Super-Strats are superb aren't they? A few extra things I should have mentioned in the video; - The Wolfie was recorded on the middle position. I didn't notice that until I was editing the video but I really liked the way it sounded so I left it. Well done to the eagle eyed viewers who noticed that! - The main takes of "Lay it Down" are doubled. The isolated guitars you hear are just a single take. - To everyone who owns and loves their Jackson/Charvel axes, they definitely belong in this conversation. Ditto Kramer. Have a great week!
@jake-gk1jy
2 жыл бұрын
I thought the green one your dad built sounded really good.
@JeffHendricks
3 жыл бұрын
This video is like asking "Which supermodel wife would you choose?" Dude, I'd take any of them. Guitars, I mean... I don't need another supermodel wife!
@mkilner
Жыл бұрын
Lol! 👏🏻👏🏻😎🎸
@leftyriffs
3 жыл бұрын
That RG550 just had “the thing”! Btw very cool editing on the quick change montage, I really liked that!
@azharkhan8796
3 жыл бұрын
The custom 5 suits it super well.
@iloveitall
2 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@Highcastle_of_Tone
3 жыл бұрын
Hamer and the Greenie for me. Both sounded like they had a bit more girth/low end to me.
@rickr7361
3 жыл бұрын
..they all sound great!, I'm an Ibanez guy and having a RG550 myself Im biased towards that. I gotta say that green guitar sounded really good at the end there...could be the attachment you have to it, but may just be a very well put together unique one of a kind sounding instrument 😉
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
Pos 2 and 4 on the Rg is so underrated too!
@bobach6083
3 жыл бұрын
Neck tap with middle is amazing. Sounds just like a strat. Then grab the boosted strat preset off ax change and you can't go wrong.
@DeathMetalGuitar
3 жыл бұрын
loved the Ibanez as well (and am a self confessed Ibanez fanboi as well❤️🔥)
@jake-gk1jy
2 жыл бұрын
I agree on the green guitar, great tone
@wolfsdenmusic9404
3 жыл бұрын
As a fellow RG550 owner, I thought I'd have to go with the Ibby...but it actually comes in 2nd to that custom green machine. That is fantastic sounding.
@andyoc
3 жыл бұрын
Very cool, the Hamer and the homemade green beast sounded the best for me
@joshvcrawford
3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. Dads, then Hamer. Good job Dad!
@richardgarcia406
3 жыл бұрын
@@joshvcrawford I concur.
@scottop1972
3 жыл бұрын
that green one is pretty killer sounding. very cool your dad made it for you!
3 жыл бұрын
I loved the ibanez and the hammer! And the strat being a strat
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's easy to forget how well strats work for just about anything
@flyonwall360
Жыл бұрын
I'm partial to the Hamer. I once owned a Hamer Chaparral Custom (the one that got away). I almost bought a Hamer Soloist with 32 frets, scalloped from the 12th fret up. My brother talked me out of it. I'd love to hear a review on the Soloist, if you can find one. They only made around 30 of them.
@outzie6182
3 жыл бұрын
this video was absolutely awesome, the jump cuts between the guitars was very eye opening
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
As i was editing it I was really surprised at the different textures each guitar was bringing. It's one thing to hear them one at a time but way different back to back
@MeTuLHeD
3 жыл бұрын
Hamer and Ibanez take the show here! Change my mind... Homemade Frankenstrat a close third.
@troyking694
3 жыл бұрын
Ok man I was drawn to the tv in the background while your talking, what was the video game being played, I was trying to figure it out. Your feeling toward the green guitar your dad made is the feeling of home no matter where you are the green guitar will alway take you home when playing
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
Assassins Creed Valhalla, my wife is playing it atm. Absolutely killer game!
@BRO77TX
3 жыл бұрын
Glad I wasn’t the only one!! 😊
@mortenroedfrederiksen3393
3 жыл бұрын
Did you ever try an early Valley Arts Pro?
