My New Fender Stratocaster. Let me explain.
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00:00 - The Birth of the Stratocaster
03:56 - The Telecaster (A Brief Overview)
06:59 - Leo's Vision
10:08 - Overcoming Issues
11:31 - The 70th Anniversary American Vintage II (1954) Stratocaster - Hudba
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Would you put your own money on the table and buy it if you didn't get one for free?
Attitude... I own three American Stratocasters, two American Telecasters, along with Fender amps, and for sure, God forbid, if something happened to them I would be on a search for Fender replacements.
Leo's innovations with Fender, Music Man and G&L forever changed music. He literally worked until the last day of his life in his workshop at Fullerton, California.
I am a fan of Fender but how is Ms Spender mix into that discussion? Sure I would do a video or two if Fender offered me some gear but then I already play them. This clip reminds me why I don't fw this channel anymore
@@I.am_Groot Well, for one; her last name rhymes with Leo's!!
@@I.am_Groot She's also a natural. She also seems fairly gifted. What's there not to like??
@@criskatan I guess for you a pretty face and some good playing is enough. 0k
@@I.am_Groot I get what you're saying. She's probably from the families which is why she's being promoted. It's just that it was my first time seeing and hearing her and also that her last name sounds so similar. Also, the history lesson: I didn't know that Leo had a presence, here, in S.L.O. town, as we like to call it, so that was a nice surprise.
I used to have the pleasure of working at the factory in G&L and its wild that leo's old workshop is still in use to this day for the wiring bench. The Fullerton factory holds a special spot in my heart.
I have a 2004 lefty G&L George Fullerton model Strat that I will keep till I die.
I just love the way a Strat sounds when finger played on a low volume.
Finally some clean playing and not just overdriven sounds. Thank you, thank you, thank you.!
Before my dad unexpectedly passed away, we were designing an electric guitar from scratch. He had made quite a few hand carved archtops over the years and we thought it would be an interesting project to design a solid body electric guitar from scratch with my many years of playing experience. Quite a few body prototypes were roughly carved from cheep wood and quite a bit of thought went into the project. The result... the realisation that Leo Fender had got it 100% correct with his designs all those years ago. Who else has designed such an incredible piece of gear and gets it right first time? Genius.
GREAT DETAIL!!! I studied guitar repair with Doc Kauffman when he was about 70? and I was in my 20's. I'd go to his house in Santa Ana. We'd putz around his garage for an hour or two. He'd show me stuff then at around noonish all work would stop and we'd go to the house where he'd eat lunch (he always offered to feed me but I declined -- he wasn't charging me a penny for the lessons.) He ate off a TV tray and usually had a sandwich or maybe some soup but ALWAYS had a thick slice of raw onion -- which he crunched on like a carrot. He watched "The Newlywed Game" and cackled like a mad crow at jokes that were corny and not that funny.He told me Leo Fender stories -- most were kind and respectful. He also told me that he was the one who showed Leo the value of a good drill press in all kinds of manufacturing processes.It wasn't just a drill, it was a precision sander, a buffer, a punch and all kinds of tools depending on what kind of tool/head you used. Doc had lots of experience from Rickenbacker/Rickenbacher (they had 2 spellings depending on the year -- the first was "Bacher" more Germanic which they changed out of fear of German/Nazi anger) and he taught Leo A LOT about manufacturing. After about 12 weeks I realized I had zero natural skill as a guitar tech. "Ham handed" was an understatement. Doc would have taught me for free forever -- but I was kind of wasting his time. A truly great quirky guy. There is a moving song by Guy Clark "Desperadoes Waitin' For A Train" and our relationship was like that song. A older guy and his young apprentice/pal.I went away to the East Coast for college and we stopped calling each other.Then he passed away, while I was 3000 miles away. I still have a couple guitars we both worked on and I will NEVER sell them.
What an amazing story đ
That's a great story. Thanks x
@@moosey62 you are welcome - Doc was a hoot.
awesome!!!!
I have too many guitars - said no guitarist ever...
