I Feel Stupid - I Gigged My Number 1 Strat For the First Time in OVER A YEAR

[@wyatttompk]

Still rolls on/off the volume while the guitar isn’t plugged in. Lol that’s someone who plays a TON! Haha

[@tiagoramalhais5493]

I shake my head every time i see a guitar built in the last 40 years that has that kind of truss rod adjustment, fender vintage accurate? yes, dumb and terrible design? yes, there's just no excuse for it nowadays, it's like all these vintage boutique builders read the same manual: 'how to repeat the same mistakes made 70 years ago just for the sake of vintage accuracy'.

[@Brett-v6t]

Nash S63 for example.

[@MaddMag]

Cannot agree more. It is the dumbest thing. I think every guitar should be the spoke wheel heel truss rod adjustments. If not that, at least just open heads adjustments. Taking the entire neck off is the worst setup and I refuse to buy any guitar with that outdated hot garbage.

[@samuelwnovak]

I think about this every time someone parrots “Leo Fender got it right the first time most of the time 🥰” He clearly didn’t LOL. The man himself probably wouldn’t even agree with that proposition given the fact that he was a tinkerer his entire life and continuously refined his designs. Another example is the bridge cover on the Telecaster. To its credit I do think it looks cool, but the playing experience is ridiculous. A design that totally prevents you from placing your hand near or even right on the bridge could have only been invented by somebody who was not themselves a player. I respect and admire the man, I appreciate his enormous influence/contribution to not just Western popular music but indeed global musical culture in general, but some of his ideas were objectively bad.

[@AlexVonCrank]

Yup.

[@therangersinger]

I still think warmoth modern necks have the best truss rod adjustment locations. It is located on the side of the heel. There is still an Allen head adjustment on the end of the heel for large adjustments but the side heel adjustment is for minor adjustments. Super quick, easy access and is very accurate.

[@matthiasscheffler548]

Andy Timmons had six refrets done on his Ibanez signature At-1 since 1994 and he's still playing it

[@venom3936]

Just send it back to Kline and ask for a stainless steel refret

[@christopher.hallissy]

I feel the same about my EBMM Cutlass. I’ve sold mine, bought it back, and now I’m back to considering selling it again. The heart wants what it wants!

[@juanmacaceres2702]

Stainless steel frets are the answer! No refrets, no crown, no nothing

[@vinhrua1]

Did one by myselft about 1,5 year ago. They are still intact and shiny even in high humidity enviroment. Before I had normal nickel frets and even after polishing for 4 months they are dull and gritty.

[@AlexVoinotGuitar]

I find that connection with instruments varies through time of the year, mood, what I'm listening to/playing etc... You never know how you're going to feel next, so I don't sell my instruments when they spend a bit more time in their case, and sure thing, down the road, I end up picking them again and playing them through and through for months/years on end. This is a cool Strat, would be nice to see more videos of it!

[@stoneyroberts9118]

The silver sky has made me lose a bond I had with my other guitar also. I never expected to like a 7.25” radius but Paul reed found some magical way to get buttery smooth low action without fretting out on such a tight vintage radius and it just feels great.

[@edlicari3909]

Stainless steel frets my friend! 👍

[@godbyone]

So great

[@TeleTonemonkey]

Agree, played and gigged my 71 tele exclusively for 6 years, told my wife it was a keeper. stopped gigging after surgery, 5 yrs later .. it’s on Reverb!

[@Bunn4Funn]

Love how you turned it up and down unplugged lol 😂 I do that all the time too and switch pick ups 😂 Habits

[@desmusik]

Still my favourite guitar of yours John

[@athanasiusdicia117]

I've read someone quoting; "if you don't dig your hi-end gear anymore, don't sell it; one day, you'll regret having done so. Someday, you'll revisit that forgotten gear, when you're wiser".

[@FuzzPedalAddiction]

Tune that thing down to Eb and you'll be fine with your string bends. 👍🏾

[@oldmanfran5523]

You did well getting rid of the British racist green one 😂 6:21

[@ksharpe10]

it looked Black, loved the sound of that one in Oops I did it again video.

[@waynebacer6235]

Guitars, like everything else in life, need constant care and maintenance. Put a new set of stainless steel frets on that guitar and with the a truss rod adjustment, you'll get many more years out that guitar. I love my K-Line Strat!!! When I think of John Cordy playing the guitar, I picture that blue K-LIne.