@MrSpike7590
3 жыл бұрын
THE SUPER STRAT!!! I love all the different iterations of super strats. My Personal Favorite Super Strats are HSS Strats with Floyds!! As far as your guitars, Your Dads Guitar, the Fender Strat, and the Peavey Wolfgang. Your Dad's Guitar is my favorite sounding of the bunch!!
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
You get that authentic strat neck/middle pairing on HSS guitars which I love.
@greekfreak1980
3 жыл бұрын
A video about Superstrats and no Charvel San Dimas/ So-Cal & Jackson Soloist or Dinky?! SERIOUSLY?! Yeah o.k. the green one your dad build, is essentially a Charvel So-Cal, so that counts. Sounds pretty great actually. Personally, my favorite Superstrat is the ESP Horizon, specially the Horizon II. I wish they would bring back the trans blue aqua with the Duncans & quilt top, that thing was amazing.
@ExpatZ266
3 жыл бұрын
It may be confirmation bias (I usually always return to the RG570's from '90 - '92) but I thought the Ibanez sounded the best. Like I said, probably biased.
@implayingsomebass4753
3 жыл бұрын
Man the Hamer sounded awesome, but the Shrodder and Ibanez sounded sick! The Ibanez had a Petrucci/Images and Words vibe, I suppose with the Liquifire.
@DigitalViperGaming
3 жыл бұрын
Schecter Nick Johnston HSS for the win! You need to try one of those if you haven’t. Best feeling neck around. Wes
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
Those are awesome guitars, probably my favourite thing schecter have ever made
@donlee5722
3 жыл бұрын
Ibanez for the win, however, the Hamer is a very close second.
@irishRocker1
3 жыл бұрын
My thoughts were Hamer and Green Tode (🤣🤣) and I see a lot of comments agreeing. I think it's because in the mids and treble they're all similar enough but on those two you get great dynamics with the chunky low notes. The low note pedal wasn't as punchy on the others and almost lost on the shródder. Would be cool to have a Jackson soloist in there too with a jb4. Classic combo
@glennpacheco575
3 жыл бұрын
It's the hamer and the green beast killing it
@michaelangeles33
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, never underestimate the power of some of those biases! I sound of the Hamer, Todorovich, Wolfgang, and then the strat in that order. I think I would grab the hamer to be most inspired to rock out in front of an audience. Each one is certainly special in its own way though. Hate to say it but the shredder-shredder sounded kind of anemic compared to the others. You make them all sound great though 😀
@charthers8903
3 жыл бұрын
Why so many people dislike the thin Super Wizard neck of the Ibanez RG?
@courtney2018
3 жыл бұрын
I'd have to go with Ibanez, FTW! Wish PRS made a super to compete with Ibanez. They all sounded great though. Personally I'm not a big fan of that single coil sound in the bridge.
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
The new Fiore has a bit of a superstrat aesthetic IMO. Needs more desert yellow tho :p
@spodey8484
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Leon - thanks for this great video :) You've got to keep USA Hamers off the radar of the general public - can't have everyone finding out how great they are! Shhhh! ;)
@Scott__C
3 жыл бұрын
He says with a Watson as his profile pic.....
@spodey8484
3 жыл бұрын
@@Scott__C no one else knows what that is ;) they especially don’t know it’s one of 3 with a floyd!
@Scott__C
3 жыл бұрын
@@spodey8484 Good times! Mum's the word.
@donsmith5385
3 жыл бұрын
It’s really hard to beat a Dimarzio Tone Zone, those pickups Peavey made were really good too!, I had. Hamer Californian, I sold it because I didn’t like how the neck position sounded, changed out a lot of pickups, I should have just kept it and used the bridge pickup only, stuff you do when you are learning.
@Danthehorse
3 жыл бұрын
Tone Zone just have that sound, love them!
@sinisterj73
3 жыл бұрын
I think the Todorovich sounded the best to me.
