Hack City USA
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Let’s revisit my LPC kit build, how has it held up?
Follow up after 6 months or so after building this guitar kit.
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Let’s destroy a fake EMG for science
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Let’s tear this apart and see what’s inside
Chibson warlock upgrades
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Chinese warlock clone (Chibson) upgrades in progress
Let’s give this Gold Top Chibson the Hack City USA treatment
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Let’s take this Chibson and make it mine. New wiring, new pickups and remove the stickers and graphics.
Chibson Gold top unboxing
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I’ve been wanting a gold top for a while, let’s check out what I got.
Temu pedalboard build
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Staying on the budget theme, I built a pedalboard with stuff from Temu, this is not a sponsored video and I paid for this with my own money.
Let’s hydro dip this J bass kit
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Part 2 of the Bex Gears kit build.
Joyo Argos Overdrive, is it any good?
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Let’s check out the Joyo Argos Overdrive. Can you get crispy sounds from budget gear?
Let’s do the faceplate mod on my 6505II
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Let’s do the faceplate mod on a 6505II
Chibson Warlock?
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Let’s take a look at another Chinese knockoff
The Galactic SG
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I painted Noah’s guitar in a space theme to go with his channel theme. Go check him out youtube.com/@GalacticGuitarist?si=y95N3maiK3BQHvi9 You will know him soon enough.
Jackson KVXT King V gets some love
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One of my all time favorite guitars has been being neglected, today I’m going to give it some love.
Les Paul Custom kit part 3, the finale
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Finishing up my next kit, complete with custom headstock design
Les Paul Custom kit, part 2, progress update
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Getting started on a new kit, changed it up along the way. Watch and see how it’s going so far.
Let’s check out Chibson number 2
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Let’s check out Chibson number 2
Leo Jaymz AL V kit part 2
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Leo Jaymz AL V kit part 2
Les Paul Custom kit unboxing
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Les Paul Custom kit unboxing
I put a Duncan 59 in a Chibson
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I put a Duncan 59 in a Chibson
Let’s check out this Chibson
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Let’s check out this Chibson
Let’s build and upgrade a Leo Jaymz kit with a Gotoh 1996 and a dimebucker
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Let’s build and upgrade a Leo Jaymz kit with a Gotoh 1996 and a dimebucker
Bex Gears Jazz bass kit
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Bex Gears Jazz bass kit
New amp Day unboxing x2
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New amp Day unboxing x2
Crusty Marshall 1960 cabinet tune up
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Crusty Marshall 1960 cabinet tune up
Scrap wood guitar stand build
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Scrap wood guitar stand build
Jackson Kelly KEX quickie
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Jackson Kelly KEX quickie
Jackson Kelly KEX custom paint part 2 candy snakeskin
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Jackson Kelly KEX custom paint part 2 candy snakeskin
Jackson Kelly KEX custom paint snakeskin - part 1
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Jackson Kelly KEX custom paint snakeskin - part 1
My Marshall died (before I could kill it)
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My Marshall died (before I could kill it)
Jackson Kelly KEX in Ferrari Red
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Jackson Kelly KEX in Ferrari Red
My 1985 Gibson Explorer
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My 1985 Gibson Explorer

ความคิดเห็น

  • @jessehutchings
    @jessehutchings 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Looks cool, sounds great 10/10

  • @r.recofsky
    @r.recofsky 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Could you affirm that this pedal is a direct clone of the Horizon PS?

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I cannot because I don’t know the exact details of either circuit

    • @emokittie
      @emokittie 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Not a direct clone, but from waht i've seen it sounds the same with a better noise gate. i'm planning on getting one soon so i'll update when i can.

    • @r.recofsky
      @r.recofsky 3 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @@emokittie I was reading that in several forums, that the gate is better and does practically the same job as the PD at less than 1/3 of the value.

  • @EddyLeger-r1j
    @EddyLeger-r1j 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi, i thought coils were waxed then taped, waxing outside tape seems useless. I could be wrong, happened before a few times.

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I thought so too, however, I also have been wrong before

  • @CaptainRon1913
    @CaptainRon1913 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    How bout fake Rolex's or Omega's. You into those?

  • @Flea-Flicker
    @Flea-Flicker 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    A circuit board inside a pickup? Where did I fall asleep, 1990? Are circuit boards common in pickups today?

