The Captain Meets Paul Waller (Fender Masterbuilder)

[@michaelborn3318]

I really enjoyed working with Paul when I worked at Fender and to his credit, he's always looking to improve and take on new challenges. Some of the builders don't like to get out of their "comfort zone" as much or take on a really challenging artist recreation.

[@MayorMcCheese2000]

This is the single greatest perspective I've ever heard from a Fender builder. His restaurant analogy is perfect!

[@oregbeer]

YELLOW STRAT = 23:34 YELLOW TELE = 37:37 GREEN STRAT = 47:09 BLUE TELE = 49:09 70TH STRAT = 1:04:34

[@SuperTurboOne]

Captain, big respect to you, I'm a big fan of yours but you should have let Paul do more talking in this one.

[@skankwiz]

💯

[@bldallas]

Meh, you guys have to comment on every video. There is nothing that seemed off in here, to me. It was a conversation, not an “interview”. Well done Captain.

[@paultwiselton1996]

Sadly, I have to agree. It's Parkinson's law. You let the guest talk & so they take the.conversation wherever it goes.

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

👍 yup

[@gregwhatley6499]

He made my HSS seafoam green relic 60’s strat which is amazing.

[@nhynek]

how much that set ya back?

[@vladi7441]

7:00 The Captain dinging the neck of a 10k guitar with his engagement ring xDDDD

[@parvezsiddiqui3047]

I was lucky enough to meet these guys at the Andertons Fender event. Top people in general. Was a real honour.

[@demokraatti]

I like his concept of fretboard rolling and fret finishing. A thick Fender style neck done in this style is the best fit fot me. Super comfortable to play because the fretboard edges are not on your way.

[@johnseaton]

I am getting my first Custom Shop guitar tomorrow, this is great timing lol

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Congratulations

[@keithbriscoe99]

which one??! Good for you, too.

[@johnseaton]

​@@keithbriscoe99either a 59 natural finish Tele or a white 61 rosewood one! Thanks!

[@johnseaton]

I went for the white rosewood 61 ltd edition Tele. Omg incredible guitar, unreal neck, beautiful looking and classic sounding. Boom.

[@YOUTUBEOBWAYJACOBGASTON0800]

I,HOP,YOU ENJOY THE GITAR,🎉🎉🎉

[@ronnieeuda]

Just bought my first ever Custom Shop Strat. A truly unique experience and moment.

[@geoffreywalls4093]

I love my Fender Custom Shop guitars. All different and special. Certified 57,62, and 64 strats, and a 61 double bound oxblood light metalic tele with a seth lover in the neck. Journeyman aged on all but the 62 is a SRV reverse neck heavy relic copy of his guitar and so killer. Keep up the good work Fender CS!!

[@LGuitarB]

I love it that you made the Captain's signature lick the jingle for this channel 😀

[@poodleguiderpeyes7388]

That was fun to watch - humble & great Guest!

[@howlemt6569]

Captain has really improved in his skills the last few years! Good job!

[@Hbomb731]

I too had a shop class in high school and built an electric guitar. That was back in 1983. I still play that guitar every day. I’ve gigged with that guitar hundreds and hundreds of times. I wish I had pursued that skill further and started my own custom guitar company. Maybe there is still time. If my young son shows a passion for working with his hands like I did we will do something like that together. Working for fender custom shop must be pretty special.

[@rskirk22]

Those pickups sound amazing. They might be my favorite I have heard on a Stratocaster, and I will be considering buying that set if it’s released.

[@Vashed555]

So, in the 60s, Fender hired Seth Lover to make them a pickup, and basically told him to just flat out copy the PAF he made for Gibson - he didn’t. I like that Paul sort of took Seth’s original marching orders from Fender R&D and made a modern version that would’ve pleased 60s Fender. Nicely done.

[@nicoladolby2154]

Paul Waller, the Tele meister 👍👍👍

[@davidkelly831]

He never should have left The Jam

[@McRocking]

But his municipal district needed more style in their council.

[@davidkelly831]

@@McRocking So I heard, but in my opinion Stanley Road was more deserving of the investment

[@McRocking]

@@davidkelly831 Trouble is, Stanley Road is in a Strange Town...

