1970 Fender Stratocaster Lake Placid Blue | Guitar of the Day

[@jasoncherry4221]

lemmo is the king of the looper pedal

[@mygrandmaisatoaster40]

Dude thats what i was thinking hes insane Dude HAS to practice on it everyday too due to these videos

[@pastorman308]

Bro, your playing of The Watchtower was hypnotic.

[@frankortega4280]

Beautiful guitar. One of my favorite colors for Fender guitars.

[@garychait3353]

mine is Ocean Turquoise

[@Mister_Samsonite]

It's almost a dead ringer for the USA Performer I got over the holidays, nearly the same weight too. I never thought of 8lbs as "light" for a Strat, but in 1970 it might have been.

[@DaniloVaranda]

watch Lemmo playing is a privilege

[@DemetrePHajenian]

Jimi might have still been alive when that Strat came out...I hope that some of your viewers were alive to have heard his music.. I know I was.. I'll never forget.

[@outsiderdf]

you can still hear it

[@ianmills7750]

That neck position sound was just perfect!

[@sgsgilly8013]

The little bit at 6:30 is nice!

[@bernardhossmoto]

Beautiful sound and playing again, thanks!

[@bldallas]

Wow! That was the best GOTD epi that I’ve seen!!! Amazing playing Michael. Really cool to hear you play so actual songs by JH and EVH without having to change a bunch of stuff to avoid their blocking BS. Great job! Also, damn that’s a gorgeous guitar. My favorite Tele or Strat color combo is Lake Placid Blue w/ neck and white guard. Love it! Thanks and again, great job!!! 🤓🎸

[@markhenley5131]

Hi Michael that was great - you put some hard work in that demo . Great playing and tones. As always just love yours and Jens videos . A fan from England Cheers guys

[@leelossi1257]

What a privilege to watch and listen to you two each day!!!! Thanks so much

[@toddflowers8052]

Great playing great guitar !! Thanks Lemmo and Jen !!

[@viggogrendahl1]

So nice. Love it. ❤ This one and the '66 Dakota red (from Norm's warehouse) are my favourites ever seen here.

[@guitarstorms]

Holy smoke buddy that was amazing playing.....💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏☘️☘️☘️

[@dwightpatterson9477]

And you got a lot of people saying the 70’s Strat was a flop, but this video just showed us, this a beast with the three way switch, don’t you think the pick ups on there on sound a little different with a three way switch

[@scottandersen420]

I’ve got one just like this one hanging on the wall, she’s a beauty

[@snapfinger1]

Mine was stolen. Lake Placid w/ maple fretboard. 2010. Replaced w/ 50’s in Olympic White but it lacked that certain something. Magic.

[@garychait3353]

SUPERB! You play very well! You brought out the best of the guitar. Appreciate your time to do this/Stay Well

[@JediSantadavdoodSisterBeatSnwu]

Just got a lake placid Mexican. This1970 strat very cool and rare. Undiscovered gems. Hi 2 norm crew etc. 2000 shows wow.theCat.

[@quenandnan612]

That strat sounds incredible.

[@henrikhansen6617]

Great playing!

[@mikekutzner7416]

Love it !

[@solaris70]

you have played on the Fender KZbin 📺 channel before ? this is very stellar showcase demonstration 🎵🎶🌌👾

[@NikulPrasad]

Great demo, she’s a beaut

[@sebastiang7842]

I am still getting back here once a week or so.Love the firs tune hard! Does anybody know the gear Lemmo is using here? Especially the overdrive/distortion effect i am curious about. Also how is he getting that screaming tone at 3:50? Lemmo is such a great dynamic player, it's just insane...

[@kevinleighton7255]

That is one gorgeous guitar 🎸 ❤ I love the Strats! The playing is fantastic 👌 👏 ❤

[@roberthoffecker7223]

Earache my eye, Kid. Guess Norm bought it, though. You still look hungover, but sound pretty good. Love the maple neck 70's strats, and the Hendrix licks. Go Birds, sign Reddick.

[@musicman8942]

I don't know if the strings are worn or what but that Strat is having a hell of a time staying intune.

[@ListenToPowerViolence]

I wish I was as good as Lemmo. I've only been playing for 30 years though.

[@bldallas]

Me, too! But I’ve played for 51 years now…..so much for that 10,000 hour bullshit, huh?

[@wesleyAlan9179]

Awesome

[@edog949c6]

Michael lemmo straight putting in work.

[@MrJscottpd41]

Absolutely amazing!! Does anyone know the name of the first piece Michael played on this one?

[@sebastiang7842]

Would love to know that, too

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

Excellent Lemmo Demmo! Sweet Stratocaster. It’s got some mojo

[@Gallywomack]

I have a recentish MiM in exactly the same colour & neck combo. Mine doesn't seem to work the same as this one though, for some reason...

[@macinfloydvolk]

definitely got some Gilmour vibes on that neck pickup ....

[@eric_in_florida]

Great color. I'm curious what this would go for. It shouldn't be that much, right?

[@soundofwinter]

They have it listed for $29,900 on the website.

