FENDER STRATOCASTER 1968 REISSUE WITH CUSTOM SHOP 69 PICKUPS

[angrypecker]

nectarguru...........YES

[markr01000]

I have one of these. Mine is a heavy relic sunburst.

The 1/4 sawn neck rings and projects extremely well and the hand wound Abbies are the best Fender single coils I've heard.

I wouldn't sell my 68 Custom Shop for $20K.

[PetersRockinTheWorld]

It's begging for some Yngwie...



[AirTrio]

Really good sound :-)

[stratbreizh29]

sweet tone!!!!!!!!

[kweerb8]

i thought i wanted these but I'm beginning to hear that they sound kind of, idk plasticy almost. thats the best way I can describe it.

[kweerb8]

i read in a few places that these are the closest you can get to the john mayer sig strat pickups without paying out the ass to some douche on ebay selling for $600. would you agree, or know anything about it?

[weavzy]

no idea mate,.

[catfishanthony]

that guitar is pure perfection very nice my friend

[Fennoscandie]

Great stuff! How much does a beauty like this cost? does left handed version exist?

[fezzard]

is this the same year model that jimi hendrix used in woodstock??

[PANICBLADE]

@fezzard hendrix used a 65 at woodstock

[weavzy]

@PANICBLADE hendrix used a 68 strat at woodstock

[coughlintm]

What are you using for a wah?

[weavzy]

vox wah.

[164jord]

Nice song! :D You Look like you"ve just stolen jimis strat from the1969 woodstock festival! So nice

[Stehendrix]

I really like this song..;D

[nectarguru]

Is it normal for a guitar to give you an erection?

[weavzy]

only this particular guitar

[spider5001]

Sweet =D Just curious... which is your favorite? the 68 or 70's strat? Like if you could only have one of them which would you keep?

[weavzy]

thats like asking me to choose between my left and right testicle.... the 70's. just. its got a heaps thicker neck. i like that.

[SRV1DOORS1HENDRIX1]

I trying to get a SRV tone but not be a carbon copy.I want his tone as my basis to build on.would you recommend these instead of texas specials?Any other suggestions please let me know.

[weavzy]

i dont know to much about srv but i do know that tex specs sound like shit.

[Jaws5519]

LOL!! "Give me a keg of beer"!! Gotta love Teen Wolf

[weavzy]

man, i'm impressed. i recorded this afew years ago and you are the first person to pick up on that. l feel like i should give you a prize or something! nice one man...

[klingman308]

Sweet guitar dude. I hope to get myself a Fender someday when I can afford it...But anyway, I was wondering, I have a strat with a bridge that doesnt move with the trem arm, do you know how to make it move? Thanks

[garbeaj]

I have an original 1968 Strat in Olympic White (now Yellow),exactly the instrument this is trying to copy...Very nice job. What happened to the tremolo arm?

[weavzy]

the trem arm is fine. why do you ask? i'd love to see a vid of your 68.

[garbeaj]

It looks like it has a metal tip in the pictures...The original tremolo arms were almost totally straight. I broke mine off in the block when years ago and my guitar technician got it out,but I have had to use the later replacement tremolo arms that are slightly bent...Does yours actually have the white plastic tip and the pictures are fooling me? I might get one of these to play in public since my original is worth a little over $10,000 the last time I checked the Vintage Guitar Buyer's Guide:)

[weavzy]

i used to snap standard fender trem arms all the time. this is made of chrome plated  bell brass. had it for 3 years and ithasnt even bent in the slightest. i'm not kiddin man, before igot this, iwas snapping about 3 or 4 a year.ell spotted brother.

[garbeaj]

By the way...my original can be dated either a '68 or '69 according to the serial number-from what I can tell it is a '68

[weavzy]

is yours a maple neck. they are quite rare for that period. i'd love to see a video of it.

[garbeaj]

I don't have any video equipment...I've never posted a video online before. It is a maple neck,Olympic White originally which became a dark yellow from 30 years of cigarrettes and age...I stopped snapping the bars when I really worked with my technicians to set it up the way I like it. I use 4 springs and only two screws for the bridge-just the top and bottom screws. I cut the tops of the other screws and used epoxy to glue them over the holes in the bridge...Works perfectly!

[catfishanthony]

i have a 60's jap strat love it so much i sold my 90's american strat they kick some serious but and mine still has stock pickups by the way gorgeus guitar!

[weavzy]

yeah they are wonderfully made guitars. but i i couldn't handle the texas special pickus. they were too damn hot.

[stratdenice]

Gorgeous strat, man !

[weavzy]

yeah, i love it. dont let the made in japan fool you. this thing is awsome.

[SmellsLikeNirvanaaa]

badass

[9reasy5am]

really? flatwound strings? what kind of stuff do you play?

