Jeff Beck Strat in 3 mins.
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Nachdem ich wenige Videos gefunden habe, bei denen nicht zu viel gequatscht und / oder das Unmögliche versucht wird (Nämlich Jeff Becks Stil zu imitieren), habe ich die Einstellungen der JB-Strat im Schnelldurchlauf durchgespielt, im Clean- und High Gain-Modus. Vielleicht hilfts ja jemandem. Die Gitty ist super!
Instrument: Artist Series Jeff Beck Stratocaster
Amp: Laney IRT Studio
Mikrofon: Smart Phone. ;)
Edit: Bei 2:14 ist natürlich "Drive Middle" gemeint.
Ohhhhh yeahhh that tone is superb.❤🙏🙏👍👍👍👍
Best signature,close to somenthigs Custom shop........
I haven´t played lots of CS-Strats, nor any of those Artist Series guitars apart from the Beck, so i really can´t compare it to anything; but what I can say is that it´s an awesome guitar to play, great neck (even for my smaller hands) in satin finish (never sticky when playing fast lead lines), trem super in tune and good sounds for my taste, too.
@@milan_musi7044 Is the neck that much thicker than the slim C necks? Thanks.
@@knust2329 I haven´t played many slim c´s, just one or two that i recall. I found those to be uncomfortably thin - thinner than the neck on my Charvels, which can be considered quite thin already (still, I love Charvel necks!). The Beck neck feels a lot better to me - certainly thicker than the regular thin c, but still no overkill. It´s perfectly possible to play fast lead stuff on that, especially since the finish on the neck´s back is satin, not high gloss. It´s a nice handfull for me (I am a small guy, I don´t have huge hands), but certainly not the "baseball bat" that everybody is writing about.
@@knust2329 I heard the neck of the first version of the Beck Strat was much thicker. It may have suited Beck, but obviously, the general consensus of the guitarist community was that it was just going too far. They fixed that on the second version (the one i have here).
@@milan_musi7044Thanks for your reply. I have small hands too, but like the neck of my 2018 Mexico Strat very much. It's a modern C. I can't test play the Beck Strat and wonder, whether I might regret ordering the Beck Strat because of the different neck.
Best Review of this strat. Thanks
Beautiful
A mi gusto para sonidos limpios creo que son los mejores... en brasil los usan mucho esos microfonos
Great demo and playing.
Thanks a lot, that´s the first demo vid i ever did, and i didn´t really know what to play, had no backing tracks, so i just noodled around. The guitar is magnificient.
You got some pretty nice vids on your channel, too! :)
@@milan_musi7044 Thank you!
Fuckin awesome man. Trying to get my hands on one now !!!
Great tone
Thanks! :) I didn´t think much, just plugged in and went for it. The amp isn´t that great, either. I have some other amps, it excells with a Mesa Boogie and a Soldano-clone i have.
My dream guitar
Daniels OFF why ?
@@lestar7555 rollernut, locker tuner, best bridge tremolo and single noiseless.
Daniels OFF Thanks .
Yes but its really vintage strat ? I prefer vintage strat -> vintage tuner , bone nut, pickups with hum (vintage 50’s, profil neck Fat C with rosewood/mapple , trémolo bridge of course yes , alder or Ash wood. 👍🏻😉for me this is the Strat
I think Jeff beck strat is modern strat
@@lestar7555 I have two G&L Legacy's (Strat effectively) and I'm pretty much 3/4 of the way to modding them to this point. Only thing left is to get the LSR low friction nut. Vintage strats are good, but they don't do what this can.
@@Diax1324 You are absolutely right. I ain´t a big one for vintage strats, tbh. Of course, some of them sound great, but all in all it´s always like a roulette game to get a good strat. And of course, a guitar like the Beck Strat performs just great. Need those medium jumbo frets, noiseless PUs, stable trem.
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Great riff, i like that alot, i was thinking about getting that exact guitar tomorrow and was wondering is it a good guitar, and better than a pro player $1500 strat? I have a pro player and i want something a touch nicer to have, i was wanting an original 60s but i really like the roller nut, tremelo system and the locking tuners on this one, i just don't care at all for Jeff beck, i do respect his skills very much though, im buying it for blues, lil country and mainly Sothern/ Classic Rock, what do you thank about the guitar honestly? If you dont mind me asking please
I have never tried a „Pro Player“ (is that the American Professional Series?), so i can’t really tell about the difference in feel and sound. However, I have some experience with guitars and I have the feeling that this is a very good guitar, good quality parts and well put together.
