Fender Performer Timber Series - Do Tonewoods Matter!?
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» 0:00 Intro Jam!
» 1:15 Introducing the Fender Timber Series Performers
» 3:11 Specs!
» 4:56 Let's Hear the Strats!
» 6:48 Does Wood Make a Difference?
» 8:56 Lee's New Board?
» 10:40 Thoughts so far?
» 11:47 The Tele?
» 15:15 Final Thoughts!
» 15:38 Price?
» 16:28 Outro Jam!
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The real advantage of Tonewood™ is its effectiveness as a clickbait video title.
Fender is so boring and predictable. Meet the new Fender, same as the old fender.
Nice trademark there
Truth.
They do what sells.
@@mimetypeFender Japan made something different with Aerodyne guitars and basses. Nobody wanted them and they were sold at 50% discount, cheaper than Mexican made guitars, that look like regular “boring fender”.
Matte finish on a sunburst is nasty work
And coming up next a limited edition Strat with one odd colour tuner
Haha What’s with that?? Bloody fender.
i would love a matte fiesta red with those dark rosewood fret board. These colors look ugly IMO except the tele which is cool as always.
@Ry_Valz I find the tele colours ugly but the Strat colours cool. I've seen the brown one in person and it looks a lot better than it does in the video.
I was having a good laugh at the Timberlake signature model joke, but then I realized we live in a world where Machine Gun Kelly got two signature models at once!
So I figure we’ll being seeing something like a Timberlake model soon. 😂
The Timberlake comes with a bottle of jack and a set of car keys!
Not a fan of MGK, but he is definitely helping dragging some people into the rock n roll culture... I bet some kids grabbed a guitar for the first time because of him...
as the strings go across the scratchplate on a strat, are we going to see tonal plastics now? and if so what colour will be best for more sustain? also, is a red plectrum better for rock? and maybe a wooden plectrum for acoustic tones? apparently they're making intelli strings now, that can detect the type of wood through 5 layers of paint and 3 layers of lacquer.
That Tele Pete is holding in the beginning is gorgeous!!!
The way they freestyle licks during the intro and outro is crazy.. the creativity is amazing..
nice one guys loved the vid, preferred the honey burst strat.
What an awesome backing track for the intro jam. ❤
The captains playing keeps getting better 🤘
I love that guitar the captain was holding in the beginning. If the headstock was the same color. I would order one right now.
That final jam was brilliant !!🎸🎸
Captain is sounding great!
Tolerances in electronics causes tonal differences between guitars, pickups in an electric don't pickup anything from the wood.
BuT RoSeWoOd fiNgErBoArdS sOuNd WaRmEr !!!4!
@@torzsokszilveszter2444😂
But the STRINGS pickup the vibrations from the wood!
@@schaerfentiefe1967 You are right. The strings vibrate the wood which in turn affects the vibration of the strings which is read as tone by the pickups. If wood made no difference you could put expensive pickups on a $200 guitar and it will sound like a custom shop guitar. Or an SG would sound just the same as a Les Paul.
@@BloodBoughtMinistries There is hardly any difference in the tolerance in two guitars with the same electronics. Even if one of the pots has 10k missing, you wouldn't be able to hear it. The difference in brightness from the first Strat to the second would be like if someone took a 250k pot and jumped it to 500k, and then upgraded the capacitor.
Scandinavian Pine sounds like a song that sounds like a song
I once had a man,
Or should I say he once had me,
He showed me his sign,
Isn't it good Scandinavian Pine?
Wood not affecting the sound of a guitar doesn't mean that two guitars must sound exactly the same, if they are the same model but with a different wood species. In fact, tonewood theory goes way further. It states that only woods of specific tree species resonate and are suitable for musical instruments. And that the species of the tree, not the density or quality of the individual piece of wood, determines of a guitar is warmer or brighter.
What people are actually hearing is handwound pickups being slightly not identical, not at identical to the mm height, bridges being set differently changing the proximity of strings to the pickup, different nut cutting, one guitar with strings two weeks older or younger than the other. Ironically it's everything other than the wood that will actually be making a difference.
@@jamescole7197 Yes, all these fine hardware differences make a tone difference. Pickup height being a major one. And the difference of individual pieces of wood is determined not by the tree species, but by the individual trees.
Stunning, I love the Tele
Sassafras is a beautiful wood, some of the best black heart sassafras is found in my home state of Tasmania. Safarin is the extract.
I build my Telecasters and Esquires out of Pine. I don't know that it sounds different or better or worse. I use it #1 because it is cheap and #2 because it is light weight.
