tonymckenziecom | 1 decade ago

Part 2 of my complete Fender Stratocaster custom build video of the Strat from Mr Leo Fender. These videos (for the Mark I Strat i.e. this one) extend for well over 1.5 hours of instructions and tips. This part two is approximately 30 minutes.

Part ONE: http://youtu.be/sjrh6mRasjk
Part TWO: http://youtu.be/zU82uu1LBTE
Part THREE: http://youtu.be/VE__TNBhlqw
PLAYED 1: http://youtu.be/FL4TXg3gcXY
PLAYED 2: http://youtu.be/SFvTbnOwCHg

Everything except the body, scratch plate and pickups is genuine Fender FMIC but just the pickups alone are not Fender Licensed... so you could say that this is a FENDER guitar in almost every way... It's just that the pickups are BETTER than the Fender stuff. Fitted pickups on this Strat are David White pickups from 1994.

David sadly died some time ago so there will be no more - but he left a legacy that no one has really addressed to this day - if ever you see some for sale... just buy them!

However, this is a Strat the likes of which you have never seen before - and I show you EXACTLY how to build your Strat - you know - the one they DON'T make.


This Strat turned out to be a really great guitar and whether you play blues, rock or anything else you can be sure that this guitar will hack it.

So why not make one like I show you here? Don't know what to do? Frightened at the prospects?

This video is the SECOND in a series of THREE plus a video teaser showing this guitar in action (but also in video PART THREE you can listen to the Strat with differing musical tastes and styles showing exactly how this guitar sounds) rather than the rock stuff played in the teaser video. I used a JTM45 and an Engl E670 as well as some short takes with a Boss eBand.

I am also building a MARK II Fender Stratocaster which in fact knocks the socks off this one in a number of ways, but you will have to wait a short while for that one (the bank is complaining) but all I can say is that if you watch video three somewhere near the middle I do show you a pic of the body and the neck for that guitar is shown in these videos too.


And don't forget to visit my main site www.tonymckenzie.com for reviews of masses of amps, guitars, effects etc. Real reviews (I buy everything I review) without the bullshit from dealers, manufacturers or any others.

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