My greatest fear is that someday my wife will sell my guitars for what I told her I paid for them.
I had too many guitars, it is possible. I've it whittled down to 7 now I think and still say that's too many.
An electric and an acoustic is all you need, you stop being a guitarist and become a collector at some point. My playing suffered the more guitars I had.
@@bobcole612haha!!!
After many years of worrying about this, I finally came up with the idea that to stay motivated interested and inspired. You may need to get a different guitar every three or four years. It doesnât mean you sell your old ones. It just means you get something with a different scale length a different size a different board radius a different pick up configuration something that just gives you a different feel different. Looking inspires you to kind of play a little differently or write music a little differently. I got into old American Harmony and I have a couple of those and theyâre completely different from like my couple of martins so I donât feel bad about it. I build a couple parts casters. I have some less Paws. I have a couple old vintage guitars a pre-war Gibson I donât know theyâre all very different. I like to rotate through them every month. Iâll pick up a new one and work with that. But Iâm pretty serious for 40 years so thatâs my opinion.
@@woofcity6307 I agree with your take on this! I currently have over twenty guitars. However, I am a luthier so the cost of restoring the wrecks that most of them were when I got them (apart from a 1986 Gordon Smith GS2 and a Fender Acoustasonic that I got for my 60th) was minimal!
Sunburst finish with maple neck - thatâs the most legendary Strat â€
Once again another smooth professional documentary Mary. Fender are not daft, this is such a good advert for them. Fascinating story too.
Fender marketing have been knocking it out of the park for years; putting their weight behind a superb independent artist like Mary is the way to ensure that their guitars get in front of a young, cool audience and not associated with boomers and Dad rock like Gibson are đ§đđžâ€ïžâđ»
My very first guitar was a 1954 Fender Stratocaster. Beat up and worn out, I found it under our Christmas tree in 1963, in place of my dad, who had just been divorced by my mother. I started my stint with Fender around 1960, when my brother bought a Jazzmaster and a PRO amp. I sold Fender in the early '70s ... I've seen a lot of Fenders in my day ... I, TOO, fell in love with the Strat because of Buddy Holly. And your new Stratocaster is quite lovely, as are you. Congratulations.
Mary, thank you for these documentaries/history lessons, they are always a pleasure to watch
Yet another wonderfully rich history lesson! Your gift of entertainment covers a variety of media types! Thank you for all that you do! đđđ
Big Fender fan here. Love me a Strat and have owned several - from the Mexican to the Corona-made and have never been disappointed! Cheers....
I'd be curious to know in which context you use it and what do you play... Owned an American Standard bought as new from 1988 to 1997... I wouldn't say I haven't been disappointed. Dumped it for an Excalibur and never regretted doing so...
I agree 100% Fender has never let me down! From Mexico to America!
@@7000ironman I was happy twice with my Fender American Standard'88 : the day I bought it since, and it's still the case today, I owned the worst electric guitar I ever touched, an East-German Musima DeLuxe25, the when I sold the Stratoaster... There were Japanese Squiers that sounded better, e.g Steve Rothery's (Marillion)... I've not took a look recently at pricings at artisans luthiers, but I shouldn't have issues at having something made as good as a $10,000+ CSMH if not better for about âŹ1500... But I'm not really interested into getting bolt-on or even setneck constructions for next solid-body guitars or basses, thus, it's clear that a bolt-on with a 90/10 neck is damn good, I think Mary (Spender) can confirm, these are likely what she uses the most...Now they might be approaching Mary as they did with me 15 years ago for endorsement purposes while I was in a Pink Floyd tribute band... but, if you're intellectually honest, there's nothing a Strat can do against... EXCALIBUR !!! They couldn't get a real one for the Wayne's World movie, but Excaliburs are absolutely real...
And my ex-Strat was, in some ways, as, if not more customised than Dave Murray's Series-L...
So, let's review my ex-Stratoaster:
1.) The planimetrics had to be done because guess what happened past 12th fret??? The fret job had been totally botched! I hope they fired the guy named Jesus Contreras who signed the QC...
