1971 FENDER TWIN USA 70'S STRATOCASTER

[ironweeds]

awesome song dude I remember seeing this video a couple of years back. And that twin/strat of yours sounds amazing! Im actually going to pick a twin up in two weeks. Do you mind telling me what speakers you're using?

Cheers

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[TheHabit00]

great tone!

[fhpr68]

We have 2 very jealous people!

[B2Rockin]

really really cool video!! Thanks!! Looking into purchasing one of these. Does the quality stand up on the americans? Thanks!

[Himynameisreece1]

Americans are great if you can grab one cheap, buying on at rrp is like cutting your balls off

[NathanJackLouttit]

jsut got a american vintage 70s strat its brillent

[czesio12323]

great!! please send me your settings and please tell me are these 11 or 10 strings?

[briziofazer]

This is not a tone, this is a Dream!!!!

[stratdem]

the 2007 highway one sss strats remind me very much

of the early 1970's strats.

[yngwierhoads1989]

how long have u had these dude? love the guitar btw, it just looks great



[astronorm111]

Nice tone...Vintage rules.

[mrprogjazzgto]

Tone TONE TONE...!!

SOOOOOOOO SWEEEEEEEET..!

Nice Pickin..!

[geetar05217]

judging by your playing, you would sound good through any amp or guitar combo!

[weavzy]

thanks brother

[LiVeXb0X]

The mexican has a very similar sound to this guitar, beautiful and a step above whatever the standard is offering.

[LiVeXb0X]

Don't be a name chaser.

Mexicans are about as good as americans.

[NathanJackLouttit]

i agree but their r differences that can sway a purchase like pick ups and the grades of wood used

[adddywalters]

sounds amazing man !!!

[LesPaulRockerProduct]

how do you tell if a strat is american cause i dont want to spend 1200 and find out its a mexican made or japan made

plz help

[weavzy]

the usa one has 1 string tree. the mex has 2.

[Chipadychuck]

@weavzy not really, I have an american 2 string trees strat ;)

[LiVeXb0X]

@LesPaulRockerProduct

It'll say on the back of the guitar

[LesPaulRockerProduct]

will it actually say made in america or

mia

[LiVeXb0X]

@LesPaulRockerProduct

It will say on the back of the neck either=

Made in America

or

made in Mexico

or

Made in japan.

The best tone wise is American or Mexican, feel and build quality goes between Japanese and American and bang for your buck goes with Mexican.

I'd recommend Mexican because you get a very good tone and the price is right. Japanese are good but rare I recommend e bay. They are cheaper than Americans however.

In all fairness buy whichever one want to get. I'd get a mexican

[LesPaulRockerProduct]

thanks im gonna go with an american one thanks for your help

[LiVeXb0X]

@LesPaulRockerProduct

No problem.

[hafstrat]

nice...

[ScooBeeDooBeeDoo]

SRV > Lenny...way cool ! I bought my original Fender Twin Amp (1972) for $125.00. I bought a 1964 (PreCBS ) princeton for $50.00. And 2 70s Champ Amps for 50 bucks apiece. this is before the markup of the 1990s....BTW...Great sound ! -thanks !!!

[davedoggy]

are the pickups on that guitar the original ones that came with it? im getting ready to go buy an american 70s reissiue.and, an 65 deluxe reverb amp hope it sounds as nice as your setup. also, i agree with you a bit on stevie ray. robin trower was another jimi inspired guitarist too i still like listening to him too.

[weavzy]

at the time of this recording, yes they were the originals. i have put cs 69's in them since. but the pick ups it came with do sound lovley. i have put them in my 68 reissue strat. that guitar came with texas specials. they are truly horrible pick ups.

[Alberto6143]

Don't you think the new fingerboard's radius (9.5, instead of the old 7.25) is better for string benddings, and overall easier playing?

[weavzy]

ihave no idea what you are talking about. i dont know what the radius is. and i dont know if i've ever noticed any impact a certain radius would have.

[Alberto6143]

Fingerboard radius is the fingerboard curve. Higher radius number, the flatter fingerboard is. For instance:

vintage strat ---- 7.25''

modern strat --- 9.50

gibson sg ------- 12''

[TMMSfanCLUB]

my strats all have 9.5" radius and they fret out too. I really dont see a difference between 7.25" and 9.5". i guess you can tell with the 12'' radius on a gibson but they have a smaller scale neck. i like the feel of a big fat ol' strat or tele neck in my hand over anything else.

[Alberto6143]

You like the old fat strat neck probably because you have big hands, don't you?

Maybe I'm wrong, but think gibson guitars are easier to play than fender's. But the strat body is lighter, and much more confortable to hold on.