    • @KawaTony1964
      @KawaTony1964 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You must not have heard of "active" pickups like EMG brand pickups. They require a 9 volt battery in the guitar to power them.

  • @5barkerstreet
    @5barkerstreet 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    emg suck any ways

  • @TheLowerNard-sc6rq
    @TheLowerNard-sc6rq 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That explains alot. Pickups made by a company thats thats mostly whacks.

  • @TheLowerNard-sc6rq
    @TheLowerNard-sc6rq 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Likes to rip shit apart to see what makes it tick. Otherwise known as a non meth induced tweeker.

  • @Smasher-Devourer
    @Smasher-Devourer 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The fake EMG's are literally those cheap $20 actives you can buy off ebay/DHgate/Alibaba/etc. (at least they used to be that much). Some resellers rebrand them and sell them for 3x as much (i.e. Dragonfire) Sound wise, they're bitey and sound okay, but they hum, annoyingly loud. I've tried them and pretty much immediately replaced them with a $13 "Dual blade" pickup that looked like a dimebucker, which actually sounded decent. I actually liked that pickup.

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I have a floor dual rail pickup from Amazon that is about the best sounding cheap pickup I’ve tried. More recently though I’ve been using guitar madness pickups from eBay and they have been pretty good with one exception

  • @carlosanvito
    @carlosanvito 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Unless the plastic covers are electrically conductive (doubt it) or have embedded magnetic particles (not likely) they would have zero effect in the tone. Ditto for the wax potting. The likely reason the pickups sound bad is poorly designed coils and a sub-optimal preamp circuit board.

  • @BariumCobaltNitrog3n
    @BariumCobaltNitrog3n 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You could try letting the 2nd pickup soak in a hot water bath for a couple hours to get the wax into all the voids. It looked pretty flaky like it was dipped and not soaked. The output impedance should be 10kOhms just as a reference

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I may try that with the other one

  • @alsantangelo
    @alsantangelo 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's funny that they go to all that trouble to make fake EMGs that sound like crap instead of just putting decent low-price passive pickups like GFS or something. I guess it's for the aesthetics, people want to see the EMG logo and look. I got a Chibson Explorer and the pickups were so bad that dropping in a $40 set of GFS Crunchy PAFs I had in the parts bin was a huge sound upgrade.

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@alsantangelo I’ve been using guitar madness pickups from eBay. Around $30 for a set and they are decent

  • @granthelas4468
    @granthelas4468 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lol this kid is funny

  • @cherokeemetal
    @cherokeemetal 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I would try raising the pick ups to see if tone improves

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I did and it helped but still wasn’t enough

  • @WilDBeestMF
    @WilDBeestMF 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yeah bro this guitar, for what it is, definitely *looks* the business!

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That is a very accurate description, also after some tweaking, it’s one of my best sounding guitars.

  • @scottdahlberg4890
    @scottdahlberg4890 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Raise those pickups up a little bit buddy; they are a country mile from those strings. Good work thought; keep on rock'n

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I’ve had them up and down and thought I was in the sweet spot but now you have me second guessing myself lol

  • @guitarflyer172
    @guitarflyer172 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Why is it a Chibson? Gibson doesn’t have a Warlock model?

    • @joshpointoh
      @joshpointoh 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Some people seem to be using Chibson as "Chinese knock-off"

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This

  • @Lordbaccus
    @Lordbaccus 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    the Peavey sounded better before the Boost pedal

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Lordbaccus you think so?

    • @Lordbaccus
      @Lordbaccus 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@HCUSAGUITARS Yes = as to what I can hear from a compressed audio/video playback :) I liked the Peavey better on it's own = Hell NOW I want a 6505 3:) have a look at the Bass guitar build foto video I put up^^ if you get bored = I restore old guitars in my spare time

    • @Lordbaccus
      @Lordbaccus 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@HCUSAGUITARS th-cam.com/video/uC6Fm1D6dzI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=wJJQW-OxLqTCsNWx

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Subscribed, I’ll check it out shortly

    • @Lordbaccus
      @Lordbaccus 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@HCUSAGUITARS Done 3:)

  • @mattdylan664
    @mattdylan664 หลายเดือนก่อน

    is this the model sold by Rock Guitars Club? i love that color. also have you ever tried the Gotoh 1996t trem? ive read and heard they are great but that in some guitars they don't just drop right in and you need to drill drill the post holes deeper and slightly bigger , in any case thats a wicked color and body shape

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mattdylan664 I have indeed used a Gotoh 1996, check out some of my other videos. I was trying to stay “budget” if I could. That’s probably going to change on this one soon lol.