2.) Since Strats don't stay in tune and the original trem is made to make you break strings so you buy Fender strings, I didn't went Floyd Rose, I'm not that whammy-bar maniac, so I went for the Wilkinson one, added a rolling nut and Spertzel locking tuners...
3.) Then, the electronics wasn't shielded, I could even receive katsap speaking radios in my guitar amp... Had to shield the cavities...
Then, the en-80's pickups were just good at doing funk on posn 2/4...
Dave Murray uses 3 double rails humbuckers, I went a bit funny: no issue to PU stuffing with the pool-routing, so I kept de Fender set, added a DiMarzio FS-1 in neck posn, and a HS-3 in bridge... You need to notice that the Fender PUs has such a background noise that if you were using a distortion, the powerful Rocktron Hush had to be put to the max while with the Some cretins DiMarzios, you could keep it to the minimum...
4.) First tendinitis signs came when I was practising the Surfing with the Alien songbook, so I had the Strat for about 18 months+...
5.) Tendinitis disappeared within 1 month after I received the Excalibur #1.
6.) Some cretins believed I had great sound with this guitar... Well, NOPE! I have a distinctive sound in the fingers.
In clean sound, I sound too close to Knopfler to my taste, In distortion, I'm somewhere in between Santaana, Fripp and Oldfield, note that I use the violin trick like Fripp and Oldfield, caught it while playing the fretless bass... Then, I also was building my own boutique tube amps and my hybrid Mesa/Marshall really became a signature sound...
No secret, better have a bad guitar with fingers that really sound ans a super amp rather than a good guitar with a crap amp...
I love her voice.
and her beauty!
Doesn't matter what a woman who speaks like that looks like. A soothing, kind, but humble voice indeed. :)
Mary, I have one of these rare, 70th Anniversary, 54 Strats⊠And I truly feel privileged to take care of oneâŠMuch love to you. X
These aren't rare. They were just released. I got one a couple days ago. It's a great guitar, though.
My '99 Mexi-Strat (lefty) has been with me 25 years now through moves, lots of hot and cold, lots of nights in, just "noodling" with it, learning thousands of songs and yet still seemingly playing the same thing, writing songs, thousands of hours of abuse, now, the paint is almost all worn off, the action isn't perfect, I have put 5 springs in the bridge, and always play with 12s. She aint pretty anymore, but it is always hanging right here above my desk for a "quickie". Sure, I have dreamed of Les Pauls, 335s, a nice P-bass, or a another amp other than my Fender Champ 20, and G-Dec (built in drum/backing) practice amps, but my Old beat up black Strat is the true love of my life. (well,.........my 1994 Martin Sigma acoustic and Hofner bass play pretty good too)
Anyone that gets snobby or looking down their nose at a MIM Fender simply reveal their ignorance about guitars.
It's not exactly an insider secret, but those that know speak no ill of Ensenada. Pros do not even blink when someone takes a MIM on stage. Any stage. A good Mexi Strat is right at home on stage in front of 50k screaming fans.
So set it up. It takes 2 min. Measure and adjust your relief and action. đ€·đ»ââïž
Respect to you to be able to even play a Strat strung with 12s.. đłđ
@@voodoochild1975az Great comments. Right on. I have a 92 MIM Strat, black with a white pick guard and maple neck. It plays like a dream! I bought it by accident by killing time at a guitar shop. I had no intentions of buying a guitar so I picked it up and it fit my hand and played itself. I had to buy the damn thing! :) So glad I did.
My US Standard is 25 this year as well . I bought it early 2000 before I got married . It's hands down , the best guitar I've ever owned , and there has been a good few đ
The video with the tour of the Fender Factory was amazing and this was an amazing addition to that one. Thanks Mary for making these as they are timeless⊠and give us an insight into the instrument that has revolutionized the music we all listen to. Much â€ïž Support & Respect from Toronto, đšđŠđč
Well balanced history lesson. I'm as old (1950) as the Telecaster, played it, but never owned one. But I have my strat.