[@eric_in_florida]

@@soundofwinter That's nuts. I have an upgraded Mexistrat that I guarantee plays and sounds as good as that one.

[@turdoirishman]

May I help you ?? 29.900$ on Norm's Reverb shop. So easy to find😂

[@turdoirishman]

Why don't you do a video to prove it???​@@eric_in_florida

[@eric_in_florida]

@@turdoirishman I would need Lemmo to play it for a fair comparison

[@chuckjj5493]

Well Done

[@ianmills7750]

That's was off the fuckin hook Mike!

[@brianseneca3546]

I have never seen any colors other than Black, Sunburst, White, Antigua (I think thats the name) and Mocha on a 1970's Strat!

[@brianseneca3546]

and of course Natural

[@Kkvta]

This is my happy place

[@dhruvamoores8662]

Beauty playing. What kind of looper pedal are you using?

[@simoncaddick9085]

Welcome back Michael, that's an outstanding Guitar, 'sounds and looks amazing..

[@gr500music6]

Beautiful guitar; beautiful playing! As an aside, if the micr-tilt neck was so awful, why did Leo Fender take that design (his) to Music Man when he founded it? Personally, I prefer the one-bolt, two screw design to the four screw design (only the micro-tilt has an actual "bolt.") Have had a '74 since '79. The adjustability has been great and absolutely no problems.

[@anthonyc1883]

Leo did something very important with his Music Man guitars (and later, G&L) on the three-bolt /micro-tilt design that the Fender company did not do, and that was ensure the neck pock fit was very tight. Done right, there is nothing wrong with the three-bolt arrangement. I had two very early G&L F-100 guitars with laser-tight neck pockets and those necks did not budge AT ALL. And I've looked up close at a couple Music Man guitars from the '70s, a Stingray and a Saber, same thing.

[@gr500music6]

@@anthonyc1883 Thanks for the reply! I never found neck pocket tightness to really matter if (unlike Ygnwie) you never intend to toss the thing. I'm sure tighter is better if the neck is aligned right. If not, some play helps, otherwise you have to cut some in. I think the screws do all the work. Pocket tightness is indicative of good quality manufacturing and control, which I can say from experience eroded at Fender by the late 70's. I think we're on the same page about this. My issue is with the unjustified hate that goes out to the three "bolt" attachment simply as if the word had come down from CBS Corporate to cheapen the product by using one less screw. I find this insulting to both Leo and the good people at Fender who continued to try to do their best despite a change in stock ownership.

[@anthonyc1883]

@@gr500music6 Yep, people who claim. that the three-point attachment was an effort to save money by the evil-meanies at CBS probably have no idea the micro-tilt/three bolt system was a Leo thing. Although, to be fair, Leo himself was always looking to save a few pennies that could add up over the course of thousands of instruments. But his frugal nature never seemed to jeopardize quality. Plus, the micro-tilt/three-point attachment was part of a perfect storm of other changes that all occurred in the same era, like the bullet truss rod adjuster (again, a pretty darn good idea), the thicker poly finishes, etc. etc. They are all lumped together.

[@TJJJJJJJJJJJ]

I’ve got a 1970 esquire in the same colour. And I know a lot of people 💩 on 70’s guitars but personally I haven’t played a bad one

[@ckelly5141]

There was an Esquire run in the '70’s?🎸

[@TJJJJJJJJJJJ]

@@ckelly5141 technically No, it was taken off catalogue in 69, but this was a custom colour ordered and delivered as an esquire with the one pup p-guard from the factory but for all intents and purposes underneath (like most esquires) it’s routed with a cavity for the neck pup but it’s wired as an esquire

[@ckelly5141]

@TJjjjjjjjjjj Fascinating to have one in that colour. If I could only own one guitar, it would be an Esquire, but I would like all the rounded edges and body cuts of a strat.

[@royswan]

this Strat obviously inspired Michael like few guitars do. What a beauty!

[@solaris70]

i want the aLL black rosewood 🌹 1970 . that one is nice tho' .

[@balke7935]

Weird to see a 1970 neck with a stripe and chip like that? I’ve only ever seen maple lam veneer boards from that period?

[@bonbonk2001]

what's the last one please ?

[@dindjarin1961]

Wow I have never seen a 1968-80 Stratocaster with a 4 bolt neck and a skunk stripe with the walnut truss rod cap on a head stock expect the anniversary in 1979. I would be surprised if someone swapped out the neck and or refinished the body in 1980 or 81. They would have had to added the original contour body decal. It could have been refinished in 1980 or 81 and still look vintage. I knew guy back then who could have pulled it off. re-fret is a dead give away.

[@enriquemacmalotov4900]

Fender still had the 4 bolt neck and walnut truss rod cap until '71... Maple fretboards have always had the skunk stripe... I could be wrong, but I think rosewood fretboard necks got the skunk stripe in '68-'69

[@cellmate6]

That’s correct no reason this would not be original, these are stock characteristics- easy to look up. Nice guitar!

[@dindjarin1961]

@@enriquemacmalotov4900 68-70 4 bolt necks didn't have a skunk strip. both the maple and rosewood fret boards were laminate slabs. See the Woodstock video. No skunk stripe on jimi's Strat..