@waylong25
3 жыл бұрын
Tbh, it would never be proper to play Lay It Down WITHOUT Delay and Reverb, so you know, there's that. Also, I'm sad I missed out on an old USA Hamer Diablo that this local small music shop mislabled as one of the import Diablos and had listed for 400 dollars. Unfortunately I was 14 and didn't have a job so that got scooped up before I could even CONSIDER making a move on it. Ffffuuuuu- Well done vid btw bro
@matthewearl9824
3 жыл бұрын
Aww you didn't have Charvel pro mods.....I really like the "green" guitar. It sounded so thick.
@roboravitz5572
7 ай бұрын
A ton of effects can make any sound great.like a Makeover on a " Plain Jane"
@VioletSerenade
3 жыл бұрын
That custom “Greenie” Sounded absolutely incredible, so ballsy. That one was definitely my favourite sounding out of the bunch.
@sonicaids
3 жыл бұрын
makes sense since the first "super strats" were exactly that. pieced together with random bits
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah that guitar feels like home. My Dad originally made that guitar to house a Roland GK pickup which he used it with for a while. The GK broke down and this sat around in a corner for a while until I "borrowed it" and slapped these pickups in there in my early 20's :D
@mbreinin
2 жыл бұрын
You are the only other person I have ever seen play "Lay it Down" like I do. I just cheated like that because I have small hands and playing the full bar-chord like Warren is not possible for me. I had a Californian and it was the best Super Strat I have ever owned, and I have owned a metric shit ton of them. Very cool video, I really like that Shroedder, there is an obvious Rand influence there which is unique. My favorite would be the Hamer or the guitar your dad made in terms of tone. I am curious about the Shroedder though, I was searching for a video of someone playing one and did not know you had one.
@LeonTodd
2 жыл бұрын
The Shroedder is really fun. Chunky neck and a Gibson scale on a superstrat is a nice change from something like the RG
@marcobiolcati
3 жыл бұрын
HAMER wins! Peavey, Ibanez, Greenie. 2nd place. Schroedder 3rd. The Strat, is good for other things. Well done Leon, as usual!
@stratoscorp7
5 ай бұрын
Hi Leon, I know I'm late to the party... but anyway, what's your take on the Fender HM Strat reissue? I bought one in bright white 2.5 years ago, upgraded the FR Special tremolo to a FR Original - and now it's a killer beast!!!
@jameskershaw2998
2 жыл бұрын
I usually reach for my 550 and I love it, but that Hamer sounded the best of the lot. It has some subtle extra filth going on that the others don't have.
@BackingTracksByTim
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! 🤘I love me some Superstrats!
@zoolgarudaaa
3 жыл бұрын
The Shrodder truly looks and sounds like the 80s. What an axe.
@beornthebear.8220
3 жыл бұрын
Almost 30 years ago, my wife gave me a Kramer 3000 when they were $450 and made in South Korea. It's set is a Floyd Rose, HSS with Seymore Dunkins, and is other wise very much like a Strat. I love that humbucker. I have a few other guitars, but this was my first good one, and it still whistles and screams.
@gabrielebarbaraci3161
Жыл бұрын
i always rewatch this video over and over, never change the opinion, the green and the fender are explosive, ibanez looks more like the purple one along with hamer and EVH. but the riff is amazing!!!!!!
@JamesE404
4 ай бұрын
Custom Greenie and Hamer absolutely shon with distortion. Ibanez was a close runner up with those chuggy bass tones.
