Blink has always been my fav band and Tom delonge was always my man crush and back in the day I *attempted* to be a guitar player and legit wanted the OG one only because of Tom
Funny that this thing just came out (again) About a month ago I was thinking about building my next Partscaster and not even thinking about the Tom Delong, I drew up a one pickup p90 Strat with Vol and Tone controls.
I didn’t even notice the bridge saddles were different as I only just placed my order, but that makes me very happy. The original saddles definitely suck. My original black TD was purchase from a girl I knew in high school for…$100… and years later someone stole it from me. I like my TD epI phone because it has a nice raised bridge and makes palm mutes feel effortless and comfy, so that’s wonderful!
The mid-range non-US made instruments in most brands have come a long way in 20 years so I’m not surprised that the new one is a better instrument. I feel like old Mexican Fenders felt closer to Squier in terms of build quality, but these days they really stand out as quality instruments.
The MIM guitars took a big step up in quality around the time of the design changes in 2009 - darker tint on the necks, all black logos, updated colors, etc.
@@biznatcho7 was the same with epiphone, I had an SG from around 2010 and a Les Paul from about 2012 and the improvement even between those two years was noticeable
Everyone has their thing but I totally disagree. Fender fell off around 2012 I'd say. My 2000 models blow all of the newer ones out of the water. Just my experience with it though
On websites like Sweetwater, there is lol. There are usually 4 options to look at, and they are 4 of the same guitar but all different serial numbers, so there are teeny tiny variations in them. One of them being the weight. I saw some Tom Delonge strats in black yesterday that ranged from 6 pounds 15 ounce to 7 pounds 8 ounces. Not a huge difference in weight, but it is to some.
I prefer my original from 2002, but I found that they were very inconsistent back then, so it's possible I just got one of the "good ones" back in the day.
@@Hurricane9146He had 2 all black Strats. One with an Atticus broken hearts sticker at the bridge (the one he smashed at MTV after the pickup malfunction), then he had the one with the white racing stripe which he used during Box Car Racer. In fact, the production black model is incorrect as he was rarely, if ever, seen with a black w/ white pearloid pickguard.
@@invictarose203 Yeah but if you look, that's actually a normal Strat with 3 single coil pickups and a maple fretboard. It's not one of his custom shop ones.
I made my own several years ago. Fiesta red strat and I just bought a new pickguard and electronics. I also like the smaller headstock. And used a JB. Whole thing took an hour and saved me many hundreds of dollars.
It is a very cool guitar but the price point is WAY to high. That guitar should be around 800. I can't justify that much money on the most basic of strats. No hate towards Tom, Fluff or anyone else who buy one, just my 2 cents.
I also have both. The only differences I've noticed is the necks on the new ones are matte and lighting fast to move around. The neck is also way lighter in color to my 2000s era TD
I also had the original one on daphne blue, surf green and black. Beautiful guitars, although I wouldn't buy them today. To me it's a little bit expensive for a 1 pickup guitar. That being said, I get that a lot of people couldn't afford one 20 years ago, so now's that chance. Great to see these guitars back!
It was a sticking point for me, it seemed a bit highly priced - especially when we can compare it to a MX strat. But... January sales I picked up a mint ex demo green one for 900. Which I think is a much more reasonable price, especially as I always wanted one.
I'm still baffled as to why the Tom Delong signature guitars are so popular, it makes no sense. It's like a Lady Gaga signature guitar being sold out and then getting jacked up in the secondary market. And $1300 for an import Strat? The world doesn't make sense anymore.
Tom Delonge's guitar looks like something Rob Arnold of Chimaira would play. Black, strat shaped guitar with a single high-output ceramic humbucker + the pearl pickguard.
Rob Arnold's guitar looks like something Tom Delonge of Blink 182 would play. Black, strat shaped guitar with a single high-output ceramic humbucker + the pearl pickguard.
