The Michael Landau “Coma” Stratocaster | Fender Stories Collection | Fender

[@fusion5866]

So great to hear Mike speak. I know he’s not a big fan of interviews and social media, so any opportunity to hear him discuss his musical career, gear, etc., is a rare treat. 😎👍🏻

[@michaelnoack2959]

And what a voice he has!

[@frankfuentes5659]

I don't think that's Mike speaking. Honestly, it sounds annoying. It doesn't sound natural, sounds like the other person stated someone trying to sound like McConaghey.

[@frankfuentes5659]

@Brett I understand. I'm just saying it doesn't sound natural &, I might be wrong, but I don't think it's Landau.

[@fusion5866]

@@frankfuentes5659 It’s definitely Mike speaking.

[@frankfuentes5659]

@@fusion5866 thanks for clarifying that. I'd seen other videos with him talking & that didn't sound like him at all to me. Loved the video, but the voice just ugh....

[@caipira66]

One of the most beautiful, historic, advertise, musical videos ever made. Work of art. The man deserves...

[@ArthurVere]

This is why I'll keep my Tyler signature Landau vomit forever. This man is a living legend. Simply the best ever

[@waitin4winter]

Signature vomit?

[@ArthurVere]

@@waitin4winter his first signature guitar ever.

[@waitin4winter]

@@ArthurVere what a strange name for a signature model

[@musicspeaks1074]

@@ArthurVere vomit? I though it was “The Burning Waters” JT Landau’s first sig. I think you are Bs- ing here lol

[@ArthurVere]

@@musicspeaks1074 before the burning water, in 1992, Tyler released about 60-70 guitars in psychedelic vomit. All hand signed by Mike. You might as well cultivate yourself before pretending someone is "Bs-ing". It’s okay to be ignorant.

[@bsol1088]

Unpredictable harmonic and melodic sense that challenges the ear but, at the same time, the highly technical and detailed playing style conforts the listener, creating a really deep and sophisticated form of soulful music. God bless this man.

[@BudMovies]

Mike should totally consider voicing a character in a TV-show or a video game. His voice sounds terrific! Fender are really knocking it out of the park with the Stories Collection guitars. So great to see players like Michael Landau and Brent Mason getting honored for their amazing contribution to music!

[@dkelley9661]

Mike Landau has become my favorite living guitarist. After Allan Holdsworth died, I’ve been lost. Allan was my patron saint of guitar. It’s really about the music, sound and integrity. Ive been so thrilled with Mike Landau as he beautifully exemplifies all these things. Kudos to Mike on his enduring legacy and to Fender for finding a truly great endorser and frontman. Mike’s tone, music, career are stuff of legend.

[@fender]

Rock on! Appreciate the kind words

[@jaimemoreno9992]

I was very fortunate to see Michael live a few years ago. I was located 2 meters from him, and I assure you that I will never forget that experience. Absolutely incredible.

[@stevem-h3562]

one of the great sessioners of the last 40 years. A true example of less is more.

[@fernandes5986]

I love Landau's playing. He managed to make me cry. He's voice has an amazing tone.

[@RobReischakMusic]

Landau is a monster guitar player! One of the greatest of our generation and my personal favorite. This new Coma signature strat sounds great! Congrats Mike and Fender!

[@humanactivated1017]

He’s pretty good did he play for Justin Beiber ? I’ve never heard of this guy before ?

[@shaofu424]

i am not sure anyone has ever verbalized how i have felt about music in my life, but... mr landau has respect \m/\m/

[@StevenKim-de1du]

His voice, his inspiration, his playing and, of course, the story of "Coma" was truly enjoyable and intoxicating~

[@wizkaz3000]

Mike is, for me, the best session guitarist of all time, the way he has reinvented his sounds throughout time is inspiring!

[@tuptekgaming321]

Mike Landau, Steve Lukather, Dann Huff, Dean Parks, Jay Graydon and Paul Jackson Jr for me

[@miles-178]

@@tuptekgaming321 and Mike Miller and Buzz Feiten! Holy Trinity of the best guitarist on Earth - Landau, M.MIller, B.Feiten

[@humanactivated1017]

Ya this guy is pretty good , did he play for wham ?

[@LTJR.]

@@humanactivated1017 George Michael Landau! So it was him in the foreign legion hat!? Apologies to guitarist Andrew Ridgeley...and ML...

[@MacawAviculture]

Landau and Lukather are two of my favorite guitarists. If Fender would have made this as seen during Michael's Floyd Rose modification period, I would be interested. Great to see and hear you play Michael!

[@ericwilhelm2941]

My favorite Guitarist.