Thanks, Mary. Great rundown of Fender's history. My Strat story: circa 1992, I was playing rhythm guitar in a church band. My guitar was an acoustic. The band leader was a musician and piano player. Most of the music was written for piano in challenging keys for guitar. I had to play barre chords all the time and one day I said enough. On the way home from practice I stopped at a local guitar store and picked out a translucent red American Strat and a Deluxe Reverb Twin 10 tube amp and a new world opened up.
Of course all videos had an amazing quality, but your audio is perfect! It's lovely to listen you speak so calm, and with any noise and sĂł clean sound. You are not just a great music artist. Also a great video producer! Tks so much for all of this!!
Love these documentaries. Always really interesting and clearly takes a lot of dedication to make. Impressed by the length of your takes. đ
One major difference and advantage Leo had was a sweaty dance bar not too far from his shop where displaced Oklahoma Farmers played all night and were willing to test Leo's prototypes and give him feedback. I am certain those practical farmers suggested the replaceable neck, having had experience with trying to get headstocks and necks from other companies repaired by the local guitar tech and taking days or weeks of backlog. A separate neck with screws made them easily user serviceable.
Farmers want things to last and be replaced if damaged or repaired.
I love guitar documentaries. Although there are many on you CZcams, I love the personal stories of each musician such as yourself as to what guitar speaks to you the most and why. Love seeing how how Fender is treating you! Congrats the new Strat, happy for you!
Mary, I love your commentary histories on the Fender guitars!! I could listen to you for hours. You are such a great public speaker. God bless and keep up the good work!!
I quite appreciate these history vids that you do.
I'd love to see a video where Ms. Spender takes us on a tour of her entire guitar collection. Giving us the story of each guitar - where she acquired it, what she likes about it and so on. That could be really interesting.
đLove your enthusiastism about the guitar and especially the Fender's rich history and ther iconic Stratocaster. About a half year ago your enthusiastism about the Highway series inspired me to buy my own guitar and learn to play the guitar as well. I bought a Fender Stratocaster Ultra Luxe Plasma Red Burst, also with an ash body and am now learning to play the guitar.
Thank you for your inspiration!!!!!
Great video Mary. Love strats.
Interestingly if you read Hank Marvinâs bio. He reports that Cliff sent off to California for their first strat. When it arrived they were totally knocked out by its beautiful red appearance. However it proved difficult to play. It came fitted with very heavy 13-56 strings and a highish action. Eventually managed to get lighter strings and a better setup. Then went on to feature on many big Cliff and The Shadows hits plus inspiring many of the big name guitarists. Bruce Welch still has this iconic guitar. đââïžđđđŹđ§
I'm a Les Paul guy, but I thoroughly enjoyed the video. Mary did a superlative job guiding us through the history and I have more appreciation for the Fender brand that I did previously.
Very nicely done, Mary! Refreshingly smooth and concise hitting on all the relevant points. A+
It's lovely to see a beautiful guitar that hasn't been reliced. Nowadays you see all these videos where someone builds a beautiful guitar and then relics it so it looks like something that's been run over by a train, and then he sells it for twice the pirce of a nonreliced one.
Possibly my favorite video of yours yet, Mary. Your storytelling thoroughness, liveliness combined with your elegant playful diction and timing are beyond marvellous. And dare I say, I have never heard a Strat played more lovingly and warmly. Brava!
The Strat's vibrato system is genius :)
Well done. I knew most of this info, but the excellent filming, playing, and presentation of the timeline, made this video a pleasure to watch. Super nice, period-correct strat. Congrats on Fenderâs acknowledgment of your work!
I have watched many a doc on Leo Fender and his history, but heard in your words and voice just makes it better. Thanks Mary!!!
I was thinking the same!
I love everything Fender, thanks for a great video Mary.đžđžđžđžđž
I recently got one of these 54's and I must say I was rather impressed. I unboxed it on my channel.