Love this Duo
You're telling me that a violin filled with rootbeer with a bridge made of mdma won't make a difference in tone?? -PRS probably
You won today. No need to scroll for more funny comments
Hahahahahaha PRS definitely! Although to be fair, a bridge made of mdma will DEFINITELY make a difference!
These look like Squier Affinity models. It's the headstock finish.
Also because the maple is not tinted.
On the higher priced models the maple gets an amber tint to represent maple that was exposed to sunlight for some years.
Yep. Same with the low end Martin acoustics. The wood has no tint to it. Looks cheap.
See 0:56 for the "you're my boss so I'm not going to say anything about that bum note" look on Pete's face.
It would be nice to see some modern color/hardware variations instead of the same ones we've had for years. Black or gold hardware, block inlays, multi color pickguards, I don't know, just saying lol. Love Captain and Pete jamming and demoing anything.
Fender has toyed with those things in the past and they didn't sell.
@@adrianhjordan1981 I guess that stuff is for Charvel and Jackson, lol.
Check out the Squier 40th anniversary models, pretty much what you just described.
beautiful guitars! all of them! is the song you are referring to "I dare you to move" by Switchfoot? at least that's what it sounded like to me
Lovely sounding and guitars are just guitars! If you’re happy with your choice it’s all that matters!
Tonewood is silly. Not as silly as you two though!! Enjoy the videos as always!!🎉
The Justin Timberlake Strat 😂😂😂
I love it it's the contraversial Pandora's box edition of Fender guitar comparison series.love it.
Never been keen on the Tele design but the matt sunburst is very nice
What's the story on Lee's amp that's "built into the board?" He said "go watch a previous video about that" but I can't seem to find what he's talking about. Looks like a Victory V4 Duchess, but with no foot guardrail?
I put the video of me making the board on my Insta channel. Its just a normal V4 Duchess amp... i don't think they come with the footbar any more
i would get the sassafras one not for the tone, but because the color's great and it's fun to say sassafras! also I don't think I've ever heard of an electric guitar made out of sassafras, so that's pretty cool too.
Eric Johnson's strat was made from sassafras.
There's an Eric Johnson Strat made from it. Not the normal signature one, but a "Stories" series one.
G&L makes some ASAT Specials from sassafras.
Non colour-matched headstocks on rosewood/dark boards look like a toe hanging out of a bust sock imco
Damn, I can't unsee that now!
I love the alternate wood guitars. It's good for sustainability and they look fantastic. That they add three color choices to the line is a bonus.
Oh boy, here we go
I cant hear the difference through the youtube compression on my bluetooth headphones
This is the year for Stratocaster fans. I can't believe how much new stuff is out there that I want NOW! I only have 14 guitars. Now they show me another 10 I've never seen before!
I don’t listen to players about tonewood. In blind tests they often fail to pick the pickups or guitar. Luthiers, recording techs, and guitar techs will tell you it’s the strings & bridge. In electric guitars there are few variables until the signal hits the speaker. The speaker has nearly all of your tone. Choose your speakers wisely.
Yeah, to my ear, the speaker, the order of the pre-amp, various eq circuits and power amp stages in your amp, and the pickup placement are what make the big differences
Pete my man…I have long said that you are the “vibeyest” most in the pocket guitarist I know of….I have to say that Lee is right at your heels now…Lee…your technical progression has been a joy to watch, but I really must acknowledge that your feel has progressed beyond your technical ability….you are an absolute joy to listen to. Anybody can learn to be technically proficient…but only a musician can do what you do!!
Lol....
Eric Johnson Strats are sassafras I think.
Just the Virginia model is Sassafras I believe.
@@mlwilliam213 Think you are correct.
I could defiantly hear the tonal qualities of the wood with my eyes!
Different woods give different tones. Period. It's just not as noticeable on electric as it is acoustic. But it's there.
Well said
The same wood gives different tones too. The weight and grain can't be identical in a natural material. The magnitude of that tonal difference in a solid body is fairly insignificant.
Sure. What else makes difference: different examples of the same wood; current humidity; humidity in the shop, where guitar was built; strings (including their age, wear and environment, where they were stored after opening the package); same pickups can vary in tone as well; pods and caps also don’t exactly match their nominal values, which will affect tone; pickup heights; frets material, heights and wear; action; bridge and nut material; pick guard material, shape and thickness; guitar finish and wear; is guitar played hanging on strap or resting on lap; pick material, thickness and wear; nails/no nails if playing with fingers, etc.
