Fender ALMOST made my perfect guitar

[@Rad_Pug]

Nice guitar! I plan on getting one soon. White or pink. Been looking for the perfect strat. This model could be it. Is there room for a humbucker underneath? Take care.

[@jonmihail]

I honestly haven’t checked under the pickguard. This thing is legit and I think the best Strat they make!

[@CH-en9rv]

The one thing that concerns me about this guitar are the pickups. They seem too warm compared to the V mod II in the American Pro II. That one sounds more like a strat to me. At least from what I'm hearing in the vids online.

[@jonmihail]

That do seem a little warmer but honestly they aren’t too diff from my 60th Anniversary American Standard. I think the difference is less pronounced. It sounds great and it’s become my new Number one Strat 🙂

[@orryfishburne5326]

Im with u 100% on the roasted maple neck with rosewood fretboard and 12" radius. My Partscaster Tele has a Fender aftermarket neck with those specs and its incredible. (It the Fender Satin Roasted Maple Telecaster Replacement Neck - Rosewood Fingerboard) i put Fender Staggered Locking Tuners on it, and I ordered a 3 string retainer from Stewmac, then realized i dont need it and preferred the look of the headstock without a string tree. The rolled edges are a nice touch too. By the looks of it, it seems like the same neck thats on the GT11, but MIM. Now i really want to build a Partscaster Strat with the Strat equivalent of the same neck, or save up and get the Fender American Professional II GT11 Stratocaster - Sonic Blue. That guitar checks all the right boxes for me.

[@jonmihail]

This GT11 became my number 1 single coil guitar immediately. I love how it plays and sounds! They’re actually on sale right now, use my link in the description🙂

[@ParsoJr]

Charvel gives me what Fender won’t (yes I know Fender own Charvel now)

[@jonmihail]

What are you looking for in a guitar?

[@ParsoJr]

@@jonmihail a hard tail strat with a modern fretboard radius

[@jonmihail]

I love a good 12” radius on my strats!

[@davehopping7212]

Strat trems can be pretty persnickety. My fix was to use 5 springs and back the claw attachment screws fairly far out so it's definitely floating. Gives it a little of that smooth warble feel that you get on a (NON-tension bar) Bigsby or Jazzmaster. All that said, there's no reason why you couldn't take a hard-tail Strat, cut out part of the pickguard and mount a B-16. I've not had good luck with B5 and B7-type tension-bar Bigsbys; real stiff.... A B-16 doesn't have the tension-bar so it feels much better, but they're hard to find.

[@jonmihail]

On my veritas my bigsby give just a slight warble, definitely not a dive bomber but provides a nice texture. That’s what I want.

[@timetraveler_0]

Just get a Custom Shop at this point.

[@jonmihail]

That’s a pretty big jump from 2k to over 4k for a custom shop.

[@monsirto]

Sold my last Fender after i bought the Vola. I hope they get their QC up to Squier standards one day.

[@jonmihail]

I’ve heard great things about Vola, I’m just not crazy about the styling

[@dustovstroganov]

prs made my fav git with the s2 vela

[@jonmihail]

What do you like about it?

[@foxxygearreviews7754]

I found a left handed avri 2 fiesta red strat but it arrived with the neck pocket cracked. Kind of a bummer.

[@jonmihail]

Oh man that sucks. This guitar is stupid good tho. It’s so close to being perfect

[@tbone2451]

You’re talking my talk. Nothing appeals to more than a strat. Greatest guitar on earth, with the Tele right behind. I find Les Paul’s to be bulky unattractive guitars never got the vibe.

[@jonmihail]

I had a Les Paul and never vibed with it. Gotta try an SG still but the strat is just perfection

[@PeeDee69]

I agree. I've never understood the obsession with les Paul's. And if I ranked just gibsons models it would be near the bottom. I'd rather have an ES, SG, and even a V over an LP.

[@traviscrown9189]

lol

[@jonmihail]

Got a different opinion? Share it mate 🙂

[@traviscrown9189]

@@jonmihail Les Paul bulky? Sure. So are teles. But a Les Paul unattractive, that’s comedy.

[@goncaloantunes5198]

You know you can put a bigsby on it rigth?

[@jonmihail]

The video is called fender almost made my perfect guitar, not I can mod this guitar into my perfect guitar. That’s a different video

[@goncaloantunes5198]

@@jonmihail ohh greattt then you got tour dream guitar!!!congratsq🥳(i have constant need to clearly say that Im not being sarcastic)

[@AussieEnglishPodcast]

Did you grow up in Australia, man?

[@jonmihail]

Sure did, moved to the USA when I was 22. What’s your podcast about?

[@brokenmotorwagen1328]

I think it needs a Bigsby :D

[@jonmihail]

Should I put a bigby on my Strat? Maybe my other American Standard

[@SearchingForTone]

You sold me on the Fender 🤣

[@jonmihail]

It’s a great guitar! Played it live today and it was amazing

[@tylerk1013]

WHY WON'T FENDER JUST DO A PLAYER II HARDTAIL STRAT IN DAPHNE BLUE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[@jonmihail]

Yeah I was looking for a hard tail a while ago and couldn’t find what I was looking for. You could always just get the trem version and block it. Basically the same

[@tylerk1013]

@@jonmihail That's what I've done w/ mine 🤣