How different a vintage Fender Stratocaster bridge pickup sounds, overdrive controlled by volume pot

[@jamesmcguire8577]

Your navigation of the fretboard and manipulation of the stings is awesome. Thank you for sharing ❤. Please continue to post!

[@mattguitarwater]

Wow, thank you so much!!! I will continue! Cheers, Matthias

[@clgmafnas]

Glad you're still playing... that guitar sounds as great as ever 🤙🏼

[@mattguitarwater]

Yes! Thanks for watching my video!

[@anurak_292]

In 2013 when i discovered you i was blown away and one of your strat demo’s gave me GAS for a vintage strat.. now its 2024, a few ebmm’s, strandberg’s, an abasi larada and a slew of other high end guitars and here you are still blowing me away and giving me GAS for a vintage strat. ❤️👑

[@mattguitarwater]

Wow! Thank you so much! This means a lot to me! In 2011 I sold all my guitars to buy this Strat for 7000 €, for 12 years was it the only electric guitar, I´ve owned. For me it's a pearl. Nowadays there a another Strat and a 335. So my tip, sell all your high end guitars for one good vintage guitar, put stainless steel jumbo frets on like me and play her until the end! Kind regards and all the best, Matthias

[@anurak_292]

@ in fact that’s actually what i am planning to do at this point. Thanks for blowing my mind with your intuitive playing and tasty chops herr matthias! 👑❤️ forever in admiration of your skills!

[@shanerose5348]

The unsung hero here: BluGuitar Amp1, sounds dynamite. Great playing, great tone!!

[@mattguitarwater]

Yes!

[@amadigidigaula771]

It’s just great, that tone. I’d never need the other 2 pickups if I had this guitar.

[@mattguitarwater]

Thank you so much!

[@gregorysabol4172]

Thanks for the auditory treat!

[@mattguitarwater]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@aminahmed2220]

Absolutely fantastic have a great weekend ❤😊😊❤😊

[@mattguitarwater]

Thank you so much!!! Cheers, Matthias

[@aminahmed2220]

​@@mattguitarwateryou are welcome also Monday is Thanksgiving in Canada ❤😊

[@oracleofdelphi8411]

You are a marvel , Sir. Thank you .

[@mattguitarwater]

Thank you so much!!!

[@FredCapBand-to5hh]

My Strat must be defective... it doesn't do any of this 😉 Great sound and playing!

[@mattguitarwater]

Hahaha! Thank you so much!!! Every Strat sounds different! Thanks for watching and cheers, Matthias

[@dutchguitarist3078]

Great sound! What is the exact Vermuram pedal that you are using?

[@mattguitarwater]

Thank you so much! It's the Jan Ray Overdrive, but a clone, built by a good friend. Cheers, Matthias

[@artielukas888]

subscribed because of this tone

[@mattguitarwater]

Thank you so much!

[@boco1951]

Big paws dude!

[@mattguitarwater]

Hahaha!!!

[@roscoefoofoo]

The wizard!!!!

[@mattguitarwater]

Haha 😂 and thanks for watching!

[@keithmartin1067]

Wonderful! Thanks!

[@mattguitarwater]

Thanks a lot!

[@Bladewing]

Hi Matthias, vielen Dank für deine Inspiration durch dein absolutes "Verschmelzen" mit der Strat. Du zeigst uns, was alles möglich ist! Bleibe uns gesund und erhalten! Kurze Frage: Ist der Compound Neck der originale von dieser 62er Strat? Und hast du Ihn refrettet (narrow tall 6105?) oder sind noch die originalen frets drauf? Herzlichen Dank! Play on Meister!!

[@mattguitarwater]

Herzlichen Dank, das freut mich sehr! Zum Hals: ich hab den Radius nie nachgemessen, nur bei der letzten Bundierung mit Stahbünden habe ich den Wunsch geäußert, dass der Gitarrenbauer zu den oberen Bünden hin in der Mitte die Bünde mehr abflacht, also damit den Radius größer werden lassen. Aber es ist der originale Hals. Viele Grüße, Matthias

[@Bladewing]

@@mattguitarwater Oh sehr cool, den Hals-Radius einfach über das Fret-Crowning gelöst. :-) Vielen Dank für die Rückmeldung und ganz viel Freude mit deiner Gitarre. LG!

[@brianstewart947]

Sounds fantastic Sir! Are you holding down the bridge on your double-stop bends? Or do you bend the higher note as well? The tuning sounds as good as a tele. Great work!

[@mattguitarwater]

Thank you so much! No holding down. At 00:30 it's not in tune! Cheers, Matthias

[@azizanarkhy5496]

Paradise

[@mattguitarwater]

Thank you so much!!!

[@joakasgu-kum.3910]

Que belleza de guitarra!!!

[@mattguitarwater]

¡Oh sí, definitivamente!

