Happy New Year to you!!!

I think theyre more for beginners thats why theyre not putting rhythm circuits in fender is trying to pull in a new generation

Better yet why not make left handed ones for once

It doesn't matter to my old weathered mitts and maybe it doesn't matter to you but some people would complain that you need shorter grub screws holding up your saddles so they are not raking into their palms. I bought some cheap Musiclily saddles from Amazon for a budget guitar and I appreciated that this competitive parts company included multiple screws at different lengths to address this issue.

Old school for a reason...I don't jump when Simon says SUPRO! WOW!...errrrSimon says Magnatone! nope! The originals if you have to - but don't get jerked by FOMO on all these fake retreads. You like being a slave?

No Gibsons? Happy New Year Jim and all the best for you and your family!

I agree completely. I have two AV ‘64 Jazz Basses, the AV ‘63 P Bass, a ‘65 Jazzmaster and a ‘65 Jaguar from this production line. They are superior in every way compared to any other Fender I’ve played. The thin nitro finish, fretwork, period accuracy and case candy are all phenomenal. Sadly, I have a hard time imagining Fender ever going back to this build quality so I appreciate this era a lot! Unbelievable guitars.

Excellent video. I’ve had my Amulet for about a year now and I love it, I’ve even toured with it (and run it at 1W on stage! Mic’d of course) and it has not had any issues. That said, the heat has always made me nervous. I actually asked Dave Koltai about it- he said the amp runs hot by nature, but the heat is most intense at 1W and when the amp is on for a while but not being played. Personally, the heat still makes me uncomfortable, so thanks to your video I routed a cooling vent myself and installed a tooth washer while I was at it. I really like this amp. It’s small, light, and personally I think quite versatile for my needs though others may disagree. I really appreciate the advice on how to get it to a place where it can last as long as it should.

I have a Schechter C6 deluxe, 10 pounds.

Nice vid. A happy, healthy and prosperous new year to all of you there.

thank you for your honesty, you have helped me two time this year avoiding gear other reviewers were not fully transparent on just say good things to make the brand happy and what you do is very important to me.

Very nice video. Overall quality of your work has improved a lot from when you first started, and your early videos were already pretty good. I have watched some other YT streamers who I think are pretty honest and they really liked the HB modern Plus, or said it was a fine instrument, but neck profile/trem were not for them. I also watch a couple who agreed with you, which leads me to believe they are really inconsistent, and you might get a great instrument, or a real dog (no disrespect to my canine friends) -which was my experience with my HB T-62. First one was not even good enough to be called a B-stock, second has not a single flaw. I am still interested in the modern plus and would love to mess around with one, but will wait until the next version. As robotics improve, we are going to see more and more features from top of the line guitars move down to the budget level. Rounded edges, perfectly finished frets, Plect guitar setups for entire line, AI/computer assisted final setup and QC. Top of the line guitars will be the same as today, best wood, play-ability, hand made, but the differences will be even less dramatic then today. The next few years are going to be amazing for guitarists as even more high end features creep up into budget and mid priced guitars. Congrats on another year of great content. Have a great New Year and see you in 2025.

And a very happy new year to you and your family, Jim! 🙂🙂🎸🎸

Happy New Year, Jim! Best wishes to you and your family! Keep doing your thing!

Always look forward to ur videos! Happy New year!!

Happy New Year! A fantastic video to end the year with - a great lineup of gear and excited to hear what you create in 2025!

What about you PRS Core in blue you had in an anti-UV cabinet? Is that worse than the Suhr? In what sense? PRS is supposed to make the best instruments (you may like them or not, you may like the sound or not, but I am refering to the finishes, the neck, it is "perfect").

What about the PRS Core in Blue you had in a anti-UV Cabinet? Is that Suhr better? Many people claim PRS make the best guitars in terms of QC and "perfection". The sound is another thing you may like it or not especially.

ill buy that album.

Thanks for another year of entertainment and especially the live streams. It's fun to just talk guitar and relax. 2024 was a very difficult year for me. Wishing you all the best, man! That Suhr is amazing! It's totally YOU

Happy New Year Jim! Thanks for bringing honest amp reviews to the table I tune in every time you post one.

Great video. Looking forward to what you bring in 2025. Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year Jim and everyone!

I bought a Suhr classic T custom 5 years ago, best purchase I have ever made!!

Have a great new year :)

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love the Vid!

