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Yo, it's Tyler Bryant from Tyler Bryant and the Shakedown,
and I'm here checking out this Fender American original 50s Stratocaster.
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So we are going to see what it does.
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So as far as the neck is concerned on this guy, we've got a soft V maple fingerboard.
And unlike the original 50s Strats, this has a 9.5 inch radius,
which makes it a little bit easier to play.
You can definitely feel the difference whenever
you start to play a little faster, it's good for
shredding, and making chords and stuff.
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So one of the things you'll notice about this guitar is it's obviously based off of
a 50 Strat, and it's got 59 style pickups in it.
Which I feel right at home on this,
because one of my main guitars at home is an original.
And so when I took the pickups out to look at them, they were 59s.
Fender's kind of updated them, and so it's a nod to the past, but
it lives here in the present.
And I think about some of the great players that played 50 Strats,
like Buddy Holly or Buddy Guy.
And when I think about that, I'm thinking about this bridge pickup,
playing right back by the bridge, getting the-
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Or that really jangly like in-between tone.
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That kind of thing as well as the neck pick up beef.
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So, it's got the classic thing, it's in the new, a new shell, and
it's sounds good.
It's true to the original, which I prefer,
and yeah, this is a sweet axe.
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So when I was a kid I would go watch guys like Anson Funderburgh,
who's this legendary Texas blues guy player, or Buddy Guy, or
see videos of Stevie Ray Vaughan, or just any of the legendary Strat guys.
Like even someone, like some of Jeff Beck's old Strats.
And you would always see some of the wear, like where their arms were, or
where the picks went.
And I remember rubbing my guitar across the driveway trying
to get scratches on it and stuff, but it was coated in polyurethane.
And it's a lot harder to get through the finish,
and also the wood doesn't breathe quite as well.
So, this guitar has a nitrocellulose finish on it,
and it's like, what I love about nitro is that
the guitar will kind of age with you as you age with the guitar.
And so over time, it starts to show your character, and I just love that.
I'm such a fan of Strats with
nitrocellulose finishes,
Aztec gold too,
what about it [LAUGH].
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So another thing I want to point out about this guitar is, it's got the vintage style
hardware from the saddles, to the tuners, to even the contour.
It's true to form as it would've been in the 50s.
And like, if I get a new Strat, the first thing I'm going to do,
if it doesn't have these tuners on it, is I'm going to put those on there.
And the next thing I'm going to do, is I'm going to put these saddles on there.
I just prefer the way they feel, I'm used to it.
There are other great designs out there, but this is how it was in the 50s,
when the Strat started to take off and
all of those iconic players started changing everything with this instrument.
So, it's kind of one of those, if it ain't broke don't fix it situations for me.
And, this is how I prefer a Strat to feel.
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So there you have it, this is the American Original 50s Stratocaster.
Stay tuned here for more videos.
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