Which Fender Strat should you buy?  Justin Waterfield from Long & McQuade Toronto presents the features and benefits of every Fender Stratocaster model in the 2023 lineup to help you pick the best guitar for you.  

00:00 Intro
01:14 What makes a Stratocaster a Stratocaster? 
03:16 What are we talking about today?
03:59 The 2023 Fender Stratocaster Lineup
05:09 Signal Chain
05:40 Player
07:09 Strat Electronics Overview
10:08 Player Series Special Editions
12:18 Player Plus
16:56 Vintera II
20:03 Vintera Modified
23:45 Artist Models
26:20 JV Modified
30:24 Aerodyne Special
33:09 American Performer
38:05 American Professional
43:53 American Ultra
48:03 American Ultra Luxe
50:45 American Vintage
53:55 Left-Handed Strats
54:23 Custom Shop
59:11 Justin's Strat
1:00:13 Modularity and Customization
1:01:43 Outro & Sign-off

➤ Player
05:41 Player Clean Demo
06:00 Player Series Overview
07:25 Player Pickups Demo
• More Player Strats

➤ Player Special Editions, Limited Models and L&M Exclusives
11:01 Player Humbucker Demo

➤ Player Plus
12:18 Player Plus Drive Demo
12:35 Player Plus Series Overview
14:03 What are locking tuners?
14:44 What are noiseless pickups?
15:26 Player Plus Clean Demo  
• More Player Plus Strats

➤ Vintera II
16:56 Vintera II Drive Demo
17:31 Vintera II Series Overview
18:39 Rosewood vs Pau Ferro
19:26 Vintera II Clean Demo
• More Vintera II Strats

➤ Vintera Modified
20:03 Vintera Modified Drive Demo
20:33 Vintera Modified Series Overview
21:47 What is an S-1 switch?
22:41 Vintera I vs Vintera II
23:07 Vintera Modified Clean Demo
• More Vintera Modified Strats

➤ Tom Delonge Signature
23:44 Tom Delonge Signature Drive Demo
24:12 Artist Series Overview
25:01 Tom Delonge Signature Overview
25:46 Let's hear some more grind

➤ JV Modified '50s
➤ JV Modified '60s
26:20 JV Modified Drive Demo
26:36 JV Modified Series Overview
28:00 What is a V-shaped neck?
29:48 JV Modified Clean Demo

➤ Aerodyne Special
30:24 Aerodyne Special Drive Demo
30:43 Aerodyne Special Series Overview
32:42 Aerodyne Special Clean Demo
• More Aerodyne Special Strats

➤ American Performer
33:09 American Performer Drive Demo
33:32 American Performer Series Overview
35:36 What is the Greasebucket Tone Circuit?
37:28 American Performer Clean Demo
• More American Performer Strats

➤ American Professional
38:05 American Professional Drive Demo
38:43 American Professional Series Overview
39:49 What is a treble bleed?
40:56 Am Pro with Rosewood Neck
41:55 Am Pro with Roasted Pine Body
42:41 Am Pro vs Am Pro vs Am Pro Clean Demo
• More American Professional II Strats

➤ American Ultra
43:52 American Ultra Drive Demo
44:11 American Ultra Series Overview
45:04 What is a compound radius fingerboard?
46:14 What is a No-Load tone control?
47:28 American Ultra Clean Demo
• More American Ultra Strats

➤ American Ultra Luxe
48:03 American Ultra Luxe Drive Demo 
48:26 American Ultra Luxe Series Overview
49:55 Ultra vs Ultra Luxe Clean Demo
• More American Ultra Luxe Strats

➤ American Vintage
50:45 American Vintage 
51:08 American Vintage Drive Demo
51:26 American Vintage Series Overview
53:19 American Vintage Clean Demo
• More American Vintage Strats

➤ Left-Handed Strats
53:55 For the Southpaws

➤ Custom Shop
54:22 Custom Shop Dual P-90 Journeyman Relic
56:22 Custom Shop Fat '50s Strat Relic 
56:49 The vintage Strat experience for mere mortals

Can you hear the difference? 👂🎸🤔

Other gear used in this video:
➤ Fender Tone Master Deluxe Reverb
➤ Fender Hammertone Overdrive pedal
➤ Zoom H6 recorder
➤ Sennheiser EW 112P lavalier microphone
➤ Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun microphone
➤ Shure SM57 dynamic microphone