The Captain is such a great interviewer. Well asked question, always gives people enough room to talk… just perfect.
@Guitaural.9 ай бұрын
He always does a fantastic job - he's a well-raised fellow : ) Remember his one interview with PRS? lol Lee is a quality guy...
@parmeshgurung9 ай бұрын
lee seems the only guy that can handle Prs ego @@Guitaural.
@rowbags30179 ай бұрын
That Jazzmaster is simply gorgeous! 😎
@daniherg9 ай бұрын
Wonderful video! Entertained me a lot 🌞 All I was thinking about is how nice it must be for Pete coming to work and getting told "hey today we need you to demo some wonderful master build guitars from fender, and the guys building it are here". My guitar playing is shit at the moment, so I think it will take a while for me to get one of those. For me personally these are the holy grail in guitars like for others the vintage insturments. It's a big motivation for me pushing my guitar playing so at some point it's worth it to own one of those. Have a nice day all! ❤
@lyinking19989 ай бұрын
That fuzz smuggler tele is rad af
@Bobbyshee9 ай бұрын
Agreed! I need one !
@sonicase9 ай бұрын
would have liked to hear more about build processes, build tips/tricks, how they like to set up... etc
@ivorytelecaster9 ай бұрын
Austin has been killing it. I’ve drooled over so many of his guitars this year.
@CYBERDROiD90009 ай бұрын
That's why his last name is "MacNutt".
@theruthlessfish9 ай бұрын
Another great Oz moment, really going to town on that Smuggler's Tele! Great stuff! :D
@zeeb0w9 ай бұрын
I’ll never forget how i found Levi - black sparkle tele with black tuner knobs. I knew he was my master builder right away - to not fear going away from tradition. Waited years and couldn’t be happier!!!
@christopherreily189527 күн бұрын
Great interview. Wish it was longer, could listen for hours
@Disco-Terry9 ай бұрын
That telecaster is really cool, not £11,000 cool but I'd be happy to win it in a raffle!
@jamiebridson78719 ай бұрын
I'd be happy to spoon it in a trifle.
@cynthiaboulet9 ай бұрын
I don't know if it's just me, but these guys didn't make me wanna buy a Masterbuild guitar. Maybe it's just the way they explain things but I didn't feel the skills and passion. It almost made me feel like anybody could do their job (of course not) but you know what I mean? Am I crazy? I don't want to be mean or anything, I respect their work!
@guyfawkes88737 ай бұрын
The thing is… anyone can? The hard part of becoming a luthier is building a brand, not learning woodworking, that’s just a matter of practice. No part of making electric guitars is more complicated than building high end chairs. Hollowbodies and acoustics, sure, but not electrics.
@johnbriggs39169 ай бұрын
Lee certainly earned his money on this one! Getting Austin MacNutt to talk was like pulling teeth. One thing he said was that he taught for a few years: how on earth did he manage that?
@ilovegreenock9 ай бұрын
Great interview it's also nice to put a face on a guitar and also to get to know their journey to become master builders!
@rowbags30179 ай бұрын
I love how modest these guys are.
@aydenmcfly13629 ай бұрын
I would do anything for the fuzz smuggler!!!! It suits my PlayStyle perfectly, the guy who did the demo hit alot of voicings that i also tend to lean to!
@edwardjons86849 ай бұрын
Great interview. These look awesome guitars. Reminds me of the story about the first strats to arrive in the UK - people ordered them from a catalogue, had them shipped over, having never played one and yet paying more more for the privilege of owning one. Why? Because Buddy Holly, a hipster of his time, had one and it looked fkn cool like a jet airplane or an automobile. The visual impact has always been a legitimate and inspiring element of what makes electric guitars great and what inspires people to create great, new music and perfomances. All these people complaining anout the aesthetics and cost of these guitars are entirely missing the point that what makes a guitar desireable and inspiring is largely subjective. These builders are creating instruments that many of us find inspiring, just as those guys in the 50s found those weird looking strats inspiring, and we are willing to pay for the things we love.
@MrVinB9 ай бұрын
The Fuzz Smuggler is very cool, too bad I've only got 'Squier Sonic Tele with a Behringer SF300 ducktaped to it' money.
