Cheap $80 Stratocaster - Amplitube 2 & Cubase - Jam to Led Zeppelin No Quarter

[2009korte]

haha sounds like a fender strat. 80$? shit

[7000ironman]

damn! that guitar dont sound bad at all, man!

[sarinapaparone]

@7000ironman Thanks. As I keep saying, I wish I hadn't got rid of it.

[BnHwrd]

Dude... i am playing almost that exact same guitar at the moment. the specs basically match my guitar perfectly.

[sarinapaparone]

@BnHwrd I miss this guitar. I wish I didn't trade it now. Enjoy it!

[BluePin75]

I got a cheap Shinray which despite being light as my IQ was actually good enough for home practice (for $100)

[sarinapaparone]

@BluePin75 This guitar was definetely good enough for practice. You could probably even gig it. Almost makes me sad I got rid of it.

[laffingduck08]

Great Demo and great playing. I just bought a Fender American Special Strat with Texas Special pups, and the Johnson you are playing sounds as good as my Strat at about $700 cheaper!! Of course in this case I think the player is about 90% of the sound. Thanks for posting :)

[sarinapaparone]

@laffingduck08 Unfortunately I got rid of the Johnson but I do miss it as the pickups were exceptionally good. Thanks for watching.

[qommoq]

ITs still a big global secret , but Chinese make really goog guitars.....SX, Jonhson, .etc. They just need setting up. Putting name brand pickups helps, but often the stocker sound pretty good.

[sarinapaparone]

@qommoq I agree. Can't ask for better bang for buck.

[funguy29]

The magic is in the fingers! Good Work

[sarinapaparone]

@funguy29 Thanks.

[niekolas]

I have a cheap strat, is it good to put in a bridge humbucker because I don't have the budget at the moment to buy a good guitar what kind of humbuckers are good, I love to play punk rock and styles like that does anyone have tips

[sarinapaparone]

@niekolas Humbuckers are good but it depends on what type of music you play. For punk rock it may not be necessary to have a humbucker. If you want a humbucker then I love the sound of the Dimarzio tone zone but they are expensive. Try guitarfetish on the web for something cheaper.

[niekolas]

@sarinapaparone thanks for the tip

[guitardbucket]

I know that either Johnson owns AXL, or AXL owns Johnson, and AXL uses EMG-designed pickups, so I'm not surprised Johnson does too.

[sarinapaparone]

@guitardbucket Yeah. I noted that connection also. I wish I didn't sell this guitar coz the pickups were really good considering the overall price of the guitar.

[KJGordon05]

MIJ isn't a bad alternative if you can't afford an American Strat. That one sounds nice though.

[brdevilzyan]

hi i have also a cheap strat like that.. 100 usd but the dist cant go to the lvl of dist i want.. can i change its pick up into humbucker to distort more?

[sarinapaparone]

@brdevilzyan Yes u can. A humbucker will help for sure. But that is not always the solution. Amplitube is doing most of the work here. A small modelling amp like the Peavey Vypyr will also do the trick. Good luck.

[DiCola119]

I like the No Quarter tag in this video, anyway, I would never expect to hear something like that from an $80 guitar, obviously you know what your'e doing, I like it!

[sarinapaparone]

@DiCola119 Cheers.

[Brando2600]

AWESOME SONG CHOICE!

[davizin1]

you can make good music without spend a lot of money.

[Rozq87]

Wow, amazing playing and tone!!! Cheers

[sarinapaparone]

@Rozq87 Thanks.

[MitchRulzWorld]

you are a very talented guitarist. I wish I could play like you. How long have you been playing? I've been playing for 8 months. That's an awesome sounding guitar. It really has that thin spank of a strat.

-Mitch

[sarinapaparone]

Thanks man. I started playing more than 20 years ago but I took a break from serious playing for 15 years and took it up again last year. I still can't believe how good this guitar is for $80. Cheers.

[leaveblank]

why in the world you took a break for 15 years!? what happened ?! .. you are very talented! keep on rocking! :) and.. I have also a chinese guitar I bought it for $30 USD (Second hand) and sounds great because is mine:)

[sarinapaparone]

I got a job and I got married! I am well and truly back into it now. Thanks for the compliment.

[leaveblank]

I could be that you were married, this sux man, big time .. I am married too, and guess.. I took a break for about 10 years... amazing. anyway..... don't let the guitar go this time :)

[bucktheusa]

No shit bro...where the * did the last ten years go?

Enjoy your long (gray) hair if you wanna grow it back.

Nothing like a wife chained to your back to bitch about cranking up the amp or god forbid cracking open a cold one.

(maybe it's just me..., but GODDAMMIT MAN F*CK!)

I'm through will all the bullshit. Wish someone would have warned me.

Sighs

[sarinapaparone]

@bucktheusa Aint that the truth PS. If only I could grow back my hair.