"Pick of the Day" - 1964 Fender Strat and 1963 Vox AC30 TB

Today we've got a great pair from the 60s, a 1964 Fender Stratocaster and a 1963 Vox AC-30 with a factory Top Boost! The guitar is all original, and has to be one of the coolest looking ones we've had in a while. All the wear is authentic and feels fantastic in hand - a full-C mid-60s profile with a nicely worn-in feel. The pickups are clear and full, giving that classic Strat sound that we all know and love. This one comes in its original hard case as well! We have our young friend Nick Mardon in the shop today to do the demo on this guitar through a 1963 Vox AC30 with a factory installed Top Boost. This one also has a nice roadmap of wear on it, while still functioning perfectly, and the replaced 1967 Vox Alnico speakers really brings out the sound of this awesome Strat!
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Music: The Hollers "Zeb" (Instrumental)

[@stacydorsett9397]

Finally some one who can play clean so we all can hear the guitar and the amp with out a bunch distorted pedals on the front of the amp thanks for the video great playing and tone

[@Tonetwisters]

I had a 1964 Stratocaster. Got it in 1965, and it was essentially, brand new and gorgeous. It was my second-ever guitar, after my first-ever guitar, a 1954 Stratocaster went out the back window of my brother's 1961 Ford station wagon on the Jacksonville, Florida expressway, 25 July 1965. The '64 was perfect in every way, except at the 12th fret on the 6th and 5fth strings ... the worst overtones you can imagine, and nothing I did could change it. Finally sold it when I got married in 1968 and was not so sorry to see it go.

[@Squall6575]

A lot of those old guitars that had problems have been removed from circulation for decades and only the very best ones have survived, which makes people think all vintage guitars were custom shop level. Your story sheds a pretty big light on that issue. Not going to lie though a huge. Wave of sadness washed over me as I read about your 54 strat going out the window lol

[@voxshall]

I have this exact setup, 64 strat and a 67 Vox AC30TB sounds incredible in the room

[@mariozamprogno1654]

Holy crap that was just freaking awesome what a combination you guys never ever disappoint on classic gear

[@francovani2359]

Great presentation Jay always informative and down to earth . I really like the fact that your channel rotates the players . I was born in '64 and am huge Beatles fan . Cheers from Montreal rock on brother

[@fabulousfreddyisready]

Beautiful guitar and amp, and some top notch playing as well!

[@isaacjohnson.]

Saw this when I first visited the shop recently. It is an absolutely stunning guitar. Amazing. Love the shop too.

[@agusg.t.8950]

Amazing vox

[@blackhawk-editsandmore3654]

love to hear all those srv elements in there :D great vid as usual!

[@-Atmos1]

High Voltage Rock n' Roll

[@jamesnortonofficial1566]

Both just killer 🤘

[@kuznetcovvladidmir6061]

Awesome sound!

[@TheChadPad]

Man, when you played that thing acoustically, you can just tell that's vintage. It sounds "solid", "set in stone", as if the sound emanating from it is built on a solid foundation instead of sandy soil. Would you please play more vintage guitars acoustically?

[@lagoonrd4173]

That’s the “oh yes it will be mine…. Oh yes”

[@jon.wilson]

Beautiful, any idea what the pickups read at? Just for curiosity's sake

[@sprintbass]

Yeah, i wanted to know that too .

[@amritjanardhanan]

They're usually a bit over 6k but ive seen bridge pups that go to around 6.5k

[@williamcooper6069]

AWESOME .I've been looking for a 64. 69 .just beautiful .does that have black bottoms in it ??

[@nickbruni8041]

👍

[@DiedrichKnickerbocker1783]

Fly on.....

[@60secondfrenzy93]

Is this the same guitar from casino guitars demo?

[@vladgrigore4469]

These prices are insane man

[@paulcowart3174]

Great necks Mines a refret tho Still nice

[@nicholas9472]

April 64', man I doubt that's a slab board. Gotta be a vaneer.

[@nikolaubtopou]

Beautiful piece but doesn’t sound nice sorry. Just my humble opinion

[@artamussumatra6286]

There’s an art to dialing in great tone on a Vox, get it right, and there’s nothing quite like it..... But the vast majority of KZbin videos don’t come any where near the beautiful tones these amps are capable of.

[@popocopi-ki4319]

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[@cedarbay3994]

Looks cool but sounds ratty and harsh to my ears

[@guitar78ish]

Yeah, I agree, wrong choice of equipment to play it through. Put it in the hands of Matthew Scott, his set up is killer!

[@artamussumatra6286]

Vox AC amps are pretty tricky to dial in, and alas, most demos tend to sound scratchy, and tinny. When you get it dialed in right tho, there’s nothing quite like a nice Strat, or Tele thru an AC....beautiful tone - but don’t expect to hear it on KZbin demos, they never seem to bother making the effort to catch the sweet spot.

[@SergeiVlassov]

Is it me or it sounded dull and muddy? Did not like the tone at all, sorry.

[@icu469]

How much is it ?

[@CBGypsy03]

28k

[@mikejamieson4252]

Wow! I’ll play my Tokai and spend the rest on blow and prostitutes (and vintage Fender amps ;)

[@joshuamihalow6054]

Guy was out of tune the entire time. Jesus Christ…

[@jamesmagana315]

For the price I could buy a ton of new guitars I'll pass

[@williamcooper6069]

Yes you could buy a ton of new guitars but you will never be able to replicate that sound.or the history of a 50 year old guitar

[@TheEchelon]

William Cooper Only if you actually like/appreciate the sound. It isn't necessarily/objectively better sounding or playing than modern guitars.

[@williamcooper6069]

The. Echelon. Your right .I'm definitely not necessarily saying they sound better or easier to play .just ya can't duplicate that sound with the newer.guitars.ive got alot of newer guitars that most are easier to play just cause of the neck profles and all sound awesome .but yeah I really dig the vintage sound and feel I just can't find anywhere else

[@SSStinger6]

You either see value in the fact that something is inherently vintage or not...there is no rationale justification for the price on the basis of it actually sounding, playing, feeling, better..it just inherently is what it is.

[@guitar78ish]

You could spend a 1/3 of the cost and pick and choose what you want from any era at the fender custom shop, have it reliced, if that's what you're looking for. I'd love to get a 54 EJ Virgina, the production model or the custom shop, as well as the 70th anniversary Broadcaster production or custom shop models. (all 4 would be about 5 grand less than the 64 strat)