Guitar Center | 1 year ago
Get your own Fender Vintera II '50s Nocaster:
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Fender/Vintera-II-50s-Nocaster-Electric-Guitar-Blackguard-Blonde-1500000397309.gc
We invited musician Mason Stoops to Valentine Recording Studios in Los Angeles to try the new Fender Vintera II '50s Nocaster electric guitar on for size.
The second version of the Broadcaster and the precursor to the Telecaster, the Fender “Nocaster” was released for a short period in 1951 due to a naming issue involving Fender and Gretsch. Available in 2-Color Sunburst or Blackguard Blonde, this updated classic features a maple neck with a thick “U” profile, a 7.25-inch radiused maple fingerboard with 21 vintage tall frets, ’50s-style single-coil Tele pickups, and a vintage-style Tele bridge with brass saddles. With an old-school, twangy sound to die for, you’ll never want to say “no” to this Nocaster!
Stoops is a session guitarist in Los Angeles, and he has toured with the likes of Jackson Browne and Mumford & Sons. The spectacle-sporting six-stringer is also the curator of popular LA-based musician “meet-ups” known as “Guitaco Night” at the east-side workshop of guitar-string maker Gabriel Tenorio.
Follow Mason Stoops at: https://www.instagram.com/masonstoops
Chapters
00:00 - Intro with Mason Stoops
00:49 - The History of the Fender “Nocaster”
01:34 - Overview and Features of the Fender Vintera II ‘50s Nocaster
01:57 - Demo: Pickup Position #3 (Neck Pickup)
03:08 - Demo: Pickup Position # 1 (Bridge Pickup)
04:20 - Demo: Pickup Position #2 (Neck and Bridge Pickup) with Gain
05:28 - Mason’s Thoughts on the Tele’s Performance in Higher-Gain Situations
05:54 - Demo: Pickup Position #1 (Bridge Pickup) with Fuzz
07:30 - Mason’s Feelings on the Vintera II ‘50s Nocaster
08:04 - Outro