[@spacialinstallations]

Those hands...........!! Awesome........... I recognise some at 2:20..............

[@mattguitarwater]

Thanks a lot!

[@volkanatalaymusic]

I love 64’ strat bridge pu. No tone pot connected btw.

[@mattguitarwater]

¡Oh sí, definitivamente!

[@frantisca]

Tremendous instrument and tones. Did you invert the tone knob ?

[@mattguitarwater]

Yes! The upper tone put is soldered to the bridge pickup.

[@Kamy.GG.Official]

❤

[@mattguitarwater]

Thanks for watching!

[@rossman265]

Great sounds you get ftom your 61. Did you change the bridge? If so what is it?

[@mattguitarwater]

Hello and thanks for watching! No, it’s the original bridge. Cheers, Matthias

[@efraindehesa1454]

Muy bien! Exelente guitarra ! Bien tocado también, una pregunta , donde esta conectado? Que es lo que está usando? Saludos

[@mattguitarwater]

Gracias!!! 1961 Fender Stratocaster Vermuran overdrive The Duellist overdrive Empress Delay BluGuitar Amp1 clean channel EV speaker of my Mesa Boogie Mark III

[@efraindehesa1454]

@@mattguitarwater very kind, thanks for the information, how lucky to have that stratocaster, it also has an original way of playing the guitar 🎸, greetings!

[@bluwng]

Can you do a cover of the Billy Idol song you started to play here?

[@lenzguitar183]

Good job at 2:21 😂

[@mattguitarwater]

Thanks a lot!

[@roscoefoofoo]

What brand & gauge strings do you use? These are remarkable flexibly yet seem to stay in tune very well.

[@mattguitarwater]

Hey, thanks for watching! D‘Addario EXL140: 010 - 052 Cheers, Matthias

[@roscoefoofoo]

@@mattguitarwater Thanks for your reply. But I have a feeling that you could make spider webs and bridge cables do magic. You're really a marvel.

[@mattguitarwater]

Thank you so much!!!

[@rodnoise8251]

Treble bleed??

[@mattguitarwater]

No.

[@yy_guitar7510]

Really great tone! Do you still have a Twinkleland by Van Weelden?

[@mattguitarwater]

Thanks a lot! Never was mine! The Twinkleland belongs to a friend. I Own a BluGuitar Amp1 and a Mesa Boogie Mark III. Cheers, Matthias

[@TheMasonator777]

I can tell that tone wouldn’t work for me, as great as it sounds. I’m a bridge hum-bucker guy and always will be. I like a neck single coil.

[@mattguitarwater]

Thanks a lot for watching!

[@titi64230]

Is there any boutique bridge pickup close to this ? Some idea ?

[@amadigidigaula771]

I too would like to know!

[@blueveinriver3253]

having played an actual 61 Strat and owning a fender AVII 61 Strat, yeah fender got their reissues right. Get the pure vintage 61 pickups from fender, best Strat pickups I've ever played.

[@titi64230]

@@blueveinriver3253 yeah ? The bridge pickup is as usable ? I was blast the video tone . It s the same as a french guitarist Mathieu Chedid on his strat L . He play a lot on this bridge, sound like perfection. Thanks for you r advice

[@blueveinriver3253]

@@titi64230 the bridge pickup is more than usable, it's great. use the tone knob to dial back a little treble and you're good

[@Dilla4life]

Dope tone and playing

[@eliasthehuman]

whatn gauge strings do you play ?

[@mattguitarwater]

D‘Addario EXP 140 010 - 052

[@mattguitarwater]

D`Addario EXP 140 010 - 052

[@Kenneth.W.63]

Nice playing, but different compared to what ?

[@Tomijee]

Compared to different positions? 20% 50% 100% etc? Different combinations with tone rolled up/down?

[@mattguitarwater]

I meant how multifaceted a bridge pickup of a Fender Stratocaster can sound. Thanks for watching!

[@sasaki-sasaki619]

誰かと思ったら、皇帝ストラトキャスターさんか！

[@mattguitarwater]

動画をご覧いただきありがとうございます。エンペラー ストラトキャスターとは正確には何を指しますか?

[@sasaki-sasaki619]

貴方の事です！

[@JammerhakenTV]

I guess you like Eric Johnson

[@mattguitarwater]

Yes!

[@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial]

You should really route the neck and body and install a Floyd Rose!!!!

[@randomguitarnote8887]

Emgs would totally go great with that mod too!

[@amadigidigaula771]

@@randomguitarnote8887 hahaha

[@山田-i5i]

and scallopped fingerboard

[@mattguitarwater]

Hahaha!!!

[@Alienkush97]

Neva!!! You nuts man?

[@Telepkr]

This is one of the most laughable things I've watched today thank you

[@mattguitarwater]

Hahaha! Thanks for watching!