[@BattousaiMLT]

I was about to sell my PRS Cu24 because I havent used it in more than a year since its the nicest guitar I own and I have other gig friendlier guitars. As soon as I set it up and restrung it for the sale, played it for a bit and remembered why I bought it in the first place. Time does a funny thing that it makes you forget why you found the special gear so special in the first place. I ended up keeping the PRS. I've sold way too many guitars i regret letting go of.

[@EWhite-95]

I got my number guitar refretted this summer and it brought the guitar back to life. It’s was louder and sustained a lot more. Has only made me okay it much more

[@larryadams1873]

Don’t make the fatal mistake of selling a guitar you’ve loved. I’ve lost a couple of kill to have back. You have history with it. Take it into your favorite tech and get it into top shape. You’ll be glad you did.

[@serpensnovus9869]

When you play a guitar for a while on the channel I feel we're getting a much better idea of what it's like. It's a great thing to do, and of course your playing is superb. I haven't been drawn to the Silver Sky, K-lines sound consistently good. I remember the Fender American Vintage II 57 Stratocaster which had something special about it. Almost bought one but I can't have a guitar that needs the next taken off to adjust truss rod !!!!!

[@privateer2584]

That's really the guitar I think of when I think of you. I actually liked it so much I bought a k-line and put lollars in my other strats.

[@leesbassment6393]

That ice blue strat is the guitar I associate with you. It even inspired a build on my part. Stainless frets, and it will be good effectively forever.

[@jbbourbon178]

Silver Skies always impress me at first and then I always remember that I don’t like how their volume and tone knobs work. Just never my thing after playing them for a few weeks.

[@KimmeU]

If you're afraid or against stainless steel frets and can't live without nickel frets re-fret your guitar with Sintoms extra hard nickel frets. Those are almost as durable as stainless steel frets and with good ole' nickel frets for those who are purists....

[@timsellsted521]

Nice blue guitar. All those K Lines sound great!

[@raysaade]

We demand more videos of your live gigs

[@1man1guitarletsgo]

Every guitar goes out of adjustment, whether it's through natural wood movement, or fret wear. Putting them back to where they should be is just routine maintenance. I do know that when I've let mine go too far, that "bond" is weakened; but the moment they're back to full playability, the bond is restored.

[@blumeenie]

Own a 2006 Truxton. Refuse to part with it. Didn't come with the K*Line logo on the headstock. Luckily I live in the St. Louis area and a visit with Chris took care of that. He thinks you're alright, John. ;)

[@ksharpe10]

He is Chris no. 1 SALESMAN, always salesman of the YEAR in and out!!!!

[@tonystartup3817]

9.5s strings are a pretty sweet spot on 25.5" scale guitars. I do use 10s on my Strat and part of the reason i play that guitar more than any other is i don't want to get used to the lighter strings that i have set up on other guitars. It's almost a masochistic approach. 9s are obviously easier still to play, but i find they don't last too long before sound goes on them, specially the high E. 9.5s are almost as easy but don't need changing as often

[@mainstreetmusic4665]

It's really funny....same thing happened to me. I have a 59 reissue Strat which wasn't playing right after about a year of playing other beauties. I tweaked the truss-rod and re-intonated and presto.....fell back in love with it. Also, I floated the trem up a bit which improved the sustain and resonance (SuperVee BladeRunner bridge). The guitar came alive again 🙂

[@trickfall8752]

Sell the PRS and get the refret done. Also the BRG line cracked me up.

[@TheMasonator777]

A bond with one guitar can be a limitation, if you end up somewhere where somebody hands you theirs to get up and play.

[@ksharpe10]

I was surprised to see him take out Ole Blue.

[@lightfallband]

Get a refret with stainless steel! Well-worth doing. Feels great and lasts forever.

[@cbsaulren]

Never heard of K-line until I started watching your channel. Had to look them up and was surprised to see them one state away from where I live. I'm a Fender (Charvel) player so they definitely appealed to me, but the custom shop price was outside my budget. Seems like a guitar you might have bonded with for good.

[@BASILEMOJO]

posting video everyday is a sickness dude!