[@LysanderLH]

I quite liked his solo career. Pebbles on a beach was a particular favourite. It appears that didn’t go as planned and now he’s screwing together partscasters. pity.

[@McRocking]

@@LysanderLH Partscasters pays the rent, but his real passion is servicing old Eton Rifles.

[@ronsterish]

Lee interviews Lee. Most of this is Lee thinking out loud. Would have been great to hear the masterbuilder talk. Anyways, the guitars look and sound great.

[@BigFatSnare]

It’s a shame and a bit frustrating

[@ToddTheJoker]

As a strat lover, I loved this! Thank you Lee and Paul!!

[@YOUTUBEOBWAYJACOBGASTON0800]

And,the man hoo,make,them😊😊😊

[@paulsmith6381]

Really great interview, this guitar I believe fits with your style of guitar playing. The resonance is special!

[@sgt.grinch3299]

I’m so happy that Paul mentioned the amplifier. I have been saying the amplifier makes the sound.

[@YOUTUBEOBWAYJACOBGASTON0800]

Picups are A big part of it

[@tom.m]

Possibly the most underrated part of the whole recipe. Hopefully it stays that way. Amp prices are high enough already. 😂

[@robzagar4275]

Excellent show Lee! Very well done. Thank you

[@petersouthwell5971]

MAN..!! Love this guys take on relic. Totally correct in my opinion. Fake fret board ware specifically. Set it up perfect.. Super thin coat. Vintage guitar that's PLAYABLE. Yeah man.. this dude has the magic. You want a relic guitar make it easily replicable. Instead of making it up. Great take on it.

[@UncleDanBand64]

I couldn't agree more. I have an old Vox Valvetronics and I have gigged it for years. Mine had more of a barbq grill made of metal. I redone that. Guitar snobs always compliment the sound when I am playing. Thet have no idea it is a hybrid modeler with a little tube stuck in there.

[@victorvaldenegro4001]

That yellow strat sounds amazing! Holy crap!

[@YOUTUBEOBWAYJACOBGASTON0800]

Made,I beleev,for classical,stiyal,palying.😊😊😊

[@liorauf]

Paul is a legend! That Yellow Tele Deluxe.. man oh man..🤘

[@musicmann1967]

Four stars! Great conversation.

[@eb7912]

wonderful insrtuments: the look and sounds. Stunning

[@DomSchu]

That tele looks so playable. Two humbucker and four knobs is underrated.

[@kaindog1007]

I love singles and humbuckers and have guitars with both, but those yellow Tele humbuckers are sensational.

[@gregorygoldbarth7464]

I agree completely and respectfully. I just believe that if you’re interviewing someone, the shorter the questions allowing the person that you’re interviewing to talk more should be the case and I felt like this was more of an exposé of the captain and his opinions and playing the guitar versus letting, Paul do most of the speaking. Just some constructive feedback.

[@mr.smithgnrsmith7808]

Agreed, I always have my amp cranked and the volume knob sometimes even down to 2-3…sounds incredible

[@deckert618]

Super fun episode, thanks

[@mrinalkundu1521]

This is a dream video.

[@waynegram8907]

What does he mean by an Elevator Plate for guitar pickups? I never heard of an Elevator plate or what does an elevator plate do to pickups, video time is at 21:53 he mentions it

[@teachscott]

LOVE the Tele Deluxe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sethnayle123]

Man, Captain. You should’ve let this guy talk

[@k.d.mccarty7194]

Good job Cappy, best music dealer on the net….👍🤗🤘

[@brettliebermanmusic]

I wish they had an online ordering process for the master built custom shop.

[@webboydotnet]

Great video, even with an F-bomb. Nice playing Cap'n

[@likeakite]

That was very interesting....cheers

[@KayakCampingOffGrid]

My WOODTURNER friend says that wood, particularly Flame figured has soft and hard layers. This means when sanding the soft parts will be honed quicker than hard, naturally. THIS means no mater how the sanding is done a ripple effect on the surface is inevitable. This accounts for the different feel ie texture of a flame neck.