@hoosierdaddy2308
2 жыл бұрын
Checking out this vid again. Great vid. Man, all of these are great. That Shroeder guitar is killer. Love that it has stainless frets and I love the reverse headstock that reminds me of an ESP m series. That all said that Green strat is bad ass. ♥️🤘 That Yellow Strat is too cool and even the color is cool. Those pickups sound too cool. ♥️🤘 My fav with distortion after listening closely is that your Green strat. Man, that Tone Zone sounds great with distortion. The yellow Strat had the best cleans I think. To me. I really love them all, but if you said I could have only one and you were going to give me one it would be the green strat your father and you built. I just dig that guitar. ♥️🤘 Be safe my friend ♥️🤘
@deluxairhead
3 жыл бұрын
Watched you clip last night and thought gee I like your old yella Strat sounded epic dude, been looking to buy a new electric but its really hard to choose and being I'm left handed its even harder to find something that rocks my world so ta speak, maybe the LP standard I played, but for $4,500 gee thats a little steep, any ideas anyone ; }
@BS-gj5ot
3 жыл бұрын
You sounded great on all of them. Guess it just comes down to what you like and how it "feels" to you.
@galingit
3 жыл бұрын
Good job, as always :) Todorovich ? Is that family name serbian or croatian? I'm from Bulgaria and here Todor is a common name, or Todorov as family name :)
@robtalos4561
2 жыл бұрын
IMHO, the Guitar your dad made sounded the best, I liked the Hamer second best, but they were all amazing!
@brianjones8432
3 жыл бұрын
Leon.... If you play that god damn riff wrong one more time I'm siccing Warren DeMartini on you. :)
@carlinleneker-frisch976
10 ай бұрын
I just picked up a 80s squire japanese guitar yesterday, what are your opinions on them, it has the tremolo too. Any upgrades i should do or just leave it as it is?
@Sodacake
3 жыл бұрын
Your dad's one sounded the best to my ears.
@hoosierdaddy2308
3 жыл бұрын
I love them all, but that Schroeder shredder really has my attention because it just looks rad, and it has a short scale. Love that. I love Schaller terms since having such a good experience with the same on my mighty reverse pointy 90 or 91 Charvel lava crackle with reverse headstock, pointy of course and one humbucker and one slanted single coil. That Ibanez is killer too. You could use that as a signaling device on boats on the ocean you can see that yellow so far away. 🤣 I guess if I could only pick one it would be the Hamburg shredder just because it looks killer and the scale length, or the yellow Ibanez, but I think I would take all of them on at least one big gig and play them all !! 🤣 Hope you're doing well my brother, and I hope hour family and friends are as well. !! Is it cool weather there now? Isn't it winter in Perth? It's like vacationing on the beaches of hell here, or in the Panamanian jungles it's so steamy and hot. Today is supposed to be 93 f. Yikes 🤣 ♥️🤟🤟♥️
@ptkelly80
2 жыл бұрын
I’m happy with my 1992 Yamaha Pacifica 821-R with the total access neck joint.
@roboravitz5572
7 ай бұрын
No guitarist excites anymore until they simultaneously start singing.and singing well.
@peterharvin2775
3 жыл бұрын
Option paralysis for me usually applies to modelers and their parameters. You may have found a totally different kind.
@makmcqueen8634
3 жыл бұрын
No Charvel but I guess your Aussie Charvel made up for it. that Hamer is lovely BTW.
@raymondsurace2575
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! What a line up...hard to rank but here goes...: 1) The Tordorovich ...sounded great, what a guitar your Dad crafted for you! 2) The Wolfgang ...very, very thick sounding 3) The Hamer ...surprisingly versatile 4) The Strat ...your Strat sounds great, not thin with distortion, very, very cool! 5) The RG550 ...solid 6) The Shrodder ...sounded very thin to me, even the bridge 'bucker
The Green home made guitar and the Hammer Californian sounded the best.
@sebrura
Жыл бұрын
Your father’s axe sounds killa! Just ordered a Tone Zone for my HM Stat.
@LeonTodd
Жыл бұрын
great choice!