[@billgreen3629]

Just get it refretted

[@Jeremya74]

My first guitar was a strat..spent hundreds of hours on it..learned more on it than any other with it..had to sell it years ago and miss it😢

[@Dan-of-NJ]

I think of your Yellow Springfield...beautiful guitar.

[@Roryagreen]

I can’t shake the bond I have with my red strat even though I know that sometimes playing live with it I don’t enjoy it as much! But because of the bond I have with it my first thoughts are usually around what I can do as a player or if there are any mods I can do to my strat to get it to where I want it to be. I’ll be going on my third tour with it this weekend, it’s been with me through every big career step and it’s just too cool to not play!

[@tommywallberg]

It’s a beautiful guitar you got there 👍 I wouldn’t use stainless steel on that guitar. It’s a keeper and love comes and goes 😅

[@peterhall4852]

Dont put off what you need to do. Refret, maybe a Plek,, and a good setup.

[@luke0047]

what action do you have in your guitars?

[@H.R.Puffnstuff]

I like this channel and your playing. Will you ever do LIVE streams again?

[@GuitarsOK]

Send it to me brother and I’ll drive it to Chris’ (K-Line) myself for a new frett job! Then, I might need to use it for a quick review video (with my man, Nenad)! ❤❤❤ 🎸

[@worthmoremusic]

Sometimes it's less expensive just to replace the neck than to refret one... Many luthiers charge between $200-400+ for a regret. Something to consider...

[@GrzegorzSadowski-q7n]

What a guitar height string (actionl prefer?

[@whiteroom2773]

You played a yellow KLine over on the G66 channel, which pickups are in that one? The blue strat is the guitar you've played some great stuff on, so just get the frets replaced. If you're one of those musicians who bonds emotionally very strongly with your instrument, you should only get the frets re-done because otherwise you'll feel something is "missing" when you play. For anyone who thinks that is nonsense, some of the musicians I talk to play on antique instruments worth hundreds of thousands of £££, and they form a bond with the instrument that powerfully informs their playing. They react incredibly strongly to the smallest of changes and it really affects the emotions they experience when they play. Yes from one point of view it's a bit weird, but it's also a good thing because music is not a purely scientific discipline. Almost the opposite in fact imo, so there's absolutely no shame in "bonding with an inanimate object" because it's an extension of who you are, if you invest that much of yourself in it 🙂

[@JonnyDee123]

I had my original Strat '71 vintage re-fretted a few years ago and I don't like its feel anymore. Really less responsive and seems to have lost so much of its former sparkle. Would never sell it but it saddens me. Watching you play your Silver Sky has really put me in mind for lashing out some dosh.

[@jakollee]

I had my ‘74-‘75 Strat re-fretted and sort of regret it. It really needed it, the B and high E string would fret out when bent. But some little bits of wood came out high up on the neck when the frets were pulled out, and the divots were filled with some sort of artificial wood. The guitar certainly plays better now, but it’s now obvious that the neck has been altered.

[@SerenaandAndrew]

Which reunion blues case?

[@PelicanIslandLabs]

That gig clip @0:40 has a real Prince vibe to it. 😍

[@Dark0ne2099]

No wonder 😂

[@Harrysound]

You are the phrase master. Purple rain is such a great jam but I always make it sound shit

[@Maximusdann]

Hi . Could you do a video on what where the most comfortabe and light weight guitars that you played?

[@Wadey1960CS]

Never seen it, looks pretty and sounds good in the video footage. Or is this overdubbed?

[@Thrive-Off-Grid]

Spring tension is probably different between your two guitars. Might just need to tighten up the springs a fudge to get those bends without deflecting the trem.

[@vonbleak101]

"It sits on a stand most of the time..." There is your problem - Put them in hard cases when you are not playing them and they will survive much better...

[@r0bophonic]

8:35 What is your preferred action?

[@jon.martian]

a pack of hosco stainless frets is 16 quid, if you really don't want it to leave your house/hands i could show you how to fit them yourself, then you would for sure have more attachment to your old flame lol

[@skyman98]

I’d like to see you try a Ibanez Prestige AZ

[@edlicari3909]

@@skyman98 Kiesel for me!!