@effess86989 ай бұрын
Love hearing these skilled people talk about their work. Also, that fuzz brain thing is some kind of sorcery
@edwardjons86849 ай бұрын
I don’t much like Jags, but I have to admit the one Pete is playing here is one of the best looking instruments Ive seen in a while as was the strat at the beginning.
@Mike2021159 ай бұрын
Its so cool to see Pete take his playing 3 notches higher when he's by himself jamming vs testing pedals and amps where he literally noodles on spot. It's like he's paying deep respect to the guitar.
@hotblackdesiato34519 ай бұрын
Yep, always nice to see a good musician stretch their legs and improvise without restrictions.
@vladi74419 ай бұрын
i LOVE that austins favourite is the telecaster
@rodmorgan70419 ай бұрын
Such a good story. And what an amazing bit of Bond music you played at the there Pete.
@WhyAlwaysMeMario9 ай бұрын
Boy O' BOY! I can't wait for the played out "My Squier sounds better and plays just as good as these Customs Shops" comments. Or even better...tried and true "If I wanted a relic guitar I want to do it myself!"
@alexgarnett53739 ай бұрын
Saw these guys at the Guitar Guitar meet and greet event last month .. nice guys
@MesaGuitarGuy9 ай бұрын
Pete's intro sounded so sweet!
@brandonhupp4649 ай бұрын
Well, my own advice to any person that doesn't want to spend over 4grand for a guitar build your own Stratocaster with genuine parts of what you want and you can come pretty close to this level of extra touch.A Real Fender parts caster is going to sound better than a stock guitar.. your mileage will very lol
@aydenmcfly13629 ай бұрын
Love that Austin really liked being able to make Cory Wong's master-built.
@gazfunk9 ай бұрын
That Jazzmaster 😍
@iainfreeman51129 ай бұрын
Love the video as always fascinating to hear them. If i had the money here's what I would order. essential a 57 looking and feeling hardtail strat , but sounding early 60s. of and it had to have a bullet truss rod on a small headstock.
@stockholm17529 ай бұрын
So what kind of trucks do they drag the guitars behind, Fords or Chevys?
@XLTBlarg9 ай бұрын
RAM trucks
@whiggy9 ай бұрын
Everyone keeps saying that Telecaster was an affordable guitar when it came out... back in 1951 it cost $179, which in 2023 money is $2,125. 🤷
@jtyoung7069 ай бұрын
Austin looks like the type of guy who would kick ass on the pinball machine at the local bowling alley..... I really mean this in the nicest way.
@mattevans0609729 ай бұрын
The guy who put the make up on that Doctor Who villain the first time. He was the Master Builder.
@johnmundt78349 ай бұрын
I don’t think I’ve ever touched a master built, really curious if it’s something you grab and just immediately go, whoa. That smuggler tele is awesome… I’ll have to wait for the MIM though 😂
@johnvcougar10 күн бұрын
That's exactly what happened to me: I got word one had landed as a trade-in, fit my specs, so I gritted my teeth and tried it. Couldn't put it down. Kinda knew from the first note, but more and more convinced as I spent more time with it. Of course, it's silly money. Not as silly as a pre-CBS Strat, though. Literally the next better thing, coz these are very well setup. It'll take a while to pay off, can't wait!!
@thetattedpharmacist32152 сағат бұрын
If money was no object, I’d get Levi to build me an arch top semi-hollow Tele, with a tiger maple top, orange stain, flame maple neck and fretboard, with two TV Jones T’Armond pickups. The ultimate Duojet/Telecaster hybrid. Oh and it would have to be a double bound body.
@13aphomet9 ай бұрын
If I got to pick one of those demo'd geetars, I would def pick that jazzmaster. Sounded epic!!
@Sammywhat9 ай бұрын
Great video, Lee! These guys embody the beauty of how the internet has made companies like Fender, Gibson, etc., really step up their game. They are producing some of the best guitars around. Even their sibling brands like Squier and Epiphone are really next level. It's a glorious time to be a guitar player!!
@WAGSU2BE9 ай бұрын
Very informative video!