@@jsullivan2112 Now? Maybe. But back in the day he was into more colourful guitars, if I remember correctly. Even if he played a black strat it wasn't as iconic as his pastel coloured ones.
@@Chris-Ian Haha yeah, I was just being cheeky. Seeing how well that would work if I reversed the two and kept everything else the same. It’s not like either one of them was first to play a bare bones guitar like that though.
They should either make a black with black pickguard or just sell a black pickguard to fit on it, just like the fender he played in the First Date music video. That’s a killer looking guitar
I've got my own frankensteined "tom" strat. candy apple red squire sanded down the neck to make it play better fender locking tuners custom white pearl pick guard single seymour duncan hot rails in the bridge volume and tone controls kill switch for the lol
@@bobbydrex5268 I wish I never get it then cause spending 1300$ on this would only make me question my life's choices. You can get can really high end guitars for that kind of money and even endgame guitars on the secondhand market.
Is it USA made? I don't know about a one trick pony Mexican made guitar for $1300. Heck I remember seeing a display of boxes of Tom DeLong strats at Sam Ash for like $350.
Can you tell me why people are complaining about it being MIM, is there a big difference from US models, would it have been any better if it was made here? or do people just like to complain?
Honestly, it does look great but it’s literally just a Strat with one humbucker. Even back in the 00’s I saw the potential market but it has less features than either a standard Strat or a HH Strat. I like that it’s simplistic but the price doesn’t reflect that.
I want the Daphne Blue so bad but Fender showing OOS and I can’t find one in a local retailer to try out, and I really don’t like to buy a guitar sight unseen
The price hike between the original and this is just stupid. Fender cashing in on the Blink reunion is all this is. The Esquire GT custom they also released around the same time was superior.
I'm still really hoping they release Tom's new signature Starcaster model for sale, because I have a home custom Squire Bullet that I modded to be a Tom DeLonge copy, which, just two months after I finished that project, Fender released their own Squire single humbucker, single volume knob guitar, so that was fun. 😑 Lmao But I still want a semi-hollow, because I don't have one, and a Tom Signature Starcaster would be really awesome, even if they also release a cheaper Squire option.
I’m thinking about get the Squier esquire deluxe and replacing the pickup with an invader to get that pop punk sound. I want to save some cash and I already have a nice Stratocaster. Thought do you guys think that will get me close?
I did that with an old Stagg copy and it will definitely work. That Invader does a lot of the heavy lifting for the sound. It doesn't sound very different from my new reissue. "close" is subjective but it'll def. be a fun guitar, don't expect a $200 guitar to play like a $1000 one out the gate though.. You'll miss out on some of the details like better fretwork, quality of the hardware but over the long term you can do more upgrades. You could even swap out the neck at some point for example.
@@JorisGriffioen yea I think probably change the hardware out and do some fret work. Im not really expecting it to be as nice as a fender but as long as the guitar isn’t a complete dud I should be able to get it playing pretty good.
i can appretiate the bridge comparison but there's no way u couldnt come up with more comparisons other than the neck plate... u could at least talk about the invader vs the original one and a bit about the head gear or something
It's my dream to have one of those guitars. Has been since I saw Tom playing the yellow one with a matching hat hat back in 2002. The $2300 price tag in Australia is so expensive. One day I'll have one in my arms, ONE DAY!
as a huge fan of blink and all of tom’s projects, of course this guitar is pure nostalgia fuel. but a mexican strat for 1300 is not even in the ball park. i’ll be looking for a hard tail squier strat and spend some time having a fun little project instead.
So many ppl have been complaining that it comes with a single pickup but do they not realize that when you take off the pickguard cover, the guitar has been routed for a single coil middle pickup, as well as a humbucker neck pickup?
I gotta say, man, I don't think people are appreciating the riff you crafted to showcase this guitar. The way the lead and rhythm effortlessly blended together was master-class. Just got mine this week and I love it!
