I hated Strats until I got this one

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thumbs up if you secretly LOVED the song at 3:49

[@Crazy_Cane]

Not so secretly!

[@antonkishkin]

What is neck profile on that guitar?

[@stinkypinkeee5085]

That color is sexy...

[@dannymartel6348]

That guitar sounds good!

[@BJester91]

When I first got into guitar 20ish years ago I wanted nothing to do with a Strat. Everyone I knew(who played guitar) had one and I wanted to be different. I fell in love with a MIM Telecaster a few years later, but sadly sold that guitar when I got out of guitar later in my teen years. Yesterday my first Strat arrived, a Shell Pink MIM Players series! I like a thinner neck and it feels great in my hands!

[@MiguelMakesMusic]

Shell pink ftw, love mine. I know what you mean about strats being so common, the trick is getting one with a cool finish. No sunburst or Oly white for me!

[@chasbee]

Have that exact same guitar. I absolutely LOVE it! Can't see any reason to invest in a more expensive model!!

[@BJester91]

@@MiguelMakesMusic I had an Olympic white Tele originally and loved it. But I love bright colors more!

[@BJester91]

@@chasbee with the crazy parts available for the Strat there’s not a ton of reason to unless you flat out just want an American made Fender. I’d like an American made Tele one day, but I’m not in a rush

[@daggercatz7297]

Yeah in regards to feel nothing beats a Strat. They are Just the most aergonomic guitars

[@liv2praz]

That jam at 7:30 is just sick, dude. So good.

[@jbert6793]

WOW…that’s one of the best starts I’ve heard.

[@mattih]

loving the videos man 😊

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks Matti! Cool to see you here :)

[@jimi272]

Hahah, nice to see you here, didn’t know you were into guitars too hahah😮

[@maykolllopez1585]

I also hated strats due to a cheap first guitar, being a squire strat from those two in one guitar and amp packages. Played telecasters and modded mustangs mainly for a long time. I than tried a Nick Johnston signature Schecter and it convinced me that the strat is the sound I want. I now own a FSR American Prof 1 with a rosewood neck.

[@superbroadcaster]

Those guitars are quite nice but need gone through i.e. new pots and a complete setup. They're very good players but they're so cheap because the factory just moves them out the door so fast

[@ztiberiusd]

Always thought I hated strats until I played a Peavey Predator. Made in USA guitars produced in the late 80s and early 90s by Peavey in Mississippi, and pretty undervalued on the used market here. I have two of them now (plus their Tele copy, a Peavey Reactor, which I like even more) and for both of the American made Strat style guitars, I've paid under $400 combined. Upgraded wiring and tuners, and they're awesome.

[@sheppardrj]

Great tones and grooves. Love your channel…especially as you give us an alternative to blues based demos. Everything QOTSA you do is amazing as well. Cheers!

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks a lot, Ron!

[@mattgilbert7347]

Whoa. Killer opening to a guitar video I've seen in ages. I hated Strats when I was a young Indie Rocker. Then,in my early 40s, I fell in love with Fender guitars in general, and my two Strats (MIM and MIJ) will go with me to my grave

[@akrmfk]

I hated strats..til i watched the pinehome video

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Haha!

[@allyourbasearebelongtous2191]

You and "The Pedal Zone" are the greatest channels on all of KZbin dude. You two should get together and write an album. Bet you'd break Spotify. Also... those American Performer strats with the Greasebucket mod and the push pull that let's you add the neck pup to the bridge is amazing. Let's you get this really nice low-end thick thing that is just amazing. Love it. Love that thing you got too. But I'm biased... big strat guy.

[@mthscstlh]

Such a good riff at the end, mate! That must be rock n' roll from the future 🤯

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks a lot buddy!

[@CharlesWillisBonsai]

I've always thought strats looked cool when other people play them, especially the big 70s CBS headstock ones. They're just not comfortable for me because of the volume knob location. My hands always hitting it. The middle pickup gets in the way of my picking too. I'd rather play a Jaguar, Jazzmaster, or telecaster (in that order) if I'm playing a Fender.