@typenjw
3 жыл бұрын
I have a set of the og suhr Fletcher/Landau in my 96 strat. Never found anything better. Nice comparison man 🤘🏽
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
Definitely my fave strat pickups, MAGIC
@micklawrence2630
3 жыл бұрын
All great guitars and stunning “80s” sounds 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@marcaononymous
3 жыл бұрын
my ears tell me this: Hamer Californian > Ibanez RG > the others.
@mirekandrassy2928
3 жыл бұрын
Wolfgang or Greenee ... The most Juicy sound to me
@andrewtronca3486
3 жыл бұрын
Hamer, Ibanez and your dads guitar sounded equally good imo
@przemekb4680
3 жыл бұрын
They all sound like Leon to me 🤗 Can't hear the difference.
@edwinstovall3334
9 ай бұрын
No offense meant to you, Leon, but at my stage of the game, if I had a chance to take a stage I would really want to carry the most reliable and ready gear with me. That means I would take my Ibanez RG22B modified "cracked neck special," my Bullfighter neck-through, my Donner DST-400 and my Schecter C-1 Élite. Two fully-floating Floyds, one non-locking two-point, and one hard TOM-style bridge with stringing through the body. In my opinion, this is a small-but-worthy guitarsenal.😎
@MKRISING75
3 жыл бұрын
ATTENTION INTERNET DO NOT WORRY ABOUT MAKING A VIDEO TODAY LT WON THE INTERNET AGAIN 🤘
@seventhsealhere
3 жыл бұрын
Super Strats rock! I'd take any one those but my Wolfgang bond would be hard to break. Great example of how different guitars do inspire in different ways. I play totally different on my Les Paul than my Wolfgang or Ibanez strat. 👍
@joseabelperez9103
Жыл бұрын
awesome collection my friend ..sheers from spain
@trendpimp1
3 жыл бұрын
I suppose I'm biased, being that I've used one for 30 years, but the Hamer sounded the best to my ears. Or I suppose it's more fair to say that it had the tone that I prefer. Back when they were a true custom shop in Chicago, Hamer really were the best of the best.
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah when they closed their last shop a few years back it made me sad. Great American craftsmanship.
@trendpimp1
3 жыл бұрын
@@LeonTodd Have you tried a Suhr Modern? That's my go-to these days.
@alexandredunkelsonja8217
2 жыл бұрын
I don't knew the guitar brand Schroeder .It give me a good impression and make me some curious about it. Hamer Californian is a dream bussiness . Since I see one of kind in the hands of Wolf Hoffmann by Accept. Very looked guitars. Keepin' Rockin'.
@LeonTodd
2 жыл бұрын
Love me some Accewpt, Wolf rules!
@TheTulioChannel
3 жыл бұрын
Dude, this Hammer is phenomenal, sexiest look and coolest sound imho
@chrishumes954
3 жыл бұрын
The guitar your father made sounds the best. Rock on!
@matthewearl9824
3 жыл бұрын
I love how the nut caps on the locking nut is removed on the Hamer. lol! sooo 80's
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
Well spotted. I don't use the bar much so they're not really needed
@barry3045
3 жыл бұрын
can anyone play lay it down standing up ? ive never seen it
@Squidz66
3 жыл бұрын
So I guess what we get from this is that Axe fx makes all sound same. Ducks...
@j.w.5485
3 жыл бұрын
Really surprised how good your old Strat's single coils sounded with distortion. They held their ground pretty well.
@FabrizioPeretti
2 жыл бұрын
I actually loved the wolfgang neck pu clean!
@theystoleitfromus
Жыл бұрын
All those supers and not one with a Sustainiac?
@racheladkins6060
Жыл бұрын
I would prefer something by TNT, to me they were one of the best 80s bands, I bought Tell No Tales as a teen in the 80s. Listen to 10,000 Lovers song? Awesome guitar player, Ronni Le Tekro.
