Chords for Fender Custom Shop Postmodern Stratocaster® Demo | Fender
Tempo:
89.85 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
Em
G
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [A]
[E]
[Em] [G]
[E] Hi, this is Mike Lewis.
I'm with the Fender Custom Shop.
[G] I'm here to talk about the 2015 collection [E]
postmodern Stratocaster today.
So what we have here, [G] when you look at it, it looks like a basic [A] Stratocaster.
But there's a lot of different things going on here.
So what we've done is we've taken some of the greatest features of Stratocasters [E] over
the years, picked the ones that we feel fit together well in a single instrument.
Some are old features, [Em] some are new features, completely new.
So to start with, [E] nice Stratocaster body here, but with extreme [Bm]
contours on the back and the top.
[A] So that right there fits right in your body.
It's very, very comfortable [Em] to hold.
It's an ash body, very lightweight.
So the ash body has a very nice full range sound.
Warm lows, sweet mid-range.
[E]
It's a very pretty sounding guitar.
It can also get pretty growly when you turn it up.
[B] [E]
Now the pickups in this guitar are the Custom Shop Fat 60s.
Based on a 60s style pickup, but they're overwhelmed.
So as you can hear, they're very full and fat sounding.
[B] [E]
That's the neck pickup, and here's the middle [B] pickup.
[A]
[E] And the [F#m] bridge pickup,
[F#] [E] [A]
[B] pretty powerful.
In between settings, the middle pickup is wound backwards so that when you put it in
the second position, the hum goes [E] away.
So in the fourth position.
[Em]
[E]
Now this guitar has a unique wiring scheme where the neck and the middle pickup have
one tone control together.
[Bm] The bridge pickup has its [E] own tone control.
Typically, it's the other way around.
Now also, the volume control has a circuit called the tone saver.
This is a unique treble bleed which completely saves your tone.
Meaning when you turn down the volume control, you don't lose any highs or
you don't lose any lows.
Typical treble bleeds will artificially decrease the lows and boost the highs.
And it sounds kind of artificial.
Where this has a natural,
[G] basically the same tone,
regardless of where your volume is set.
This is a guitar player's dream.
OK, now the neck.
We have a compound radius here.
So 9 and 1 1 inches here, 12 inches here.
So it's about 10 inches in the middle.
And the 9 and 1 1 inch radius is rounder, so it's comfortable for chord playing.
[Gm] [G]
Down here.
And then the flatter radius up here is very comfortable for [D] lead playing.
[D#]
You don't get any choking or anything like that.
Now on the back, the heel is contoured.
OK, very subtle.
Which when you're playing up here in the higher registers,
your palm fits right in there.
It's very, very comfortable.
You don't have this pointy thing sticking in your hand there.
And also this neck has a round lamp fingerboard.
The round lamp fingerboard came in the early 60s
and lasted on through into the 70s.
And it's basically a thinner piece of rosewood
that's round laminated onto the neck.
Now I think it was an unintended feature,
but the round lamp fingerboard does allow a little bit more growl in the sound,
because there's actually more neck versus fingerboard.
And then finally, the machine heads, they're staggered.
And they get lower as they go towards the first string,
providing more angle over the nut here,
removing the need for a string tree.
Now the string tree is great, but sometimes it adds friction
when you use the tremolo bar or if you bend the strings.
And the fact that it's not there, you get better tuning stability.
This particular one has the new Journeyman Relic finish on it,
which is kind of like used but not abused.
Not a whole lot of wear on it, but it does have some finish checking
and some very friendly dings here through the wood
as if you kind of bumped into the edge of the table or something like that
or hit the ceiling fan with it in your house.
But it's pretty straight ahead.
They're going pretty good.
They sound good.
[Em] They look good.
And we love them.
[A] [C#m] [E] [Em]
[E]
[Em] [G]
[E] Hi, this is Mike Lewis.
I'm with the Fender Custom Shop.
[G] I'm here to talk about the 2015 collection [E]
postmodern Stratocaster today.
So what we have here, [G] when you look at it, it looks like a basic [A] Stratocaster.
But there's a lot of different things going on here.
So what we've done is we've taken some of the greatest features of Stratocasters [E] over
the years, picked the ones that we feel fit together well in a single instrument.
Some are old features, [Em] some are new features, completely new.
So to start with, [E] nice Stratocaster body here, but with extreme [Bm]
contours on the back and the top.
[A] So that right there fits right in your body.
It's very, very comfortable [Em] to hold.
It's an ash body, very lightweight.
So the ash body has a very nice full range sound.
Warm lows, sweet mid-range.
[E]
It's a very pretty sounding guitar.
It can also get pretty growly when you turn it up.
[B] [E]
Now the pickups in this guitar are the Custom Shop Fat 60s.
Based on a 60s style pickup, but they're overwhelmed.
