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Hi, Sean. I bet you had a wonderful time in Ireland :)

Awesome video! Cant wait for you to play it!

Have you played one of their necks?

Wow super cool video!

Awesome, can't wait to see it.

thanks for the vid. that headlamp is awesome too, where did you get it?

do i need volume pedal if i have attenuator?

The ROR guitar is a dream for me coz this is expensive AF. in comparison with the Synthaxe it's much cheaper and the tracking is on par with the Synthaxe (that shows how much the Synthaxe was ahead of it's time). That's why i just use the MadCatz mustang guitar (check that one. It's really a bang for your buck )

Sadly, this doesn't match the SynthAxe even in pricing, let alone features. The SynthAxe was MPE capable before the terminology even existed. Allan Holdsworth though so much of it, he wrote songs which could only be played on the SynthAxe. It also had unmatched tracking because it tracks the fingerboard and not the strings at the saddles.

Let's not forget the Yamaha G10. Add a breath controller to it and it's even better.

I owned a SynthAxe. I've not found anything that compares to it. Not yet anyway.

This was a fun video to watch, but quick question did you have to shim the neck? Planning on installing a non fine tuner floyd rose and I'm not sure if I need to shim the neck.

Great work!

When your video popped up in my feed, I debated on watching because I didn’t want a cringe experience seeing someone mess up a EVH guitar. Within a few minutes I realized how serious you took the effort. By the end of the video, I was pretty floored by the amount of work and detail you put into the project. You really thought it through and recreated an authentic-looking Frankenstrat. Great work. Thanks for making a concise video detailing the job! I’ll be watching your guitar case VH logo video next. P.S. Michael Spinks neck = Lololol! I remember him. Total accurate description. I hate that gap in the bottom fret, too!

I put dummy coils in my Fender Mustangs and they worked great. You have to make sure the pickup is oriented right with the other pickups. If it's turned the wrong direction it will still hum so you may have to turn the dummy the other direction to get rid of the hum.

I had a really good dark humor joke for this but since I'm also a Dimebag fan I won't go there... 😂🤣

A bit of misinformation in this video: The Floyd Rose, non fine tuning bridge that Stew Mac sells IS the German made original bridge, same as you have installed on your guitar. It comes with the wood screw style posts And the screw in style arm. You don’t have to buy anything separately. The idea is that buying this bridge gives you the old school look and installation, with the wood screw style posts and the original screw in arm, as used in the early 80’s. I use these non fine tuning Floyd bridges on Brad Gillis red Strat replicas that I build. 🤘

Awesome work there.

The metal tape should be put even where electronics is. On the pickguard. Copper tape here is the same of aluminum tape, cheaper. Very Better even of graphite paint.

What brand would be a good guitar to do a tribute myself? I’ve done a Frankenstrat & the black & white & would love to do a bumblebee. Thanks

00:19 EVH raked the strings between the bridge and tailpiece on his Explorer/Destroyer. That's why it doesn't sound right.

That 335 style guitar looks beautiful.

I'm so happy that you don't like the big gap ! Why the hack the they do this , it looks so ugly !

Well ! I really like how passionate you are about fine details ! Reminds of me ! lol You got a new sub here from Quebec !

Series parallel wiring, microcoil, shielding, Ehx hum debugger, anything else?

I think that is part of the reason all the old blues guys seemed to play Gibson type humbucker guitars it must have been terrible with a Strat type guitar back then with all the neon and the electrical code was pretty much non existent.

I love that Bumblebee and the real proof is in the pudding with the sound excellent post and thanks

Fender had problems with consistency on all MiM EVH stripe series guitars. In the beginning they hand taped them with results like your showing. … they started using paint masks with more consistency.💯

I built mine with pawnshop stuff and painted it myself using painters tape and just regular spray paint so the linens were a bit thicker ( Ed used electrical tape I believe) but I have OCD so I'm kinda detail oriented... Lol Anyway, I was more than satisfied with the final result. Funny thing though, I had the same problem as Ed had keeping the damn thing in tune...lol. Like I said earlier pawnshop guitars are a good way to go if you're on a tight budget. Hope that this is helpful in any way. Good luck with your project!!!!

