00:00There was always this controversy in myself, like I would want another couple of frets, but I didn't have enough.
00:06This is Ray, singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Tokyo, Japan.
00:11Today I'm going to introduce you to my signature model.
00:13This is called the Ray Stratocaster R246.
00:17There is a road that runs across Tokyo called R246, so you know the song Route 66, it's kind of
00:25like that.
00:26The other main reason is it's a guitar made by Ray.
00:29It has 24 frets and 6 strings, so double meaning.
00:33A lot of the Fender guitars have 21 or 22 frets.
00:36There was always this controversy in myself, like I would want another couple of frets during my performance, but I
00:43didn't have enough.
00:44And when you have like a 24 fret guitar, what happens is the cutaway gets kind of deep, right?
00:49So it makes like a metal hard rock kind of guitar aesthetic, but we wanted to keep the Strat aesthetic
00:55alive.
00:55So we used a 96% sized body and also a head.
01:01That made the guitar really, really light.
01:03It has a 40 millimeter nut width, so it's really easy to grip.
01:07And there's like a Graftec bridge, which really stabilizes the tuning.
01:11It also has like a vintage noises pickup.
01:14Smaller guitars tend to have like a lighter treble-y kind of sound, but we covered it with the electronics.
01:21Here we go next.
01:21You
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