@STERNWAERTS9 ай бұрын
should have shown some pics of guitars that they built
@ehmmmjay99079 ай бұрын
That's an interesting hat to wear considering how many blues lawyers and wall street bros are probably Yankees fans. Maybe keep an eye on the prices of Levi Perry Masterbuilts, lol.
@danielburke26197 ай бұрын
I have 5 Jason Smith guitars...He can handle a super heavy relic, I think! My total collection is 30 MB's and a few Murphy Lab L.P's
@kostasbk7419 ай бұрын
Good questions by the captain but I found the interviewees lacking. Quite an uninteresting watch
@BurstBelievers9 ай бұрын
that's it for me Danish Pete for the next Bond film
@ryanturner95099 ай бұрын
In addition to the very obvious and most agreeable evolution and progress as a player, which imo is becoming a really cool and individual style. It seems to me Lee has grown into a pretty skilled and intuitive interviewer also. Dare i say a most grown up kinda vibe....? Actually maybe not grown up....but certainly talented despite the excellent childishness and daftology!
@ktsproductionstudio9 ай бұрын
I’m sure these guys are great but when Lee questions them about “pushing the boundary” they really start to say a whole lot of nothing
@lukesteverything6279 ай бұрын
I've spent years spoiling my guitars. I don't need anyone to 'damage' it for me because I'm an expert now. I've even stopped swearing when it happens.
@TeleCathster9 ай бұрын
Especially on Your PRS 10 top!😅
@Jointlock9 ай бұрын
I was really hoping you would ask both of the builders to weigh in with an opinion as to why Pete's purple tele is so far superior to most other tele examples?
@CoreyOConnor20129 ай бұрын
we already know the answer... because Pete plays it
@Jointlock9 ай бұрын
that was a given@@CoreyOConnor2012
@djt65469 ай бұрын
Not sure where the superior element comes from. It might be good but not necessarily more magical than any other good Tele. Now is it superior for Pete. Yes! It’s an inspiration for Pete and the best he will ever own unless he decides to shop for another. Anyone of us choosing to ‘shop for another’ will inevitably find something we want more… because we go looking for it 🙂 Was the purple Tele a fantastic guitar for the original owner? No. Anderton’s explained that the original owner buys, swaps and changes all the while. Whether something cost ££/$$ or £££££/$$$$$ the only thing making something great is whether it gives the owner personally the inspiration to make it so. Besides even Pete thought TPS Dan’s red Tele was better than Durple 😊
@christoguichard43119 ай бұрын
A sanding sponge from Poundland. 😁
@travisthree119 ай бұрын
So the Super-Sonic is basically a left handed Jazzmaster. I know he can come up with a pretty wild left handed guitar. Might have to contact Levi someday...
@pouyatorkiyan32589 ай бұрын
Nice 👍
@rowbags30179 ай бұрын
Turn back the clock to 1969 or so, and I reckon Jimmy Page would have grabbed the Fuzz Smuggler and produced some iconic Led Zepp tracks with it.
@TheDrunkenScoundrel9 ай бұрын
The end jam is like if Quentin Tarantino did a Tom and Jerry cartoon. That's a compliment .
@synepster9 ай бұрын
Pete turns anything he plays into gold
@larsheuker9 ай бұрын
Genuine question, how do pre aged guitars look in 50 years? If i where to go custom shop id just have them make a new old stock kind of guitar thatll still look good and have real aging in some decades, but if you would pass on a relic to lets say your kids how would they look at that point
@J.M.819 ай бұрын
I have a Dennis Galuzka 64' JB - added Block Inlays and an Ash Body - out of the Case that Bass killed
@cyclesgoff97689 ай бұрын
Imagine being an apprentice where your no1 objective is to fk things up.
@chriscolabella8809 ай бұрын
I love old, beat up guitars, but I've never seen a Fender Custom Shop guitar which looks like an old Fender. They generally look awful to my eyes. Tom Murphy made the distinction between aging and relicing. I wish Fender would just make replicas of 50s and 60s guitars which were as close as possible to the OG (albeit maybe with bigger, flatter frets).
