The Ultimate Boomer Guitar vs. The Ultimate Millennial Guitar

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00:00 Intro
01:16 1963 Fender Stratocaster
03:05 Ad Break
03:36 Strandberg Boden NX7+
08:53 Comparison
12:36 Outro

[mfmartinez]

The ultimate boomer guitar is a heavy Les Paul with PAFs and a headstock that's been repaired at least 2 times.

[retread]

5:14 FUN FACTS:

Although the early Stratocasters had a 3-position switch, it was possible to have 5 different pickup selections. Those switches have make-before-break contacts, so by placing the lever between the bridge and middle positions, you could get the bridge pickup in parallel with the middle pickup. Likewise, you could get the neck pickup in parallel with the middle pickup. The selector switch is mechanically unstable in those intermediate positions, so players would often use a toothpick or matchstick wedged between the lever and the pickguard to hold it in position to use these desirable selections.

This practice became popular and eventually Leo had the switch manufactures produce a variant of those 3-position switches that had 2 additional detents which made those intermediate positions stable. Thus the 5-position Stratocaster switch was born.

Your '63 Stratocaster IS capable of 5 different selections but it will require a modification (a toothpick) to access 2 of those selections. Although some vintage purists may disagree, I believe the age of the toothpick is irrelevant.

[mtus]

I have to admit, of all the guitar players on YouTube that I follow, I didn't think you would be so open minded about new tech put on guitars considering the vintage lover that you are, but I am pleasantly surprised.

Kudos to you, I really enjoyed watching this video all the way through.

[tusharjamwal]

Note, the fishmans do NOT run passive. They always need a battery. The "passive voicing" emulates the dynamic response of PAF like pickups. It's not actually working passively.

[nafspark]

I love how Sammy G's ideas of cool things to do with the low B string consist entirely of just occasionally hitting it to let the open B drone out.

[mathiashellere]

My Strandberg Original NX 8 is the best guitar purchase I've ever done. It's just so nice to play in every way, that I've barely used any of my 6 strings now, for a year.

[IndieMerchantSam]

I have only ever played one Strandberg, but it was fantastic, I definitely want one at some point. The weird neck made playing upper extended voicings super satisfying, especially 9th chords

[Johnkiernanmusic]

I love how even measured your review here is. Both guitars are great, but I feel you reflected them as best as possible. Great review!

[LonkinPork]

That chord comparison at 8:45 is truly surreal. You can hear a difference in the "wobble" underneath the sound, similar to when you're tuning an instrument to a reference pitch. Not the sort of thing that's easy to pick up on without hearing them back to back like that.

[TheLarsonite]

This is Gen X erasure. But we already know the ultimate Gen X guitar is a Fender Jazzmaster.

[poser_disposer]

I always appreciate that sammy only does ads for his own courses. It's refreshing seeing a different ad on videos, and really shows that he believes in himself and what he has to offer. I've considered buying one of the courses many times, some day i certainly will when i have enough time to utilize it.

[oldgoat]

So I'm gonna say this as a piano tuner that knows how to tune equal temperament by ear as well as many other historical temperaments and wants to try to help set the record straight on what true tempered frets actually do.
"True temperament" frets are still in equal temperament, they are compensating for an issue that is inherent in strings called inharmonicity rather than an issue with the tuning system. Inharmonicity is a phenomenon where strings do not vibrate for the entire speaking length (scale length) of the string, the very ends of the speaking length are rigid (on open strings, this is at the nut and the bridge saddle), which causes the actual pitch of the note produced to be higher than what it should be. Oddly enough this is undetectable by most tuning machines but not by human ears. What the true tempered frets help do is account for the rigidity of the strings.
Also for clarity, I support manufacturers putting these kinds of things in, it gives us an additional way as musicians to express music, I just find that the people who market it leave that part out, and I'm a gigantic nerd who thinks it's really interesting

[TheStrykerProject]

I so appreciate Sammy G's videos. Informational, but not infomercials; entertaining, funny, and upbeat; and the in-video breaks are about his own products instead of Raid Shadow Legends or Better Health. Bravo, Sammy! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[jackbootshamangaming]

I am waiting for my Strandberg Boden NX7 Standard to arrive, I can't wait.

[mj]

Man I so want a strandberg. It's the ultimate ergonomic guitar. The cutaway so you can play on your lap and classical. No headstock that bangs on walls or furnitures, The neck that's shaped so it guides your hand, no hefty shoulders that blocks your palm I mean that's genius. I'm sure it feels weird at first but it is the ultimate comfy guitar that does it all. I have an Ibanez AZ prestige right now which I fing is a good mix of modern and classical, but I keep thinking it's not versatile enough and too big for my small apartment
Of course if a build a collection one day it'll have one strat and one gibson because they look so good and are history.

[rosekennedy]

I play a Strandberg Original NX8, which is similar to the one you showed in this video. Not only is it the best playing guitar I've ever played and the most comfortable I've ever played, it has an incredible versatility tone wise. I can use it to play jazz, rock, funk, metal, and anything else I want. It's shocking how well it fuses with other instruments, given how outlandish it looks and how strange it can feel to play for someone new to that guitar world. It was my dream guitar, and I play it almost exclusively.

[ShallieDragon]

I've been considering a Strandberg for an 8-string. I've played a couple 8-strings in recent memory, and the Strandberg is by far the most comfortable one. I have very small hands, and the Strandberg is the only one that didn't feel like I was trying to fret a surfboard. The narrower neck profile around the edges is just so much easier to fit my hands around. Plus, it weighs a LOT less than other 8-strings (which are already massive, because of the added fretboard size). So I think it'll probably be my next guitar. I won't be GETTING one anytime soon (I recently got a new guitar already, and I am going to have a hard time justifying the $2k+ price tag), but I can dream.

[michaeltravis]

As a gen X'er (born in 73), I find myself split between these two offerings. I currently own a vintage tele and a Strandberg. While the tele gives me loads of inspiration and allows me to dial in the tones of my guitar heros, the Strandberg forces me to play as my own artist and has helped me refine my technique/ I prefer the Strandberg (overall) if forced to choose only one.

[martel]

Modern guitarist view: I’ll buy a guitar released last year, based on a novel design from the last 20 years. I’ll use that guitar, along with whatever modern forms of sound generation I can get my hands on to have the broadest musical palette.

Traditional guitarist view: I'll buy a replica of a 60s Strat, based in turn on a design released in 1954, because (for example) David Gilmour had a ‘69 Strat. I’ll pair that with a valve/tube amp and keep my signal chain simple by modern standards. That’ll make me like Gilmour!

David Gilmour in 1970, when he got his Black Strat: I’ll buy a guitar released last year, based on a novel design from the last 20 years. I’ll use that guitar, along with whatever modern forms of sound generation I can get my hands on to have the broadest musical palette.

Traditionalists tend to preserve everything about the greatness of the heyday of guitar-focused music, except the stuff that actually matters.

[guitariffic]

The most boomer guitar is the les paul. Strat is a classic design but a lot of modern guitarists use strat esp. neo soul, funk, players.