[@anomalousresult]

If the sander is larger than the soft areas then it will be level surely

[@roughcutguitars]

​@@anomalousresultSpeaking as a fine finish woodworker turned guitar builder about 9 years ago amd having built just under 100 one, three, and five-piece necks from maple to mahogany to walnut and even poplar, nope. Again, it's not the sanding device/size. It's the nature of the grain - literally 'nature'. Softer portions simply wear down faster than the harder ones. Figured grain 'patterns' vary constantly - even within general categories "fine/tight vs wide" stripe, so that makes it not only effectively impractical, but impossible to adjust the 'face' size of your sanding device for every possible grain configuration. Regardless, whatever size sanding face you use, those softer portions of grain will 'pull' the grit while the harder ones resist it. But, hey, the Internet and blog dwellers are always hungry for the next debate fodder, so this should keep them satiated - at least til next month.

[@roughcutguitars]

And that's the fact, Jack.

[@KayakCampingOffGrid]

@@anomalousresult YES you have a point. However, ... no. Soft material will incrementally be removed faster than hard. Irrespective of the level of the abrasive. We are talking 1000s here, which is sufficient to feel undulations when moving up or down the fretboard.

[@KayakCampingOffGrid]

@@roughcutguitars haha... I expect you might know this! 🎶🎵😀 It was a fun video 😁

[@AllanGildea]

Great guy, gorgeous guitars.

[@SEEKPRODUCTIONS100]

My goodness that Strat with Lee's PB sounds amazing!!!

[@andrewpappas9311]

I don't know why but as soon as I read the title I thought Lee was talking with Paul Weller from The Jam

[@mstringer90]

I love that yellow

[@ZblockWoW]

1:10:14 Cap10 F-BOMB 😳

[@seanzinger]

WHAT

[@pauld6266]

That faded yellow strat must be the first strat in my life ive ever liked the sound of.

[@LGuitarB]

Great playing around 38'!

[@MasterKtulu77]

When you can enjoy a electric guitar acousticly, you know you have a good instrument.

[@jacklavelle6528]

As a 52 year old guitarist and guitar builder from North Wales. I'm amazed The Captain and Custom Shop Masterbuilder Paul Waller have never heard of Freddie Tavares. Apparently Freddie wrote The Stratocaster design on a napkin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Tavares

[@Sonnytimesalways-lx7je]

Lots of Players were going into Pawn Stores way way back and buying Guitar's and Amplifiers and Basses , and going to Pawn Stores to Pawn there instruments too ( Slash from G n R ) comes to mind , could this have also helped the Road Worn or Relic Guitar market ? .

[@reijerlincoln]

Here's a thought: give the master builder some space to talk about his craft by asking questions instead of getting him to reflect on your opinions and assumptions.

[@GrantSeinerOutdoors]

Lee is not a good interviewer at all

[@garyjohnstonemusic]

I was thinking the same in parts, I guess it's cos Lee was excited to meet Paul but would have been nice to hear more long form anectodes from him.

[@nicholasgarcia9949]

Paul seems super cool. But he is very clearly keeping a lid on his real thoughts about Tim Shaw's pickups and really dancing around saying that he was studying Gibson PAFs to design his low output humbuckers. Good on him for being a company man though!

[@bldallas]

Captain, if you keep that 70th Anniversary Strat, please, please don’t have one of your techs relic it. Please. It’s gorgeous. Keep it that way.

[@JyrkiVar]

Now I have to most officially demand a blindfold challenge about flamed and non-flamed necks. Lee said it, now he has to prove that he really can feel it.😅 Btw: I really love this channel!

[@stoneysdead689]

Anyone can feel it, it's really obvious. Flamed maple has different density to the grain and so when you sand it- you have low and high spots no matter what you do- and they follow the flames, which are the grain. Sanding with a really hard, flat sanding block helps- but nothing makes it go away and most ppl can feel it if they run their hand over it.