[@philzellmer6073]

Great Video!...Yeah, for sure....guitars are a really personal thing....I've had bonding issues with several of my own....I've had to modify most of them and widen the string spacing at the nut on all of them to accommodate my fat fingers....Although that's Leo's brilliance of building a modular guitar....if there's something you need to change, have at it and make it your own... anyway I'm glad you were able to get something you really enjoy....Happy Playing!...

[@eguitarplayer6689]

It's hard to admit fender (the icon)- could actually have a guitar you like. I think with strats the color/paint is usually done well. You just have to think, why did Hendrix choose fender?😐🎸

[@mattvgyo]

There’s just something about a single coil pup in the 4th position and a good fuzz pedal.

[@danielcgomez]

I randomly got a KZbin suggestion for a Pinehome Strat build, and I'm glad I watched it ...they really are fantastic guitars! Glad you got one! ;)

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Was that my video you saw, or a different one?

[@danielcgomez]

@@LivingroomGearDemos it was an upload from Pinehome guitars ...I saw it about 2 weeks ago actually. I'm really impressed! I'm very happy for you! Enjoy playing it!

[@ileutur6863]

I don't like how strats look and mostly dislike how they feel, but there's no denying how good single coil snap sounds when you go really hard on it through a good compressor and cleanish fender amp

[@jasonbennett2361]

Sweet Strat, damn! Plus great video/audio production!

[@pinehome_guitars]

Very nice Eirik! You did it again! 😀

[@GothiicAngels]

It was a strat that got me interested in playing guitar, and yet, I bought a Gibson Les Paul before I bought a strat. I love all my guitars as each has a sound of their own, including strats

[@Ari_Calamari]

I really dig the warm light/tone in the video. Really gets across the romantic feelings toward the guitar. Really dig shell pink, especially with that vintage yellow tint over it 😍

[@joshfritz6842]

My first electric guitar was an Aztec Gold bullet Strat. In high school, when I got way into 80s hair metal and more modern rock music I wanted nothing to do with a Strat. The radius wasn’t “flat enough” to shred. The single coils couldn’t scream like a humbucker under high gain. I couldn’t abuse the trem like a Floyd Rose. It just wasn’t “badass” enough. I sold it in 2016 for $95 on Reverb. For the next 5 or so years I couldn’t find a guitar that just felt right. I bought a Jackson Soloist, a BC Rich Mockingbird, a Peavey Hartley signature series, A Les Paul, and a PRS SE Custom 24. All of them are killer guitars, but during the pandemic I started listening to a lot of SRV and John Mayer and Jimi Hendrix. I decided maybe I’d give the Strat another try. In Jan 2021, my freshman year of college, I bought myself a 70s Squier Classic Vibe Strat in Sonic Blue, which was a limited run on Sweetwater at the time. The moment I had it plugged in, it just felt like home. I’ve got 920d electronics, roller string trees, and an American Fender bridge installed on it now. Might just be the best sounding (and feeling) Strat that I’ve played. Surely it has its limitations, but it’s one of the only guitars that cannot be imitated. Only a strat can do what a strat does.

[@michelvondenhoff9673]

A guitar is for the most part about looks and ergonomics. The pick-ups and strings do the sound, a brigde and tuner can be bolted on more or less everything.

[@boynamedlen]

Had a thing for strats in my late teens because of Iron Maiden, but never got one. Recently got a used Squier Cyclone (shell pink with aged white pearloid pickguard) and I love it, it's surprisingly rocky even though I bought it for jangly surfy stuff. Takes fuzz really well and the tuning is surprisingly stable with a floating trem.

[@telemari71]

Perfect Strat! You totally sold me. Great color, it looks awesome, and it SOUNDS fantastic!!! Super tones and songs - thank you!

[@brakfx]

Pinehome is awesome! I really need a pink guitar now...