[TMMSfanCLUB]

@Alberto6143 yeah, i do have have larger hands. plus there's nothing like the neck pickup on a strat. i like strats cause not only are they incredibly versatile from the factory but you can make them even more so with mods. i've had humbuckers in the neck and bridge with a single in the middle for a while. now i have one in the bridge with 2 singles. i might go to 3 singles next time.. maybe 3 mini humbuckers. maybe a couple P90s. maybe a tele bridge pickup and a tv jones in the neck.

[TMMSfanCLUB]

@Alberto6143 ya know what? i've played 7.25 radius guitars and they're just as easy to play and bend on as 9.5 fingerboards. however, i really notice a difference when i play one with a 12''+ radius.

[hogger129]

i have a '71 american standard fender strat. black w/ black pickguard.

[DalonMaxFonFon]

Best tone ever .... i loooooove it !!!!

Great playing by the way

[peterm3964]

I want some FENDER grill cloth flares . !!!!

[SteamBoatBilly]

Christlike.

[Silencer84]

That riff he plays at 2:10 is something i've been searching for a long time. What is it that you play?

[weavzy]

its srv's lenny. i'm not a big srv fan, but i dont mind some of his instrumentals.

[kosta224]

well in case you were an SRV fan...youve basically got the same guitar as him ;)

just scratch and burn it up a bit...put some reflective stickers on it...and you're set!

good playing my friend!

[Craig122593]

and you need a dark african rosewood fretboard, not maple for that strat

[weavzy]

i dont really like srv. i think he is over rated. i much prefer maple necks. more brighter sound and as they age, they look much nicer.

[Craig122593]

how is he overrated? personally i think he is the best guitar player to ever walk on this earth and jimi hendrix is the most overrated ever

[weavzy]

srv wouldnt have a sound or style if it wasnt for jimi hendrix. jimi wrote the book. srv read a chapter and made a career out of it. jimi was a master at playing, song writing and guitar tones. srv was a master at imitation, an average song writer and had only one guitar tone. srv became lost and confused when ever he deviated from the 12 bar format. jimi hendrix reinvented the sound and style of electric guitar playing. srv made a living off covers and mimickry. thats my opinion.

[Justinj27]

I thought i was the only strat player that did not care for str or the legion of vaghnabes out there ,now days every time some one plays a strat they play the same generic blues.

[wheelchairRetard]

i damn near gizzed my pants.

I want one.

[weavzy]

well clean yourself up my friend, and go get one. they are awsome. it makes me jizz a lot too. i call it the jizzocaster.

[fartsallot]

Excellent tone. Best I've heard on You tube so far.

I bet there's a Amp, guiatr, and a Cord! Ha!

Blow them away !

[GuitarForMusic]

SRV's Lenny playn there? :)

[stevierayvirus2]

Twin's tone is really transparent. Great tone!!

[mattchurchill]

Great.Nice vid man, thanks for posting.

[osvallejo]

I Have an Original 70's Start with the black cover, but I got it all disarmed & with out the original sunburst colour.

I painted it Organic Blue & changed the cover 4 a white one.

Put the volume, tone control & picks are Black, so the combination is amazing, all the other stuff is original even the Pickups!!!!

Visit my channel & check It... It's name is Blue

It's my Fender Signature Stratocaster Model

Vang's Strat Signature

[juliots]

Awesome man!!

Did u r strat came with the center black???

(knobs,tremolo...)

[weavzy]

no. i put the black stuff on myself. i recon it looks heaps cooler.

[juliots]

I Know i want to do that on my strat too : )

[juliots]

but u had too change the pickups,knobs and all the others things??like u change ur pickup for a black pickup

[weavzy]

i changed all the white plastic ware on the guitar to black. pickup covers, knobs ect.

[SteamBoatBilly]

what size of string do u use?

[weavzy]

10-42.

[Thmscr]

As soon as i have a new tube amp yeah :P

It's an olympic white,rosewood neck. Those U-shaped necks feel great. Really good for blues.Congrats for your gear. Good taste and good playing too ;)

[Thmscr]

Great :) I have the same guitar as a reissue, rosewood neck and it's great because i was set on a 60's reissue and always came back to the 70's model. Now i know that with a twin reverb it should sound quite good...

[weavzy]

betta put a video of it up man!

[Thmscr]

great sound! no harsh and piercing highs with bridge pickup on that amp with that guitar? Just to know...

[weavzy]

all sounds sweet to me.

[JacoMetalKiss]

fantastic!

[doufeel]

Your playing reminds me of Love Scene from Zabriskie Point by Jerry Garcia/.!!

[weavzy]

i've never heard that. i'll have to look it up...i hope its a compliment...!