Wonderful video! Thanks for your vision and effort.
The best short history of Fender I've ever come across. Well done. And that guitar is beautiful.
Thank you for this amazing video!
Mary your documentary videos are top notch. Thanks!
Yet another wonderful video from Mary. Love your gear videos, even if this one is basically an ad for Fender. Considering I own a half dozen Fender guitars and a half dozen tee-shirts, hats, etc, this was a truly heartwarming presentation. That 70th Anniversary Strat is a work of art.
Great video Mary! You deserve that Strat! I love single coils too. I have 3 single coil Strats, different colors, all same set up, just different tunings. Cheers!
I just enjoyed this welcome lesson with morning coffee in the sun and I have to say, it was wonderful. Thank you for the crispy little video Mary. Great start to the day. All the best
What a Mastermind ! What an incredible video ! What wonderful information !
I love how well you play your new guitar. The Pure Sound is out of this world ! As always, your speaking voice makes these videos such a pleasure to watch and listen to. Simply Brilliant !! â€đ
what an awesome video, you have really inspired me and gave me a look into the past of how such a beautiful piece of art was created!
I have mine, same colour, now for 35 years. Bought it new from my first paycheck
I bought a Les Paul with my first (few) paychecks. Weâre the same but different đ
Thank you for this informative video and congratulations to you with your well deserved anniversary guitar.
Beautiful guitars. Well done video on a company with such great simple history
What a lovely telling of the Fender story. I play a Pawn Shop Jaguarillo, MIM Tele and MIM Strat. I think Iâll play a little longer tonight.
Great documentary and beautiful playing as well, Mary!!
I recently bought a 70th Anniversary American Vintage II 1954 Stratocaster and LOVE it!
Easily the best sounding and best looking guitar ever made. Great video Mary. Well done.
As always love Ms Spender's videos, but this one is especially special! Always been a Strat guy and loved Mary's presentation of the early history of the iconic Stratocaster. The trials and tribulations concerning the tremelo bridge aka vibrato tail piece showed that you don't always get it right but perseverance and a lot of seat and tears prevails. Just got a link to Mary's first album and looking forward to getting it in vinyl soon! Beautiful necklace by the way! Almost as beautiful as a '54 Strat!
Really enjoyed this episode Mary. I own a 1978 black strat...it weighs a ton but sounds great...I will never own anotherđ
I still have my 1979 Strat that I bought new in â81. Also weighs a ton. These days I also have a â73 and a â98 USA Voodoo but Iâll always keep the â79.
Amazing video on Fender's rich history and congrats on the new Fender. â€â€
Absolutely awesomely presented, Mary. I could listen to you describe these topics all day. Lap top steel, a hammer dulcimer, a xylophone, and my native American flute are some of my favorite instruments. Cheers.đ
This was great thank you so much for posting it. I very much enjoy your content and hope that you continue producing these informative and enriching videos.Thank you.
I got a 70th anniversary strat yesterday. I love it. What a great guitar.
Bought the same guitar a while ago and I am heavily impressed. I have two vintage '63 Strats and a partscaster that looks seventies, and who are great. This guitar can stand beside those 3 fabulous guitars.
Really enjoyed this video and nobody deserves that guitar more than you. Keep up the good work...
Love the storytelling! One of my favourite instruments is my Fender American Performer Bass, you can feel the craftsmanship when playing it.
I can listen to this Beautiful woman speak for hours! She just has the nice soft voice and knows here history!
Well done and congratulations Mary on your new Strat! It's beautiful. I really enjoyed the video. I've been a Tele, Strat guy for many years ever since Clapton with Derek and the Dominos. I have a '92 Mexican Strat that plays like a dream and love those maple necks. Best Regards!
Another great video, Mary!!! Fender is blessed to have you present their history! â€
I really love your videos, they are always so informative!
Like hearing and watching you play your Strat.