[@godbyone]

That s the best advertising in history. Beautiful Art work felt like I was in a movie

The star of these videos is the new soundbits Mike is presenting. Would love to hear these on an EP

[@DanielBobke]

I love that they included the route for the Floyd Rose that he used to have in the guitar. Very cool guitar.

[@Marcus_C51]

Yes, I love that too! Cool vibe...

[@alessandrorossini8704]

Beautiful video, not just your average product-promoting video. We can feel how much music and guitars mean to Mike, but we can feel as well the love and respect for the man from Fender's people. I believe that, at least, it's just this, a video about music, love and respect. And beautiful Fender guitars. 💖💖💖💖

[@johndreyer6821]

Thank you. It truly was a labor of love and respect.

[@macdad159]

This is an amazing human being and guitar player to boot.

[@ae3898]

This video is MESMERIZING. Most of it is ML’s playing and personality, but kudos to the direction and production team!

[@simbacak]

If you have ever chance to see Landaus live performance (like one in "Baked Potato') you will quickly realized that you have privilege to see and hear Monster.,His tone, touch ,feel, technique is out of this world and will instantly knock you out cold.He is so original and so unique, Personally for me, Michael is the Best Blues guitar player EVER!!! Period.

[@stephenrutledge2747]

The dude could literally make any guitar amp combination sounds gorgeous.

[@MeLlamoChris]

Damn! This is the best Fender signature series commercial I’ve ever seen. I’m ready to buy this model and I don’t even play guitar (I’m a bass player)! Nice work, Fender, et al. 😎👍🏼

[@frankfuentes5659]

That's one of the most thorough, detailed description & explanation of how a guitar became what it is. Well done!

[@dieterschade6521]

One of the best ads ever. I keep running it for the music.

[@chuckminzenberger7590]

what a treat to hear ML talking about gear and music like this, I've seen some snippets over the years but this is amazing!

[@Tropihouse_media]

One of the greatest experiences in my life was being 6 feet away in front of him while playing at a Baked Potato gig and shaking his hand afterwards. WILL NEVER EVER FORGET!!! ❤️

[@joeysislandofmisfitsongs9634]

Karizma at the Baked so many times back in the day. I used to have to hide from the waitress to avoid the 2 drink minimum. I could barely afford to get in!😂

[@Tropihouse_media]

​@@joeysislandofmisfitsongs9634😂😂😂 Great stories for sure🔥🔥

[@petercontarino646]

Michael is my favorite guitarist/musician of all time. I have never seen anyone wrong every possible thing out of a guitar like he can. See him at the baked potato sometime. Best thing you’ll ever see.

[@dougbooth3161]

What an amazing touch on the guitar. Truly one of the few with that much facility and emotion to their playing.

[@stratmagic6893]

This particular signature model is so specific to Landau that I can only see collectors or Landau devotees owning it. He is a monster player. The guitar is cool 😎.

[@Macktones]

Any one who enjoys an HSS style strat will enjoy this guitar, these things all sound like the guy playing them...

[@ripw1]

Your opinion makes sense but, ive just bought one and I now have to disagree. From the minute I picked it up there was something special about it. It's the sort of guitar that you can make 'yours'. It's pretty amazing

[@vintagepipesnightmares]

@@ripw1I could never buy a Strat that has that horrible looking route beneath the bridge. Not even if Jesus played a similar one.

[@ripw1]

@vintagepipesnightmares That's exactly what I thought until my one arrived, and somehow, it just fits in with the aura of the guitar. Weird but also had two friends play the guitar and think the same. From a practical point of view, it also helps with the tremolo use.

[@Dannys.channel]

This was one of the most memorable and fun videos anyone's made for their guitar. Thanks for the love

[@facundozalazar]

Love you Michael, you're the best

[@allenscarborough3484]

Maybe the best gear ad I've ever seen. Beautiful playing! I've been lucky enough to have seen Michael twice with The Ringers. The touch, the expression, ........

[@davidebongiorno5898]

Like a docufilm an introspective immersion in guitar and musicians philosophy of life and music….amazing. I love this way and I love Landau sound and history

[@sinnertrain7405]

I've been playing HSS Strats for an incredibly long amount of time. It's cool to know that a player that's "in the know" has embraced them for a long time too. Back off haters!

[@andrewsantos3283]

One of the very best guitarist ever. So glad Fender gives him a deserve spotlight.

[@martingjsmith]

Excellent. The music is just sensational!

[@pablo.l]

This Is the best introduction to a guitar in this channel. Maybe in KZbin...

[@joeysislandofmisfitsongs9634]

Such a musical force. I’ve been so lucky to see him play many times at the Baked Potato. Man, the late 80’s early 90’s it was almost a weekly thing.❤

[@george-st-george]

SOL Betnun"s music house......i bought and sold guitars to them.....back in the day....Mike is so cool.....really enjoyed this!!!!! thanks!!!

