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I am always a bit dubious when pro guitarists do videos putting one brand up against another, good guitarists imho can make any guitar sound good because we are listening to the player make the music..sorry, that all reads a bit disjointed but it’s 04.30 here and I’m trying to figure out a way not to go to work…hahaha
..Billy..
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So, Billy, did you find a way to avoid work today? 🙂
I know what you mean about pro guitarist being able make anything sound good and regardless of the guitar, they have their sound. Robben Ford is a good example, I’ve heard him play his Fender Robben Ford Signature Espirit from the 80’s, a gold top LP, he has a Epi Casino from the 60’s with mini-humbuckers and a 50ish Tele. Of course there are differences in the sound of the pickups but its Robben playing thru one of his Dumble amps. He could probably take a Squier Tele or a recent Epi LP and make it sound great.
In the case of the Strat vs the Legacy in the video that I posted, the same was true of Rob & his friend but there is a distinct difference in the tone of those 2 guitars. The Strat is a more modern tone with the noiseless pickups vs the more vintage tone of the Legacy. When Leo started to design the Legacy – or as he said, to perfect his original design of the Strat (his words, not mine), he put George Fullerton in charge of the body/neck design and they purposed to design it with the 57 Strat in mind. Leo designed the Alnico pickups, 2 point tremolo unit and the Passive Treble & Bass controls. Love that Treble & Bass tone control circuit – so much more useful than the typical 2 tone controls for the neck & middle pickup of a Strat
Have to laugh about Fender’s S1 switching circuit – that was a Leo design that he implemented first on the G&L S500 and later on the Comanche and Fender touts it as one of their great features.
Overall, I thought that Rob did justice for both guitars and it illustrated the options that are available for the players to choose from
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Keith, hope my dodge didn’t work to secure a day off work, the AC packed up in the car and I had to go earn the cost of repair..
While I agree there is a difference in the pickup sounds, there are that many combinations and makes of pickups out there that I am not too sure there is anyway to have a distinguishable sound anymore.
I have to say that I am intreagued by G&L and along with Shergold is on my list to own once I thin out the heard of guitars I have...Billy..
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