That's the one problem any any guitar over 1000 dollars should come with a hard case
Those days are gone
@@beefnacos6258For like.. 20 fuckin years too =/
Damn Right it should.
I love my USA G&L ASAT to death and it’s my for life guitar but it was $1,499 and came with a soft case. It’s a pretty decent one though
📠
Would’ve killed for one back in high school. 21 now and my younger brother is currently waiting on his TTS Edition strat. Lucky bastard.
Blink has always been my fav band and Tom delonge was always my man crush and back in the day I *attempted* to be a guitar player and legit wanted the OG one only because of Tom
That song sounded badass! 🎉
Fluff, the demo you played... a well made song! Love it!
what is that blue mustang/duosonic etc at the end? and what video can i see more of it in?
Funny that this thing just came out (again) About a month ago I was thinking about building my next Partscaster and not even thinking about the Tom Delong, I drew up a one pickup p90 Strat with Vol and Tone controls.
There's also a PCB mounted treble bleed attached to the pot.
Fluff can you confirm if the pickup is actually the invader neck model? Thank you!
No its bridge, just like on OG models and on Tom's actual CS models 😉 Plus, it's in the bridge position so... makes sense 😆
@@punky4673 There's a weird rumor out there that he used the neck model! Guess its not true though.
My wife was just happy they were still long
I didn’t even notice the bridge saddles were different as I only just placed my order, but that makes me very happy. The original saddles definitely suck. My original black TD was purchase from a girl I knew in high school for…$100… and years later someone stole it from me.
I like my TD epI phone because it has a nice raised bridge and makes palm mutes feel effortless and comfy, so that’s wonderful!
For $1300, it damned well better be better than the ‘02.
This is one cheeky little number 🎸🎸🎸🎸😃😃😃😃
First fret neck depth?
Do a shootout of each.... ooooooooooooooooooo ahhhhhhhhh
The mid-range non-US made instruments in most brands have come a long way in 20 years so I’m not surprised that the new one is a better instrument. I feel like old Mexican Fenders felt closer to Squier in terms of build quality, but these days they really stand out as quality instruments.
The MIM guitars took a big step up in quality around the time of the design changes in 2009 - darker tint on the necks, all black logos, updated colors, etc.
@@biznatcho7 was the same with epiphone, I had an SG from around 2010 and a Les Paul from about 2012 and the improvement even between those two years was noticeable
These have so many quality issues and have been made like absolute garbage.
Everyone has their thing but I totally disagree. Fender fell off around 2012 I'd say. My 2000 models blow all of the newer ones out of the water. Just my experience with it though
all the places I have checked only have the black in stock.
I wish these came with a maple fretboard
What do you mean you picked the one that was 7.2 pounds? Was there a weight choice?
On websites like Sweetwater, there is lol. There are usually 4 options to look at, and they are 4 of the same guitar but all different serial numbers, so there are teeny tiny variations in them. One of them being the weight. I saw some Tom Delonge strats in black yesterday that ranged from 6 pounds 15 ounce to 7 pounds 8 ounces. Not a huge difference in weight, but it is to some.
Oh wow, how strange. They don’t even offer weight differences on Fender’s website… 🤯
I cant believe anyone would pay $1400 for a 1 pickup squier
It's not a Squier tho
@@RiffsAndBeards close enough
I think they put a treble bleed on the the new one, not sure about the original.
Man, who would imagine the fit and finish on a brand new guitar feels and looks better than the fit and finish on a 20 year old used guitar.
New Ibanez finishes suck compared to the finish durability of 20 years ago.
they could make it cheaper to cut costs... it's a thing, u know
@@bbarrera86 it was already a cheap 27 pieced body guitar to start with.
Is that a jar of Fluff? Hey man, can I get an 8th of Fluffs Beard?
Does it have an HSS Route Mr Fluff?
