Fernandes revival strat unplugged tone

The importance of testing your guitar unplugged as well as amplified 

Well there a lot of videos online featuring the Fernandes revival.  However, I have not been able to find any demonstrating the unplugged tone. This may not seem very important but it is. A guitar that has good acoustic properties such as a natural ringing sustain, is a guitar you'll want to get your hands on. Why? Well if a guitar sounds good unplugged, then those qualities will carry on over into the amplified sound.

So, the next time you are trying out a guitar make sure you spend some time playing it unplugged, and pay attention to its natural acoustic properties. Sure, you can add all the gain you want onto an acoustically dead instrument, however this will not sound or respond like an instrument which has these qualities in its unplugged condition.

With that in mind here is a video I just shot showing the acoustic properties of my Fernandes revival strat. When you get into the habit of doing this, you might be amazed at the difference between different strats, even those of the same model and year.