[Bluebuthappy182]

flatwound are usually for Jazz aren't they? Give you a mellower sound and don't give you that scratchy noise that you can get when moving around the fretboard

[9reasy5am]

to me, they sound like shit for blues.

[weavzy]

to me, it all sounds like nit picking, when compared to what the blues came from. do you think robert johnson gave a 2 nobs of goat shit how his strings were wound? just play what you got. the feeling is in you, not what strings are on your guitar. i dont even know what the fuck flatwound is. a string is a string. the blues is the blues.

[9reasy5am]

so you don't use them?

[weavzy]

i use guitar strings. i dont know how they are wound and i dont really care.

[DangerousBastard]

Excellent point weavzy... Dig the Strat too, sounds amazing! Good stuff!

[YARBLES1969]

This is an MIJ '68 reissue, right? I have a Fender Custom Shop '69 relic reissue in vintage white (sick color) and it's INSANELY nice but I also a MIJ '68 reissue in black maple. The MIJ, I have to admit, is very well made and is in par or better than a lot of the regular Fender factory stuff. If the finish were nitro or a tad thinner it would be as good as a USA strat (if it had better pots). The pups are decent but I swapped 'em for Dimarzio Area 58, Pro 54 and virtual solo. A Callaham bridge

[weavzy]

yeah its a mij 68. my dream guitar is the 69 maple neck in black tho. yeah these 68's are beautifuly made, but i just wish the neck was a bit thicker. i have big hands. i put usa 70's pick ups in this and i put the 69s in my 70's usa strat, coz thats my main strat and these pick ups sound so awsome.

[AcDc109]

Fenders are awsomes

[SpaceDuck9]

I sure like to have a second strat that looks just like yours, so that one of them will use 10's and the other will use 11's with a different tuning. I'm curious on how your strats are wired? There is a lot of talk on what caps to use on the neck tone control? 0.1uf, 0.047uf, or 0.022uf?

[weavzy]

i have no idea what a cap is.

[SpaceDuck9]

Oh okay. Just a couple of hours ago, I've just rewired my Highway One Strat. The CS69 pups are still on backorder and it may still be that way for awhile. There are a few websites that may have them in stock, but most I've seen are still listed as backorder. I went ahead and rewired by replacing the greasebucket circuit and use only only capacitor, and that is the 0.047uf. It plays great. The rewiring was a bitch but now future modification will become easier.

[SpaceDuck9]

I'm beginining to understand more about the greasebucket circuit. now because I can hear some differences. I still don't understand the hype about the phrase, "roll off the highs without adding bass". I just think the greasebucket circuit just makes the guitar sound sweeter. Nothing bad about that, but once I have changed it, I don't want to go back.

[SpaceDuck9]

I got a good recomendation for those who want to rewire their Highway One Strat: Have plenty of 1st strings to run simple test. I've wasted a whole new set of pure nickel strings when I found out I wired it wrong.

[SpaceDuck9]

I did a typo. I've used only one capacitor and rewired to a more standard type of strat. I've been at this for a month and I finally went and did it. Strat parts are still plenty and affordable. If I goof up, no big deal. Strats are made to Hot Rod.

[weavzy]

mate, i dont know anything about rolloff or grease bucket or circuts 0.47 uf. all i know is how to play guitar. i can change strings and set action, but all that other shit is like another language to me. i think you shouldnt worry to much about your capasitors and other shit like that and just play your intsrument. just let you guitar make music. all the capaistors in the world wont make you a better player...unless they are some kind of finger steriod...

[SpaceDuck9]

I've know what you mean weavzy. It's the internet's fault. I've shouldn't have bothered to learn all about the guitars history and how they evolved and why they are different, but I've couldn't affored to trust the salesperson and be happy not knowing that there are better guitars and better deals and what to look for. I would rather waste my time on researching than to have "buyers remorse". I'm just old fashion guy. It's like wanting a car with a better engine.

[MyManDan]

what exactly is this greasebucket tone circuit you speak of?

[SpaceDuck9]

There is a YouTube video that introduces the Fender new Highway One Upgrade.

It explains what the greasebucket circuitry is. It's really made up of two capacitors and a resistor on both tone controls, and I don't like them.

Here it is: Fender Highway One guitars

owner: mumugeeber

[Alexi162]

hahaha =]

[StratApple]

Nice, i got one 68 RI strat myself, a nice guitar indeed, tho the stock pickups don't really do the trick

[weavzy]

yeha the stocks where horrible, i bought 69's cs for it. but i just recently put them in my 70's strat and the 70's strat pups into this one.

[jaysucks312]

its $249.99

for a set of three...it's kind of hard to find in stores near ME but iunno about you. GREAT pickups though. it's really worth your investment. :) hope this helps

[GuitarThrill]

god I love your stratocasters :) i'll probably go first for the MIM ones, I don't have nearly enough money for americans....and great playing,sound, all that funky,blusey,hendrix,wah stuff :)

[weavzy]

its a beautiful thing.