[@angusorvid8840]

My first guitar was a strat. I loved it. But at the age of thirteen I drifted towards playing shred sticks, playing in a succession of metal bands in Los Angeles. For me, the strat always felt like home. I don't get the same satisfaction playing humbuckers as single coils because they don't have the same level of snappy attack. Single coils react to nuance a lot better, and I'm into nuanced players like Knopfler, Beck, Marino, Trower, and Uli Roth. I also like how big and bright I can make chords sound on a strat. No, it's never going to sound as mean and grinding as a bucker, but that's the point. It's different, its own thing, and that's what I like about a strat. For the sort of funky, groovy rhythms and chords I play a strat makes it all come together. Also, I love those 2 and 4 positions. A lot of players tell me I should use an HSS or HSH configuration, but for me they never captured the true strat dynamics which matter more to me than having a bucker in the bridge. Part of where that strat tone comes from is the slanted single coil in the bridge. Split humbuckers never recreate the 2 position as well. Yes, they can still sound very good, but it's not the same. When I play an ax with an HSS or HSH configuration I never expect it to sound just like a strat on 2 and 4, so I'm never disappointed. I'm just not satisfied unless it's a true strat 3 single coil configuration because for it it's the only way to get those sweet tones at their best.

[@CargoShorts7]

Funny, I'm sort of the opposite. When I first started playing, my first decent guitar was an Ibanez. I thought I needed something like that in order to rock lol. But that was before I discovered Hendrix, SRV, Mayer and other great strat players. I had then convinced myself that I needed a strat. Then after a few years of exclusively playing a strat, I got kind of burn out on that "style," or really just the strat into a fender amp bluesy style. I finally branched out and got a tele and more recently my first 335 style guitar and I've been having so much fun exploring the various non-strat flavors! That said, whenever I do come back to my strat, I still love the tone and the way it plays. Just makes me "play a certain way", if that makes sense. Great video and playing mate, cheers!

[@shakeyoulikehaiti]

Funny story, I was never really a strat guy either. Until I picked up a fender American ultra for the first time. It just felt so perfect in my hands and played like butter man. Long story short, I now own one in the Texas tea color and It's my primary guitar lol.

[@sorencin11]

Excellent tones. And playing.

[@mykhedelic6471]

Truly excellent tones, great stuff, groovy music.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks!

[@potatoheadhaoy]

I think a lot of people (myself included) dislike "strats" because we get a cheap knockoff that plays like crap. I later got into modding those crappy knockoffs and learned to love the modular design of strat-type designs. Bad neck? Just buy another neck. Bad pickups? Better pickups. The only caveat from a player's perspective is how easy it is to mess up the controls unless you train yourself, or use duct tape. I think I ultimately prefer the telecaster and les paul types because I like playing hard and the controls being isolated is a plus for me, but strats are awesome and I miss my old blue one.

[@andylong7759]

Great video! I love the bass sound on that jam at the end and fat low end of the mix!

[@backlom]

Congratulations on the new beautiful guitar!! You’re very fortunate. Hope to see it on some future episodes.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks!

[@Lauke101]

Dude that's the thickest, meanest strat tone i ever heard! Any chance we can get a full rundown of the setup you used here? I'm itching now to put my strat to work in the stoner band I'm in.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Hi! One guitar is through that fuzz pedal you saw from Anasounds. Then into a Tweed profile on my Kemper. The other guitar is straight to my Kemper with an overdrive pedal model in the Kemper.

[@mike_b777]

Sounds amazing. Those tones!

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks!

[@TOmsDK]

You should check out Dizzy Mizz Lizzy from Denmark. Especially their newest album 'Alter Echo' will suit you I think. It is sort of progressive heavy and melodic rock. Tim plays strats mainly in that band, although a Les Paul was used sometimes on the record.

[@MindtheGAS]

I'm mostly a Tele guy but this Strat seems amazing!

[@elblouses128]

I don't think this guitar sounds like a Strat. Maybe that's why you like it so much? It does sound lovely, in its own right. The way you have it setup to record, it's got a full, dry tone. It fits the kind of dry overdriven stuff on this channel really well. I do still love traditional strat tones in indie music though.

[@apakabarteman18]

Yeah I agree with you, it sounds like a humbucker to me even in the clean setting. But it seems like he's mostly using the bridge pickup

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

I think this is mostly down to how I set my rig. It definitely sounds like a strat if you want it to.