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS หลายเดือนก่อน

      Also, I don’t remember the seller. Go to eBay, search warlock guitar

  • @alsantangelo
    @alsantangelo หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've found that the Bill Lawrence 500XLs are pretty good at boosting the highs, you can find those used for not too much.

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good idea, thanks!

    • @jonnylawless6797
      @jonnylawless6797 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The original Dimebag bridge pickup before Duncan made the Dimebucker

  • @madskills96
    @madskills96 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loving the content man keep it up

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS หลายเดือนก่อน

      Appreciate it!

  • @HCUSAGUITARS
    @HCUSAGUITARS หลายเดือนก่อน

    Still working on the Chinese warlock. Still haven’t found the right metal pickups for it though.

  • @KellKheraptis
    @KellKheraptis หลายเดือนก่อน

    @HCUSAGUITARS do you know if there is a place to get that model of Leo Jaymz kit left handed? I can't even find a righty for that matter in that shape and single humbucker layout. Also, if you are ever looking to do another kit video, I'd love to see a Kahler retrofit onto one of the DIY kits that has a stop-piece or crappy fulcrum bridge standard.

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@KellKheraptis I do not, maybe try emailing Leo jaymz?

    • @KellKheraptis
      @KellKheraptis หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HCUSAGUITARS will do 🤘

  • @rafaeltufanini6792
    @rafaeltufanini6792 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Could you send me the link to where you got this guitar?

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rafaeltufanini6792 eBay, search gold top les paul

  • @HCUSAGUITARS
    @HCUSAGUITARS หลายเดือนก่อน

    Taking this guitar and making it mine. Thanks for watching, subscribe to catch future upgrades.

  • @ritomase81
    @ritomase81 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do a Chi R S next.

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS หลายเดือนก่อน

      Still working on the chi c rich

  • @646627jd
    @646627jd หลายเดือนก่อน

    The first one had an ebony fingerboard. This one has the rosewood. The ebony looked better

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@646627jd did you see the third one I just got?

  • @HCUSAGUITARS
    @HCUSAGUITARS หลายเดือนก่อน

    Let’s unbox this new Chibson, definitely some mods coming soon so subscribe so you don’t miss.

  • @obadboystanley
    @obadboystanley หลายเดือนก่อน

    How are you going to temove the graphics?

  • @ritomase81
    @ritomase81 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That neck looks extra bulky

  • @gabrieljuvenalherbert362
    @gabrieljuvenalherbert362 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love that red, en the black out lines its perfect

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS หลายเดือนก่อน

      Check out the videos where I repainted it

  • @toddkalbfeld
    @toddkalbfeld 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is the neck straight? Does it have a real maple cap? Hope you have loads of fun playing it!!

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@toddkalbfeld neck straight, some kind of cap on it looking from pickup cavity, plays great

  • @toddkalbfeld
    @toddkalbfeld 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is that a real 1/2" maple cap or just veneer? With a pretty maple cap, a burst of your favorite color is best! Have Fun!!

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Super thin veneer

  • @danutzzz20
    @danutzzz20 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've bought this guitar and I have a big problem keeping it in tune. If I use the Floyd... it's gone! 😢

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@danutzzz20 yeah the Floyd is hit or miss on these. I don’t use mine much so it’s not been an issue. I’m still going to upgrade mine at some point.

  • @LearnWith_sbsimanto
    @LearnWith_sbsimanto 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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  • @johneland8225
    @johneland8225 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What ever you do to it you are still left with a counterfeit guitar, spending hundred's of pounds on it seems like stupidity to me, if you want a cheaper but real Gibson then buy a Les Paul Studio.

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have less than $300 in it total, way less than a studio

  • @HCUSAGUITARS
    @HCUSAGUITARS 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is just a quick video checking out some gear from Temu. This isnt really a review or tone test, just checking out some budget options.

  • @SearchingForTone
    @SearchingForTone 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve been reviewing the no name sub 20$ pedals from Temu they aren’t terrible. Certainly more than what you pay for but nowhere near boss, mxr, some of them might beat Behringer

  • @arzabael
    @arzabael 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks man definitely only looking for the cheapest gear myself

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      May not be the cheapest, but definitely lower cost and great bang for the buck. Any Joyo product I’ve ever used has been decent. Thanks for watching and great feedback!

