Fender Stratocaster from 1954 (no reissue) presented by Vintage Guitar Oldenburg and Tobias Hoffmann

Vintage Guitar Oldenburg and Tobias Hoffmann present an original pre production Fender Stratocaster from August 1954 .
The guitar shown was played through a Fender Deluxe Reverb from 1978 and recorded with a Shure SM57 (right) and a Sennheiser 409 (left) . The backing tracks were recorded into a Fame Twin Looper on the same instrument right before the recording of each video. A Red Panda Tensor was used for additional loops and sounds. Overdrive Sounds come from a Vemuram Jan Ray and the Greer Amps Lightspeed as booster.
Tobias Hoffmann is a award winning guitar player from cologne, germany. He combines the sounds of Jazz, Blues, Rock, Surf and some experimental stuff. Check him out:

[bnxlmkr]

Came for the guitar and stayed for the guitar player. Amazing!

[Tonetwisters]

In 1959, I started learning guitar on my brother's electric archtop Harmony. He traded that for a 1960 Jazzmaster, which I jumped on with both big feet. Christmas of 1963, my just-divorced and BROKE, father, gave me my very first guitar ... a 1954 Stratocaster. I too, have one of these wonderful silverfaced Deluxe Reverbs (a 1977). I put in a blackface-sized OT and made a few other changes, but that amp is INCREDIBLE! Just like this one. I must say, whatever reverb this gentleman is running through, is quite spectacular!

[fabienares]

Magic gear for a magic player. Simply beautiful!

[thebreakfastmenu]

Tobias really seems to bond with the vintage Strats the most.

[gerazoltan]

this man doesn't care what he plays, he's fantastic

[kasparcody]

That is seriously some of the most insane guitar playing I have heard. Just wow!!! The Strat sounds nice too

[richardelson]

Everything is just absolutely wonderful here. Thank you.

[sirstashalot]

This is my favorite Tobias jam. Such beautiful playing and phrasing! Love albatross! I'm off to listen to Peter Green now

[vincegrattan]

This is so good it deserves millions of views

[keith.loves.lasagna]

I don't think I've heard a tone that I like more. Always been a Strat guy especially at the neck pickup. This vintage Strat really outshine current production.

[Rich]

Had a 1994 Reissue of a ‘54 Strat. A Limited Edition model. One of 1994 made of them. I had put a set of Van Zandt True Vintage pickups in it.
At the time I was playing it though a ‘69 Dlx Rvb with a Jensen Alnico spkr. I’ll be darned if it didn’t sound like this one here.
Only one thing, I certainly didn’t have the skills that Tobias here has presented.
The only guitar I ever regreted selling 😢

[TheBigbrizzle]

This is the best vintage guitar and amp demo channel on YouTube in my humble opinion

[ulfphilipowski]

Sehr geehrter Herr Hoffmann,
jetzt sitze ich schon wieder seit Stunden vor dem Rechner und höre Ihnen zu anstatt meine eigenen, bescheidenen Fähigkeiten an der Gitarre zu verbessern. Und ich bereue keine Sekunde! Sie machen das grossartig und bereichern Ihre Zuhörer immens. Sowohl mit Ihrem Spiel als auch mit Ihrer Persönlichkeit / Mimik. Das macht einfach grossen Spass und wenn ich noch mal eine Gitarre brauche fahre ich gerne vom Rheinland nach Oldenburg um mich bei Vintage Guitar umzusehen. Bitte Weiter so!
mfG
Ulf Philipowski

[TheMarcosgomes]

Incredible playing, heaven fender tone! Just amazing!

[JD-rvsf]

This is all I want to do. Get good and sit in my room playing alone like this.

[danielcgomez]

I have a '76 Deluxe Reverb that sounds just like this one! Fantastic playing!

[a-tribute-tomk]

just brilliant playing & beautiful touch to the whammy bar... 👌

[rsilva]

Great guitar, great player, no talking, ... just a lot of great tone and a guy that knows his way around the fretboard and that guitar!

[farko]

soooo
A so great guitar must be played just with a little reverb and with magic hands

[robertbrown]

Oh well ! Great playing and touch on such a classic song and guitar !