So as you can hear, they're very full and fat sounding.
[B] [E]
That's the neck pickup, and here's the middle [B] pickup.
[A]
[E] And the [F#m] bridge pickup,
[F#] [E] [A]
[B] pretty powerful.
In between settings, the middle pickup is wound backwards so that when you put it in
the second position, the hum goes [E] away.
So in the fourth position.
[Em]
[E]
Now this guitar has a unique wiring scheme where the neck and the middle pickup have
one tone control together.
[Bm] The bridge pickup has its [E] own tone control.
Typically, it's the other way around.
Now also, the volume control has a circuit called the tone saver.
This is a unique treble bleed which completely saves your tone.
Meaning when you turn down the volume control, you don't lose any highs or
you don't lose any lows.
Typical treble bleeds will artificially decrease the lows and boost the highs.
And it sounds kind of artificial.
Where this has a natural,
[G] basically the same tone,
regardless of where your volume is set.
This is a guitar player's dream.
OK, now the neck.
We have a compound radius here.
So 9 and 1 1 inches here, 12 inches here.
So it's about 10 inches in the middle.
And the 9 and 1 1 inch radius is rounder, so it's comfortable for chord playing.
[Gm] [G]
Down here.
And then the flatter radius up here is very comfortable for [D] lead playing.
[D#]
You don't get any choking or anything like that.
Now on the back, the heel is contoured.
OK, very subtle.
Which when you're playing up here in the higher registers,
your palm fits right in there.
It's very, very comfortable.
You don't have this pointy thing sticking in your hand there.
And also this neck has a round lamp fingerboard.
The round lamp fingerboard came in the early 60s
and lasted on through into the 70s.
And it's basically a thinner piece of rosewood
that's round laminated onto the neck.
Now I think it was an unintended feature,
but the round lamp fingerboard does allow a little bit more growl in the sound,
because there's actually more neck versus fingerboard.
And then finally, the machine heads, they're staggered.
And they get lower as they go towards the first string,
providing more angle over the nut here,
removing the need for a string tree.
Now the string tree is great, but sometimes it adds friction
when you use the tremolo bar or if you bend the strings.
And the fact that it's not there, you get better tuning stability.
This particular one has the new Journeyman Relic finish on it,
which is kind of like used but not abused.
Not a whole lot of wear on it, but it does have some finish checking
and some very friendly dings here through the wood
as if you kind of bumped into the edge of the table or something like that
or hit the ceiling fan with it in your house.
But it's pretty straight ahead.
They're going pretty good.
They sound good.
[Em] They look good.
And we love them.
[A] [C#m] [E] [Em]
Key:
E
A
Em
G
B
E
A
Em
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ Hi, this is Mike Lewis.
I'm with the Fender Custom Shop.
[G] I'm here to talk about the 2015 collection [E]
postmodern Stratocaster today.
So what we have here, [G] when you look at it, it looks like a basic [A] Stratocaster.
But there's a lot of different things going on here.
So what we've done is we've taken some of the greatest features of Stratocasters [E] over
the years, picked the ones that we feel fit together well in a single instrument.
Some are old features, [Em] some are new features, completely new.
So to start with, [E] nice Stratocaster body here, but with extreme [Bm]
contours on the back and the top.
[A] So that right there fits right in your body.
It's very, very comfortable [Em] to hold.
It's an ash body, very lightweight.
So the ash body has a very nice full range sound.
Warm lows, sweet mid-range.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's a very pretty sounding guitar.
It can also get pretty growly when you turn it up.
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ Now the pickups in this guitar are the Custom Shop Fat 60s.
Based on a 60s style pickup, but they're overwhelmed.
So as you can hear, they're very full and fat sounding.
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ That's the neck pickup, and here's the middle [B] pickup. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ And the [F#m] bridge pickup, _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ pretty powerful.
In between settings, the middle pickup is wound backwards so that when you put it in
the second position, the hum goes [E] away. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So in the fourth position.
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ Now this guitar has a unique wiring scheme where the neck and the middle pickup have
one tone control together. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] The bridge pickup has its [E] own tone control. _ _ _ _
_ _ Typically, it's the other way around.
Now also, the volume control has a circuit called the tone saver.
This is a unique treble bleed which completely saves your tone.
Meaning when you turn down the volume control, you don't lose any highs or
you don't lose any lows.
Typical treble bleeds will artificially decrease the lows and boost the highs.
And it sounds kind of artificial.
Where this has a natural, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] basically the same tone,
regardless of where your volume is set.
This is a guitar player's dream.
OK, now the neck.
We have a compound radius here.
So 9 and 1 1 inches here, 12 inches here.
So it's about 10 inches in the middle.
And the 9 and 1 1 inch radius is rounder, so it's comfortable for chord playing.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _
_ Down here.
And then the flatter radius up here is very comfortable for [D] lead playing.