    • @arzabael
      @arzabael 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HCUSAGUITARS bang bang!! Most definitely bang for buck

    • @brianpark492
      @brianpark492 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I own a joyo vintage overdrive and a Ibabanez TS. Joyo makes great stuff. I'm gonna get hate for this but I prefer the joyo.

    • @brianpark492
      @brianpark492 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ibanez...English not so good...

  • @justaguyinthematrix
    @justaguyinthematrix 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the color!

  • @raydandy4899
    @raydandy4899 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice guitar but that SD pickup doesn't sound good at all. The Chibson pickup sounds much fuller and warmer by a wide margin. The SD is "ear stabbing" and thin. Just my opinion

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes it’s been replaced, bad recording didn’t help though

  • @DavidBloom-kq2pk
    @DavidBloom-kq2pk 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😂😊

  • @alsantangelo
    @alsantangelo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've been eyeballing this exact guitar on eBay, assuming I would be replacing the pickups and most of the hardware, but really I just want a Warlock shape and that purple looked amazing. Can't deal with the prices on the "real" ones. But what's the neck like, fat or thin? I have a couple of Firefly guitars and the necks are beasts.

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not the thinnest ever, but I would call it thin

  • @Viicool
    @Viicool 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sick guitar!

  • @roelheijmans
    @roelheijmans 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Chibson serial number always starts with 01716, mine does too

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think that’s the guitar they got their hands on to make copies of lol

  • @edwinstovall3334
    @edwinstovall3334 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Late last year, I took delivery of what has become one of my top two guitars: A Bullfighter copy of a Jackson Soloist. It doesn't say that, of course, but it replicates the overall body shape and size of the Soloist, and it's an actual neck-through axe, also like a Soloist. It BY NO MEANS replicates the feel of the Jackson Speed neck profile or the conical ("compound") radius fretboard. It doesn't even try to. That said, it somehow fits my fretting hand so well that locking into playing it is as effortless as doing it with my absolute favorite guitar -- a 2003 Schecter C-1 Élite with an Ultra-Access neck joint that feels like a neck-through -- yet the cheap axe adds a Floyd Rose into the equation, something the hard-tailed Schecter just can't do. With the knock-off being this good, do I even need to experience an actual Soloist? If I were gigging, the answer would likely be "Yes!", but as things are, guitars are indulgences, not investments. I would likely do better to keep the money or at least to get a guitar very unlike my other guitars, like a Mosrite-style anti-Strat ... and to sell off something to make room!

  • @Releasethebats123
    @Releasethebats123 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That warlock is so damn beautiful. I would seriously consider trading my 2001 NJ warlock trans flame blue for that bad boy if it wasn’t so sentimental

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just get one from eBay, cheap and you will have both.

  • @mattdylan664
    @mattdylan664 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Damn thats a beautiful guitar, what i wish i could find out is if the Jackson branded high output pick ups in these Kelley's are different than the ones that come in the entry level models like the JS11 and JS22 and JS32 and if those are al the same pick up or each different? i saw on reverb they are taking pre orders for the X Series KEX KELLY Guitar in Deep Purple Metallic and it looks bad ass! kick ass channel btw subbed!

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks! I think they are all same pickups but I could be wrong. They sounded great in v shaped guitars, but the Kelly needs brighter.

  • @IsaacRodriguez-de1gh
    @IsaacRodriguez-de1gh 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What are you using to get this sound? I heard pod go I think?

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes pod go on this one, I think the revv purple model

  • @anthonyhaney4026
    @anthonyhaney4026 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looks really cool!

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks!

    • @anthonyhaney4026
      @anthonyhaney4026 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@HCUSAGUITARS I've been wanting to try the Roth spray paints for a while. It looks like the purple covers well. I dabble with reviving old guitars and some kit guitars as well. I've been doing custom paint on cars for years and I find it relaxing to do guitars now later in life. You don't have to have a whole garage to build a guitar like cars require and guitars are rewarding when they are finished. Keep up the good vids!

    • @HCUSAGUITARS
      @HCUSAGUITARS 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@anthonyhaney4026 the Roth paints are nice, I wasn’t sure at first but am convinced now, I’m planning my next paint job and want to use other Roth colors. Thanks for watching!