Nice Lead 1 - have one myself - not terribly stock, though I have the original HB still, this make me want to order a new pickguard from WD music, and restore it to stock - great tone.
I keep the fat switch off.treb 6 bass 8 mid 6 master around 8 and vol up until its breaking up good. i pre that with a mem man that has an impedance mod on it so i can get more gain and overdrive. i changed the speaker to a celestion blue in my jr as well. key is the mem man
for me its a balance between the vol the master vol and the effect levels in front. everything else i keep the same pretty much all the time. The speaker makes a bit of a diff too. I have a red jr as well i keep that stock. It has a more scooped sound
I love all the lead guitars 1 2 and 3. I own a lead 2 and 2 lead 1s right now. They were made as a student guitar back in 79 to 81 and they used strat necks/parts so the quality i think is quite good.
well the pup is split and im using it as a single coil here. You have the ability to use it as a humbucker,either coil by itself as well as some phase/out phase sounds all within this one pup using the 2 switches
very good!
poplex222 2 months ago
Nice Lead 1 - have one myself - not terribly stock, though I have the original HB still, this make me want to order a new pickguard from WD music, and restore it to stock - great tone.
djd1138 1 year ago
Beautiful guitar and cover man..Where did you buy that guitar ?
wisesatyr72 1 year ago
Cool la lead
pfida 1 year ago
Would you mind sharing your Blues Jr. Settings?
erikwesley 2 years ago
I keep the fat switch off.treb 6 bass 8 mid 6 master around 8 and vol up until its breaking up good. i pre that with a mem man that has an impedance mod on it so i can get more gain and overdrive. i changed the speaker to a celestion blue in my jr as well. key is the mem man
mick3b1g 2 years ago
@mick3b1g Awesome, thanks...i was wondering about the OD because that def didn't sound like anything my BJ is capable of!
erikwesley 2 years ago
for me its a balance between the vol the master vol and the effect levels in front. everything else i keep the same pretty much all the time. The speaker makes a bit of a diff too. I have a red jr as well i keep that stock. It has a more scooped sound
mick3b1g 2 years ago
Mick - r you referring to an analogman mod to the DMM or did someone else do that for you?
muggle911 2 years ago
what do you think of the lead 1, mick?
WTig3r 2 years ago
I love all the lead guitars 1 2 and 3. I own a lead 2 and 2 lead 1s right now. They were made as a student guitar back in 79 to 81 and they used strat necks/parts so the quality i think is quite good.
mick3b1g 2 years ago
the pickups doesn't sound quite hot, even though they push up to 14 ohms.. they sound like they have more clarity than a traditional gibson humbucker
WTig3r 2 years ago
well the pup is split and im using it as a single coil here. You have the ability to use it as a humbucker,either coil by itself as well as some phase/out phase sounds all within this one pup using the 2 switches
mick3b1g 2 years ago
Nice
TheNewYorkTony 2 years ago
Interesting, had not seen a Fender lead 1 before but apparently Bono was playing one on the War tour...excellent sound Mick..thanks!
muggle911 2 years ago
0:17 wrong notes but the cover sounds amazing!! Excellent job.
U2Madrid 2 years ago
I'd Love to see a full cover of Mothers Of The Disapeared, such a beautiful song!
MrLesPaulCustom 2 years ago
Great vid once again 5/5. Also I second CapoOfficials comment of "Two Hearts Beat As One" if you could please
JamesTheEdge14 2 years ago
I'll make a new request, maybe it is more of a challenge to the awesomeness of mick...FEZ BEING BORN
stratocaster7219 2 years ago
Mick, could you possibly give a shot at two hearts beat as one?
CapoOfficial 2 years ago
Oh mick, you did my request!! I'm very proud!!
JSimoesU2 2 years ago
Hi, Very nice Lead I. Did you refinish it?
cliath64 2 years ago
@cliath64 any natural leads you see will have been refined, as fender did not offer a natural finish.
fanzappa 1 year ago
bravo Mick! j didn't know this kind of fender!is it an humbucker or what?
ciao cheers
spikelive 2 years ago
@spikelive the hb is not orig. the lead I had one single coil. lead II had 2 scs. lead III had 2 hbs. the colors were white, black, and red.
fanzappa 1 year ago
@fanzappa
thank a lot ,grazie....ciao cheers from Italy!
spikelive 1 year ago
@fanzappa actually I have a stock Lead 1 - and that is the original HB - the Lead 2 had two singles and the lead 3 had 2 HB's.
djd1138 1 year ago