Even though i really like Jeff Beck, I got this guitar purely for the specs: super reliable trem, noiseless pickups (i play with a fair amount of distortion quite often), satin neck finish (I love that), and a neck that’s just a tad meatier than the “Modern C” you get on other Fenders. Medium jumbo frets and a slightly larger fretboard radius contribute to the modern feel as well. So, it really wasn’t for the Beck connection - they could have written “Hans Meier” on the headstock and I would still have bought it.
I am sure it does what you are after really well, especially when you wanna crank up a bit for southern rock, however, for country, you might want more classic cleans. Don’t get me wrong, this guitar has excellent cleans - it’s just that the noiseless PUs with their slightly higher output are something slightly different from super vintage correct stuff, for example. But if you want a modern feeling strat that is really an allround guitar (played hard rock, jazz and blues on that on stage already), go for it!
The one i got is an American professional series yes, i see what your saying, only thing im not sure id like is the meatier C neck, i think i like a modern C neck, thats the only reason i didnt get the Clapton strat, it has a bit of a fat neck for me, i like close action and thinner necks, however im dead set on this guitar lol so i thank im going to give it whirl, i appreciate your help. Keep the videos coming, ttyl
@@countrycovers7055 Don´t get me wrong - the Beck neck isn´t a "baseball bat", it´s just a very comfortable handful, but certainly not as weird as the Clapton neck, which i really don´t like. You know, i came from Ibanez, (got a JEM, too) and Charvels, so I am (like you) used to thinner necks and low action, and the Beck was really easy to handle from day one. It´s not that much of a change. Good luck with buying, feel free to ask if you got more questions!
Thats good news, i appreciate you very much, thanks man, ill holler back
Does it sound warm and fat ? (Love lollar spécial set )Is the neck fat ? Thanks a lot
The pickups on this Strat are noiseless and (in my opinion) quite fat compared to standard (vintage) single coils. Still, i wouldn´t compare them to a standard humbucker in terms of warmth and mid-heavy grind.
I have the exact same Strat in seafoam green (yes, probably a serious case of G.A.S.), and I had Clapton´s mid boost system fitted in that - this gives you much more of a humbucker-like sound when cranked up than those noiseless single coils on their own. Also, since the circuitry is active all the time, it gives you a 3db-boost even when you don´t crank the mid boost, so the guitar gets louder just because the active circuitry is there. I have gigged both guitars several times and of course, the mid boost makes a big difference when it comes to heavier rock styles.
As for the neck, i think it´s noticeably bigger than Fender´s "Slim C-Shape"-necks. However, I think it´s wonderful to play, a nice handful, but certainly not too big (And i am a small guy, 1,70m, so my hands are no rackets). I came from Charvel and Ibanez necks and got used to the Beck Strat´s really quick. The "Slim C" i played on other guitars was nowhere as good for me, it felt like playing on a pencil.
How's the neck profile? I own a few guitars and my hands plays most comfortably in my Epiphone SG special.
It´s not a skinny neck at all, it´s a nice handful, but certainly not over the top. I don´t know the SG´s neck, of course. Gibson / Epi necks always felt more rounded, more D or even U to me than Fender´s sort of C shape necks, so I am not quite sure whether it´s possible to compare.
I would also like to point out that the Beck´s neck is lacquered in satin, which, imo, provides so much more comfort in playing the thing than sticky high-gloss lacquers found on other guitars - like many Gibsons.
0:24 the way you play that chord with tremolo bar sounds like a gospel choir singing, sweet. I'm stealing this move from you! :) nice demo.
Go ahead! :D
I really like bottleneck playing and pedal steel guitars, so I sometimes try to emulate those sounds - of course, a reliable, in-tune tremolo is an absolute must for that! However, you sure don´t steal it from me - I think i stole it somewhere, too... :D If not from JB himself.
good demo ) it's hard to make good demos
without a backing track
How is the output compared to the N3?
I can´t say, but i suppose it´s a bit higher than the N3´s. Haven´t played the N3s yet, but the Beck PUs are labelled as "hot"...
Milan_Musi True but the N3’s have AT LEAST 2x the output of the vintage noiseless and they have as much output as my PRS 57/08 humbuckers
i wonder if the trem is quite the same with the luke III
The construction is the basically the same - it is a two-point-synchronized tremolo, so the trem rests on two screws as opposed to six (like on vintage strats, for example). The guys at Ernie Ball made Lukes tremolo work really well - two point trem and locking tuners, that´s all he got, and it stays in tune really well, it´s top quality stuff like most things bearing the Ernie Ball logo (I have to say that the trem never works this well on Sterling guitars, nor on the other cheaper sub-brands of Ernie Ball).
