hey bobby, you still got it , I just got my first Strat . but I still love that Ashly I got from you, peace man.
@ostendblues10 жыл бұрын
I play the 60th anniversary vintage model. It's the best Strat I ever played, hands down. Neck and pups are heaven. The sound and tone is phenomenal. No need for pedals, straight into a Fender Deluxe Reverb. I have different Strats, all good guitars but this guitar is something else. I kid you not! I
@rpmblues70188 жыл бұрын
Love this guitar and your playing is excellent. I will be 70 years old this year ,I bought my first Strat in 1960 for $150.00 it was a 58 used.I know one of those "one that got away stories". Thank you for posting ,worn with love.
@djizzah8 жыл бұрын
that guitar could be worth 25 or 30 grand!!
@74dartman137 жыл бұрын
RPM Blues I saw your comment. It's hard to believe the things we sold for next to nothing back then are worth a fortune now! If I only had a few of the old cars and trucks I let go cheap, I'd be living pretty good right now!
@dennisschell55435 жыл бұрын
I'm 64 now and back about 1970 I let a '57 Strat get away from me for $150....I wanted a new Tele instead....
@74dartman137 жыл бұрын
Omg! That sounded so good! Made my day...a great birthday gift for me! That's gotta be the coolest old Strat I've ever seen! Like the wear and the color of the neck! The tarnished tuners...everything is perfect! Your playing and recording sounded great too! Thanks for the video...it was fantastic!
@JamesSmith-lq1se6 жыл бұрын
The tone that dreams are made of! 60 years later and nobody can better this iconic instrument.it sounds as if the intervening 60 years never happened.that tone will live for ever.whish i could have been around at this time!
@lyrpat12 жыл бұрын
Wowww Your tones are amazing and your technic right on !!!!!!
@shaunw92706 жыл бұрын
Wow , what an amazing original Strat ! Sounds & looks incredible. Great playing & images 👍😎🎸
@Tonetwisters7 жыл бұрын
Very nice playing, and outstanding sound! My very first guitar was a 1954 Stratocaster that was already relicked when I got it for Christmas in 1963 ... my dad bought it for $75. Great guitar.
@philipgreene1227 жыл бұрын
My dad bought me a 54 IN 63 FOR $165...best axe i ever owed!
@Tonetwisters6 жыл бұрын
We're two members in a CLUB!! I hope yours didn't go out the back window of your brother's station wagon one night, like mine did!!
@pierrelh922111 жыл бұрын
Happy to know this peace between good hands !
@bigcatdaddy760166 жыл бұрын
Look at all the character marks she has!!! A player guitar if I ever saw one......thanks for sharing.
@kaeyreed18 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful. Alan and I could listen to it all night!
@arnarne5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful tone!
@agcalvin9 жыл бұрын
With a small restoration, respecting the originality that has the instrument, it would be like a museum piece, but to play it. An incredible instrument ...
@tsak19849 жыл бұрын
Actually restoring an all original instrument like this instantly makes it anything but a museum piece anymore. Get your facts straight.
@agcalvin9 жыл бұрын
Yes...another way to say the same.
@Twinhit12 жыл бұрын
This guitar and amp and player have it all going on. Great playing, Great sound! I think looping techology could probably be improved to sound more lifelike. The idea I'd propose to an effects company is a pedal that could alter the drum beat and bassline transitions at will. Regardless, I think this is a great recording because of the guitar player.
@mikehayes443311 жыл бұрын
Fantastic visually and musically. That is my dream guitar - signed by Gloria and Tadeo - just doesn’t get better. Great playing - super post, thank you.
@413riofrio13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all the comments.Just great tone on the guitar,and the amp on 9,lets me play without a pick, and lets you hear tones,that you wouldnt get with an overdriven amp.Thanks again
@hcreval8 жыл бұрын
jorge eres un Loquillo, espantas al avispero . Q buenas historias y recuerdos traen esa guitarra
@TheSinebrute11 жыл бұрын
this is fantastic.....great............
@74dartman137 жыл бұрын
I had to watch the video again! Had a question...if I sell everything at my place that's not nailed down, can I make you an offer for that beauty? Not sure what I can get for the wife! Lol...I can't stop looking at it! Totally freakin awesome!!!