[@alecalfaras5936]

Bro wut? ⬆️ maybe if unfinished? If nitro or poly finish, you can’t “feel the flamed necks” lol 😂

[@stoneysdead689]

@@alecalfaras5936 OK- how does that change anything I said? You're right, if it's finished you won't feel it- doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out, I kind of thought it was a given- especially since capt. said it specifically about an unfinished, flamed maple neck, but o.k.- if you think it needs spelled out in crayon- go for it.

[@Manisha.199]

Veri nice song

[@lisan_al-ghaib]

Now I wanna know what's the thing with made in USA vs the made in Japan ones?

[@andrebrito3816]

Is really better wood going to CS ?

[@tele634]

My first real guitar was that yellow strat with a white scratch plate that I swapped out to black. 1981 it weighed a ton

[@IAmTello]

Paul makes a point at 1:02:00 that debunks the greater "Tone Wood" argument. That point is that guitar Pick-Ups and Amps make up the Voice (or tone) of the guitar WAAAAAAY more than the wood. Its all about pickups, amps and speakers... then tone wood and other hardware

[@TeleTonemonkey]

Does that make you happy? 😉

[@IAmTello]

@@TeleTonemonkey Doesn't matter if it makes me happy, it's just reality

[@tom.m]

Man. The internet makes playing guitar seem really miserable sometimes.

[@johnclark1925]

No he doesn’t. He makes no such argument. Listen to it again with unbiased ears. What he actually says, is simply that the guitars electronics we created with the amplifiers of the day in mind. He doesn’t say anything about wood not being important, nor that the amp is ‘ WAY’ more important than guitar materials. He makes no such arguments whatsoever. You just heard what you wanted to hear.

[@svbarr]

Remember the famous story (and photos?) Of Leo's Christmas wheelbarrow? He'd wheel this thing full of candy,snacks and CIGARETTES around the floor on the work day closest to Christmas and employees were encouraged to grab a handful!! A nice thank you and morale booster -huh?? And so very 50's innocent too...

[@RubyDimasStudio]

ohh yes,,, the professionals 🙂

[@omursaraslan6316]

Why Captn why? Why did you pass by the thinline tele with bigsby?

[@sgt.grinch3299]

Solid body electric guitars are simple. Use quality electronics into a top of the line speaker. That’s how you get a great sound.

[@JeanDo]

Hello, I have a problem with a brand new Fender Telecaster Paul Waller Masterbuilt. It smells terrible…. Very chemical, it’s impossible to play it more than 20min… could Paul Waller help me please? I wrote to fender custom shop, they have no answer… many thanks 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@benrollans4144]

I would like to hear a master builder talk about the Bass range

[@davidwood351]

It’s yellow fender day, I see 3 of them.

[@noelmcmahon4566]

The key to any interview Know what questions you are going to ask And ask the question and get out of the way of the answer It stops interviewer WAFFLE

[@dejadejayoutube]

11:25 Lee realising that he and most of y'all play incorrectly may be one of his greatest business insights; "STOCK THE SHELVES WITH BOOMER BENDER NECKS NOW!!!" (im obviously being silly/hyperbolic ...but when every second comment on any gear forum is about players with this style complaining about cramping on modern neck profiles with sharp fingerboard edges one takes notice. * And at this stage when most of the best high profile online tutors are all thumb over the top chunky neck devotees,...the "correct" classical adjacent technique means absolutely nothing now. It feels like a fundamental change, but im sure its just my confirmation bias, because it would be an issue too important to ignore.

[@andyfadillah]

In my place i can buy a brand new city car only with the yellow strat that Lee holds.

[@jeffkosta933]

What a missed opportunity! I’m sure we could have learned so much from your guest but you did most of the talking.

[@kevinanderson4044]

Another interview where the captain brings in a master builder for fender and the captain does all the talking.😢

[@ZenoIV]

Does a Fender master builder have a better screwdriver?

[@DalelCampbell]

He's merely turned more than others.

[@benlogan430]

Nah just 10,000 hours in his field. That’s usually the criteria for a master title.

[@uweborsch1946]

Did Pele have a better football?