[@dianeduffcroop8158]

I have to say that Michael Landau to me is the genius of the instrument! When I was 9 years old I saw the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show and from that point on I was hooked! I was very fortunate that my father made good money back in the day and in 1961 he bought me a Fender Stratocaster in Fiesta red and a Tweed Deluxe. I'm happy to say that I still have those two instruments and will never sell them ever. That was the biggest gift my father ever gave to me besides his love. I know what Michael is saying about the power of music to overcome things like anxiety or depression or things of that nature. I have PTSD and guitar has been my Saving Grace for decades I'm now 68 years old. I've been teaching for over 25 years and other than getting out and Performing it's my passion. There's nothing like looking at one of my students and realizing that lightbulb just went off in his head or her head and that they're getting it! There's just no finer feeling to help another musician along their Journey. And Michael has done just that for me. I have many guitars and many amps and one of my favorite apps other than the deluxe that my dad got me is the Michael Landau version of The Hot Rod DeVille. It's an excellent pedal platform and the cleans are vintage Fender and perfection. I just want to thank Michael from the bottom of my heart for being such an inspiration to me!❤🎉🎸💯🎶🔊😊👍🙏

[@leonardsrobert]

What an absolute king! Mike is the real deal. Such emotively rich playing, not to mention that tone! My god. I love this new guitar, but no matter what Michael plays, he always sounds like this. So amazingly filthy, beautiful, clean, obnoxious, deep, bold, sweet, chimey, agressive, unapologetic and everything in between. Amazing. I'll never forget my music teacher in High School showing my friends and I a Raging Honkies CD. I couldn't believe what I heard. I recognised a lot of classic stuff like Hendrix and it also contained the element of the 90's grunge bands that I've also loved very much. Ever since that moment I've been a huge fan of Mike's. Forever grateful!

[@Zeal808]

Perfect timing. One of my favorite guitarist

[@QuadRomb]

The point is not in the guitar, the point is in the person. Yes, probably, this person is really satisfied with his guitar. But the main thing is that he himself feels the music very sensitively. Thank you, it was nice to listen and watch.

[@bassiclogic]

I have been following Michael since the seventies! Steely Dan and many others!

[@javiceres]

He played for Steely Dan?

[@grantconnors2496]

So, are there recordings of these tunes available as played in the video? Some killer stuff there. Mike's always been a monster. This was FAR better than the edited Custom Shop version of the video, providing a natural narrative flow and providing so many of the details left out of the CS clip.

[@Marcus_C51]

Michael-wow, this new Coma signature Strat looks and sounds fantastic. Have always loved the tones you've had over the years like the millions of fans worldwide. Superb video and playing, always inspiring sir-thank you!

[@Mark70609]

It’s got a hole in it where it looks like it has had a Floyd Rose in it. Why would I want that in a Strat?

[@timojurvelin]

15:50 Sounds like he even brought the good ole tri-chorus out from the storage for the backing track! 🥰

[@magnusbragason7101]

wow ! Thank you very much. This "demo" session gave me goosebumps. Most beautiful playing and a feel so sensitive you hear the tear and also shades tipping about in the back. Now I´m listening to more and getting inspired in my own playing and my ears just cuddle up listening to Coma do his magic.

[@ibanezortiz4494]

Wow I found this guy today and awesome melodies and feeling,nice sound and I'm going to learn more from him now

[@ghgim9987]

Landau is my forever idol!!

[@73pianista]

Thank you for every note, Maestro.

[@ericwilhelm2941]

I just saw the response to my Question 'Is that Michael speaking '? So that, just is ...... more Wow. the sound of his Voice , the way he speaks with this undertone of mischief. That is basically how he plays. Deep Human being. i became hip to him when he was with Vinnie at the modern Drummers Festival. for the few of you that are NOT hip to that, Immediately search on KZbin. Again , my favorite player. he basically , and i dont want to sound that i compare. but he has created his own special Thing from Larry Carlton, Jeff Beck and Hendrix.

[@JesusOtinChannel]

Long live ML!

[@richarde3378]

I love that Michael and Fender left the Floyd Rose routing on the guitar! :)

[@GraniteSoundtrack]

Two things: man what a player! Can’t believe I missed him. He has great taste in strat styling. No I didn’t know of this guitar until I saw this video.

[@louisvandenberg2153]

The music and sonics of this video were beautiful and had me watching it twice. "Soulful" is used a lot to describe Landau. It's apt.

[@miles-178]

Mike Landau, Buzz Feiten, Mike Miller = Holy Trinity of the best guitarists on Earth!

[@IanIsrael]

Michael Landau is the reason i play guitar.

[@SportThompson]

Mike is a beautiful and amazing human. I totally relate to his guitar story. My main strat has seen so many incarnations, and plenty of abuse to land in its current spot.