@oggythebug12 жыл бұрын
What a nice sound, the best for a mapple neck, Tadeo gomez on the neck best craftmanship. take a look at my 63 , 64 and 65 original strats fender forever best regards from France Oggy
@yongadog10 жыл бұрын
Leo, Freddie & the guys had it right from the start.
@MaximusMediaInc9 жыл бұрын
Sweet! It's great to hear your playing again and on such an amazing rig. Well done.
@cliffdykes11719 жыл бұрын
year I was born, what a great sound. Love it.
@JonnySledge13 жыл бұрын
I love a guitar that is beat to shit because it is a player like this one. I'd take this guitar over any of the museum pieces from that era. Respect for still playing it instead of locking it away. Sweet playing too, worthy of this guitar.
@Edward68113 жыл бұрын
Beautiful piece of history!
@runrabbitrun434212 жыл бұрын
Sounds fantastic looks even better!!
@inderneilboseroychowdhury9 жыл бұрын
WoW! very nice tone and Play... u Rock the Blues Dude! Bobby Riofrio.
@IstenOstora9612 жыл бұрын
Yeah man! That's a very good video and your guitar is just BEAUTIFUL!!
@starsighter1311 жыл бұрын
What THD Amp is this? Blues Reverb Bassman 4X10?? Or something else. Sweet sound !! Thanks for posting
@57blondstrat13 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks for posting all those images and real sweet playing too
@goldmanguitars12 жыл бұрын
Still has it. Perfect condition. He was quite big in the 60's, and thats not all he has. He's got a ton of guitars but the '54 strat, '54 les paul, and i think its a '52 nocaster are his top 3. Im a guitar builder, and i built him a guitar that tops all 3 of those... He hasn't touched them since i built it for him.
@keithclark21365 жыл бұрын
Brady Goldman THEN I BUILT HIM ONE HE HASN'T TOUCHED HIS OR YOURS SINCE -- I TOOK THEM IN ON TRADE HE GAVE ME ALL HIS GUITARS AND $25.000 IN CASH AND I FINANCED THE REST $12.000 A MONTH FOR 10YRS NO INTEREST -- HE BRINGS IT IN EVERY 2 MONTHS FOR ME TO CHANGE STRINGS AND A CLEANING I ONLY CHARGE HIM $200.00 DOLLARS SINCE HE BOUGHT IT FROM ME AND FURNISHES HIS OWN STRINGS AND HE ALLWAYS BRINGS ME A 18 PACK OF BEER AND A CARTOON OF CIGARETTES ALSO BRINGS MY DOG A BONE -- I ALSO TEACH HIM GUITAR LESSONS TWICE A WEEK I USUALLY CHARGE $150.00 FOR HALF AN HOUR BUT SINCE HE'S A FRIEND I ONLY CHARGE HIM $100.00 HE ALLWAYS TIPS ME AND MOWS MY LAWN AND CARRYS OUT THE TRASH BEFORE LEAVING. WELL THERE ISN'T MUCH MORE TO SAY EXCEPT IF YOU SEE ANY ONE NEEDING LESSONS OR IS INTERESTED IN BUYING ONE OF MY CUSTOM BUILT GUITARS LET ME KNOW IAM YOUR MAN IAM A LITTLE BACKED UP NOW BUT I WILL GET YOU IF YOU GIVE ME A CHANCE.
@JamesLovesRocks3298 жыл бұрын
I can see how much she was loved because of the wear and tear
@davidwatson64089 жыл бұрын
Awesome thanks for sharing. I have a replica of this guitar MIM. got it in the early 90's and had a friend of mine who is a guitar tech check it out and he said it is a very well done replica. the wires and coils are cloth wrapped and has a sick sound to it. I love playing it. enjoyed the video
@jimmyjoe38239 жыл бұрын
Nice performance und fantastic Guitar!!!
@413riofrio12 жыл бұрын
Thanks.This recording is as simple as it gets.Very good original 1954 strat.and older thd amp.The amp on 9 no effects,just some reverb on the mix down on a 200.00 tascam recorder.Thanks Again
@LtdBoomer12 жыл бұрын
Great instrument, played great.!! Thx a lot....thumbs up!
@jerryleveille53106 жыл бұрын
I bought my 54 Hardtail sunburst Strat in '63 for $75 and sold it in '65 for a white one because I wanted a white One like the surf players had. BTW I sold the '54 for $50!
@StevenCarinci3 жыл бұрын
Jump!