HSH route I believe
If i had the surf green one, I would’ve personally gone for the yellow one for the new one. But good vid! Always enjoy watching your channel
how is this guitar not worth 500 usd the most 700 usd, im baffled.
is that a jar of weed in the background?
I know what this room smells like
Why do you think his name is fluff? He digs that fluffy!
I prefer my original from 2002, but I found that they were very inconsistent back then, so it's possible I just got one of the "good ones" back in the day.
Dang, what were some of inconsistencies ?
I got the squier version bout 20yrs ago for $70 great guitar
Fender is going to make BANK on this, less hardware and such, $1300...there is a P.T Barnum quote here somewhere...
Hell of a nothing burger “review”
Just did a video about my 2 as well. Sadly not really a fan of the new satin neck
I can’t really describe the joy that the long awaited Delonge renaissance is brining me.
Personal opinion but I think the black one would look better with a black pick guard and black Invader like Tom's in 02, sounds sick tho
Was 01, he broke the all black at the MTV Europe awards when it malfunctioned during first date. Boxcar black was in 2002
@@Hurricane9146He had 2 all black Strats. One with an Atticus broken hearts sticker at the bridge (the one he smashed at MTV after the pickup malfunction), then he had the one with the white racing stripe which he used during Box Car Racer. In fact, the production black model is incorrect as he was rarely, if ever, seen with a black w/ white pearloid pickguard.
@@Travis-guy-247 In the "stay together for the kids" music video Tom is playing a black strat with the pearloid pickguard
Yup. I’m waiting for a BCR Strat release man I need that
@@invictarose203 Yeah but if you look, that's actually a normal Strat with 3 single coil pickups and a maple fretboard. It's not one of his custom shop ones.
I made my own several years ago. Fiesta red strat and I just bought a new pickguard and electronics. I also like the smaller headstock. And used a JB. Whole thing took an hour and saved me many hundreds of dollars.
Lol yeah pretty easy to make one
It is a very cool guitar but the price point is WAY to high. That guitar should be around 800. I can't justify that much money on the most basic of strats. No hate towards Tom, Fluff or anyone else who buy one, just my 2 cents.
I also have both. The only differences I've noticed is the necks on the new ones are matte and lighting fast to move around. The neck is also way lighter in color to my 2000s era TD
I also had the original one on daphne blue, surf green and black. Beautiful guitars, although I wouldn't buy them today. To me it's a little bit expensive for a 1 pickup guitar. That being said, I get that a lot of people couldn't afford one 20 years ago, so now's that chance. Great to see these guitars back!
Three colours in one? What year did you buy?
@@historyoflol5611 No, I mean, I have those 3 guitars. I got them between 02-04. I have some covers with them on my channel if you wanna take a look!
It was a sticking point for me, it seemed a bit highly priced - especially when we can compare it to a MX strat. But... January sales I picked up a mint ex demo green one for 900. Which I think is a much more reasonable price, especially as I always wanted one.
@@CagedPaps that's amazing! Like I said, I totally get the nostalgia around that guitar, so glad you were able to pick one up!
Just can't justify that kind of money for basically a one trick pony that a squier outdoes at a fraction of the price
I'm still baffled as to why the Tom Delong signature guitars are so popular, it makes no sense. It's like a Lady Gaga signature guitar being sold out and then getting jacked up in the secondary market.
And $1300 for an import Strat? The world doesn't make sense anymore.
Ordered a new black one to go with my OG surf green one as well. Since I had the classic Tom blink looks got the black for Boxcar vibes.
Surf green seemed like a good idea but I wound up getting the blue. Love it more.
same ive always wanted the blue since i was a kid! so amped to get it!
The original is probably a 7 piece body.
Tom Delonge's guitar looks like something Rob Arnold of Chimaira would play. Black, strat shaped guitar with a single high-output ceramic humbucker + the pearl pickguard.
