VINTAGE FENDER VS CUSTOM SHOP STRATOCASTER

The age old question... Vintage or Custom Shop Relic? We give you the scoop on our all original 64 Bootleggers Flame Stratocaster and how it stacks up to one of our favorite Custom Shop Stratocasters!

[_RLP]

Really like these custom shop vs old-school comparisons. Mostly because you guys say it the way I say it- they're both worth it and neither is there to replace the other.
Each did it's own thing, but both sounded amazing to me.
Keep it up

[DP-hnrl]

O M G that ‘64 neck pickup 🤯🤤🤤🤤
“Hey Alexa, find me a buyer for my left kidney”

[LesleyLesPaul]

The '64 is from another world !!! LES

[icemanlee]

I like the vintage one more as I know it’s vintage and it looks way cooler, but if I’m honest in a blind sound test I wouldn’t have a clue which one was vintage they both sound great

[subzero]

Just ordered my first custom shop can't wait for it to get here.

[TheUlesifah]

That old Strat is one of the most beautiful sounding Strats I’ve ever heard in my life ….. holy smokes!! Great playing too !!! Some of the better chops I’ve seen Baxter throw down !! Haha great stuff, love the channel guys!

[subzero]

That 64' was opening up a portal to bring Hendrix back... Beautiful.

[creamroller]

My '62 strat sounds like the '64. It has that chewy midrange (and no ice pick highs even with the tone knob fully open, including the bridge). Mine has the original pickups. Got it refin, player grade. The CS sounds like a great strat, but it sounds a lil bit "smaller" and more "refined". The vintage sounds like a "big" strat somewhat.

[billykhouya]

Great review, thanks for letting us hear these very expensive instruments !

[muratarslan]

The 64 is just awesome... I ever wanted a guitar that sounds like this but never found one. Maybe the best Strat i ever heard!? I could kill for her....

[hlcotten]

I’ve heard some amazing Custom Shop guitars. The craftsmanship has been amazing from A to Z, but this face off goes to the 64” Stratocaster! It took me back to hearing Hendrix and even Johnny Cash, for the first time. That sound was so crystal clear, and glassy, indeed. Even though I personally prefer the larger frets. I would simply make believe it was Summer of 64’, each time I picked her up. She’s worth the trip back in time. Simply Majestic.💎💎💎

[matthewf]

The Fender Custom Shop pickups have come a long way in recent years. They’re the best new pickups I’ve heard, especially the hand wound year specific Stratocaster pickups. I own a 57 Mary Kaye CC, 59 Journeyman “Transitional” and a 62 relic.

[hesse]

That 1964 sounds like it has got a booster built it, what a great sounding guitar!

[jayseb]

6:31 - Vintage Strat Neck
9:08 - Custom Shop Neck

7:00 - Vintage Drive
9:39 - Custom Shop Drive

A/B Both sound great - Certain frequencies pop here and there but for the difference in price? Would most possibly get a CS as I did.

[MarkBarna]

I own a 2015 Custom Shop Stratocaster 1969 by Gregg Fessler and a 2018 Custom Shop Stratocaster 1963 Fiesta Red. Both are awesome. Trems even stay in tune (mostly). Have owned all the boutique Strat brands, including James Tyler (once had three). The Fenders have the feel, the sound and the mojo. Makes you want to keep picking them up. The masterbuilts do have their own thing, whether that is worth an extra thousand bucks is an individual choice. Kind of like if an added accessory to a new car is worth it.

[bsides]

They both sound great, and you are a hell of a player!

[tricko]

Recently picked up a 2020 CS Strat w/Handwound 64’s (GT11 Dealer Select). Has some great specs but was surprised by the mid-forward character of those pickups. Took some getting used to but now loving them.

[philt]

Love your content, always great, honest discussions between you two.


Also love how Baxter was ahead of the curve having quarantine hair well before it was a thing.

[teddyboy]

Yeh that 64!! Funny how it sounds so hendrixy 60 years on but at the time jimi wasn't playing vintage strats....cool vid lads!!

[omrixeren]

both are strats, but i'm sad to say the 64 sounds better ): that chime is unbeatable, might be the best strat i've ever heard