@excelephant11 жыл бұрын
That is one of the sexiest Strats I have ever seen (and heard, nice work!). I want!
@mocrobsky10 жыл бұрын
Bueno, no hablo en ingles y por lo tanto, tampoco lo escribo, solo quiero formar parte de este extraordinario momento donde se muestra y se escucha semejante creación, la imagen mas fuerte es la del tremolo, totalmente aniquilado por el gran asesino el tiempo.
@Pentatoniker113 жыл бұрын
great guitar with sharp and edgy sound. wonderful playing too, keep it up
@arrebatar4 жыл бұрын
It's so amazing!
@413riofrio10 жыл бұрын
The guitar in the video is the one I'm playing
@1369rockstar12 жыл бұрын
beautiful guitar
@rosemarii848 жыл бұрын
ouff !! ca sonne terrible ! bravo
@christomer3212 жыл бұрын
Damn that things a serious surt bucket. You have a piece of history there! i would think about Professionally cleaning it:) that is a Real Bueat.. Props to actually having a strat from that year. thats just an amazing thing. regardless the Rust.
@969bamf11 жыл бұрын
a great sounding beauty
@martinulstein90878 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. I loved it. Totally awesome.
@DominicSalzillo12 жыл бұрын
HENDRIX SOUND!!!! Sounds AMAZING
@billyclub5610 жыл бұрын
That was really nice. U should do it again, with camera over ur shoulder, zoomed in on neck. Some of us are hungry for this stuff
@ledzeppize13 жыл бұрын
Holy shit! Best tone i've ever heard in a guitar, congratulations
@mikeaustin41389 жыл бұрын
What do you think of the THD? Which one is it? People seem to either love 'em or hate 'em...
@ask196213 жыл бұрын
I like the tone and your great playing!
@ChanceEvans77712 жыл бұрын
Love that Sound!
@cmaddox10208 жыл бұрын
Lovely playing there Bobby and a great sound too! As to Ed Roman's challenge, I have heard of similar ones but what really matters is if a guitar is worth to you what you paid for it, well then, that is what it is worth.
@brianwalker62739 жыл бұрын
look listen weep!! What more can you say , Great playing thanks.
@DDL3817 жыл бұрын
FANTASTIC !!! SOUND WOW !!!
@richfiryn12 жыл бұрын
Ummm Yeah this will do nicely. Keep all the grunge and dna of everyone on it. Change nothing. Killer sounding amp and recording by the way. Good job on this.
@shawnbell63926 жыл бұрын
Really nice playing.
@stevegillam727810 жыл бұрын
Great playing dude. Nice guitar too, great sound. Looks like it's starting to get broken in pretty good so if you need me to I can take over from here. I don't get when people comment like it's rotting away or it's too dirty and stuff like that. Must be from the metal guys who need everything to be perfect before they try and play fast (why? for what? I don't get John McLaughlin at all).
@ask196212 жыл бұрын
No need for artificial relic here. Great tone and playing. You got the blues! Thanks for posting.
@CosmicNed9 жыл бұрын
Great tone... Fantastic guitar.... Tasty!
@djizzah8 жыл бұрын
ha great garage music, ive done that many a time
@anthonykalcic11 жыл бұрын
Whats so great about the way is sounds, I was born in 1954, I make it sound good. you guys got it all backward, I rather have a clean new one than a dirty grimmy one any day.
@mattseymour863711 жыл бұрын
Nice tone and some nice blues playing :) very good! haha
@1dotele9 жыл бұрын
beautiful playing beautiful tone
@murfdog1912 жыл бұрын
Wow. Fantastic tone! You can see why Fender stopped using the bakelite though.
@carlosfini29937 жыл бұрын
Hello bobby Great sound, congratulations. It is very difficult to understand the relationship between us musicians and the Vintage instruments like this Strato 54. Many top musicians such as Gilmour, Beck, Eric Johnson, Richards, Bonamassa, have these guitars. Only one who has one knows what it is. I've definitely never seen anyone who had one, I wanted to exchange it for a re-edition or a Japanese or Mexican. It's like a classic old car. Many people wonder why have an old car if we can have a modern one because it walks the same way, sometimes faster, etc. However, the noise of the engine, the smell, the vibration of the structure and perfect design, are incomparable, the personality and history of that object are unique as well. So with the guitars. If they did not need money, people would stay with them. I wonder if you still have this strat, and if it still has that volume knob that appears in the video. It seems to me that it was the only button that survived all these years. Thanks and thanks for the video. Carlos
@Riv6612 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear someone actually deserving of a '54!