@OccamsEraserhead9 ай бұрын
Austin was about as nervous as I've ever seen anyone get on KZbin
@pepmasters-9999 ай бұрын
There was a tour of the Fender CS with John Bohlinger for Premier Guitar's you tube channel where he was a bit more relaxed, when he was showing the Jerry Garcia guitar.
@lemon__j9 ай бұрын
Cool.
@S-T-E-V-E9 ай бұрын
James Bond outro! 😂👌
@larryburwell85509 ай бұрын
the price he charges. with their resources anyone who knows how to put together a fender strat which is a modular guitar, can make a great strat. the ageing is another story and i dont like relic guitars. trashing nice guitars isnt to my liking
@mjwilson68479 ай бұрын
What’s the bridge on the Jazzmaster? Aftermarket or fender made bridge?
@SamMaskery9 ай бұрын
Perfect for killing time at work while waiting for refrigerant to go in
@jimmygillard9 ай бұрын
I really wish I had 11k to burn right now to buy that fuzz brain. It's so up my street, adore it.
@S-T-E-V-E9 ай бұрын
What Makes a Fender Masterbuilder? About 4 grand extra! 😂
@Bigcountrybreakfast9 ай бұрын
Listening to the guys who make relics talk has nearly ruined relics for me. Tom Murphy gets it, these dorks don’t.
@graziolivenier9 ай бұрын
That black Tele sold didn’t it?
@craigthomson36219 ай бұрын
Talking of Specs - Austin MacNutt is wearing a pair of Wrangler 13MWZBW jeans.
@awkwardme53759 ай бұрын
34/32, I reckon?
@pepmasters-9999 ай бұрын
Funnily enough, I just got an extension added to the back of my house by a masterluthier.
@pepmasters-9999 ай бұрын
Hilarious that the Captain thinks Fender smashed the Tele straight off the bat and got it so perfect that the subsequent modifications were unnecessary. To reiterate, this would make the following unnecessary: - The option of picking a colour that isn't butterscotch - Having a neck pickup that doesn't sound like a bass - Having any fretboard radius flatter than 7.25" - Brass saddles - The option of choosing a rosewood fretboard - A tone knob Simply crazy to think the standard switching of bridge -both-neck and a tone knob is an unnecessary modifcation.
@Lorneplumber9 ай бұрын
Proof if any were needed you should let the builders talk. I’m looking a you John Cruz et al. They can’t answer any question without talking absolute bollocks.
@basiltiffani88509 ай бұрын
The masterbuilt thing seems like a total farce. It's just a customshop guitar with an incredible markup.
@WestOz196Four9 ай бұрын
I guess when you’re an old guy working the trade for 50 years you’re just a has been but if you’re a young fella you’re a master builder
@andybinns49939 ай бұрын
That James bond theme is hot as.
@antoniocamboa75119 ай бұрын
Levi has to make a call to Mexico to do a road worn jazzmaster in shell pink over sunburst with an ice blue metallic headstock :D
@billydunn9 ай бұрын
Great video as usual ,but just convinced me that "Master Build" Fenders are not value for money in 2023 these guys are assembling components to a certain extent and then destroy the finish ,the term Master Builder has been diminished IMHO
@TrashHeapCustodian9 ай бұрын
as someone who builds electronic stuff for a living, you'd be surprised how much difference there can be between two folks who "just assemble components" when there's soldering and fine tuning the details involved.
@mannes37219 ай бұрын
@@TrashHeapCustodian absolutely, i have only build one pedal but i’m sure that if a professional build the same circuit with the same components it would sound 600X better
@timetraveler_04 ай бұрын
@@TrashHeapCustodian Quality of soldering joint has not effect on the tone, as long as the electrons flow it's all the same. Pickups yeah, but not like twice as good in custom vs stock build, still if you know what you want a machine can do it better. Fender is a for profit company after all, as long as it makes them money, why not.
@MaesVideo9 ай бұрын
You can get rid of all that BS in the biginning of the video and just show Pete jamming to 007 and I'd be happy. Pete, I love that you do these videos, but I wish you were touring.
@GuitarJawn9 ай бұрын
They are all just too much money, I rather buy from a small builder for less
@TornelliGuitars9 ай бұрын
😉👍
@Kyle-fy9kt9 ай бұрын
I trust Levi Perry to build a masterpiece guitar because he has a Sox hat on.
