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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: https://www.long-mcquade.com/110647
05:41 Player Clean Demo
06:00 Player Series Overview
07:25 Player Pickups Demo
• More Player Strats: https://bit.ly/3R7RVsP

➤ Player Special Editions, Limited Models and L&M Exclusives: https://bit.ly/3sULz86
11:01 Player Humbucker Demo

➤ Player Plus: https://www.long-mcquade.com/249526
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: https://bit.ly/48krhnB

➤ Vintera II: https://www.long-mcquade.com/342501
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: https://bit.ly/3R9fMrP

➤ Vintera Modified: https://www.long-mcquade.com/145680
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: https://bit.ly/3R9fMrP

➤ Tom Delonge Signature: https://www.long-mcquade.com/341101
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: https://www.long-mcquade.com/267066
➤ JV Modified '60s: https://www.long-mcquade.com/267061
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: https://www.long-mcquade.com/298636
30:24 Aerodyne Special Drive Demo
30:43 Aerodyne Special Series Overview
32:42 Aerodyne Special Clean Demo
• More Aerodyne Special Strats: https://bit.ly/3Guy3uM

➤ American Performer: https://www.long-mcquade.com/122528
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: https://bit.ly/46LBzvD

➤ American Professional: https://www.long-mcquade.com/209504
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: https://www.long-mcquade.com/338786
41:55 Am Pro with Roasted Pine Body: https://www.long-mcquade.com/209556
42:41 Am Pro vs Am Pro vs Am Pro Clean Demo
• More American Professional II Strats: https://bit.ly/3NdPtQl

➤ American Ultra: https://www.long-mcquade.com/157208
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: https://bit.ly/49X7r38

➤ American Ultra Luxe: https://www.long-mcquade.com/218879
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: https://bit.ly/3Nzs6kv

➤ American Vintage: https://www.long-mcquade.com/297876
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: https://bit.ly/3Nzs6kv

➤ Left-Handed Strats: https://bit.ly/3RpLHps
53:55 For the Southpaws

➤ Custom Shop: https://bit.ly/3Gqseyy
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? 👂🎸🤔    • 9 Strats - Can you hear the differenc...  

Other gear used in this video:
➤ Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb: https://www.long-mcquade.com/148760
➤ Fender Hammertone Overdrive pedal: https://www.long-mcquade.com/266976
➤ Zoom H6 recorder: https://www.long-mcquade.com/185700
➤ Sennheiser EW 112P lavalier microphone: https://www.long-mcquade.com/111871
➤ Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun microphone: https://www.long-mcquade.com/101656
➤ Shure SM57 dynamic microphone: https://www.long-mcquade.com/1092

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