Fender Stories Collection - 1954 Eric John Virginia Strat

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Evansville Music Academy Instructor, Jon sat down with Brett to talk about the @fender Stories Collection - 1954 Eric Johnson "Virginia" Stratocaster.

The Strat Jon is playing is the '54 Virginia, modeled after one of his most prized and cherished Strats. It has a 2-Piece Offset Seam Sassafras body, with a soft "V" Neck, and a Maple Neck. 25.5" Scale Length and 12" Fingerboard Radius. The '54 strat features a Vintage-style Butt Adjust Truss Rod with DiMarzio HS-2 (Only Top-Coil Active) Bridge Pickup, an Original '57/'62 Single-Coile Strat Middle, and Neck Pickup. 5-Position Blade: Position 1. Bridge Pickup Position 2. Bridge and Middle Pickup Position 3. Middle Pickup Position 4. Middle and Neck Pickup Position 5. Neck Pickup and SSS Pick Configuration.

[robbygates]

Great video of an awesome guitar. That is off the charts good.

[GCKelloch]

The reason the bridge pickup in SC mode sounds different than a typical Strat pickup is because of the coil shape and that the lower than average Strat inductance places the resonance above the harsh 3-3.5kHz range with a typical 300~400pF cable capacitance. It also may have thinner than 42AWG wire, which reduces the Q (resonance peak) and increases the lower harmonic strength per note.

[speeddrivenrc]

Absolutely beautiful tone great job guys

[GCKelloch]

Really appealing warm hollow papery tone that Sassafras lends. Possibly the best sounding 50's style Strat I've yet heard, but do you really need a luthier to adjust your pickups?

[Tomcaster]

The tone you guys are getting on position 4 is what Brian May from Queen gets. The famous out of phase screaming tone. Try to play the Bohemian Rhapsody solo.