[doufeel]

turn off the snare

;P

[weavzy]

nah, the snares not on. its the sound on my digital camera distorting. i have to find a better way to record sound...i have one, but i am a very lazy man.

[skatebueno123]

how come this neck doesnt say "with shrincronized tremolo" or whatever. mine doesnt either i just dont know the difference

[weavzy]

'with synchrinzed tremolo' is only written on the 68 and 69 reissue stratocasters.

[TheEmoEmoEmo]

hey! do u know if its the 1-piece diecast-tremolo og steel tremolo?

[weavzy]

this is a 2006 usa reissue strat. not to sure what the bridge is made of. have you got your new strat yet?

[TheEmoEmoEmo]

no not yet, im waiting for it =)

[TheEmoEmoEmo]

ive done some research and im quiter sure its a steel block tremolo. :=), i think they give a better sound than the diecast ones

[Cortexused]

great playing, i like that

[weavzy]

thanks man. this is my favorite guitar.

[littlejimi91]

ehi dude how much is this kind of guitar

[weavzy]

it was $3800 australian dollars.

[littlejimi91]

how much is in american dollars??

[weavzy]

i have no idea.

[shlfty]

2,360.75

[taltreitel]

oh and another thing: the 70's head stock is so awsome!!! And: does a strat sound strati through a marshall too? i got a marshall and a gibson les paul and the sound is so heavy yeah!!!!but im considering buying a strat... and what do u think about a strat with a humbucker in the bridge position?

[weavzy]

i love the big headstock stratocasters. they are my fave. i play my strats thru a marshall on stage all the time. but the do sound a lot different thru a marshal than something with humbuckers. i have agibson sg too. the strat will not be as heavy sounding as a humbucking guitar, but i find it is a lot more flexible tone when say, running a fuzz box on top of an already distorted marshall amp. with humbuckers, sometimes that can get to heavy and botom out, but a strat can handle it muckh better.

[taltreitel]

and i have another Q: in a les paul guitar u can change the strings height right? can u do this on a strat? in a les paul u got the stopbar tail pice and the tuneomatic bridge u can adjust but in a strat?

[weavzy]

it is very easy to ajust individual string hiegt on a strat. the all have six saddles on the bridge that can easily be ajusted.

[taltreitel]

man nice tone. might u be an SRV fan?

[weavzy]

to be honest, not really. i cant handel to much stevie. i like some of his instrumentals, but when i listen to his songs i find my self fast forwarding to the solo. his voice doesnt agree with my ears. Jimi is the man.

[taltreitel]

... o o... well, jimi is really the man but i dont understand u: u like his instrumentals but u dont like his other songs? i mean y? in his non instrumentals he fills every little second with awsome notes...

[weavzy]

i just feel that the only good thing about stevie ray v was his guitar playing. now, this is just my opinion but, i feel that anyone could have wrote a lot of stevie ray s songs. they are predominatley 12 bar blues songs and covers. his guitar playing was his only strength. and this obviously shines thru best on his instrumentals. Jimi was a masterful guitar player and song writer and open to all sorts of musical experimentation. srv is just a derivative of a very small part of jimi's technique.

[TheEmoEmoEmo]

yea i think the same way, he might have been a god player, but his writning skills where not special

[stempaapia]

are u using stock pickups?

[weavzy]

yep! they sound awsome. I'd never change the pickups this baby came with. amazing natural compression. I dont know if it is the pick ups or the nitro paint that make this thing sound so good. apparantly nitropaint makes a guitars tone a lot better than the thick polywhatever they coat them in now.

[shlfty]

what are settings you are using ? volume etc ?

I haven't had chance to play mine loud enough yet to get the proper sound haha

[weavzy]

i always play with every thing set close to 4. vol treb bass mid reverb all around four.

[blueblackred11]

Silver Face amps don't suck...the word is out!!

nice sounds boss!

[weavzy]

nah mate. They dont suck at all. Silver face all the way with me!

[LosTempus]

Beautiful

[ironweeds]

fucking awesome tone and playing dude, i have a twin reissue, doesn't sound nearly as good as yours though.

put some more videos up dude!

[Marcoshary]

What are the specs of the neck? Is it like the 62 C chunky neck or is it slimmer? Thanks

[weavzy]

it has a beautiful big chunky neck. never compared it to a 62 c tho.

[Marcoshary]

Nice video!

[stempaapia]

hey , you are the guy who where on the "defenders of the faith" page, in Guitar World ,right?

[weavzy]

yep. i was in it around christmas time.

[stempaapia]

Amazing played bro, it takes me to anothe level, im thinking about buying a 70' ressiue strat, can u recoment it?