And I didn’t even started to talk about where guitar is plugged in, where real difference is happening.
And guitars are usually played by humans, who also aren’t very reliable in repeating exactly the same fretting/picking motion.
Discussing difference in tone introduced by body material of solid body electric guitar has roughly the same value as discussing tone difference between using new and old well-used pick: it is there, but there is not much value in it. Unless you are selling some “magical old-formula cellulose pre-broken-in picks” that “definitely make a difference, but you simply cannot hear it through the youtube compression” for $20 a piece.
Yeah the type of wood really does affect the tone. I think it makes more of a difference with hardtail guitars where the guitar body is absorbing most of the string vibrations as opposed to a tremolo guitar where the metal trem block absorbs most of the string vibration. But either way, whichever material is absorbing the vibration, wood or metal block, the type of wood or metal drastically changes the tone. The density and makeup of the material affects the vibration of the string. Most people who are just playing for fun or jamming won't really care, but for serious recording and engineering, the wood or tremolo block material can absolutely make a huge difference in how the guitar sounds on a record.
Not so much frequencie wise, there are most likely more tolerance difference on the electronics than we would like, but we don’t know without them being checket besides string tension, action, relief and the distance between poles and strings.
With everything matched a null test will tell how much it matters.
Eric Johnson's favorite Strat is Sassafras'
Spruce Forsythe. lol. Love it.
Victory v4 Duchess on my pedalboard too with Friedman IR-D. Work in progress as ever!
You guys should make a video where you go to the back of the store (parking lot), strip a guitars finish and refinish in nitro. I’d be curious to see how well you guys do…
I'd go for the sugar pine Strat!
I knew it! You own Fender and are putting your own stickers on them
I wish fender released these in natural. Kind of pointless with the almost solid finish with the alternative wood choices.
Scamwood! Charge more for a pretty wood grain. What a concept!
Nothing wrong if you like the look of it haha. But if you're buying it expecting any change to your sound your psychotic
Satin finishes are the best finishes
for about 3 months
Not for electrics. Pickups, amp, pedals, and of course hands
We get charged extra for “exotic” timbers so why are we not charged less for cheep woods like pine?😢
The Sassafras one has to be DELICIOUS!
Good video. The captain's playing was better once playing rock at the end with the Tele. Pete's playing is always good.👍
That Tele is sweet.
This could summon some people...
Are the boys on the bags / nose beers ? 😂
Isn't sassafras what Mutley used to say?
I dont know if the difference is the wood or just other factors - but those strats did sound a little bit different - Im using Dynaudio Studio monitors...
Are they as good as my Fender Norwegian Wood?
I have a Charvel with sassafras and it is noticeable in the weight that it is lighter than the ash that it simulates in tone. Few guitars are made with that wood and I personally like it because it looks like ash.
In my experience as an arborist, you can certainly hear a difference in resonance between different species when their timber hits the ground.
Pine is a "tone" wood? I like the tele your demonstrating the best!
I dig the tele. I don't dig the big headstock, but I'd totally buy that sugarpine tele
no
Just an FYI note: North America has several types of Pine trees that grow sufficiently large for lumer/timbre. Most are relatiely soft but with consistant grain and texture (White, Ponderosa, etc). We also have varieties of Yellow Pine that have alternating hard and soft growth rings making them more difficult to work/tool for musical instruments, but great for wooden structures. (No judgement here for musical qualities.) 🤓
I'm just waiting for a new Ultra Strat model with stainless steel frets and no floyd rose. Please Fender!
There is a difference! Even though youtube compression but I feel maybe only a few people may notice, but it's all very much personal opinion!
The difference in the pot values due to manufacturing is gonna be bigger than the wood difference. If even in a cab the material matters not, then for sure not in an electric guitar lul
The cab material is secondary to the baffle material, which is MDF. If rhe baffle was pine it would resonate
@@didamnesia3575 you can make a cab out of Styrofoam and you won't be able to tell the difference, so long as the dimensions are the same.
@@void_snw sure thing buddy. I'll assume you can't tell the difference between a clarinet and saxophone. In optics we have a saying, if you* can't tell the difference go with the less expensive option.
Other people can tell the difference. I'm sure a cab made from Styrofoam could sound cool for an effect, but it's not going to sound the same. Not at all
@@didamnesia3575 you tell me which one is the styrofoam cab at the end of this video. czcams.com/video/-eeC1XyZxYs/video.html
Sasaphrass idk how to spell it. They use it to make Traditional bows. Pretty cool to have a strat made out of it
Not sure about the tonewood, but I'm sure 8:52 is the deepest and bass-iest "hey" I've ever heard.