Rob Arnold's guitar looks like something Tom Delonge of Blink 182 would play. Black, strat shaped guitar with a single high-output ceramic humbucker + the pearl pickguard.
@@jsullivan2112 Now? Maybe. But back in the day he was into more colourful guitars, if I remember correctly. Even if he played a black strat it wasn't as iconic as his pastel coloured ones.
@@Chris-Ian Haha yeah, I was just being cheeky. Seeing how well that would work if I reversed the two and kept everything else the same.
It’s not like either one of them was first to play a bare bones guitar like that though.
1300? idk probably worth like 599
Looks great, wish it had the 60’s headstock, but $1300 for a single pickup strat is pushing it
You can buy a nice squire for like 400 and put the $100 invader in it. Would be way cheaper.
I don’t understand why anyone would want a strat with only one pickup.
EVH '78 Eruption : " Allow me to introduce myself ".
so the headstock is different compared to the original?
I love the guitar but when I was younger it was 450 bucks that jump is just crazy ! Looke great still
Cool axe except for the silly headstock. An easy guitar to make yourself too.
They should either make a black with black pickguard or just sell a black pickguard to fit on it, just like the fender he played in the First Date music video. That’s a killer looking guitar
they have the same pickguard with the same format on a lot of online stores that sell guitar parts.
Sheesh I hate being a lefty sometimes
I've got my own frankensteined "tom" strat.
candy apple red squire
sanded down the neck to make it play better
fender locking tuners
custom white pearl pick guard
single seymour duncan hot rails in the bridge
volume and tone controls
kill switch for the lol
I have the yellow one I got Christmas of 2001
Such a cool guitar. Wouldn’t expect anything less tbh, Tom is an icon.
What exactly is so unique and cool about a single pickup strat?
@@Elyoslayer If you gotta ask, then you just don't get it
@@bobbydrex5268 That's specifically why he's asking.
@@bobbydrex5268 I wish I never get it then cause spending 1300$ on this would only make me question my life's choices. You can get can really high end guitars for that kind of money and even endgame guitars on the secondhand market.
@@Elyoslayer They usually have 3, sometimes 2, so having one is unique and cool no?
Peeling the plastic off was the most satisfying part of this video.
Is it USA made? I don't know about a one trick pony Mexican made guitar for $1300. Heck I remember seeing a display of boxes of Tom DeLong strats at Sam Ash for like $350.
Lmao, imagine playing $1200 for a modern-day strat with a single humbucker. Absolute trash.
Mexican made strats cost more than an American made strats? What year am i living in?
Can you tell me why people are complaining about it being MIM, is there a big difference from US models, would it have been any better if it was made here? or do people just like to complain?
Honestly, it does look great but it’s literally just a Strat with one humbucker.
Even back in the 00’s I saw the potential market but it has less features than either a standard Strat or a HH Strat.
I like that it’s simplistic but the price doesn’t reflect that.
I want the Daphne Blue so bad but Fender showing OOS and I can’t find one in a local retailer to try out, and I really don’t like to buy a guitar sight unseen
The price hike between the original and this is just stupid. Fender cashing in on the Blink reunion is all this is. The Esquire GT custom they also released around the same time was superior.
I'm still really hoping they release Tom's new signature Starcaster model for sale, because I have a home custom Squire Bullet that I modded to be a Tom DeLonge copy, which, just two months after I finished that project, Fender released their own Squire single humbucker, single volume knob guitar, so that was fun. 😑 Lmao
But I still want a semi-hollow, because I don't have one, and a Tom Signature Starcaster would be really awesome, even if they also release a cheaper Squire option.
All guitars should be One Knob, One Pickup. and red....
Paying a lot for the name. The Mexico made model is poor compared to basic Fender USA models.
People willingly play guitars with 1 pickup in 2023?
I may need to get new guitars soon.. more recordings i need to make to be at least heard like metallica or slipknot.
If you remove the pick guard is it hollowed out beyond the bridge pickups?