[@bldallas]

My issue is with the HEAVY relic, especially when I see two of them next to each other, with virtually the exact same wear pattern and it’s not a tribute (I.e. copy of a famous player’s guitar). I also feel like a little bit goes a long way, and, most importantly, the wear has to look authentic. These guitars that have 90 of the finish gone are so few and far between, in the wild, it just irritates the hell out of me to think about paying 5 grand for something like that. Tarnish the nickle hardware, wear off the back of the neck, again, within reason, but don’t make it look like some jackass drug it behind a pickup, down a mile of asphalt road. Simple really.

[@MichaelBassVideos]

Imagine hearing Paul Reed Smith say "Fret sprout is inevitable"

[@YOUTUBEOBWAYJACOBGASTON0800]

,And depending on how the gitar is treeted,and the envirement,woodshrinkach,does,hapen,😊😊😊😊

[@carlthomas99]

His name is Paul Waller

[@robertjardine4648]

Please let the guest speak… it’s an interview

[@oboyy]

This channel is getting some of the coolest people in the guitar world but is ruined by someone who can’t grasp the simple dynamic of an interview. Shut the hell up and let the guests finish their sentences man…

[@pedraw]

Ya gotta love that fat Strat headstock on a Telecaster Deluxe............

[@SoundSymbiotic]

Honestly, from the profile angle... He looks a little like Pete with a few years added through AI :)

[@nopeoplecorp]

Resonance of the soul of the players before you?

[@backandfour]

He doesn't even mention his long time collaborator Steve Cradeck

[@CemSaydam]

where the hell is the "double like" button?

[@heathwasson7811]

"Humbucker that's more Fendery" Yeah, they solved that like 70 years ago... It's called a Gibson Firebird pickup. The Seymour Duncan Antiquity II sounds exactly like what you would think a Telecaster Humbucker should be to match the Tele bridge pickup. Here's a good example... kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZrQqnWVmNpjrZIsi=eFidtOQ6GQUw07RV

[@bennettmatte]

Man… I did not read “Master Builder” the first time…

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

The magnetic pickup transforms the MOVEMENT of the metal string in ELECTRICITY and sends it to amp Zero tone or sound leaves the guitar. Just electricity. Wood sound is not something magnets pickup

[@jep3305]

Is that Danish Pete's lost uncle from America?!

[@TonyIvey-z6g]

I played a Ibanez with a Floyd in a metal band for five years. The top of the Floyd was bevelled from the sweat from my hand. Toxic sweat!! I guess

[@simondixon6761]

Who's gonna buy that yellow strat though?

[@johnclark1925]

Me if I had the money. Sadly I think £9k is outrageous. 😂

[@jackflynn-oakley1937]

If I can make a slight criticism Lee, it’s always people with business as a best interest who lean into the ‘not caring’ (or even trying to disprove of factual evidence (or ‘science’)) camp in regards to guitar tone. Yes, vibe is what makes you pick up the instrument and makes you play the way you do, 100%; but facts are facts. It’s just funny how it’s always people like PRS himself, or the literal owner of Andertons who are the neigh sayer’s, it is literal bias; and claiming against it is the guitar equivalent of flat earth theory.

[@MrWilson-WithaPbass]

One day . Vinteras till I can afford CS .

[@thebigeasy1697]

Master denter.

[@damianrf6309]

The other Mod-father.

[@trevorclarey3336]

Lovely guitars but not worth paying up to £5,500 for , come on people get a nice 1984 stratocaster Plus already reliced naturally for third of the price & play the heck out of it plus holds it's value . the fender strat plus is just example , could be Tele ,Jazzmaster etc

[@johnclark1925]

Agreed and that Yellow Strat is £9k!!😮

[@trevorclarey3336]

@@johnclark1925 I bought a 1984 graffiti yellow strat with "John Cruz " name in the neck pocket, gold sensor pickups with red label case mint I paid £1,400 about 12 years ago . there is just no comparison IMO

[@ListenToPowerViolence]

I love this sweetboy 😍

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

Thank Hod the guy didn’t answer the questions about laquer thickness or the amount of relic impacting the tone. I am glad the guy is not as guitarded as Lee

[@matthewtyler-jones8317]

I’d like to say third, fourth