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
You don't get any choking or anything like that.
Now on the back, the heel is contoured.
_ OK, very subtle.
Which when you're playing up here in the higher registers,
your palm fits right in there.
It's very, very comfortable.
You don't have this pointy thing sticking in your hand there.
And also this neck has a round lamp fingerboard.
The round lamp fingerboard came in the early 60s
and lasted on through into the 70s.
And it's basically a thinner piece of rosewood
that's round laminated onto the neck.
Now I think it was an unintended feature,
but the round lamp fingerboard does allow a little bit more growl in the sound,
because there's actually more neck versus fingerboard.
And then finally, the machine heads, they're staggered.
And they get lower as they go towards the first string,
providing more angle over the nut here,
removing the need for a string tree.
Now the string tree is great, but sometimes it adds friction
when you use the tremolo bar or if you bend the strings.
And the fact that it's not there, you get better tuning stability.
This particular one has the new Journeyman Relic finish on it,
which is kind of like used but not abused.
Not a whole lot of wear on it, but it does have some finish checking
and some very friendly dings here through the wood
as if you kind of bumped into the edge of the table or something like that
or hit the ceiling fan with it in your house.
But it's pretty straight ahead.
They're going pretty good.
They sound good.
[Em] They look good.
And we love them.
_ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ Hi, this is Mike Lewis.
I'm with the Fender Custom Shop.
[G] I'm here to talk about the 2015 collection [E]
postmodern Stratocaster today.
So what we have here, [G] when you look at it, it looks like a basic [A] Stratocaster.
But there's a lot of different things going on here.
So what we've done is we've taken some of the greatest features of Stratocasters [E] over
the years, picked the ones that we feel fit together well in a single instrument.
Some are old features, [Em] some are new features, completely new.
So to start with, [E] nice Stratocaster body here, but with extreme [Bm]
contours on the back and the top.
[A] So that right there fits right in your body.
It's very, very comfortable [Em] to hold.
It's an ash body, very lightweight.
So the ash body has a very nice full range sound.
Warm lows, sweet mid-range.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's a very pretty sounding guitar.
It can also get pretty growly when you turn it up.
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ Now the pickups in this guitar are the Custom Shop Fat 60s.
Based on a 60s style pickup, but they're overwhelmed.
So as you can hear, they're very full and fat sounding.
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ That's the neck pickup, and here's the middle [B] pickup. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ And the [F#m] bridge pickup, _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ pretty powerful.
In between settings, the middle pickup is wound backwards so that when you put it in
the second position, the hum goes [E] away. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ So in the fourth position.
[Em] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ Now this guitar has a unique wiring scheme where the neck and the middle pickup have
one tone control together. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] The bridge pickup has its [E] own tone control. _ _ _ _
_ _ Typically, it's the other way around.
Now also, the volume control has a circuit called the tone saver.
This is a unique treble bleed which completely saves your tone.
Meaning when you turn down the volume control, you don't lose any highs or
you don't lose any lows.
Typical treble bleeds will artificially decrease the lows and boost the highs.
And it sounds kind of artificial.
Where this has a natural, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] basically the same tone,
regardless of where your volume is set.
This is a guitar player's dream.
OK, now the neck.
We have a compound radius here.
So 9 and 1 1 inches here, 12 inches here.
So it's about 10 inches in the middle.
And the 9 and 1 1 inch radius is rounder, so it's comfortable for chord playing.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _
_ Down here.
And then the flatter radius up here is very comfortable for [D] lead playing.
_ _ _ [D#] _ _ _
You don't get any choking or anything like that.
Now on the back, the heel is contoured.
_ OK, very subtle.
Which when you're playing up here in the higher registers,
your palm fits right in there.
It's very, very comfortable.
You don't have this pointy thing sticking in your hand there.
And also this neck has a round lamp fingerboard.
The round lamp fingerboard came in the early 60s
and lasted on through into the 70s.
And it's basically a thinner piece of rosewood
that's round laminated onto the neck.
Now I think it was an unintended feature,
but the round lamp fingerboard does allow a little bit more growl in the sound,
because there's actually more neck versus fingerboard.
And then finally, the machine heads, they're staggered.
And they get lower as they go towards the first string,
providing more angle over the nut here,
removing the need for a string tree.
Now the string tree is great, but sometimes it adds friction
when you use the tremolo bar or if you bend the strings.
And the fact that it's not there, you get better tuning stability.
This particular one has the new Journeyman Relic finish on it,
which is kind of like used but not abused.
Not a whole lot of wear on it, but it does have some finish checking
and some very friendly dings here through the wood
as if you kind of bumped into the edge of the table or something like that
or hit the ceiling fan with it in your house.
But it's pretty straight ahead.
They're going pretty good.
They sound good.
[Em] They look good.
And we love them.
_ _ [A] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _