The Definitive Yngwie Malmsteen Strat Thread, Pix & Video

[Brandon Breeze]

Yea the regular USA ones have those features but not the FCS ones... I wanted a higher quality YJM guitar than the regular USA and cheaper than the Duck tribute. The FCS version is a natural choice but the lack of bullet truss rod is a dealbreaker for me... the 5 way switch and electronics are ok, but I don't think Yngwie himself uses that configuration? I usually see his guitars with mid pickup all the way down, and also from instagram pics, his guitars all have bullet truss rods. Maybe he's just using the regular USA versions?

Yup, see I wasn't following FCS is Fender Custom Shop. They made the CS version after the 68' Fender Strats that Yngwie also loves. I'd assume they wanted to make them differ from the standard production models to make them more "special".

The necks are pretty stable for me, I adjust once and can pretty much forget it. I live in Northern CA, so we have super hot weather, not incredibly cold and humidity ranges all over, so take that for what it's worth.

Can you believe I passed on a Play Loud CS for $8.5k, obviously years ago, but I never thought they would bring the money that they do now.

 

[abangabang]

Yup, see I wasn't following FCS is Fender Custom Shop. They made the CS version after the 68' Fender Strats that Yngwie also loves. I'd assume they wanted to make them differ from the standard production models to make them more "special".

The necks are pretty stable for me, I adjust once and can pretty much forget it. I live in Northern CA, so we have super hot weather, not incredibly cold and humidity ranges all over, so take that for what it's worth.

Can you believe I passed on a Play Loud CS for $8.5k, obviously years ago, but I never thought they would bring the money that they do now.

Someone was selling the Play Loud CS for $5.5k just 3 years ago, idk if it was real or not

 

[Brandon Breeze]

Someone was selling the Play Loud CS for $5.5k just 3 years ago, idk if it was real or not

Definitely would have snagged that one!

 

[abangabang]

Definitely would have snagged that one!

I think I found a sold listing with the specs that I wanted from FCS: https://www.themusiczoo.com/product...aster-masterbuilt-john-cruz-nos-vintage-white. Looks like this is a one-off order.. I'll ask around some dealers

 

[Jakem]

Coming to NYC in early January so checking all the available YJM Strats available in USA and their weights. There’s one shop in Brooklyn that has 2xRW and 1xMaple fretboard ones in stock. Would prefer CAR color with maple fretboard but not too many of those around.

 

[Jakem]

Someone was selling the Play Loud CS for $5.5k just 3 years ago, idk if it was real or not

Would’ve bought that.

 

[Jakem]

Yup, see I wasn't following FCS is Fender Custom Shop. They made the CS version after the 68' Fender Strats that Yngwie also loves. I'd assume they wanted to make them differ from the standard production models to make them more "special".

The necks are pretty stable for me, I adjust once and can pretty much forget it. I live in Northern CA, so we have super hot weather, not incredibly cold and humidity ranges all over, so take that for what it's worth.

Can you believe I passed on a Play Loud CS for $8.5k, obviously years ago, but I never thought they would bring the money that they do now.

I need to adjust the truss rod twice per year on my YJM strat; Annual temperature range here is anything between -35*F - 90*F so the humidity changes quite a bit.