[@NewPraetorianBlues]

6:26 "British Racist Green" Lmao

[@confusedscreaming9727]

Apparently Monty's recently brought one of Simon from Biffy's guitars "back from the dead" so they may be able to bring the spark back

[@confusedscreaming9727]

Also what happened to the Black K-line? Didn't appear for long but man I loved that thing

[@danbuck2110]

Bin the PRS, that's all it's good for. Get the K Line sorted. Just because a lambo has a few scratches, doesn't mean you should favour the 05 plate Fiesta.

[@ArtNWorship]

It's funny, you ask cause i've actually had the thought multiple times your beautiful tone and that beautiful blue guitar are one and the same. If your tone had a color, it would be the blue of that guitar. I've felt several times like I can hear the color.

[@southpaw335]

John, (noting that i am not one to ascribe feelings to inanimate objects) it looks like the blue k-line is just “upset” with you for locking it in a cupboard for a year, i’m sure you’d feel the same... don’t be afraid of the re-fret, the guitars i’ve had refretted professionally have always come back playing better than before. I totally understand not wanting to gig your number 1 at certain venues, but outside of theft it’s going to be just fine

[@trevorjohnson8142]

I play a PRS Silver Sky. I think it's THE guitar for me; I don't think I've ever wanted anything different. That said, that blue K-Line Springfield IS what I think of when I think of John Cordy playing those badass intros. I notice a significant difference when that guitar is involved in your videos.

[@JosephCompton66]

Well it isn’t your number one if you don’t play it every day. For a long time mine was my Gibson 339. Liked it better then my 78 Les Paul custom, my player telecaster, and ric 360, and then I picked up a Gibson SG and grabbed that a lot until My custom shop tele showed up, and now that is Clearly my favorite guitar. Guthrie trap says he only has a few guitars and he really only gigs with his danocaster.

[@tiago2336]

Kline is probably your best guitar I think. Cheers.

[@ccollins9981]

If your complaints with the guitar is string gauge and string height.... They are not complaints with the guitar itself. Change it all in 10 minutes.

[@jackprice7828]

The band sounds pretty tight John. When a band can do those climb down progressions and breaks together, it shows me you've done a lot of playing together. You can start to prefer a guitar over others in your batch. It seems like the K-line has really good sustain. Thats without hearing a direct A/B comparison. I think the bond can be a lot of things. It could be just how it overall responds to your picking. It could be how the body and neck feels in your hands, etc. For me its a lot about how a guitar stays in tune up and down the neck.

[@Brett-v6t]

Weight is the first thing I consider. Anything over 8 lbs👎

[@lightningrt434]

‘70s Strats for the win!

[@EnJoony]

That would be "Strat style" - 'Not a Strat unless it says Fender on the headstock.

[@GraniteSoundtrack]

So what did you feel stupid about? Did I miss that part of the video?

[@nathansterrett3054]

What are you rambling on about? Get it refretted with 6125's like it came with from k-line and play it. Even send it to Chris to have it done. Problem solved.

[@daviddalziel884]

I don’t get why you pay a good chunk of money on a guitar then ditch the pickups -guess the Lollar pickups aren’t stock and the Les Paul you sold had Montys in it . Paying £2k for a guitar then hundreds on different pickups ? Don’t get it , sorry .

[@carsongreen3181]

6:29 what is British racist green??? 😂

[@PNWJEEPER01]

I have a Warmoth Strat that I assembled back in the early 90’s which I keep returning to. I’ve got a few great electric guitars of different flavors and tend to spend most of my time on a ‘22 50’s Standard LP with P90’s. But- that 5+lb Warmoth Strat with early EMG SA-20’s, Gilmour/Clapton style mid-range circuit, Wilkinson bridge and roller nut, Sperzel lockers and a big old boat tail roasted maple neck with compound 9 to 14 radius always feels like home.

[@nathanbouton6700]

You're questioning your bond because of a set-up? Seriously? I do 22 setups twice a year because of humidity changes in my house this is not only normal but predictable.

[@melfreegard3707]

British Racist Green???? 6:24

[@flogginga_dead_horse4022]

Strat Copy ;)

[@hollywoodactress]

For a full refret send it to Sam Deeks at reloved guitars. He is down in West Devon I think so he might be closer to you if you are down South. Check it out. Very reasonable too 👍

[@RandyCraig-e3c]

Were you wearing a tie? If you're preserving the guitar, sure. That's a pretty strat though. How about this? Just give me your Silver Sky and keep playing your favorite guitar. It's a deal. it's a steal. I assure this is more for you than me.