@@leechild4655 thanks for watching. This is the first whole partscaster I’ve built. It definitely feels different than my light blue MIM (partial partscaster since the body and bridge are actual Fender). Otherwise, internally it’s the same as was in the light blue. I took the loaded guard and dropped everything into Placid. I try to go through pickup positions, but live I tend to live on the middle because it’s a bit clearer in a band.

@@Moxy770 thanks! Appreciate you watching!

@@JazzStrat781 thanks for watching!

@@F412T1 Unfortunately no. I’ve played around a MG but that was in a GC. I’d love to compare but I won’t buy one just for that, especially since my turn on the KOT waiting list is up.

@@Nonverbaleklaenge thank you!

@@johnnygreenway3579 thanks. I used the Tonex One pedal for the chorus, delay, and reverb. I recommend getting at least the Tonex One. It’s $180, and it’s easier to tweak tones on the pedal than in the software. I will use my Scarlett 2i2 interface to adjust effects, save the patches, then plug the Tonex One in and just drag and drop. It loads them onto the pedal. I haven’t used the Valetron, so I don’t know, but if you use analog pedals like distortion or overdrive, or other separate pedals, the Tonex has incredible amp captures. I use my own pedals, so it works best for me.

@@christophertaylor1671 thanks brother!

thanks!

@@Metalbass1979 that sounds incredible. Blessings on your mission!

@@davidcudlip6587 definitely love the Extra Crispy set. I have a set Golden Ale strat pups that used to be in my strat until I got some Benson Custom ‘63s. If I get another strat the Bootstraps will go into it.

I thought that was the nicest cap value myself. That harness was a different one in that the back position was no tone or volume, just straight to output. A normal Esquire has volume on the back position, just no tone. Anyway, not too long after that, I rewired it to a standard Esquire setup with a .015 capacitor, then I went back to a stock Tele with the neck pickup, a set of Bootstrap Extra Crispy, their take on an overwound '51 Nocaster set. I did go with a no-load tone pot so I can take it out of the circuit for that Esquire-like thing on both pickups. It's slightly hotter when the tone is wide open.

@@jr0706 nice!

@@peterpicker850 they are great pick ups. I like the Benson set just a bit more, so that is what I am using. But I still have the bootstrap set, and if I am able to find a used classic vibe, Strat, I will definitely be installing those.

@@RichardtheLionHeart645 thanks!

@@WhiteSlash_Guitars thanks!

@@WeekendWarriorGuitars thanks bro!

@@timjthomas thanks!

@@FlorentChardevel thanks!

@@davidgordon7673 indeed they are. Thanks for watching!

I use 10-46 on all my electrics. These are most likely D’Addario XLs, but could also be a set of DR Pure Blues.

@@jcout25 I think the tones are good at lower volumes, but it reacts better at louder volumes. That said, I’m thinking of getting an attenuator like a Two Notes Captor X.

Thanks. No, that’s mic’d up, either with a Behringer SM57 clone or an Audix D4, can’t remember. I don’t use the Katana since I got an old Epiphone Valve Jr lol.

@@anthonypanneton923 thanks. Fuzz isn’t for everyone, even me. It’s an occasional thing.

And it clears up on the middle and bridge pickups. It is really woofy on the neck.

@@jr0706 I've been diddling with fuzz pedals ever since the original Maestro Fuzz-Tone in the late '60s. at one time it's all there was (at least where I lived). Then came the Univox Superfuzz - original gray pedal w/knobs on the side. That was better because it had a switch to go from fuzz to something more like overdrive, which I used a lot back in those days. But by about 1970 I had quit using pedals altogether. Didn't start using again until about 1990. In my basement in a box somewhere I have a mid-'90s Sovtek Muff-Pi pedal. that's a good fuzz-like pedal, but its a HUGE army green metal box thing. Nowadays I prefer low-gain overdrives, and I have big assortment. I'm just not much into high-gain or fuzz anymore. I also have an Epiphone Valve Jr. head just like yours - I love it, although not for everything all the time! I use mine with either an 8" or 10" speaker - not for gigs, just in the house. Keep On Rocking!!

@@anthonypanneton923 wow, sounds like a fun time to be a player. I miss just plugging in, my pedalboard is quite large, but I’m a church guitarist and need all the delays and reverbs (although I need some reverb on the Epi head). I think fuzz of any kind is best in a mix. So I am going to try to do that over at backing track. I recorded a month or so ago when I get home from work this evening.

@@Electrosentido it’s the best tele neck I’ve ever heard.

@@ToneJunkieTV thanks!

Thanks, Mark. I prefer the V30 to the ET65 with this amp.

@@Tyler_Wilson I think Guitar Fetish has one that says “bespoken” in the Fender font lol

@@thesoundpurist you know what, I agree! Thanks my friend!

@@thesoundpurist thanks for your vote!

@@richardsmith9615 thanks!

@@mnjacks78 thanks bro! Indeed!

Sounds incredible btw I vote no fender decal

It's a great guitar for sure. I preferred the 59s in the Standard myself. I have a set of those in my Ibanez semi hollow, and they are incredible PAF-style pickups. But I would not complain about the 225 set, and the Heritage CC is cheaper than the Gibson CS by a significant amount.

thanks for watching!

@@kenhilving276 it’s going up now! Awesome, Uncle Ken!

@@silviopimentel7247 Cool is in the ears of the user.

@@shmuel39 how are they? I still have the Extra Crispy set in mine, but having put some Benson Custom 63s in my Strat, I may try his tele set out.

I didn't think much of that pedal when I first saw it, but having had a couple days with it, it's super useful.

Thanks!