"They gotta right the first time" 😍

i´m using a Blade Texas Standard Pro, 20 or more years old!And while i´m looking and hearing this video...ican heat thr sound from my Blade!Ok,Fenderpickups are in ,but it sounds amazing!Thx a lot for our video!

1958?

I want to see him demonstrate his lawn mower

"spring tension should ... equal string tension". The trem would be locked solid if that were the case. Completely wrong understanding of the physics. The angled claw is also nonsense. The strings all share a single rotational axis. You can't adjust their individual intervals as he implies. Those intervals are just a consequence of the different stiffnesses of the strings.

This guy is insanely good

we all grew up with this video

Such a cool player

Please make a review of the 5e4-a, the tweed Super amp with 6V6. One of the most underrated amps ever...

13 years on and I’m still amazed at how brilliant Carl is here… Lovely!

This guy is combination of stevie ray, eric johnson and albert lee

I’ve seen this video hundred times wherever I find it.

4:15 the fuckin' magic begins... I'm a metal guy but THIS is one of the purest demonstrations of how to command your instrument. You can't dispute the knowledge and musicianship here.

Great jam. Way to get into it

4:40 interesting slide

coming back to this video 15 years later - I can't believe I'm saying that, I remember watching through this entire series and loving all the fun of seeing them give the lesser known Fenders some good press. This is still a great series to watch from Jawbonepress - Carl and Dave rock. Just check out the resolution quality of 2007 - this is one of the earliest KZbin memories I have!

I know this is old but what a couple of clueless tools.

Good luck finding them.

I am so glad this is still available to be viewed -- I love it so much!

The springs thing it is stupid on so many levels !

To get the B string to vibrate I think the neck has to have proper contact with the body. This can be achieved by loosening slightly the neck screws with string tension. The strings will then pull the neck tightly onto the body and it will creak/pop into place. Then tighten the screws again. After this the B string should resonate through the body as well. I've done this on my cheapo non-fender strat, and I can feel the B string (and even the high E) vibrate in the body.

It took just 43 seconds to say everything and his opposite: a "resonant" solid body is not "reacting well" with the pickups, since it's all based on the electromagnetic field, which has NOTHING to do with acoustics. Unless your pickups are microphonic and then it's a problem. Stop this bullshit about a resonant solid body electric, Leo Fender worked hard to avoid it.

Why do the old models sound better

RE: the B string test: I must have a 'live one', although it's not a strat, but an old Jag knock-off that is probably mahogany plywood. But when I pluck the B string it definitely vibrates big time.

the first one!

What's the opinion of the '81 twin?

Hi. Thanks for this. Any insight into those mid to late 60s Melody Makers that featured the fuller size headstock of the SG Juniors? How and why did they come about?

One great player!!!

Buy a boss katana.

duo sonics and music masters are sick, as you can tell. don't hate on them idiots

Now these things are flying up in value with lots of great players like Joe Bonamassa and Tomo Fujita showing em off on Instagram. I’d argue they are pretty excellent tone machines...

No contest...the V front is wayyy better and fuller sounding

I learned all about vintage amps and guitars through this channel, thank you. Your books and articles are amazing by the way.

Why was a 1964 Stratocaster shown in the beginning? Neither of these two dudes were playing a 1964 Strat...

These two guys are nuts the music master and do a Sonic have an unbelievable tone through a clean amp. The pickups are amazing in these little guitars. This is one of the few videos I've seen where somebody talks negatively about the sound of a music master and do a Sonic this is new to me

nice the middle amp is more touch sensitive to me tone controls may get closer to a well rounded overdrive without the bass fart

Nice !!!

Carl thinks playing next to other SATAN WORSHIPPERS IS COOL. WELL ITS HOT AS HELL!! CHECK THIS JERK OFF AT NORMS VINTAGE SATAN GUITARS ON YOU TUBE FOR YOURSELF.

Had to laugh people who say Chinese Squier strats are as good as an American made Strat either. Cant afford a real strat or are not good enough to tell the difference in the build quality and feel.

I think with 8 screw/posts on the plate of the bridge, the claw adjustment tunes all strings at once. For instance, setting more spring pull on the bass side will affect equally to all strings.

I learnt so much with this series of videos “back in the day”. Good memories :-)

Guitarded!

It's really hard getting reliable information about melody makers first manifestations from 1959-69). The model that is introduced here as the "model changed they the Melody Maker to.... In 1962... " is actually the 3rd shape (as far as I am aware and as far as I can see from what is shown) and I have reason to believe they were making the second shape (Les Paul like silhouette but with two cutaways) into 1964. He also says that model is known as the Melody Maker D. The D designation just meant double pickup and all of the original models came in one or two pickup varieties (3 for the SG shape). Unless there was an overlap in production of the second and third shape shape, the info here is highly questionable.

A sophisticated man challenged by simplicity.

I like the fact that he seems to be playing licks that had a life once in some dark corner of music. I think he’s a little too hooked on the interval playing fad.

Carl still needs work on his guitar face.

dude knows his stuff

I hear more guitar than amp. WTF.

Savage. Unreal. Not human. Complete props for love of the art of music and the discipline of really understanding music theory and the intersection with the instrument to majke incredible music. Thank u.

I love that sonic blue Strat