[@dindjarin1961]

@@cellmate6 I have been a fat headstock Strat aficionado for 44 years. I have never seen a skunk strip on a 4 bolt Fat headstock Strat except the 1979 Anniversary. I am old enough to have seen and play the Anniversary Strat when it came out in 1979. I bought a brand New 1979 Antigua Stratocaster from ACE music in Miami in January 1980 for $500. Like a numskull I traded it for a Ludwig drum kit. I wanted to be a drummer for like 3 months at the end of 1980. LOL

[@cellmate6]

As some others said most late 60s were rosewood or maple cap, both no skunk stripe obviously as the truss rod is under the cap. This is a 70 with maple not maple cap neck - by 69 all maple teles were maple ,not maple cap ( maple cap from 66 or so through 68) so was a maple neck strat available as an option?- I don’t know, I haven’t seen one either but I am not wild about big headstock strats. The way to validate the guitar and neck is to take the guitar apart- plenty of experts at Norms who know how to do that, I imagine they did that. BTW I am plenty old enough to know these guitars from back then without getting into the weeds.😊

[@danielsartain8330]

Lemmo making that Strat talk as always. There’s no better guitar than a Fender Strat imo

[@truesthipster5335]

what was the first song?

[@lynnpeterthorson5277]

ML super looper demo.

[@lamontprospect9974]

I love this show. But I have to say, when the show starts and Michael takes the guitar(s) out of the case, I always cringe because I'm afraid he (or one of the other musicians) is going to hit the headstock on one of those shelves. Maybe it's a wider space than it looks. God bless all the employees at Norm's Rare Guitars. ,🙏🕊️❤️

[@1111undici1111]

Lake Placid Blue is probably my favourite Fender color.

[@lamontprospect9974]

Maybe I'm hallucinating, but did I see someone do a moonwalk in the background?

[@williamstewart3281]

I am a long time listener and fan of GOTD for years!!! I am asking for a birthday shout out as I will be 57 on Tuesday and am from Windsor Ontario!!! Thank you if you can help me!!!!😊

[@toddbonsang5802]

Great demo.

[@mrtrackz]

MAN YOUR DOPE ASF!

[@richardschley4110]

👍✌❤😎

[@davet.3587]

And that's how to use a looper 🎸

[@gorebels2009]

Best GOTD in 2024!

[@sandywinfield9406]

I hope the Hendrix estate masters dont flag this. Possibly not due to Dylan writing the song

[@w13rdguy]

It wouldn't be taken down, they'd just take ad revenue for it.

[@edog949c6]

Only true lemmo fans will understand this video.

[@edog949c6]

Lemmo came back strong.

[@edog949c6]

I just shit my pants.

[@bryanburchfield6146]

Wrong! Not 1970.....1977, i think.lake palide from the olmpics from fender.great gtr.

[@richardb6598]

Doubt it’s 1970. It’s got the decal that only started in 1972.

[@TheWGLOVER]

I can't tell, too blurred.

[@TheWGLOVER]

Doesn't have the WITH SYNCRONISED TREMOLO logo or pat no. Hmm. Strange. Not worth the asking price by miles.

[@richardb6598]

It’s obviously the single patent number that’s right under the decal that started in early ‘72. Late ‘71 there was a bigger gap to a different single patent number after the sync trem logo disappeared around March/April ‘71. I’m not sure where they are getting 1970 from? Guitars do exist with a 4 bolt neck and the 70s decal. I have one. Would need to see all the details to believe this one is 1970 but it might be? Great playing, whatever it is!

[@stephenshepherd1917]

It's not a 72" if that was the case it would be a 3 bolt and have the bullet truss rod at the headstock. The Synchronized tremolo was dropped off the decal by this time late 70 early 71. The maple cap two piece neck aka "Hendrix" was changed back to the one piece skunk stripe as done in the fifties.

[@richardb6598]

Well it’s got the decal that only showed up in early ‘72 and early ‘72 guitars with that neck construction (4 bolt, skunk stripe, walnut plug) do exist. Without seeing all the details who knows. For the price it’s up at you’d need to be really sure what you were buying!

[@dpow64]

Alright Michael Um Um Um lemmo. nice

[@ericbgordon1575]

Uh oh, when's the last time a guitar went out of tune that way during a GOTD video?

[@Veritas84Aequitas]

Beef ate his wheaties that marnin'

[@anthonyc1883]

"Beef" lol

[@honkinbubbafulton8791]

*looper pedal click sound* *close video*

[@JohnBernay-u6c]

1965 Fender Stratocaster

[@JohnBernay-u6c]

That There sounds Dave Van Roff before he goes to Watch Towere

[@JohnBernay-u6c]

I remember when I could buy a Fender Stratocaster from a Memphis Pawn Shop for $109.99+Tax like 1979 Exact Same Guitar. Of course it was needily Strings & Setup. But it werent $4455.99 These are reductase Over Valued,

[@toddflowers8052]

Great playing great guitar !! Thanks Lemmo and Jen !!