[weavzy]

i couldnt recomend it high enuf. i love this guitar. i want to be buried with it.

[jaysengsr]

little bit of Lenny in there? nice. i was looking for a good representation of a silverface Twin since i'm getting ready to buy my buddy's 68 Twin w/ blackface mods, and i think i just found it.

[aleschep]

bautifoull (i don't know much inglish :P jeje)

10 point!

[Thomas1330]

really good work.....hats off man..send me please tabs or chords, it´s realy, realy beautyfull

[weavzy]

i made it all up on the spot. just hit record and improvised. couldnt even tell ya what i was doing in most of it.

[1987ian]

awesome guitar, awesome sound, 5 stars!

[slowpokerhino]

I have a 1966 Twin and there is absolutely nothing that compares to plugging my Strat straight in. Awesome tone! Thanks for the video.

[robloveshannah]

b e a utiful.

[bighigg42]

I'm about to get a Fender 1971 Twin! This only makes me want one more! Right now I play through a HotRod Deville, but I'm looking for a richer more vintage sound, and this sounds great!

[weavzy]

i love mine. it;s had a few mods but its all fender tone!

[1987ian]

love your guitar,great sounding strat.take care of it.-love the coiled cable!

[weavzy]

i try to take care of it but the nitro finish chips of so easily. its already starting to look 'reliced' unfortunately.

[raulin]

Amazing tone and amazing playing! Those 'shark finn' neck heads are my alltime favourite... I think I'll get some of those 70's reissues sometime soon!

Congratulations for your amp, your guitar and your playing!

[weavzy]

do it. get one. thety are awsome.

[alehome]

Hey kid, with this tone you really moved me!

[weavzy]

thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it.

[Xgffr]

I'm pretty sure i will buy this one. I'm just hesitating between olympic white (just like Jimi :) ) and sunburst (yours is really nice, with the black pickguard this is better). Thanks for this little demo, great sound ! And great pictures too !

and, for shout3000, it costs 1299 $ US (i'm french but i'm gonna buy it in the US 'cos in France that costs twice the price, don't know why)

[weavzy]

i honestly love this guitar. i had originally orderd a black one (just like jimi's Band of Gypsys strat coz i already got a white 68 reissue) but at the last moment i had the thought of sunburst with the black plastic ware. its a rare combo in the maple necks, but i think the pictures tell the story.

[Nothernlight47]

Yeah i love the tone so much of this strat. I'm planning on getting one.

Is it an ash body (cause i know that the 3sb and natural finish are ash body) ?

Thank you for sharing : best tone ever over youtube !

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

[weavzy]

it's swamp ash actually. it's a little heavier than normal ash. i like a guitar with a bit of weight in it. it feels like a weapon. glad you like it mate.

[Nothernlight47]

Thank you bro ! I get confused because on fender website they mention ash while on some website it says swamp ash :(

[Nothernlight47]

Thank you bro ! I get confused because on fender website they say it's ash while on other websites or reviews some people say they are swamp ash :s

[shout3000]

how much does an american strat cost now a days?

[weavzy]

no to sure. there are so many types of american strats. this is an american vintage 70's reissue and it cost me 3700 australian dollars.

[jisatsulol]

oh wow...gorgeous sounding. Absolutely amazing =)

[metz420]

what settings do you use on your Twin Reverb?

[weavzy]

pretty much every thing set to 4 - treb mid bass reverb and vol.

[tytyyytyty]

Has she been repainted or touched up or anything?

[weavzy]

all i've done to this guitar is put the black scratch plate and pick up covers on it. just coz i though it would looke cooler. everything else on this baby is stock. glad you like it.

[tytyyytyty]

Yeah that is about as cool as it gets, and that thing is in flawless condition

[tytyyytyty]

That guitar is freaking beautiful, ...so perfect. The music too, ....  real nice

[motorkalo2008]

Your playing sounds so amazing and your stuff is worth of it. The clinking and warm sound from a combination of Strat and Twin Reverb is my dream tone. Next year I'm going to buy the Fender '65 Deluxe Reverb RI which is also as good as yours Twin.

[weavzy]

remember though, a new amp, no matter what it is, will take a month or two of solid playing before it is broken in. i've had knew amps before and initialy been disapointed with the sterile tone. the speakers take a while to loosen up a bit. but if you stick with it and match it with a nice strat, you will be rewarded.

[weavzy]

i paid 2900 australian dollars for the guitar about a year ago and i scored the amp for 2500 australian dollars about 5 months ago. i got lots of gear, but these 2 items i could not live with out.

[californiaguitar]

Beautifull,tone how much it set you back? Although it sure was worth it.