[@jpbanksnj]

Awesome video and so glad Fender released this guitar. I sit here watching this and hear his style coming through from all his session work that I know of... Its an interesting guitar, but the magic is in the hands.

[@eduardoardanuylourenco7028]

Fantastic! Michael Landau is a genius! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Amazing guitar.

[@scke3717]

The guitar has gone thru so many changes I would propose he could play nearly anything and sound equally unique.

[@davehewlett9249]

This is by far my favorite pickup configuration for a strat. Mine is set up the same. That wide range sings

[@69minero]

Thank’s Fender and Michael for this, i gain my day.

[@mattiafacchini3562]

Sei la poesia sulla chitarra, eterno fenomeno.

[@unityproject2279]

One of the all time great players

[@gregmize01]

MAN, THOSE JAMS IN THE VID ARE AWESOME!

[@flightband]

This is an absolutely fabulous promo video

[@flipix5408]

Mr. Michael Landau 🙌🏻 wow

[@LavaMan60]

Kudos Fender. Fantastic, artful, beautiful commercial. Michael is our American Jeff Beck with a twist. I want one!

[@jerrypalmer3534]

Beautiful music ,fantastic !!

[@That.old.mountain]

Well done, fender. And what great video production

[@BobGuido]

Jeff Beck & Michael Landau

[@AutomaticUzi]

Amazing Artist, supercool guitar.

[@JohnMasino]

Wow, fabulous!

[@shakesquire84]

Such a lovely voiceover.

[@stephenbudge2492]

Just love your playing. I may buy one soon.

[@barrysebastian9584]

This is great - Mike is a player for sure. Great to let him chat👍😁.

[@Manley156]

Mike has a great sounding voice

[@salcasabianca]

Nice promo... gr8 guitarist. Love my Fenders.

[@Babassecretchannel]

Landau is a master. Master.

[@betoastorga]

Ufff such a great player is Michael!!! love that style!

[@tylertribby5806]

Awesome, and glad to learn the trem bar trick

[@wesboundmusic]

I don't mean to posthumously slander or hurt anyone's fandom feelings. But #MichaelLandau is the even more soulful, lyrical, expressive and at times brutally raging player on the ole axe to me than late guitar royalty #JeffBeck. And this here... isn't only a promo video. It's a manifesto to music and guitar playing and a declaration of love for the Stratocaster guitars particularly. Oh, how I long to feel this way again myself once more.... THIS is what had me passionate about playing the instrument, exactly as he narrates in a soft spoken, pensive tone of voice along with playing the most accomplished pieces of his music. Those were the days! (And damn,I want his slender hands!)

[@deluxairhead]

What a player, my new fav l think......

[@robertbulger3855]

Mr. Landau you are a master of tone & taste

[@thisisshaun1]

That was an amazing video and story.

[@andyracer20]

ML and Beck… legends ❤

[@allthingsclassicrock]

Word of advice for all - and it is common sense though I neglected it - if you use plumbers tape for your trem arm clean out excess tape every time you take the arm out. I didn’t and tape gunk built up to the point I put the arm in and tightened too hard and it cracked the block.

[@Kai_J._Jones]

Maxus!!! Sheena Easton, Laura Branigan, Joni Mitchell, Anne Bertucci, Tommy Nilsson, Chicago....... From early '80s, that is the reference of my guitars!

[@CamiloVelandia]

G.O.A.T.

[@patrikryttare5288]

Saw Mike Landau with James Taylor last fall and except his wonderfully expressive playing it was one of the best live guitar sounds I ever heard. He effortlessly went from shimmering whispers to thunderous roars with a absolute clarity in tone. He must have played the Coma then and it was plugged into a Suhr stack :).

[@Iggxzy]

it reminds me of my Player Plus Strat so I love it :D

[@damonstewart70]

If anyone doesn't know Michael landau you're DEPRIVED YOURSELF the modern day Hendrix and more. Check him out he's so harmonically advanced. Tons of technique but ORGANIC... ENJOY

[@hasrinmacintoshjawie]

Great biography, big fan❤️

[@noworries12]

11:05 wow, on which album is that? His playing/appearance and talking is so "ZEN"...it makes me totally calm! He's really a guitar painter... When I saw the FR cut out behind the vintage trem, I had to laugh, because thät's what we all did in the 80s, thanks to EVH...and then hair metal was "over"and everybody said "shit", what have I done to my (pre CBS?) Strat! Still have my 80s "Frankenstein" , and even put back the FR, but without the FR nut, just with locking tuners...it remains my Hair Metal Strat

[@michaelballard4095]

Great video & player. Love my Strats too!

[@arammarkarian2823]

BRILLIANT !!!!