye man, super afordable ajajjaj. Sounds heavenly.

  • @donaldholman9070
    @donaldholman9070 5 років тому +1

    What a jewel.

  • @Tonetwisters
    @Tonetwisters 5 років тому +1

    My very first guitar was a 1954 Stratocaster my dad gave to me, for Christmas of 1963. Pretty sure it was a pine body, as it had
    a couple knots ...
    Serial number was 0517 or 0571 ... It went out the back window of my brother's station wagon, 25July1965 on the Jacksonville expressway.
    I lived eight years in Tallahassee. Great guitar town. This is a very sweet Stratocaster in every way.

    • @SeemsLikeSomething
      @SeemsLikeSomething 5 років тому +2

      Dang. Retrospect really burns doesn’t it! I’m guessing it was also ash though because we’re building a strat from ash right now and there definitely are knots in ash too! Cheers

    • @Tonetwisters
      @Tonetwisters 4 роки тому +1

      @@SeemsLikeSomething Thanks. Nice to know! Yeh, I grieved over that guitar for many DECADES. Just bought an American Original '50s, in White Blonde Ash, and have yet to plug it in as it needs to have the nut cut properly. But the neck is real fat and the guitar has killer acoustic sounds! All the best on your Strat build!

    • @SeemsLikeSomething
      @SeemsLikeSomething 4 роки тому +1

      Tonetwisters
      Thanks and have fun with the new axe! A strat is a strat! Just enjoy whatcha got ;)

    • @dathunderman4
      @dathunderman4 4 роки тому

      What happened to it?

    • @Tonetwisters
      @Tonetwisters 3 роки тому

      @@dathunderman4 It was very dark. Some "nice" fella stopped and picked it up and hauled his lovely self and my guitar into the blackness of the night. Probably been under a bed or in a closet ever since.

  • @3cardmonty602
    @3cardmonty602 5 років тому +7

    Now - that’s a great pairing of guitar and amp. Unlike that Les Paul/Vox fiasco of the other day.

  • @TheChadPad
    @TheChadPad 4 роки тому +1

    0:44 I loved that

  • @jo5507051
    @jo5507051 4 роки тому +4

    man that was some nice ehhh sheee body 54 ive ever seen...

  • @hhattingh
    @hhattingh 2 роки тому +2

    Seriously! Why is it just nearly impossible with all the pickups and technology out there to replicate this sound?

  • @davidkieltyka9
    @davidkieltyka9 5 років тому +1

    Great sounds.
    My old Tele also has an almost one-piece ash body…part of the cutaway horn is a second small piece.

  • @Tonetwisters
    @Tonetwisters 3 роки тому

    A lot of that weight was from the bridge block.

  • @Anonymous-ux3tu
    @Anonymous-ux3tu 4 роки тому +1

    That is a great piece of ash.

  • @Retro.Studio
    @Retro.Studio 3 роки тому

    Sorry to say, but ‘54 hasn’t got “single line tuners” Klusons. They came into year of ‘56. ‘54 has got the no stamped covers, but underneath there is the Pat.Pend. stamp.

  • @spirit_green
    @spirit_green 3 роки тому

    Just think, if someone back in 1954 were to have bought this new and hardly ever played it and held onto it for so many years, the guitar would be worth well over a fortune due to a lack of wear and no one messed with it.

  • @gony92
    @gony92 5 років тому

    has this Aaron Hiebert a band or music I can listen to? AMAZING Player!!!

    • @gony92
      @gony92 5 років тому

      fantastic Vibrato!

  • @ivimatheu
    @ivimatheu 4 роки тому

    Que lindo suena!!!!

  • @luthiervandros
    @luthiervandros 4 роки тому +2

    How’s the music biz in downtown CHAZ?

    • @j_freed
      @j_freed 3 роки тому

      It's smoking! 🔥

  • @kevinbecker1901
    @kevinbecker1901 5 років тому +1

    Aaron are you a strat guy or just make everything sound that good ?

  • @ethan_douglas6989
    @ethan_douglas6989 2 роки тому

    Dang bro, that’s a nice ash you got there. Lol

  • @sammyhat2443
    @sammyhat2443 5 років тому

    Wow

  • @mikejamieson4252
    @mikejamieson4252 4 роки тому

    I have one but this one in vid is in way better shape

  • @thepolyglotraccoon
    @thepolyglotraccoon 4 роки тому

    If I want to buy an original 1954 Fender Stratocaster how much would it cost me?