@LeonTodd
Жыл бұрын
love that album! RLT is a beast of a player and Harnell's vocals were amazing
@gabrielebarbaraci3161
Жыл бұрын
The green one is also a killer, congrats to your Dad
@cliftonwright7081
3 жыл бұрын
I’m here to fight in the comments! I love when people complain they can’t HEAR the guitar because of the tiniest bit of ambience. It’s like: OK, you’re screaming to the world from a mountain top that your ears are trash. If you can’t hear the difference between a Squire and a Custom Shop then please help yourself to the savings with all of our blessings and encouragement.
@tommywilliamsjr.697
3 жыл бұрын
I love Greenie! It really does sound a lot like that Jackson...thick, rich, and glazed with harmonics. Wait, are we talking guitars or doughnuts? Has anyone seen my ADD meds???
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
Why not both?!
@lenny3167
2 жыл бұрын
Charvel and Jackson are missing
@jessenicholson1777
3 жыл бұрын
Certified Ibanez nut here (have both an RG550 and a Floral Jem) but that Hamer sounds sooo thick. That one was tops for me. Is it mahogany?
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
I believe so!
@andrewfrazier1182
3 жыл бұрын
Ok after listening 🎶 to all the comparisons, I like your Dad's guitar 🎸 the best. Very unique sounding.
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks!
@nicktrierweiler3690
3 жыл бұрын
Great video comparison.... Really considering a Jackson Adrian Smith sdx
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
Jackson/Charvel are definitely some of the best superstrats out there.
@PainterDans
3 жыл бұрын
I think i liked the Ibanez best for the ratt song
@Dingbotz
8 ай бұрын
Hamer all the way for me. Had a lovely Californian. Sold it cheaply and then they started to rise in value.
@joecrowaz
3 жыл бұрын
For clean tone, toss all those imposters out.
@GuitarLordGR
3 жыл бұрын
Can you hit the 27th fret on the Shrodder?
@jason7524
3 жыл бұрын
I do like me some super strats!
@vicburke8479
Жыл бұрын
To my ears the PV sounded the best
@poynt99
Жыл бұрын
The green one sounds the best, hands down.
@rodneyedwards789
Жыл бұрын
I like the Hamer sound
@heaf11
3 жыл бұрын
Cool vid! In the play through of RATT, you're on the middle PU selection on the wolfgang, was that how it was recorded? I assume bridge for all the rest? I have a similar taste in axes and a wolfgang and sometimes it's as is the wolfie has a little TS loaded into it it can be so bright and hot! Still with a great spectrum of tone, but I can see why you may have recorded it in position 2? cheers :) \m/
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
I was hoping no-one was going to notice that! I didn't notice that myself until the edit but it sounded good so I left it. Totally agree about the bridge having that "boosted" quality.
@bestboy897
3 жыл бұрын
i cant believe how good the hamer sounds so open and loud, but the most 80s sounding is definitely the shredder marksman, and the ibanez comes right in between them imo, sounds like a perfect balance of the hamer and shredder
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah Shrodder definitely nailed what they set out to do, both in terms of sound and in terms of aesthetics.
@vicburke8479
Жыл бұрын
Hamer is the hammer of the gods
@draelyc
2 жыл бұрын
Love that Hamer!!! ❤️❤️❤️
@gabrielebarbaraci3161
Жыл бұрын
May God Bless Leo Fender
@SeagoGuitarist
3 жыл бұрын
Pfff next you'll be saying Slash's real name isn't Slash! 👀 That guitar your Dad made sounds ridiculous BTW! 😎They all have their qualities. The EVH has an instantly recognisable, 80s flashback (even if you weren't really there) grin your face off tone. So does the Ibanez in fairness. But they all sound solid! I am absolutely a sucker for a regular ol' strat though. Googly eye mod will also increase shredding ability by 25%! All hail 👀😆
@bobach6083
3 жыл бұрын
Can your Dad make me a guitar? 🤣 Also what's on the TV behind you?
@LeonTodd
3 жыл бұрын
How much time do you have to wait? :p Assassins Creed Valhalla!
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