The perils of playing a Stratocaster

[@888jimm]

I love how the first Strat up ...wait for it ...was the G&L 🤣

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Lol✌️❤️

[@888jimm]

@@JonIsJustTooLoud - Been going back and forth on a new ( dont tell her) Fender Player HSS or HSH ( insert excuse ) Honey I dont have a strat with a bridge Humbucker and the Les Paul ..well i love the tones but its not comfortable to play sitting and im to old to stand with it....her - Waht about the Clapton strat wasnt that supposed to be the be all end all? Welllll honey I love it and yes its is the best gun to bring to a knife fight.....but the bridge pick up blah blah ..her dont give me that Goldie Locks BS again......so my question i do you find the H in the neck a useful tone on strat like instruments? - Thanks Jon appreciate all you do for the community and Peace of the Lord be with you.

[@CRESPOPAGETUBE]

its a pleasure that you come back

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you Jose! :)

[@cliffordrollins6888]

Another great show, Thank You.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Glad you enjoyed it✌♥

[@philbivins7133]

Great to see you back Jonathan, I really enjoy your videos....thank you

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you Phil ✌️🤓

[@jonnietube]

Thank you so very much for your wonderful playing and lovely videos! You rock.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you 🤓✌️

[@sseltrek1a2b]

nice playing, sir...

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you sir 😃✌️

[@stevemora7845]

Good to see you back. Love your playing!

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you Steve 🤓✌️

[@jimr5703]

I've got some Line6 gear and it's FREAKIN' GREAT!! Fantastic to know they're willing to get your back if ever needed.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Oh yes they are great✌️❤️

[@EePingLiang]

Really enjoyed your videos and music.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you ✌️🤓

[@gregt4202]

I wondered where you had gone! Glad to hear you're out spreading good vibes into the universe.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

lol!!!! did you missed me? hahah

[@gregt4202]

@@JonIsJustTooLoud Definitely. The 15 minutes of music and sanity you provide keeps the week in balance.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

@@gregt4202 lol! :)

[@888jimm]

Agreed.. Jonathan you are a breath of fresh air 😎

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

@@888jimm thank you Jim 🤓✌️

[@rickhill6277]

Good to see you back my Friend. Sounds like Rehearsals went well. Good luck with the Gig man. Have a Great Day!

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you Rick!! Yea.. It went really well 🤓✌️

[@JayTheLane]

Killer slide playing 👍🏼

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you !!

[@jimaubrey498]

Glad your back. Great playing as always : )

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you Jim🤓✌️

[@Unschuldslamm-Deluxe-Germany]

you are fantastic-a Kind of magic

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you George 🤓✌

[@michaelmendillo4614]

Man the way you add in those double stops are awesome ! You a fantastic player Johnathan ! 😁🖒✌

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you Michael ✌️🤓

[@michaelmendillo4614]

@@JonIsJustTooLoud Your welcome my friend, Happy Holidays too you ! Whatever it is you may, or may not celebrate ! 😁✌

[@gushutchinson8758]

Making me chuckle with your title.!

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Gus Hutchinson lol✌️❤️

[@jguke]

What a nice guy you are and very professional. Thanks

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you !

[@753Jackson]

Glad to see you back. Excellent video. I just bought a Strat. Thanks for the playing I look forward to the mix of information and playing in your videos. You consistently have great high quality content 👍. Good news regards the new band and tour. Best of luck I hope the guitar gremlins stop now.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you brother 🤓✌️

[@clivedavies3]

Respect is always the best way to treat a new acquaintance In the music business as you have done.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you Clive ✌️🤓

[@PooNinja]

I put a bit of foam under the springs on my floyd axes and for my standard fender trems I block (hardtail) them and just pull the springs out :)

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

:) hahah..I just can't play a Strat without using the trem...:)

[@kimulstrup4288]

great video as always. keep up the good work :-)

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Than you Kim 🤓✌️

[@AndrewAHayes]

I had noisy springs and solved it by spraying them with plastidip, I lubricate my nut with an aerosol silicon lubricant, I was going to buy some nut sauce but I already had the silicon lubricant so tried that and its great

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Awesome sharing Andrew!! 🤓✌️

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Well, I just found out from Wayne that the nut is a Tusq .. He also mentioned the fact that Tusq will wear out in time. Bone nuts on the other hand, last the longest and sounds better :) Well...I learn something new each day :)

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Well I do agree to the fact that bone has a better tone and last longer 🤓✌️

[@chrisbradshaw159]

Excellent video on the basics of guitar maintenance.A pencil and the wonder fluid (which I believe is basically fish oil)should always be in your gig bag.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Fish oil!! :)

[@mikecooper8465]

I changed to tusq and brass nuts on my strats.no issues .😎..

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Nice ✌️🤓

[@donaldhatcher8179]

Love the sunburst Strat. It is a true rock machine. Suggestion: thin strips of foam (like that which comes in a new set of pickups for packing). Cut it in such a way that it will slide inside each spring. You don’t have to worry about and it will stop them from rattling. I read a biopic that SRV’s tech made a paste of graphite and petroleum jelly and lightly coated all contact points, saddles, nut slots and string trees with every string change. Only takes a fractional amount applied with a toothpick. No binding! You’re a great musician, JK!