Smoke another, it was in Missoula, Montana lol

I think at best if you want to create a bumblebee replica with a more "accurate" bridge, floyd rose sell a non fine tuner version in "antique silver" which while not ENTIRELY accurate it's definitely a good jumping off point? (the blocks and saddle shapes on modern non fine tuning floyds are different though)

The ORIGINAL FRANKY IS LOCKED UP AT THE 5150 VAULT......IT WAS NEVER IN NY .....that was a copy

Notice the new coil isn't in a faraday cage. There reason for the hum is that the pickups act like antennas and pick up EM interference. The dummy coil does the same but is connected out of phase. thus canceling the unwanted interference signal.

Hi Sean! Wow..thank you for mentioning my video towards the end. I'm humbled by the compliments on my Bee project! I noticed you just ordered your Bee body and neck a few days ago (in another comment). If you plan to use any of the Floyd Rose tremolos, be sure to install your bushings into the raw body before doing any of the paint work! I made a critical mistake by not doing this and I might actually have to start over on one of my Bee bodies from that video series that you mentioned. I knew better than to start painting without having the bushings installed but at the time I wasn't sure where that body was going to end up so I didn't install the bushings...now I regret it. The holes drilled by Locke are VERY tight for the Original Floyd bushings...not to mention the northern ash is VERY hard so there is no "flex" inside the holes. Also, the neck pocket is very tight as well. So...avoid my mistake and do a full mock-build with all of your parts and hardware before starting! Good luck, and keep me posted! I'd love to see how your project goes!!! Cheers!!!

Sean,,Eddie said it's the frankenstrat just painted black and yellow? I understood it to be the same guitar just new paint job,, I know I saw Eddie say that In a interview?

Great points thank you!

The original non fine tuner Floyd probably had a Nickel finish on it. You can still find nickel hardware here and there but I doubt FR offers anything in Nickel. My opinion is Nickel looks better and ages better than chrome nickel will darken and age quicker than chrome. Chrome will look newer longer but will pit, bubble and rust in not as appealing as nickel. I think nickel hardware was kinda the standard for guitars back in the day. You’d probably have to bead blast the chrome off the new stuff and have it nickel plated or perhaps you could get it powder coated to a less shiny grey or something similar looking to nickel. I really think nickel hardware just looks higher quality than chrome but that’s probably subjective. If you’re wanting to get as authentic as you’re talking about I think nickel is the only way to achieve what you’re going for.

Great job man!

The copyright issue is because he used a Fender body and the EVH is another brand.

Great news everyone! I went ahead and ordered my Locke Yellow Jacket body & neck & contacted Kip @ Starr Guitars about my finish needs. 2 months before I get the parts from Locke but I am looking forward to this project! I will keep you guys posted on my progress!

Glad you’re feeling better brother

Cool video. Question about the Floyd- I got my Frankie a few weeks ago and the floyd is already resting on the body but the action is just slightly too high for my liking. I can’t lower it anymore. Any ideas on how to get the bridge to lower if it’s already resting on the body?

Love the video. Great job at dialing in on more of the detail of this fantastic guitar. Mine came today. I can’t put it down.

This is just unreal…open a shop I would send mine in

Good info, cool build as well. I love my Warmoth roasted flame maple neck. It's probably my favorite neck in the entire arsenal. Cheers!

Man, nice work!

What does staggered mean in reference to the tuning pegs ?

Thanks for a great video. Your experiments do save all of us a lot of frustration, and for that we appreciate you for doing it. There is another video where a guy just took an old pickup and removed everything except the coil wire; he just wired it between the volume and switch, and it seemed to work perfectly. There was nothing spoken about resistance at all. But your discoveries are definitely helpful and they reveal that there may be more to this than meets the eye. I was going to try it out, thinking it was a sinch, but I'll be ready in case I have some of the same things begin to happen. Thanks!

Could you get the same effect for the bridge and neck if you just wired the volume to the middle pickup only? So turn the volume down on middle pu only so in positions 2 & 4 both are still hum cancelling as normal but you get the single bridge or neck pu tone?

I wonder if it was wired in series of parallel (I think it's parallel that it needs to be, I could be wrong though)