THE BEST STRATOCASTER EVER: JIM ROOT STRAT!

[@marvinhernandez6663]

Got a chance to meet you at gramercy theater in NY during your sound check and talked about gear for a bit and you let me hold your strat. Blown away by how humble and amazing of person you are💪🏻

[@xanderraymondcharles]

I appreciate you so much!

[@donniejean]

In NY? You were supposed to run off with it then!

[@brandoncorbeil6698]

Velcro a hot wheel car in the neck pickup spot 😂

[@muhhyayoo]

The XRC spin! Gotta make it your signature move lol

[@xanderraymondcharles]

I think it already is haha

[@GregMerritt-ws8tq]

It already is. Along with chewing bubblegum.

[@matthewperry2767]

Spinning and chewing bubble gum lol

[@-cobainism-]

said it once, i’ll say it again- it looks like a glorious combination of hetfields original white v and a strat- yet still very xrc. my mans got an amazing taste in guitars

[@xanderraymondcharles]

Hey thanks!

[@ewakatarzynadmochowska630]

You're such a positive crazy person, I love you. High five

[@positionthepositron]

Haha, right? 🎉

[@vertebralremains379]

I like seeing good things happen for humble and deserving people like you dude. Touring is a hell of a thing and I’m glad you’re out there living the damn dream brother. I’ve got a beat to shit super Strat with an old telecaster neck and a Gibson 57 bucker on the bridge and it’s an absolute ripper, you’re right, there’s something about them that has some magic sauce and like a raw aggression that my Les Paul just does not. Congrats on the touring and Hoo-ah brother!

[@ledthrax]

The strat’s looking better every day dude! The new space is also coming along nicely. Can’t wait to see what else you have planned!

[@xanderraymondcharles]

miss you bro!

[@Thonggdelonge]

The greatest strat I’ve ever owned. I pick it over my Gibson Les Paul custom ANY DAY. Great vid homie😎😎😎😎

[@Drust49]

I love telecasters and it's the only stratocaster I love var it has the quarter round telecaster style and I'm thinking of looking for one soon

[@HaileyThiccc]

haven't watched the vid yet but that relic is sick with the missing neck pickup

[@omnijem5042]

Excited to see the new set up!

[@jonnyf9049]

A single pickup guard would bemefit in my opinion but i understand the „punk“ vibe fact too😎

[@TobyKBTY]

Dammit Ray, every year I have to quell insane GAS for a Jim Root model and now you upload this. I guess it is that time of the year for me 😂

[@insearchoftone9602]

I'm surprised the pickup didn't get super muddy when the battery was low. Always been my experience with emg but also never tried that particular one

[@allex_with2ls]

So sick! Great vid dude

[@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875]

I've been wanting a Jim Root strat for like 7 years now. I just don't know if I'm going to be able to afford since they're over $2,000 now. But if I ever get it,it would definitely get played every single day. It is definitely a dream guitar for me. I had a Charvel last year that was close to it but it just wasn't the exact thing and in my heart I knew it wasn't the Jim Root strat which I've always wanted. One day,I will own one and I'll be sure to not make this wish but an actual promise to my future self to get it.

[@-cobainism-]

so build one! buy a white worn strat, do the rest! that’s what makes fender so nice!

[@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875]

@-cobainism- if I can get a good hardtail strat style body,I'll look into it since I have no experience with frankensteining guitars

[@Ottophil]

Honestly i gave up on hardtails because its all sigs. I love JR. But I want non signature gear. I even wanted a 5150 for years, but refused to buy one until eddie left and they changed it to 6505

[@evenzeroescanbeheroes6875]

@@Ottophil I feel you

[@Azyndevil5]

Happy i was able to pick one up at guitar center for 1200.00 a few months ago

[@GregMerritt-ws8tq]

The empty neck pickup hole, in any guitar, instantly adds that something that relic-ing was invented for, IMHO.