    • @spirit_green
      @spirit_green 3 роки тому

      www.williesguitars.com/product/1954-fender-stratocaster/ You might want to play the lottery first and win.

  • @ireneruthfox
    @ireneruthfox 5 років тому

    Does the 1966 Pro Reverb have a 15" speaker ? I'm digging it's tone

    • @ireneruthfox
      @ireneruthfox 5 років тому +3

      OK just seen the back shot of the amp. Looks like two twelves

    • @tonyevans9999
      @tonyevans9999 4 роки тому

      @@ireneruthfox The earlier non reverb Pro has the single 15

  • @Twizzlemenizzle1
    @Twizzlemenizzle1 5 років тому

    Love it.....whats the song Aaron plays first?

    • @lancecass8997
      @lancecass8997 4 роки тому

      Hes just arpeggiating D, to G, A, then back to D, so a 1-4-5-1. I'm not sure if he's playing something, or probably just making something up that sounds good, like usual. Many pretty songs are written using this progression. Go to around 5:45, and it'll show the shapes he's using so you can play it too. The D he opens with is a fun shape to learn if you haven't yet. Good luck

  • @thetoneknob4493
    @thetoneknob4493 3 роки тому

    if i could have any year strat ide want a 59 with a rosewood board maby a blonde or a burst would be fine im not that picky i dont need a fiesta red or anything custom. dose not need to be mint cond a very heavily played guitar is preferred and its ok if a pots ben changed or if its got some extra holes here and their from tuner swaps done eons ago those all add to the uniqueness of the particular instrument. i do prefer original pickups but a rewind wont turn me off all that much if its got a great tone still.unfortunately im poor and will never be able to afford to the privilege of preserving something like this for the next gen of rich people to own as status symbols most likely. as for my dream guitar in reality a player condition 59 is what 30k or more? what working player can afford that? and they will only get more and more valuable i think.

  • @TheClemcaster
    @TheClemcaster 5 років тому

    When he said the words 'piece of ash' at around 0.48, something very strange happened in the head and neck area...maybe he said 'piece of ass'...that would explain things.

  • @davemeshamsr6000
    @davemeshamsr6000 5 років тому

    How much

  • @tonyevans9999
    @tonyevans9999 3 роки тому

    single line klusons on a 54... oopsies

  • @keithclark486
    @keithclark486 3 роки тому

    Not super light not super heavy On all these videos

    • @j_freed
      @j_freed 3 роки тому

      Super Medium, dude...

  • @scotthancock5335
    @scotthancock5335 5 років тому

    Your telling me Fender glued a slice at the arm bevel to the body ??
    My understand is there lumber was over sized and hand cut with a band saw you can see this in videos
    it makes NO sense...
    lumber was cheap in those day especially ash that is why they used it 'NOT FOR TONE''
    I have seen Tokie guitars with this same manufacturing fix this is something the Japanese do well
    The other smoking gun is the 'F' tuners
    In all my years of playing and selling I know of NO player that would replace regular Kluson's for those disasters !!
    is it REAL???

    • @tonyevans9999
      @tonyevans9999 4 роки тому

      The headstock shape seems too angular to me, so I'm suspicious too.

    • @dmarker21
      @dmarker21 3 роки тому

      This was pretty common on early fenders where the would glue a small section onto the body like this.

    • @scotthancock5335
      @scotthancock5335 3 роки тому

      @@tonyevans9999 your right its a fake

  • @scotthancock5335
    @scotthancock5335 3 роки тому +1

    As a player I look at the fingerboard ware this is FAKE
    interesting body language in these show and NOT tell videos as a professional annalist it is interesting
    also the acquisitions stories are out of a fairy book!!

    • @craigusselman546
      @craigusselman546 Рік тому

      WTF are you on about thats and learn how to spell ,analyst my ass cant even spell that right. Thats as real a 1954 Strat if ive ever heard one.

  • @laj043
    @laj043 4 роки тому

    Careful Jay! You can get Metoo'd for saying "prettiest piece of ash". (And yes, that was a joke)

  • @davemeshamsr6000
    @davemeshamsr6000 5 років тому +1

    12,000?really

  • @b.i.g.brothersinguitars249
    @b.i.g.brothersinguitars249 2 роки тому

    I though people who's watching YT and this channel aren't that rich to be able to buy this guitar I feel like I've been violating reach peoples space I'm sorry.