I always loved the invader, especially for heavy stuff and its funny how much the internet hates it UNLESS its in this guitar.
They just switch the stickers from squier to fender and are charging a American made guitar
I have the new seafoam green starcaster of Tom’s what an amazing guitar.
Are they going to rerelease the mark hoppus bass, I am jealous of anyone who owns one
1.500€ for a made in Mexico is just ridiculous.
Sounds good. Bit overpriced in my opinion though.
Im so glad they added the treble bleed!
Cool guitar but a bit expensive for a made in Mexico strat.
they sound the exact same. proof that wood has 0 effect on tone
I put a defender pickup in my early ‘00’s graffiti yellow fender cyclone. It has a tbx tone control too. That thing rips.
You recorded a nice The Offspring-esq song :D
I’m thinking about get the Squier esquire deluxe and replacing the pickup with an invader to get that pop punk sound. I want to save some cash and I already have a nice Stratocaster. Thought do you guys think that will get me close?
I did that with an old Stagg copy and it will definitely work. That Invader does a lot of the heavy lifting for the sound. It doesn't sound very different from my new reissue. "close" is subjective but it'll def. be a fun guitar, don't expect a $200 guitar to play like a $1000 one out the gate though..
You'll miss out on some of the details like better fretwork, quality of the hardware but over the long term you can do more upgrades. You could even swap out the neck at some point for example.
@@JorisGriffioen yea I think probably change the hardware out and do some fret work. Im not really expecting it to be as nice as a fender but as long as the guitar isn’t a complete dud I should be able to get it playing pretty good.
You can own more than one strat
@@Ottophil I don’t really want to
I'm expecting it to have some sort of conspiracy
I got it in daphne blue but still waiting for it to come in.
I like that jar to your left (our right) 😉
i can appretiate the bridge comparison but there's no way u couldnt come up with more comparisons other than the neck plate... u could at least talk about the invader vs the original one and a bit about the head gear or something
The Invaders sound identical. The tuners are identical.
Why isnt there a Squier Version ??? 😢😢😢
Good lort save me I just placed an order
It's my dream to have one of those guitars. Has been since I saw Tom playing the yellow one with a matching hat hat back in 2002. The $2300 price tag in Australia is so expensive. One day I'll have one in my arms, ONE DAY!
Buy a used mexican fender and do the same mods and save money. You're welcome.
@@beefnacos6258 I'd rather a legitimate one as it's an investment.
Great vid
"almost in tune" so in tom delonge tuning then ;)
WTF it sounds great!!!!
Sweet. Just ordered mine in surf green. I didn’t want to pay 2500 for the original. Used at that. I’m glad they did this reissue
How do you like it so far?
@@Greasiola i returned it. Came with a lot of issues. Sucks. Seems they rushed it or something
@@Renee_Lopez That sucks man, sorry to hear that. What issues did it have?
Play some obituary tunes
It's great Fluff being such a collector. We get to hear the old and New.👍Thanks fluff!!!
as a huge fan of blink and all of tom’s projects, of course this guitar is pure nostalgia fuel. but a mexican strat for 1300 is not even in the ball park. i’ll be looking for a hard tail squier strat and spend some time having a fun little project instead.
Whats so special in that one???
OK, so who is Tom Delonge?
Squire version please 😁
What is blink 182?
$1299!!!!!!!!!! I remember seeing the OG one at GC for like $400 new back in the day
So many ppl have been complaining that it comes with a single pickup but do they not realize that when you take off the pickguard cover, the guitar has been routed for a single coil middle pickup, as well as a humbucker neck pickup?
I gotta say, man, I don't think people are appreciating the riff you crafted to showcase this guitar.
The way the lead and rhythm effortlessly blended together was master-class.
Just got mine this week and I love it!
It’s literally the same except the neck plate. I had one in 02 in black. Ridiculous they’re charging almost double for the same thing.