[theboywhocantollie]

how much for 1 neck pickup

[weavzy]

10 million dollars.

[theboywhocantollie]

funny guy

[weavzy]

i have no idea. they come in sets of three.

[mcobigfun]

Beautifull sound ! Cool....... : )

[Paisley29]

What kind of overdrive are you using?

It sounds like a very light fuzz.

[weavzy]

i really cant remember. i recorded this about 4 years ago and i used to smoke A LOT of weed! especialy during the the time i recorded this. it might have been a fuzz face. or it might have been a boss ds-1. or something else. damn my pot smoking past!!

[TheEmoEmoEmo]

hey, are u only using neck pickup here?

[weavzy]

yeah. i think so. i recorded it a long time ago.

[glennish1972]

boring cuntreek.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz­zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[weavzy]

i watched your video, and i must admit...you are awsome - but, you seem to lack humility somewhat...

[marc12marc]

the decal looks wrong on the head...

[weavzy]

yeah all the jap 68's are like that...a bit askew, and without the tiny writting underneath it. still love it tho!

[marc12marc]

it IS a beauty, no doubt. I'm looking for one myself. too bad they off centeres the little decal underneath. I guess it was to set it aprt from USA series ?

[weavzy]

dont know what the reasoning behind it is. not many people notice it. it wouldnt take much for them to fix. i found it very annoying at first but like i said - its a sweet guitar. i;ll get a 69 custom shop reissue one day. they have the correct decal....oneday...

[TheEmoEmoEmo]

god i love it, u can hear by the first guitar note that its u playing =), what bass are u using?

[TheEmoEmoEmo]

anyway i got my new 68 ri and i love it =)

[weavzy]

good to hear you got it. hurry up and put a video of it on youtube. there aint enuff big headstock strats on youtube. we gotta unite, brother!!!

[butterp7]

Beautiful..I have a reissue with the big headstock on it and the 69 Fender Custom Pickups and it sounds like butter. I find with strats you have to modify them according to what you like and how you like it. Thanks for posting. I'm putting 69 P/Ups in my lefty strat as well.

[weavzy]

yeah strats are the best and so easy to modify to you own needs. i'd like to see a video of yours man.

[JackFieldBand]

Your guitar looks great! nothing beats the big headstock!

[ES7Mike]

Great Sound!!! do you play with high or low action?

[weavzy]

i like it reasonably high, but nothing to absurd.

[weavzy]

i would recomend them to anyone who wants a classic and versitile strat tone.

[weavzy]

they are awsom pick ups and they seem to be appearing more in fender custom shop guitars!

[Cortexused]

hey man, that's a 72, the keys on the 68 are oval, just like Jimi's one at Woodstock, i have a 68.

[Cortexused]

hey i'm wrong, there's not the screw on the head for the freatboard like the 72. Maybe you changed the keys...

[weavzy]

no to sure about the shape of the keys. i've never changed them. but it definatley a 68. its got a 4 bolt neck, one string tree, no bullet truss rod and the "synchronised tremolo" writing under the fender logo. the 72doesnt have any of these.

[Cortexused]

yep, it's strange for the keys, i wanted a 68 because of that, and others tings. I never saw a 68 with these keys

[weavzy]

i just looked at the video of you lefty. you say that it is 20 years old. the 68 has had afew changes in 20 years, the logo was fifferent for a while too. maybe the keys are different now. mines pretty new.

[Cortexused]

yeah maybe

[TheEmoEmoEmo]

yea thats right, just look at the logo of ur strat, i guess i have the "transition" logo, not like this guitars logo =)

[Scoobydur]

Hi, is it japan or USA model ?

[weavzy]

its japan.

[Scoobydur]

Thanks weavzy, beautiful guitar, sound great ! I would have mine in 10 days! Best regards.

[weavzy]

better put a video of it up! theres not enough big headstock strats on youtube!!!

[TheEmoEmoEmo]

im getting a 68 reissue, how old is this, it seems like the finish is yellowing a bit, im getting min in black ofc =)

[weavzy]

its only a couple of years old. but it was a real nice color when i got it. make sure to put up a video fo your when you get it!

[joehhh]

Hey weavzy, what equipment did you use to record this? Thanks

[weavzy]

fender twin, boss ds-1, vox wah, a cheap bass, drum machine and a boss digital 10 track recorder.

[TheEmoEmoEmo]

awsome, thanks for the video, from where did u by this axe?

[weavzy]

ebay. there is some for sale on there now i think.

[TheEarthBlues]

How much was this guitar?

Thanks.

[weavzy]

about $1200 australian dollars

[ftele]

~Man what a beauty...you make it sound so good too...good luck with her....~~