@bobbyozb8 жыл бұрын
She's a beaut Clark !
@egotripband12 жыл бұрын
this guitar costs more because it has over fifty years of relic ing work on it..sounds almost as nice as my walnut strat ;- )
@U2BER20126 жыл бұрын
So, my question to anyone who might know? Since these early model guitars were made before Abigail Ybarra started working at Fender in 1956, I wonder who wound these pickups? They sound great.
@413riofrio12 жыл бұрын
Its a Thd Amp with 4 ten inch speakers. the amp is stock.Its an older Thd Amp. I have the amp on 9 , Its a straight forward amp ,just volume, and tone controls.
@astaldi13577 жыл бұрын
simply FANTASTIC!!!
@phil2146913 жыл бұрын
awesome man
@413riofrio12 жыл бұрын
Thanks ,Its as simple as it gets.
@DennisWing14 жыл бұрын
nice job!
@DRCRANKNSTEIN8 жыл бұрын
nice playing, love that tone!
@bishlap6 жыл бұрын
wonderful tone - the type of tone you want from a strat.
@413riofrio12 жыл бұрын
Thanks Very Much.
@goldmanguitars12 жыл бұрын
My uncle has a '54 strat. id number is 007. No kidding. And in 1954, the strat didn't yet have a tremlo bridge. It was a hard tail bridge. Great playing, but I'm skeptical of this actually being a '54. Definitely old though. But the bridge doesn't match to what it should for the time period for it to be genuine.
@AnonymouseZillenial11 жыл бұрын
thank you for sharing this masterpiece most of the time you only get to see "collector" shit!
@anthonybymallia70678 жыл бұрын
it sounds magnificient thers no better than strats
@fasteddiefender9 жыл бұрын
This is what happens when you leave a Strat out in the rain .ha ha.Seriously its beautiful don't touch it
@ThemojodojoOrghome10 жыл бұрын
Righteous, bro.
@egotripband12 жыл бұрын
nice guitar and playing ..have you measured the pickups' output?
@boco19513 жыл бұрын
Toot Sweet!
@andreadichiara12805 жыл бұрын
Hendrix sound GREAT !
@rollingstopp13 жыл бұрын
leo probably had that guitar at his house -toiling with it
@itaintmebabe71412 жыл бұрын
@Brady Goldman The 54 Strat had a tremelo. I saw one behind glass in the Fender Museum in Fullerton today and if you send me your email i will send you a picture of it. The bridge pickup looks identical to the one i saw too except it was in better condition.
@bluesplecre12 жыл бұрын
beauty
@ciccio9524able12 жыл бұрын
A Dream!
@martinulstein90878 жыл бұрын
I just had to hear it again.
@solarismoon30467 жыл бұрын
For less than $70.00 U.S. you can get a new pickguard, knobs, tremolo, switch tip, pickup covers, and backplate (tremolo cover plate) from www.angela.com! They sell all brand new FENDER MADE parts for FENDER guitars. That would help make this more authentic and original since Fender just reissued all these plastic parts for sale to the public all the time with the same polystyrene formulation that these had back when this guitar was first made. No fear of not being 100% accurate. You can put those old parts in a plastic sandwich bag, and keep them in the case for the next owner if you ever decide to sell this. Just replace all that cracked, broken, and pretty much useless plastic with genuine Fender made parts that are guaranteed to fit, and have all the same shapes, and colours of the originals. Just let time take its' toll and wear the surfaces dull and smooth without breakage - if you're careful so that it will be something you can truly enjoy and break these parts in yourself. Thanks for sharing.
@Jordan8056411 жыл бұрын
fucking great man the best blues i heard. like a boss haha
@nicozxx8811 жыл бұрын
how much costs a guitar in this conditions? I like it very much!
@masterbate2310 жыл бұрын
I would like to give it a try
@egotripband10 жыл бұрын
i wonder if its possible to calculate how many notes have been played on a guitar based on the wear and tear...sounded nice anyway
@randcillo6 жыл бұрын
💗
@briano.57466 жыл бұрын
Wow , relic job by GOD ! Someone played the hell out of that girl and left her in a barn for a few years I guess .