Pete, Strip off the finish? 😂
True North American pine is very soft, sappy, and hard to find in blanks big enough to work with that doesn’t have knots. Pine also has a tendency to curl as it ages.
I’d suggest that that is just your o-pine-ion! 😜
Sorry… I’ll get my coat 😳🙄
They look like the fender debut series to go with squier debut series
10:31 is a moment we've all had!
The Pro has narrow tall frets and the Performer has jumbo frets. I have both and I prefer the Yosemite pickups to the V-Mods, which I'm not find of and replaced those on my Pro with some more vintage sounding alnico 5 pickups. The Pro also has a thicker and rounder "deep C" neck profile, while the "modern C" profile on the Performer feels a little thinner and less round and C shaped and slightly more D shaped.
Hard to say anything specific for a type of wood since the same type can have different densities. If you like the tone then it's all that matters..
Pete! The 1990s called and they want your pants back.
Ah so this is what the fellas at work where on about today, voting on the toanwood! Must have been what 2019 since we last had these debates hehe
The tone's in the finish.
Where's me popcorn.
toan strap buttons
1:25 Are you thinking of High and Dry by Radiohead Captain?
A white strat sounds brighter than a black one!
"Tonewood" is marketing, plain and simple. There so many variables that are not being thought of when making this debate. Yes you have wood and pickups, but you also have all the manufacturing variations such as: Weight, Lacquer thickness and type, pickup position, wiring, pots, pickup position including z,x and y axis, bridge material, bridge height, bridge weight, bridge surface, nut, tuning pegs, tuning peg position etc etc etc I could go on for a long time but you get my point. IF you could control all of them variables and have the wood type be the only variable you swap out, only then could you debunk this theory. I would bet my savings that given all the other variables, wood type would have an inaudible impact to tone.
Can't speak to whether it seems to have a particular tonal difference, but I do own a pine body Telecaster and it is easily the lightest Tele I have ever owned if not the lightest electric guitar I have ever owned for those who are into light guitars
I don't know why but I always think start and tele bodies are looking thinner these days.
Your ears don't work if you can’t hear the difference between those two strats.
I feel like the Yamaha approach with calibrated tone chambers have a better chance of affecting the tone.
idk about tonewood... I feel like adding gain will lower the effect of wood. When you have a really clean tone with single coils i suppose wood can make a tiny dense of difference but all above that i suppose wood is not doing anything
These are cool. Pete has the right idea though. Sand them down and repaint into something wild.
Show the basses please
F# is the major 3rd of D, Lee.
I had one of these before I bought my cs strat. These are SOOO good for the money! What I loved about it was the fact that they have jumbo frets - just in case that's your cup of tea, too :)
Weird cause there are dozens of these turds on the wall across the street at GC that they can't sell cause they have defects, awful pickups and ridiculously high action.
Lovely jam
If youre into contemporary gospel, sure.
I've trained and worked as a joiner and different timbers absolutely do sound different but not to a silly extent. A well made guitar with good materials will sound good. I've got a Squire Classic Vibe Telecaster that's so well made and if it was made with slightly better timber it would sound brilliant but it's a very good instrument. They do make a difference when used in the right manner but it's absolutely not the be all and end all.
Scandinavian Pine has smaller growth rings (due to arctic temperatures & light) hence is denser & harder than temperate US pine.
It's not rocket science. Offer something new that most don't already have, and sucker's will fork over their cash for it.
I don't think tonewood should trigger anyone, there's no need. Just make up your own mind and pay the premium if you want to. Most embarrassing thing ever was seeing Paul Reed absolutely losing his mind about it at some event. Another reason if one was needed to never buy his stuff. Total child.
Pickups, pots, resistors, etc. all have tolerances even if they're supposedly the same winding, resistance, etc. The minimal sound differences you may be hearing are far more likely related to that than to wood suddenly becoming magnetic.
Yes!
Pickup heights, string heights, string age, variation in the players picking velocity. There's even more variables if you're comparing across two separate guitars.
Much less in a Strat than most other guitars. Maple or rosewood board will make a little difference, but at the body end you are mainly getting the sound of a sprung metal bridge,and what that is attached to is already one step removed from your primary sound source
Lee, it's still not a rosewood neck. It's a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard. Might be called a fingerboard as well. Yes yes, I sat in the front row in class and I do wear glasses. Thick glasses.
would loooove to see Pete play some brad paisley licks on these teles