[@elblouses128]

@@LivingroomGearDemos Yeah, that makes sense. I do love how you have it setup.

[@DangerAmbrose]

My first Strat was a Squier Affinity Strat. It was amazing, I wish I still had it.

[@MrCarthus]

Mine to. Black with white pick guard. I changed the control knobs to black. I now own a RIC 330… but I still play that affinity daily. It has 22 years of play on it so it feels like home.

[@dylandenney3980]

I've had my affinity strat for 10 years and I still love it

[@thunderoz1254]

Welcome to Stratland😎 ⚡️ Nice riffing by the way👍

[@yobanyhernandez125]

glad im not the only one who hated starts and recently fell in love with them.

[@kastle4774]

good to see some strat love on this channel!! i’m a big fan of strats, but they definitely can sound way too thin, so i’m gonna put hotrails in mine.

[@UmasPapa]

I agree, sounds great. I also unexpectedly ended up with a strat as my main guitar. I thought I would prefer something with p90s or my jazzmasters, but nope my strat just takes the win. That being said, it did take me many bad strats along the way before I got a good one. Yeah, bad strats can be the worst guitars hands down

[@millennialanimal]

I always love your riffs!

[@ryanhalliwell6671]

I had the same situation my first was a bad strat so I avoided them until last few years now it’s my number one guitar

[@domizidor]

Yeah I get it, there is nothing like custom guitar made exactly for you. I have one custom strat and its an amazing guitar. But i remember it took a while to understand and appreciate what strat as guitar is actually giving you. But once you get it its hard to find something equally "good". Yours sounds a bit darker or maybe better to say fuller, with nice midrange and some "hollowness". It is that setup of your amp or pickup characteristics? btw that neck wood looks to be very high quality piece of wood

[@markuspramaing7027]

Great Video and Sound again!

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks!

[@JustRockMySoul]

man that fingerboard looks perfect

[@arjaygalarretta4134]

I like it

[@tomz1989]

Here's my little story short. My first guitar was a peavey. A cheap shitty one with "Floyd Rose" and humb's. Trade it for a shitty stinger amp (Marshall cheeeeap SS clone). Then my first Strat (a Japan one)happened to me. Early Ebay days... It turned me so down and so away from playing that I eventually I quit playing regularly. Kept my Ibanez acoustic from the bunch and played it every now and then. But I completely abandoned electric guitars. Started travelling for years so couldn't have to much stuff with me... Ibanez acoustic never gave up on me, I still have played it every now and then. Then an SG special minihumbuckers came into my life and I was brought to light again. I was hungry and ended up eating a lot. That guitar was so linked to myself, so clocked onto my soul. Got together a band and recorded some tracks. After almost 7 years into gear and running constantly, I had a chance to buy a Strat . And I did, I bought it. I wanted to customize it to billy Corgan Siamese dream Strat. So few money more and turned into Billy's one..................... It's on sale on reverb. Japan Strat was traded in for a MIM telecaster, which I instantly fell in love with . It shortly became my main guitar due to its tones and frequencies range for the band mix . Slowly upgraded it. Love all guitars from fender. Except that. I just can't cope with it. Everything it does is all I don't like about sounds. The feeling under the hands is awesome, but not "thrilling" enough for me. I just don't. Give me a Epi or a Squier, not a strat.

[@somedaysometime]

what’s the riff being played around 2:47 to 3:17?

[@Trussles]

Lol I wish I had 4k sitting around for a guitar like this. Sounds great!

[@louderthangod]

My first “real” guitar was a MIM Strat which I had for awhile but after my first Gibson I rarely played the Strat. I hate where that first volume knob is. I’d always hit it and turn the volume down till I got this metal “volume buster” or whatever it was called but I’ve got big hands and wide palms so it’s just impossible to not hit. I love the way they sound when some others use them like Hendrix obviously but Rory Gallagher had great tone and I love Earthless but I’ve found they just don’t sound like me. I can make lots of other guitars sound like me but I’ve yet to make a Strat sound like how I want. I was really hopeful for the Fender SubSonic baritone but I sold that after a few years. The Ed O’Brien also seemed like a possibility since I want a guitar with a sustainer pickup but I kept trying it out in the store and it was still a hard nope. Maybe later I’ll finally bond with one but I’m not optimistic about it.

[@andiploi]

love the outro song, reminds of early grunge era. And this strat fits perfectly

[@youropionmattersnot]

Strats and Telies all day. There is nothing else.

[@erikjoseph496]

Never heard of that brand guitar before! Super interesting watch. Love it! Second, can you tell me what plugins or recording technique you used to get that guitar tone in the song you made? Did you record a real amp or use a vst? It just hits so hard. Sounds amazing! Thanks in advance for any insight 🙏

[@mrgibson]

I got my first „real“ Strat after I was already playing guitar for 14 years and immediately fell in love with it. can‘t describe why though…. and Tabs please!!!

[@scottanderson4175]

My first guitar was a 1973 Strat I purchased in 1976 with my grass cutting money 😐 my next 27 guitars were Les Pauls 😎 I occasionally pick up a Strat to see if anything has changed but no it’s not for me 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@pariahpokemonwesbragg2904]

Sounds great, and happy to hear you found the guitar for you...but pink??!!.. whatever, man ..if it's what you like, you get it!!! (Looks like it was covered in Pepto bismal, tho..lol)

[@MrUmandMrEr]

Great fuzz tones, and I love strats, but play through a fuzz and how can you tell by ear what guitar is being used?

[@BobJones-bh9qz]

Hey man, what do you use to get your sounds? It sounds incredible, the clean sounds were awesome

[@nickspitzley8539]

Unpopular opinion... most Don't like strats because they are to clear and bright sounding. In a band if you want heavy you need to let the drums and bass bring the attack and with a strat you can be adding a texture over that that a humbucker just doesn't capture. Not to say humbucker gibson style guitars are bad. But that single coil clank and stank is sadly overlooked. I'm kinda surprised by how dark your strat sounds. It loses a bit of what I mean but I see why you like it too. It's very nice.

[@captncrunch1726]

i really do wonder what kind of ibanez strat you got. my first guitar was a affordable rg 321 in 2003 or something and it is today still one of the best guitars i ever played (except the original PUs)

[@TheMemagNeman]

Ibanez Blazers are amazing strat type guitars.

[@kujumz806]

strats are the best sounding guitar out there. the one in this video sounds pretty dull and not straty. something off with either your rig or the pickups.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

There's definitely nothing wrong with the pickups or the guitar. It's a clean setup on my Kemper for other guitars, so if there's anything, I guess the guitar is hitting the rig with less output than normal. That said, I think it sounded awesome. Too bad you didn't like it.

[@kujumz806]

@@LivingroomGearDemos i went back and re listened, especially to your clean play through. maybe you rolled down the tone knob? it just sounds very dark for a strat. no classic strat tones here. but maybe thats just not the settings you want to play. different strokes. you got some cool modern distortion tones.

[@no59do56]

Ive had difficulty finding a decent Fender neck shape...

[@colinc48]

hey what's your signal chain for the intro tone? sounds killer

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

One side is that fuzz pedal from Anasounds into a Kemper with some tweed profiles. The other side is straight to the kemper with a hotter tweed.

[@enormouslittlethings6893]

Just stumbled across your channel and wondering if you have any music on bandcamp or streaming surfaces. Your riffs are so tasty! Where are the songs?! I want more!

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Not anything rock orientated. All the short songs from the channel are available if you become a member here on KZbin though. But yeah, I need to start working on that album.

[@evanharnett]

What was the strap you used? Couldn't make out the name since it was upside down?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Bare Bones!

[@ClaudioMartella]

when are you releasing your album?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Maybe I need to start on that album soon.

[@ClaudioMartella]

@@LivingroomGearDemos for sure, we need more of that old QOTSA vibe

[@no59do56]

Beware of the 7.25 or smaller radius necks. Too small..

[@eaglechildkeys]

For a moment I thought you were Macaulay Culkin. Great tone and sounds! ;-)

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Haha!

[@no59do56]

Ernie Ball MUSIC MAN MAKES Great necks ...guitars too

[@jezmez68]

I'd put my 1985 MIJ Squier Strat against any other Strat with a maple neck. I think it's a shame that more people go straight to humbuckers. I grew up in the 80s and so all the hair metal bands had humbuckers. Pretty much all the punk rock bands I listened to also used humbuckers. Sure you got your Kurt Cobains and your Sonic Youthers, but everyone wanted that humbucker through a Marshall sound back in the day. Think of all the different sounds we could have had if some of those bands used Strats or Telecasters.

[@mikeydubs_tv]

Love the video and playing. Are these riffs and jams original or some band I need to listen to ?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks! Yeah, I made the riff/tune for the video

[@mikeydubs_tv]

@@LivingroomGearDemos love your style!

[@seekeroftheways]

Indeed that strat is killer. What pickups are installed ?

[@lmadrigal50]

That jam at the end sounds so good! Is that an octave fuzz?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

I used that Anasounds Feed Me fuzz that I used earlier in the video!

[@noodles37]

DUDE how did you get that bass sound in the intro/outro song ? I absolutely love it.

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Waves CLA Bass 🤟🏻

[@Master4999]

Damn that sounds good. What amp you using?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks! This was actually recorded with my Kemper!

[@blop1738]

Please, tell me more about those pickups. Who made them? And do you sell them alone?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Rebel Relic 54's. You can buy the set directly from them!

[@blop1738]

@@LivingroomGearDemos thanx so much

[@aleshaak]

Beautiful guitar. What pickups are you using?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Rebel Relic 54 set. They are great!

[@RyanMcQuen]

What color is that Pinehome Strat? Shell Pink?

[@pinehome_guitars]

yes. faded and aged shell pink.

[@RyanMcQuen]

@@pinehome_guitars gorgeous!

[@no59do56]

Listen to Bill Frisell or Julian Lage

[@donnix1192]

Lawsuit strat

[@TobyKBTY]

I wish more came without the tiny teeny frets and unplayable super round radius.

[@nicolasbeaudry6158]

Sick❤❤❤❤axe

[@LieLikesMusic]

What riff are you playing at 4:17? Sounds great

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Thanks! It's a riff/song I made for my PureSalem video. It's in the beginning of that video if you want to hear it in a mix 🤟🏻

[@wizardito7741]

I don't like strats because: - the fkn volume pot that accidentally turns down, so u have to constant check it out with the pinky. - doesn't have steinless steel frets - doesn't have 24 frets - doesn't have locking tunners - tunning stability problems - angle jack that destroys cables or is incompatible with some wireless adapters - the fkn wood block that strikes your hand soloing over 14th fret But the most thing i hate about strats, is not the guitar perse is THE FENDER TONE SNOB COMMUNITY!!!

[@danielstoddart]

How is Pinehome able to get away with copying the Strat headstock shape? As far as I know, that's patented and other builders have had to change the headstock shape to avoid legal repercussions from Fender.

[@josephbenz4913]

What pickups are in that guitar?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

Rebel Relic 54's

[@zacharykim295]

Those are some of the best tones I’ve heard coming from a strat… 💦

[@VEGAN-X]

I WAS GIFTED A CHEAP STRAT COPY WROTE AN ORIGINAL ON IT TRIED IT ON THE TELE AND SG AND IT WASNT THERE

[@Frenchmelodymaker]

Are you tuned to drop D flat ?

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

The song is in drop D. The rest is in E standard

[@Frenchmelodymaker]

Thanks, cheers from france

[@everonlyallforthee]

Hope Pinehome doesn't get sued for that headstock 😳

[@dylannewton76]

I love my new Strat it's the best I've ever played..... Immediately plays it like Les Paul

[@mattriley3550]

Has two bad guitars early on that aren't strats, considers himself "burned" on strats. Makes sense.

[@alber787]

Drop D tunning??

[@LivingroomGearDemos]

For the songs, yes

[@thecappy]

Jazzmaster is the only answer.