Nice review!! I may pick up a 70th Anniversary Strat just based on your review, Mary. No stranger to Fender guitars, I've been playing Fenders since a young teen in the mid 60's (I'm an old fart of 72 years). I remember going into a small music shop for my first guitar lesson back in 1961. In the window... I remember this distinctly after all these years... a white Stratocaster was prominently displayed. I had no idea what it was at the time but it sure caught my young eyes.
Today many, many years later I own several Strat's and Tele's, along with numerous Gibson's and a few others too. I love them all and it saddens me that I won't be able to take them with me when I die... but that's the way it goes. I pray that there are Fender guitars in Heaven, in some format we can't imagine. For a guitarist to think otherwise is unimaginable!!
Beautiful guitar, the story was very interesting & I am going to watch a few more times because your playing was so enjoyable.
Mary , such a great video, keep up your excellent job , your videos are real quality and educational, Greetings from Thailand and thank you đđ»â€
As a musician, I always look for inspiration. Videos like this are that inspiration. Love being reminded why i love doing this.
Loved this video. I so dig your technique and melody.
Beautiful sound intro, Mary. To my ear, the cleaner the sweeter. Great history post too.
Wow, isn't that neat! You got to see this *exact* guitar when it was on the assembly line, and now it's in your hands playing your music! What a special instrument!
I love the Fender history, the birth of the So Cal Surf rock scene, and the many innovative artists of that time. Leo nailed it back then, but I like the refinements he made with G&L guitars⊠the tremolo is rock solid đ„°
Fender is a Corporation, G&L is a guitar company. If you want a handmade Tele or Strat buy a G&L. Made in Fullerton CA. on Fender Ave.
Nice work, Mary. Never saw your channel until this video, but with a voice like this, I'd watch you read a phone book.
Amazing production value and very informative. Well done Mary!
Very cool and informative video, thanks Maryđđ»
This video was great! Thanks for sharing the history!
A very nice retrospektiv video about the man, who brought the sound to us all, that we love so much! From Hank Marvin, Mark Knopfler, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore; to Yngwie Malmsteen and Eric Johnson! It would not exist without Leo Fender! A true pioneer and inventer! đđ€â€
Really nicely done Fender shorty history....
I am fortunate to have bought the 60th anniversary 54 strat which they made 1954 of them it is a great guitar and Mary you did a great job showcasing yours thanks
Excellent video, good information. Two thumbs up! Nice work, Mary.
I have a 60th anniversary custom shop. They had special pickups that only came in that model, which I love. My go to guitar.
that was delightful to watch and listen to, thank you...
Congratulations Mary. What a beautiful guitar.
Congratulations on your new Strat. Thanks for the history lesson. I still have my 83 telecaster I have been playing since I was 13. Have a few teles and Strats. Including my AVii Blonde 57 strat
That anniversary model strat suits you well Mary.
Very beautiful tune at the intro, just lovely.
LOVE the history about "THE electric guitar :)
Great storytelling thanks.
A lovely video Mary, really interesting. And congrats on that beautiful Strat you've acquired, enjoy it my friend. đâ€ïž
I never get tired of hearing about the history of Fender.
Beautiful story! What a great company!!
I just got a Fender Player HSS Strat about 9 months ago and absolutely love it!!!
Great video Mary. Iâve got one of the 50th anniversary Fender Strats, a beauty
Great Video! I own about 10 guitars; the guitar I use most in my band is a Fender Stratocaster. My Fender Strat is a Ferrari Red 2002 Set Neck with Lace Sensor pickups. The guitar is a tank, it has reliable tuning and sounds amazing through my 1998 Fender Vibrolux amp. Although my electric guitar collection includes Gibson, Paul Reed Smith and Aria, the Strat is my go-to guitar, always in tune and ready to whether I'm playing live, in the studio, or songwriting. The 70th-anniversary guitar looks amazing, I am quite happy with my Ferrari Red Strat! Rock on Mary!!!
This was a fun surprise, a short history lesson about the Fender Company, really enjoyed watching this video, well done đđđ
I came here to hear Mary play her new Strat, and stayed for the lecture. Thank you, Professor Mary.