On the Jeff Beck Strat, you also get the two point trem and the locking tuners, but also a metal nut with small rolling wheels on it, enabling the strings to move across the nut without friction as you work the trem or bend a string. They call it a "LSR"-nut, and it works really well. I use the trem a lot, sometimes just for slight alteration of the pitch, sometimes really heavily, but it stays in tune remarkably well, almost like the Floyd Rose on my Charvels or the Edge Zero on my Ibanez JEM. I am quite sure this is the best trem construction Fender has on offer right now.
@@milan_musi7044
the Beck strat can be good but there is
-no boost
-no tbx
-ceramic pickups : i think i prefer alnico pickups for funk blues
And looking for a boost +tbx, there is only the Clapton strat but all is bad to me
except the boost +tbx because
- heavy gauge strings
- trem off
- tuners are not locking tuners
- no good neck joint
-no contoured body
- Pete Townshend strat : very expensive model so not possible but great quality
- The luke III hh has a boost but ceramic pickups
- The new Fender Brewster strat has a
10 db boost
locking tuners
great design-color
but
no tbx
no alnico V but II
maple fretboard and not rosewood
the trem ?is it as good as a Beck trem? maybe or not
@@phenixreturns I am also not a big fan of the Clapton strat for the same reasons.
But then the Brewster is no competition either, because it has
- "V" neck shape - i don´t like that at all
- A string-tree on the headstock which i also don´t like as this provides yet another friction point, one more chance to put the guitar out of tune when working the trem.
- No roller nut, which, in my experience, plays an essential role in the tuning stability of the Beck strat.
So here is what i would suggest (and I am actually going to do the same thing): Get a Beck Strat and fit Clapton´s mid boost (costs about 80 Euros) in it! Yes, you have the ceramic PUs in there, but I listened to your playing in your vids and in my opinion, the Beck´s PUs would do the job for you. The Luke III is a great guitar made for one of the greatest players, but I sure wouldn´t compare it to a Strat in terms of sound - it´s just a different sounding instrument.
@@milan_musi7044 you don't like the Brewster strat?
-"Soft V" : is it bad? why?
- 9.5" to 14" Compound Radius (241 mm-355.6 mm)
Synthetic bone nut
ThE Elite Strat hss
- Compound Back Shape, Modern "C" to "D
9.5" to 14"
-Compound Radius (241 mm-355.6 mm)
-bone nut
About the tuners, the Brewster strat has locking tuners but with a vintage design (strange)
My guitar has a graphite nut (made by a luthier) and it works very well with locking tuners
he told me it was better than a roller nut
i have SPerzel tuners :great tuners
but i have hum and no sustain
i don't play very much with this strat
bending a note can be very hard if it's too long
i wonder how Clapton plays all of his bends with 10 46 gauge strings or more
A Beck strat +boost is a good idea
My fav sounds players with a strat come from Clapton, Nile Rodgers, Jeff healey for the lead tones
or Sambora too
About Healey
(his last guitar has 3 humbuckers or 6 single coils !! in the beginning he had 3 Evans pickups, i don't know if they were hot or not)
And Dary Stuermer (Phil Collins Genesis) has a great sound with his shred playing
fast licks -notes
he plays with a Clapton strat with lace sensors pickups supposed to have more harmonics than the others pickups
Can u teach me how to set a tremolo like that
The way i like my tremolo set up is floating, which is the out-of-factory standard for most trems. The Trem on the Beck-Strat that i was reviewing comes very lightly set up and slightly raised up (not "even" or totally parallel to the body), so that just the slightest pressure will alter your intonation. I guess that´s the way Beck wants it, and that´s how it´s done even on the "Artist"-Series guitars. You could achieve this by loosening the trem screws in the back (just a little bit!!!) connected to the springs, thus allowing the trem to rise up a little bit. Then of course, check intonation an string action.
Anyway, you can do lots of trem tricks with the factory-standard floating trem, if you are not too secure adjusting anything.
Ty so much i will take ur advice and do my best
@@user-rb5rs2vf9o floating so not parallel to the body , i have 3 good springs, locking tuners
good graphite nut and it does the job
there is a website with the distance in mm to the body if you look for that
Search for Frudua tremolo floating. He's from Italy and he shows how to set up a floating tremolo.