[@andrewbalcony3262]

Any plans on changing out the pickguard for a single pickup one? Could also do the Tom Delonge volume knob thing so it would get out the way

[@denmut]

Are you bothered with the lack of fretboard markers? Cheers

[@GuitarMisfit182]

Little fun fact if anyone cares Alex Perez. Who designed and builded Jim roots guitars loved the hardtail single volume design and originally did it for Tom delonges strats and jazzmaster from 99-03 and Steve Kleins of nfg strats and jazzmaster from 2000ish till whenever

[@TomMoore6]

definitely one of the guitars of all time

[@TheNieslawnyKanal]

I bought black one used for 700 usd in my country like 4years ago, that was kinda steal! :D I lOVE THAT GUITAR

[@deadgoon7460]

"Mike from Albany" Ha great guy.

[@creepyrc794]

Looks like the pickguard on my strat. Empty parking space.

[@SOADGOD]

I wish i enjoyed my jim root tele. I just didnt like any of the necks on the root guitars. Which is a same cause i love how they are set up

[@nikposada0824]

The empty pickup slot is🔥🔥

[@rocklandrevolution2139]

I've got a Jim root style white pickguard with the one humbucker if u want it. Lmk where to send it brother!

[@Dustinchugs]

Can confirm you do NOT baby this thing lol. I saw it thrown in a corner where the local venue keeps all the mic stands backstage as I was loading you guys off 😂

[@xanderraymondcharles]

what show was that??

[@Dustinchugs]

@@xanderraymondcharlesThat was at Hooligans in Jacksonville!

[@mexicanmaggot666]

Okay, 1. THAT IS SOME SICK RELICKING. That's one of my favorite things about the Jim Root Fenders, and that stripped down look on yours is Mwah! Chef's kiss. 2. I just realized you already passed 100K subscribers! Congratulations! Keep on rocking, bro! Your stage performance is SICK!

[@derekb2347]

How do you avoid dizziness playing like that?

[@Ottophil]

Ever done drugs? You get used to playing guitar in a weird mental state. I don’t do them anymore. But they prepped me for almost passing out and staying on beat

[@WholeLottaBulldog]

I dont think youre humble. I like alot of what you do, but humble you aint.

[@GregMerritt-ws8tq]

I think you might be more technical than you realize, brother.

[@ThomasECahill]

What is the pickup in it? Thanks

[@Worran]

Probably EMG Jr Daemonum

[@donniejean]

I hate your channel! I should be playing right now!!! 🤣🤣🤣 I need to learn your magical whammy technique!

[@Lucas-dm7xo]

Orange juice

[@positionthepositron]

Heightened Senses, of the walrus.

[@positionthepositron]

Random-offf

[@positionthepositron]

Giggly-poof Marsupial soup

[@positionthepositron]

Needs neck pickup 😅

[@sebastianviuf]

What if he does not use the neck pick up 😅

[@positionthepositron]

@@sebastianviuf then I'll take it

[@MagicTice]

First 😂

[@HaileyThiccc]

💀

[@johanjotun1647]

It's good because its non strat-like 🤣

[@daleandrews3979]

A Strat without a single coil neck pickup is definitely not the best Strat ever.

[@FuzzDuke]

It’s so funny that you “sold all your Jim Root guitars” because you’re certainly your own person that doesn’t have to circle back and be a hypocrite. How’s making your own style going after selling all those Jim Root guitars and making your own thing going 😅😆🤦🏻‍♂️ And you wonder why your last bands couldn’t stand your clickbait

[@bobbyincidemetal]

That dude you just played with sucked.

[@matthewperry2767]

Dude how come you barely put out content anymore?

[@xanderraymondcharles]

because i was on tour for 3 months

[@matthewperry2767]

@@xanderraymondcharles That would have been the perfect time to do content bro

[@xanderraymondcharles]

@@matthewperry2767 i did

[@matthewperry2767]

@@xanderraymondcharles not really

[@matthewperry2767]

@@xanderraymondcharles quit being so grumpy dude. You’re loved and appreciated

[@bearshark85]

That black stuff on your guitar is mold.

[@xanderraymondcharles]

It’s saturated wood mixed with scuff marks from the stage