@pepmasters-9999 ай бұрын
Smart thinking. I hear the ability to build a quality guitar is highly correlated to choice of cap.
@marekgitarzysta51939 ай бұрын
Question to master builders: will you finally learn how to paint guitars? All of the guitars you build seem to have various paint job issues: rough/no paint, colour on colour (like an idea change middle of the road?), scratches and dents, no gloss etc.... Harley Benton can do it better, even I could do it better!
@deneskiss9756Ай бұрын
I love how they can't justify any of it quality wise or sound wise really, and they clarly don't really know the differences between woods, when presneted with a stock of slabs :D It really is what it is: the guitar that will never be manufactured because you order something special for yourself, and that is the key thing I think they are worth it, unless you just buy some shit off of the net, a master built that you found, that is pretty much not worth it. If you are dropping 8000 at least go through the catalogue
@ivorharden9 ай бұрын
I'm probably going to get some flak for this, but I find that Fender has become a hipster guitar brand. I remember Rob and Lee saying that they were told off by Fender for stereotyping Charvel players as 80s metal players. Now, when you see a Fender advert online, the person playing the instrument is your stereotypical young hipster. I know it sounds absurd, but it is something I have noticed.
@unitednihilists9 ай бұрын
100% agree.
@WAGSU2BE9 ай бұрын
That’s called good marketing!
@ivorharden9 ай бұрын
@WAGSU2BE yeah if you're a hipster
@WhyAlwaysMeMario9 ай бұрын
Better that than a Boomer in tan cargo shorts, Skechers, and a Tommy Bahama shirt playing Bad Company...BADLY!
@charlesbolton84719 ай бұрын
@@ivorharden Well, at least Fender doesn’t give artists signature models of someone else’s signature model or unleash a multitude signature models like Gibson does for Slash and Adam Jones.
@klausfritsch43509 ай бұрын
Pete is King!
@yeoldefoxeh2549 ай бұрын
You mean ruiner of guitars for money?
@christopherguzzi13169 ай бұрын
The Tornado is sooooo crazy!!! A lame version of an offset guitar shape with Les Paul pickups and controls. That will be so boundary pushing.
@TelevsionCanyons9 ай бұрын
Masterbuilder Schmasterbuilder
@identifiesas65.wheresmyche955 ай бұрын
Wow, for a split second I thought that was scumbagdad. That would have been hilarious.
@Sonnypaul19 ай бұрын
I’m not sure
@felipeepilefelipe9 ай бұрын
So this 2 guys are the ones in charge of destroy perfectly and beautiful Fender guitars. “Relic” is the most stupid and snob thing on the guitar world on the last decades.
@deanmccaskill54954 ай бұрын
Just missing John Cruz… other than that fantastic
@CrystaIian19 ай бұрын
first?
@markmcdonald57119 ай бұрын
Already have two G&L strats, a F-100 made in 1981 and a George Fullerton model made in 2004, Don't need any overpriced Fender strat.
@WhyAlwaysMeMario9 ай бұрын
Everybody...do you hear that! Mark has TWO G&L Strats...we can all sleep better now knowing that.
@1148bucknasty9 ай бұрын
Wow thanks for that tid bit
@VoloviaUk9 ай бұрын
Just a passing comment: why do Americans wear those Donald Duck hats indoors all the time?
@XLTBlarg9 ай бұрын
Who framed Roger Rabbit?
@timetraveler_04 ай бұрын
No need to maintain hair, quick hack.
@timetraveler_04 ай бұрын
Where is the relic crowd at? These are the guys who destroy your new instrument and then charge you for it. But sure you love beat up instrument, just because.
@isitreallyisitreally17569 ай бұрын
Heavy relics horrible looking things , just leave them alone and sell them cheaper , guitars for rich ( they are not cheap or affordable for average pub gig player ) lazy guitarists who can’t be bothered to play them in and have their own marks and dings on them over the passage of time , please end this fad / novelty , snake oil “thing” , it’s a con for hipsters , rich and the lazy 🤷♂️
@BreadSlocum9 ай бұрын
"What makes a great masterbuilder?" Ummm loneliness...