I think I found my DREAM Guitar..

Pfew, that neck is a beauty! 🎸

I love it when actual players get their hands on these instruments...and play them.

Oh my goodness. This is the sound that made me fall in love with Strats back in the late 80s. They became and are still my favourite guitar. When you get a ‘special’ one there is nothing else like them. So organic and harmonically rich. This has inspired me. I think I have got lost the last few years in technology and modernistic approaches to what a guitar should sound like. THIS is what a guitar should sound like! Thank you so much Matthew for giving me this reminder. What a guitar!! 😮

Beautiful Strat and playing. I thoroughly enjoy watching you play. I started in '67 but have lost most of my chops to rheumatoid arthritis. Play like there's no tomorrow, someday it will begin to slowly slip away.

Man that thing is amazing. And your playing is smokin!

Friendship ended with 59 strat. 54 strat is my best friend now.

Man, I need to work, but I can't stop watching this man's videos. The best channel I've found in recent times. Very good!

Gorgeous instrument.

That guitar is a ringer, great playing as always man!

YES, you and that guitar are made for each other. What a tone out of that neck pickup. Blown away by you both.

Wow, I am blown away. That tone is insane! Great playing as always. 🔥🔥🔥

Thanks Matthew. What a sound...and all the right notes/intentions to make it absolutely soar ! It literally sounds like it's laughing, shouting and crying with joy!!!

Okay. I'm gonna say it. That....was THE best sounding Strat I have ever heard. I listened to the video with my usual headphones on, and each and every nuance of tone, ethereal sound was there. Simply amazing.

I had the pleasure of dragging the bow across the strings of a real Stradivarius when I was working at a local shop 10 years ago. I dont play the violin, and this particular instrument was in very rough condition, (I found out later that the owner spent over $20,00 to restore it). But it was the real deal, the label was dated 1702, and was signed by Signore' Antonio himself. I tuned it to pitch and I heard the sweetest "A" that I ever heard in my life. So what? Who cares? That guitar remimds me of that Stradivarius. Some instruments just knock the wind right out of you, and you never forget them, even if you only play them for a few minutes.i

I'm a 1954 model as well. I wish I had lasted as well as this guitar 🎸

Always a pleasure Matt. I look forward to the new gear, and your playing makes me smile.

Leo was amazing. What a treat to hear how intonated that thing is... it's a total testimony to his genius. The tones you are getting from this guitar are heavenly. THAT'S what a Strat is supposed to sound like. You're playing is perfect as always!! Nice work, Matthew!! ✌😉🔥

54 has a lot of stories to tell..... but still for me, your 59 is the coolest looking strat I've ever seen. And I love that vintage hum

Awesome Video! Kept me glued till the end wanting more 😁👍

Could listen to this strat for hours.. this guitar is simply Amazing what an history