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you Donald for your kind comments and sharing!!!🤓✌️

[@ColinStuart]

That casino was in my neck of the woods, (Before I moved to Colorado)!

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Cool!! Any guitar shop in the vicinity Richard??🤓

[@ColinStuart]

@@JonIsJustTooLoud Any more I don't know, I moved in 2009.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

@@ColinStuart haha ok Richard.. Thanks 🤓✌️

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Had an annoying rattle coming from one of my strats. It was the saddle spring vibrating . Two of my strats have noisy springs where they are attached to the block.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Ah ha!! Even the saddles !! 🤓✌️

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

Jonathan Koh was a pain. It would only rattle or buzz on the 2nd fret high e string ( f#) So you got one hand pressing the string the other hand playing the note. But no 3rd hand to touch all the parts to find the rattling. Got it in the end though. A friends guitar was set up with too straight neck and the string would rattle against the frets behind the fretting hand ☺

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

@@malcolmhardwick4258 ah.... hahaha

[@pskemster]

Humidity also if any can make strings go sharp.

[@markstanford594]

Wow! You are playing Pechanga? I have been to the casino there many times as my in laws used to live in Sun City, not far from there. Nice Venue and you guys should do well. I live in Seal Beach, about 50 miles from there and if I get a chance, I'll come in and see you. Good Luck!

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Sure Mark!! Would be swell ! ✌🤓

[@Mr.Batsu12]

If the other guys are cool with it I'd love to see some of the rehearsal in a video. I haven't played in a band since I was 17, way back in 87! :)

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Well it's not about the other guys.. It's the artist himself. Like I said.. This is the 1st time in working with him. So.. We'll see..

[@gw2934]

Great to see you back Jon,,,,how did you get a 2 point tremolo on a Japanese strat,,I've never seen them fitted on older models, it's a beautiful guitar !

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Howdy George! I got my luthier Friend Wayne to do it...It’s a Wilkinson bridge. Don’t rightly recall the model... ✌️🤓

[@gw2934]

@@JonIsJustTooLoud Its what you need for Jeff Beck style playing,,,looks like a WSV50 ? will use my bench drill and have a go myself one one of my own strata ,,thanks for your reply and good luck with the tour ,they're lucky to have you !,Peace.

[@gj7685]

Hi I see your still advocating Harley Benton guitars, how about taking a look at Cort guitars or Burns of London which I've just bought try them Jonathan maybe you'll be surprised 😉

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Which I did.. if you have been following this channel... Sadly I can only review stuff that is available ✌️

[@tempe4537]

My American Special Strats not good tone. In level 3 volume, very slow sound. Its normal?😥

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

I would not know as I don’t have the guitars with me.. send it to a luthier ✌️❤️

[@MOAB-UT]

You play amazingly well- love your videos. As a pro, you probably want to have back-up's of all your key effects. Have you looked into any of the Fractal gear? I think you would like it- it's next level. I would like to see you review the AFX3. I doubt that thing would break down on you- but you could always keep an FM3 on standby.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you.. I would rather be comfortable working with gear that I’m used to. I have been using line 6 products for the longest time.. just love the way my Helix sounds in conjunction with my playing✌️🤓

[@MOAB-UT]

@@JonIsJustTooLoud Understood and you sound great either way. To your point, I loved all my old gear and never saw a need to change, until I upgraded. I would never go back. Ironically, I can say it has made me a better player. That's a big statement for me since I play a lot of unplugged and acoustic. I never believed in masking technique with effects- but they can provide a nice compliment. You get exposed to new reference tones that spark new ideas and enhance creativity. You should check out some videos- listen to the "tri-chorus" patch. Combined with your technique, it would sound incredible. On Ytbe- check out "Axe-Fx III 80's Clean Preset" video. It would sound great with Jazz too. I don't have one yet- but it's on "the list." A lot of top musicians are also now playing through this- I believe it's considered to currently be the most powerful processor available. Either way, thanks for sharing all your great videos- you are an incredible musician. Happy Holidays- Cheers!

[@alberthe8879]

when a string suddenly breaks, what Steve Vai would do is holding the whammy bar and pressing it down to keep the rest strings in tune as possible as it can be (and it really works for him!), then pick a chance to switch to another guitar quickly. having a guitar for back-up is always helpful.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

The other way is to pick up your slide and play hahaha

[@alberthe8879]

@@JonIsJustTooLoud XD

[@bpreece1]

I have found the best way to go is still a Graphite Nut never any of those issues in over 35 years.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Well I just confirmed that the but in question is a tusq nut... strange🤔

[@bpreece1]

@@JonIsJustTooLoud Tusq Graph Tech's are great as is the Gotoh Graphite's as for real Bone I avoid them. I've tried every type of material but go back to plain Graphite's. Calcium in Bone constantly changes through time, and humidity no 2 will be the same ever neither will the time they change composition. Also Stew Mac has a Grease for Nuts and Saddles basically what Carlos Santan's Tech created it and has used for years. You can also mix Graphite powder with Petroleum Jelly just a very small touch works excellent.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

@@bpreece1 thank you for the heads up ✌️🤓

[@bpreece1]

@@JonIsJustTooLoud Anytime and thanks for the Videos and Information you post. Great Playing as well. Have a Great Day...

[@ThomasOnGuitar]

Well.. after many many years of playing different kind of guitars, I always find myself playing different on strats. I mean, its kind of a beast on its own, and you are forced to play a certain way ya know?

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Yep..I totally agree ✌️🤓

[@rendyandrian7149]

I know from youtube that using pencil to lubricate the nut can be useful, but I don't know it can solve squeking problem. Thank you for this information. And as always, the intro is always beautiful. How often do you lubricate your nut using pencil ?

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Well I don't normally do that often. In this case, I had to do it because the squeaking was really bad..🤓✌️

[@affreuxgalopin]

Just a question? When u play slide, standard tuning?😊🎸

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Correct!✌

[@affreuxgalopin]

@@JonIsJustTooLoud Thanks a lot...merci beaucoup... (Here in Quebec city we mostly all speak French ...and by the way it's always a great pleasure to follow you on KZbin and instagram...🙏😇👍👍

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

@@affreuxgalopin I know.. visited there years ago! c'est mon plaisir✌️❤️

[@pskemster]

That is great news,,,with the band,practice, and possible tour! The world is your Ouster. Eat up!

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Well I've been going on tours for different artists since 1993..I thank God for what I do for a living ✌️🤓

Ah yes, the little things that keep us busy when on the stage :D I ended up building a backup rig for big gigs, based on the Mooer Live Preamp. I even considered purchasing a second AX8, but I decided against it. We don't play enough to justify the expense. Harley Benton made it easy for the backup guitars, though! :D Nice to see you back.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you brother...I hear you and totally understand... I'm a working musician too.. There are many thing we want to have but it's just not feasible. ✌️🤓

[@bobfreeburg4706]

I really like the sound of the Strat, the only thing I don't like, is that damn volume pot so close to the bridge. I built a Carvin bolt kit about 15 yrs ago, it sounds and plays great. But that damn volume pot - I've gotten used to it. My brother bought a M.I.M. Strat, it was a P.O.S. it's much better now - we did a lot of work on it. Glad to see you back, I must say - you are a very fine guitarist. PEACE ☆☆☆☆☆

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you Bob for your comments...I like the fact that the volume knob is so close as I do a while lot volume swells with that knob.(old school) but I can understand why some players don't like it being too close. 🤓✌️

[@elderberry-hamster]

Ha, great to see WD-40 being used on your side of the world as well. 😁 So good to see you back. God bless. 🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Thank you Ross!! :)

[@kenrussell1093]

I hate to be crude, but that little squeak demo you did, evoked a memory of when I was about 12 years old, and my mom and dad were down the hall in their bedroom, having sex and trying their best to do it slow so the bed wouldn't squeak. It was pure torture for my pre-teen mind!!!!

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Ken Russell Lol!! Oh man🤣

[@BadChizzle]

Weird symptom considering I’ve played strats for two million years and not had this one. Many other things... but not this one. But... I always lubricate my nut. It’s just a thing you do with a Strat. Here’s the thing. We have too many Guitars cuz we Dig em... so we don’t have the one on one relationship with an instrument as when having one main axe. So things fall through the cracks, sometimes... my awesome friend. Rock On! Be Edgy!! Play sideways... but stick the landing!!!

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Lol... Stick the landing!! Thank you brother ✌️🤓

[@trinityrising1877]

15 second Floyd Rose string swap, your like an Xmen

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

lol!!!!...Like i said i was younger then!

[@pskemster]

Change out springs. When in doubt,,throw it out. And maybe some nut sauce.

[@BigRalphN]

Until I put my reading glasses on I swore this said the penis of playing a Strat

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Lol

[@kenrussell1093]

I think the Tele neck on there is like a human heart transplant. They say the recipient receives the essence of the donor, and before I saw the Tele headstock, I thought it sounded like one. Just illustrates the spititual nature of playing music😏

[@kenttucker1313]

Use "nut sauce" everytime you change your strings.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Yes..I have them sauce... 🤓✌️

[@brucep54]

I'm pretty sure if you came to the United States you would go straight to the top but I don't think you would leave your friend's (Band) you speak English very well if you come here, let us know.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

The fact is I would not want to leave anyone over here.. Have a great Christmas!✌️🤓

[@jamescoughlan8193]

If you could afford it wouldn't it be good to have a spare helix board on tour with you for peace of mind , I'm sure you have a spare guitar so why not a board ? hopefully you won't need it . enjoy the tour .

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

Yes I do have a standby but it's a line 6 X3... But to carry a standby rig on your is just not feasible for this particular your that we do. If it's an ongoing weekly tour for at least a year.. Yes. Because the standby rig, original rig and instruments will travel with the musical equipment.

[@JonIsJustTooLoud]

And thank you James!!!✌️🤓