The Class 5 is a nice amp, if you know, how to adjust it correctly. It is no "everything at ten" amp. First you have to avoid to much power amp sagging, so Volume a 10 not necessarily is the right choice (opposite to a1959 or 1987), second, bass can sound too intense and cause (too much) bass fuzz at higher Volume settings, so lower settings can sound better. If you know, what and where to do, also some modding can help, no matter, if you want a (slightly) different sound shaping, taming or beefing up the sound a little. It could have even been better sounding and more flexible with additional Master and a negative feedback loop, as every other Marshall (Plexi) also offers it, but ok. Not bad in my opinion nevertheless. Good, but maybe also not awesome, but you can make it sounding awesome with some decent modding most probably. But certainly an amp, which you either like or do not at all.

I wonder if you could have coil splits done on it. If of course you don’t mind modding it.

Good review of what - to me - sounds like a bad design and a bad build. I'm pretty sure this brand was resurrected solely to sell into history that Page used SOME variety of Supro on LZI. NOTHING you played on 4+ guitars at any volume sounded remotely like LZI which is fine. But nothing sounded good in its own right either. Everything sounded muffled. The variations in sound over hours / days suggest the tubes are biased WAY too high and are damaging the caps and resistors with heat which will put the circuit further out of balance and eventually destroy the amp, probably even before the warranty expires.

The Captor X is a superb piece of kit. It's probably saved my life a couple of times this year already. It's been a great year in gear for you, Jim! Looking forward you seeing the fave guitar in more vids!

5:13 very different offsets but I have a Teisco Spectrum 5 with that gorgeous checking and wear, but also a blue Sharkfin K2L that sadly has the cracked eggshell and brown wear that you mentioned.

Love it! What a great way to close 2024. Thank you for all your honest and thoughtful opinions on different gears, but mostly thank you for your music! Happy new year!

“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.” - Jim

This (American Vintage) series is also way better than the original reissues made in Fullerton (1982-‘84)! I really don’t think any more Fender guitars will be made as well as this outside maybe the Custom Shop

I’ll stick to vintage Supro amps from the 50’s and 60’s…

I have an AVRI '62 Jaguar from '06. I saved everything I could from my first job in my teens for like a year until I could finally afford my dream guitar. I feel like the '62 Jags are less common than the '65s.

It sounded great! . Nice playing as always. I just have to ask about something you said, “it all has to do with the spacing of the frets” - frets 0-22 are the the exact same spacing on any 25” scale guitar! I don’t understand how that contributes to a different feel? I may be confusing “feel” as a physical thing vs a visual “when I look down at the fretboard” to orient myself thing though. My reservation with 24s, and I currently just own one custom 24, is that the neck pickup gets bumped to a position that always feels a bit wrong to me. I love that LP-style, coil-at-the-second-octave positioning’s sound so much that I miss it in the 24 fretters.

That's beautiful.

Fading, Clouding are unacceptable issues for a 4+ guitar that you mainly buy due to its aesthetics. I cannot understand how they are still not resolving this issue. The best option is not buying one with blue or green components. Charcoal, Red or Tiger colors but still...big issues in my opinion to avoid buying one.

Lovely guitar there. I put a set of the '62 AVRI pups into one CV Jag project the Nitro Refin CFM one. The Shell Pink has the Pure Vintage '65. Great sounding pups. Hopefully you'll see the announcement of the Jag at NAMM!

Awesome video have a great day Jim and also have a happy positive new year from Canada and also I will quit KZbin in 2025❤😊

Very nice, you looked like you were enjoying that ! All the best for the new year mate, hope to catch you soon.

A shame they gotta keep changing the output jack and fret sizes just to have something to use as a marketing point.

Great guitar Jim. My number one is a 90’ ce24 that I’ve owned since new. I love the ce’s. Do you think you will put it back to having the split coil push/pull tone pot? I have a cu22 that someone removed the 5 way rotory switch and replaced it with a 3-way. I know that’s a popular thing to do but it bothers me, I’m considering just adding a push/pull tone knob.

That’s a sweet guitar!

I do find it annoying how fender and squier treat their guitars, unless your favorite guitar model is a strat or a tele good luck finding one they just discontinued the normal starcasters again and the only way to get one again is to get one used that's being sold for way more than the instrument is actually worth seriously some listings are like $600 for a $250 guitar brand new

SE is best option for afordable guitar. S2 you pay for a Core guitar (electronics and QC) with affordable finishes (plain shapes, satin or veneer top wood). PRS Cores is an S2 made for luxury in aesthetics, more rounded body, which needs wider woods for the tops (and that is very expensive), colors and 5A wood grains, maybe abalone or mother of pearl inlays, maybe flamed maple neck, etc.

I dream of owning an American Jaguar in burgundy mist, with a matching headstock.

I had a PRS CE 22...I ordered it around 95...they told me it was one of the last ones made in the Annapolis shop...wide thin neck, dragon pickups...I paid $1600, that was a lot of money for a kid back then...I miss that guitar