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Which Fender Strat should you buy? Justin Waterfield from Long & McQuade Toronto compares every Fender Stratocaster model in the 2023 lineup to help you pick the best guitar for you. 00:00 Intro 01:14 What makes a Stratocaster a Stratocaster? 03:16 What are we talking about today? 03:59 The 2023 Fender Stratocaster Lineup 05:09 Signal Chain 05:40 Player 07:09 Strat Electronics Overview 10:08 Player Series Special Editions 12:18 Player Plus 16:56 Vintera II 20:03 Vintera Modified 23:45 Artist Models 26:20 JV Modified 30:24 Aerodyne Special 33:09 American Performer 38:05 American Professional 43:53 American Ultra 48:03 American Ultra Luxe 50:45 American Vintage 53:55 Left-Handed Strats 54:23 Custom Shop 59:11 Justin’s Strat 1:00:13 Modularity and Customization 1:01:43 Outro & Sign-off ➤ Player: 05:41 Player Clean Demo 06:00 Player Series Overview 07:25 Player Pickups Demo • More Player Strats: ➤ Player Special Editions, Limited Models and L&M Exclusives: 11:01 Player Humbucker Demo ➤ Player Plus: 12:18 Player Plus Drive Demo 12:35 Player Plus Series Overview 14:03 What are locking tuners? 14:44 What are noiseless pickups? 15:26 Player Plus Clean Demo • More Player Plus Strats: ➤ Vintera II: 16:56 Vintera II Drive Demo 17:31 Vintera II Series Overview 18:39 Rosewood vs Pau Ferro 19:26 Vintera II Clean Demo • More Vintera II Strats: ➤ Vintera Modified: 20:03 Vintera Modified Drive Demo 20:33 Vintera Modified Series Overview 21:47 What is an S-1 switch? 22:41 Vintera I vs Vintera II 23:07 Vintera Modified Clean Demo • More Vintera Modified Strats: ➤ Tom Delonge Signature: 23:44 Tom Delonge Signature Drive Demo 24:12 Artist Series Overview 25:01 Tom Delonge Signature Overview 25:46 Let’s hear some more grind ➤ JV Modified ’50s: ➤ JV Modified ’60s: 26:20 JV Modified Drive Demo 26:36 JV Modified Series Overview 28:00 What is a V-shaped neck? 29:48 JV Modified Clean Demo ➤ Aerodyne Special: 30:24 Aerodyne Special Drive Demo 30:43 Aerodyne Special Series Overview 32:42 Aerodyne Special Clean Demo • More Aerodyne Special Strats: ➤ American Performer: 33:09 American Performer Drive Demo 33:32 American Performer Series Overview 35:36 What is the Greasebucket Tone Circuit? 37:28 American Performer Clean Demo More American Performer Strats: ➤ American Professional: 38:05 American Professional Drive Demo 38:43 American Professional Series Overview 39:49 What is a treble bleed? 40:56 Am Pro with Rosewood Neck: 41:55 Am Pro with Roasted Pine Body: 42:41 Am Pro vs Am Pro vs Am Pro Clean Demo • More American Professional II Strats: ➤ American Ultra: 43:52 American Ultra Drive Demo 44:11 American Ultra Series Overview 45:04 What is a compound radius fingerboard? 46:14 What is a No-Load tone control? 47:28 American Ultra Clean Demo • More American Ultra Strats: ➤ American Ultra Luxe: 48:03 American Ultra Luxe Drive Demo 48:26 American Ultra Luxe Series Overview 49:55 Ultra vs Ultra Luxe Clean Demo • More American Ultra Luxe Strats: ➤ American Vintage: 50:45 American Vintage 51:08 American Vintage Drive Demo 51:26 American Vintage Series Overview 53:19 American Vintage Clean Demo • More American Vintage Strats: ➤ Left-Handed Strats: 53:55 For the Southpaws ➤ Custom Shop: 54:22 Custom Shop Dual P-90 Journeyman Relic 56:22 Custom Shop Fat ’50s Strat Relic 56:49 The vintage Strat experience for mere mortals Can you hear the difference? 👂🎸🤔 #shorts Other gear used in this video: ➤ Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb: ➤ Fender Hammertone Overdrive pedal: ➤ Zoom H6 recorder: ➤ Sennheiser EW 112P lavalier microphone: ➤ Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun microphone: ➤ Shure SM57 dynamic microphone: #longandmcquade #fender #fenderstrat #stratocaster